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Ordinance Number 190204

Charter change
Effective date
Description of change

Amend City Charter to delete the use of terms that are masculine or feminine and make technical corrections. 

Code, charter, policy effected
Section 2-204 City Business, Time Devoted to.
Section 2-205 Oath of Office.
Section 2-206 Vacancies in Office, Filling of Vacancies.
Section 2-402 Investigation of and Suits to Cancel Franchises.
Section 2-403 Investigation of Offices.
Section 2-502 Qualifications and Restrictions on Other City Candidacy.
Section 2-513 Official Oaths and Certifications and Custodian of the City Seal.
Section 2-603 Subordinate Offices and Employments.
Section 2-606 City Contracts, Interest In.
Section 2-608 Salaries.
Section 2-801 Official Public Records.
Section 3-105 Nonpartisan Elections.
Section 5-202 Powers of Board and Fund Administration.
Section 5-113 Retirement, Resignation, and Discharge.
Section 5-114 Compulsory Retirement.
Section 5-115 Benefits for Service Connected Disability or Occupational Disability.
Section 5-116 Benefits for Nonservice Connected Disability.
Section 5-117 Benefits and Pensions to Surviving Spouses and Children in Service Connected or Occupational Disability Deaths.
Section 5-118 Benefits and Pensions to Surviving Spouses and Children on Deaths of FPDR One Members After Retirement or on Non Service Connected Deaths Before Retirement.
Section 5-122 Military Service.
Section 5-126 Definitions of Terms.
Section 7-101 Public Moneys and Accounting.
Section 7-103 Demands for Payment.
Section 7-104 Demands, Nonallowance.
Section 7-109 Independent Audits.
Section 9-501 Assessment District; Remonstrances.
Section 13-301 Charter Commission.
Section 11-303 Use of Sewers.
Section 13-301 Charter Commission.
Chapter 15 Prosper Portland
Section 9-310 No Impairment of Duty Under Franchise or Ordinance.
Section 15-101 Agency.
Section 15-102 Prosper Portland Board of Commissioners.
Section 15-103 General Powers and Duties.
Article 1 Administration, Powers and Duties

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