§ 2-802. Definitions.

The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

City board shall mean the city council or a board, commission, task force, committee or subcommittee of the city, whether elected, appointed, paid or unpaid, which has regulatory authority or decision-making authority that is more than merely advisory.

City official or official means the mayor, a member of the city council, a member of a city board, the municipal court judge, associate municipal court judges, the city manager, deputy city manager, assistant city manager, city clerk, deputy city clerk, city attorney, assistant city attorneys, all department directors and assistant department directors or equivalent positions, whether such person is salaried, hired or elected. The term shall not include a city employee subject to V.T.C.A., Local Government Code §§ 143.001.

Ethics commission means that commission established in article IV, division 14 of this chapter.

Investigating attorney means a licensed attorney, who is appointed by the ethics commission with the consent of city council, and who shall be responsible for processing a complaint in the manner set forth in division 3 of this article.

(Ord. No. 11,072, § 2, 2-26-09; Ord. No. 11,562, § 1, 1-27-11)