HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 03.11.1963 - Workmen's CompensationZ_
AN ORDINANCE
AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING AND MAKING APPLICABLE To
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CITY OF GEORGETOWN THE PROVISIONS OF STATE LAW
RELATING TO VORKYRNYS COTPENSATION INSURANCE F)R
CITIES, T&INS, APP VILLACPS; PROVIDINP THAT THE
CITY OF GEORGETOWN SHALL BE SELF -INSURING; PRO-TDIIG
FOR NOTICES OF SuDE ACTION TO BE GIVEN; PROVID'�G
FOR THP ADMINISTRATION THEREOF; AND DECLARING
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EMERGENCY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WORGETOWN,
TEXAS.
Section 1. The provisions of Acts 053, 53rd Legislature of
Vexas, page 05,
Chapter 327, are hereby adopted and made applicable to the Cil
of Georoetown
and to all employsed thereof, effective the time and date reci
ed in Section
I
2 hereof.
Section 2. By authority of said Act, the City of Georgetown hereby elects
to be self -insuring, and from and after the lst. day of April f 1963 at 12:01
o'clock A. M., all employees of the City are hereby insured b1l the City in the
Manner and to the extent authorized by said Act and the laws ijeferred to therein;
and the City shall pay to any and all employees and to their Y! presentativen and
beneficiaries, the compensation and benefits to which they maji become entitled
from and after wid time and crate under the terms of said act lind the Workmen's
Compensation laws of Texas made applicable by said Act to citles, towns and,
villages adopting tts provisions. I
Section . The City Yanager, on behalf of the City Council, Shall give written
notice to all employees of the City that effective at the time and date recited
in Section 2 herrof, the City has provided for horkmen's Compeasation insurance
for all of its employees and for payment to each employee, his representatives
and beneficiaries, the horkment's Compensation insurance benef Qs Provided byllaw.
Section 4. The City tanager, on behalf of the City Council Ishall notify the
industrial Accident Board of the State of Texas, of the enactaint of this
Ordinance, and of its effective date, statinE in said notice Qe nature of the
work performed by the various employees of the City, the apprAimate number of
employees employed in each type of work, the estimated amount :f payroll for each
type of work, the approximate total number of employees and thi approximate total
amount of payroll.
Section 5. This Ordinance shall be administered by the Oity !Manager, or under
his supervision and direction, and he shall promulgate such rulles and prescribe
such forms as may be necessary for its effecive administrationi
Section 6. There is hereby established an account to be knorwi as the City of
Georgetown Workmen's Compensation Account, from which shall be paid all costs,
administrative expenses , charges, benefits, insurance and awNds authorized by
the laws adopted and made applicable to the City of GeorEvtowi, by this Ordinance.
The record of said account shall show the appropriations made ,hereto, all
receopts from other sources, and all disbursements authorized iereby.
Section an emergency is apparent for the immedia i l'e preservation of
order, health, s5fety, and general welfare of the public reqyres that this
Ordinance go into effect irmediately, and it is therefore ordained that it shall be
effective from the date of its passage.
PASSED:
APPROVED:
ATTEST:
City Secretary
APPROVED:
MCI ! iin, City Attorney