§ 53. Appointment, qualifications, general duties of City Attorney.
There shall be a department of law, the director of which shall be the City Attorney, whose appointment shall be recommended by the City Manager and confirmed by the majority of the Council and who is a practicing attorney in good standing with the State Bar of Texas, duly licensed, and who shall have practiced law for at least five (5) years immediately preceding his or her appointment. The City Attorney shall serve as chief legal advisor to the Council, the City Manager and all city departments, offices and agencies, and the City Attorney shall represent the city in all legal proceedings, and draft, approve or file his or her written legal objections to every ordinance before it is acted upon by the Council, and prepare or endorse his or her written approval or file his or her written legal objections to all documents, contracts and legal instruments in which the city may have an interest, and perform any other duties prescribed by this Charter or by ordinance. During his or her term of office, the City Attorney shall report to the City Manager and be a resident citizen within the City of San Antonio.
(Ord. No. 94956, 11-15-01)