§ 2.04.010. Legislative procedures.  


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  • A.

    Every ordinance passed by the commissioners shall be recorded in an ordinance book and attested to by the town clerk. The president of the board of commissioners shall sign every ordinance immediately after the proper passage. The ordinance must then be immediately placed in the hands of the mayor for his approval or rejection, and the mayor shall approve or reject the ordinance within ten days after passage by the board of commissioners. The mayor shall endorse each ordinance as "approved" or "vetoed" and date his action. If an ordinance is passed by the commissioners over the veto of the mayor, the town clerk shall so certify and indicate the date of such action. The effective date of each ordinance shall be either that date on which the mayor approves the ordinance or the date on which the ordinance is passed by the commissioners over the veto of the mayor.

    B.

    Every ordinance passed shall amend, repeal or re-enact, or change a chapter or chapters of this Code or enact a new chapter or chapters, section or sections and make proper reference to this Code.

    C.

    There is no particular form in which any ordinance need be passed other than that mentioned in this chapter. When an existing ordinance is changed by a new ordinance, such amendment or revision may be accomplished by referring to the chapter and section and the sentences or words therein to be changed. No one ordinance, whether it be accomplishing passage of a new ordinance or revision of an old ordinance, shall deal with more than one chapter of this Code at a time; but such ordinance may deal with more than one section or subsection at a time within the same chapter.

    D.

    Each commissioner, the mayor, the town attorney and town administrator shall be supplied with an up-to-date Charter and Code of the town and supplied a copy of each ordinance, resolution, Charter Amendment, or order which has been passed, for the purpose of keeping the copy of the Charter and Code of Emmitsburg up-to-date. In addition, the town clerk will keep an up-to-date Charter and Code of the town. Each copy of these ordinances, resolutions, Charter and amendments or order shall be signed by the necessary town officers, the same as if it were for the town ordinance book. Each commissioner, the mayor, the town attorney, and the town clerk shall, upon leaving office, transfer his or her up-to-date copy of the Charter and Code of the town to his or her successor.

    E.

    Every ordinance shall be published either by a copy thereof being inserted in some newspaper published in the town or by setting up or posting copies at the town offices and not less than one other public place in the town, as selected by the mayor. Such publication shall be made for a period of not less than ten days within two weeks after the effective date of the ordinance. The town clerk shall certify as to the publication thereof in the ordinance book at the conclusion of the publication period.

(Ord. 99-11, 1999: prior code Art. II, § 1)