§ 14. PROCEDURE TO ENACT LEGISLATION.  


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  • The council shall legislate by ordinance only, and the enacting clause of every ordinance shall be, "BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN." Before any ordinance shall be adopted, the city attorney shall approve such ordinance in writing or shall file with the city clerk his or her written legal objections thereto. Every ordinance enacted by the council shall be signed by the mayor, mayor pro tem, or by two council members, and shall be filed with and recorded by the city clerk before the same shall become effective. Unless otherwise provided by law or this Charter, no ordinance shall become effective until the expiration of 10 days following the date of its final passage, except where an ordinance relating to the immediate preservation of the public peace, health or safety, is adopted as an emergency measure by the favorable votes of at least two-thirds of the council members and contains a statement of the nature of the emergency.

    Amendment note: Section 14 appears as amended at the election of November 6, 2012, and later renumbered by Ord. 20121213-004. As former § 12, the section had previously been amended at the election of April 1, 1967.

Source: Ord. No. 20180809-113 , Pt. 7, 8-20-18/election of 11-6-18.