12-3003.Signing or veto of ordinances in council cities, exceptions;
passage over veto; signing ordinances in commission cities; procedure;
attestation; seal.
The mayor of a council city shall have the power to sign or veto any
ordinance passed by the council: Provided, That ordinances on which
the mayor casts the deciding vote and appropriation ordinances the mayor
shall have no veto and he or she shall sign such ordinances if present at
the meeting, and if the mayor refuses or neglects to sign or be not present
at the meeting they shall take effect without his or her signature. Any
ordinance vetoed by the mayor may be passed over the veto by a vote of
three-fourths (3/4) of the whole number of councilmen elected,
notwithstanding the veto: Provided, That if the mayor does not sign
his or her approval of the ordinance, or return the same with his or her
veto, stating his or her objection in writing, on or before the next
regular meeting of the council, the ordinance shall take effect without the
mayor's signature, such fact to be endorsed by the city clerk on the
ordinance and at the end of the ordinance as entered in the "ordinance
book": Provided further, That the president of the council or acting
president of the council shall have no power to sign or veto any ordinance.
The mayor or chairman of a commission shall sign all ordinances but
shall have no veto power: Provided, That if such mayor or chairman is
not present at the meeting at which the ordinance is passed, the president
of the board, acting president of the board, commissioner of finance and
revenue, or a commissioner designated by the commission shall sign the
ordinance as follows: "(Name) (Title)" and where directed by the
commission, "by direction of the commission, the mayor (or chairman) being
absent from the meeting." After the last section of each ordinance shall be
a statement substantially as follows: "Passed by the (council) (commission)
the __________ day of __________, 19__"; followed by "(Approved) (Signed)
by the mayor" with signature of the mayor; or "Passed over the mayor's
veto"; or, "The mayor not having approved the ordinance on or before the
next regular meeting, took effect without the mayor's signature"; or in
council cities in the case of appropriation ordinances where the mayor
refuses or neglects to sign or is absent from the meeting, an appropriate
statement. The city clerk shall attest the signature and affix the seal of
the city thereto.
12-3003.Signing or veto of ordinances in council cities, exceptions;
passage over veto; signing ordinances in commission cities; procedure;
attestation; seal.
The mayor of a council city shall have the power to sign or veto any
ordinance passed by the council: Provided, That ordinances on which
the mayor casts the deciding vote and appropriation ordinances the mayor
shall have no veto and he or she shall sign such ordinances if present at
the meeting, and if the mayor refuses or neglects to sign or be not present
at the meeting they shall take effect without his or her signature. Any
ordinance vetoed by the mayor may be passed over the veto by a vote of
three-fourths (3/4) of the whole number of councilmen elected,
notwithstanding the veto: Provided, That if the mayor does not sign
his or her approval of the ordinance, or return the same with his or her
veto, stating his or her objection in writing, on or before the next
regular meeting of the council, the ordinance shall take effect without the
mayor's signature, such fact to be endorsed by the city clerk on the
ordinance and at the end of the ordinance as entered in the "ordinance
book": Provided further, That the president of the council or acting
president of the council shall have no power to sign or veto any ordinance.
The mayor or chairman of a commission shall sign all ordinances but
shall have no veto power: Provided, That if such mayor or chairman is
not present at the meeting at which the ordinance is passed, the president
of the board, acting president of the board, commissioner of finance and
revenue, or a commissioner designated by the commission shall sign the
ordinance as follows: "(Name) (Title)" and where directed by the
commission, "by direction of the commission, the mayor (or chairman) being
absent from the meeting." After the last section of each ordinance shall be
a statement substantially as follows: "Passed by the (council) (commission)
the __________ day of __________, 19__"; followed by "(Approved) (Signed)
by the mayor" with signature of the mayor; or "Passed over the mayor's
veto"; or, "The mayor not having approved the ordinance on or before the
next regular meeting, took effect without the mayor's signature"; or in
council cities in the case of appropriation ordinances where the mayor
refuses or neglects to sign or is absent from the meeting, an appropriate
statement. The city clerk shall attest the signature and affix the seal of
the city thereto.
12-3003.Signing or veto of ordinances in council cities, exceptions;
passage over veto; signing ordinances in commission cities; procedure;
attestation; seal.
The mayor of a council city shall have the power to sign or veto any
ordinance passed by the council: Provided, That ordinances on which
the mayor casts the deciding vote and appropriation ordinances the mayor
shall have no veto and he or she shall sign such ordinances if present at
the meeting, and if the mayor refuses or neglects to sign or be not present
at the meeting they shall take effect without his or her signature. Any
ordinance vetoed by the mayor may be passed over the veto by a vote of
three-fourths (3/4) of the whole number of councilmen elected,
notwithstanding the veto: Provided, That if the mayor does not sign
his or her approval of the ordinance, or return the same with his or her
veto, stating his or her objection in writing, on or before the next
regular meeting of the council, the ordinance shall take effect without the
mayor's signature, such fact to be endorsed by the city clerk on the
ordinance and at the end of the ordinance as entered in the "ordinance
book": Provided further, That the president of the council or acting
president of the council shall have no power to sign or veto any ordinance.
The mayor or chairman of a commission shall sign all ordinances but
shall have no veto power: Provided, That if such mayor or chairman is
not present at the meeting at which the ordinance is passed, the president
of the board, acting president of the board, commissioner of finance and
revenue, or a commissioner designated by the commission shall sign the
ordinance as follows: "(Name) (Title)" and where directed by the
commission, "by direction of the commission, the mayor (or chairman) being
absent from the meeting." After the last section of each ordinance shall be
a statement substantially as follows: "Passed by the (council) (commission)
the __________ day of __________, 19__"; followed by "(Approved) (Signed)
by the mayor" with signature of the mayor; or "Passed over the mayor's
veto"; or, "The mayor not having approved the ordinance on or before the
next regular meeting, took effect without the mayor's signature"; or in
council cities in the case of appropriation ordinances where the mayor
refuses or neglects to sign or is absent from the meeting, an appropriate
statement. The city clerk shall attest the signature and affix the seal of
the city thereto.