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 Code of Ordinances
 ORGANIZATIONAL ACT

  § 15. Veto power of chief executive.  

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  • (a)

    Every ordinance or resolution adopted by the commission shall be signed by the presiding officer of the commission or, in the absence of the presiding officer, the deputy presiding officer shall sign the ordinance or resolution. Such ordinance or resolution shall be certified by the clerk of the commission and presented by said clerk to the office of the chief executive within three (3) business days following its adoption by the commission. The chief executive shall approve or veto the ordinance or resolution within eight (8) business days after its adoption by the commission, and, except as hereinafter provided, no ordinance or resolution shall become effective without the approval of the chief executive.

    (b)

    If the chief executive vetoes an ordinance or resolution, the chief executive shall return it to the commission within two (2) business days after such veto along with a written statement of the reasons for the veto. If, at the meeting of the commission next held after receiving the vetoed ordinance or resolution, the commission shall again pass the ordinance or resolution by a two-thirds vote of its total membership, such ordinance or resolution shall become effective without the approval of the chief executive. If the chief executive does not approve or veto an ordinance or resolution within eight (8) business days after its adoption by the commission, it shall become effective without the chief executive's approval.

    (c)

    The chief executive may veto any item or items of any ordinance or resolution making appropriations, and the part or parts vetoed shall not become effective, except as provided by subsection (b) of this section with respect to other ordinances or resolutions. Any part of an ordinance or resolution making appropriations not vetoed by the chief executive shall become effective.

    (d)

    Nothing in this section shall authorize the chief executive to exercise a veto over any zoning ordinance adopted by the commission pursuant to its authority under paragraph (10) of subsection (a) of section 9 of this act, nor over any rule adopted by the commission pursuant to its authority under paragraph (19) of subsection (a) of section 9 of this act.

(Acts 1981, p. 4304, § 1; Acts 1988, p. 4740, § 3)