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PAG LIN 1 1 SENATE FILE 511 1 2 1 3 AN ACT 1 4 TO LEGALIZE CERTAIN ORDINANCES AND AMENDMENTS CONSIDERED AND 1 5 PASSED BY THE CITY OF DAVENPORT IN ACCORDANCE WITH PROCEDURES 1 6 NO LONGER VALID, AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND FOR 1 7 RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY. 1 8 1 9 WHEREAS, according to section 380.3, a proposed ordinance or 1 10 amendment must be considered and voted on for passage at two city 1 11 council meetings prior to the meeting at which it is to be 1 12 finally passed, unless this requirement is suspended by a 1 13 recorded vote of not less than three-fourths of all of the 1 14 members of the council; and 1 15 WHEREAS, the city of Davenport from July 1, 1997, until July 1 16 1, 2000, utilized a procedure, in compliance with section 380.3, 1 17 as that section existed prior to July 1, 1997, which entailed 1 18 considering and voting on an ordinance or amendment at one 1 19 meeting prior to the meeting at which it was to be finally 1 20 passed, without suspension by a recorded vote of not less than 1 21 three-fourths of the council members, and after publishing a 1 22 summary of the proposed ordinance or amendment prior to its first 1 23 consideration, and making copies available at the time of 1 24 publication at the office of the city clerk; and 1 25 WHEREAS, the seventy-seventh General Assembly enacted 1997 1 26 Iowa Acts, chapter 168, section 4, that eliminated the provision 1 27 allowing a city council to consider and vote on an ordinance or 1 28 amendment at one meeting prior to the meeting at which it was to 1 29 be finally passed, by publishing a summary of the proposed 1 30 ordinance or amendment, prior to its first consideration, and 1 31 making copies available at the time of publication at the office 1 32 of the city clerk; NOW THEREFORE, 1 33 1 34 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 1 35 2 1 Section 1. All acts and proceedings relating to any 2 2 ordinance or amendment considered and passed by the city 2 3 council of the city of Davenport on and after July 1, 1997, 2 4 until July 1, 2000, and such ordinance or amendment, the 2 5 validity of which has been questioned due to the failure of 2 6 the city council to consider and vote on the proposed 2 7 ordinance or amendment at two city council meetings prior to 2 8 the meeting at which it was finally passed, absent a 2 9 suspension of this requirement by a recorded vote of not less 2 10 than three-fourths of all of the members of the council, as 2 11 provided in section 380.3, are hereby legalized, validated, 2 12 and confirmed. 2 13 Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE AND APPLICABILITY DATES. This Act, 2 14 being deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon 2 15 enactment and is retroactively applicable to July 1, 1997. 2 16 2 17 2 18 2 19 MARY E. KRAMER 2 20 President of the Senate 2 21 2 22 2 23 2 24 BRENT SIEGRIST 2 25 Speaker of the House 2 26 2 27 I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and 2 28 is known as Senate File 511, Seventy-ninth General Assembly. 2 29 2 30 2 31 2 32 MICHAEL E. MARSHALL 2 33 Secretary of the Senate 2 34 Approved , 2001 2 35 3 1 3 2 3 3 THOMAS J. VILSACK 3 4 Governor
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