IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
WITHDRAWN 1/31/2005
Title
A RESOLUTION repealing Rules 16 and 19 of the Jackson County Legislature relating to the introduction of ordinances and resolutions and adopting a new Rule 16 and Rule 19 relating to the same subjects.
Intro
RESOLUTION #15364, January 24, 2005
INTRODUCED BY Dan Tarwater, County Legislator
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BE IT RESOLVED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that Rules 16 and 19 of the Legislatures Rules of Procedure be and hereby are amended as follows:
RULE SIXTEEN. Ordinances - Introduction.
A. Proposals for ordinances shall be introduced by members by submitting a written draft of the proposal, including short title, to the Clerk. The Clerk shall assign a number to the proposal, and place it on the agenda for the next regular meeting. Upon the reading of the short title at the meeting, the sponsoring member or members may briefly explain the purpose and application of the proposal.
1. The Chairman of the Legislature shall be listed as a sponsor on all proposed ordinances presented to the Legislature.
2. The Chair of each Committee shall be listed as the sponsor of all proposed ordinances reasonably related to that committee's subject matter as determined by the County Counselor. A member requesting a proposed ordinance shall be listed as a sponsor.
3. Each ordinance shall have only a single member and the Chair of the Legislature as sponsors.
4. Any member of the Legislature, not otherwise a sponsor of a proposed ordinance, may request to be listed as a co-sponsor of a proposed ordinance, by notifying the Clerk of the Legislature. A co-sponsor shall not have any of the rights, duties or powers of a sponsor under these rules.
5. A sponsor may request that the assigned committee or the legislature take no action on a proposed ordinance.
[B.] C. A proposal for any ordinance which would grant a permit under Chapter 240 of the Jackson County Code, the Unified Development Code, shall be assigned a number and placed on the agenda for the next regular meeting by the Clerk, without a sponsor. For purposes of compliance with other provisions of this Rule, Rule Seventeen governing the perfection of ordinances, Rule Twenty-one, governing the results of no action on ordinances and resolutions, and Rule Twenty-two, governing the dropping of ordinances and resolutions, the chair of the Legislature's Land Use Committee shall be deemed the sponsor of such an ordinance. (Resolution #11766)
[C.] D. Proposals for ordinances shall be assigned to the appropriate committee by the Chairman of the Legislature. If a sponsor of the proposal objects to assignment to that particular committee, the sponsoring member may move for reassignment to some other designated committee. Passage of such a motion for reassignment requires a two-thirds majority of those present and voting.
[D.] E. A proposal for ordinance may be immediately added to the perfection agenda of the same meeting at which the proposal was introduced only if a motion for immediate perfection is carried. Passage of such a motion requires a two-thirds majority of those present and voting.
[E.] F. No proposal for ordinance shall contain more than one subject.
RULE NINETEEN. Resolutions - Introduction and Assignment to Committee.
A. Proposals for resolutions shall be introduced by members by first submitting a written draft of the proposal, including short title, to the Clerk. The Clerk shall then assign a number to the proposal and place it on the agenda for the next regular meeting. Upon the reading of the short title at the meeting, the sponsoring member or members may briefly explain the purpose and application of the proposal.
B. 1. The Chairman of the Legislature shall be listed as a sponsor on all proposed resolutions presented to the Legislature.
2. The Chair of each Committee shall be listed as a sponsor of all proposed resolutions reasonably related to that committee's subject matter as determined by the County Counselor. A member requesting a proposed resolution shall be listed as a sponsor.
3. Each proposed resolution shall have only a single member and the Chair of the Legislature as sponsors.
4. Any member of the Legislature, not otherwise a sponsor of a proposed resolution, may request to be listed as a co-sponsor of a proposed resolution by notifying the Clerk of the Legislature. A co-sponsor shall not have any of the rights, duties or powers of a sponsor under these rules.
5. A sponsor may request that the assigned committee or the legislature take no action on a proposed resolution.
[B.] C. Unless immediately adopted, proposals for resolutions shall be assigned to the appropriate committee by the Chair of the Legislature. If a sponsor of a resolution objects to the committee assignment, that member may move for reassignment to some other designated committee. Passage of such a motion requires a two-thirds majority of those present and voting.
[C.] D. If a Resolution is assigned to committee, the committee may:
(1) Accept the resolution in the form approved by the Counselor;
(2) Amend the resolution; or
(3) Substitute a new draft of the resolution.
A committee may:
(1) Take no action;
(2) Return the resolution to the Legislature with no recommendation;
(3) Recommend that the Legislature do not pass the resolution; or
(4) Recommend that the Legislature do pass the resolution, the resolution as amended, or its substituted draft of the resolution.
[D.] E. Amendments by a committee or substitution of a new draft by a committee shall not be contrary to or beyond the scope of the short title of the resolution.
[E.] F. If a committee's vote on a motion to recommend "do pass" is a tie, the motion is defeated, and the proposal shall be returned to the Legislature with no recommendation.
[F.] G. Copies of any resolution which has been amended in committee shall show the amendments by bracketing any words which the amendment deletes and underlining any words which the amendment adds. Committee chairs shall have the responsibility of providing a sufficient number of copies of any resolution so amended to the Legislature at the regular meeting at which it is reported out of committee. Neither a committee nor the Legislature as a Whole may take action on a resolution amended in committee or on the floor of the Legislature until the amendment has been reduced to writing as set out in this paragraph, at a minimum via pen and ink. (Resolution #14966)
Enacted and Approved
Effective Date: This Resolution shall be effective immediately upon its passage by a majority of the Legislature.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
______________________________ ________________________________
Acting Chief Deputy County Counselor County Counselor
Certificate of Passage
I hereby certify that the attached resolution, Resolution #15364 of January 24, 2005, was withdrawn BY SPONSOR TARWATER, CONCURRED BY WAITS AND RIZZO on January 31, 2005 by the Jackson County Legislature. The votes thereon were as follows:
Yeas _________________ Nays ______________
Abstaining _____________ Absent ____________
______________________ ____________________________________
Date Mary Jo Spino, Clerk of Legislature