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WITHDRAWN 1/31/2005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 ...
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