IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
Title
A RESOLUTION amending Rules of the Jackson County Legislature 16, 19, and 22 relating to sponsorship.
Intro
RESOLUTION NO. 21330, July 10, 2023
INTRODUCED BY DaRon McGee, County Legislator
Body
WHEREAS, the Legislature desires to clarify its rules regarding sponsors of ordinances and resolutions; and,
WHEREAS, the establishment of sponsorship shall be further defined and outlined; now therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that 16, 19, and 22 of the Rules of the Jackson County Legislature be and hereby are amended, to read as follows:
RULE SIXTEEN. Ordinances - Introduction.
A. Proposals for ordinances shall be introduced by members by submitting a Request for Legislative Action (RLA), including short title, to the County Counselor's Office. The County Counselor's Office shall assign a number to the proposal and transmit it to the County Clerk to 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. Any member may request to be added as a sponsor of a pending ordinance during any regular or special meeting of the Legislature at which the ordinance appears on the meeting's agenda. Thereafter, the Clerk shall show the requesting member as a co-sponsor.
B. 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 L...
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