Legal Documents of Jefferson City

Section 12. Ordinance procedure. All ordinances shall begin with the clause, "Be it ordained by the city council of Jefferson City, Tennessee." An ordinance may be introduced by any member of the council. The body of ordinances may be omitted from the minutes on first reading, but reference therein shall be made to the ordinance by title and/or subject matter. Every ordinance shall be passed on three different days, at regular, special or adjourned meetings. Except in the ordinance adopting the budget, no material or substantial amendment may be made on final passage, unless such amendment be passed in the same manner as an amendment to an existing ordinance. Every ordinance shall be effective upon final passage unless by its terms the effective date is deferred. Every ordinance upon final passage shall be signed by the presiding officer of council, and shall be immediately taken charge of by the recorder, and by him numbered, copied in an ordinance book and there authenticated by the signature of the recorder, and filed and preserved in the recorder's office.