ORDINANCE NO. 090503
Amending Standing Rules 18, 19 and 20 of the Council Rules
by repealing them and enacting in its place new rules regarding amendments,
committee substitutes and re-referrals.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
Section 1. That Standing Rules 18, 19 and 20 of
the Council Rules are hereby amended by repealing them and enacting in its
place a new rule regarding amendments, committee substitutes and re-referrals:
Rule 18. Council Amendments.
A motion to amend an ordinance or resolution
shall be in order at any time when not in the hands of a committee, even if
such ordinance or resolution has been previously amended one or more times.
Such motion shall require a second, is debatable and shall pass without
objection or, if a member objects, upon affirmative vote of a majority of the
yeas and nays cast.
A motion to amend a motion to amend shall be in
order. Such motion shall require a second, is debatable and shall pass without
objection or, if a member objects, upon affirmative vote of a majority of the
yeas and nays cast.
A motion to amend a motion to amend a motion to
amend shall not be in order.
Ordinances or resolutions amended by the
Council shall be referred to as a Council substitute or as a second or
subsequent Council substitute.
Rule 19. Committee Substitutes.
Ordinances or resolutions amended or
substituted by committee shall be referred to as a committee substitute or as a
second or subsequent committee substitute.
Whenever an ordinance or resolution is reported
to the council as a substitute or as a second or subsequent substitute, its
original form(s), if any, shall not be reported to the council nor placed on
the council docket, but shall be deposited in the files of the city clerk,
together with all other data relating to the original ordinance.
Rule 20. Re-referrals.
If an ordinance or resolution after its second
reading is re-referred to a committee, after it is reported out by the
committee the city clerk shall place the ordinance or resolution on the council
docket at the next succeeding council session for second reading and, unless
other council action is taken, the ordinance shall be on third reading at the
council session next succeeding the second reading.
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Approved
as to form and legality:
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Heather
A. Brown
Assistant City Attorney