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(d) A bill shall not be amended to change its original purpose. An amended bill shall, upon a <br />one -third vote of the entire membership, be laid over for at least one week before final <br />reading. <br />(e) A motion to reconsider made at the time any bill fails to pass final reading shall not be <br />voted upon until after twenty -four hours. <br />(f) Ordinances shall become effective upon approval by the mayor or at such later date as <br />may be specified therein. <br />(g) A bill may incorporate therein any standard technical code or portions thereof by <br />reference. The code, or portions, need not be published in the manner required for <br />ordinances, but not less than three copies thereof shall be filed for use and examination <br />by the public in the office of the county clerk, and notice of the availability of said copies <br />shall be published by the clerk. <br />(h) After enactment, ordinances shall be published once in at least two daily newspapers of <br />general circulation in the county and shall also be distributed via an electronic medium, <br />such as the Internet. Such publication shall be by title only and shall specify the ayes and <br />noes. <br />(1990, Prop. 10, secs. 1 and 2; 2010, Prop. 7, sec. 5; 2010, Prop. 19, sec. 1 and sec. 2.) <br />Section 3 -11. Emergency Ordinances. <br />The county council may adopt emergency ordinances to meet public emergencies <br />affecting life, health or property. Such ordinances may not be used to levy taxes, authorize the <br />borrowing of money or to grant, renew or extend franchises. Emergency appropriations may be <br />made pursuant to Section 10 -8. <br />Emergency ordinances shall be plainly designated as such and shall contain a declaration <br />describing the emergency in clear and specific terms. Any emergency ordinance may be <br />considered and adopted after one reading, with or without amendment, or be rejected at the <br />meeting at which the same is introduced. The affirmative vote of all council members present or <br />by two - thirds of the entire membership shall be necessary for adoption of such ordinances. <br />Emergency ordinances shall be published in the same manner prescribed for other adopted <br />ordinances and shall become effective upon approval by the mayor or at such later time, <br />preceding automatic repeal, as the same may specify. <br />Amendments to any emergency ordinance shall be adopted in the same manner <br />prescribed for adoption of emergency ordinances. <br />Every emergency ordinance, including any amendments made after adoption, shall <br />automatically stand repealed as of the sixty -first day following the date of adoption of the <br />original ordinance. <br />(1979, Prop. 13.) <br />Section 3 -12. Submission of Bills to the Mayor. <br />Every bill adopted by the council shall be duly authenticated by the clerk and the <br />presiding officer and thereupon presented to the mayor for approval. Such bill shall become <br />effective as an ordinance upon its approval or such later date as specified therein. If the mayor <br />disapproves a bill, the mayor shall return the bill together with any objections in writing to the <br />clerk within ten days (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays) after receipt. If the <br />mayor does not act within such ten -day period, the bill shall become effective as an ordinance as <br />if the mayor had approved it. The objections of the mayor shall be entered in the journal of the <br />E <br />