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Section 3-12.Submission of Bills to the Mayor. Every bill adopted by the council shall be duly authenticated by the clerk and the presiding officer and thereupon presented to the mayor for approval. Such bill shall become effective as an ordinance upon its approval or such later date as specified therein. If the mayor disapproves a bill, the mayorshall return the bill together withany objections in writing to the clerk withinten days (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays) after receipt. If the mayor does not act within such ten-day period, the bill shall become effective as an ordinance as ifthe mayor had approved it. The objections of the mayor shall be entered in the journal of the council and the council may, after five and within thirty days after the bill has been so returned, reconsider the vote upon the bill. If the bill, upon such reconsideration, is again passed by the affirmative vote of two-thirds ofthe entire membership the presiding officer shall verify that fact on the face of the bill and such bill shall become effective as an ordinance with like effect as if approved by the mayor. A bill failing to pass upon such reconsideration shall be deemedlost. If any appropriation bill is presented to the mayor,the mayor may veto any item or portion thereof by striking out or reducing the same. The mayor shall append anyobjections and the reasons thereforto the bill at the time of signing, and the item or portion thereof so vetoed shall not take effect unless the council shall reconsider the vote on the bill and, upon such reconsideration, the bill is again passed by the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the entire membership. (1990, Prop. 14, sec. 1) Section 3-13.Adoption of Pay Plan. All persons employed by the county or any of its boards or commissions, whether as officers or otherwise, except those whose pay is otherwise provided for shall be paid in accordance with a pay plan enacted by ordinance. The pay plan for persons holding positions in the position-classification plan shall be in accordance with Section 7-1.5 of this charter. Interim amendments to the ordinance establishing the pay plan for the county may be by resolution of the councilprovided a revised salary ordinance is enacted at least once annually. Section 3-14.County Code. There shall be a county code containing all county ordinances, as may be amended from time to time, and copies thereof shall be available for inspection atthe office of the county clerk. (1979, Prop. 13.) Section 3-15.General Plan. The county council shall adopt by ordinance a general plan which shall set forth the council’s long range policy for the comprehensive physical, economic, environmental, and socio- cultural wellbeing of the county. (a)The general plan shall contain a statement of development objectives, standards and principles with respect to the most desirable use of land within the county for residential, recreational, agricultural, commercial, industrial and other purposes which shall be consistent with proper conservation of natural resources and the preservation of our natural beauty and historical sites; the most desirable density of population in the several parts of the county; a systemof principal thoroughfares, highways, streets, public access to the shorelines, and other open spaces; the general locations, relocations and improvement of public buildings, the general location and extent of public utilities and terminals, whether publicly 6