CHAPTER 78

LEGALIZATION OF CITY OF DAVENPORT ORDINANCES AND AMENDMENTS

S.F. 511   Bill History

AN ACT to legalize certain ordinances and amendments considered and passed by the city of Davenport in accordance with procedures no longer valid, and providing an effective date and for retroactive applicability.

WHEREAS, according to section 380.3, a proposed ordinance or amendment must be considered and voted on for passage at two city council meetings prior to the meeting at which it is to be finally passed, unless this requirement is suspended by a recorded vote of not less than three-fourths of all of the members of the council; and

WHEREAS, the city of Davenport from July 1, 1997, until July 1, 2000, utilized a procedure, in compliance with section 380.3, as that section existed prior to July 1, 1997, which entailed considering and voting on an ordinance or amendment at one meeting prior to the meeting at which it was to be finally passed, without suspension by a recorded vote of not less than three-fourths of the council members, and after publishing a summary of the proposed ordinance or amendment prior to its first consideration, and making copies available at the time of publication at the office of the city clerk; and

WHEREAS, the seventy-seventh General Assembly enacted 1997 Iowa Acts, chapter 168, section 4, that eliminated the provision allowing a city council to consider and vote on an ordinance or amendment at one meeting prior to the meeting at which it was to be finally passed, by publishing a summary of the proposed ordinance or amendment, prior to its first consideration, and making copies available at the time of publication at the office of the city clerk; NOW THEREFORE,

Be It Enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa:

Section 1. All acts and proceedings relating to any ordinance or amendment considered and passed by the city council of the city of Davenport on and after July 1, 1997, until July 1, 2000, and such ordinance or amendment, the validity of which has been questioned due to the failure of the city council to consider and vote on the proposed ordinance or amendment at two city council meetings prior to the meeting at which it was finally passed, absent a suspension of this requirement by a recorded vote of not less than three-fourths of all of the members of the council, as provided in section 380.3, are hereby legalized, validated, and confirmed.

Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE AND APPLICABILITY DATES. This Act, being deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment and is retroactively applicable to July 1, 1997.

Approved April 25, 2001

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