CITY of ALBUQUERQUE
TWENTY SIXTH COUNCIL
COUNCIL BILL NO. RA-25-8 ENACTMENT NO. ___________________
SPONSORED BY: Brook Bassan
RULES AMENDMENT
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Amending The City Council Rules Of Procedure: Article III, Section 4(E) Order Of Business; And Article III, Section 6(A) Bills (Bassan)
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SECTION 1. ARTICLE III, SECTION 4(E) of the City Council Rules of Procedure is amended as follows:
ARTICLE III - PROCEDURES
Section 4. Order of Business.
E. All business which would be for Approval, Final Action, and Other Business may be placed on the Consent Agenda by the President if he or she believes that no discussion or amendment is needed. At the beginning of the Consent Agenda, the President shall ask if Councilors wish to drop items from the Consent Agenda; upon the request of any Councilor, any item shall be removed from the Consent Agenda [and placed in its regular part of the agenda] [and shall be heard following the vote on the Consent Agenda]. Items remaining on the Consent Agenda shall be affirmatively acted on by one or more motions, which motion is non-debatable; items on the Consent Agenda may not be amended or substituted.
SECTION 2. ARTICLE III, SECTION 6 of the City Council Rules of Procedure is amended as follows:
ARTICLE III - PROCEDURES
Section 6. Bills.
A. Proposed ordinances, resolutions memorials, and charter amendment proposals shall be called bills.
[(12) At the end of each calendar year, any legislation transmitted from the Administration to the Council President that was not introduced shall be transmitted back to the Administration via formal memorandum.]
SECTION 3. SEVERABILITY. If any section, paragraph, sentence, clause, word or phrase of this Rules Amendment is for any reason held to be invalid or unenforceable by any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of this Rules Amendment. The Council hereby declares that it would have passed this Rules Amendment and each section, paragraph, sentence, clause, word or phrase thereof irrespective of any provision being declared unconstitutional or otherwise invalid.
SECTION 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Rules Amendment takes effect immediately upon adoption.