CITY of ALBUQUERQUE
TWENTY SEVENTH COUNCIL
COUNCIL BILL NO. RA-26-1 ENACTMENT NO. ________ _____
SPONSORED BY: Klarissa J. Peña
RULES AMENDMENT
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Amending The City Council Rules Of Procedure: Article III, Section 4, Order Of Business (Peña)
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SECTION 1. Article III, Section 4 of the City Council Rules of Procedure is amended as follows:
Article III - PROCEDURES
Section 4. Order of Business
(C). No more than two proclamations (Item 3 above) may be considered at any meeting of the Council [; no Councilor may present more than four proclamations at a Council meeting per calendar year, except that the President may approve additional proclamation presentations in excess of four per Councilor per calendar year so long as the proclamation request is presented to the President for consideration at least one week in advance of the meeting]. However, nothing herein prohibits a Councilor from sponsoring and presenting additional proclamations outside of Council meetings. Councilors wishing to sponsor a proclamation shall request assignment to a meeting agenda subject to approval from the President. If so approved, Councilors shall file the topic or title of the proclamation with the Clerk of the Council no later than 10:00 a.m. on the Friday preceding the meeting at which the proclamation is to be presented. Presentations (Item 3 above) includes the Gross Receipts Tax Report, cannabis excise report, and all other revenue reports, and any other presentation allowed at the discretion of the President. The Gross Receipts Tax Report shall be presented at the next regular City Council meeting following the date the State transmits the Gross Receipt Tax Report to the City. The Gross Receipts Tax Report, cannabis excise report, and all other revenue reports shall be sent to all City Councilors immediately following receipt by the City and after the reconciliation process.
SECTION 2. 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 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Rules Amendment takes effect immediately upon adoption.