City of Albuquerque
File #: O-22-35   
Type: Ordinance Status: Enacted
File created: 8/15/2022 In control: City Council
Final action: 10/3/2022
Enactment date: 10/18/2022 Enactment #: O-2022-034
Title: Amending The City Of Albuquerque Code Of Ordinances, Section 2-7-2-2, "Authority And Duties Of The City Attorney" To Prohibit Policy Advocacy By The City Legal Department (Davis)
Sponsors: Pat Davis
Attachments: 1. O-35, 2. O-35Enacted
Date Action ByActionResultAction Details
10/18/2022 City Clerk Published  Action details
10/17/2022 Mayor Not Signed by the Mayor  Action details
10/7/2022 City Council Sent to Mayor for Signature  Action details
10/3/2022 City Council Passed as AmendedPass Action details
10/3/2022 City Council AmendedPass Action details
9/19/2022 City Council Accepted with a Recommendation Do Pass  Action details
9/12/2022 Finance & Government Operations Committee Sent to Council with a recommendation of Do PassPass Action details
8/15/2022 City Council Introduced and Referred  Action details
8/15/2022 President Referred  Action details

CITY of ALBUQUERQUE

TWENTY FIFTH COUNCIL

 

 

COUNCIL BILL NO.      O-22-35                      ENACTMENT NO.   ________________________

 

SPONSORED BY: Pat Davis

 

 

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Amending The City Of Albuquerque Code Of Ordinances, Section 2-7-2-2, “Authority And Duties Of The City Attorney” To Prohibit Policy Advocacy By The City Legal Department (Davis) body

AMENDING THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE CODE OF ORDINANCES, SECTION 2-7-2-2, “AUTHORITY AND DUTIES OF THE CITY ATTORNEY” TO PROHIBIT POLICY ADVOCACY BY THE CITY LEGAL DEPARTMENT.

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL, THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE:

Section 1. Chapter 2, Article 7, Part 2, Section 2 of the Revised Ordinances of Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1994, “Authority and Duties of the City Attorney” is hereby amended as follows:

Ҥ 2-7-2-2 AUTHORITY AND DUTIES OF THE CITY ATTORNEY.

   The City Attorney, both personally and through his or her assistant city attorneys, shall represent the city in the courts. He or she shall also advise the Mayor and the Council as to legal matters. The City Attorney and assistant city attorneys, while acting in the course and scope of their duties, are prohibited from engaging in policy advocacy relating to matters upon which the City Legal Department has or is likely to be called upon for advisement or representation. Nothing herein shall prohibit the City Attorney or assistant city attorneys from expressing their personal views on any issue while acting outside the scope of their duties.”

SECTION 2.                      SEVERABILITY. If any section, paragraph, sentence, clause, word, or phrase of this Ordinance 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 Ordinance the Council hereby declares that it would have passed this Ordinance and each section, paragraph, sentence, clause, word, or phrase thereof irrespective of any provision being declared unconstitutional or otherwise invalid.

SECTION 3.                      COMPILATION. Section 1 of this Ordinance shall amend, be incorporated in, and compiled as part of the Revised Ordinances of Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1994.

SECTION 4.                      EFFECTIVE DATE. This Ordinance shall take effect five (5) days after publication by title and general summary.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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