CITY of ALBUQUERQUE
TWENTY SIXTH COUNCIL
COUNCIL BILL NO. RA-25-3 ENACTMENT NO. ________________________
SPONSORED BY: Dan Champine
RULES AMENDMENT
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Amending Article II, Sections 4(D) And 4(H); Article II, Section 5; And Article III, Section 24(9) Of The City Council Rules Of Procedure (Champine)
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SECTION 1. ARTICLE II, Sections 4(D) and 4(H) of the City Council Rules of Procedure are amended as follows:
“D. All Committee assignments shall be subject to the approval of the City Council at the [first] [second] meeting in the month of January at which the President is elected.
H. Every report of a Committee, upon any matter referred to the Committee, shall be in writing and addressed to the President of the City Council:
(1) The report shall contain a summary report of the actions by and before the Committee in addition to the Committee recommendations, including the vote of each member. Every committee report shall be entered upon the journal of the City Council.
(2) The report on a bill shall carry one or more of the following recommendations:
(a) Do Pass
(b) Do Pass, as amended
(c) Without recommendation [*]
(d) Without recommendation, as amended [*]
(e) Do Not Pass
(f) Be referred to another committee [*]
(g) Be referred to a Committee-of-the-Whole [*]
(h) Substituted
(i) Substituted, as amended
[* The failure of these motions in Committee requires subsequent motion(s) to establish the Committee’s final recommendation to the City Council.]”
[(3) The failure of any “Do Pass” motion on a bill in Committee shall result in the bill being reported to the City Council as “FAILED” and pursuant to ARTICLE, II, Section 6(6) of these Rules, the Council’s acceptance of such a report shall result in failure of the bill; provided, however, that any bill that has failed in this manner will be revived by a subsequent motion and second to revive that receives an affirmative vote of at least four Councilors, in which case the bill will be placed on the agenda of the next regular Council meeting for action.]
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[(4)] [(5)]
[(5)] [(6)]
SECTION 2. ARTICLE II, Section 5 of the City Council Rules of Procedure is Amended as follows:
“Section 5. Other Committees Requiring Participation of the Council. Councilors participate in committees with members of the Administration or other entities listed herein:
[(16) Route 66 Visitor Center Commission (2 members)
(17) Homeless Coordinating Council (2 members)]”
SECTION 3. ARTICLE III, Section 24(9) of the City Council Rules of Procedure is amended as follows:
“Section 24. Land Use Hearing Officer Rules of Procedure and Qualifications
9. The Hearing Officer shall enter his or her findings and recommended decision (“decision”) and forward the decision and findings to the parties and the Council within [10] [15] days of the close of the hearing.”
SECTION 4. 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 5. EFFECTIVE DATE. This rules amendment shall take effect immediately upon adoption.