CITY of ALBUQUERQUE
TWENTY SEVENTH COUNCIL
COUNCIL BILL NO. O-26-54 ENACTMENT NO. ________________________
SPONSORED BY: Tammy Fiebelkorn and Dan Champine
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Amending ROA 1994, Chapter 2, Article 7, Part 2, Related To The City Attorney And The City Legal Department And Repealing Section 3-2-5 Of The Code Of Resolutions (Fiebelkorn, Champine)
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AMENDING ROA 1994, CHAPTER 2, ARTICLE 7, PART 2, RELATED TO THE CITY ATTORNEY AND THE CITY LEGAL DEPARTMENT AND REPEALING SECTION 3-2-5 OF THE CODE OF RESOLUTIONS.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL, THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE:
SECTION 1. ROA 1994, Chapter 2, Article 7, Part 2 is hereby amended as follows:
PART 2: LEGAL DEPARTMENT; CITY ATTORNEY.
§ 2-7-2-1 CREATION OF THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT; CITY ATTORNEY.
There is created a department of the City, the Legal Department. The head of the Legal Department shall be the City Attorney.
§ 2-7-2-2 AUTHORITY AND DUTIES OF THE CITY ATTORNEY.
(A) The City Attorney, both personally and through assistant city attorneys, shall represent the City of Albuquerque in the courts.
(B) The City Attorney, both personally and through assistant city attorneys, shall advise the Mayor and the City Council as to legal matters.
(C) 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.
§ 2-7-2-3 APPOINTMENT OF THE CITY ATTORNEY.
The City Attorney shall be appointed by the Mayor with the advice and consent of the Council.
§ 2-7-2-4 RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITY ATTORNEY AND LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
(A) It is the duty of the City Attorney, in add...
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