§ 2-103. Passage of ordinances, resolutions, and orders.

(a)

Every ordinance, order, or resolution of the common council shall immediately upon its passage, enrollment, attestation, and signature by the clerk be presented by the clerk to the mayor, and a record of the time of such presentation made by the clerk.

(b)

If the mayor approves the ordinance, order, or resolution, he shall enter his approval thereon and sign the same; the ordinance, order, or resolution shall then become a law unless the council exercises its right to reconsider under rule 19, as stated in section 2-103. If the mayor does not approve the ordinance, order, or resolution, he shall return it to the clerk, with his objections in writing, within ten days after receiving it, and the clerk shall present it to the common council at its next meeting.

(c)

If the mayor fails to discharge his duty by approving or disapproving the ordinance, order, or resolution within the time allowed, such failure shall be deemed a veto of the council's action; in a written case of disapproval by the mayor, the ordinance, order, or resolution shall not become a law unless at its next regular or special meeting, after the time allowed for the mayor's action, the council shall again pass the same by a two-thirds vote of all the members.

(d)

All ordinances shall within a reasonable time after their approval by the mayor, or their passage over his veto, be recorded in a book kept by the city clerk for that purpose.

(Code 1968, tit. 20, art. I, § 10; Code 1985, § 30.23; Ord. No. 300, 8-6-1906; Ord. No. 1534, 11-3-1969; Ord. No. 2493, 12-21-1981)

State law reference

Approval, veto by city executive, IC 36-4-6-16; presentment of ordinances to city executive, IC 36-4-6-15.