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9/22/03
ORDINANCE NO. 12 42 "
AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY
COMMISSION AMENDING CHAPTER 16 OF THE CODE OF
THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED,
ENTITLED "ELECTIONS, TO PROVIDE FOR THE
ELIMINATION OF AN ELECTION FOR MAYOR OR A
CITY COMMISSIONER FOR A SPECIFIC DISTRICT
SEAT WHEN, AT THE CLOSE OF THE QUALIFYING
PERIOD, ONLY ONE CANDIDATE FOR AN OFFICE IS
LISTED ON A GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION
BALLOT; MORE PARTICULARLY BY ADDING NEW
SECTION 16-7 TO SAID CODE; CONTAINING A
REPEALER PROVISION, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE,
AND PROVIDING FOR AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE
DATE.
WHEREAS, the City Commission seeks to ensure that the City
of Miami has procedures for the elimination of the necessity of
election for Mayor or a City Commissioner for a specific District
seat when, at the close of the qualifying period only one
candidate for an office is listed on the general municipal
election ballot;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY
OF MIAMI, FLORIDA:
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Section 1. The recitals and findings contained in the
Preamble to this Ordinance are adopted by reference and
incorporated as if fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. Chapter 16 of the Code of the City of Miami,
Florida, as amended, entitled "ELECTIONS," is amended in the
following particulars:ll
"Chapter 16
ELECTIONS
Sec 16-7 Election not required for Mayor or for a
City Commissioner for a specific
_District seat - if only one qualifying
candidate is listed on a general
municipal ballot at close of qualifying
period.
If, at the close of the qualifying period there is
only one candidate's name listed on the general
municipal election ballot for Mayor or for a City
Commissioner for a specific District seat(s), no
election for Mayor or for a City Commissioner for a
specific District seat(s) shall be required, and said
candidate or candidates shall be declared elected for
that particular term(s) of office as of five (5) days
after the date of the scheduled general municipal
election.
�i Words and/or figures stricken through shall be deleted.
Underscored words and/or figures shall be added. The remaining
provisions are now in effect and remain unchanged. Asterisks
indicate omitted and unchanged material.
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Section 3. All ordinances or parts of ordinances that
are inconsistent or in conflict with the provisions of this
Ordinance are repealed.
Section 4. If any section, part of section, paragraph,
clause, phrase or word of this Ordinance is declared invalid, the
remaining provisions of this Ordinance shall not be affected.
Section 5. This Ordinance is declared to be an emergency
measure on the grounds of urgent public need for the preservation
of peace, health, safety, and property of the City of Miami and
to generally carry on the functions and duties of municipal
affairs.
Section 6. The requirement of reading this Ordinance on
two separate days is dispensed with by an affirmative vote of not
less than four-fifths of the members of the Commission.
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Section 7. This Ordinance shall become effective
immediately upon its adoption and signature of the Mayor.21
PASSED AND ADOPTED BY TITLE ONLY this 25th day of
SAptAmher , 2003.
ATTEST:
PRISCILLA A. THOMP,905, TY CLERK
APPRO��A ORM AND CORRECTNESS :V
NDRO VILARELLO
ATTORNEY
W1537:BSS
If the Mayor does not sign this Ordinance, it shall become
effective at the end of ten calendar days from the date it was
passed and adopted. If the Mayor vetoes this Ordinance, it shall
become effective immediately upon override of the veto by the
City Commission.
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