HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem #92 - First Reading OrdinanceORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE SETTING FORTH A PROPOSED CHARTER
AMENDMENT, KNOWN AS "CHARTER AMENDMENT No. 3",
AMENDING THE CITY CHARTER: ADDING THERETO A
NEW SECTION NUMBERED 4-A ENTITLED "TIME OF
ELECTION" PROVIDING FOR MUNICIPAL GENERAL
ELECTIONS TO TAKE PLACE ON EVEN -NUMBERED YEARS
TO COINCIDE WITH FEDERAL AND STATE GENERAL
ELECTIONS, EXTENDING BY ONE YEAR THE CURRENT
TERMS OF OFFICE OF THE MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS;
REPEALING ALL CHARTER SECTIONS OR PARTS THEREOF
IN CONFLICT; AND CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI,
FLORIDA.
Section 1. The City Commission hereby submits the follow-
ing proposed Charter Amendment for submission to the qualified
electors of the City of Miami at the special municipal election
of November 2, 1982, for the purpose of adding to the City
Charter a new section numbered 4-A entitled "Time of Election",
providing for municipal`'igeneral elections to take place on even -
numbered years o coirtCyde with fel6ral and state elections,
thereby extend*ng by 'ane year�gel current terms of office of the
mayor and commis*oners .-,,,The bllowing proposed charter amend-
ment shall repeal -all charte}'sections or parts thereof insofar
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as they are inconsistent•,OL 6rn conflict with the provisions of
the proposed p � #r
osed charter a e ent and shall become effective
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upon its approval by the electors:
CHARTER AMENDMENT NO. 3
A new Section, numbered 4-A, entitled "Time of Election",
is hereby added to the Charter of the City of Miami, Chapter
10847, Special Acts, Laws of Florida, 1925, as amended, reading
as follows:
"Section 4-A. Time of election.
Any provision of th
notwithstanding, th
Cny COMMISSION
MEETING OF
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