§ 6.4. Publication of Ordinances.

(a)

Before an ordinance may become effective, it shall be published. The publication of an ordinance as a part of the published proceedings of the Council shall constitute the publication required by this section. The effective date of an ordinance shall be stated therein, but shall not be less than twenty days from the date of its adoption, unless it is declared by the affirmative vote of not less than five members of the Council to be an emergency ordinance.

(b)

Within two years after the effective date of this charter, the Council shall provide for and develop an ordinance code for the city. Such code shall be an ordinance of the city. It shall be amended and parts thereof shall be repealed only by an ordinance. It shall be adopted and published in the manner provided or permitted by law. In the development of such code, all existing ordinances of the city shall be reviewed and shall be adopted into such code, amended before such adoption, or omitted therefrom, as fits the needs of the city and the provisions of this charter. After the adoption of such code, all ordinances thereafter adopted shall be a part thereof. Copies of such code and all amendments thereof shall be available for public inspection in the office of the Clerk and in the Owosso Public Library. Copies of the Code shall be available in the office of the Clerk for public distribution at a cost which shall reasonably reflect the cost of the printing thereof.

State law reference

Mandatory that Charter provide for the publication of all ordinances before they become operative, MCL 117.3(k), MSA 5.2073(k); codification authority, MCL 117.56, MSA 5.2084(2); authority to adopt technical codes by reference, MCL 117.3(k), MSA 5.2073(k).