§ 1-6. Amendments to Code; effect of new ordinances; amendatory language.  


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  • (a)

    All ordinances passed subsequent to this Code which amend, repeal or in any way affect this Code may be numbered in accordance with the numbering system of this Code and printed for inclusion in the Code. In the case of repealed chapters, sections and subsections, or any part thereof, by subsequent ordinances, such repealed portions may be excluded from the Code by omission from reprinted pages affected thereby. The subsequent ordinances, as numbered and printed, or omitted in the case of repeal, shall be prima facie evidence of such subsequent ordinances until such time as this Code and subsequent ordinances numbered or omitted are readopted as a new code by the town council.

    (b)

    Amendments to any of the provisions of this Code may be made by amending such provisions by specific reference to the section number of this Code in the following language: "Section ____________ of the Code of Ordinances, Town of Cinco Bayou, Florida, is hereby amended to read as follows: …." The new provisions shall then be set out in full as desired.

    (c)

    If a new section not heretofore existing in the Code is to be added, the following language may be used: "The Code of Ordinances, Town of Cinco Bayou, Florida, is hereby amended by adding a section (or article or chapter) to be numbered ____________ , which section (or article or chapter) reads as follows: …." The new section, or article or chapter, as the case may be, shall then be set out in full as desired.

    (d)

    All sections, articles, chapters or provisions desired to be repealed must be specifically repealed by section, article or chapter number, as the case may be.

(Code 1990, § 1-6)