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Every ordinance which passes the council in order to become valid must be presented to the mayor; if he approves it, he shall sign it and the ordinance shall become valid, but if not, he shall return it with his written objections to the council and the council shall cause his objections to be recorded in the meeting minutes and proceed to a reconsideration thereof. If upon reconsideration a majority plus one of the whole membership, voting upon a call of ayes and nays, favor its passage, the ordinance shall become valid notwithstanding the mayor's veto. If the mayor fails for ten (10) days to either approve or veto an ordinance, it shall become valid without his approval. The mayor's veto with respect to budget measures shall extend to specific items only, and not to the whole budget. Ordinances shall be signed by he mayor or mayor pro tempore, and attested by the clerk. A summary of ordinances, unless otherwise provided in this charter, shall be published once in the city official newspaper, within five (5) days after its becoming valid, with complete text to be provided upon request at the City Clerk's office. Every ordinance shall be recorded in a book kept for that purpose, which record shall be attested by the clerk. Ordinances passed by a majority plus one of the whole membership of the council, designated therein as emergency ordinances, may be made effective upon becoming valid, but such ordinances may not levy taxes, grant, renew, modify or extend a franchise, or authorize the borrowing of money. An ordinance which grants, renews modifies, or extends a franchise shall take effect thirty (30) days after the date of its becoming valid unless a later date is fixed therein, in which event it shall take effect as such later date. All other ordinances enacted by the council shall take effect fifteen (15) days after the date of their becoming valid unless a later date is fixed therein, in which event they shall take effect at such later date. Ordinances adopted by the electors of the city shall take effect at the time fixed therein, or if no such time is designated therein, at the date of the adoption thereof. PROPOSITION#11 Shall Charter Sec. 3.4 be changed to require only a summary of ordinances be read at council meetings and published in the newspaper, with the complete text available upon request; shorten the requirement between introduction and final passage of ordinances from a full week to six days; and clarify the language relating to emergency ordinances? CHARTER CHANGE YES — CHARTER CHANGE NO CHARTER AMENDMENT ORDINANCE Page 16