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2006 Seattle Elections General Elections Voters' Guide Chrtr Am 14-Clerk Compilation of Ordinances - Ballot Title Ballot Title The city council has proposed an amendment to Article IV Subsection 13B of the city charter concerning the city clerk's duty to compile ordinances. This amendment would eliminate the current requirement that the city clerk each January compile certain ordinances enacted during the previous year and have multiple copies of those ordinances printed, indexed and bound in books with "substantial covers" for use by elected officials, department heads and the general public. Under the amendment, the clerk instead would be required to maintain a compilation of all ordinances enacted each year, to be available to the public at no cost. Should this charter amendment be
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Explanatory Statement 1. The proposal This charter amendment would change the requirements concerning the city clerk's duty to compile and make available ordinances that have been enacted. 2. The charter as it currently exists Article IV Subsection 13B of the city charter requires the city clerk each January to compile certain ordinances that were enacted during the previous year. The clerk must also have copies of the compiled ordinances printed, indexed and bound in books with "substantial covers." The clerk is required to provide enough copies of these books for all City elected officials and department heads; at least 100 more copies are to be made available for distribution at cost to the general public. 3. The effect of this amendment if approved The amendment would change Article IV Section 13B to eliminate the requirement that the city clerk compile ordinances each January and have multiple copies of those compilations printed, indexed and bound into books with "substantial covers." Instead, the city clerk would be required to maintain a compilation of all ordinances enacted each year, to be available to the public at no cost. |
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