10-3b-204 - Presenting council action to mayor -- Veto -- Reconsideration -- When ordinance, tax levy, or appropriation takes effect.
10-3b-204. Presenting council action to mayor -- Veto -- Reconsideration -- Whenordinance, tax levy, or appropriation takes effect.
(1) The council in each municipality operating under a council-mayor form of municipalgovernment shall present to the mayor each ordinance, tax levy, and appropriation passed by thecouncil.
(2) (a) The mayor in a municipality operating under a council-mayor form of municipalgovernment may veto an ordinance or tax levy or all or any part of an appropriation passed by thecouncil.
(b) If a mayor vetoes an ordinance or tax levy or all or any part of an appropriation, themayor shall return the ordinance, tax levy, or appropriation to the council within 15 days after thecouncil presents the ordinance, tax levy, or appropriation to the mayor, with a statementexplaining the mayor's objections.
(3) At its next meeting following a mayor's veto under Subsection (2), the council shallreconsider the vetoed ordinance, tax levy, or appropriation.
(4) An ordinance, tax levy, or appropriation passed by the council takes effect uponrecording as provided in Chapter 3, Part 7, Municipal Ordinances, Resolutions, and Procedure, if:
(a) the mayor signs the ordinance, tax levy, or appropriation;
(b) the mayor fails to sign the ordinance, tax levy, or appropriation within 15 days afterthe council presents the ordinance, tax levy, or appropriation to the mayor; or
(c) following a veto, the council reconsiders the ordinance, tax levy, or appropriation andpasses it by a vote of at least two-thirds of all council members.
Enacted by Chapter 19, 2008 General Session