REQUIREMENTS FOR PASSAGE
Ordinances must be adopted at a public meeting (11 O.S. §14-102)
Ordinances must be adopted by a MAJORITY of ALL members of the City Council or the Board of Trustees (11 O.S. § 14-102)
Ordinances must contain only one subject (11 O.S. §14-104)
The subject of the ordinance must be expressed in the title (11 O.S. §14-104)
EFFECTIVE DATE
Unless a later date is specified, Ordinances go into effect 30 Days after passage
(11 O.S. §14-103)If an Ordinance has an Emergency Clause, it goes into effect immediately, unless a later date is specified (11 O.S. §14-103)
EMERGENCY CLAUSE
Must be for the immediate preservation of peace, health, or safety (11 O.S. §14-103)
Must have a separate section the reasons why it is necessary for the Ordinance to become effective immediately (11 O.S. §14-103)
The Emergency Clause must be voted on separately (11 O.S. §14-103)
The Emergency Clause MUST be approved by ¾ of ALL members of the Governing Body
(11 O.S. §14-103)
PUBLICATION
No ordinance having a subject other than the appropriation of money will be in force unless it is published in full within fifteen (15) days of passage (11 O.S. §14-106)
Ordinances passed with an Emergency Clause attached may be published by title only
(11 O.S. §14-107 (E))Compilations or codes of law or regulations such as traffic, building, plumbing, electric, which the municipality may regulate may be published by title with a summary of their contents (11 O.S. §14-107(A))
The publisher or managing officer of the newspaper shall prefix to the ordinance a line in brackets stating the date of publication as “Published______” giving the month, day and year of publication (11 O.S. §14-106)
ORDINANCE BOOK
Every ordinance must be entered into an ordinance book immediately after its passage
(11 O.S. §14-105)The entry shall contain the following:
The text of the ordinance (11 O.S. §14-105)
The date of passage (11 O.S. §14-105)
The page of the journal containing the record on the final vote on its passage
(11 O.S. §14-105)The name of the newspaper in which the ordinance was published
(11 O.S. §14-105)The date of publication (11 O.S. §14-105)
Compilations or codes of municipal law or regulations are not required to be in full in the book, but the ordinance adopting them by reference or enacting the compilation shall be entered and a compilation of the code shall be on file with the municipal clerk (11 O.S. §14-105)
BUILDING CODES COMPILED OR ADOPTED BY REFERENCE
Ordinances adopting building standards shall adopt and enforce Codes adopted by the Oklahoma Uniform Code Commission (11 O.S. §14-107(B))
Cities and Towns may enforce Codes more restrictive than those adopted by the Oklahoma Uniform Code Commission 30 days after the submittal to the Commission
(11 O.S. §14-107(D))One copy of the codes adopted by reference shall be kept in the municipal clerk’s office
(11 O.S. §14-107(A))Copies of the ordinances, codes or compilations must be available for distribution or sale at a reasonable price (11 O.S. §14-107(A))
CODIFICATION OF ORDINANCES
The governing body may authorize a codification of its ordinances (11 O.S. §14-108)
The code may be kept current by use of a loose-leaf system and process for amendment
(11 O.S. §14-108)Three copies of the Code shall be kept in the office of the municipal clerk for public use, inspection, and examination (11 O.S. §14-108)
The municipal clerk shall keep copies of the code for distribution or sale at a reasonable price (11 O.S. §14-108)
MANDATORY COMPILATION OF PENAL ORDINANCES
Penal Ordinances shall be compiled and published in permanent form no less than once every ten (10) years (11 O.S. §14-109)
Penal Ordinance Supplements shall be published every other year (11 O.S. §14-109)
Penal Ordinances shall not be enforced until they have been placed in a permanent volume as supplemented (11 O.S. §14-109)
Codification of Ordinances which include Penal Ordinances is sufficient for complying with compilation if it is issued in a permanent volume with biennial supplements and Notice Requirements of 11 O.S. § 14-110 have been met (11 O.S. §14-109)
The 10-year codification requirement shall be satisfied if the Code complies with the compilation requirement and the
biennial supplements are made a part of the permanent volume (11 O.S. §14-109)
NOTICE AND FILING OF PENAL ORDINANCES
Municipal Governing bodies shall adopt a Resolution notifying the pubic of the compilation of the Penal Ordinances and biennial supplements (11 O.S. §14-110)
A copy of the Resolution shall be filed in the office of the county clerk in each county in which the municipality is located. The county clerk shall assign the filed resolution a book and page number (11 O.S. §14-110)
One copy of the penal code and the biennial supplements shall be filed in the county law library of each county where the municipality is located and the librarian shall duly note receipt in writing (11 O.S. §14-110)
A copy of the written receipt may be filed with the county clerk who shall assign a book and page number (11 O.S. §14-110)
The Code and any biennial supplements shall be available for purchase at a reasonable price (11 O.S. §14-110)
MISCELLANEOUS
Enabling Clause for cities: “Be it ordained by the Council of the City of _____,”
(11 O.S. §14-104)Enabling Clause for towns: “Be it ordained by the Board of Trustees of the Town of _____.”
(11 O.S. §14-104)Ordinances which have been compiled and filed in accordance with the provisions of 11 O.S. §14-110 shall be judicially noticed in all court proceedings (11 O.S. §14-110)