§ 1-8. Amendments or additions to Code.  


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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 therein. When subsequent ordinances repeal any section, such repealed section may be excluded from the Code by omission from reprinted pages. Whenever any ordinance expresses the intent of the governing body that it be made a part of this Code and the same is thereafter included in a supplement to this Code, such inclusion shall have the same force and effect as if the ordinance had been included at the time of the original adoption of this Code by the governing body.

    (b)

    Amendments to any of the provisions of this Code shall be made by amending such provisions by specific reference to the section number of this Code in the following language: "That section ____________ of the Code of Ordinances, City of Merriam, Kansas, is hereby amended to read as follows:…." The section, as amended, shall then be set out in full.

    (c)

    If a new section not heretofore existing in the Code is to be added, the following language shall be used: "That the Code of Ordinances, City of Merriam, Kansas, is hereby amended by adding a section, to be numbered ____________ , which the section reads as follows:…." The new section shall then be set out in full.

(Code 1967, § 1-4)

State law reference

Amendments to looseleaf codes, K.S.A. 12-3015 ; amendatory ordinances generally, K.S.A. 12-3004 .