§ 3.14. Passage of Ordinances in General

(1) The City Council shall legislate by ordinance only, and the enacting clause of every ordinance shall read "Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Murphy, Texas …" Each proposed ordinance shall be introduced in the written or printed form required for adoption. Each and every ordinance shall contain a title or caption that identifies the subject(s) addressed in the ordinance. General appropriation ordinances may contain various subjects and accounts for which monies are to be appropriated. After adoption, an ordinance shall not be amended or repealed except by the adoption of another ordinance amending or repealing the original ordinance. Copies of any proposed ordinance, in the form required for adoption, shall be furnished to the City Council. Copies of the proposed ordinance, in the form required for adoption, shall be available at the City offices and shall be furnished to the public upon request to the City Secretary from and after the date on which such proposed ordinance is posted as an agenda item for a City Council meeting and, if amended, shall be available and furnished in amended form for as long as the proposed ordinance is before the City Council.

(2) Unless otherwise required by law, every ordinance shall become effective upon adoption or at any later time(s) specified in the ordinance, except that every penal ordinance imposing any penalty, fine or forfeiture shall become effective only after having the descriptive title or caption of the same published at least one time after final passage in a newspaper designated as the official newspaper of the City.

(3) If a majority of the City Council present at a council meeting request that the ordinance title and caption or its entirety be read, it must be read.

(Ord. No. 10-11-861, § 3(Exh. B), 11-15-2010)