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The vote upon the passage of any ordinance, resolution or motion shall be taken by voice vote unless otherwise requested by a member of the city council, in which case a roll call vote shall be taken. The results of all voting shall be entered upon the minutes of the proceedings of the council. Every ordinance, resolution, or motion shall require on final passage the affirmative vote of a majority of the members present unless more is required by state law, this Charter, or ordinance. (Amend. of 6-12-73, Prop. No. 33; Amend. of 8-12-89, Prop. No. 13)
All ordinances and resolutions passed by the city council shall become effective immediately from and after final publication, except in the following instances:
(1) where the state law or other provisions of this Charter provide otherwise, in which case the effective date shall be the earliest time therein prescribed;
(2) where the ordinance or resolution prescribes a different effective date;
(3) where an ordinance or resolution is adopted under the initiative and referendum provisions of this Charter, in which case the effective date thereof shall be immediately after the canvass of the election.
The city council shall have power to cause the ordinances of the city to be printed, in code form, and shall have the same arranged and digested as often as the council may deem advisable; however, failure to print the ordinances as herein provided shall not affect the validity of the same.
In all judicial proceedings, it shall be sufficient to plead any ordinance by caption, or by the number of sections thereof wanted, and it shall not be necessary to plead the entire ordinance or section. All ordinances of the city when printed and published and bearing on the title page thereof “Ordained and Published by the City Council of the City of Dallas,” or words of like import, shall be prima facie evidence of their authenticity and shall be admitted and received in all the courts and places without further proof.
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