Proposed ordinances shall be drafted by the Law Director or submitted to the Law Director for consideration of the legality, constitutionality, and form, and if found to be in proper form, shall be so certified. After their first reading, unless the rules requiring three readings are suspended, the proposed ordinances and resolutions shall be referred by the President of Council to the appropriate committee or committees of Council for their consideration and recommendations to the full Council unless said ordinances or resolutions have been introduced on the recommendation of a committee of Council.
(1982 Code, § 30.46) (Res. 61-13, passed 3-6-1961; Res. 72-1, passed 1-3-1972; Res. 21-27, passed 8-9-2021)