(a) Procedure for Adoption of Benefits. Ordinances adopted pursuant to this section must be approved by not less than two-thirds of the Council, subject to the veto of the Mayor and override by Council by three-fourths of Council. No such ordinance may be finally adopted by the Council until the expiration of at least 30 days after its first presentation to the Council, nor until after a public hearing has been held.
(b) Limitation on Council Authority to Increase or Modify Benefits. The Council may, by an ordinance adopted pursuant to the requirements contained in subsection (a) modify or add to the benefits set forth in the Administrative Code or change conditions of entitlement. However, the Council may not increase or modify benefits if doing so would violate limitations imposed by federal or state law. As a further condition to the final adoption of benefit modifications, it shall be required that the Council be advised in writing by an enrolled actuary as to the cost of benefit increases.
Any ordinance adopted pursuant to this section shall go into effect upon publication, but the Council may provide that the terms of the ordinance, or portions of it, shall be operative at a later date or dates. Ordinances adopted pursuant to this section shall be codified in the Los Angeles Administrative Code.
An allowance which becomes effective after the publication of an ordinance adopted pursuant to this section but prior to the operative date shall be modified or increased only from and after the operative date of the providing ordinance.