The council shall codify its ordinances at least every ten (10) years. The ordinances, as codified, shall be kept current by use of a loose-leaf or other appropriate system when amendments occur with the exact form and designation to be determined by the council. Titles, enacting clauses and emergency sections shall be omitted. Temporary and special ordinances and parts of ordinances may also be omitted. Permanent and general ordinances and parts of ordinances which have been repealed by council action or which are to be repealed by the code shall be omitted from the code. Ordinances and parts of ordinances to be included in the code may be revised, rearranged, renumbered, and reorganized into a satisfactory, systematic arrangement. The council, at its discretion, may publish in connection with the code new matters, such as, but not limited to, provisions of state or federal law relating to the city of Purcell, a history of the city and its government, the names of officials and other informational matter as the council may decide. The code may also contain an index, as well as such forms as the council may deem appropriate and desirable.
The city clerk shall keep no less than three (3) copies of the code in his office for public use, inspection and examination. Copies of the code shall also be kept for distribution and sale at a reasonable price. Notice of publication of the code shall be in accordance with state law existing at the time of publication.
The council, at its sole discretion, may enact and adopt as a part of said code of ordinances, national and/or state recognized codes relating to, but not limited to, such matters as building, plumbing and electric and in such event it shall not be necessary to include in said code the entirety of each such federal or state code, but shall only refer to it. The city clerk shall keep in his possession for sale and distribution any such code so adopted.