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Tucson, AZ Code of Ordinances
TUCSON, ARIZONA CHARTER AND GENERAL ORDINANCES
ADOPTING ORDINANCES
PART I CHARTER*
CHAPTER I. NAME
CHAPTER II. BOUNDARIES
CHAPTER III. GOVERNMENT*
CHAPTER IV. POWERS OF CITY*
CHAPTER V. OFFICERS AND SALARIES*
CHAPTER VI. THE MAYOR*
CHAPTER VII. POWERS OF MAYOR AND COUNCIL*
CHAPTER VIII. VACANCIES*
CHAPTER IX. LEGISLATION*
CHAPTER X. POWERS AND DUTIES OF OFFICERS OTHER THAN MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL*
CHAPTER XI. CITY BOARD OF HEALTH
CHAPTER XII. CITY COURT
CHAPTER XIII. FINANCE AND TAXATION*
CHAPTER XIV. OFFICIAL BONDS*
CHAPTER XV. PROCUREMENT*
CHAPTER XVI. ELECTIONS*
CHAPTER XVII. FRANCHISES AND PUBLIC UTILITIES
CHAPTER XVIII. PROVISIONS RELATING TO OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES*
CHAPTER XIX. THE INITIATIVE*
CHAPTER XX. THE REFERENDUM*
CHAPTER XXI. RECALL
CHAPTER XXII. CIVIL SERVICE*
CHAPTER XXIII. PENSION FUND
CHAPTER XXIV. BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, COMMITTEES, ETC.*
CHAPTER XXV. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
CHAPTER XXVI. AMENDMENTS
CHAPTER XXVII. RESERVED*
CHAPTER XXVIII. RESERVED*
CHAPTER XXIX. DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE*
CHAPTER XXX. DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES*
CHAPTER XXXI. DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION
CHARTER COMPARATIVE TABLE
PART II TUCSON CODE
Tucson, AZ Unified Development Code
Tucson Administrative Directives
CHAPTER IX.
LEGISLATION*
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*   Cross References: Adoption of ordinance setting tax rate, ch. XIII, § 7; initiative, ch. XIX; referendum, ch. XX; existing ordinances, resolutions, resolutions and regulations continued in effect, ch. XXV, § 4; violations of Charter and ordinances, ch. XXV, § 5.
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Sec. 1. Mayor and council to exercise legislative power.
The legislative power of the city shall be vested in the mayor and council.
   Cross References: Government vested in mayor and council, ch. III, § 1.
Sec. 2. Organization and meetings of mayor and council.
At 10:00 a.m. on the first Monday in May, following a general municipal election at which a mayor is elected, the mayor and council shall meet at the usual place for holding meetings of the mayor and council, at which time the newly elected mayor and the newly elected councilmembers shall assume the duties of their office, and the mayor and council shall organize and, among other things, shall elect a vice mayor from their number, to serve for one (1) year from that date. A like meeting shall be held on the first Monday in May in the years when only councilmembers are elected, and a vice mayor selected likewise. The mayor and council, by ordinance, shall schedule a regular meeting to be held during the first full week of each month, and may schedule such additional regular meetings during any month as they deem necessary or desirable. Special meetings may be called at any time by the mayor or, in the mayor's absence or failure to act, by any four (4) members of the council.
(Ord. No. 9271, § 1, eff. 12-2-99)
   Editors Note: Proposition No. 101, approved at a Charter Amendment Special Election held on November 2, 1999 became effective December 2, 1999.
Sec. 3. Meeting of mayor and council to be public; journal required.
All meetings of the mayor and council shall be public, and a journal of their proceedings shall be kept by the clerk under their direction, and the ayes and noes shall be taken and entered in such journal upon the passage of all ordinances and resolutions, and on the final action of the mayor and council in the granting of franchises, in the authorization of contracts, in the ordering of work to be done or supplies or other public improvements; in all other cases, upon the call of any member.
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