(A) All ordinances passed by the City Council shall, before they take effect, be deposited in the office of the City Clerk, and if the Mayor approves thereof, he or she shall sign the same, and such as he or she shall not approve, he or she shall return to the Council, with his or her objection thereto, in writing, at the next regular meeting of the Council occurring not less than five days after the passage thereof. Such veto may extend to any one or more items or appropriations contained in any ordinance making an appropriation, or to the entire ordinance, and in case the veto extends to a part of such ordinance, the residue thereof shall take effect and be in force. But in case the Mayor shall fail to return any ordinance with his or her objections thereto, by the time aforesaid, he or she shall be deemed to have approved such ordinance, and the same shall take effect accordingly.
(B) Upon the return of any ordinance by the Mayor, the veto by which the same was passed, shall be reconsidered by the Council; and if, after such recommendation, two-thirds of all members elected to the City Council shall agree, by yeas and nays, to pass the same, it shall go into effect, notwithstanding the Mayor may refuse to approve thereof. The vote to pass the same over the Mayor’s veto shall be taken by yeas and nays, and entered on the journal.
(1975 Code, § 3.11)
Statutory reference:
Similar provisions, see 65 ILCS 5/3-11-18