(a) Form. Every proposed ordinance shall be introduced in writing and in the form required for final adoption. No ordinance shall contain more than one subject that shall be clearly expressed in its title. The enacting clause shall read, "Be It Ordained by the City Council of the City of Willis..."
(b) Procedure. An ordinance may be introduced and acted upon at any regular or special meeting of the Council. No ordinance shall be passed, except in cases of emergency, until the descriptive caption of the ordinance shall have been read in two separate meetings of the Council.
The requirement for considering ordinances and reading the descriptive caption thereof at two (2) separate meetings may be dispensed with where an ordinance relating to the immediate preservation of the public peace, health or safety is adopted as an emergency measure by a majority vote of the Council Members and such emergency ordinance shall take effect immediately upon its adoption and execution without a second consideration.
(c) Effective Date. Except as otherwise provided in this Charter, or by ordinance or by state law, all ordinances and resolutions passed by the Council shall take effect on the date of adoption.
(d) Publication. Any ordinance imposing any penalty, fine or forfeiture shall, after the passage thereof, be published one (1) time in the official newspaper of the City before the same shall go into effect. In lieu of publication of the full text of the ordinance, it shall be sufficient to publish the descriptive caption or title of the ordinance, stating in summary the purpose of the ordinance and the penalty for violation thereof. The ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after the publication thereof, unless otherwise provided, and the penalty, fine or forfeiture shall apply on the fifth day after publication.