(A) The effective date of each ordinance or resolution passed by the Council shall be on the day that the ordinance is given third reading or the date the resolution is adopted unless the effective date of the ordinance or resolution is set out in the ordinance or resolution.
(B) Each ordinance adopted by the Council shall be filed in the office of the clerk of court by the clerk to the council. A record of the filing shall be maintained by the clerk to the council.
(C) Immediately upon final adoption, each ordinance shall be assigned an ordinance number consistent with the system for numbering ordinances adopted by the Council.
(D) All ordinances and resolutions of the Council passed during the preceding 12 months shall be printed and made available for public distribution through the office of the Council by the executive secretary. In accordance with S.C. Code § 4-9-120, as amended, all proceedings of Council shall be compiled, indexed, codified and published by title.
(E) Every ordinance adopted by the Council shall be forwarded by the clerk to the council to the codifier of the county’s ordinances. The codifier shall, immediately or at intervals as the Council may determine, upon receipt, prepare the ordinance for inclusion in the codified ordinances of the county, as appropriate, and shall prepare replacement or additional pages to the County Code.
(F) All ordinances adopted by the County Council shall be made available for public inspection in the office of the clerk to the council during normal business hours for county offices. Copies of any ordinance adopted by the Council may be purchased at the office of the clerk to the council at a price fixed by the clerk which covers the cost of reproduction.
(‘77 Code, § 2-34) (Ord. 3, passed 2-7-77; Am. Ord. 4, passed 2-7-77)