§ 1-11. Amendments to Code; effect of new ordinances; amendatory language.  


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  • (a)

    All ordinances passed subsequent to this Code which amend, repeal or in any way affect this Code, may be numbered in accordance with the numbering system of this Code and printed for inclusion in this Code. In the case of repealed chapters, sections and subsections or any part thereof, by subsequent ordinances, such repealed portions may be excluded from the Code by omission from reprinted pages affected thereby. The subsequent ordinances as numbered and printed or omitted, in the case of repeal, shall be prima facie evidence of such subsequent ordinances until such time that this Code and subsequent ordinances numbered or omitted are re-adopted as a new code of ordinances by the city council.

    (b)

    Amendments to any of the provisions of this Code may be made by amending such provisions by specific reference to the section number of this Code in the following language: "Section _____ (subsection _____ or paragraph _____) of the City Code of San Antonio, Texas, is hereby amended to read as follows: _______." The new provisions may then be set out in full as desired.

    (c)

    If a new section not heretofore existing in the Code, is to be added, the following language may be used: "That the City Code of San Antonio, Texas, is hereby amended by adding a section, to be numbered _____, which such section reads as follows: _______." The new section may then be set out in full as desired.

(Code 1959, § 1-13)

Charter reference

Enactment of ordinances, § 14 et seq.