When would vetoed ordinance go into effect, if code city council overrides veto?
The determination of an ordinance’s effective date should probably begin by reference to the date of the council’s override of the mayor’s veto. RCW 35A.12.140 requires every ordinance be signed by the mayor to be valid. The mayor’s signature would be the final act by the city in the enactment of the ordinance and prior to its publication. No ordinance may go into effect until five days after its date of publication, unless otherwise provided. If the council overrides the veto, that would be the final act in the legislative process. If the veto is over-ridden, the ordinance would then be published and would go into effect five days later, assuming that a different effective date was not provided for by the ordinance. (The same answer should apply in a second class city. See RCW 35.23.211). • In a code city, if ordinance is published on Thursday, when does it first become effective? On the following Tuesday, in all likelihood. RCW 35A.12.130 provides in part: “No ordinance shall take ef
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