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Statement Against
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Proposition 15 would amend city charter provisions by only
inserting the section or subsection of an ordinance being amended
and not doing as the current charter law requires that complete
disclosure must be given on the amendments and also the entire
ordinance, in full as it was amended.
The current city charter under Article IV Legislative
Department Section 9, ordinances, how amended, states that: "no
ordinance shall be reenacted or amended by references to its title; but
the ordinance reenacted or or the section thereof amended shall
be reenacted at length as revised or amended". Seattle citizens
deserve no less than full disclosure of the entire ordinance,
including the current language and the proposed amendments,
whenever an ordinance is revised or amended. Vote NO on Proposition
15 on November 2, 1999.
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Statement prepared by:
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Fred Bucke
Linda Jordan
Phone: (206) 523-6066
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Rebuttal to Statement Against
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Proposition 15 creates consistency among the requirements
for amending ordinances. State law already allows "codified"
ordinances to be amended by sub-section, and this State law
supersedes the City Charter. However, the State law does not
supersede the Charter for "uncodified" ordinances, which are those
that are not published in the Municipal Code. Proposition 15
provides that uncodified ordinances can be treated in the same way
as codified ones.
The proposed change would still provide "full disclosure" of
each proposed ordinance amendment since the entire effect of the
proposed change will be shown. Proposition 15 merely
eliminates the requirement to list language that is not being changed,
which thereby streamlines documents and makes the proposed
changes easier to understand. Vote YES on Proposition 15 to
enhance clarity and save paper.
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Rebuttal prepared by:
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Paul Schell, Mayor, City of Seattle
Sue Donaldson, President, Seattle City Council
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