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[Amended 6-14-2016 by Res. No. 143-2016]
All local laws and resolutions to be presented to the Legislature shall be filed with the Clerk or Deputy Clerk by 10:00 a.m. on the last business day preceding the meeting at which such matter shall be introduced. The Clerk shall make electronic and/or paper copies of all local laws and resolutions (and such communications and petitions as may be requested by a Legislator) and make them available to all Legislators prior to the beginning of each day's session.
[Amended 11-14-1995 by Res. No. 392-1995]
A. 
All local laws, resolutions, communications and petitions shall be filed in conventional written form. The Clerk shall decline to receive any paper for filing unless it is legible. No local law or resolution may be filed which is substantially the same as a local law or resolution then pending before or previously submitted to the Legislature or one of its committees. Each local law or resolution shall contain a single subject matter.
B. 
All local laws, resolutions, communications and petitions submitted to the Legislature for consideration shall include within their text a statement as to the fiscal impact such items would have on the revenues or expenses, or both, of the budget of Monroe County, as well as the value of any resources required to study or determine the feasibility of enacting each such item. In the event that there is no fiscal impact, the same shall be stated.
C. 
Electronic distribution of full Legislature and Committee materials to Legislators is required, unless a Legislator has requested the Clerk, in writing, to provide printed materials, or, if in the judgment of the presiding officer, paper materials would better suit the individual circumstances (i.e., power outage, loss of Internet access, etc.).
[Added 6-14-2016 by Res. No. 143-2016]
A. 
Resolutions shall be adopted in accordance with the procedures set forth in § C2-7 of the Monroe County Charter.
B. 
Local laws shall be adopted in accordance with the procedures set forth in § C2-7 of the Monroe County Charter and § A4-5 of the Monroe County Administrative Code.
The President or presiding officer may refer any communication or petition to a standing or special committee of the Legislature to consider and report thereon.
All resolutions and local laws which do not bear a title when filed with the Clerk shall be appropriately entitled by the Clerk before being presented to the Legislature.