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Proposed amendment to Rule 13 of the Rules of Procedure of the Council.
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13. Filing deadlines; emergency items
13.1 The following deadlines apply:
1. All ordinances and resolutions shall be filed in the Clerk's Office not later than noon on the Tuesday at least one week prior to a regular meeting of the Council and not later than 11:00 a.m. of the third day, excluding Saturdays and Sundays, preceding the day of any other Council meeting.
2. No ordinance or resolution may be filed by the Council Office unless the originals have first been delivered to the Council Office not later than noon on the second Friday preceding the regular meeting date or not later than noon the fourth day, excluding Saturdays and Sundays, preceding the day of any other Council meeting.
3. Legislation prepared by the Council Office must be requested in writing at least 48 hours prior to this delivery deadline.
4. Subject to Section 6.13 of the Metropolitan Charter, the Capital Improvements Budget shall be filed in the Clerk's Office on or before May 15 at 4:30 p.m. for consideration at the next regular Council meeting.
13.2 All amendments to, or substitutes for, an ordinance or a resolution, or any requested latefiled legislation, shall be delivered to the Council Office not later than noon on the Friday immediately preceding the regular meeting date. In the event of a special meeting, delivery shall occur not later than noon the second day -- excluding Saturdays and Sundays -- preceding the day of such Council meeting. Amendments or substitutes will be prepared in a manner that indicates deletions by striking through such content and insertions by underlining such content.
13.3 The Council may not consider any ordinance, resolution, amendment, or substitute unless filed in accordance with the two preceding paragraphs, with the exception of legislation filed directly with the Clerk by a Councilmember.
13.4 No ordinance, binding resolution, amendment, or substitute submi...
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