Ord. No. 11-97-1632ORDINANCE NO.11-97-1632
A ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF SOUTH MIAMI,FLORIDA,RELATING TO DELETION OF
SECTION 2-4.2 OF THE SOUTH MIAMI CODE,ELIMINATING THE
OFFICE OF ASSOCIATE MUNICIPAL JUDGE,PROVIDING FOR
SEVERABILITY;ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT AND PROVIDING FOR
AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS,Chapter 2,Article 1,Section 2-4.2oftheCity
Code of Ordinances establishes the office of associate municipal
judge of the City of South Miami,and defines the duty and
.compensation of the associate municipal judge;and
WHEREAS,the City Commission has expressed their desire to
have the City's Code of Ordinances brought up-to-date by deleting
obsolete material,and by adding legislation which has been
adopted and not yet incorporated in the most current official
Code of Ordinances;and
NOW,THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY
COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SOUTH MIAMI,FLORIDA:
Section 1.Chapter 2,Article I,Section 2-4.2 of the
City Code of Ordinances,currently reads as follows:
The office of associate municipal judge of the city of South
Miami is hereby created.
The associate judge shall sit as the municipal judge in the
absence,sickness or disqualification of the municipal judge upon
so being advised by either the municipal judge or the mayor and
city Commission.
The associate municipal judge shall draw no regular salary
but shall be paid for each regular court session in which he
presides in accordance with the salary provided for the municipal
judge by the budget.
Section 2.The City Commission hereby amends Chapter 2,
Article I,Section 2-4.2,deleting that section initsentirety.
Section 3.Ifanysection,clause,sentence,or phrase
of this ordinance isfor any reason held invalid or
unconstitutional byacourtof competent jurisdiction,the
holding shall not affect the validity ofthis remaining portions
of this ordinance.
Section 4.All ordinances or parts of ordinances in
conflictwiththeprovisionsofthisordinancearehereby
repealed.
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Section 5.This ordinance shall take effect immediately
at the time of its passage.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 15-day of April,1997.
ATTEST:
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1st Reading-April 1,1997
2nd Reading-April 15,1997
READ AND APPROVED AS TO FORM
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CITY ATTORNEY COMMISSION VOTE:
Mayor Price:
Vice Mayor Robaina:
Commissioner Bethel
Commissioner Young:
4-0
Yea
Yea
Yea
Yea