§ 1-8. Amendments to Code; effect of new ordinances; amendatory language.

(a)

All ordinances passed subsequent to this Code of Ordinances which amend, repeal or in any way affect this Code may be numbered in accordance with the numbering system of this Code and printed for inclusion therein. When subsequent ordinances repeal any chapter, section or subsection or any portion thereof, such repealed portions may be excluded from this Code by omission from reprinted pages. Any and all additions and amendments to this Code, when passed in such form as to indicate the intention of the board of aldermen to make them a part of this Code, shall be deemed to be incorporated in this Code, so that a reference to the Code shall be understood and intended to include such additions and amendments.

(b)

Amendments to any of the sections of this Code may be made by amending such provisions by specified reference to the section number of this Code in substantially the following language: "That section ____________ of the Code of Ordinances, Town of Gramercy, Louisiana, is hereby amended to read as follows:…." The new provisions shall then be set out in full as desired.

(c)

If a new section not heretofore existing in this Code is to be added, the following language may be used: "That the Code of Ordinances, Town of Gramercy, Louisiana, is hereby amended by adding a section, to be numbered ____________ , which said section reads as follows:…." The new section shall then be set out in full as desired.

(d)

All sections, divisions, articles, chapters or other provisions desired to be repealed shall be specifically repealed by section, division, article or chapter number, as the case may be.

(Code 1969, § 1-6; Code 1997, § 1-8)