4-37-9. County ordinances; recording and publication; effective
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A. All county ordinances, immediately after their passage, shall be recorded in a book kept for that purpose and shall be authenticated by the signature of the county clerk.
B. No ordinance shall take effect until thirty days after the ordinance has been recorded in the book kept by the county for that purpose.
C. Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection B of this section, when a board of county commissioners declares that it is necessary for the public peace, health and safety that an ordinance take effect immediately after passage, the ordinance shall take effect when it is recorded in the book kept by the county for that purpose and authenticated by the signature of the county clerk.
History: 1953 Comp., § 15-36A-9, enacted by Laws 1975, ch. 312, § 9; 1997, ch. 37, § 1.