California Government Code

§ 36933

GOV § 36933 Effective Jan 1, 2003Div. 3 · Title 4 · Part 2 · Ch. 2 · Art. 2

Statute text

(a)Within 15 days after its passage, the city clerk shall cause each ordinance to be published at least once, with the names of those city council members voting for and against the ordinance, in a newspaper of general circulation published and circulated in the city, or if there is none, he or she shall cause it to be posted in at least three public places in the city or published in a newspaper of general circulation printed and published in the county and circulated in the city. In cities incorporated less than one year, the city council may determine whether ordinances are to be published or posted. Ordinances shall not be published in a newspaper if the charge exceeds the customary rate charged by the newspaper for publication of private legal notices, but these ordinances shall be posted in the manner and at the time required by this section.

(b)Except as provided in Section 36937, an ordinance shall not take effect or be valid unless it is published or posted in substantially the manner and at the time required by this section.

(c)The publication or posting of ordinances, as required by subdivision (a), may be satisfied by either of the following actions:

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 159, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2003.