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ORDINANCE NO. 90-02
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF OCOEE, FLORIDA, REPEALING
THE PRESENT SECTION 8-2 OF THE CITY CODE RELATING TO
THE QUALIFYING PERIOD FOR CANDIDATES FOR ELECTION TO
OFFICE IN CITY GOVERNMENT; ADOPTING A NEW SECTION 8-2
OF THE CITY CODE RELATING TO THE QUALIFYING PERIOD FOR
CANDIDATES FOR ELECTION TO OFFICE IN CITY GOVERNMENT;
PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF OCOEE,
FLORIDA:
Section 1. The City Commission of the City of Ocoee has the
authority to adopt this Ordinance pursuant to Article VIII of the
Constitution of the State of Florida and Chapters 163 and 166,
Florida Statutes.
Section ~ The present Section 8-2 of Chapter 8 of the Code
of Ordinances of the City of Ocoee, Florida, is hereby repealed in
its entirety.
Section ~ A new Section 8-2 of Chapter 8 of the Code of
Ordinances of the City of Ocoee is hereby adopted as follows:
Sec. 8-2. Filing by candidates.
All candidates for election to office in city
government shall qualify with the city clerk by
filing, on such form as may be required by the
city clerk, qualification papers designating the
office for which the person is a candidate. Such
qualification papers shall be accompanied by the
qualifying fee provided for in Section 8-3 of the
City Code. Such qualification papers shall be filed
and the qualifying fee paid at any time after noon
on September 1 of the year in which the election for
such office is scheduled, but no later than noon on
September 15 of the year in which the election for
such office is scheduled. Should the last day upon
which said qualification papers may be filed fall on
a weekend or another day upon which the city clerk's
office is not open for business, then said person
must file qualification papers no later than the last
day prior to September 15 of the year in which the
election for such office is scheduled and on which
the city clerk's office is open for business.
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Section ~ Severability. If any section, subsection,
sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this Ordinance is for any
reason held invalid or unconstitutional by any court of competent
jurisdiction, such portion shall be deemed a separate, distinct
and independent provision and such holding shall not affect the
validity of the remaining portion hereto.
Section ~ Effective Date. This Ordinance
effective immediately upon passage and adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this ~t{ day of F~p..Rult(t'1
shall become
, 1990.
APPROVED:
ATTEST:
CITY OF 9COEE, FLORIDA
(SEAL)
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Ordinance No. 90-02
Advertised January 25, 1990
Read First Time January 16, 1990
Read Second Time and Adopted
Febraury 6 ,1990
FOR USE AND RELIANCE ONLY
BY THE CITY OF OCOEE, APPROVED BY THE OCOEE CITY
APPROVED AS TO Fp~ AND COMMISSION AT A MEETING
LEGAL~rJ~ this (:/ day HELD ON FfcP..hA--/tlo\ /p , 1990
Of~Y)(vo.,.'1 ,1990 UNDER AGENDA ITEM NO. V A
FOLEY~ LARDN..E. R, VAN. DE.N BERG,
GAY. ~UR~. n~SON J-frRKIN
By: ~{~
City Attorney