Forest Preserve District of Cook County - File #: 14-0391

• File #: 14-0391
• Version: 1
• Name: FPDCC Ordinance Amendment Policy
• Type: Ordinance Amendment
• Status: Approved
• File created: 7/16/2014
• In control: Rules Committee
• On agenda: 7/22/2014
• Final action: 11/18/2014
• Title: PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT AN AMENDMENT CREATING A PROCEDURE FOR AMENDMENTS TO THE FOREST PRESERVE DISTRICT OF COOK COUNTY CODE OF ORDINANCES NOW THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED, by the Forest Preserve District of Cook County Board of Commissioners that Title 1 - Administrative, Chapter 5 Forest Preserve District President and Board of Commissioners Rules of Organization and Procedure, Section 1-5-2: Organization, Subsection 2-7 Referrals to Committees is hereby amended as follows: 2-7. Referrals to Committees. The Board may by motion refer any item before the Board to a Committee or to a subcommittee. The Chair of a committee may refer an item pending in that committee to a subcommittee of that committee. An item referred by the Board to any committee or subcommittee, or by a committee chair to a subcommittee, shall not be jointly referred to any other committee or subcommittee. Only upon the return of the item to the Board, either by report of the committee or by the Board's dis...
• Sponsors: LARRY SUFFREDIN, JERRY BUTLER, EARLEAN COLLINS, JOHN P. DALEY, JOHN A. FRITCHEY, BRIDGET GAINER, JESÚS G. GARCÍA, ELIZABETH "LIZ" DOODY GORMAN, GREGG GOSLIN, STANLEY MOORE, JOAN PATRICIA MURPHY, EDWIN REYES, TIMOTHY O. SCHNEIDER, PETER N. SILVESTRI, DEBORAH SIMS, ROBERT B. STEELE, JEFFREY R. TOBOLSKI

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
11/18/2014	1	Rules Committee	approve	Pass
11/18/2014	1	FPD Board of Commissioners	approve
7/22/2014	1	FPD Board of Commissioners	refer	Pass

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PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT

AN AMENDMENT CREATING A PROCEDURE FOR AMENDMENTS TO THE FOREST PRESERVE DISTRICT OF COOK COUNTY CODE OF ORDINANCES

NOW THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED, by the Forest Preserve District of Cook County Board of Commissioners that Title 1 - Administrative, Chapter 5 Forest Preserve District President and Board of Commissioners Rules of Organization and Procedure, Section 1-5-2: Organization, Subsection 2-7 Referrals to Committees is hereby amended as follows:

2-7. Referrals to Committees. The Board may by motion refer any item before the Board to a Committee or to a subcommittee. The Chair of a committee may refer an item pending in that committee to a subcommittee of that committee. An item referred by the Board to any committee or subcommittee, or by a committee chair to a subcommittee, shall not be jointly referred to any other committee or subcommittee. Only upon the return of the item to the Board, either by report of the committee or by the Board's discharge of the item from the committee or subcommittee, may the Board refer the item to another committee or subcommittee.
Any item that creates a new ordinance or amends an existing section or sections of the Code shall be referred to a committee or subcommittee upon its initial introduction to the Board. Upon referral, the committee shall hold a hearing on the item. Following the hearing, the item shall be reported to the Board or discharged by the committee or subcommittee. The Board may vote for immediate consideration of the item by a majority vote.
All items referred to committee or subcommittee by the Board shall be designated with a Communication Number as assigned by the Secretary
No committee or subcommittee shall meet for any purpose other than to consider one or more items designated by Communication Numbers.
The Secretary shall refer the draft Journal of Proceedings directly to the Committee on Rules and Administration and provide a Communication Number with...