§ 103. Procedure to amend or repeal this chapter.

A.

Mandatory duty of Secretary of Council. The City of Tulsa, having made a solemn pledge to the citizens of Tulsa regarding the expenditures of the revenue from the extended sales tax, and having enacted this chapter to establish the official City policy with regard to such revenue, hereby pledges that this chapter shall remain in force during the entire period of collection and expenditure of the revenues generated by the extended sales tax for the projects and purposes herein enumerated.

Any attempt to amend or repeal this chapter can lawfully occur only by placing such proposal on the official agenda of the City Council which agenda is prepared by the office of the Secretary of the Council ("Secretary").

In the event a request is ever made by any party to place the issue of the amendment or repeal of this chapter on any agenda of the City Council, the Secretary is hereby specifically prohibited from placing such issue on any such agenda until full compliance with the following requirements have been made.

1.

The Secretary shall forthwith (within twenty-four [24] hours) notify all major newspapers, all television stations and all radio stations then located within the City of Tulsa of the request for amendment or repeal of this chapter.

2.

The Secretary shall forthwith notify the general public of such request by a press conference officially called by the Secretary and held at the City Hall, to which all of the above-named newspapers, radio and television stations shall be invited.

3.

The Secretary shall forthwith cause a public notice to be given in the Tulsa Daily World and The Oklahoma Eagle, specifically setting forth fully the nature, purpose and extent of the request and the date the matter will first be placed on the agenda for public hearing before the City Council, which date shall be a date more than fifteen (15) days from the date of first publication of such notice. The notice shall be published once a week for two (2) consecutive weeks.

4.

The Secretary shall, upon performance of all of the above acts, execute and deliver to the Council of the City of Tulsa written certification as to the time and manner of the performance of the foregoing duties herein assigned, which certification shall be filed as a part of the permanent records of the City in the office of the City Clerk, and shall be available for inspection or copying at all reasonable times.

B.

Procedure Before Council. No official action shall be taken by the Council of the City of Tulsa upon any request to amend or repeal this chapter until the following acts and procedures have been complied with:

1.

The Council shall have examined the written certification of the Secretary concerning the acts required to be performed by Subsection 103.A above, and shall have satisfied itself that all such acts have been duly and timely performed; and

2.

The Council shall have held at least two (2) public hearings on the proposal (one (1) of which shall be held at night), which hearings shall be at least seven (7) days apart, and the first of which shall have been more than fifteen (15) days from the date of first publication of the notice given by the Secretary setting forth the nature of the request to amend or repeal this chapter as above provided.

(Ord. No. 21254)