§ 1-6. Amendments to Code; effect of new ordinances; amendatory language.

(a)

All ordinances passed subsequent to this Code which amend, repeal or in any way affect this Code may be numbered in accordance with the numbering system of this Code and printed for inclusion herein. In the case of repealed chapters, sections and subsections or any part thereof by subsequent ordinances, such repealed portions may be excluded from the Code by omission from reprinted pages affected thereby. The subsequent ordinances as numbered and printed, or omitted in the case of repeal, shall be prima facie evidence of such subsequent ordinances until such time that this Code and subsequent ordinances numbered or omitted are re-adopted as a new Code by the governing body.

(b)

Amendments to any of the provisions of this Code shall be made by amending such provisions by specific reference to the chapter, article, section or subdivision thereof in words and phrases to the following effect: "That section _____ (or subdivision thereof or chapter or article as the case may be) of the Code of Decatur, Alabama, is hereby amended to read as follows: …." The new provision shall then be set out in full as desired.

(c)

In the event a new section or subsection thereof or article or chapter, not heretofore existing in this Code, is to be added, words and phrases to the following effect shall be used: "That the Code of Decatur, Alabama is hereby amended by adding a section (or subdivision thereof or article or chapter thereof, as the case may be) to be numbered _____, which said section (or subdivision thereof or article or chapter, as the case may be) reads as follows: …." The new provisions shall then be set out in full as desired.

(d)

All sections or subdivisions thereof, articles, chapters or provisions desired to be repealed must be specifically repealed by section or subdivision thereof, article or chapter number, as the case may be.

(Code 1956, § 1-6)