(a) No ordinance, except an urgency ordinance, shall be passed by the board on the day of its introduction, nor within three days thereafter, nor at any time other than at a regular or adjourned regular meeting. The enacting clause of all ordinances shall be as follows:
“The Board of Directors of the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority ordains as follows:”
(b) All ordinances shall be signed by the chairperson of the board or the vice chairperson and attested by the secretary. Before the expiration of 15 days after the passage of an ordinance, it shall be published once in a newspaper of general circulation within the boundaries of the VTA as provided by law for ordinances adopted by counties. An order entered in the minutes of the board that the ordinance has been duly published is prima facie proof of publication.
(c) Urgency ordinances shall be adopted in the same manner as provided by law for the adoption of urgency ordinances by counties.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 381, Sec. 24. (AB 2196) Effective January 1, 2017.)
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