§ 1-5. Amendment to Code; effect of new ordinances; amendatory language.

(a)

All ordinances adopted subsequent to this Code that 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 in this Code. The subsequent ordinances as numbered and printed or omitted, in the case of repeal, shall be prima facie evidence of these subsequent ordinances or resolutions until such time that this Code and subsequent ordinances numbered or omitted are readopted as a new Code.

(b)

Amendments to any of the provisions of this Code may be made by amending those provisions by specific reference to the section number of this Code in the following language: "Section _____ of the Code of Ordinances of St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana, is hereby amended to read as follows:…." The new provisions may then be set out in full as desired.

(c)

If a new section not heretofore existing in the Code is to be added, the following language may be used: "Code of Ordinances of St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana, is hereby amended by adding a section (or chapter, article, division or subdivision, as appropriate) to be numbered _____, that reads as follows:…." The new material may then be set out in full as desired.

(d)

All sections, subdivisions, divisions, articles or chapters desired to be repealed should be specifically repealed by section, subdivision, division, article or chapter number, as the case may be.

(Code 1988, § 1:19)