§ 15-1-115 — Ordinances; form and style; presumption; manner of enactment; vote required

(a) All ordinances shall be in writing and passed pursuant
to rules and regulations adopted by the governing body. No
ordinance, except one making appropriations or one for the
codification or general revision of ordinances, may contain more
than one (1) subject which shall be expressed clearly in the
title. Ordinances making appropriations and ordinances relating
to codification or general revision of ordinances shall be
limited to those subjects. The style of all ordinances shall be:
"Be it ordained by the governing body of the city (town) of
....".
(b) Every ordinance relating to the codification or
general revision of ordinances which has been passed and adopted
prior to the effective date of this section, and is otherwise in
conformance with this section, is deemed to meet the requirement
that an ordinance shall not contain more than one (1) subject
which shall be expressed clearly in the title.
(c) Every ordinance shall be publicly read on three (3)
different days. Public reading may be by title only. At least
ten (10) days shall elapse between the introduction and final
passage of every ordinance. For an emergency ordinance, the
requirements of this section may be suspended by the affirmative
vote of three-fourths (3/4) of the qualified members of the
governing body. No franchise may be granted by emergency
ordinance.
(d) Passage of an ordinance requires the affirmative vote
of the majority of the qualified members of the governing body.
Passage of an emergency ordinance requires the affirmative vote
of three-fourths (3/4) of the qualified members of the governing
body.