ARTICLE IV. LEGISLATIVE

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Section 1. Ordinances of the Lelu

      Town Government shall be

      enacted by the Lelu Town Council. 

Section 2. The Lelu Town Council shall consist

      of seven members who shall be elected by

      vote of the registered voters of Lelu. The

      members of the Council shall serve a term

      of four years. 

(Section 2 Amended by Third Lelu Charter Commission)

Section 3. All members of the Lelu Town

      Council shall serve in part-time positions. 

Section 4. A person is ineligible to become a

      member of the Council unless he is thirty

      years of age, registered as a voter in Lelu,

      resided in Lelu not less than five years

      prior to the election and not convicted of a

      felony without having received a pardon

      one year before the election. 

Section 5. If a seat of the Council is vacant for

      a year or more, there shall be a special

      election to fill that seat. If the unexpired

      term is less than one year, it shall be filled

      by appointment by the Mayor. 

Section 6. Salaries of all persons working for

      the Lelu Town Government shall be

      prescribed by ordinance. 

Section 7. Members of the Council shall

      receive a daily rate of compensation for

      each session day that a member attends

      and may not be increased by the Council,

      which shall be prescribed by ordinance. 

(Section 7 Amended by the Third Lelu Charter Commission.

Section 8. The Lelu Town Council shall choose

      their own Chairman and other officers by

      ordinance.

Section 9. The Mayor must sign all bills passed

      by the Lelu Town Council before they

      become ordinance of the Lelu Town

      Government, except if the Mayor fails to

      sign a bill within thirty days after receiving

      the bill shall it become an ordinance. 

Section 10. The Lelu Town Council has the 

      power to override a vetoed bill if

      approved by two-thirds of the members.

      The Council may reconsider a vetoed bill

      during a current session or at a subsequent

      regular or special session.

Section 11. All ordinances become effective if

      approved by four members of the Lelu

      Town Council. 

Section 12. Two times each year during the

      months of February and August, the Lelu

      Town Council shall meet in regular session

      open to the public. Special Sessions may

      be called by the Mayor, and shall be called

      by the Chairman when so requested by a

      petition signed by two-thirds of the

      members of the Council.

Section 13. All bills passed by the Council shall

      be signed by the Chairman and

      transmitted to the Mayor for approval. 

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