§ 6.05. Mayor's veto power.

The mayor may veto any ordinance or resolution adopted by the council except ordinances and resolutions relating to:

(a)

Consolidation of the urban services districts.

(b)

Appointments to the zoning board and the building codes adjustment board.

(c)

Zoning exceptions and variances.

(d)

The auditor, the secretary of the council, or other employees of the council.

(e)

Internal affairs of the council.

(f)

Investigations by the council or any duly appointed committee thereof.

(g)

Quasi-judicial decisions made by the council.

Any ordinance or resolution adopted by the council over which the mayor has a veto power shall be presented to the mayor for his consideration and recommendations. If he approves the ordinance or resolution he shall sign it and it shall become effective according to the terms thereof. If he disapproves he shall return the ordinance or resolution to the council without his signature, accompanied by a message indicating the reasons for his disapproval and recommendations. Any resolution or ordinance so disapproved by the mayor shall become effective only if, subsequent to its return, it shall be adopted by two-thirds of all the members of the council present at any meeting; except that if the mayor vetoes any item in the consolidated budget appropriation, only a majority vote of the members of the council shall be required to adopt the same as law over the mayor's veto. Any resolution or ordinance shall become effective on the date provided therein unless it be disapproved by the mayor and returned to the council at or prior to the next regular meeting of the council occurring 10 days or more after the date when the ordinance or resolution was delivered to the mayor's office for consideration. The mayor may disapprove the sum of money appropriated by any one or more items, or parts of items, in any ordinance appropriating money for the use of the consolidated government or any independent agency, in any manner provided herein. The one or more items or parts of items disapproved or reduced shall be void to the extent that they have been disapproved or reduced, unless they shall be restored to the ordinance and become effective by the vote of a majority of the members of the council.

(Laws of Fla., Ch. 72-572; Ord. 84-1307-754, § 4; Laws of Fla., Ch. 92-341, § 1; Laws of Fla., Ch. 98-467, § 1)