(a) Except as provided in (c) – (e) of this section, the mayor may veto an ordinance, resolution, motion, or other action of the governing body and may strike or reduce appropriation items.

Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 29.20.270

  • action: includes any matter or proceeding in a court, civil or criminal. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Veto: The procedure established under the Constitution by which the President/Governor refuses to approve a bill or joint resolution and thus prevents its enactment into law. A regular veto occurs when the President/Governor returns the legislation to the house in which it originated. The President/Governor usually returns a vetoed bill with a message indicating his reasons for rejecting the measure. In Congress, the veto can be overridden only by a two-thirds vote in both the Senate and the House.
(b) A veto must be exercised before the next regular meeting of the governing body and must be accompanied by a written explanation of the reasons for the veto. A veto may be overridden by vote of two-thirds of the authorized membership of the governing body within 21 days following exercise of the veto, or at the next regular meeting, whichever is later.
(c) The veto does not extend to

(1) appropriation items in a school budget ordinance;
(2) actions of the governing body sitting as the board of equalization or the board of adjustment;
(3) adoption or repeal of a manager plan of government.
(d) The mayor of a second class city has no veto power.
(e) The veto does not extend to an ordinance adopted under Alaska Stat. § 04.11.501. This subsection applies to home rule and general law municipalities.
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