Reference to city attorney.
Denver Revised Municipal Code § 13-9
in effectSec. 13-9. - Reference to city attorney.
(a) Examination as to form. All bills for ordinances and resolutions introduced for passage shall, unless the rules are suspended for their passage, be referred to the city attorney, and it shall be the duty of the city attorney to make an examination thereof and to report to the council, in writing, any irregularity in form thereof, or legal objection thereto.
(b) Numbering of amendments. The city attorney shall examine any and all bills for amendments to this Code or bills for general ordinances affecting or supplemental hereto before their introduction in city council and assign to every section of each such bill an appropriate section number in harmony with the general plan of this Code. The city attorney shall insert in such bill appropriate repeal or repeal and reenactment clauses if the context so required.
(Ord. No. 572-21, § 6, 7-19-21)
Source: City and County of Denver, Revised Municipal Code and Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/co/denver/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TITIIREMUCO_CH13COEG_ARTIICOPR_S13-9REATFetched: 10/27/2026
