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Eugene Charter unless it has been considered by the council during at least two meetings. With the unanimous consent of the council, the council may consider and enact an ordinance at a single meeting if the council does not amend the ordinance in a manner that modifies its substantive effect. Nothing in this section requires the council to consider an ordinance at more than two meetings prior to its adoption. (4) In case of an emergency, the ordinance shall state in a separate section the description of the emergency and a finding as to why the emergency cannot be adequately addressed by the established process in section 28(1). With the unanimous consent of the councilors present, the council may adopt an ordinance to address the emergency with such abbreviated notice of the ordinance and council meeting as the council finds to be practicable under the circumstances. Section 29. Attestation and Approval. Upon the adoption of an ordinance it shall be submitted to the mayor. If the mayor approves the ordinance, the mayor shall endorse the approval thereon with the date of the approval and sign the ordinance officially. Section 30. Veto. If not approving an ordinance so submitted, the mayor shall, within ten days after receiving it, return it to the manager, with the reasons for not approving it. If not so returned in ten days, the ordinance shall have legal effect as if so approved. Section 31. Overriding of Veto. At the first meeting of the council after the mayor returns an ordinance not so approved, the city manager shall present the ordinance to the council with the objections of the mayor. The ordinance shall then be put upon adoption again, and if two-thirds of all members of the council vote in favor of the ordinance, it takes effect in accordance with Section 32 of this charter. Section 32. Effective Date of Ordinances. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, an ordinance takes effect 30 days after its adoption by the council and approval by the mayor or passage over the mayor's veto, or at a later date specified in the ordinance. (2) With the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the members of the council, the council may provide for an ordinance to take effect immediately upon adoption by the council and approval by the mayor or passage over the mayor's veto, or at some other date less than 30 days after adoption, if the council determines that the earlier effective date is necessary to serve an important public purpose. An ordinance with an effective date of less than 30 days after adoption must include a separate section stating specifically why the earlier effective date is necessary. Section 32-A. Ordinances Adopted by Initiative. In addition to the rights of electors to initiate ordinances pursuant to Article IV, section 1 (5) of the Oregon Constitution, city electors may initiate a "protected" ordinance. A protected ordinance may be amended or repealed only by another initiative, council referral, or by unanimous vote of councilors present -9- 12/5/2002