Rule No. 8. - Reference of bills, resolutions, etc., to committees.

No bill, resolution, petition, communication or report may be divided among two or more committees although it contains subjects properly within the jurisdiction of several committees but must be referred to one committee in its entirety.

When the presiding officer is of the opinion that a bill, resolution, petition, communication or report should be considered by more than one committee, at the time of referring it the presiding officer may direct that when the committee to which it is referred completes its consideration thereof and makes a recommendation with respect thereto, such bill, resolution, petition, communication or report shall be automatically referred to such other committee as directed by the presiding officer upon making the initial referral.

This provision shall not be construed as limiting the right of any member of the city council to move, or the presiding officer to order, the reference of any bill, resolution, petition, communication or report to another committee upon receipt of the report of the committee to which initially referred, or to recommit to the committee to which initially referred.