HomeMy Public PortalAboutOrd. 379 - Direct Legislation By The People..ORDINANCE NO: -
.AN •CaDINANCEPROVIDING
O:AN•ORDINANCEPROVIDING FOR DIRECT LEGISLATION BY THE
PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF McCALL THROUGH INITIATIVE AND
REFERENDUM:
BE IT . ORDAINED BY ,.THEE. MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF
MCCALL, IDAHO °-
Section 1. CREATION OF RIGHT: The people of this city
shall have the right to enact ordinances through the initi-
ative process, and to repeal ordinances through the refer-
endum process, according to the procedures set forth herein.
. Section 2.. NUMBER OF PETITIONERS REQUIRED: To -enact
an ordinance by initiative' or to repeal an ordinance by
referendum; there shall be attached or appended to the •
petition the signatures of the legal voters of the city
equal to at least twenty (20) percent of the total number of
voters registered to.vote at,the last general election in
the: city.
Section 3. TIME FOR. FILING .PETITIONS: Referendum
petitions with the requisite number of signatures attached
shall be filed with the city clerk not less than sixty (60)
days following the final adoption of the ordinance -to be
subject to referendum.
Section 4. TIME FOR ELECTION: A special election for
initiative or referendum shall be provided not more than 90
days following the certification of the petition, provided
that in the. event a municipal election will occur within -
ninety ,(90)days, the initiative and referendum shall be
submitted at the time of the municipal election.
Section 5. REQUIREMENTS FOR SIGNATURE,'VERIFICATION OF
VALID PETITIONS, PRINTING OF PETITION, AND TIME LIMITS:
Referendum and initiative petitions shall conform with the
requirements for signature, verification of Valid petitions,
printing of petitions., and time limits, except as expressly
modified to meet the purposes of initiative and referendum
to be as nearly as practicable as provided in Sections 34-
170.1 through 34-1705 of the Idaho Code.
Passed and approved by the Nayor and C
day of,14 i.,A 1979. •
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