No recall petition shall be filed against any elective officer until he or she has actually held this office for at least six months, and no second or subsequent recall petition shall be filed against the same officer for a period of six months from the time of the last recall election relating to said officer and for any second or subsequent recall election the petitioners shall first deposit with the director of finance an amount of cash equal to the total cost of the last recall election, for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the recall election petitioned for; if at the election said officer is recalled, said deposit shall be returned to the petitioners, but if said officer is not recalled, it then shall be the property of the city and shall be credited to the general fund of the city.
Editor's note: This section was amended by Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 72, which was approved by the voters of the city at an election held June 7, 1966. This section was further amended by the voters of the city on March 26, 1996.