(A) The powers of initiative and referendum are reserved to the qualified electors of the municipality by state law. This subchapter shall govern the use of initiative to enact and the use of referendum to amend or repeal measures affecting the governance of the municipality.
(B) For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
CIRCULATOR. Any person who solicits signatures for an initiative or referendum petition.
CLERK-TREASURER. The Municipal Clerk-Treasurer or the municipal official in charge of elections.
GOVERNING BODY. The legislative authority of the municipality.
MEASURE. An ordinance, charter provision or resolution which is within the legislative authority of the governing body to enact, and which is not excluded from the operation of referendum by the exceptions in § 35.36.
MUNICIPALITY. The City of Mitchell, Nebraska.
PROSPECTIVE PETITION. A sample document containing the information necessary for a completed petition, including a sample signature sheet, which has not yet been authorized for circulation.
QUALIFIED ELECTORS. All persons registered to vote, at the time the prospective petition is filed, in the jurisdiction governed or to be governed by any measure sought to be enacted by initiative, or altered or repealed by referendum.
SIGNATURE SHEET. A sheet of paper which is part of a petition and which is signed by persons wishing to support the petition effort.
(Prior Code, § 1-1001)
Statutory reference:
Similar provisions, see Neb. RS 18-2501 through 18-2511