(a) The Board must promptly notify the President of the Council and the County Executive of any referendum petition filed with it and whether the petition is a valid petition requiring a referendum to be held under the Charter.
(b) If notified that the petition requires a referendum to be held under the Charter, the President of the Council must notify the public by advertisement in a newspaper of general circulation in the County that the law, unless it is an expedited law, is not in effect pending a referendum on it.
(c) The referendum must be held at the next regular election for any state or federal officer for which the ballot has not already been approved, or at a special election to be held on a date designated by the County Executive within 30 days after the Executive received notice under this Section from the Board.
(d) The Board must conduct any referendum and must use the same voting machines or ballots as it uses for other elections. (Mont. Co. Code 1965, § 9-17; 1969 L.M.C., ch. 32, § 5; 1971 L.M.C., ch. 16, § 1; 2006 L.M.C., ch. 33, § 1.)