(A) All papers necessary for the filing of petitions to be circulated for initiative, referendum, or recall must be obtained from the City Secretary. The petition forms shall be available at the City Secretary’s office at all reasonable times and will be dated and signed by that City official when issued.
(B) The signatures to initiative, referendum, or recall petitions need not be appended to one paper, but all papers constituting a single petition shall be assembled and filed with the City Secretary as one (1) instrument. The petition must be accompanied by an affidavit made by the person filing such petition that the petition bears a stated number of signatures, and that all the signatures appended thereto are, in his or her belief, the genuine signatures, and that all the signatures are of the persons whose name they purport to be. All signatures must be in compliance with the requirements set out in the Texas Election Code.
(C) Petitions for initiative, referendum, or recall shall be filed with the City Secretary. Within twenty (20) days after a petition is filed, the City Secretary shall determine whether it has a proper affidavit attached of the person filing same. After completing examination of such petition and determining that the petition meets the requirements of this Charter, the Texas Election Code and any other applicable state law, the City Secretary shall certify the result thereof to the City Council at its next regular meeting. If such petition is insufficient, the City Secretary shall set forth the particulars in which it is defective, and shall at once notify the person who filed it.