CHAPTER 9
INITIATIVES AND REFERENDUMS
SECTION:
1-9-1: Creation Of Right
1-9-2: Number Of Petitioners Required
1-9-3: Form Of Petition
1-9-4: Time For Filing Petitions
1-9-5: Printing Of Petition And Sheets For Signatures; Time Limits For Perfecting Petition
1-9-6: Verification On Sheets For Signatures
1-9-7: Examination And Certification Of Signatures
1-9-8: Sufficiency Of Petition; Notification; Effect Of Control; Action; Election
1-9-9: Form Of Ballot
1-9-10: Conduct Of Election
1-9-11: Canvass Of Returns
1-9-12: Prohibited Acts; Penalties
1-9-1: CREATION OF RIGHT:
The people of this city shall have the right to enact ordinances through the initiative process and to repeal ordinances through the referendum process, according to the procedures set forth herein. (Ord. 548, 4-28-2008)
1-9-2: NUMBER OF PETITIONERS REQUIRED:
To enact an ordinance by initiative or referendum, there shall be attached or appended to the petition the signatures of the legal voters of the city equal to at least twenty percent (20%) of the total number of voters who cast votes at the last general election in the city. (Ord. 548, 4-28-2008)
1-9-3: FORM OF PETITION:
The initiative petition shall be in substantially the following form:
            WARNING
It is a felony for anyone to sign any initiative or referendum petition with any name other than his own, or to knowingly sign his name more than once for the measure, or to sign such petition when he is not a legal voter.
            INITIATIVE PETITION
Initiative Petition to the Mayor and City Council of the City of Parma, Idaho: We, the undersigned citizens and legal voters of the City of Parma, respectfully demand that the following proposed ordinance, to-wit: (setting out full text of measure proposed) shall be submitted to the legal voters of the City of Parma, for their approval or rejection at an election to be called in accordance with Idaho Code Section 50-501(3) and each for himself says: I have personally signed this petition; I am a legal voter of the City of Parma; my residence and post office are correctly written after my name.
 
Signature
Printed Name
Residence
Street and Number
City or
Post Office
 
(Here follow numbered lines for signatures)
(The petition for referendum on any ordinance passed by the city council shall be in substantially the same form with appropriate title and changes, setting out in full the text of the ordinance to be referred to the people for their approval or rejection.) (Ord. 548, 4-28-2008)
1-9-4: 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. (Ord. 548, 4-28-2008)
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