A. Form Of Petition:
1. Initiative Petition: The initiative petition shall be in substantially the following form:
This initiative (or referendum as the case may be) petition is being circulated by a paid signature gatherer. The signature gatherer is employed by or has contracted with , the main office or headquarters of which is located at (city and state).
Or
This initiative (or referendum as the case may be) petition is being circulated by an unpaid volunteer.
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 qualified elector.
Initiative Petition to the Shoshone County Commissioners.
We the undersigned citizens and qualified electors of Shoshone County, State of Idaho, respectfully demand that the following proposed ordinance, towit (setting out the full text of the measure proposed) shall be submitted to the qualified electors of Shoshone County, State of Idaho, at an election to be held on day of , 20 , and each for himself says: I have personally signed this petition; I am a qualified elector of Shoshone County, my residence and post office are correctly written after my name." Signature - Printed Name - Residence - City or State - Street & Number - Post Office (Here follow numbered lines for signatures)
2. Referendum Petitions: The petition for referendum on any ordinance passed by the Shoshone County commissioners shall be in substantially the same form with appropriate title and changes, setting out in full the text of the ordinance to be subject to referendum.
B. Time For Filing Petitions:
1. For Referendum: Initial petitioners for referendum containing not fewer than twenty (20) signatures of qualified electors of the county shall be filed not less than thirty (30) days following the final publication of the ordinance to be subject to referendum as provided in Idaho Code section 31-717. After the initial filing of the petition the provisions of this section shall apply. Completed petitions, with the requisite number of signatures, shall be filed with the clerk of the district court not more than one hundred and eighty (180) days after the date of approval of the form listed in this section.
2. Initial And Completed Petitions For Initiative: Initial petitions for an initiative shall contain not fewer than twenty (20) signatures of qualified electors of the county. Completed petitions, with the requisite number of signatures for initiative, shall be filed with the clerk of the district court not more than one hundred eighty (180) days after the date of approval of the form listed in this section.
C. Certificate Of Review:
1. Before beginning to circulate any petition for an initiative or for a referendum on any ordinance passed by the board of county commissioners, the person or persons or organization or organizations under whose authority the measure is to be initiated or referred shall send or deliver to the clerk of the district court a copy of such petition duly signed by at least twenty (20) qualified electors of the county which shall be filed by said officer in his office, and who shall immediately transmit a copy of the petition to the prosecuting attorney for the issuance of the certificate of review as provided in Idaho Code section 34-1809.
2. After receiving a copy of the petition from the clerk of the district court, the county prosecuting attorney may confer with the petitioner and shall, within ten (10) working days from receipt thereof, review the proposal for matters of substantive import and shall recommend to the petitioner such revision or alteration of the measure as may be deemed necessary and appropriate. The recommendations of the prosecuting attorney shall be advisory only and the petitioner may accept or reject them in whole or in part. The prosecuting attorney shall issue a certificate of review to the clerk of the district court certifying that he has reviewed the measure for form and style and that the recommendations thereon, if any, have been communicated to the petitioner, and such certificate shall be issued whether or not the petitioner accepts such recommendations. Within fifteen (15) working days after the issuance of a certificate of review, the petitioner, if he desires to proceed with his sponsorship, shall file the ballot measure with the clerk of the district court for assignment of a ballot title. Other requirements shall be as provided in Idaho Code section 34-1809.
3. Preparation of the ballot title by the prosecuting attorney shall be as prescribed in Idaho Code section 34-1809.
4. After the form of the initiative or referendum petition has been approved by the clerk of the district court, the petition shall be printed by the person or persons or organization or organizations under whose authority the measure is to be initiated or referred and circulated in the county for the signatures of legal voters. The above requirements are pursuant to Idaho Code section 31-717(6)(a-d).
D. Verification Of Signatures: Verification of petition and signatures shall be as prescribed in Idaho Code section 34-1807. Each and every sheet of every such petition containing signatures shall be verified on the face thereof in substantially the following form, by the person who circulates said sheet of said petition, by his/her affidavit thereon, and as a part thereof.
State of Idaho
ss.
County of Shoshone
I, , being first duly sworn, say: That I am a qualified elector of Shoshone County the State of Idaho; that every person who signed this sheet of the foregoing petition signed his or her name thereto in my presence; I believe that each stated his or her name, post office send residence correctly, that each signer is a qualified elector and a resident of the County of Shoshone, Idaho.
Signed
Post Office Address
Subscribed and sworn to before me this day of , 20 .
(Notary Seal) Notary Public
Residing at
(Ord. 111, 4-13-1998; amd. 2001 Code)