The powers of initiative and referendum are reserved to the qualified electors of the Municipality by State law. This Article shall govern the use of initiative to enact, and the use of referendum to amend or repeal measures affecting the governance of the Municipality. For purposes of this Article, the definitions set out in this section, unless the context otherwise requires, shall apply.
CIRCULATOR shall mean any person who solicits signatures for an initiative or referendum petition.
CLERK shall mean the Municipal Clerk or the Municipal Official in charge of elections.
GOVERNING BODY shall mean the legislative authority of the Municipality.
MEASURE shall mean an ordinance, charter provision, or resolution which is within the legislative authority of the Governing Body to pass, and which is not excluded from the operation of referendum by the exceptions in section 1-1012.
MUNICIPALITY shall mean the City of Springfield, Nebraska.
PETITION shall mean a document authorized for circulation pursuant to section 1-1102, or any copy of such document.
PLACE OF RESIDENCE shall mean the street and number of the residence. If there is no street and number for the residence, place of residence shall mean the mailing address.
PROSPECTIVE PETITION shall mean 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 shall mean 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filed, in the jurisdiction governed or to be governed by any measure sought to be enacted by initiative, or altered or repealed by referendum.
RESIDENCE shall mean that place at which a person has established his or her home, where he or she is habitually present, and to which, when he or she departs, he or she intends to return.
SIGNATURE SHEET shall mean a sheet of paper which is part of a petition and which is signed by persons wishing to support the petition effort.
(Ref. 18-2501 through 18-2511 RS Neb.)