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<br />PROPOSITION 57: <br /> <br />Section 107. Submission to clectors voters. <br /> <br />If the couBcil shall fail to pass aB ordiBaBee proposed by the iBitiatiYe petition, <br />or shall pass it iB a form differeBt from that set forth iB the petitioBs therefor, or <br />if the eouBcil fails to repeal a referred ordiBaBce, the proposed or referred <br />ordiBaBce shall be submitted to the eleetors Bot less thaB thirty days Bor more <br />thaB sixty days from the date the couBeil takes its fiBal yote thereoB. The eouBeil <br />may, iB its diseretioB, aBd if BO regular eleetioB is to be held withiB such period <br />shall, provide for a speeial eleetioB. <br /> <br />If the council shall fail to pass an ordinance orooosed bv the initiative orocess. or <br />shall pass it in a form different from that set forth in the oetition thereof. or if <br />the council fails to repeal a referred ordinance. the proposed or referred <br />ordinance shall be submitted to the voters at the next available uniform election <br />date: State law provides for elections on uniform dates in May and November. This <br />amends the section to provide for election on a uniform election date. <br /> <br />PROPOSITION 58: <br /> <br />Section 110. Repealing ordinances; publication. <br /> <br />Initiative and referendum ordinances adopted or approved by the electors voters shall <br />be published, and may be amended or repealed by the council, as in the case of other <br />ordinances. <br /> <br />However. no ordinance adooted by the council or approved bv the voters in <br />resoonse to an initiative petition shall be amended or repealed by the council <br />within two vears of the adoption. and no ordinance repealed by the council or <br />rejected bv the voters in response to a referendum {letition shall be re-enacted bv <br />the council within two years of the repeal. <br /> <br />EXPLANATION: This amendment would prevent the city council from thwarting a <br />successful Initiative or Referendum of the people by immediately reversing it. <br />However, if study indicated that the initiative or referendum had not worked out, a <br /> <br />32 <br /> <br />.-..-., ,.....-1"""'......."...... <br /> <br />.-r-..-~.-~.._.. ......._..,-,. <br />