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Title 02
Chapter 02.02
Section 02.02.070
 

Title 02 Council and Legislation

Chapter 02.02 Initiative and Referendum

Section 02.02.070 Filing of Initiative Petition

  1. The sponsor of the initiative measure must file or cause to be filed with the City Clerk, in a single batch, the sheets of the petition no later than one hundred fifty calendar days prior to the date of the next general or special election upon which the initiative measure is to be placed.

  2. The City Clerk must immediately file a copy of the proposed measure with the city attorney. 

  3. The City Clerk must immediately tally the signatures on the petition submitted to determine if it appears to bear the requisite number of signatures of registered voters of the City of Spokane as required by the Charter. 

  4. At the next meeting the City Clerk makes a report to the city council on the petition and the preliminary tally of signatures, stating what percentage of the votes cast at the last preceding general municipal election the tallied signatures represent. The City Clerk also files with the council members a sample sheet of the petition.

  5. An initiative may not be withdrawn or discontinued once the signature petitions have been submitted to the City Clerk.

Date Passed: Monday, May 9, 2016

Effective Date: Saturday, June 25, 2016

ORD C35380 Section 6