ARTICLE 1. Initiative
Article 1 enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.
§§ 9300–9323 · 24 sections
- § 9300 In addition to any other method provided by law, ordinances may be enacted by any district pursuant to this article, except that this article shall not apply…
- § 9301 Any proposed ordinance may be submitted to the governing board of the district by an initiative petition filed with the district elections official. Signatures…
- § 9302 Before circulating an initiative petition in any district, the proponents of that measure shall publish a notice of intention. The notice shall be accompanied…
- § 9303 A notice of intention and statement as referred to in Section 9302 shall be published or posted, or both, as follows: (a) If there is a newspaper of general…
- § 9304 Within 10 days after the date of publication or posting, or both, of the notice of intention and statement of the reasons for the proposed petition, the…
- § 9304.5 From the time materials pertaining to an initiative petition are filed pursuant to Section 9304 until the day after the district elections official determines…
- § 9305 After filing a copy of the notice of intention, statement of the reasons for the proposed petition, written text of the initiative, and affidavit of…
- § 9306 Signatures upon petitions and sections thereof shall be secured, and the petition, together with all sections thereof, shall be filed within 180 days from the…
- § 9307 Each section of the petition shall have attached thereto the affidavit of the person soliciting the signatures. This affidavit shall be substantially in the…
- § 9308 (a) Except as provided in Section 9309, within 30 days from the date of filing of the petition, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays, the district…
- § 9309 (a) Within 30 days from the date of filing of the petition, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays, if, from the examination of petitions pursuant to…
- § 9310 (a) If the initiative petition is signed by voters not less in number than 10 percent of the voters in the district, if the total number of registered voters…
- § 9311 The proponent of an initiative may withdraw the initiative at any time before the 88th day before the election, whether or not the petition has already been…
- § 9312 Whenever an ordinance is required by this article to be submitted to the voters of a district at an election, the district elections official shall cause the…
- § 9313 Except as provided in Section 9314, whenever a district measure is submitted to the voters, the district elections official shall transmit a copy of the…
- § 9314 (a) Whenever a district measure is submitted to the voters of a water district, the district elections official shall transmit a copy of the measure to the…
- § 9315 The persons filing an initiative petition pursuant to this article may file a written argument in favor of the ordinance. The district board may submit an…
- § 9316 Based on the time reasonably necessary to prepare and print the arguments and voter information guides, and to permit the 10-calendar-day public examination as…
- § 9317 (a) When an argument in favor and an argument against a measure have been selected for publication in the voter information pamphlet the elections official…
- § 9319 Any number of proposed ordinances may be voted upon at the same election.
- § 9320 If a majority of the voters voting on a proposed ordinance vote in its favor, the ordinance shall become a valid and binding ordinance of the district. The…
- § 9321 If the provisions of two or more ordinances adopted at the same election conflict, the ordinance receiving the highest number of affirmative votes shall…
- § 9322 The enacting clause of an ordinance submitted to the voters of a district shall be substantially in the following form: “The people of the ____ District do…
- § 9323 No ordinance proposed by initiative petition and adopted either by the district board without submission to the voters or adopted by the voters shall be…