§ 8.04. Initiative.

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Any ordinance may be proposed by a petition which shall state at the head of each page or attached thereto the exact text of the ordinance sought to be proposed. If the council fails to enact the ordinance without change within sixty (60) days after the filing of the petition with the city clerk, it shall be placed on the ballot at the next general election in the city which occurs on or after the 120th day from the filing of the petition with the city clerk. If a majority of those voting on the ordinance vote in its favor, it shall become effective immediately.

Editor's note

Section 8.04 amended by Ord. No. 17339, C.F. 86-320, adopted by city council April 10, 1986, pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Section 410.12.

                    
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