California Elections Code

§ 9215

ELEC § 9215 Effective Jan 1, 2018Div. 9 · Ch. 3 · Art. 1

Statute text

If the initiative petition is signed by not less than 10 percent of the voters of the city, according to the last report of registration by the county elections official to the Secretary of State pursuant to Section 2187, effective at the time the notice specified in Section 9202 was published, or, in a city with 1,000 or less registered voters, by 25 percent of the voters or 100 voters of the city, whichever is the lesser number, the legislative body shall do one of the following:

(a)Adopt the ordinance, without alteration, at the regular meeting at which the certification of the petition is presented, or within 10 days after it is presented.

(b)Submit the ordinance, without alteration, to the voters pursuant to Section 1405.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 748, Sec. 7. (AB 765) Effective January 1, 2018.