R-0803-86 RESOLUTION NO. 803-86
RESOLUTION APPROVING PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE III,
SECTION 28, PARAGRAPH (A) (2) OF THE MIAMI SHORES VILLAGE
CHARTER TO ESTABLISH THE NUMBER OF 500 TO BE THE MINIMUM
REQUIRED SIGNATURES FOR INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM.
WHEREAS, the Council of Miami Shores Village believes
that the resident voters of Miami Shores Village should have
the right to determine whether they wish to amend the Miami
Shores Village Charter with reference to the minimum number of
subscribing votes required for a petition for initiative and
referendum in Miami Shores Village,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of Miami
Shores Village that this Council hereby approves the Amendment
to Article III, Section 28, Paragraph (A) (2) of the Miami Shores
Village Charter, as attached hereto, to establish the number
of 500 to be the minimum required signatures for initiative and
referendum by providing that the minimum number of subscribing
voters for a petition pursuant to said Section 28 shall be
500 in number.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 15th day of July ,
1986.
MIAMI SHORES VILLAGE
By
Mayor
ATTEST:
L. R. FORNEY, Village Clerk
By
,/Deputy Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Village Atlborney
ARTICLE III, SECTION 28, PARAGRAPH (A) (2) OF THE MIAMI
SHORES VILLAGE CHARTER
Sec. 28. Recall, initiative and referendum.
(A) Initiative and referendum. The electors of the village
shall have the power to propose to the village council passage
or repeal of ordinances and to vote on the question if the
council refuses action, according to the following procedure:
(1) The person proposing the exercise of this power shall
submit the proposal to the council which shall without
delay approve as to form a petition for circulation in
one or several copies as the proposer may desire.
(2) The person or persons circulating the petition shall,
within one month of the approval of the form of the
petition, obtain the signatures of voters in numbers
at least equal to five (5) per cent of the total vote
in teh village for the office of governor at the last
preceding gubernatorial general election, or five
hundred (500) signatures, whichever is less greater.
Each signer of a petition shall place thereon, after
his name, the date, and his place of residence or
precinct number. Each person circulating a copy of the
petition shall attach it to a sworn affidavit stating
the number of signers and the fact that each signature
was made in the presence of the circulator of the
petition.
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