§ 2-40. Petitions to initiate legislation.

When petitions for initiating legislation are prepared, they shall be filed in the office of the municipal clerk. Any person desiring to sign this petition shall sign it in that office, in the presence of the clerk or the clerk's deputy, and shall take the oath of a voter, in the form prescribed by law, and shall present a tax receipt showing such person's taxes to be paid for the previous year or make a showing that such person is not subject to taxation. Petitions otherwise prepared shall not be considered as complying with this section or with the Charter and related state laws.

(Code 1977, § 1-2010)

Charter reference

Initiative and referendum, § 2-501.

Cross reference

Initiative, referendum and recall, § 66-36 et seq.