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Section 5.05. Initiative. <br />Any ordinance, except an ordinance relating to the budget or cagital program, the <br />appropriation of money, the levy o�taxes, or the salaries of city of�cers or employees, <br />may be proposed by a petition which shall state at the head of each page at attached <br />thereto the exact text of the proposed ordinance. If the council passes the proposed <br />ordinance with amendments and a majority of the sponsoring committee do not <br />disapprove the amended form by a statement filed with the city clerk within 10 days of its <br />passage by the council, the ordinance need not be submitted to the voters. If the council <br />fails to enact the ordinance in an acceptable form within b0 days after the final <br />determination of suff'iciency of t�e petition, the ordinance shall be placed an the ballot at <br />the next election occurring in the city. If no election is to occur within 120 days after the <br />filing of the petition, the council shall call a spcciai clection on the ordinance to be held <br />within such period. If a majority of those voting on the ordinance vote in iis favor, it <br />shall be co�me effective 30 days after adoption unless the ordinance specifies a later <br />ef%c�ive date. <br />092000.dac 15 <br />