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XIV. COUNCIL REFERRALS
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A. The council may adopt a resolution to refer a City measure to City electors. The resolution shall state the subject of the measure, call for an election on the measure, and state the date the election is to be held. City measures referred by the council shall be submitted to the voters at such date as may be determined and declared by the council. The resolution adopted by the council to refer a City measure to City electors may include a ballot title for the measure.

B. The resolution shall be deemed filed with the city elections officer on the date the council adopts the resolution prepared under subsection A of this section.

C. If a ballot title is prepared under subsection A of this section, the ballot title shall be deemed filed with the city elections officer on the date the council adopts the resolution. If the ballot title is not prepared under subsection A of this section, then when the measure is filed with the city elections officer, the Officer shall send a copy of the resolution to the city attorney within the next two business days. The city attorney shall provide a ballot title for the measure and send a copy of the ballot title to the council and the city elections officer no later than the fifth business day after receiving the copy from the city elections officer.

D. The council shall submit an impartial, simple, and understandable statement explaining the council-referred City measure and its effect no later than the date specified by the Oregon Secretary of State. The city attorney shall prepare the explanatory statement of the measure and submit it to the council to adopt by resolution. At a public meeting, the council may discuss and revise the explanatory statement prepared by the city attorney. The council shall be deemed to have filed the explanatory statement with the city elections officer on the date the council adopts a resolution containing the explanatory statement. [BC 2.06.410, added by Ordinance No. 3980, 4/28/97; BC 2.06.410, repealed and replaced by Ordinance No. 4748, 1/8/19]