Section 78.575

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES

Chapter 78

Effective - 28 Aug 1984   

  78.575.  Form for submission of the question — repeal or amendment of ordinances adopted by initiative and referendum. — 1.  The question shall be submitted in substantially the following form:

Shall the following ordinance be (adopted) (repealed)? (Set out ordinance).

  2.  Any ordinance proposed by petition, or which is adopted by a vote of the people, cannot be repealed or amended by the council for a period of two years after the adoption of the ordinance except by a unanimous vote of all members of the council.  Any number of proposed ordinances may be voted upon at the same election.  The council may submit a proposition for the repeal of any such ordinance or for amendments thereto, to be voted upon at any municipal election.  Should the proposition receive a majority of the votes cast thereon, it shall be repealed or amended accordingly.

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(L. 1984 S.B. 632)