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 Haines City
 Code of Ordinances
 Part I. CHARTER
 Article XI. GENERAL

§ 11.01. Charter amendment.  

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  • This Charter may be amended as described in subsections (a) and (b):

    (a)

    Initiation by ordinance. The city commission may, by ordinance, propose amendments to any part or all of this Charter, except Article II prescribing boundaries, and upon passage of the initiating ordinance shall place the proposed amendment to a vote of the electors at the next general election held within the city or at a special election called for such purpose. Amendments of Article II resulting from annexation done in accordance with general law shall be by ordinance of the city commission and shall not be subject to a vote of the electors except as provided by general law.

    (b)

    Initiation by petition. The electors of the city may propose amendments to this Charter by petition signed by at least twenty (20) per cent of the total number of qualified voters registered to vote in the last regular city election.

    (1)

    Form and content. All papers of a petition shall be uniform in size and style and shall be assembled as one instrument for filing. Each signature shall be executed in ink or indelible pencil and shall be followed by the address of the person signing and date signed. Petitions shall contain or have attached thereto throughout their circulation the full text of the proposed Charter amendment.

    (2)

    Affidavit of circulator. Each paper of a petition shall have attached to it when filed an affidavit executed by the circulator thereof stating that he personally circulated the paper, the number of signatures thereon, that all the signatures were affixed in his presence, that he believes them to be the genuine signatures of the persons whose names they purport to be and that each signer had an opportunity before signing to read the full text of the proposed Charter amendment.

    (3)

    Certification of petition. Upon certification of the sufficiency of the petition by the designated official, such certification to include the validity of the names on the petition as qualified voters registered to vote in the last regular city election, the city commission shall place the proposed amendment to a vote of the electors at the next general election held not less than sixty (60) days after certification or at a special election called for such purpose.