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 Irving
 Code of Ordinances
 Part I. THE CHARTER
 Article XI. INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM

  § 4. Procedure after filing.  

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  • (a)

    Within ten (10) working days after the petition is filed with the city secretary, the city secretary shall complete a certificate as to the sufficiency of the petition. The city secretary shall determine the sufficiency of the petition in accordance with state law. If the petition is found to be insufficient, the city secretary shall specify in writing the particulars wherein it is defective and shall send a copy of the certificate to the petitioners' committee by registered mail. A petition certified insufficient for lack of the required number of valid signatures may be amended once if the petitioners' committee files a notice of intention to amend it with the city secretary within two (2) working days after receiving the copy of the city secretary's certificate and files a supplementary petition upon additional papers within ten (10) days after receiving the copy of such certificate. Such supplementary petition shall comply with the requirements of subsections (a) and (b) of section 3 and within five (5) working days after it is filed the city secretary shall complete a certificate as to the sufficiency of the petition as amended and send a copy of such certificate to the petitioners' committee by registered mail as in the case of an original petition. If a petition or amended petition is certified sufficient and the petitioners' committee does not elect to amend or request council review under subsection (b) of this section within the time required, the city secretary shall present the city secretary's certificate to the council at the next regularly scheduled council meeting on which the item may appear on the agenda, and the certificate shall then be a final determination as to the sufficiency of the petition.

    (b)

    A final determination as to the sufficiency of a petition shall be subject to court review. A final determination of insufficiency even if sustained upon court review shall not prejudice the filing of a new petition for the same purpose.

(Ord. No. 2013-9464, Amd. 22, 5-22-13)