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9-282 - Proposed charter; publication; election; approval by governor
9-282. Proposed charter; publication; election; approval by governor
A. The board shall, within ninety days after the election, prepare and propose a charter for the city. The proposed charter shall be approved and signed in duplicate by the members of the board, or a majority of them, who shall file one copy with the chief executive officer of the city and the other with the county recorder of the county in which the city is located.
B. The proposed charter shall then be published in one or more newspapers of general circulation published within the city for at least twenty-one days if in a daily paper, or in three consecutive issues if in a weekly paper, and the first publication shall be made within twenty days after completion of the proposed charter.
C. The proposed charter shall be submitted within thirty days and not earlier than twenty days after the publication to the vote of the qualified electors of the city at a general or special election. If a majority of the electors voting thereon ratify the proposed charter, it shall be submitted to the governor for his approval, who shall approve it if not in conflict with the constitution or the laws of the state.