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410.12 CLASSIFICATION; CHARTERS 464 ing a referendum on the ordinance may be filed with the city clerk. Such petition shall be signed by qualified voters equal in number to two percent of the total number of votes cast in the city at the last state general election or 2,000, whichever is less. If the city has a system of permanent registration of voters, only registered voters are eligible to sign the petition. If the requisite petition is filed within the prescribed period, the ordinance shall not become effective until it is approved by the voters as in the case of charter amendments submitted by the charter commission, the council, or by peti- tion of the voters, except that the council may submit the ordinance at any general or special election held at least 60 days after submission of the petition, or it may recon- sider its action in adopting the ordinance. As far as practicable the requirements of sub- divisions 1 to 3 apply to petitions submitted under this section, to an ordinance amending a charter, and to the filing of such ordinance when approved by the voters. History: (1286) RL s 756; 1907 c 199 s 1; 1911 c 343 s 1; 1939 c 292 s 1; 1943 c 227 s 1; 1949 c 122 s 1; 1959 c 305 s 3, 4; 1961 c 608 s 5, 6; 1969 c 1027 s 3; 1973 c 503 s 1-4; 1986 c 444 410.121 SALE OF INTOXICATING LIQUOR OR WINE; FAVORABLE VOTE. If the charter which is to be amended or replaced contains provisions which pro- hibit the sale of intoxicating liquor or wine in certain areas, such provisions shall not be amended or removed unless 55 percent of the votes cast on the proposition shall be in favor thereof. History: 1969 c 1027 s 2 410.13 [Repealed, 1959 c 305 s 6] 410.14 ALTERNATIVE PROPOSALS. In submitting a charter or an amendment to the voters any alternative section or article may be presented and voted on separately, without prejudice to other articles or sections of the charter or any amendments thereto. History: (1288) RL s 757 410.15 SUCCESSION; SUBSISTING RIGHTS. The new city so organized shall be in all respects the legal successor of the former corporation, and no charter so adopted, nor any amendment thereof, shall prejudice any subsisting right, lien, or demand against the city superseded, or affect any pending action or proceeding to enforce the same. All rights, penalties, and forfeitures accrued or accruing to such former corporation, all property vested therein or held in trust therefor, all taxes and assessments levied in its behalf, and all its privileges and immuni- ties not inconsistent with the new charter, shall pass to its successor. All ordinances, resolutions, and bylaws in force at the adoption of such new charter, and not in conflict with its provisions, shall continue in force until duly altered or repealed. History: (1289) RL s 758; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7 410.16 FORMS OF GOVERNMENT INCORPORATED IN CHARTER. The charter commission may incorporate as part of the proposed charter for any city the commission, mayor -council, council-manager form of city government or any other form not inconsistent with constitution or statute, and may provide that all elec- tive city officers, including mayor and members of the council, shall be elected at large or otherwise. History: (1290) 1909 c 170 s 1; 1959 c 305 s 5; 1961 c 608 s 7 410.17 [Repealed, 1973 c 503 s 6] 410.18 DISTRIBUTION OF ADMINISTRATIVE POWERS. Such charter commission may also provide that the administrative powers, author-