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corrected completed petition, the Clerk-Administrator shall determine whether the petition as corrected meets the requirements for sufficiency and shall proceed as directed in Section 5.03. If the petition is still insufficient or irregular, the Council shall direct the Clerk-Administrator to file the petition as noted and notify the Sponsoring Committee within ten (10) calendar days that no further action will be taken. The final finding that the petition is insufficient or irregular shall not prejudice the filing of a new petition for the same purpose unless otherwise specified within this Charter. Except in the case of a petition for recall, it shall not prevent the Council from referring the subject matter of the petition to the voters at the next regular or special election. Section 5.05. Ballot Measure Requirements. If a measure meets the requirements to be put on a ballot and is in compliance with Chapter 4 of this Charter, at or before its next regularly scheduled meeting, the Council shall pass a resolution placing the measure on a ballot. If it is within 120 calendar days of a primary or general election and all of the county election requirements can be met, the measure shall be placed on the ballot at the next regularly scheduled election. If a measure meets the requirements to be put on a ballot but cannot be placed on the ballot at a regularly scheduled election, at or before its next regularly scheduled meeting, the Council shall pass a resolution placing the measure on the ballot and calling for a special election to be held within 120 calendar days of said meeting. However, no special elections can be held between a regular primary election and a regular general election or 40 calendar days after a regular general election. If there is no regular primary election then no special election shall be held within 60 calendar days prior to a regular general election. Section 5.05.06. Initiative*. Any An ordinance may be proposed by a petition which shall state at the head of each page or attached thereto the exact text of the proposed ordinance. If the Council passes the proposed ordinance with amendments, and a majority of the sponsoring committee do not disapprove the amended form by a statement filed with the Clerk-Administrator within ten days of its passage by the Council, the ordinance need not be submitted to the voters. If the Council fails to enact the ordinance in a form acceptable to the majority of the sponsoring committee within sixty days after the final determination of sufficiency of the petition, the ordinance as originally proposed shall be placed on the ballot at the next election occurring in the City. If no election is to occur within 120 days after the filing of the petition, the Council shall call a special election on the ordinance to be held within such period.. The exact text of the proposed ordinance must be stated at the head of each page of the petition or attached thereto. Within sixty (60) calendar days after final determination of the petition’s sufficiency according to Section 5.03 and 5.04 of this Charter, the Council must either adopt an ordinance according to Subdivisions 1 or 2 or pass a resolution to place the measure on a ballot as provided in Subdivision 3. Any amendment to the proposed ordinance must proceed according to Subdivision 2 of this section. If an ordinance is adopted, it shall become effective thirty (30) calendar days after adoption unless the ordinance specifies a later effective date. If the vote for adoption fails, the ordinance must be placed on the ballot as provided in Section 5.05. If a ballot measure for a proposed ordinance fails the same measure is prohibited from being brought forward again as an initiative within six months of the election certification. Failure of a ballot measure for a proposed ordinance shall not prevent the Council from proposing a similar ordinance.