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• to the sponsoring committee. The committee shall have thirty days in which to file additional signature papers and/or to correct the petition in all other particulars, except that, in the case of a petition for recall, the committee may not change the statement of the grounds on which the recall is sought. If at the end of that period the council finds that the petition is still insufficient or irregular, the clerk-administrator shall file the petition in his/her office and notify the sponsoring committee. The final finding that the petition is insufficient or irregular shall not prejudice the filing of a new petition for the same purpose, nor shall it prevent the council from referring the subject matter of the petition to the voters at the next regular or special election. Sec. 5.05. Initiative. Anyordinance or resolution 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 or resolution. If the council passes the proposed ordinance or resolution 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 or resolution need not be submitted to the voters. If the council fails to enact the ordinance or resolution in an acceptable form within sixty days after the final determination of sufficiency of the petition, the ordinance or resolution 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 or resolution to be held within such period. If a majority of those voting on the ordinance or resolution vote in its favor, it shall become effective thirty days after adoption unless the ordinance or resolution specifies a later effective date. -12-