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Section 5.04. Disposition of Insufficient or Irregular Petition. If the • Council determines that the petition is insufficient or irregular, the Clerk- Administrator shall deliver a copy of_ the petition, together with a written statement of its defects, 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. Within five days of receipt of the corrected petition, the Clerk- Administrator lerkAdministrator shall again report to the Council. If 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. Section 5.05. Initiative. Any ordinance 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 a form acceptable to the majority of the sponsoring committee within sixty days after the final determination of sufficiency of the petition, the ordinance or resolution 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 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. Section 5.06. Initiative to Amend the Charter. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as in any way affecting the right of the electors to propose amendments to this charter. Section 5.07. Referendum. Prior to the date when an ordinance or resolution takes effect, it may be subjected to referendum by a petition which shall state at the head of each page, or attached thereto, the exact text of the measure to be considered by the electorate. If. the petition is found to be sufficient under the provisions of Section 5.03 of this chapter, the said ordinance or resolution shall thereby be prevented from going into operation, and the subject matter of the petition 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 to be held within such period, providing the petition has been found to be sufficient. If a majority of the voters voting thereon favors the ordinance or resolution contained in the . petition, it shall remain in effect. If a majority of the electors voting thereon votes against the ordinance or resolution contained in the petition, it shall be considered repealed upon certification of the election results. • Mounds View City Charter