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to the sponsoring committee. The committee shall have thirty days in which to <br />file additional signature papers and/or to correct the petition in all other <br />particulars, except that, in the case of a petition for recall, the committee <br />may not change the statement of the grounds on which the recall is sought. Within five <br />days of receipt of the corrected petition, the clerk -administrator shall again report <br />to the council. If the council finds that the petition is still insufficient or ir- <br />regular, the clerk -administrator shall file the petition in his/her office and notify <br />the sponsoring committee. The final finding that the petition is insufficient or <br />irregular shall not prejudice the filing of a new petition for the same purpose, nor <br />shall it prevent the council from referring the subject matter of the petition to the <br />voters at the next regular or special election. <br />Sec. 5.05. Initiative. Any ordinance or resolution may be proposed by a petition <br />which shall state at the head of each page or attached thereto the exact text of the <br />proposed ordinance or resolution. If the council passes the proposed ordinance or <br />resolution with amendments, and a majority of the sponsoring committee do not dis- <br />approve the amended form by a statement filed with the clerk -administrator within <br />ten days of its passage by the council, the ordinance or resolution need not be <br />submitted to the voters. If the council fails to enact the ordinance or resolution <br />in a form acceptable to the majority of the sponsoring committee within sixty days <br />after the final determination of sufficiency of the petition, the ordinance or <br />resolution as originally proposed shall be placed on the ballot at the next election <br />occurring in the city. If no election is to occur within 120 days after the filing <br />of the petition, <br />the council <br />shall call a <br />special election on the <br />ordinance <br />or <br />resolution to be <br />held within <br />such period. <br />If a majority of those <br />voting on <br />the or- <br />dinance or resolution vote in its favor, it sha11 become effective thirty days after <br />adoption unless the ordinance or resolution specifies a later effective date. <br />-12- <br />