INITIATIVE, REFERENDUM AND RECALL

SECTION 16-A. The people of Boise City, in addition to the method of legislation herein provided, shall have power of direct legislation by the initiative and referendum, and also the power of removal by recall of the holder of any elective office, whether elected or appointed thereto, as follows:

SECTION 16-A(1). A petition signed by qualified electors of Boise City, who are registered as voters, accompanied by a proposed ordinance, and requesting that such ordinance be submitted to a vote of the people if not passed by the council, shall be filed with the clerk by a qualified elector, registered as a voter in the precinct of his then residence, whose name, address, and precinct where registered, shall appear thereon.

SECTION 16-A(2). Such petition shall be substantially as follows:

   We, the undersigned, being qualified electors of Boise City, State of Idaho, registered as voters in the precinct and residing at the place below stated, hereby declare that we have read, or heard at length, section by section, the proposed ordinance hereto attached, and fully understand its contents meaning and purpose, and believe it should become a law of the city for the following reasons:

   (Here state the reasons in not more than 200 words.)

   That we hereby request that such ordinance be submitted to a vote of the people if not passed by the council.