01-09-11: ELECTION:

   (1)   Upon final certification of the petition, the county Clerk shall order an election to be held pursuant to Idaho Code 34-106.

   (2)   A special election for initiative or referendum shall be held on the nearest of the following dates which falls more than forty five (45) days after the county Clerk orders that such initiative or referendum election shall be held:

      A.    The first Tuesday in February;

      B.    The fourth Tuesday in May;

      C.    The first Tuesday in August;

      D.    The Tuesday following the first Monday in November.

   (3)   If the petition is for a referendum, the Canyon County Commissioners shall have thirty (30) days from the date of certification of the petition to repeal the ordinance being referred to the voters. In the event the Commissioners repeal the ordinance, no election shall be held.

   (4)   If the petition is for an initiative petition, the Canyon County Commissioners shall have thirty (30) days to pass an ordinance as proposed by the petition. In the event the Commissioners pass such an ordinance, no election shall be held.

   (5)   In the event the Canyon County Commissioners neither repeal the ordinance which is the subject of a referendum petition, nor enact an ordinance which is the subject of an initiative petition, a county-wide election shall be held pursuant to subsection (2) of this Section.

   (6)   Any initiative measure shall take effect and become a law when it is approved by a majority of the votes cast thereon, and not otherwise.

   (7)   If a referendum measure, referred to the people in the county, is rejected by a majority vote, such ordinance referred to in the measure shall be null and void. (Ord. 98-005, 4-28-1998)