File #: ORD 12-1008    Version: 1 Name: Ordinance requiring explanatory statements
Type: Ordinance Status: Second Reading
File created: 8/21/2012 In control: City Commission
On agenda: 8/28/2012 Final action:
Title: First and Second Readings, Emergency Ordinance No. 12-1008, Authorizing Submission of Explanatory Statements by the City for Inclusion in the Clackamas County Voters Pamphlet for Matters Submitted to the Voters Under the Referendum or Initiative Powers
Sponsors: David Frasher
Indexes: Goal 5: Maintain Fiscal Health and Long Term Stability.
Attachments: 1. Ordinance No. 12-1008
Related files: 12-082
Title
First and Second Readings, Emergency Ordinance No. 12-1008, Authorizing Submission of Explanatory Statements by the City for Inclusion in the Clackamas County Voters Pamphlet for Matters Submitted to the Voters Under the Referendum or Initiative Powers
 
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RECOMMENDED ACTION (Motion):
Staff recommends the City Commission approve the first reading of Ordinance No. 12-1008 and, if the vote is unanimous, approve the second reading and final adoption of the ordinance, resulting in an immediate effective date.
 
BACKGROUND:
Local governments that wish to include an impartial, simple and understandable statement explaining an initiative or referendum approved for a ballot may do so only if an ordinance requiring the submission of such a statement has been approved by the governing body. The statement is limited to 500 words. The Oregon Administrative Rules No. 165-022-0040 provide this requirement.