1.08.020 Submission of prospective petition—Form of petition—Statement regarding paid petition circulators, other requirements.
A. Before circulating a petition to initiate or refer a measure, the petitioner shall file the prospective petition with the City Elections Officer. A prospective petition for a referendum shall be filed with the City Elections Officer prior to the effective date of the matter being referred. The City Elections Officer shall immediately date and time stamp the prospective petition and specify the form on which the petition shall be printed for circulation. The officer shall retain the prospective petition.
B. A petition for an initiative measure submitted to the City Elections Officer shall meet the requirements of Section 1(2)(d), Article IV of the Oregon Constitution and shall embrace one subject only and matters properly connected therewith.
C. A petition shall designate the name and residence address of not more than three persons as chief petitioners. Chief petitioners shall be registered voters within the City. The cover of a referendum petition shall contain the title of the measure enacted by the City Council or as set forth in Section 1.08.030, if applicable. The cover of an initiative petition shall contain the ballot title described in Section 1.08.030. (Ord. 5-2005, 2005.)
D. The chief petitioners shall include with the prospective petition a statement declaring whether one or more persons will be paid money or other valuable consideration for obtaining signatures of electors on the initiative or referendum petition. After the prospective petition is filed, the chief petitioners shall notify the City Elections Officer not later than the tenth day after any of the chief petitioners first have or should have knowledge that:
1. Any person is being paid for obtaining signatures, when the statement included with the prospective petition declared that no person would be paid.
2. No person is being paid for obtaining signatures, when the statement included with the prospective petition declared that one or more persons would be paid.
E. Each sheet of signatures on an initiative petition shall contain the caption of the ballot title. Each sheet of signatures on a referendum petition shall contain the number of the ordinance or resolution to be referred, if any, and the date it was adopted by the City Council. Each sheet of signatures shall be attached to a full and correct copy of the measure to be initiated or referred.
F. The reverse side of the cover of an initiative or referendum petition and both sides of a signature sheet may be used for obtaining signatures on an initiative or referendum petition. If both sides of a signature sheet are used, each side shall contain the information required on a signature sheet under subsection E of this section.
G. Not more than twenty (20) signatures on the cover or on each side of each sheet of the petition shall be counted. The cover of the petition, if the cover is used to gather signatures, and each signature sheet shall be verified on its face by the signed statement of the circulator that the individuals signed in the presence of the circulator and that the circulator believes each individual is an elector registered in the city. (Ord. 9-1993 § 2, 1993.)