28-16 Submit the Third Amended Charter to the Electors

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(i) Certification; Supplemental Initiative Petition. When legislation pro- posed by petition is to be submitted to a vote of the registered voters, the committee of the petitioners shall certify that fact and the proposed legis- lation to the clerk of council within 3o days after council's final action on the proposed legislation and shall also file with the clerk a supplemental petition asking that the proposed legislation be submitted to popular vote. In the event the proposed legislation is in its original form, the supple- mental petition must be signed by the number of registered voters of the city whose signatures, added to the number of signatures of those who signed the original petition submitted pursuant to this section, equal io percent of the total votes cast for the office of mayor at the last regular municipal election at which a mayor was elected. In the event the pro- posed legislation is different from its original form, the supplemental peti- tion must contain the proposed legislation in full and be signed by at least the number of registered voters of the city who equal io percent of the to- tal votes cast for the office of mayor at the last regular municipal election at which a mayor was elected. In all other respects, supplemental petitions shall be in the form, signed in the same manner and verified by the circu- lator all as required of original petitions. The sufficiency of any supple- mental petition shall be determined, and it may be further supported, in the manner provided for original petitions for proposing legislation to council. 0) Submission to Registered Voters. When the certificate of the clerk shows the petition and supplemental petition, if any, to be sufficient, the clerk shall certify the fact to council at its next regular meeting. If a prima- ry, special, regular municipal or other general election is to be held not more than six months after the receipt of the clerk's certificate by council, provided the deadline imposed by the county board of elections for filing ballot issues has not passed, the proposed legislation shall then be submit- ted to a vote of the registered voters. If no election is to be held within that time, council may provide for submitting the proposed legislation to the registered voters at a special election not sooner than 6o days after the re- ceipt of the clerk's certificate by council and not later than the next prima- ry, regular municipal or other general election, whichever of these elec- tions comes first. If no other provision is made as to the time of submitting proposed legislation to a vote of the registered voters, it shall be submitted at the next primary, regular municipal or other general election. If a majority of the registered voters voting on any legislation proposed under this section shall vote in favor of the proposal, it shall become an ordinance or resolution of the city. If the provisions of two or more pieces 32