Chapter XIV.
REVISION AND AMENDMENT

Section 14.1. Revision of Charter. This Charter may be revised in the manner provided by law.

Section 14.2. Amendment of Charter. This Charter may be amended by proceedings commenced by the vote of five members of the council or by an initiatory petition.

Section 14.3. Amendment of Charter by Council Action. When an amendment is proposed by the council it shall be submitted at the time of any election to be held in the city not less than sixty days after its proposal by the council, or at a special election called by the council for the purpose of voting thereon. Such amendment of the Charter shall become effective if approved by a majority of qualified voters voting on the question.

Section 14.4. Amendment of Charter by Initiatory Petition. An initiatory petition for the amendment of this Charter shall state the proposed amendment, shall set forth all sections of the Charter to be amended thereby in full, shall be signed by the number of electors required for the initiation of Code provisions, and shall be filed with the council. If the petition therefor is proper and in order, the council shall submit the proposed amendment to the electors of the city at the next regular city election which is to be held after ninety days following the filing of the petition. Amendment of the Charter shall become effective if approved by a majority of qualified voters voting on the question.

Section 14.5. Scope of Amendments. Each proposed amendment of this Charter shall be confined to one subject, but need not be limited to a single section. Should a subject embrace more than one related proposition, each proposition shall be separately stated to afford an opportunity for the electors to vote for or against each such proposition.

Section 14.6. Publication of Proposed Amendments. Each proposed amendment of this Charter shall be published not less than two weeks nor more than four weeks before the election on its ratification.

Section 14.7. Filing of Ratified Amendment. Two copies of each amendment ratified by the electors of the city shall be filed with the secretary of state, one with the recorder of the district in which the city is located, and one in the archives of the city, and shall thereupon become a part of the organic law of the city, unless a later effective date is specified by the council prior to the election of its ratification. Thereafter, the courts shall take judicial notice of the city Charter as amended.

Section 14.8. Industrial Development Bonds. Chapters XI, XII and XIII of this Charter shall not apply to any borrowing evidenced by obligations which are industrial development bonds as defined in the Internal Revenue Code, or to any property or interest therein constructed, purchased, leased or otherwise acquired with the proceeds of the borrowing, or to the sale, lease, sublease or other disposition of the property or interest therein, or to contracts with respect to the borrowing or the property or interest therein, provided that the borrowing is not repayable from taxes levied upon the taxable real and personal property in the city and is not a charge against the general credit or taxing power of the city. The council shall establish by ordinance the procedures for such borrowing and other matters. (9-16-75.)