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- A. The City Attorney will prepare a ballot title within five business days after receiving the prospective petition from the Auditor, or in the case of measures referred by Council, within five business days of the request. The ballot title must comply with the requirements of state law. The purpose of the ballot title is to accurately describe the proposed measure, and does not constitute an opinion as to whether the proposed measure is free of legal defects.
- B. The ballot title must consist of a caption, question and statement in the manner proscribed by state law.
- C. In the case of a prospective petition, the City Attorney will transmit the ballot title to the Auditor who will inscribe the date of receipt on it and will:
- 1. Transmit a copy of the petition and the ballot title to one of the chief petitioners; and,
- 2. Publish in the next available edition of a newspaper of general circulation in the City, a notice of receipt of the ballot title, that an eligible elector may file a petition for review of the ballot title, and the date by which the appeal must be filed. In the case of an initiative petition, the publication notice must also include a statement that the petition has been determined to meet the requirements of Subsections (2)(d) and (5), Article IV, Section 1 of the Oregon Constitution.
- D. Ballot titles for measures referred by Council are published by the Auditor as provided in Subsection 2.04.120 B.