City Code Section
- A. Preparation of ballot title, explanatory statement and resolution; effective date.
- 1. Prior to final Council action on a measure to be referred to the eligible electors, an elected City official or committee of the Council will submit a resolution, ballot title and explanatory statement to the Auditor in accordance with Portland City Code Section 3.02.020. The ballot title and explanatory statement may be prepared by:
- a. the City Attorney at the request of the Council, a committee of the Council, or elected official;
- b. the Council or a committee of the Council; or
- c. an elected City official.
- If the City Attorney is asked by the Council, a committee of the Council, or an elected official to prepare the ballot title, explanatory statement and resolution, these items will be transmitted to the Council, committee of the Council, or elected official within five business days of the request, unless a longer time period is specified by the Council, committee of the Council, or elected official.
- 2. The ballot title must comply with the requirements of Subsection 2.04.060 B.
- 3. The explanatory statement must comply with the requirements of state law.
- 4. A measure will be placed on the ballot if the Council enacts a resolution directing that a measure be placed on the ballot.
- 5. A measure is considered referred under this Section as of the date the Council adopts the resolution directing placement of the measure on the ballot.
- 1. Prior to final Council action on a measure to be referred to the eligible electors, an elected City official or committee of the Council will submit a resolution, ballot title and explanatory statement to the Auditor in accordance with Portland City Code Section 3.02.020. The ballot title and explanatory statement may be prepared by:
- B. Publication. Upon referral of the measure as outlined in Subsection 2.04.120 A., the Auditor will 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.