§ 21.14-1410. Action on Petitions.

 A. When an Initiative or Referendum petition has been finally determined to be valid and sufficient, the Board shall promptly consider the subject ordinance by voting on its adoption or repeal. If the Board fails to adopt without substantive change in the case of Initiative, or fails to repeal in the case of Referendum, within sixty days after the date the petition was finally determined valid and sufficient, the Board shall submit the subject ordinance to the electors of the Township.

 B. The question of the adoption or repeal of the subject ordinance shall be placed on the ballot for an election to be held not less than thirty days and not later than one year from the date of the final Board vote thereon or the termination of the sixty day period referred to in §  21.14-1410A, whichever shall first occur. Copies of the subject ordinance shall be made available at the polls and to the public.

 C. An Initiative or Referendum petition may be withdrawn at any time prior to the fifteenth day preceding the day scheduled for a vote of the Township by filing with the County Board of Elections a request for withdrawal signed by a majority of the petitioners. Upon filing of such request, the petition shall have no further force or effect, and all proceedings thereon shall be terminated.



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