Whenever an initiative petition bearing signatures equal in number to at least twenty percent of the qualified electors of a municipality, which petition requests that a special election be called to submit the initiative measure to a vote of the people, has been filed with the city clerk and verified pursuant to section 18-2518, it shall be the duty of the governing body of such municipality to consider passage of the measure contained in the petition, including an override of any veto, if necessary. If the governing body fails to pass the measure, without amendment, including an override of any veto, if necessary, within thirty days from the date it received notification pursuant to section 18-2518, the city clerk shall cause the measure to be submitted to a vote of the people at a special election called for such purpose. Subject to the provisions of section 18-2521, the date of such election shall be set during the first available month that complies with sections 32-405 and 32-559.

Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 18-2525

  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • City clerk: means the city clerk, village clerk, or other municipal official in charge of elections. See Nebraska Statutes 18-2504
  • Governing body: means the city council or village board of trustees of any municipality subject to the Municipal Initiative and Referendum Act. See Nebraska Statutes 18-2505
  • Measure: means an ordinance, charter provision, or resolution which is within the legislative authority of the governing body of a municipality to pass and which is not excluded from the operation of referendum by the exceptions in section 18-2528. See Nebraska Statutes 18-2506
  • Month: shall mean calendar month. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
  • Municipality: means all cities and villages, not operating under home rule charters, including those functioning under the commission and city manager plans of government. See Nebraska Statutes 18-2507
  • Petition: shall mean a document authorized for circulation pursuant to section 18-2512, or any copy of such document. See Nebraska Statutes 18-2508
  • Qualified electors: shall mean all persons registered to vote, at the time the prospective petition is filed, in the jurisdiction governed or to be governed by any measure sought to be enacted by initiative, or altered or repealed by referendum. See Nebraska Statutes 18-2510
  • Veto: The procedure established under the Constitution by which the President/Governor refuses to approve a bill or joint resolution and thus prevents its enactment into law. A regular veto occurs when the President/Governor returns the legislation to the house in which it originated. The President/Governor usually returns a vetoed bill with a message indicating his reasons for rejecting the measure. In Congress, the veto can be overridden only by a two-thirds vote in both the Senate and the House.
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