Any ordinance or amendment to an existing ordinance or the Charter may be proposed to the Council by filing with the filing officer agenda petitions bearing the signatures of registered voters equal in number to not less than 3 percent of the number of votes cast (to include votes cast for candidates and write-ins, not to include overvotes or undervotes) in the County in the last election for the office of Executive. Upon verifying the sufficiency of the signatures, the filing officer shall transmit the agenda petition to the Council which shall hold a public hearing on the proposed ordinance and enact or reject the ordinance within 60 calendar days. (Amendment No. 49 proposed by Ordinance No. 2018-52, Approved November 6, 2018; Originally Adopted November 4, 1980)

ORIGINAL TEXT Adopted November 4, 1980:

Any ordinance or amendment to an existing ordinance or the Charter may be proposed to the Council by registering with the filing officer agenda petitions bearing the signatures of registered voters equal in number to not less than 3 percent of the number of votes cast in the County in the last Executive election. Upon verifying the sufficiency of the signatures, the filing officer shall transmit the agenda petition to the Council which shall hold a public hearing on the proposed ordinance and enact or reject the ordinance within 60 days.