19-111. Number for petition
A. A person or organization intending to propose a law or constitutional amendment
by initiative petition or to file a referendum petition against a measure, item, section
or part of a measure, before causing the petition to be printed and circulated, shall
file with the secretary of state an application, on a form to be provided by the
secretary of state, setting forth his name or, if an organization, its name and the names
and titles of its officers, address, his intention to circulate and file a petition, a
description of no more than one hundred words of the principal provisions of the proposed
law, constitutional amendment or measure and the text of the proposed law, constitutional
amendment or measure to be initiated or referred in no less than eight point type, and
applying for issuance of an official serial number. At the same time as the person or
organization files its application, the person or organization shall file with the
secretary of state its statement of organization or its signed exemption statement as
prescribed by section 16-902.01. The secretary of state shall not accept an application
for initiative or referendum without an accompanying statement of organization or signed
exemption statement as prescribed by this subsection.
B. On receipt of the application, the secretary of state shall assign an official
serial number to the petition, which number shall appear in the lower right-hand corner
of each side of each copy thereof, and issue that number to the applicant. Numbers shall
be assigned to petitions by the secretary of state in numerical sequence, and a record
shall be maintained in his office of each application received and of the numbers
assigned and issued to the applicant.
C. The secretary of state shall make available to each applicant by electronic
means a copy of the text of this article governing the initiative and referendum and all
rules adopted by the secretary of state pursuant to this title. In addition, the
secretary of state shall provide the applicant by electronic means the ability to file a
statement of organization or five hundred dollar threshold exemption statement and a
notice stating: "This statement must be filed before valid signatures can be
collected." The secretary of state shall make available by electronic means a copy of
the text of this article governing the initiative and referendum and all rules adopted by
the secretary of state pursuant to this title to the county, city and town clerks who
shall similarly furnish a copy to each applicant by electronic means. If a member of the
public so requests, the secretary of state and the county, city and town clerks shall
provide a copy in pamphlet form.
D. The eight point type required by subsection A of this section shall not apply to
maps, charts or other graphics.
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