19-2685


Chapter 19.--COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS


Article 26.--MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

     
19-2685.   Same; submission of proposed charter to
electors; adoption.

The proposed charter shall be submitted by the charter commission to the
board of county commissioners and the board of county commissioners shall
submit the proposed charter to the electors of the county at
the general election next following submission of the final report in which
all qualified electors of the county are eligible to vote. In submitting
such proposed charter to the board of county commissioners, the charter
commission
may submit alternative sections or
articles to the board of county commissioners. Any
alternative sections
or articles shall be submitted by the board of county commissioners for
approval or rejection by the electors. Any section or article of a proposed
charter which affects the size or structure of the board of county
commissioners may be submitted at the same election at which the proposed
charter is submitted but
shall be submitted as a separate question on the ballot. An affirmative
vote of
a majority of the qualified electors voting on the question shall be
required for the adoption of such charter.

     
History:   L. 1975, ch. 151, § 6; L. 1976, ch. 132, § 3;
L. 1999, ch. 26, § 4; Apr. 1.