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2025 California Code
Elections Code - ELEC
DIVISION 9 - MEASURES SUBMITTED TO THE VOTERS
CHAPTER 3 - Municipal Elections
ARTICLE 3 - City or City and County Charters
Section 9260.

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CA Elec Code § 9260 (2025)
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9260. The petition shall be in substantially the following form:


 Petition for Submission to Voters of Proposed Amendment to the Charter of the City (or City and County) of ____


To the city council (or other legislative body) of the City (or City and County) of ____:

We, the undersigned, registered and qualified voters of the State of California, residents of the City (or City and County) of ____, pursuant to Section 3 of Article XI of the California Constitution and Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 34450) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 4 of the Government Code, present to the city council (or other legislative body) of the city (or city and county) this petition and request that the following proposed amendment to the charter of the city (or city and county) be submitted to the registered and qualified voters of the city (or city and county) for their adoption or rejection at the next statewide general, statewide primary, or regularly scheduled municipal election pursuant to Section 1200, 1201, or 1301.

The proposed charter amendment reads as follows:


First. (setting forth the text of the amendment) ____ (etc.)

Signature

Printed Name

Residence

Date

(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 184, Sec. 3. (SB 311) Effective January 1, 2014.)

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