2005 Idaho Code - 31-5802 — ELECTION OF CHARTER COMMISSION -- CHARTER SUBMITTED TO ELECTORS

                                  TITLE  31
                           COUNTIES AND COUNTY LAW
                                  CHAPTER 58
                      CHARTER FORM OF COUNTY GOVERNMENT
    31-5802.  ELECTION OF CHARTER COMMISSION -- CHARTER SUBMITTED TO ELECTORS.
(1) The charter to be submitted to the electors shall be drafted by a charter
commission to be elected upon the approval of a petition or resolution to
elect a charter commission as provided in subsection (2) of this section.
    (2)  The question of whether a charter commission shall be elected shall
be submitted to the voters upon a petition or resolution initiated as provided
in section 31-5004(1), Idaho Code. The petition or resolution to elect a
charter commission shall contain a statement of the anticipated costs and
expenditures of the charter commission and a description of the revenue
sources intended to meet those costs and expenditures.
    (3)  The question of electing a charter commission shall be submitted as
follows:
    Shall a charter commission, comprised of (state number)
    commissioners, be elected to draft a charter for (name county)?
    (4)  Any county approving the election of a charter commission shall
continue to operate under its existing form of government until a charter has
been approved by the electors. If a charter has not been adopted by the
electors within four (4) years of the election of a charter commission, the
charter commission shall be deemed dissolved by operation of law. Any
subsequent question of whether a charter commission should be elected to draft
a proposed charter for the county must be resubmitted to the electors as
provided in this chapter.
    (5)  The charter commission shall submit a proposed charter to the
electors at a general election. If the charter commission submits a charter to
the electors, the question shall be submitted as follows:
    Vote for one:
    In favor of retaining the (name current form of government) form of
    county government.
    In favor of adopting the charter proposed for (name county).
    (6)  Any amendment to a charter must be approved by a majority of the
electors of the county voting at a general election. Amendments may be
submitted upon a majority vote of the governing body, or upon a petition to
amend the charter, the requirements for which shall be specified in the
charter.