§ 8.05. Charter amendments.

A.

Amendments to the Charter may be proposed by an ordinance adopted by the parish council or by petition of fifteen percent (15%) of the qualified voters of the parish, giving their ward, precinct, date signed and physical address, duly certified by the registrar of voters as to the names and signatures of the registered voters on such petition from the registration records in his office. Upon the date a proposed petition is presented to the registrar of voters, the petition sponsors shall have a period of time of no more than one hundred-eighty (180) calendar days to gather petition signatures measured from the date of receipt of petition by the registrar of voters. The parish council shall issue a call for election to coincide with the next regular election date according to state law, after the adoption of an ordinance for amendment or after receipt of duly certified petition for amendment by the council secretary from the registrar of voters.

B.

The adoption of any Charter amendment shall require the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast upon such amendment at such election.

(Ord. No. 93-227, § 1, 9-9-93)

Editor's note

Ord. No. 93-227 was approved at an election held Nov. 13, 1993.