§1164.6. Ordering of election after thirty days; removal of names within that time; date of election
The clerk of the governing authority with whom the petition is filed by the registrar of voters shall attach to the petition its sworn verification showing the date, month, and year the petition was filed with it.
If the petition conforms to all the provisions of R.S. 45:1164.1-45:1164.6, the governing authority shall order the election. The ordinance or resolution of the governing authority ordering the election shall be adopted at a regular meeting held not less than thirty nor more than forty-five days after the date the petition was filed with the governing authority by the registrar of voters.
The governing authority shall remove the name of any signer of the petition if requested to do so in writing within thirty days after the date the petition was filed with it. If the number of written requests for withdrawal from the petition reduces the number of qualified petitioners to less than the number required by R.S. 45:1164.2 the election shall not be ordered and the petition shall be null and void and cannot be used again.
The date fixed for the election shall be not less than forty-five nor more than sixty days after the date of the adoption of the ordinance or resolution ordering the election.
Added by Acts 1975, No. 328, §2.
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