§ 11.05. Referendum.

Qualified voters of the City of Farmers Branch may require that any ordinance or resolution, with the exception of ordinances or resolutions appropriating money, fixing salaries or levying taxes, zoning or granting of franchises passed by the Council be submitted to the voters of the City for approval or disapproval, by submitting a petition for this purpose within forty-five (45) days after the final passage of said ordinance or resolution, or within forty-five (45) days after its publication. Said petition must be signed by qualified voters equal in number to at least ten percent (10%) of those who were qualified voters on the date of the last regular municipal election as determined from a list of qualified voters maintained by the designated authority of Dallas County. Each signer of such petition shall personally sign his or her name and address in ink or indelible pencil, and shall write after his or her name his or her place or residence, giving the name of the street and number, or place of residence, and shall write thereon the date, the month and the year his signature was affixed. Said petition shall be submitted to the person performing the duties of City Secretary. Immediately upon the filing of said petition, the person performing the duties of City Secretary shall verify the petition and the signatures and certify the petition as to all of the legal requirements as established by this Charter and State law. The City Secretary shall submit the petition and the certification of same to the City Council. The City Secretary's certification shall be final and not subject to change or challenge. Thereupon, the Council shall immediately reconsider such ordinance or resolution and, if it does not entirely repeal the same, shall submit it to a proper vote as provided in Section 11.04 of this Charter. Such ordinance or resolution shall remain in effect unless the majority of the qualified voters voting thereon at such election shall vote against such ordinance or resolution. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the dates of all City elections shall be governed by the Texas Election Code.

(Amd. no. 28, 1-21-1989; amd. no. 2, 5-1-1999; amd. no. 13, 5-9-2009; Ord. No. 3240, Exh. A, 8-20-2013 ; Ord. No. 3252, Exh. A, 11-19-2013 )