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 Orange County
 Code of Ordinances
 Part I. CHARTER
 Article VI. INITIATIVE, REFERENDUM AND RECALL

§ 601. Initiative and referendum.  

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  • The power to propose amendment or repeal of this Charter, or to propose enactment, amendment or repeal of any county ordinance by initiative is reserved to the people of the county.

    A.

    Charter. A petition seeking to amend or repeal the Charter of Orange County shall be signed by ten (10) percent of the county electors in each commission district as of January 1 of the year in which the petition is initiated. No less than seventy-five (75) percent of the minimum number of required signatures shall be on petition forms approved by the supervisor of elections containing the comptroller's financial impact statement pursuant to section 602.E.3.

    B.

    Ordinance. A petition seeking to enact, amend or repeal an ordinance shall be signed by seven (7) percent of the county electors in each commission district as of January 1 of the year in which petition is initiated. No less than seventy-five (75) percent of the minimum number of required signatures shall be on petition forms approved by the supervisor of elections containing the comptroller's financial impact statement pursuant to section 602.E.3.

(Amended November 1988; Amended November 2016 )