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-8- IV. Article VI. Initiative, Referendum and Recall. A. Section 6.05(c). Council Consideration And Submission to Voters. It is recommended that the section be rewritten to conform to current state law. Proposed Wording: (c) At such election submit to a vote of the qualified voters of the City said initiated ordinance without amendment, and an alternative ordinance on the same subject proposed by the Council; the voters being given the opportunity to accept either or reject both. When the Council receives an authorized referendum petition, certified by the City Secretary to be suffi- cient the Council shall reconsider the referendum ordinance, and if upon such reconsideration such ordinance is not repealed within thirty (30) days, it shall be submitted to the qualified voters of the City at a regular or special election to be held on the date next authorized by state law for municipal elections which is at least thirty (30) days from the last day for Council action. Special elections on initiated or re- ferred ordinances shall not be held more frequently than once each six (6) months, and no ordinance on the the same subject as an initiated ordinance which has been defeated or on the same subject as a referred ordinance which has been approved at any election may be initiated by the voters within two ( 2) years from the date of such election. B. Section 6.08. Recall election. It is recommended that the section be rewritten to conform to current state law. Proposed wording: The provisions regulating examination, certification and amendment of initiative petitions shall apply to recall petitions. If the petition is certified by the City Secretary to be sufficient, the Council shall order and hold an election to determine whether such officer shall be recalled. The election shall be held on the date next authorized by state law for municipal elections which is at least thirty (30) days after certification of the petition calling for the recall election.