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4-5 days from the date on which the council acts. (c) Special elections on initiated or referred ordinances shall not be held more frequently than once each six months, and no ordinance on 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 years l~om the date of such election. Rationale: The proposed change will keep the Charter current with State law. The State Legislature revised the deadline in the State Election Code for calling a local election from 45 to 62 days in 2003. 5. Amend Section 6.07 regarding the period of time a recall petition is valid: Sec. 6.07. Power of recall. The people of the city reserve the power to recall any elected officer of the City of San Marcos and may exercise such power by filing with the city clerk a petition demanding the removal of the officer, signed by at least ten per cent of the qualified voters of the city. The recall petition shall be provided only by the city clerk. No signature shall be counted where there is reason to believe it is not the actual signature of the purported signer or that it is a duplication either of name or handwriting used in any other signature on the petition, and no signature shall be counted unless it is accompanied by all of the information required by applicable state law. Before signatures on any recall petition form may be counted, one of the signers of such petition paper, a qualified voter in the City of San Marcos, shall make oath before the city clerk, that the statements made therein are tree, that each signature to the paper appended is the genuine signature of the person whose name purports to be signed thereto, and that such signatures were placed thereon in the affiant's presence. Any recall petition form supplied by the city clerk shall be valid for 45 gO days from the date of its issuance and the expiration date and time shall be noted on the petition form by the city clerk at the time of its issuance. All such forms must be returned to the city clerk before their respective expiration dates in order to be eligible to be verified and certified by the city clerk. The city clerk shall haVe 45 days from the receipt of any recall petition or petitions to verify and certify to their sufficiency. Rationale: The proposed change will allow more time for a recall petition to be circulated. Given the number of signatures required for a petition, the Charter Review Commission regards 45 days as being more reasonable, and would make the petition circulation period equivalent to the City Clerk's review period.