§ 16. Procedure after filing.

Within thirty (30) days after the petition is filed, the city clerk shall complete a certificate as to its sufficiency, specifying if it is insufficient, the particulars wherein it is defective, and shall promptly send a copy of the certificate to the petitioners' committee by registered mail. A petition certified insufficient for lack of the required number of valid signatures may be amended once if the petitioners' committee files a notice of intention to amend it with the clerk within two working days after receiving the copy of his certificate, and files a supplementary petition upon additional papers within ten days after receiving the copy of such certificate. Such supplementary petition shall comply with the requirements of section 15, and within ten days after it is filed, the clerk shall complete a certificate as to the sufficiency of the petition as amended, and promptly send a copy of such certificate to the petitioners' committee by registered mail, as in the case of an original petition. If a petition or amended petition is certified sufficient, or if a petition or amended petition is certified insufficient, and the petitioners' committee does not elect to amend or request commission review under section 17 within the time required, the clerk shall promptly present his certificate to the commission and the certificate shall then be a final determination as to the sufficiency of the petition.

(Amend. of 4-5-65)