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CITY COUNCIL EITHER TO PASS ORDINANCE OR CALL ELECTION.

Dallas City Charter ch. XVIII, § 13
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SEC. 13. CITY COUNCIL EITHER TO PASS ORDINANCE OR CALL ELECTION. If the petition, properly signed, is presented to the city council, the council shall either: (1) pass the ordinance without alteration within 20 days after the attachment of the city secretary’s certificate of sufficiency to the accompanying petition (subject to referendary vote under provisions of this Charter); or (2) after the attachment of the city secretary’s certificate of sufficiency to the petition accompanying the ordinance, promptly call a special election, at which the ordinance, without alteration, shall be submitted to a vote of the people. (Amend. of 11-8-05, Prop. No. 13)
Source: City of Dallas, Dallas City Code and City Charter (American Legal Publishing, codelibrary.amlegal.com)URL: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/dallas/latest/dallas_tx/0-0-0-50605Fetched: 10/26/2026

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