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Charter committee lowers initiative threshold to 5% parishwide, 15% district; approves inspector general language and removes redundant procurement clauses
Summary
The Home Rule Charter Review Committee voted to reduce initiative and referendum signature thresholds (5% parishwide, 15% for district petitions), approved language to preserve inspector general flexibility to follow state law, and removed charter lines rendered redundant by a prior amendment.
The St. Tammany Parish Home Rule Charter Review Committee voted to lower the signature thresholds for citizen initiative and referendum and to approve several technical charter edits.
On initiative and referendum, the committee voted to reduce the parishwide petition threshold from the existing 10% (the draft showed 10%) to 5% of registered voters, based on committee discussion that the current threshold can be prohibitive. For petitions limited to a single district, the committee voted to reduce the district threshold from 20%…
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