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Legal counsel explains bond‑petition timeline: three‑day filing, 14‑day clerk certification, possible November election
Summary
Legal counsel Ryan Bjork told the board how a citizen petition can force an election on lease‑revenue bonds: the local building authority must deliver a filed petition to the county clerk within three business days; the clerk has 14 business days to certify signatures; if certified, state law requires an election (only in November). Staff identified Friday as the filing deadline and estimated the signature threshold at about 20% of active voters.
Ryan Bjork, advising the board on petition procedures, walked the trustees through statutory steps should a petition be filed against lease‑revenue bonds. "When it's filed, then you have 3 days to give that to the county clerk," Bjork said, adding that the county clerk then has 14 business days to review and certify signatures against the election code.
Bjork said a certified petition that meets statutory…
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