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Eugene Code 2.977 Elections ,-Initiative and..Referendum. P,reDaratlon of Ballot Title: ADDeal. (1) Within five business days following the city attorney's receipt of a . prospective petition for an initiated or referendum measure, the city . attorney shall review the prospective petition for legal sufficiency, and, if . appropriate, issue a ballot title. (a) If the city attomey determines that the prospective petition is legally insufficient, the city attorney shall inform the city recorder in writing of the reasons for that determination. The city recorder shall return the prospective petition to the person presenting the petition, along with a copy of the city attorney's written determination. . (b) If the city attorney determines that the prospective petition is legally sufficient, the city attorney shall prepare a ballot title and deliver it to the city recorder. (2) Within five business days following the council's decision to submit legislation to the electors under subsection (3) of section 2.971 of this code, the city attorney shall prepare a ballot title and deliver it to the city recorder. (3) The ballot title of any measure to be initiated or referred shall comply with the state statutes in effect at the time the ballot title is prepared. The ballot title shall not resemble, to the extent it creates confusion, any title previously filed for a measure to be submitted at that election. (4) An elector dissatisfied with the ballot title may, within five business days after it is delivered to the city reCorder, deposit at the office of the city recorder a written appeal to the council requesting a different ballot title for the measure and stating why the title prep,ared by the city attorney is unsatisfactory. Within ten business days after the ballot title is delivered to the city recorder, the council shall afford the appellant a hearing and either approve the ballot title or prescribe another ballot title for the measure. The title thus adopted shall be the ballot title for the measure. (Section 2.977 added by Ordinance No. 18106, enacted January 18,1978; amended by Ordinance No. 19883, enacted October 26, 1992, effective November 25,1992; Ordinance No. 20113, enacted April 6, 1998, effective May 6, 1998; and Ordinance No. 20287, enacted March 10,2003, effective April 9, 2003.) 2.979 Elections -Initiative and Referendum. Verification of Sianatures. (1) An initiative or referendum petition shall be filed with the city recorder for signature verification. Within 15 days of such filing, the city recorder or the recorders designee shall, by reference to the records in the Lane County Elections office, verify the number and genuineness of the signatures and the voting qualifications of the signers; and, if electors in a number sufficient under section 2.972 of this code have signed the petition, the city recorder shall so certify and accept the petition. If the city recorder determines that there is an insufficient number, the petition shall be returned to its sponsor. 2-102 4/10/2003