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petition signature sheets will be forwarded to Lane County Elections. The elections division, acting on behalf of the City, shall verify the legality of the signatures within 15 calendar days of the filing date (Eugene Code Section 2.979(1)). As specified in Eugene Code Section 2.979(2), if the required number of signatures exceeds 4,500, the City Recorder's Office may utilize the statistical sampling technique to verify whether a petition contains the required number of signatures. 7. PETITIONERS FILE FINANCIAL REPORT Oregon law requires that the petitioners file a Contribution and Expenditure report no later than 15 calendar days after the signatures are submitted for verification. If the signatures are filed in more than one submission, the report will be due no later than 15 calendar days after the deadline for submitting signatures (100 days after the first signature is collected). A group or organization formed to support or oppose a petition that is not yet a measure on a ballot is not a political committee. If the petition qualifies for the ballot and the group intends to support or oppose the measure, it must register as a political committee with the Oregon Elections Division. On request, the City Recorder's Office will provide the State of Oregon manual and necessary forms for reporting requirements. 8. ELECTION A. Placement on an election: As specified in Eugene Code Section 2.981, an initiative that is certified to have sufficient signatures will appear on the first primary or general election to be held not sooner than 90 days after the certification, with the following exceptions. (1) If the initiative is an ordinance and not a charter amendment, the council may choose to adopt it without forwarding it to an election. (2) The council may choose to place the initiative on an earlier election. The special election may not be held earlier than 66 days after certification of the petition. B. Timing of effect: Unless specified otherwise in the proposed legislation, an initiative approved by the voters shall take effect immediately upon the mayor's proclamation that the measure has passed (Eugene Code Section 2.986). Eugene Code Sections pertaining to the initiative process and copies of all forms referred to in these instructions are included with this packet: Eugene Code Chapter 2 Sections 2.970-2.992 SEL 370 Prospective Petition for Local Initiative/Referendum Measure SEL 301 Statement One or More Petition Circulators WilllWiII Not be Paid Petition Cover Sheet - SAMPLE only SEL 371 Petition Signature Sheet for Local Initiative/Referendum Measure - No Circulators Being Paid SEL 373 Petition Signature Sheet for Local Initiative/Referendum Measure - Some Circulators Being Paid Initiative Petition Process 8/2007 Page 4