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<br />(b) City council-referred measures. The written argument in favor of <br />the city measure, and the rebuttal to the argument in opposition to <br />the measure, shall be submitted by one or more of the city <br />councilors who voted in favor of the measure; except that in the <br />case of a city measure referred on the recommendation of <br />[EWEB] Eugene Water & Electric Board, one or more members <br />of the [EWEB] Eugene Water & Electric Board voting in favor of <br />the measure shall be substituted for the city councilors. The <br />written argument in opposition to the city measure, and the <br />rebuttal to the argument in support of the measure, shall be <br />submitted by a three-person committee chosen in the same <br />manner as provided by paragraph [(1)](a) of this subsection. <br />(c) Citizen-referred measures. The written argument in favor of the <br />city measure, and the rebuttal to the argument in opposition to the <br />measure, shall be submitted by one or more of the city councilors <br />who voted in favor of the ordinance referred. The written <br />argument in opposition to the city measure, and the rebuttal to the <br />argument in support of the measure, shall be submitted by one or <br />more of the chief petitioners of the [referral] referendum petition, <br />so long as the persons who submit the argument and rebuttal first <br />certify under penalty of perjury that they are bona fide opponents <br />of the ordinance. If the chief petitioners are not bona fide <br />opponents (e.g., if they merely favor the opportunity to vote on the <br />issue), the argument in opposition to the city measure, and the <br />rebuttal to the argument in support of the measure, shall be <br />submitted by a three-person committee chosen in the same <br />manner as provided by paragraph [(1)](a) of this subsection. <br />(2) If one or more members of the committees preparing the arguments or <br />rebuttals cannot agree on a [consensus] committee statement, he or <br />she may write his or her own statement not exceeding [one-third of the <br />total number of words allocated to the argument or] 116 words if the <br />statement is one of argument or 66 words if the statement is one <br />of rebuttal. The length of the [consensus] committee argument or <br />rebuttal, if any, shall be reduced by the same amount. <br />(3) Statements from candidates for city offices shall be submitted not <br />less than 56 days prior to the date of an election. <br />(2) <br />[]4 Not less than [47] 56 days prior to the date of an election [(54 <br />days for mail ballots)], additional arguments, authorized by <br />subsection 2.994(1)(c) of this code, in support of, or in opposition to a <br />measure[, authorized by subsection 2.994(1)(c),] may be submitted, <br />providing [the petition submitting the argument is] that each additional <br />argument is accompanied by the signatures of 300 electors [of the city] <br />supporting the argument or [is accompanied] by a fee of $300. <br />(3) <br />[ Statements from candidates for city offices shall be submitted not less <br />than 47 days prior to the date of an election (54 days for mail ballots).] <br />(4) <br />[]a Each person signing a petition shall subscribe to a statement that <br /> <br />Ordinance – Page Page 20 of 24 <br />S0803106-attA.DOC 3/7/2008 <br /> <br />