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receiving the greater number of affirmative votes shall be deemed approved and the other measure deemed not approved. Section 13. Section 2.988 of the Eugene Code, 1971, is re-numbered as 2.989 and amended to provide: 2.989 Elections - Initiative and Referendum, Unlawful Acts. (1) No person other than an elector shall knowingly sign a city initiative or referendum petition. (2) No person shall sign a city initiative or referendum petition with a name not his or her own. (3) No person shall sign his or her name to a city initiative or referendum petition with knowledge of previously signing the petition. (4) No person shall circulate or submit to the city recorder a city initiative or referendum petition which to his or her knowledge contains a signature signed in violation of this chapter. (5) No person shall procure or attempt to procure a signature to a city initiative or referendum petition by fraud. (6) No person shall make a statement concerning a city initiative or referendum petition that the person knows to be false. (7) No person shall knowingly make a document under this chapter that contains a false statement. (8) No city officer shall willfully violate a provision of this chapter. Section 14. Section 2.992 of the Eugene Code, 1971, is repealed. Section 15. Sections 2.993,2.994,2.996,2.997 and 2.1000 of the Eugene Code, 1971, are amended to provide: 2.993 Elections - Voters' Pamphlet. (1) The following definitions apply to sections 2.993 to 2.998: (a) "Measure" means both city measures and school district measures. (b) "City measure" means a proposed city ordinance, charter revision, charter amendment, or a proposition, question or advisory measure placed on the ballot by the council, including a measure referred on the recommendation of the Eugene Water & Electric Board. "City measure" also includes municipal legislation, charter revisions and charter amendments placed on the ballot by initiative or referendum petition. (c) "School district measure" means a measure placed on the ballot by the school district. (d) "School district" means Eugene School District 4J or Bethel Ordinance - Page Page 12 of 18 20405(00195064)