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(e) Transmit a copy of the petition to the city attorney for review and action under section 2.977 of this code. Section 9. Section 2.977 of the Eugene Code, 1971, is amended as fbltows: 23977 Elections - Initiative and Referendums Preparation of Ballot TitteL~Appeal. (1) Within five business days following the city attorney' s receipt of a prospective petition for an inkiated or referendum measure, the city attorney shall review the prospective petition ~br legal sufficiency, and, if appropriate, issue a ballot title. (a) If the city attorne'y determines that the prospective petition is legally insufficiem, 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 altorney's written determination. (b) If the city attorney determines tha~ the prospective petition is legally suffic~enr~ the city attorney shall prepare a ballot tkle 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 sm~e smtmes in e~I~ct at the time the ballot title is prepare& The ballot tkle shall not resembte, to the extent it creates confusion, any title previously filed for a measure to be submitted at that election. (4) An elector dissatisfied wkh the ballot title may, within five business days after k 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 prepared by the city attorney is unsatisfactory. Within ten business days after the ballot title is delivered to the cky 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 10, Sections 2.981 and 2.986 of the Eugene Code, 1971, are amended as follows: 2.981 Elections ~ Initiative and_Referendum, Voting on Measure. (1) Initiative. (a) A charter or charter amendment or revision proposed by initiative petkion, a protected ordinance proposed by initiative petition~ an ordinance proposed by initiative petition but not enacted in accordance with section 2.980, shall be submitted to the electors. (b) The time for voting on an initiative measure submitted to the electors under subsection (1) of this section shall be the first primary or general election held more than 90 days after certification and acceptance of the petition under section Ordinance - 4