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Section 3 . Subsection (1) of Section 2.996 of the Eugene Code, 1971, is amended as follows: 2.996 Voter's Pamphlet - Submission of Arguments For or Against Measure and Statements from Candidates. (1) Not less than 47 days prior to the date of the election, the written arguments authorized by subsection 2.994(1)(b) in favor of, and in opposition to, a measure, shall be submitted to the city recorder. In the event that the election is by mail ballot, the arguments shall be submitted 54 days prior to the date of the election. Any rebuttals to the arguments shall be submitted 37 days (44 days for mail ballots) prior to the date of the election. Such arguments and rebuttals shall be prepared and submitted in the following manner: (a) Citizen-initiated measures. The written argument in favor of the city measure, and the rebuttal to the argument in opposition to the measure, shall be submitted by one or more of the chief petitioners. The written argument in opposition to the city measure, and the rebuttal to the argument in support of the measure, shall be submitted by a three-person committee. The committee shall be chosen by the city recorder by lot, at a time and place announced to all applicants, from among persons who file an application for a position on the committee within a time specified by the city recorder after appropriate notice of opportunity to apply. An applicant shall certify under penalty of perjury that he or she is a bona fide opponent to the city measure. If no one applies for appointment to prepare the argument in opposition, the voters' pamphlet shall so state. (b) City council-referred measures. The written argument in favor of the city measure, and the rebuttal to the argument in opposition to the measure, shall be submitted by one or more of the city councilors who voted in favor of the measure; except that in the case of a city measure referred on the recommendation of EWEB, one or more members of the EWEB Board voting in favor of the measure shall be substituted for the city councilors. The written argument in opposition to the city measure, and the rebuttal to the argument in support of the measure, shall be submitted by a three-person committee chosen in the same manner as provided by paragraph (1)(a) of this subsection. (c) Citizen-referred measures. The written argument in favor of the city measure, and the rebuttal to the argument in opposition to the measure, shall be submitted by one or more of the city councilors who voted in favor of the ordinance referred. The written argument in opposition to the city measure, and the rebuttal to the argument in support of the measure, shall be submitted by one or more of the chief petitioners of the referral petition, so long as the persons who submit the argument and rebuttal first certify under penalty of perjury that they are bona fide opponents of the ordinance. If the chief petitioners are not bona fide opponents (e.g., if they merely favor the opportunity to vote on the issue), the argument in opposition to the city measure, and the rebuttal to the argument in support of the measure, shall be submitted by a three-person committee chosen in the same manner as provided by paragraph (1)(a) of this section. If one or more members of the committees preparing the arguments or rebuttals cannot agree on a Ordinance - 3