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PHASE 9 -- WHAT HAPPENS IF THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE IS APPROVED BY THE VOTERS?

• If a majority of the voters voting on a proposed ordinance vote in its favor, the ordinance shall become a valid and binding ordinance of the district.

Elec. Code § 9320 • The ordinance shall be considered as adopted upon the date the vote is declared by the district board, and shall go into effect 10 days after that date.

Elec. Code § 9320

• If the provision of two or more ordinances adopted at the same election conflict, the ordinance receiving the highest number of affirmative votes shall control.

Elec. Code § 9321

• The enacting clause of an ordinance submitted to the voters of a district shall be substantially in the following form:

“The people of the District ordain as follows:”

Elec. Code § 9322

• No ordinance proposed by initiative petition and adopted either by the district board without submission to the voters or adopted by the voters shall be repealed or amended except by a vote of the people, unless provision is otherwise made in the original ordinance. In all other respects, an ordinance proposed by initiative petition and adopted shall have the same force and effect as any ordinance adopted by the district board Elec. Code § 9323

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