§ 654. Advance notice of petition; effect. Any elector of the county\nmay file with the clerk of the board of supervisors advance notice of\nhis intention to prepare, circulate and file a petition for the\nsubmission of any question authorized by this chapter. Any such notice\nshall specify the alternative form of county government proposed,\ntogether with any variations and shall be accompanied by a deposit of\ntwenty-five dollars. If the board of supervisors shall have adopted a\nresolution initiating a proceeding for the adoption of an alternative\nform of county government, with or without variations, within ten days\nafter the filing of such an advance notice, then and in that event such\nadvance notice shall have no further force and effect and the\ntwenty-five dollars deposited sh
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§ 654. Advance notice of petition; effect. Any elector of the county\nmay file with the clerk of the board of supervisors advance notice of\nhis intention to prepare, circulate and file a petition for the\nsubmission of any question authorized by this chapter. Any such notice\nshall specify the alternative form of county government proposed,\ntogether with any variations and shall be accompanied by a deposit of\ntwenty-five dollars. If the board of supervisors shall have adopted a\nresolution initiating a proceeding for the adoption of an alternative\nform of county government, with or without variations, within ten days\nafter the filing of such an advance notice, then and in that event such\nadvance notice shall have no further force and effect and the\ntwenty-five dollars deposited shall be refunded to the person making the\ndeposit. In the event that no such resolution is adopted by the board of\nsupervisors within such period of ten days after the filing of such an\nadvance notice, then and in that event if one-third of the number of\nsignatures required for the submission of the question are filed with\nsuch clerk within twenty days and the remaining two-thirds within forty\ndays after the filing of the notice, the twenty-five dollars shall be\nrefunded to the person making the deposit and no other petition or\nadvance notice shall be filed or accepted for filing, or resolution of\nthe board of supervisors adopted, for the submission of any question\nunder this chapter, until the question proposed in the advance notice\nshall have been submitted to the electors of the county in accordance\nwith the provisions of this chapter. The several parts of the petition\nfiled with the clerk of the board of supervisors under this section,\nwhen complete, shall constitute one petition, which shall be deemed to\nbe filed for the purposes of this chapter on the date the last portion\nis filed. If the required number of signatures is not filed within the\ntwenty day period, or the forty day period aforesaid, the notice of\nintention to file a petition shall be deemed withdrawn and shall have no\nfurther force or effect and the deposit of twenty-five dollars shall be\npaid into the general fund of the county treasury.\n