§ 22-29-107 — Requirements of filing petition; validity and certification of signatures

(a) A petition shall not be accepted for filing unless the
signatures thereon have been secured within six (6) months of
the date on which the first signature on the petition was
affixed. Petitions required to be filed with the county
commissioners shall be filed with the county clerk. Petitions
required to be filed with the district board shall be filed with
the secretary of the district board. It is not necessary to
offer all counterparts of a petition for filing at the same
time, but all counterparts when certified as provided by
subsection (c) of this section shall be filed at the same time.
(b) Within ten (10) business days after the date a
petition is offered for filing, the county clerk or district
secretary, as the case may be, shall examine the petition and
determine whether it is signed by the requisite number of
qualified signers. If the requisite number of qualified signers
have signed the petition, the county clerk or district secretary
shall file the petition. If the requisite number have not
signed, the county clerk or district secretary shall so notify
the chief petitioners and may return the petition to the
petitioners.
(c) A petition shall not be filed unless the certificate
of the county clerk or the district secretary is attached
thereto certifying that the county clerk or district secretary
has verified the qualifications of the signers with the
appropriate records, that the county clerk or district secretary
has ascertained therefrom the number of qualified signers
appearing on the petition, and that the petition is signed by
the requisite number of qualified signers.
(d) Repealed By Laws 1998, ch. 115, § 5.