Sec. 29.26.070. Election contest and appeal.
(a) The governing body may provide by ordinance the time and procedure for the contest of an election. (b) Unless otherwise provided by ordinance, an election may be contested only by a voter by filing a written affidavit with the municipal clerk specifying with particularity the grounds for the contest. An election may be contested […]
Sec. 29.26.100. Reservation of powers.
The powers of initiative and referendum are reserved to the residents of municipalities, except the powers do not extend to matters restricted by art. XI, § 7 of the state constitution.
Sec. 29.26.110. Application for petition.
(a) An initiative or referendum is proposed by filing an application with the municipal clerk containing the ordinance or resolution to be initiated or the ordinance or resolution to be referred and the name and address of a contact person and an alternate to whom all correspondence relating to the petition may be sent. An […]
Sec. 29.26.120. Contents of petition.
(a) Within two weeks after certification of an application for an initiative or referendum petition, a petition shall be prepared by the municipal clerk. Each copy of the petition must contain (1) a summary of the ordinance or resolution to be initiated or the ordinance or resolution to be referred; (2) the complete ordinance or […]
Sec. 29.26.130. Signature requirements.
(a) The signatures on an initiative or referendum petition shall be secured within 90 days after the clerk issues the petition. The statement provided under AS 29.26.120(a)(6) shall be signed and dated by the sponsor. Signatures shall be in ink or indelible pencil. (b) The clerk shall determine the number of signatures required on a […]
Sec. 29.26.140. Sufficiency of petition.
(a) All copies of an initiative or referendum petition shall be assembled and filed as a single instrument. Within 10 days after the date the petition is filed, the municipal clerk shall (1) certify on the petition whether it is sufficient; and (2) if the petition is insufficient, identify the insufficiency and notify the contact […]
Sec. 29.25.072. Civil penalties for violation of municipal ordinances by minors.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the enforcement under AS 29.25.070(b) of a civil penalty against a minor for violation of a municipal ordinance shall be heard in the district court in the same manner as for similar allegations brought against an adult, except that the minor’s parent, guardian, or legal custodian shall […]
Sec. 29.26.150. Protest.
If the municipal clerk certifies that an initiative or referendum petition is insufficient, a signer of the petition may file a protest with the mayor within seven days after the certification. The mayor shall present the protest at the next regular meeting of the governing body. The governing body shall hear and decide the protest.
Sec. 29.25.074. Surcharge.
(a) A municipality may not enforce a penalty for violation of an ordinance for which a surcharge is required to be imposed under AS 12.55.039 unless the municipality authorizes the imposition of and provides for the collection of the surcharge. The surcharge shall be deposited into the general fund of the state and accounted for […]
Sec. 29.26.160. New petition.
Failure to secure sufficient signatures does not preclude the filing of a new initiative or referendum petition. However, a new petition on substantially the same matter may not be filed sooner than six months after a petition is rejected as insufficient.