Any ordinance of the Council providing for amendment of the Charter or a substitute
charter shall provide that the ordinance be submitted to the electors of the City
at the next primary or general election for members of Congress, Mayor of New Orleans,
or Governor of Louisiana to be held in the City, provided that the date of such election
is not less than ninety days after the effective date of such ordinance, or if the
public interest so requires, at a special election called for that purpose, the date
of which shall be fixed at not less than ninety days after the effective date of such
ordinance.
(2)
Within sixty days of the receipt of a petition proposing an amendment to the Charter
or a substitute charter, the Council shall provide by ordinance that the proposed
amendment or substitute charter shall be published at length in the official journal
not less than sixty days prior to the election, and shall be submitted to the electors
of the City at the first available election for members of Congress, Mayor of New
Orleans, or Governor of Louisiana, if the date of such election is not less than ninety
days after the effective date of such ordinance, or when the petition so demands,
at a special election called for the purpose, the date of which shall be held on the
first available election date not less than ninety days after the effective date of
such ordinance.
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