§ 1311.1. Petition.

The Volusia County charter may be repealed in the following manner:

(1)

By filing with the county manager a petition to the county council requesting the repeal of the Volusia County charter and that a charter repeal commission be appointed in accordance with section 1311.2 of this charter; and signed by such number of registered electors of Volusia County as shall represent among such signers all of the following:

(a)

Fifteen percent (15%) of the electors of Volusia County, Florida as of the date of the filing of the petition.

(b)

Fifteen percent (15%) of the electors residing in each of such numbers of the voting precincts of Volusia County as shall together be the residence of not less than a majority of the registered electors of Volusia County as of the date of the filing of the petition.

(2)

This petition shall be validated or invalidated by the department of elections pursuant to the general law for validating initiative petitions and the results certified to the county council by the director of that department.

(Res. No. 76-89, Amend. No. 1, 9-16-76; Res. No. 96-121, Amend. No. 1, 6-20-96)