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I MINNESOTA STATUTES 2021 410.12 <br /> 410.12 AMENDMENTS. <br /> Subdivision 1. Proposals. The charter commission may propose amendments to such charter and shall <br /> do so upon the petition of voters equal in number to five percent of the total votes cast at the last previous <br /> state general election in the city. Proposed charter amendments must be submitted at least 17 weeks before <br /> the general election. Only registered voters are eligible to sign the petition. All petitions circulated with <br /> respect to a charter amendment shall be uniform in character and shall have attached thereto the text of the <br /> proposed amendment in full; except that in the case of a proposed amendment containing more than 1,000 <br /> words,a true and correct copy of the same may be filed with the city clerk,and the petition shall then contain <br /> a summary of not less than 50 nor more than 300 words setting forth in substance the nature of the proposed <br /> amendment. Such summary shall contain a statement of the objects and purposes of the amendment proposed <br /> and an outline of any proposed new scheme or frame work of government and shall be sufficient to inform <br /> the signers of the petition as to what change in government is sought to be accomplished by the amendment. <br /> The summary, together with a copy of the proposed amendment, shall first be submitted to the charter <br /> commission for its approval as to form and substance. The commission shall within ten days after such <br /> submission to it, return the same to the proposers of the amendment with such modifications in statement <br /> as it may deem necessary in order that the summary may fairly comply with the requirements above set <br /> forth. <br /> Subd. 1 a. Alternative methods of charter amendment.A home rule charter may be amended only by <br /> following one of the alternative methods of amendment provided in subdivisions 1 to 7. <br /> Subd. 2. Petitions. The signatures to such petition need not all be appended to one paper, but to each <br /> separate petition there shall be attached an affidavit of the circulator thereof as provided by this section. A <br /> petition must contain each petitioner's signature in ink or indelible pencil and must indicate after the signature <br /> the place of residence by street and number, or other description sufficient to identify the place. There shall <br /> appear on each petition the names and addresses of five electors of the city, and on each paper the names <br /> and addresses of the same five electors,who,as a committee of the petitioners,shall be regarded as responsible <br /> for the circulation and filing of the petition. The affidavit attached to each petition shall be as follows: <br /> Stateof......................................................... ) <br /> ) ss. <br /> Countyof..................................................... ) <br /> .............. .................being duly sworn,deposes and says that the affiant,and the affiant only,personally <br /> circulated the foregoing paper,that all the signatures appended thereto were made in the affiant's presence, <br /> and that the affiant believes them to be the genuine signatures of the persons whose names they purport to <br /> be. <br /> Signed ............................ <br /> (Signature of Circulator) <br /> Subscribed and sworn to before me <br /> this ....... day of...... ....... <br /> Notary Public (or other officer) <br /> authorized to administer oaths <br /> Official Publication of the State of Minnesota <br /> Revisor of Statutes <br />