Amendments to this Charter may be proposed by act of the county council approved by
a majority plus one of the total number of county council members established by this
Charter, and such act shall be exempt from the executive veto. Amendments may also
be proposed by petition filed with the county executive and signed by not less than
twenty per cent of the registered voters of the county, or 10,000 or more of such
registered voters in case twenty per cent of the number of registered voters is greater
than 10,000. When so proposed, whether by act of the county council or by petition,
the question shall be submitted to the voters of the county at the next general or
Congressional election occurring after the passage of said act or the filing of said
petition; and if at said election the majority of votes cast on the question shall
be in favor of the proposed amendment, such amendment shall stand adopted and become
a part of this Charter from and after the thirtieth day following said election. Any
amendments to this Charter proposed in the manner aforesaid, shall be published by
the county executive in at least two newspapers of general circulation in the county
for five successive weeks prior to the election at which the question shall be considered
by the voters of the county.
