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(1) Before circulating a petition to initiate or refer a district measure, the
petitioner shall file with the elections officer a prospective petition. The
elections officer immediately shall date and time stamp the prospective
petition, and specify the form on which the petition shall be printed for
circulation. The officer shall retain the prospective petition.

(2) The cover of
an initiative or referendum petition shall designate the name and city and
state of residence of not more than three persons as chief petitioners and
shall contain instructions for persons obtaining signatures of electors on the
petition. The instructions shall be adopted by the Secretary of State by rule.
The cover of a referendum petition shall contain the title described in ORS
255.145 (1). If the circuit court has not reviewed the ballot title under ORS
255.155, the cover of an initiative petition shall contain the ballot title
described in ORS 255.145 (3). If the circuit court has reviewed the ballot
title, the cover of the initiative petition shall contain the title certified
by the court.

(3) The chief
petitioners shall include with the prospective petition a statement declaring
whether one or more persons will be paid money or other valuable consideration
for obtaining signatures of electors on the initiative or referendum petition.
After the prospective petition is filed, the chief petitioners shall notify the
filing officer not later than the 10th day after any of the chief petitioners
first has knowledge or should have had knowledge that:

(a) Any person is
being paid for obtaining signatures, when the statement included with the
prospective petition declared that no such person would be paid.

(b) No person is
being paid for obtaining signatures, when the statement included with the
prospective petition declared that one or more such persons would be paid.

(4)(a) Each sheet
of signatures on an initiative petition shall contain the caption of the ballot
title. Each sheet of signatures on a referendum petition shall contain the
number of the ordinance to be referred and the date it was adopted by the
district board.

(b) Each sheet of
signatures on an initiative or referendum petition shall, if one or more
persons will be paid for obtaining signatures of electors on the petition,
contain a notice stating: “Some Circulators For This Petition Are Being Paid.”

(5) The reverse
side of the cover of an initiative or referendum petition shall be used for
obtaining signatures on an initiative or referendum petition.

(6) Not more than
20 signatures on the signature sheet of the initiative or referendum petition
shall be counted. The circulator shall certify on each signature sheet that the
circulator:

(a) Witnessed the
signing of the signature sheet by each individual whose signature appears on
the signature sheet; and

(b) Believes each
individual is an elector registered in the district.

(7) Unless
otherwise provided by a district ordinance, the gathering of signatures on a
petition to initiate a district measure may not exceed a period of two years
from the time the petition is approved for circulation.

(8) The elections
officer may not accept for filing any petition that has not met the provisions
of subsection (7) of this section.

(9) A petition to
initiate a district measure must be filed not less than 90 days before the
election at which the proposed law is to be voted on.

(10) The person
obtaining signatures on the petition shall carry at least one full and correct
copy of the measure to be initiated or referred and shall allow any person to
review a copy upon request of the person. [1979 c.190 §292; 1981 c.909 §8; 1983
c.756 §12; 1991 c.106 §3; 1992 c.1 §4; 1995 c.607 §48; 1997 c.846 §4; 1999
c.318 §30; 2001 c.965 §7; 2007 c.848 §18; 2011 c.607 §13; 2021 c.473 §4]