17-62-301. Procedure for initiating adoption of optional plan -- Limitations -- Pending proceedings.
(1) An optional plan proposing an alternate form of government for a county may be adopted as provided in this chapter.
(2) The process to adopt an optional plan establishing an alternate form of county government may be initiated by: the county legislative body as provided in Section; or 17-62-302 registered voters of the county as provided in Section. 17-62-303
(3) If the process to adopt an optional plan is initiated under, Section 3, 4, or 5, or Sectionor, the county legislative body may not initiate the process again under Section, and registered voters may not initiate the process again under Section, until: 17-62-302 17-62-303 17-62-302 17-62-303 the first initiated process concludes with an election under Section; 17-62-501 the first initiated process concludes under Subsectionbecause the study committee recommended that the county's form of government not change; or 17-62-402(7) the first initiated process concludes because registered voters fail to submit a sufficient number of valid signatures for a petition before the deadline described in Subsection. 17-62-303(2)(c) A county legislative body may not initiate the process to adopt an optional plan under Sectionwithin four years of an election at which voters first elect elected county officials in accordance with Sectionand as specified in an optional plan proposed as a result of a process initiated by the county legislative body. 17-62-302 17-62-503 Registered voters of a county may not initiate the process to adopt an optional plan under Sectionwithin four years of an election at which voters first elect elected county officials in accordance with Sectionand as specified in an optional plan proposed as a result of a process initiated by registered voters. 17-62-303 17-62-503