§ 11-15-106. Appeal on question of ballot title - Procedure.

A qualified elector who is dissatisfied with the wording of a ballot title may appeal, within ten (10) days after the ballot title is filed with the clerk, to the district court in the county in which the situs of the municipality is located.  The petition for appeal shall offer a substitute ballot title for the one from which the appeal is taken.  Written notice of the appeal shall be served upon the clerk and upon the parties who filed the ballot title at least five (5) days before such appeal is heard by the court.  The municipal attorney shall, and any interested citizen may, defend the ballot title from which the appeal is taken.  After the hearing of the appeal, the district court may correct or amend the ballot title, or accept the substitute suggested, or may draft a new one which will conform with the law.

Laws 1977, c. 256, § 15-106, eff. July 1, 1978.