The secretary of state shall ascertain and declare the sufficiency or insufficiency of each complete referendum petition within thirty days after it is filed in the secretary's office. History: 1953 Comp., § 3-17-10, enacted by Laws 1969, ch. 240, § 395; 2023, ch. 39, § 78. The 2023 amendment, effective June 16, 2023, expanded the time for the secretary of state to determine the sufficiency of a referendum petition from fifteen to thirty days; and after "within", deleted "fifteen" and added "thirty". Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 42 Am. Jur. 2d Initiative and Referendum §§ 37 to 40. 82 C.J.S. Statutes §§ 133, 137.
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