§ 9.01. Charter amendments.

The council, by ordinance, or the electors, by petition signed by ten percent of the registered voters, may submit to the electors a proposed Charter amendment. The proposed amendment may be to any part, or to all of the Charter excepting the part describing the boundaries.

The proposed amendment petition procedure shall comply with the referendum procedure described in section 5.04 and general law.

Upon adoption of the Charter amendment by majority vote of the electors, council shall have the amendment incorporated into the Charter. The revised Charter shall then be filed with the Florida Department of State, and it will then be in effect.

Subject to the requirements of general law, the city council, by ordinance, may redefine the boundaries of the city to include lands newly annexed. The redefined boundaries shall be filed with the Florida Department of State, as required by law.

All proposed amendments on a single subject or issue must contain the full text of the proposed amendment.

(a)

Election. Upon delivery to the city election authorities of an adopted ordinance or a petition proposing an amendment to the Charter, the election authorities shall submit the proposed amendment to the voters of the city. Such election shall be announced by a notice containing the title of the proposed amendment and published in one or more newspapers of general circulation, as defined by F.S. ch. 50, at least 30 days prior to the date of the election. The form of the ballot shall be as specified in section 5.04.

(b)

Charter revisions. The council shall amend provisions or strike language out of the Charter, which has been judicially construed to be contrary to either state or federal law. Starting with the calendar year 2010 and every tenth year thereafter, the council shall appoint a Charter review committee to review the Charter.