Mississippi § 21-9-9 - Procedure for repeal of council-manager plan.
Full text of Mississippi Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated § 21-9-9 — Procedure for repeal of council-manager plan., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 21-9-9. Procedure for repeal of council-manager plan.
Any city which has adopted the council-manager plan, as herein provided, and which shall have operated under the council-manager plan for a period of three years, may discontinue the council-manager plan of government by a vote of the electors thereof initiated by a petition of twenty per centum of the qualified electors of said city, and the same procedure set forth in Section 21-9-3, shall be followed in determining whether such plan shall be discontinued. The propositions to be then voted on shall be: “For the council-manager form of government” and “Against the council-manager form of government.”
Source: official Mississippi text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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