Opinion No.

The Honorable David Malone State Senator P.O. Box 1048 Fayetteville, AR 72701

Dear Senator Malone:

This is in response to your letter requesting an opinion regarding the following question:

Should the Fayetteville City Clerk certify to the Washington County Election Commission a petition for an initiated ordinance to repeal a Fayetteville ordinance creating a central business improvement district if the petition contains the requisite number of signatures?

There are two basic problems with the initiative petition in question. First, the petition should have been a referendum petition instead of…