19-609 City manager plan; abandonment; petition; election.
19-609. City manager plan; abandonment; petition; election.Any city which shall have operated four years under the plan provided in sections 19-601 to 19-648 may abandon such organization and either accept the provisions of the general law applicable to such city, or adopt any other optional plan or organization open thereto. The petition for abandonment shall designate the plan desired, and the following proposition shall be submitted: Shall the city of (............) abandon the city manager plan of government and adopt the (name of plan) as provided in (giving the legal designation of the law as published)? If a majority of the votes cast thereon be in favor of such proposition, the officers elected at the next regular municipal election shall be those prescribed by the laws designated in the petition, and upon the qualification of such officers the city shall become organized under said law. Such change shall not affect the property right or ability of any nature of such city, but shall extend merely to its form of government. SourceLaws 1917, c. 208, § 10, p. 499; C.S.1922, § 4547; C.S.1929, § 19-610; R.S.1943, § 19-609w. Cross ReferencesPetition for abandonment of city manager plan of government, see section 19-662.