280-H - Permissive referendum.

§ 280-h. Permissive referendum. The provisions of sections one hundred  one and one hundred two of this chapter and the applicable provisions of  the election law as to conduct of elections and qualifications of voters  shall  apply  to  permissive  referenda conducted hereunder, except that  only those electors shall be qualified to sign a petition  and  to  vote  who  are  resident  within  an  area  included  in  the  proposed county  district, and provided further that the number of signatures required on  the petition shall be five hundred or five per centum of the  owners  of  taxable  real  property situated within the proposed district, whichever  shall be less.    The clerk of the governing body shall cause to be  prepared  and  have  available  for  distribution  proper  forms  for such petition and shall  distribute a supply to any person requesting the same.