{"data":{"id":"us-id/idaho-code-31-5802","jurisdiction":"us-id","citation":"Idaho Code § 31-5802","heading":"Election of charter commission — Charter submitted to electors.","body":"(1) The charter to be submitted to the electors shall be drafted by a charter commission to be elected upon the approval of a petition or resolution to elect a charter commission as provided in subsection (2) of this section.\n(2) The question of whether a charter commission shall be elected shall be submitted to the voters upon a petition or resolution initiated as provided in section 31-5004(1), Idaho Code. The petition or resolution to elect a charter commission shall contain a statement of the anticipated costs and expenditures of the charter commission and a description of the revenue sources intended to meet those costs and expenditures.\n(3) The question of electing a charter commission shall be submitted as follows:\nShall a charter commission, comprised of (state number) commissioners, be elected to draft a charter for (name county)?\n(4) Any county approving the election of a charter commission shall continue to operate under its existing form of government until a charter has been approved by the electors. If a charter has not been adopted by the electors within four (4) years of the election of a charter commission, the charter commission shall be deemed dissolved by operation of law. Any subsequent question of whether a charter commission should be elected to draft a proposed charter for the county must be resubmitted to the electors as provided in this chapter.\n(5) The charter commission shall submit a proposed charter to the electors at a general election. If the charter commission submits a charter to the electors, the question shall be submitted as follows:\nVote for one:\nIn favor of retaining the (name current form of government) form of county government.\nIn favor of adopting the charter proposed for (name county).\n(6) Any amendment to a charter must be approved by a majority of the electors of the county voting at a general election. Amendments may be submitted upon a majority vote of the governing body, or upon a petition to amend the charter, the requirements for which shall be specified in the charter.","path":["TITLE 31 COUNTIES AND COUNTY LAW","CHAPTER 58 CHARTER FORM OF COUNTY GOVERNMENT"],"source_url":"https://legislature.idaho.gov/statutesrules/idstat/title31/t31ch58/sect31-5802/","current_through":"2026 Legislative Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T11:19:05Z","sha256":"5eed4ccd5e394b763776dcfb184a1b24484c19ca37e74e0a0a6447fc011a6d1d","source_id":"us-id","stale":false,"prev":"us-id/idaho-code-31-5801","next":"us-id/idaho-code-31-5803"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}