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• • • Art. 1189. Petition; elections; contests; time ]imitations (a) ~~'henevcr as many as one hundred (100) qualified voters of each of said cities shall petition the governing body of their respective cities to order an election for the purpose of voting on the consolidation of such cities into one city, said Lodies may order an election to be held at the usual voting places in the city on such proposition. If any such petition be signed, however, Ly qualified voters equal to fifteen percent (l5;'0) of the total vote cast at the last preceding general elec•tivn fur city officials • in any of said cities, next preceding the filing of said petitions, the re- spective governing Lodies receiving such a petition shall order an election to be held on such proposition, except as hereinafter Iu•ovided. (b) The election on consolidation shall first be held in the city having the smallest population according to Lhe last preceding Federal Census. ~i'hen a petition for consolidation has been presented to the governing body of the city having the smallest population, such governing bod}• may, on a petition signed by one hundred (100) qualified voters, order an elec- tion for such purpose tivithin forty-five (45) days after the receipt there- of. Upon the presentation of a petition in the city having the smallest population sibned b}• qualified voters equal to fifteen percent (15 0) of the total vote cast at the last preceding general election for the city of- ficials in such city next preceding the filing thereof, the governing body of the city shall order an election within forty-five (45) days after the filing of the petition. Any such election shall be held within not less than thirty (30) nor more than ninety (90) days from the date of the election order. (c) «'hen the proposition has received a majority vote in favor of consolidation at an election in any city, the larger city or cities where no election has been held, in inverse order of rank in population according to • the last preceding Federal Census, may or shall, depending on the number of qualified signatures on the petition presented in each such city, order an election on the same proposition ~ti•ithin forty-five (45) days after the election returns have been canvassed in the neat smaller city in which a majority have voted in favor of consolidation. Any such election shall be held within not less than thirty (30) nor mvre than ninety (90) days from the date of the election order. If the proposition for consolidation fails to receive a majority of the votes in :rn election held for that purpose in any city, the larger city or cities which have not held an election shall not order an election for consolidation. (d) If an election contest is timely filed in any such election, the governing body of each ):u•ger city which has not held its consolidation elective may defer holding the election until the election contest is finally terminated. If no election curtest is timely filed in any such election, the governing body of the next larger city may, when acting on a petition filed by one hundred qualified voters, and shall, when acting on a petition filed by voters equal to fifteen percent (15 0) of the total vote cast at the last preceding general election for city officials, order an election for such purpose. (e) If the proposition for consolidation fails to receive a majority of votes in favor thereof in an election in any of such cities, no cvnsolidation election involving the same irlcntical cities on the consolidation proposi- tion which is defeated shall Lc held within two (2) years from the date of fhe defeat of such proposition in a consolidation election in any such city. Amended by Acts 1971, G2nd Leg., p. G8, ch. 35, ~ 1, eff. `,f arch 22, 1971. •