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Section 81
 

(1) The local election commission shall set the local referendum date within 15 days after the expiry without result of the time limit for legal remedy against the representative body resolution ordering the local referendum or, if legal remedy is sought, after the adjudication of the respective application.


(2) The local referendum date shall be set so that the voting day falls between the seventieth and the fiftieth day after the day when the date is set.


(3) The calendar dates for the time limits for a local referendum proceeding shall be determined by the local election commission in its conclusive decision setting the local referendum date.


(4) A conclusive decision setting the date for the local referendum shall be published in the official gazette of the local government or in accordance with established local practice.