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EXHIBIT A Sec. 12.09. Recall of elective officers. (a) Any elective officer, or officer who has been appointed to fill an elective office, of the city may be removed from office at any time after- ene year- from the beginning of the `efM of e€fie e by the electors qualified to vote for a successor for such incumbent. Such officers can only be removed under this section for (1) neglect of duty, misuse of office, or incompetence in the performance of duties when that neglect of duty, misuse of office, or incompetence in the performance of duties has a material adverse effect upon the conduct of the office; or (2) conviction of a misdemeanor after all rights of appeal have been terminated that would have a material adverse effect upon the conduct of such office. The procedure to effect such removal shall be as hereinafter set forth. (b) A petition signed by electors equal in number to at least thirty (30) percent of the electors of the city voting for governor in the last preceding gubernatorial election, and demanding the election of a successor of the officer sought to be removed, shall be filed with the clerk of the circuit court. The petition shall contain a generalspecific statement of the grounds, as described above, upon which the election of a successor is sought. petition may be filed at any time after- efie year has elapsed sinee the beginning of the tefffl of the effiei ' sought to be r- efneve . Each signer shall include the number and street of his or her residence in the city, and the date he or she signed the petition. Such petition may be in the form of separate papers, but each separate paper to which signatures are appended shall contain at the top thereof the original petition or a duplicate statement thereof, and when bound together and offered for filing, such separate papers shall be deemed to constitute one petition with respect to the election of the successor of the officer or officers named therein. One (1) of the signers of such petition shall make oath before a proper official that the statements made therein are true, as he or she believes, and upon such separate paper, the circulator of the petition to which signatures are appended shall make oath that each signature to such paper is the genuine signature of the person whose name it purports to be, and that it was signed in his or her presence. (c) If it appears that the statement of grounds is adequate, and that the petition is signed by the requisite percentage of electors, the same shall be accepted as prima facie regular and sufficient, but it shall be subject to summary review in the same manner as provided in section 12.08 of this chapter. In addition, a judge of the Circuit Court may hold a hearing and take evidence to determine the sufficiency of the petition. (Subsections (d) -(g) of Section 12.09 are to remain in effect without amendment)