Fulton General Authority ordinance (Charter § 10.1)

(a) Initiative. The qualified voters of the city shall have power to propose ordinances to the council and, if the council fails to adopt an ordinance so proposed without any change in substance, to adopt or reject it at a city election, provided that such power shall not extend to the budget or capital program or any ordinance relating to appropriation of money, levy of taxes, zoning, or salaries of city officers or employees. No proposed initiative ordinance shall contain more than one (1) subject which shall be clearly expressed in its title.

(b) Referendum. The qualified voters of the city shall have power to require reconsideration by the council of any adopted ordinance and, if the council fails to repeal an ordinance so reconsidered, to approve or reject it at a city election, provided that such power shall not extend to the budget or capital program, any emergency ordinance, any ordinance levying a special assessment or providing for the issuance of special tax bills, or any ordinance relating to zoning, appropriation of money, or levy of taxes.

(c) Recall. Any official elected by popular vote may be removed by the voters qualified to vote for his successor in accordance with the procedures set out in this charter, such power to be known as the recall, subject to the following limitations:

(1) The official may not be subject to recall within six (6) months of his induction into office or during the last six (6) months of his term;

(2) Only one (1) petition may be filed to recall an elected official during a term;

(3) A recalled official may not be a candidate to succeed himself at a special election held to fill the vacancy created by his recall, nor may he be appointed by the appointing authority to fill such vacancy;

(4) An official may be recalled only for reasons of (a) misconduct in office, (b) incompetence or (c) failure to perform duties prescribed by law.