(a)
(1) Any charter framed as provided in § 14-42-302 shall be submitted to the qualified electors of the municipality at any election to be held at a time determined by the charter commission, but it shall be held within one (1) year after the appointment of the commission.
(2) Any part of the charter, or any alternative provision thereof, may be submitted to be voted upon separately.
(b) The commission shall publish, not less than thirty (30) days before any election, the proposed charter and any separate parts and alternative provisions thereof.
(c) Within thirty (30) days after its approval, the county board of election commissioners shall certify a copy of the charter to the Secretary of State.