(2) The election shall be held on the date of the next primary election or general election that is not earlier than the 90th day after the filing. The election shall be called and held for the purpose of submitting the following question to the electors of each incorporated city and of each unincorporated area to be included in the proposed city:
(a) Whether an incorporated city shall be created consisting of the largest city proposed to be included therein, of each other incorporated city whose electors vote to create the proposed city, and of each unincorporated area in which the electors vote to create the proposed city;
(b) Whether the charter proposed by the charter commission shall be adopted as the charter for the city; and
(c) Whether the proposed permanent rate limit included in the petition for consolidation filed under ORS 222.230 shall be adopted as the proposed permanent rate limit of the new city.
(3) If the governing bodies cannot agree at the joint convention upon a date and a ballot title for the election, the county court of the county in which is located the administrative office of the city having the largest population of all cities proposed to be included in the consolidated city, by resolution duly adopted by the county court, shall determine a date and adopt a ballot title. The election in that case shall be called by the county court for the purposes provided in the petitions and ORS 222.210 to 222.310.
(4) The statement summarizing the measure and its major effect in a ballot title for an election under this section shall include a general description of the boundaries of the proposed city. The description shall use streets and other generally recognized features and name the cities proposed to be included in the consolidated city. Notwithstanding ORS 250.035, the statement summarizing the measure and its major effect shall not exceed 150 words.
(5) Not later than the 61st day before the date of the election, the officer performing the duties of clerk of the joint convention or the county court shall file the ballot title with the county clerk of the county in which is located the administrative office of the city having the largest population of all cities proposed to be included in the consolidated city. The ballot title may be challenged in the manner provided for county measures in ORS 250.195. [Amended by 1971 c.761 §5; 1979 c.316 §11; 1983 c.350 §38; 1985 c.565 §34; 1989 c.92 §35; 1995 c.79 §81; 1995 c.534 §11; 1995 c.712 §93; 1997 c.541 §357]