§ 652. Resolution. The board of supervisors of a county may by
resolution duly adopted provide for submission to the electors of the
county of one of the alternative forms of county government authorized
by this chapter, with or without variations, at the next general
election occurring in an odd-numbered year and not less than forty-five
days after the adoption of the resolution; provided, however, that no
such resolution shall be adopted by the board of supervisors after the
initiation of a proceeding for the adoption of an alternative form of
county government, with or without variations, by the filing of a
petition therefor, or subsequent to ten days following the filing of an
advance notice of filing such a petition, so long as the proceeding
initiated by the petition or thereafter initiated pursuant to such
advance notice is pending.