Who decides on the final form of the ballot text?

Law on Referendum (1995, last amended in 2008)

http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/asia/KZ/kazakhstan-constitutional-law-on-referenum-1995/view

Article 17. Adoption by the President of the Republicof Kazakhstan of the

decision on the initiative to appoint the republicanreferendum

President of the Republic upon an initiative of theParliament, the Government or citizens of the Republic to appoint referendumshall take one of the following decisions:

1) to appoint a referendum;

2) to make changes and additions to the Constitution,to adopt the constitutional act, the law or any other decision on the question(questions) proposed as the subject of referendum without conduct ofreferendum;

3) to reject the initiative to appoint a referendum.