Section 217 – Electronic initiative process — Collecting signatures — Email notification — Removal of signatures.
Effective 1/1/2023 20A-7-217. Electronic initiative process — Collecting signatures — Email notification — Removal of signatures. (1) This section applies only to the electronic initiative process. (2) A signature-gatherer may not collect a signature after 5 p.m., the earlier of: (a) 316 days after the day on which the application for the initiative petition is […]
Section 211 – Return and canvass — Conflicting measures — Law effective on proclamation.
Effective 3/3/2022 20A-7-211. Return and canvass — Conflicting measures — Law effective on proclamation. (1) The votes on the law proposed by the initiative petition shall be counted, canvassed, and delivered as provided in Title 20A, Chapter 4, Part 3, Canvassing Returns. (2) After the state board of canvassers completes the canvass, the lieutenant governor […]
Section 212 – Effective date.
Effective 5/14/2019 20A-7-212. Effective date. (1) A proposed law submitted to the Legislature by initiative petition and passed by the Legislature takes effect 60 days after the last day of the session of the Legislature in which the law passed, unless: (a) a later effective date is included in the proposed law; or (b) an […]
Section 213 – Misconduct of electors and officers — Penalty.
Effective 1/1/2023 20A-7-213. Misconduct of electors and officers — Penalty. (1) It is unlawful for any person to: (a) sign any name other than the person’s own to an initiative petition or a statement described in Subsection 20A-7-205(4) or 20A-7-216(4); (b) knowingly sign the person’s name more than once for the same measure at one […]
Section 214 – Fiscal review — Repeal, amendment, or resubmission.
Effective 5/14/2019 20A-7-214. Fiscal review — Repeal, amendment, or resubmission. (1) No later than 60 days after the date of an election in which the voters approve an initiative petition, the Office of the Legislative Fiscal Analyst shall: (a) for each initiative approved by the voters, prepare a final fiscal impact statement, using current financial […]
Section 215 – Electronic initiative process — Form of initiative petition — Circulation requirements — Signature collection.
Effective 1/1/2023 20A-7-215. Electronic initiative process — Form of initiative petition — Circulation requirements — Signature collection. (1) This section applies only to the electronic initiative process. (2) (a) The first screen presented on the approved device shall include the following statement: “This INITIATIVE PETITION is addressed to the Honorable ____, Lieutenant Governor: The citizens […]
Section 216 – Electronic initiative process — Obtaining signatures — Request to remove signature.
Effective 1/1/2023 20A-7-216. Electronic initiative process — Obtaining signatures — Request to remove signature. (1) This section applies to the electronic initiative process. (2) A Utah voter may sign an initiative if the voter is a legal voter. (3) The sponsors shall ensure that the signature-gatherer who collects a signature from an individual: (a) verifies […]
Section 204 – Manual initiative process — Circulation requirements — Lieutenant governor to provide sponsors with materials.
Effective 1/1/2023 20A-7-204. Manual initiative process — Circulation requirements — Lieutenant governor to provide sponsors with materials. (1) This section applies only to the manual initiative process. (2) In order to obtain the necessary number of signatures required by this part, the sponsors or an agent of the sponsors shall, after the sponsors receive the […]
Section 204.1 – Public hearings to be held before initiative petitions are circulated — Changes to an initiative and initial fiscal impact estimate.
Effective 7/1/2021 20A-7-204.1. Public hearings to be held before initiative petitions are circulated — Changes to an initiative and initial fiscal impact estimate. (1) (a) After issuance of the initial fiscal impact estimate by the Office of the Legislative Fiscal Analyst and before circulating initiative petitions for signature statewide, sponsors of the initiative petition shall […]
Section 205 – Manual initiative process — Obtaining signatures — Verification — Removal of signature.
Effective 1/1/2023 20A-7-205. Manual initiative process — Obtaining signatures — Verification — Removal of signature. (1) This section applies only to the manual initiative process. (2) A Utah voter may sign an initiative petition if the voter is a legal voter. (3) (a) The sponsors shall ensure that the individual in whose presence each signature […]