Effective 5/14/2019 20A-7-501. Initiatives — Signature requirements — Time requirements. (1) As used in this section: (a) “Number of active voters” means the number of active voters in the county, city, or town on the immediately preceding January 1. (b) “Voter participation area” means an area described in Subsection 20A-7-401.3(1)(a) or (2)(b). (2) An eligible […]
Effective 5/5/2021 20A-7-502. Local initiative process — Application procedures. (1) Individuals wishing to circulate an initiative petition shall file an application with the local clerk. (2) The application shall contain: (a) the name and residence address of at least five sponsors of the initiative petition; (b) a statement indicating that each of the sponsors is […]
Effective 5/14/2019 20A-7-502.5. Initial fiscal and legal impact estimate — Preparation of estimate. (1) Within three business days after the day on which the local clerk receives an application for an initiative petition, the local clerk shall submit a copy of the proposed law to the county, city, or town’s budget officer. (2) (a) The […]
Effective 1/1/2023 20A-7-502.6. Posting initiative information. (1) Within one business day after the day on which the local clerk’s office receives the initial fiscal impact estimate under Subsection 20A-7-502.5(4)(a), the local clerk shall post the following information together in a conspicuous place on the local clerk’s website: (a) the initiative petition; (b) the initiative; (c) […]
Effective 1/1/2023 20A-7-502.7. Referability to voters. (1) Within 20 days after the day on which an eligible voter files an application to circulate an initiative petition under Section 20A-7-502, counsel for the county, city, town, or metro township to which the initiative pertains shall: (a) review the proposed law in the initiative application to determine […]
Effective 1/1/2023 20A-7-503. Manual initiative process — Form of initiative petitions and signature sheets. (1) This section applies only to the manual initiative process. (2) (a) Each proposed initiative petition shall be printed in substantially the following form: “INITIATIVE PETITION To the Honorable ____, County Clerk/City Recorder/Town Clerk: We, the undersigned citizens of Utah, respectfully […]
Effective 1/1/2023 20A-7-504. Manual initiative process — Circulation requirements — Local clerk 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 […]
Effective 1/1/2023 20A-7-505. 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 a local initiative petition if the voter is a legal voter and resides in the local jurisdiction. (3) (a) The sponsors shall ensure that […]
Effective 1/1/2023 20A-7-506. Manual initiative process — Submitting the initiative petition — Certification of signatures by the county clerks — Transfer to local clerk. (1) This section applies only to the manual initiative process. (2) (a) The sponsors, or an agent of the sponsors, shall submit a signed and verified initiative packet to the county […]
Effective 1/1/2023 20A-7-506.3. Verification of petition signatures. (1) As used in this section: (a) “Substantially similar name” means: (i) the given name and surname shown on the petition, or both, contain only minor spelling differences when compared to the given name and surname shown on the official register; (ii) the surname shown on the petition […]
Effective 1/1/2023 20A-7-507. Evaluation by the local clerk. (1) In relation to the manual initiative process, when a local clerk receives an initiative packet from a county clerk, the local clerk shall record the number of the initiative packet received. (2) The county clerk shall: (a) in relation to the manual initiative process: (i) post […]
Effective 5/4/2022 20A-7-508. Short title and summary of initiative — Duties of local clerk and local attorney. (1) Upon receipt of an initiative petition, the local clerk shall deliver a copy of the petition and the proposed law to the local attorney. (2) The local attorney shall: (a) entitle each county or municipal initiative that […]
Effective 5/14/2019 20A-7-509. Form of ballot — Manner of voting. (1) The local clerk shall ensure that the number and ballot title are presented upon the official ballot with, immediately adjacent to them, the words “For” and “Against,” each word presented with an adjacent square in which the voter may indicate the voter’s vote. (2) […]
Effective 5/5/2021 20A-7-510. 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 local board of canvassers completes the canvass, the local clerk […]
20A-7-511. Effective date. (1) (a) Any proposed law submitted to the people by initiative petition that is approved by the voters at any election takes effect on the date specified in the initiative petition. (b) If the initiative petition does not specify an effective date, a law approved by the voters at any election takes […]
Effective 1/1/2023 20A-7-512. Misconduct of electors and officers — Penalty. (1) It is unlawful for any individual to: (a) sign any name other than the individual’s own name to any initiative petition; (b) sign an initiative knowing the individual is not a legal voter; or (c) knowingly and willfully violate any provision of this part. […]
Effective 5/14/2019 20A-7-513. 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 budget officer shall: (a) for each initiative approved by the voters, prepare a final fiscal impact statement, using current financial information and containing the […]
Effective 1/1/2023 20A-7-514. 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 ____, County Clerk/City Recorder/Town Clerk: […]
Effective 1/1/2023 20A-7-515. Electronic initiative process — Obtaining signatures — Request to remove signature. (1) This section applies to the electronic initiative process. (2) A Utah voter may sign a local initiative petition if the voter is a legal voter and resides in the local jurisdiction. (3) The sponsors shall ensure that the signature-gatherer who […]
Effective 1/1/2023 20A-7-516. 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 is filed; or (b) (i) […]
