reglab/housing_qa huggingface dataset:
UT Code § 20A-7-513 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 20A - Election Code|Chapter 7 - Issues Submitted to the Voters|Part 5 - Local Initiatives - Procedures|Section 513 - Fiscal review -- Repeal, amendment, or resubmission.

 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 information required by Subsection 20A-7-502.5(2), except for the information required by Subsection 20A-7-502.5(2)(a)(vii); and     (b) deliver a copy of the final fiscal impact statement to:   (i) the local legislative body of the jurisdiction where the initiative was circulated;     (ii) the local clerk; and     (iii) the first three sponsors listed on the initiative application.         (2) If the final fiscal impact statement exceeds the initial fiscal impact estimate by 25% or more, the local legislative body shall review the final fiscal impact statement and may, by a majority vote:   (a) repeal the law established by passage of the initiative;     (b) amend the law established by the passage of the initiative; or     (c) pass a resolution informing the voters that they may file an initiative petition to repeal the law enacted by the passage of the initiative.      Amended by Chapter 203, 2019 General Session
UT Code § 20A-7-602 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 20A - Election Code|Chapter 7 - Issues Submitted to the Voters|Part 6 - Local Referenda - Procedures|Section 602 - Local referendum process -- Application procedures.

 Effective 5/5/2021  20A-7-602. Local referendum process -- Application procedures.    (1) Individuals wishing to circulate a referendum 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 referendum petition;     (b) a statement indicating that each of the sponsors is registered to vote in Utah;     (c) a statement indicating whether persons gathering signatures for the petition may be paid for gathering signatures;     (d) the signature of each of the sponsors, acknowledged by a notary public; and     (e)   (i) if the referendum challenges an ordinance or resolution, one copy of the law; or     (ii) if the referendum challenges a local law that is not an ordinance or resolution, a written description of the local law, including the result of the vote on the local law.        Amended by Chapter 140, 2021 General Session
UT Code § 20A-7-602.7 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 20A - Election Code|Chapter 7 - Issues Submitted to the Voters|Part 6 - Local Referenda - Procedures|Section 602.7 - Referability to voters of local law other than land use law.

 Effective 5/5/2021  20A-7-602.7. Referability to voters of local law other than land use law.    (1) Within 20 days after the day on which an eligible voter files an application to circulate a referendum petition under Section 20A-7-602 for a local law other than a land use law, counsel for the county, city, town, or metro township to which the referendum pertains shall:   (a) review the application to determine whether the proposed referendum is legally referable to voters; and     (b) notify the first three sponsors, in writing, whether the proposed referendum is:   (i) legally referable to voters; or     (ii) rejected as not legally referable to voters.         (2) For a local law other than a land use law, a proposed referendum is legally referable to voters unless:   (a) the proposed referendum challenges an action that is administrative, rather than legislative, in nature;     (b) the proposed referendum challenges more than one law passed by the local legislative body; or     (c) the application for the proposed referendum was not timely filed or does not comply with the requirements of this part.       (3) After the end of the 20-day period described in Subsection (1), a county, city, town, or metro township may not, for a local law other than a land use law:   (a) reject a proposed referendum as not legally referable to voters; or     (b) except as provided in Subsection (4), challenge, in a legal action or otherwise, a proposed referendum on the grounds that the proposed referendum is not legally referable to voters.       (4)   (a) If, under Subsection (1)(b)(ii), a county, city, town, or metro township rejects a proposed referendum concerning a local law other than a land use law, a sponsor of the proposed referendum may, within 10 days after the day on which a sponsor is notified under Subsection (1)(b), challenge or appeal the decision to:   (i) the Supreme Court, by means of an extraordinary writ, if possible; or     (ii) a district court, if the sponsor is prohibited from pursuing an extraordinary writ under Subsection (4)(a)(i).       (b) Failure of a sponsor to timely challenge or appeal a rejection under Subsection (4)(a) terminates the referendum.       (5) If, on a challenge or appeal, the court determines that the proposed referendum described in Subsection (4) is legally referable to voters, the local clerk shall comply with Subsection 20A-7-604(2) within five days after the day on which the determination, and any challenge or appeal of the determination, is final.    Amended by Chapter 418, 2021 General Session
UT Code § 20A-7-602.8 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 20A - Election Code|Chapter 7 - Issues Submitted to the Voters|Part 6 - Local Referenda - Procedures|Section 602.8 - Referability to voters of local land use law.

 Effective 5/5/2021  20A-7-602.8. Referability to voters of local land use law.    (1) Within 20 days after the day on which an eligible voter files an application to circulate a referendum petition under Section 20A-7-602 for a land use law, counsel for the county, city, town, or metro township to which the referendum pertains shall:   (a) review the application to determine whether the proposed referendum is legally referable to voters; and     (b) notify the first three sponsors, in writing, whether the proposed referendum is:   (i) legally referable to voters; or     (ii) rejected as not legally referable to voters.         (2) For a land use law, a proposed referendum is legally referable to voters unless:   (a) the proposed referendum challenges an action that is administrative, rather than legislative, in nature;     (b) the proposed referendum challenges a land use decision, rather than a land use regulation, as those terms are defined in Section 10-9a-103 or 17-27a-103;     (c) the proposed referendum challenges more than one law passed by the local legislative body; or     (d) the application for the proposed referendum was not timely filed or does not comply with the requirements of this part.       (3) After the end of the 20-day period described in Subsection (1), a county, city, town, or metro township may not, for a land use law:   (a) reject a proposed referendum as not legally referable to voters; or     (b) except as provided in Subsection (4), challenge, in a legal action or otherwise, a proposed referendum on the grounds that the proposed referendum is not legally referable to voters.       (4)   (a) If a county, city, town, or metro township rejects a proposed referendum concerning a land use law, a sponsor of the proposed referendum may, within seven days after the day on which a sponsor is notified under Subsection (1)(b), challenge or appeal the decision to:   (i) the Supreme Court, by means of an extraordinary writ, if possible; or     (ii) a district court, if the sponsor is prohibited from pursuing an extraordinary writ under Subsection (4)(a)(i).       (b) Failure of a sponsor to timely challenge or appeal a rejection under Subsection (4)(a) terminates the referendum.       (5) If, on challenge or appeal, the court determines that the proposed referendum is legally referable to voters, the local clerk shall comply with Subsection 20A-7-604(2) within five days after the day on which the determination, and any challenge or appeal of the determination, is final.    Amended by Chapter 418, 2021 General Session
UT Code § 20A-7-604 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 20A - Election Code|Chapter 7 - Issues Submitted to the Voters|Part 6 - Local Referenda - Procedures|Section 604 - Circulation requirements -- Local clerk to provide sponsors with materials.

 Effective 5/5/2021  20A-7-604. Circulation requirements -- Local clerk to provide sponsors with materials.    (1) 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 documents described in Subsections (2) and 20A-7-401.5(4)(b), circulate referendum packets that meet the form requirements of this part.     (2) Within five days after the day on which a county, city, town, metro township, or court determines, in accordance with Section 20A-7-602.7, that a proposed referendum is legally referable to voters, the local clerk shall furnish to the sponsors:   (a) a copy of the referendum petition; and     (b) a signature sheet.       (3) The sponsors of the petition shall:   (a) arrange and pay for the printing of all additional copies of the petition and signature sheets; and     (b) ensure that the copies of the petition and signature sheets meet the form requirements of this section.       (4)   (a) The sponsors or an agent of the sponsors may prepare the referendum for circulation by creating multiple referendum packets.     (b) The sponsors or an agent of the sponsors shall create referendum packets by binding a copy of the referendum petition and no more than 50 signature sheets together at the top in a manner that the packets may be conveniently opened for signing.     (c) A referendum packet is not required to have a uniform number of signature sheets.     (d) The sponsors or an agent of the sponsors shall include, with each packet, a copy of the proposition information pamphlet provided to the sponsors under Subsection 20A-7-401.5(4)(b).       (5)   (a) The sponsors or an agent of the sponsors shall, before gathering signatures:   (i) contact the county clerk to receive a range of numbers that the sponsors may use to number signature packets; and     (ii) number each signature packet, sequentially, within the range of numbers provided by the county clerk, starting with the lowest number in the range.       (b) The sponsors or an agent of the sponsors may not:   (i) number a signature packet in a manner not directed by the county clerk; or     (ii) circulate or submit a signature packet that is not numbered in the manner directed by the county clerk.       (c) The county clerk shall keep a record of the number range provided under Subsection (5)(a).      Amended by Chapter 140, 2021 General SessionAmended by Chapter 418, 2021 General Session, (Coordination Clause)Amended by Chapter 418, 2021 General Session
UT Code § 20A-7-604.5 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 20A - Election Code|Chapter 7 - Issues Submitted to the Voters|Part 6 - Local Referenda - Procedures|Section 604.5 - Posting referendum information.

 Effective 5/5/2021  20A-7-604.5. Posting referendum information.    (1) On the day on which the local clerk complies with Subsection 20A-7-604(2), the local clerk shall post the following information together in a conspicuous place on the local clerk's website:   (a) the referendum petition;     (b) the referendum; and     (c) information describing how an individual may remove the individual's signature from the signature packet.       (2) The local clerk shall:   (a) promptly update the information described in Subsection (1) if the information changes; and     (b) maintain the information described in Subsection (1) on the local clerk's website until the referendum fails to qualify for the ballot or is passed or defeated at an election.      Enacted by Chapter 418, 2021 General Session
UT Code § 20A-7-605 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 20A - Election Code|Chapter 7 - Issues Submitted to the Voters|Part 6 - Local Referenda - Procedures|Section 605 - Obtaining signatures -- Verification -- Removal of signature.

 Effective 5/5/2021  20A-7-605. Obtaining signatures -- Verification -- Removal of signature.    (1) A Utah voter may sign a local referendum petition if the voter is a legal voter and resides in the local jurisdiction.     (2)   (a) The sponsors shall ensure that the individual in whose presence each signature sheet was signed:   (i) is at least 18 years old and meets the residency requirements of Section 20A-2-105;      (ii) verifies each signature sheet by completing the verification printed on the last page of each referendum packet; and     (iii) is informed that each signer is required to read and understand the law that the referendum seeks to overturn.       (b) An individual may not sign the verification printed on the last page of the referendum packet if the individual signed a signature sheet in the referendum packet.       (3)   (a) A voter who has signed a referendum petition may have the voter's signature removed from the petition by submitting to the county clerk a statement requesting that the voter's signature be removed no later than the earlier of:   (i) 30 days after the day on which the voter signs the statement requesting removal; or     (ii) 45 days after the day on which the local clerk posts the voter's name under Subsection 20A-7-607(2)(a).       (b)   (i) The statement shall include:   (A) the name of the voter;     (B) the resident address at which the voter is registered to vote;     (C) the signature of the voter; and     (D) the date of the signature described in Subsection (3)(b)(i)(C).       (ii) To increase the likelihood of the voter's signature being identified and removed, the statement may include the voter's birth date or age.       (c) A voter may not submit a statement by email or other electronic means.     (d) In order for the signature to be removed, the county clerk must receive the statement before 5 p.m. no later than 45 days after the day on which the local clerk posts the voter's name under Subsection 20A-7-607(2)(a).     (e) A person may only remove a signature from a referendum petition in accordance with this Subsection (3).     (f) A county clerk shall analyze a signature, for purposes of removing a signature from a referendum petition, in accordance with Section 20A-7-606.3.      Amended by Chapter 140, 2021 General Session
UT Code § 20A-7-606 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 20A - Election Code|Chapter 7 - Issues Submitted to the Voters|Part 6 - Local Referenda - Procedures|Section 606 - Submitting the referendum petition -- Certification of signatures by the county clerks -- Transfer to local clerk.

 Effective 5/5/2021  20A-7-606. Submitting the referendum petition -- Certification of signatures by the county clerks -- Transfer to local clerk.    (1)   (a) The sponsors, or an agent of the sponsors, shall submit a signed and verified referendum packet to the county clerk of the county in which the packet was circulated before 5 p.m. no later than the earlier of:   (i) 30 days after the day on which the first individual signs the referendum packet; or     (ii) 45 days after the day on which the sponsors receive the items described in Subsection 20A-7-604(2) from the local clerk.       (b) A person may not submit a referendum packet after the deadline described in Subsection (1)(a).       (2) No later than 21 days after the day on which a county clerk receives a verified referendum packet under Subsection (1)(a), the county clerk shall:   (a) determine whether each signer is a registered voter according to the requirements of Section 20A-7-606.3;     (b) certify on the petition whether each name is that of a registered voter;     (c) provide the name and voter identification number of each registered voter certified under Subsection (2)(b); and     (d) deliver the verified packet to the local clerk.       (3)   (a) If the county clerk timely receives a statement requesting signature removal under Subsection 20A-7-605(3), the county clerk shall:   (i) ensure that the voter's name and voter identification number are not included in the posting described in Subsection 20A-7-607(2)(a); and     (ii) remove the voter's signature from the signature packets and signature packet totals.       (b) The county clerk shall comply with Subsection (3)(a) before the later of:   (i) the deadline described in Subsection (2); or     (ii) two business days after the day on which the county clerk receives a statement requesting signature removal under Subsection 20A-7-605(3).       (c) The local clerk shall post a link in a conspicuous location on the local government's website to the posting described in Subsection 20A-7-607(2)(a) during the period of time described in Subsection 20A-7-607(2)(a)(i).       (4) The county clerk may not certify a signature under Subsection (2):   (a) on a referendum packet that is not verified in accordance with Section 20A-7-605; or     (b) that does not have a date of signature next to the signature.       (5) A person may not retrieve a referendum packet from a county clerk, or make any alterations or corrections to a referendum packet, after the referendum packet is submitted to the county clerk.    Amended by Chapter 140, 2021 General SessionAmended by Chapter 418, 2021 General Session
UT Code § 20A-7-609 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 20A - Election Code|Chapter 7 - Issues Submitted to the Voters|Part 6 - Local Referenda - Procedures|Section 609 - Form of ballot -- Manner of voting.

 Effective 5/13/2014  20A-7-609. 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 elector may indicate the elector's vote.     (2)   (a) Except as provided in Subsection (2)(c)(i) or Section 20A-7-609.5, and unless the county legislative body calls a special election, the county clerk shall ensure that county referenda that have qualified for the ballot appear on the next regular general election ballot.     (b) Except as provided in Subsection (2)(c)(ii) or Section 20A-7-609.5, and unless the municipal legislative body calls a special election, the municipal recorder or clerk shall ensure that municipal referenda that have qualified for the ballot appear on the next regular municipal election ballot.     (c)   (i) Except as provided in Section 20A-7-609.5, if a local law passes after January 30 of the year in which there is a regular general election, the county clerk shall ensure that a county referendum that has qualified for the ballot appears on the ballot at the second regular general election immediately following the passage of the local law unless the county legislative body calls a special election.     (ii) Except as provided in Section 20A-7-609.5, if a local law passes after January 30 of the year in which there is a municipal general election, the municipal recorder or clerk shall ensure that a municipal referendum that has qualified for the ballot appears on the ballot at the second municipal general election immediately following the passage of the local law unless the municipal legislative body calls a special election.         (3)   (a)   (i) A voter desiring to vote in favor of the law that is the subject of the referendum shall mark the square adjacent to the word "For."     (ii) The law that is the subject of the referendum is effective if a majority of voters mark "For."       (b)   (i) A voter desiring to vote against the law that is the subject of the referendum petition shall mark the square following the word "Against."     (ii) The law that is the subject of the referendum is not effective if a majority of voters mark "Against."        Amended by Chapter 396, 2014 General Session
UT Code § 20A-7-609.5 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 20A - Election Code|Chapter 7 - Issues Submitted to the Voters|Part 6 - Local Referenda - Procedures|Section 609.5 - Election on referendum challenging local tax law conducted entirely by mail.

 Effective 5/12/2020  20A-7-609.5. Election on referendum challenging local tax law conducted entirely by mail.    (1) An election officer may administer an election on a referendum challenging a local tax law entirely by mail.     (2) For purposes of an election conducted under this section, the election officer shall:   (a) designate as the election day the day that is 30 days after the day on which the election officer complies with Subsection (2)(b); and     (b) within 30 days after the day on which the referendum described in Subsection (1) qualifies for the ballot, mail to each registered voter within the voting precincts to which the local tax law applies:   (i) a manual ballot;     (ii) a statement that there will be no polling place for the election;     (iii) a statement specifying the election day described in Subsection (2)(a);     (iv) a business reply mail envelope;     (v) instructions for returning the ballot that include an express notice about any relevant deadlines that the voter must meet in order for the voter's vote to be counted;     (vi) a warning, on a separate page of colored paper in boldface print, indicating that if the voter fails to follow the instructions included with the manual ballot, the voter will be unable to vote in that election because there will be no polling place for the election; and     (vii)   (A) a copy of the proposition information pamphlet relating to the referendum if a proposition information pamphlet relating to the referendum was published under Section 20A-7-401.5; or     (B) a website address where an individual may view a copy of the proposition information pamphlet described in Subsection (2)(b)(vii)(A).           (3) An election officer who administers an election under this section shall:   (a)   (i) obtain, in person, the signatures of each voter within that voting precinct before the election; or     (ii) obtain the signature of each voter within the voting precinct from the county clerk; and       (b) maintain the signatures on file in the election officer's office.       (4)   (a) Upon receiving a returned manual ballot under this section, the election officer shall compare the signature on each return envelope with the voter's signature that is maintained on file and verify that the signatures are the same.     (b) If the election officer questions the authenticity of the signature on the return envelope, the election officer shall immediately contact the voter to verify the signature.     (c) If there is not a signature on the return envelope or if the election officer determines that the signature on the return envelope does not match the voter's signature that is maintained on file, the election officer shall:   (i) disqualify the ballot; and     (ii) notify the voter of the disqualification and the reason for the disqualification.        Amended by Chapter 31, 2020 General Session