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UT Code § 20A-7-401.3 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 20A - Election Code|Chapter 7 - Issues Submitted to the Voters|Part 4 - Local Initiatives and Referenda - General Provisions|Section 401.3 - Voter participation areas.

 Effective 5/14/2019  20A-7-401.3. Voter participation areas.    (1)   (a) Except as provided in Subsection (2):   (i) a metro township with a population of 65,000 or more, a city of the first or second class, or a county of the first or second class shall, no later than January 1, 2020, again on January 1, 2022, and January 1 each 10 years after 2022, divide the metro township, city, or county into eight contiguous and compact voter participation areas of substantially equal population; and     (ii) a metro township with a population of 10,000 or more, a city of the third or fourth class, or a county of the third or fourth class shall, no later than January 1, 2020, again on January 1, 2022, and January 1 each 10 years after 2022, divide the metro township, city, or county into four contiguous and compact voter participation areas of substantially equal population.       (b) A metro township, city, or county shall use the voter participation areas described in Subsection (1)(a) or (2)(b) for the purpose described in Sections 20A-7-501 and 20A-7-601.       (2)   (a) This section does not apply to a metro township with a population of less than 10,000, a county of the fifth or sixth class, a city of the fifth class, or a town.     (b) A metro township, city, or county that has established council districts that are not at-large districts may, regardless of the number of council districts that are not at-large districts, use the council districts as voter participation areas under this section.      Enacted by Chapter 203, 2019 General Session
UT Code § 20A-7-405 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 20A - Election Code|Chapter 7 - Issues Submitted to the Voters|Part 4 - Local Initiatives and Referenda - General Provisions|Section 405 - Public meeting.

 Effective 5/14/2019  20A-7-405. Public meeting.    (1) A county or municipality may not discuss a proposed initiative, an initiative, a proposed referendum, or a referendum at a public meeting unless the county or municipality complies with the requirements of this section.     (2) The legislative body of a county or municipality may hold a public meeting to discuss a proposed initiative, an initiative, a proposed referendum, or a referendum if the legislative body:   (a) allows equal time, within a reasonable limit, for presentations on both sides of the proposed initiative, initiative, proposed referendum, or referendum;     (b) provides interested parties an opportunity to present oral testimony within reasonable time limits; and     (c) holds the public meeting:   (i) during the legislative body's normal meeting time; or     (ii) for a meeting time other than the legislative body's normal meeting time, beginning at or after 6 p.m.         (3) This section does not prohibit a working group meeting from being held before 6 p.m.    Enacted by Chapter 203, 2019 General Session
UT Code § 20A-7-406 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 20A - Election Code|Chapter 7 - Issues Submitted to the Voters|Part 4 - Local Initiatives and Referenda - General Provisions|Section 406 - Informational materials.

 Effective 5/14/2019  20A-7-406. Informational materials.  The lieutenant governor shall create and publish to the lieutenant governor's website instructions on how a person may:  (1) qualify a local initiative for the ballot under Part 5, Local Initiatives - Procedures; or     (2) qualify a local referendum for the ballot under Part 6, Local Referenda - Procedures.    Enacted by Chapter 203, 2019 General Session
UT Code § 20A-7-502 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 20A - Election Code|Chapter 7 - Issues Submitted to the Voters|Part 5 - Local Initiatives - Procedures|Section 502 - Local initiative process -- Application procedures.

 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 registered to vote in Utah;     (c) the signature of each of the sponsors, acknowledged by a notary public;     (d) a copy of the proposed law that includes:   (i) the title of the proposed law that clearly expresses the subject of the law;     (ii) a description of all proposed sources of funding for the costs associated with the proposed law, including the proposed percentage of total funding from each source; and     (iii) the text of the proposed law;       (e) if the initiative petition proposes a tax increase, the following statement, "This initiative petition seeks to increase the current (insert name of tax) rate by (insert the tax percentage difference) percent, resulting in a(n) (insert the tax percentage increase) percent increase in the current tax rate."; and     (f) a statement indicating whether persons gathering signatures for the petition may be paid for gathering signatures.       (3) A proposed law submitted under this section may not contain more than one subject to the same extent a bill may not pass containing more than one subject as provided in Utah Constitution, Article VI, Section 22.    Amended by Chapter 140, 2021 General Session
UT Code § 20A-7-502.6 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 20A - Election Code|Chapter 7 - Issues Submitted to the Voters|Part 5 - Local Initiatives - Procedures|Section 502.6 - Posting initiative information.

 Effective 5/5/2021  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) the fiscal impact estimate; and     (d) 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 initiative fails to qualify for the ballot or is passed or defeated at an election.      Enacted by Chapter 418, 2021 General Session
UT Code § 20A-7-502.7 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 20A - Election Code|Chapter 7 - Issues Submitted to the Voters|Part 5 - Local Initiatives - Procedures|Section 502.7 - Referability to voters.

 Effective 5/5/2021  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 whether the law is legally referable to voters; and     (b) notify the first three sponsors, in writing, whether the proposed law is:   (i) legally referable to voters; or     (ii) rejected as not legally referable to voters.         (2) A proposed law in an initiative application is legally referable to voters unless:   (a) the proposed law is patently unconstitutional;     (b) the proposed law is nonsensical;     (c) the proposed law is administrative, rather than legislative, in nature;     (d) the proposed law could not become law if passed;     (e) the proposed law contains more than one subject as evaluated in accordance with Subsection 20A-7-502(3);     (f) the subject of the proposed law is not clearly expressed in the law's title;     (g) the proposed law is identical or substantially similar to a legally referable proposed law sought by an initiative application submitted to the local clerk, under Section 20A-7-502, within two years before the day on which the application for the current proposed initiative is filed; or     (h) the application for the proposed law 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:   (a) reject a proposed initiative as not legally referable to voters; or     (b) bring a legal action, other than to appeal a court decision, challenging a proposed initiative on the grounds that the proposed initiative is not legally referable to voters.       (4) If a county, city, town, or metro township rejects a proposed initiative, a sponsor of the proposed initiative may, within 10 days after the day on which a sponsor is notified under Subsection (1)(b), appeal the decision to:   (a) district court; or     (b) the Supreme Court, if the Supreme Court has original jurisdiction over the appeal.       (5) If, on appeal, the court determines that the law proposed in the initiative petition is legally referable to voters, the local clerk shall comply with Subsection 20A-7-504(2) within five days after the day on which the determination, and any appeal of the determination, is final.    Amended by Chapter 418, 2021 General Session
UT Code § 20A-7-504 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 20A - Election Code|Chapter 7 - Issues Submitted to the Voters|Part 5 - Local Initiatives - Procedures|Section 504 - Circulation requirements -- Local clerk to provide sponsors with materials.

 Effective 5/5/2021  20A-7-504. 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 initiative 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-7-502.7, that a law proposed in an initiative petition is legally referable to voters, the local clerk shall furnish to the sponsors:   (a) a copy of the initiative 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 initiative for circulation by creating multiple initiative packets.     (b) The sponsors or an agent of the sponsors shall create initiative packets by binding a copy of the initiative 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) An initiative 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-7-505 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 20A - Election Code|Chapter 7 - Issues Submitted to the Voters|Part 5 - Local Initiatives - Procedures|Section 505 - Obtaining signatures -- Verification -- Removal of signature.

 Effective 5/5/2021  20A-7-505. Obtaining signatures -- Verification -- Removal of signature.    (1) A Utah voter may sign a local initiative 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 initiative packet; and     (iii) is informed that each signer is required to read and understand the law proposed by the initiative.       (b) An individual may not sign the verification printed on the last page of the initiative packet if the individual signed a signature sheet in the initiative packet.       (3)   (a) A voter who has signed an initiative petition may have the voter's signature removed from the petition by submitting a statement requesting that the voter's signature be removed before 5 p.m. no later than the earlier of:   (i) 30 days after the day on which the voter signs the signature removal statement;     (ii) 90 days after the day on which the local clerk posts the voter's name under Subsection 20A-7-507(2)(a);     (iii) 316 days after the day on which the application is filed; or     (iv)   (A) for a county initiative, April 15 immediately before the next regular general election immediately after the application is filed under Section 20A-7-502; or     (B) for a municipal initiative, April 15 immediately before the next municipal general election immediately after the application is filed under Section 20A-7-502.         (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 the applicable deadline described in Subsection (3)(a).     (e) A person may only remove a signature from an initiative petition in accordance with this Subsection (3).     (f) A county clerk shall analyze a signature, for purposes of removing a signature from an initiative petition, in accordance with Section 20A-7-506.3.      Amended by Chapter 140, 2021 General Session
UT Code § 20A-7-507 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 20A - Election Code|Chapter 7 - Issues Submitted to the Voters|Part 5 - Local Initiatives - Procedures|Section 507 - Evaluation by the local clerk.

 Effective 5/5/2021  20A-7-507. Evaluation by the local clerk.    (1) 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)   (a) The county clerk shall:   (i) post the names and voter identification numbers described in Subsection 20A-7-506(2)(c) on the lieutenant governor's website, in a conspicuous location designated by the lieutenant governor, for at least 90 days; and     (ii) update on the local government's website the number of signatures certified as of the date of the update.       (b) The local clerk:   (i) shall, except as provided in Subsection (2)(b)(ii), declare the petition to be sufficient or insufficient no later than 21 days after the day of the applicable deadline described in Subsection 20A-7-506(1)(a); or     (ii) may declare the petition to be insufficient before the day described in Subsection (2)(b)(i) if:   (A) the total of all valid signatures on timely and lawfully submitted signature packets that have been certified by the county clerks, plus the number of signatures on timely and lawfully submitted signature packets that have not yet been evaluated for certification, is less than the number of names required under Section 20A-7-501; or     (B) a requirement of this part has not been met.         (c) If the total number of certified names from each verified signature sheet equals or exceeds the number of names required by Section 20A-7-501 and the requirements of this part are met, the local clerk shall mark upon the front of the petition the word "sufficient."     (d) If the total number of certified names from each verified signature sheet does not equal or exceed the number of names required by Section 20A-7-501 or a requirement of this part is not met, the local clerk shall mark upon the front of the petition the word "insufficient."     (e) The local clerk shall immediately notify any one of the sponsors of the local clerk's finding.     (f) After a petition is declared insufficient, a person may not submit additional signatures to qualify the petition for the ballot.       (3) If the local clerk finds the total number of certified signatures from each verified signature sheet to be insufficient, any sponsor may file a written demand with the local clerk for a recount of the signatures appearing on the initiative petition in the presence of any sponsor.     (4) A petition determined to be sufficient in accordance with this section is qualified for the ballot.    Amended by Chapter 140, 2021 General Session
UT Code § 20A-7-509 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 20A - Election Code|Chapter 7 - Issues Submitted to the Voters|Part 5 - Local Initiatives - Procedures|Section 509 - Form of ballot -- Manner of voting.

 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) Voters desiring to vote in favor of enacting the law proposed by the initiative petition shall mark the square adjacent to the word "For," and voters desiring to vote against enacting the law proposed by the initiative petition shall mark the square adjacent to the word "Against."    Amended by Chapter 203, 2019 General Session
UT Code § 20A-7-510 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 20A - Election Code|Chapter 7 - Issues Submitted to the Voters|Part 5 - Local Initiatives - Procedures|Section 510 - Return and canvass -- Conflicting measures -- Law effective on proclamation.

 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 shall certify to the local legislative body the vote for and against the law proposed by the initiative petition.     (3)   (a) The local legislative body shall immediately issue a proclamation that:   (i) gives the total number of votes cast in the local jurisdiction for and against each law proposed by an initiative petition; and     (ii) declares those laws proposed by an initiative petition that were approved by majority vote to be in full force and effect as the law of the local jurisdiction.       (b) When the local legislative body determines that two proposed laws, or that parts of two proposed laws approved by the people at the same election are entirely in conflict, the local legislative body shall proclaim that measure to be law that received the greatest number of affirmative votes, regardless of the difference in the majorities which those measures have received.     (c)   (i) Within 10 days after the day on which the local legislative body issues the proclamation, any qualified voter who signed the initiative petition proposing the law that is declared by the local legislative body to be superseded by another measure approved at the same election may bring an action in the appropriate court to review the decision.     (ii) The court shall:   (A) consider the matter and decide whether the proposed laws are entirely in conflict; and     (B) issue an order, consistent with the court's decision, to the local legislative body.           (4) Within 10 days after the day on which the court enters an order under Subsection (3)(c)(ii), the local legislative body shall:   (a) proclaim as law all measures approved by the people that the court determines are not in conflict; and     (b) for the measures approved by the people as law that the court determines to be in conflict, proclaim as law the measure that received the greatest number of affirmative votes, regardless of the difference in majorities.      Amended by Chapter 140, 2021 General Session
UT Code § 20A-7-511 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 20A - Election Code|Chapter 7 - Issues Submitted to the Voters|Part 5 - Local Initiatives - Procedures|Section 511 - Effective date.

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 effect five days after the date of the official proclamation of the vote by the county legislative body.       (2) The local legislative body may amend any laws approved by the people at any meeting after the law has taken effect.    Enacted by Chapter 272, 1994 General Session
UT Code § 20A-7-512 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 20A - Election Code|Chapter 7 - Issues Submitted to the Voters|Part 5 - Local Initiatives - Procedures|Section 512 - Misconduct of electors and officers -- Penalty.

 Effective 5/14/2019  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.       (2) It is unlawful for any individual to sign the verification for an initiative packet knowing that:   (a) the individual does not meet the residency requirements of Section 20A-2-105;     (b) the individual has not witnessed the signatures of the individuals whose names appear in the initiative packet; or     (c) one or more individuals whose signatures appear in the initiative packet is either:   (i) not registered to vote in Utah; or     (ii) does not intend to become registered to vote in Utah.         (3) An individual who violates this part is guilty of a class A misdemeanor.    Amended by Chapter 203, 2019 General Session