2023 Utah Code › Title 20A - Election Code › Chapter 7 - Issues Submitted to the Voters › Part 2 - Statewide Initiatives › Section 215 - Electronic initiative process -- Form of initiative petition -- Circulation requirements -- Signature collection.

Effective 5/3/2023
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 of Utah who sign this petition respectfully demand that the following proposed law be submitted to the legal voters/Legislature of Utah for their/its approval or rejection at the regular general election/session to be held/beginning on _________(month\day\year)."
(b) An individual may not advance to the second screen until the individual clicks a link at the bottom of the first screen stating, "By clicking here, I attest that I have read and understand the information presented on this screen."
(3)
(a) The second screen presented on the approved device shall include the following statement:
"Public hearings to discuss this initiative were held at: (list dates and locations of public hearings.)".
(b) An individual may not advance to the third screen until the individual clicks a link at the bottom of the second screen stating, "By clicking here, I attest that I have read and understand the information presented on this screen."
(4)
(a) The third screen presented on the approved device shall include the title of proposed law, described in Subsection 20A-7-202(2)(e)(i), followed by the entire text of the proposed law.
(b) An individual may not advance to the fourth screen until the individual clicks a link at the bottom of the third screen stating, "By clicking here, I attest that I have read and understand the entire text of the proposed law."
(5) Subsequent screens shall be presented on the device in the following order, with the individual viewing the device being required, before advancing to the next screen, to click a link at the bottom of the screen with the following statement: "By clicking here, I attest that I have read and understand the information presented on this screen.":
(a) 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;
(b)
(i) if the initiative proposes a tax increase, the following statement, "This initiative 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."; or
(ii) if the initiative does not propose a tax increase, the following statement, "This initiative does not propose a tax increase.";
(c) the initial fiscal impact statement issued by the Office of the Legislative Fiscal Analyst in accordance with Subsection 20A-7-202.5(2)(a), including any update in accordance with Subsection 20A-7-204.1(6);
(d) a statement indicating whether persons gathering signatures for the initiative petition may be paid for gathering signatures; and
(e) the following statement, followed by links where the individual may click "yes" or "no":
"I have personally reviewed the entirety of each statement presented on this device;
I am personally signing this initiative petition;
I am registered to vote in Utah; and
All information I enter on this device, including my residence and post office address, is accurate.
It is a class A misdemeanor for an individual to sign an initiative petition with a name other than the individual's own name, or to knowingly sign the individual's name more than once for the same initiative petition, or to sign an initiative petition when the individual knows that the individual is not a registered voter.
WARNING
Even if your voter registration record is classified as private, your name, voter identification number, and date of signature in relation to signing this initiative petition will be made public.
Do you wish to continue and sign this initiative petition?"
(6)
(a) If the individual clicks "no" in response to the question described in Subsection (5)(e), the next screen shall include the following statement, "Thank you for your time. Please return this device to the signature-gatherer."
(b) If the individual clicks "yes" in response to the question described in Subsection (5)(e), the website, or the application that accesses the website, shall take the signature-gatherer and the individual signing the initiative petition through the signature process described in Section 20A-21-201.
Amended by Chapter 107, 2023 General Session