20A-7-502 - Local initiative process -- Application procedures.
20A-7-502. Local initiative process -- Application procedures.
(1) Persons wishing to circulate an initiative petition shall file an application with thelocal 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:
(i) is a registered voter; and
(ii) (A) if the initiative seeks to enact a county ordinance, has voted in a regular generalelection in Utah within the last three years; or
(B) if the initiative seeks to enact a municipal ordinance, has voted in a regular municipalelection in Utah:
(I) except as provided in Subsection (2)(b)(ii)(B)(II), within the last three years; or
(II) within the last five years, if the sponsor's failure to vote within the last three years isdue to the sponsor's residing in a municipal district that participates in a municipal election everyfour years;
(c) the signature of each of the sponsors, attested to by a notary public; and
(d) a copy of the proposed law that includes:
(i) the title of the proposed law, which clearly expresses the subject of the law; and
(ii) the text of the proposed law.
(3) A proposed law submitted under this section may not contain more than one subject.
(1) Persons wishing to circulate an initiative petition shall file an application with thelocal 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:
(i) is a registered voter; and
(ii) (A) if the initiative seeks to enact a county ordinance, has voted in a regular generalelection in Utah within the last three years; or
(B) if the initiative seeks to enact a municipal ordinance, has voted in a regular municipalelection in Utah:
(I) except as provided in Subsection (2)(b)(ii)(B)(II), within the last three years; or
(II) within the last five years, if the sponsor's failure to vote within the last three years isdue to the sponsor's residing in a municipal district that participates in a municipal election everyfour years;
(c) the signature of each of the sponsors, attested to by a notary public; and
(d) a copy of the proposed law that includes:
(i) the title of the proposed law, which clearly expresses the subject of the law; and
(ii) the text of the proposed law.
(3) A proposed law submitted under this section may not contain more than one subject.
Amended by Chapter 237, 2008 General Session