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Utah Statutes § 20A-7-604 Manual referendum process - Circulation requirements - Local clerk to provide sponsors with materials

⤴ Up to Part 6: Local Referenda - Procedures

Statute Text

(1) This section applies only to the manual referendum 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 documents described in Subsections (3) and 20A-7-401.5 (4)(b) , circulate referendum packets that meet the form requirements of this part.
(3) Within five days after the day on which a county, city, town, or court determines, in accordance with Section 20A-7-602.7 , that a proposed referendum is legally referable to voters, the local clerk shall provide the sponsors with:
(a) a copy of the referendum petition;
(b) a signature sheet; and
(c) a copy of the proposition information pamphlet provided to the sponsors under Subsection 20A-7-401.5 (4)(b) .
(4) The sponsors of the referendum petition shall:
(a) arrange and pay for the printing of all documents that are part of the referendum packets; and
(b) ensure that the referendum packets and the documents described in Subsection (4)(a) meet the form requirements of this section.
(5)
(a) The sponsors or an agent of the sponsors may prepare the referendum packets 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 with the text of the law that is the subject of the referendum and no more than 50 signature sheets together at the top in a manner that the referendum 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) .
(6)
(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 referendum packets;
(ii) sign an agreement with the local clerk, specifying the range of numbers that the sponsor will use to number the referendum packets; and
(iii) number each referendum 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 referendum packet in a manner not directed by the county clerk; or
(ii) circulate or submit a referendum packet that is not numbered in the manner directed by the county clerk.

History

Amended by Chapter 442 , 2024 General Session , § 27 , eff. 5/1/2024 .

Amended by Chapter 438 , 2024 General Session , § 75 , eff. 5/1/2024 .

Amended by Chapter 107 , 2023 General Session , § 63 , eff. 5/3/2023 .

Amended by Chapter 325 , 2022 General Session , § 44 , eff. 1/1/2023 .

Amended by Chapter 418 , 2021 General Session , § 22 , eff. 5/5/2021 , coordination clause.

Amended by Chapter 418 , 2021 General Session , § 19 , eff. 5/5/2021 .

Amended by Chapter 140 , 2021 General Session , § 39 , eff. 5/5/2021 .

Amended by Chapter 203 , 2019 General Session , § 29 , eff. 5/14/2019 .

Amended by Chapter 365 , 2016 General Session , § 7 , eff. 5/10/2016 .

Enacted by Chapter 272, 1994 General Session

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