H.B. 76

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SPECIAL ELECTION NOTICE TO
2 REGISTERED VOTERS
3 2000 GENERAL SESSION
4 STATE OF UTAH
5 Sponsor: Glenn L. Way
6 AN ACT RELATING TO BONDING; MODIFYING NOTICE REQUIREMENTS FOR BOND
7 ELECTIONS; MAKING TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE
8 DATE.
9 This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
10 AMENDS:
11 11-14-3, as last amended by Chapter 3, Laws of Utah 1996, Second Special Session
12 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
13 Section 1. Section 11-14-3 is amended to read:
14 11-14-3. Notice of election -- Publication -- Mailing.
15 (1) (a) Notice of the election shall be published once a week during three consecutive
16 weeks in a newspaper designated in accordance with Section 11-14-21 , the first publication to be
17 not less than 21 nor more than 35 days before the election.
18 (b) If no official newspaper is designated, the notices shall be published in a newspaper
19 published in the municipality, or if no newspaper is published in the municipality, the notices shall
20 be published in a newspaper having general circulation in the municipality.
21 (2) When the maximum amount of bonds to be issued is $1,000,000 or more, the
22 governing body shall, at least one week before the bond election, on a minimum three inch by five
23 inch postcard, mail written notice of the bond election to every household containing a registered
24 voter who is eligible to vote on the bonds.
25 [(2) Election] (3) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (3)(b), election notice given for
26 any bond election held in this state need not be posted by any persons[, except that in cities of
27 the].

28 (b) (i) In third class cities or towns where [there is] no newspaper is published [in such city
29 or town], the governing body may [provide] require that notice of a bond election [therein may]
30 be given by posting in lieu of the publication [of such notice and in such event notice of the bond
31 election shall be posted by] requirements of Subsection (1).
32 (ii) When the governing body imposes a posting requirement, the city recorder, town clerk,
33 or other officer designated by the governing body shall post notice of the bond election in at least
34 five public places in [said] the city or town at least 21 days before the election.
35 (4) The printed, posted, and mailed notice required by this section shall identify:
36 (a) the date and place of the election;
37 (b) the hours during which the polls will be open; and
38 (c) the purpose for which the bonds are to be issued, the maximum amount of bonds to be
39 issued, and the maximum number of years to maturity of the bonds, and the average potential cost
40 per household of the bonds.
41 (5) The governing body shall pay the costs associated with the printed, posted, and mailed
42 notice required by this section.
43 Section 2. Effective date.
44 If approved by two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, this act takes effect
45 upon approval by the governor, or the day following the constitutional time limit of Utah
46 Constitution Article VII, Section 8, without the governor's signature, or in the case of a veto, the
47 date of veto override.




Legislative Review Note
as of 12-9-99 9:30 AM

A limited legal review of this legislation raises no obvious constitutional or statutory concerns.

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