Second Substitute H.B. 220

Representative Tammy J. Rowan proposes to substitute the following bill:

1 INITIATIVE PROCESS AMENDMENTS
2 2000 GENERAL SESSION
3 STATE OF UTAH
4 Sponsor: Tammy J. Rowan
5 AN ACT RELATING TO INITIATIVES; ELIMINATING THE AUTHORIZATION FOR
6 INITIATIVES TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE LEGISLATURE; AND MAKING TECHNICAL
7 CORRECTIONS.
8 This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
9 AMENDS:
10 20A-7-201, as last amended by Chapter 115, Laws of Utah 1999
11 REPEALS:
12 20A-7-208, as last amended by Chapter 115, Laws of Utah 1999
13 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
14 Section 1. Section 20A-7-201 is amended to read:
15 20A-7-201. Statewide initiatives -- Signature requirements -- Submission to the
16 Legislature or to a vote of the people.
17 [(1) (a) A person seeking to have an initiative submitted to the Legislature for approval
18 or rejection shall obtain:]
19 [(i) legal signatures equal to 5% of the cumulative total of all votes cast for all candidates
20 for governor at the last regular general election at which a governor was elected; and]
21 [(ii) from each of at least 20 counties, legal signatures equal to 5% of the total of all votes
22 cast in that county for all candidates for governor at the last regular general election at which a
23 governor was elected.]
24 [(b) If, at any time not less than ten days before the beginning of an annual general session
25 of the Legislature, the lieutenant governor declares sufficient any initiative petition that is signed

26 by enough voters to meet the requirements of this Subsection (1), the lieutenant governor shall
27 deliver a copy of the petition and the cover sheet required by Subsection (1)(c) to the president of
28 the Senate, the speaker of the House, and the director of the Office of Legislative Research and
29 General Counsel.]
30 [(c) In delivering a copy of the petition, the lieutenant governor shall include a cover sheet
31 that contains:]
32 [(i) the cumulative total of all votes cast for all candidates for governor at the last regular
33 general election at which a governor was elected;]
34 [(ii) the total of all votes cast in each county for all candidates for governor at the last
35 regular general election at which a governor was elected;]
36 [(iii) the total number of certified signatures received for the submitted initiative; and]
37 [(iv) the total number of certified signatures received from each county for the submitted
38 initiative.]
39 [(2)] (1) (a) A person seeking to have an initiative submitted to a vote of the people for
40 approval or rejection shall obtain:
41 (i) legal signatures equal to 10% of the cumulative total of all votes cast for all candidates
42 for governor at the last regular general election at which a governor was elected; and
43 (ii) from each of at least 20 counties, legal signatures equal to 10% of the total of all votes
44 cast in that county for all candidates for governor at the last regular general election at which a
45 governor was elected.
46 (b) If, at any time not less than four months before any regular general election, the
47 lieutenant governor declares sufficient any initiative petition that is signed by enough legal voters
48 to meet the requirements of this subsection, the lieutenant governor shall submit the proposed law
49 to a vote of the people at the next regular general election.
50 [(3)] (2) The lieutenant governor shall provide the following information from the official
51 canvass of the last regular general election at which a governor was elected to any interested
52 person:
53 (a) the cumulative total of all votes cast for all candidates for governor; and
54 (b) for each county, the total of all votes cast in that county for all candidates for governor.
55 Section 2. Repealer.
56 This act repeals:

57 Section 20A-7-208, Disposition of initiative petitions by the Legislature.