S.B. 241
         ELECTION LAW MODIFICATIONS

house floor Amendments

Amendment 1 February 20, 2007 4:20 pm



Representative David Clark proposes the following amendments:

1.    Page 2, Lines 32 through 34 :    

             32          .    moves the last day to declare candidacy for the Western States Presidential Primary
             33      from January 15 to October 15 of the previous year;
{   and   }       

    .    amends language relating to the election of members of Congress; and  

             34          .    makes
  other       technical changes.


2.    Page 2, Line 46 :    

             46          20A-9-803, as last amended by Chapter 355, Laws of Utah 2006
      20A-13-101 (Contingently Effective), as repealed and reenacted by Chapter 1, Laws of Utah 2006, Fifth Special Session      


3.    Page 4, Lines 92 through 95
    Senate Committee Amendments
    2-13-2007 :    

             92          (2) Each election officer shall:
             93          (a) no later than 5 p.m. S.
{   [   } on the day      {   ]   }      {   three days   } .S after the date of the election,

             93a      determine the number
             94      of provisional ballots cast within the election officer's jurisdiction and make that number
             95      available to the public;

4.    Page 14, Line 404 :    

             404      presidential candidates participating in the primary.
      Section 7. Section 20A-13-101 is amended to read:      

     20A-13-101 (Contingently Effective) .   Representatives to the United States Congress -- Four representative districts -- When elected -- District boundaries.
     (1) (a) Utah is divided into four districts for the election of representatives to the Congress of the United States, with one member to be elected from each Congressional district.
    
{   (b) At each general election held after December 5, 2006, and at any special election called by the governor to elect one or more members of Congress held within one year after December 5, 2006, one representative from each Congressional district shall be elected to serve in the Congress of the

United States.   }


       (b) (i) At the general election to be held in 2008, and biennially thereafter, one representative from each Congressional district shall be elected to serve in the Congress of the United States.

     (ii) At any special election called by the governor to elect one or more members of Congress held within one year after December 5, 2006, one representative from each Congressional district designated in the special election declaration shall be elected to serve in the Congress of the United States.  

     (2) (a) The Legislature adopts the official census population figures and maps of the Bureau of the Census of the United States Department of Commerce developed in connection with the taking of the 2000 national decennial census as the official data for establishing Congressional district boundaries.
     (b) The numbers and boundaries of the Congressional districts are designated and established by the maps attached to the bill that enacts this section.

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