Senator John L. Valentine
proposes the following amendments:
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(4) Notwithstanding Subsection
20A-7-606
(1), the sponsors shall deliver each signed
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and verified referendum packet to the county clerk of the county in which the packet was
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circulated no later than 30 days from the day on which the petitioners file the application for a
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referendum petition under Subsection
20A-7-601
(3).
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If the 30-day period ends on a weekend
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or holiday, the sponsors may deliver the referendum packets on the next working day.
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(5) Notwithstanding Subsections
20A-7-606
(2) and (3), the county clerk shall take the
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actions required in Subsections
20A-7-606
(2) and (3) within 10
working
days of the day on which the
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county clerk receives the signed and verified referendum packet as described in Subsection (4).
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for submission to a vote of the people.
(8) Notwithstanding Subsection 20A-7-609(2)(d), a referendum that has qualified for the ballot under
this section shall appear on the ballot for the earlier of the next regular general election or the next
municipal general election unless a special election is called.
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(9)
Notwithstanding the requirements related to absentee ballots under this title:
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(a) the election officer shall prepare absentee ballots
for those voters who have requested an
absentee ballot
as soon as possible after the ballot
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title is prepared as described in Subsection (7); and
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(b) the election officer shall mail absentee ballots on a referendum under this section
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the later of:
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(i) the time provided in Section
20A-3-305
or
20A-16-403
; or
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(ii) the time that absentee ballots are prepared for mailing under this section.
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(9)
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(10)
Section
20A-7-402
does not apply to a referendum described in this section.
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(11)
(a) If a majority of voters vote in favor of imposing the tax at a rate calculated to
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generate the increased revenue budgeted, adopted, and approved by the fiscal year taxing
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entity's legislative body:
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(i) the certified tax rate for the fiscal year during which the referendum petition is filed
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is its most recent certified tax rate; and
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(ii) the proposed increased revenues for purposes of establishing the certified tax rate
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for the fiscal year after the fiscal year described in Subsection
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(11)
(a)(i) are the proposed
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increased revenues budgeted, adopted, and approved by the fiscal year taxing entity's legislative
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body before the filing of the referendum petition.
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(b) If a majority of voters vote against imposing a tax at the rate established by the vote
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of the fiscal year taxing entity's legislative body, the certified tax rate for the fiscal year taxing
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entity is its most recent certified tax rate.
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(c) If the tax rate is set in accordance with Subsection
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(11)
(a)(ii), a fiscal year taxing
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entity is not required to comply with the notice and public hearing requirements of Section
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59-2-919
if the fiscal year taxing entity complied with those notice and public hearing
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requirements before the referendum petition is filed.
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(12)
The ballot title shall, at a minimum, include in substantially this form the
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following: "Shall the [name of the taxing entity] be authorized to levy a tax rate in the amount
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sufficient to generate an increased property tax revenue of [amount] for fiscal year [year] as
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budgeted, adopted, and approved by the [name of the taxing entity]."
(13) A fiscal year taxing entity shall pay the county the costs incurred by the county that are directly
related to meeting the requirements of this section and that the county would not have incurred but for
compliance with this section.