20A-7-201. Statewide initiatives -- Signature requirements -- Submission to the
Legislature or to a vote of the people.
(1) (a) A person seeking to have an initiative submitted to the Legislature for approval or
rejection shall obtain:
(i) legal signatures equal to 5% of the cumulative total of all votes cast for all candidates
for governor at the last regular general election at which a governor was elected; and
(ii) from each of at least 26 Utah State Senate districts, legal signatures equal to 5% of
the total of all votes cast in that district for all candidates for governor at the last regular general
election at which a governor was elected.
(b) If, at any time not less than ten days before the beginning of an annual general session
of the Legislature, the lieutenant governor declares sufficient any initiative petition that is signed
by enough voters to meet the requirements of this Subsection (1), the lieutenant governor shall
deliver a copy of the petition and the cover sheet required by Subsection (1)(c) to the president of
the Senate, the speaker of the House, and the director of the Office of Legislative Research and
General Counsel.
(c) In delivering a copy of the petition, the lieutenant governor shall include a cover sheet
that contains:
(i) the cumulative total of all votes cast for all candidates for governor at the last regular
general election at which a governor was elected;
(ii) the total of all votes cast in each Utah State Senate district for all candidates for
governor at the last regular general election at which a governor was elected;
(iii) the total number of certified signatures received for the submitted initiative; and
(iv) the total number of certified signatures received from each Utah State Senate district
for the submitted initiative.
(2) (a) A person seeking to have an initiative submitted to a vote of the people for
approval or rejection shall obtain:
(i) legal signatures equal to 10% of the cumulative total of all votes cast for all
candidates for governor at the last regular general election at which a governor was elected; and
(ii) from each of at least 26 Utah State Senate districts, legal signatures equal to 10% of
the total of all votes cast in that district for all candidates for governor at the last regular general
election at which a governor was elected.
(b) If an initiative petition meets the requirements of this part and the lieutenant governor
declares the initiative petition to be sufficient, the lieutenant governor shall submit the proposed
law to a vote of the people at the next regular general election.
(3) The lieutenant governor shall provide the following information from the official
canvass of the last regular general election at which a governor was elected to any interested
person:
(a) the cumulative total of all votes cast for all candidates for governor; and
(b) for each Utah State Senate district, the total of all votes cast in that district for all
candidates for governor.
Amended by Chapter 237, 2008 General Session
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