20A-7-502.   Local initiative process -- Application procedures.
     (1) Persons wishing to circulate an initiative petition shall file an application with the local clerk.
     (2) The application shall contain:
     (a) the name and residence address of at least five sponsors of the initiative petition;
     (b) a statement indicating that each of the sponsors:
     (i) is a registered voter; and
     (ii) (A) if the initiative seeks to enact a county ordinance, has voted in a regular general election in Utah within the last three years; or
     (B) if the initiative seeks to enact a municipal ordinance, has voted in a regular municipal election in Utah:
     (I) except as provided in Subsection (2)(b)(ii)(B)(II), within the last three years; or
     (II) within the last five years, if the sponsor's failure to vote within the last three years is due to the sponsor's residing in a municipal district that participates in a municipal election every four years;
     (c) the signature of each of the sponsors, attested to by a notary public; and
     (d) a copy of the proposed law that includes:
     (i) the title of the proposed law, which clearly expresses the subject of the law; and
     (ii) the text of the proposed law.
     (3) A proposed law submitted under this section may not contain more than one subject.

Amended by Chapter 237, 2008 General Session
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