H.B. 304 Enrolled

INITIATIVE PROCESS AMENDMENTS
1998 GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Sponsor: Kevin S. Garn
Melvin R. Brown
John L. Valentine

AN ACT RELATING TO ISSUES SUBMITTED TO VOTERS; MODIFYING INITIATIVE
REQUIREMENTS; AND MAKING TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.
This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
AMENDS:
20A-7-201, as last amended by Chapter 152, Laws of Utah 1995
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1. Section 20A-7-201 is amended to read:
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 [15] 20 counties, legal signatures equal to 5% of the total of all
votes cast in that county 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 that petition to the Legislature as soon as it convenes and organizes.
(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 [15] 20 counties, legal signatures equal to 10% of the total of all
votes cast in that county 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 four months before any regular general election, the
lieutenant governor declares sufficient any initiative petition that is signed by enough legal voters
to meet the requirements of this subsection, 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 county, the total of all votes cast in that county for all candidates for governor.

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