S.J.R. 8 Enrolled

RESOLUTION AMENDING LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROVISIONS
2000 GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Sponsor: Howard C. Nielson
A JOINT RESOLUTION OF THE LEGISLATURE PROPOSING TO AMEND THE UTAH
CONSTITUTION; CLARIFYING STATUS OF COUNTIES; PROVIDING LEGISLATIVE
INTENT; DIRECTING THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR TO INCLUDE CHANGES MADE
BY THIS JOINT RESOLUTION IN PREVIOUS JOINT RESOLUTION AND TO SUBMIT
THE PREVIOUS JOINT RESOLUTION, AS MODIFIED, TO VOTERS; AND PROVIDING
AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
This resolution proposes to change the Utah Constitution as follows:
AMENDS:
ARTICLE XI, SECTION 1
Be it resolved by the Legislature of the state of Utah, two-thirds of all members elected to each
of the two houses voting in favor thereof:
Section 1. It is proposed to amend Utah Constitution Article XI, Section 1 , to read:
ARTICLE XI. LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
Article XI, Section 1. [Counties recognized as legal subdivisions.]
The [several] counties of the [Territory] State of Utah[, existing at the time of the adoption
of this Constitution,] are [hereby] recognized as legal subdivisions of this State[, and the precincts,
and school districts,]. The counties now existing [in said counties, as legal subdivisions thereof,
and they] shall [so] continue until changed as provided by [law in pursuance of this article] statute.
Section 2. Replacing portions of previous resolution -- Submittal to voters.
(1) It is the intent of the Legislature that:
(a) Article XI, Section 1 of the Utah Constitution, as proposed to be amended in this joint
resolution, replace and supersede that same section as proposed to be amended in S.J.R. 5,
Resolution Amending State and Local Government Provisions, passed during the 1999 General
Session;
(b) Article XI, Section 7 of the Utah Constitution, as proposed to be enacted in S.J.R. 5,

Resolution Amending State and Local Government Provisions, passed during the 1999 General
Session, be deleted and the remaining sections of Article XI as proposed to be enacted in S.J.R. 5 be
renumbered accordingly;
(c) S.J.R. 5, Resolution Amending State and Local Government Provisions, passed during
the 1999 General Session, be submitted to voters with the changes in this joint resolution described
in Subsections (1)(a) and (b) included in S.J.R. 5 as though S.J.R. 5 included those changes at the
time it passed the Legislature in the 1999 General Session; and
(d) because the amendments in this joint resolution replace and supersede amendments in
S.J.R. 5 and become a part of that resolution, the amendments proposed by this joint resolution not
be submitted separately to the voters of the state.
(2) The lieutenant governor is directed to modify S.J.R. 5, Resolution Amending State and
Local Government Provisions, passed during the 1999 General Session, as proposed by this joint
resolution and to submit S.J.R. 5, as modified, to the voters of the state at the next regular general
election in the manner provided by law.
Section 3. Effective date.
In accordance with Section 2 of this act, the amendments proposed by this joint resolution
shall have the same effective date as S.J.R. 5, Resolution Amending State and Local Government
Provisions, passed during the 1999 General Session, if S.J.R. 5 is approved by a majority of those
voting on it at the next regular general election.

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