H.B. 86 Enrolled

PUBLICATION NOTICE OF
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
2002 GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Sponsor: Patrice M. Arent
This act modifies Election Code provisions governing publication requirements for
constitutional amendments submitted to voters.
This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
AMENDS:
20A-7-103, as last amended by Chapter 57, Laws of Utah 2001
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1. Section 20A-7-103 is amended to read:
20A-7-103. Constitutional amendments and other questions -- Procedures for
submission to popular vote.
(1) The procedures contained in this section govern when:
(a) the Legislature submits a proposed constitutional amendment or other question to the
voters; and
(b) an act of the Legislature is referred to the voters by referendum petition.
(2) [The] In addition to the publication in the voter information pamphlet required by
Section 20A-7-702 , the lieutenant governor shall, not [later] more than 60 days or less than ten
days before the regular general election, publish the full text of the amendment, question, or statute
in at least one newspaper in every county of the state where a newspaper is published.
(3) The legislative general counsel shall:
(a) entitle each proposed constitutional amendment "Constitutional Amendment Number
__" and give it a number;
(b) entitle each proposed question "State Proposition Number __" and give it a number;
(c) entitle each state referendum that has qualified for the ballot "Citizen's State
Referendum Number __" and give it a number;
(d) draft and designate a ballot title that summarizes the subject matter of the amendment

or question; and
(e) deliver them to the lieutenant governor.
(4) The lieutenant governor shall certify the number and ballot title of each amendment or
question to the county clerk of each county no later than the second Friday after the primary election.
(5) The county clerk of each county shall:
(a) ensure that both the number and title of the amendment, question, or referendum is
printed on the sample ballots and official ballots; and
(b) publish them as provided by law.

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