Utah Code 20A-7-301. Referendum — Signature requirements — Submission to voters
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Terms Used In Utah Code 20A-7-301
- Election: means a regular general election, a municipal general election, a statewide special election, a local special election, a regular primary election, a municipal primary election, and a special district election. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
- Equal: means , with respect to biological sex, of the same value. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- Legal signatures: means the number of signatures of legal voters that:(16)(a) meet the numerical requirements of this chapter; and(16)(b) have been obtained, certified, and verified as provided in this chapter. See Utah Code 20A-7-101
- Person: means :
(24)(a) an individual;(24)(b) an association;(24)(c) an institution;(24)(d) a corporation;(24)(e) a company;(24)(f) a trust;(24)(g) a limited liability company;(24)(h) a partnership;(24)(i) a political subdivision;(24)(j) a government office, department, division, bureau, or other body of government; and(24)(k) any other organization or entity. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5- Referendum: means a process by which a law passed by the Legislature or by a local legislative body is submitted or referred to the voters for their approval or rejection. See Utah Code 20A-7-101
- Referendum petition: means :
(32)(a) as it relates to a statewide referendum, using the manual referendum process, the form described in Subsection20A-7-303 (2)(a), petitioning for submission of a law passed by the Legislature to legal voters for their approval or rejection;(32)(b) as it relates to a statewide referendum, using the electronic referendum process, the form described in Subsection20A-7-313 (2), petitioning for submission of a law passed by the Legislature to legal voters for their approval or rejection;(32)(c) as it relates to a local referendum, using the manual referendum process, the form described in Subsection20A-7-603 (2)(a), petitioning for submission of a local law to legal voters for their approval or rejection; or(32)(d) as it relates to a local referendum, using the electronic referendum process, the form described in Subsection20A-7-614 (2), petitioning for submission of a local law to legal voters for their approval or rejection. See Utah Code 20A-7-101- Regular general election: means the election held throughout the state on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of each even-numbered year for the purposes established in Section
20A-1-201 . See Utah Code 20A-1-102- Special election: means an election held as authorized by Section
20A-1-203 . See Utah Code 20A-1-102- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- Statewide special election: means a special election called by the governor or the Legislature in which all registered voters in Utah may vote. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
(1)(a) A person seeking to have a law passed by the Legislature submitted to a vote of the people shall, after filing a referendum application, obtain:(1)(a)(i) legal signatures equal to 8% of the number of active voters in the state on January 1 immediately following the last regular general election; and(1)(a)(ii) from at least 15 Senate districts, legal signatures equal to 8% of the number of active voters in that Senate district on January 1 immediately following the last regular general election.(1)(b) When the lieutenant governor declares that a referendum petition is signed by a sufficient number of voters to meet the requirements of Subsection (1)(a), the governor shall issue an executive order that:(1)(b)(i) directs that the referendum be submitted to the voters at the next regular general election; or(1)(b)(ii) calls a special election according to the requirements of Section 20A-1-203 and directs that the referendum be submitted to the voters at that special election.(2) When the lieutenant governor declares that a referendum petition is signed by a sufficient number of voters, the law that is the subject of the petition does not take effect unless and until it is approved by a vote of the people at a regular general election or a statewide special election.(3) The lieutenant governor shall provide the following information to any interested person:(3)(a) the number of active voters in the state on January 1 immediately following the last regular general election; and(3)(b) for each county, the number of active voters in that Senate district on January 1 immediately following the last regular general election. - Person: means :