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Second Substitute H.B. 220

Representative Tammy J. Rowan proposes to substitute the following bill:


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INITIATIVE PROCESS AMENDMENTS

             2     
2000 GENERAL SESSION

             3     
STATE OF UTAH

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Sponsor: Tammy J. Rowan

             5      AN ACT RELATING TO INITIATIVES; ELIMINATING THE AUTHORIZATION FOR
             6      INITIATIVES TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE LEGISLATURE; AND MAKING TECHNICAL
             7      CORRECTIONS.
             8      This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
             9      AMENDS:
             10          20A-7-201, as last amended by Chapter 115, Laws of Utah 1999
             11      REPEALS:
             12          20A-7-208, as last amended by Chapter 115, Laws of Utah 1999
             13      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             14          Section 1. Section 20A-7-201 is amended to read:
             15           20A-7-201. Statewide initiatives -- Signature requirements -- Submission to the
             16      Legislature or to a vote of the people.
             17          [(1) (a) A person seeking to have an initiative submitted to the Legislature for approval
             18      or rejection shall obtain:]
             19          [(i) legal signatures equal to 5% of the cumulative total of all votes cast for all candidates
             20      for governor at the last regular general election at which a governor was elected; and]
             21          [(ii) from each of at least 20 counties, legal signatures equal to 5% of the total of all votes
             22      cast in that county for all candidates for governor at the last regular general election at which a
             23      governor was elected.]
             24          [(b) If, at any time not less than ten days before the beginning of an annual general session
             25      of the Legislature, the lieutenant governor declares sufficient any initiative petition that is signed

             26      by enough voters to meet the requirements of this Subsection (1), the lieutenant governor shall
             27      deliver a copy of the petition and the cover sheet required by Subsection (1)(c) to the president of
             28      the Senate, the speaker of the House, and the director of the Office of Legislative Research and
             29      General Counsel.]
             30          [(c) In delivering a copy of the petition, the lieutenant governor shall include a cover sheet
             31      that contains:]
             32          [(i) the cumulative total of all votes cast for all candidates for governor at the last regular
             33      general election at which a governor was elected;]
             34          [(ii) the total of all votes cast in each county for all candidates for governor at the last
             35      regular general election at which a governor was elected;]
             36          [(iii) the total number of certified signatures received for the submitted initiative; and]
             37          [(iv) the total number of certified signatures received from each county for the submitted
             38      initiative.]
             39          [(2)] (1) (a) A person seeking to have an initiative submitted to a vote of the people for
             40      approval or rejection shall obtain:
             41          (i) legal signatures equal to 10% of the cumulative total of all votes cast for all candidates
             42      for governor at the last regular general election at which a governor was elected; and
             43          (ii) from each of at least h [ 20 ] 29 h counties, legal signatures equal to 10% of the total of
             43a      all votes
             44      cast in that county for all candidates for governor at the last regular general election at which a
             45      governor was elected.
             46          (b) If, at any time not less than four months before any regular general election, the
             47      lieutenant governor declares sufficient any initiative petition that is signed by enough legal voters
             48      to meet the requirements of this subsection, the lieutenant governor shall submit the proposed law
             49      to a vote of the people at the next regular general election.
             50          [(3)] (2) The lieutenant governor shall provide the following information from the official
             51      canvass of the last regular general election at which a governor was elected to any interested
             52      person:
             53          (a) the cumulative total of all votes cast for all candidates for governor; and
             54          (b) for each county, the total of all votes cast in that county for all candidates for governor.
             55          Section 2. Repealer.
             56          This act repeals:

             57          Section 20A-7-208, Disposition of initiative petitions by the Legislature.

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