Utah Code 20A-7-302. Referendum process — Application procedures

20A-7-302. Referendum process — Application procedures.

(1)	Individuals wishing to circulate a referendum petition shall file a referendum application with the lieutenant governor before 5 p.m. within five calendar days after the day on which the legislative session at which the law passed ends.

Terms Used In Utah Code 20A-7-302

Legislative session: That part of a chamber's daily session in which it considers legislative business (bills, resolutions, and actions related thereto).
Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of a judicial proceeding. 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 application: means :

(a)	for a statewide referendum, an application described in Subsection 20A-7-302(2) that includes all the information, statements, documents, and notarized signatures required under Subsection 20A-7-302(2); or

(b)

for a local referendum, an application described in Subsection 20A-7-602(2) that includes all the information, statements, documents, and notarized signatures required under Subsection 20A-7-602(2). See Utah Code 20A-7-101

Referendum petition: means :

(a)	as it relates to a statewide referendum, using the manual referendum process, the form described in Subsection 20A-7-303(2)(a), petitioning for submission of a law passed by the Legislature to legal voters for their approval or rejection;

(b)	as it relates to a statewide referendum, using the electronic referendum process, the form described in Subsection 20A-7-313(2), petitioning for submission of a law passed by the Legislature to legal voters for their approval or rejection;

(c)	as it relates to a local referendum, using the manual referendum process, the form described in Subsection 20A-7-603(2)(a), petitioning for submission of a local law to legal voters for their approval or rejection; or

(d)

as it relates to a local referendum, using the electronic referendum process, the form described in Subsection 20A-7-614(2), petitioning for submission of a local law to legal voters for their approval or rejection. See Utah Code 20A-7-101

Signature: includes a name, mark, or sign written with the intent to authenticate an instrument or writing. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5

Sponsors: means the legal voters who support the initiative or referendum and who sign the initiative application or referendum application. See Utah Code 20A-7-101

(2)

The referendum application shall include:

(a)	the name and residence address of at least five sponsors of the referendum petition;

(b)	a statement indicating that each of the sponsors is registered to vote in Utah;

(c)	a statement indicating whether persons gathering signatures for the referendum petition may be paid for gathering signatures;

(d)	the signature of each of the sponsors, attested to by a notary public; and

(e)	a copy of the law that is the subject of the proposed referendum.

Amended by Chapter 107, 2023 General Session

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