20A-7-502.6.  Posting initiative information.

(1)  Within one business day after the day on which the local clerk‘s office receives the initial fiscal impact and legal statement under Subsection 20A-7-502.5(4)(a), the local clerk shall post the following information together in a conspicuous place on the local clerk’s website:

Terms Used In Utah Code 20A-7-502.6

  • Ballot: means the storage medium, including a paper, mechanical, or electronic storage medium, that records an individual voter's vote. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
  • 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
  • Initial fiscal impact and legal statement: means a financial and legal statement prepared under Section 20A-7-502. See Utah Code 20A-7-101
  • Initiative: means a new law proposed for adoption by the public as provided in this chapter. See Utah Code 20A-7-101
  • Initiative application: means :
(a) for a statewide initiative, an application described in Subsection 20A-7-202(2) that includes all the information, statements, documents, and notarized signatures required under Subsection 20A-7-202(2); or
(b) for a local initiative, an application described in Subsection 20A-7-502(2) that includes all the information, statements, documents, and notarized signatures required under Subsection 20A-7-502(2). See Utah Code 20A-7-101
  • Local clerk: means the county clerk, city recorder, or town clerk in whose jurisdiction a local initiative or referendum petition is circulated. 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
  • (a)  the initiative application;

    (b)  the initiative petition;

    (c)  the text of the proposed law;

    (d)  the initial fiscal impact and legal statement; and

    (e)  information describing how an individual may remove the individual’s signature from the initiative petition.

    (2)  The local clerk shall:

    (a)  promptly update the information described in Subsection (1) if the information changes; and

    (b)  maintain the information described in Subsection (1) on the local clerk’s website until the initiative fails to qualify for the ballot or is passed or defeated at an election.

    Amended by Chapter 107, 2023 General Session