20A-7-502 - Local initiative process -- Application procedures.
20A-7-502. Local initiative process -- Application procedures.
(1) Persons wishing to circulate an initiative petition shall file an application with thelocal clerk.
(2) The application shall contain:
(a) the name and residence address of at least five sponsors of the initiative petition;
(b) a statement indicating that each of the sponsors:
(i) is a registered voter; and
(ii) (A) if the initiative seeks to enact a county ordinance, has voted in a regular generalelection in Utah within the last three years; or
(B) if the initiative seeks to enact a municipal ordinance, has voted in a regular municipalelection in Utah:
(I) except as provided in Subsection (2)(b)(ii)(B)(II), within the last three years; or
(II) within the last five years, if the sponsor's failure to vote within the last three years isdue to the sponsor's residing in a municipal district that participates in a municipal election everyfour years;
(c) the signature of each of the sponsors, attested to by a notary public; and
(d) a copy of the proposed law that includes:
(i) the title of the proposed law, which clearly expresses the subject of the law; and
(ii) the text of the proposed law.
(3) A proposed law submitted under this section may not contain more than one subject.
Amended by Chapter 237, 2008 General Session