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2019 Utah Code
Title 20A - Election Code
Chapter 7 - Issues Submitted to the Voters
Part 5 - Local Initiatives - Procedures
Section 506 - Submitting the initiative petition -- Certification of signatures by the county clerks -- Transfer to local clerk.
Universal Citation: UT Code § 20A-7-506 (2019)
Effective 5/14/2019
20A-7-506. Submitting the initiative petition -- Certification of signatures by the county clerks -- Transfer to local clerk.
Amended by Chapter 203, 2019 General Session
Amended by Chapter 255, 2019 General Session
20A-7-506. Submitting the initiative petition -- Certification of signatures by the county clerks -- Transfer to local clerk.
- (1)
- (a) The sponsors shall deliver each signed and verified initiative packet to the county clerk of the county in which the packet was circulated before 5 p.m. the earlier of:
- (i) for county initiatives:
- (A) 316 days after the day on which the application is filed; or
- (B) the April 15 immediately before the next regular general election immediately after the application is filed under Section 20A-7-502; or
- (ii) for municipal initiatives:
- (A) 316 days after the day on which the application is filed; or
- (B) the April 15 immediately before the next municipal general election immediately after the application is filed under Section 20A-7-502.
- (i) for county initiatives:
- (b) A sponsor may not submit an initiative packet after the deadline established in this Subsection (1).
- (a) The sponsors shall deliver each signed and verified initiative packet to the county clerk of the county in which the packet was circulated before 5 p.m. the earlier of:
- (2) The county clerk may not certify a signature under Subsection (3) on an initiative packet that is not verified in accordance with Section 20A-7-505.
- (3) No later than May 15, the county clerk shall:
- (a) determine whether or not each signer is a voter according to the requirements of Section 20A-7-506.3;
- (b) certify on the petition whether or not each name is that of a voter; and
- (c) deliver all of the verified packets to the local clerk.
Amended by Chapter 203, 2019 General Session
Amended by Chapter 255, 2019 General Session
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