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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(1) This section relates only to the process, described in Subsection 20A-7-201(1), for submitting an initiative to the Legislature for approval or rejection.
(2) Notwithstanding Section 20A-7-105, in order to qualify an initiative petition for submission to the Legislature, the sponsors, or an agent of the sponsors, shall deliver each signed and verified initiative packet to the county clerk of the county in which the initiative packet was circulated before 5 p.m. no later than November 15 before the next annual general session of the Legislature immediately after the initiative application is filed under Section 20A-7-202.
(3) Notwithstanding Section 20A-7-105, no later than December 15 before the annual general session of the Legislature, the county clerk shall, for an initiative for submission to the Legislature:
(a) determine whether each signer is a registered voter according to the requirements of Section 20A-7-105;
(b) certify on the initiative packet whether each name is that of a registered voter; and
(c) deliver the verified packets to the lieutenant governor.
(4) The county clerk may not certify a signature under Subsection (3) on an initiative packet that is not verified in accordance with Section 20A-7-105.
(5) A person may not retrieve an initiative packet from a county clerk, or make any alterations or corrections to an initiative packet, after the initiative packet is submitted to the county clerk.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Utah Code Title 20A. Election Code § 20A-7-206.1. Provisions relating only to process for submitting an initiative to the Legislature for approval or rejection - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ut/title-20a-election-code/ut-code-sect-20a-7-206-1/
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