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Utah House Bill HB0408

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22 Rex P. Shipp proposes the following substitute bill:
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44 School Board Referendum Amendments
55 2025 GENERAL SESSION
66 STATE OF UTAH
77 Chief Sponsor: Rex P. Shipp
8-Senate Sponsor: Brady Brammer
8+Senate Sponsor:
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1212 LONG TITLE
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1414 General Description:
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1616 This bill amends provisions related to local referendums.
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1818 Highlighted Provisions:
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2020 This bill:
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2222 ▸ defines terms;
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2424 ▸ subject to certain exceptions, establishes a process for voters who are residents of a
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2626 school district to hold a local referendum on any legislative action taken by the local
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2828 school board, including the local school board's decision to increase a tax or impose a
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30-new tax; and
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32+▸ includes a coordination clause to merge language added to Section 20A-7-607 in this bill
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34+with language added to the same section in H.B. 454, Local Government Fees
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36+Modifications, if both bills pass and become law; and
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3238 ▸ makes technical and conforming changes.
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3440 Money Appropriated in this Bill:
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3642 None
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3844 Other Special Clauses:
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46+This bill provides coordination clauses.
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4248 Utah Code Sections Affected:
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4450 AMENDS:
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4652 10-9a-103, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2024, Chapter 464
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4854 10-9a-509, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2024, Chapter 415
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5056 17-27a-103, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2024, Chapter 464
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5258 17-27a-508, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2024, Chapter 415
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5460 20A-4-301, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2024, Third Special Session, Chapter 3
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5662 20A-7-101, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2024, Third Special Session, Chapter 3
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5865 20A-7-102, as last amended by Laws of Utah 1994, Chapter 272
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6067 20A-7-401.3, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2024, Chapter 438
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6269 20A-7-401.5, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2023, Chapter 116
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6471 20A-7-402, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2024, Third Special Session, Chapter 3
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6773 20A-7-405, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2019, Chapter 203
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6975 20A-7-601, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2024, Chapters 427, 438
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7177 20A-7-602.5, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2024, Chapter 442
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7379 20A-7-602.7, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2024, Chapter 438
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7581 20A-7-603, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2024, Chapter 442
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7783 20A-7-604, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2024, Chapters 438, 442
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7985 20A-7-607, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2023, Chapters 107, 116
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8187 20A-7-608, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2024, Chapter 442
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8389 20A-7-609, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2023, Chapter 107
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8591 20A-7-609.5, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2020, Chapter 31
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8793 20A-7-610, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2023, Chapter 107
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8995 20A-7-611, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2023, Chapter 107
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9197 20A-7-613, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2023, Chapter 116
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9399 20A-7-614, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2024, Chapter 442
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95101 63G-30-102, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2023, Chapter 435
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103+Utah Code Sections affected by Coordination Clause:
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105+20A-7-607, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2023, Chapters 107, 116
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99109 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
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101111 Section 1. Section 10-9a-103 is amended to read:
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103113 10-9a-103 . Definitions.
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105115 As used in this chapter:
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107117 (1) "Accessory dwelling unit" means a habitable living unit added to, created within, or
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109119 detached from a primary single-family dwelling and contained on one lot.
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111121 (2) "Adversely affected party" means a person other than a land use applicant who:
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113123 (a) owns real property adjoining the property that is the subject of a land use application
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115125 or land use decision; or
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117127 (b) will suffer a damage different in kind than, or an injury distinct from, that of the
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119129 general community as a result of the land use decision.
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121131 (3) "Affected entity" means a county, municipality, special district, special service district
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123134 under Title 17D, Chapter 1, Special Service District Act, school district, interlocal
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125136 cooperation entity established under Title 11, Chapter 13, Interlocal Cooperation Act,
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127138 specified public utility, property owner, property owners association, or the Department
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129140 of Transportation, if:
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131142 (a) the entity's services or facilities are likely to require expansion or significant
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133144 modification because of an intended use of land;
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136146 (b) the entity has filed with the municipality a copy of the entity's general or long-range
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138148 plan; or
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140150 (c) the entity has filed with the municipality a request for notice during the same
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142152 calendar year and before the municipality provides notice to an affected entity in
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144154 compliance with a requirement imposed under this chapter.
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146156 (4) "Affected owner" means the owner of real property that is:
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148158 (a) a single project;
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150160 (b) the subject of a land use approval that sponsors of a referendum timely challenged in
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152162 accordance with [Subsection 20A-7-601(6)] Section 20A-7-601; and
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154164 (c) determined to be legally referable under Section 20A-7-602.8.
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156166 (5) "Appeal authority" means the person, board, commission, agency, or other body
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158168 designated by ordinance to decide an appeal of a decision of a land use application or a
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160170 variance.
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162172 (6) "Billboard" means a freestanding ground sign located on industrial, commercial, or
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164174 residential property if the sign is designed or intended to direct attention to a business,
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166176 product, or service that is not sold, offered, or existing on the property where the sign is
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168178 located.
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170180 (7)(a) "Charter school" means:
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172182 (i) an operating charter school;
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174184 (ii) a charter school applicant that a charter school authorizer approves in accordance
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176186 with Title 53G, Chapter 5, Part 3, Charter School Authorization; or
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178188 (iii) an entity that is working on behalf of a charter school or approved charter
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180190 applicant to develop or construct a charter school building.
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182192 (b) "Charter school" does not include a therapeutic school.
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184194 (8) "Conditional use" means a land use that, because of the unique characteristics or
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186196 potential impact of the land use on the municipality, surrounding neighbors, or adjacent
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188198 land uses, may not be compatible in some areas or may be compatible only if certain
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190200 conditions are required that mitigate or eliminate the detrimental impacts.
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192203 (9) "Constitutional taking" means a governmental action that results in a taking of private
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194205 property so that compensation to the owner of the property is required by the:
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196207 (a) Fifth or Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States; or
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198209 (b) Utah Constitution, Article I, Section 22.
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200211 (10) "Culinary water authority" means the department, agency, or public entity with
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202213 responsibility to review and approve the feasibility of the culinary water system and
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205215 sources for the subject property.
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207217 (11) "Development activity" means:
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209219 (a) any construction or expansion of a building, structure, or use that creates additional
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211221 demand and need for public facilities;
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213223 (b) any change in use of a building or structure that creates additional demand and need
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215225 for public facilities; or
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217227 (c) any change in the use of land that creates additional demand and need for public
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219229 facilities.
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221231 (12)(a) "Development agreement" means a written agreement or amendment to a written
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223233 agreement between a municipality and one or more parties that regulates or controls
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225235 the use or development of a specific area of land.
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227237 (b) "Development agreement" does not include an improvement completion assurance.
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229239 (13)(a) "Disability" means a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one
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231241 or more of a person's major life activities, including a person having a record of such
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233243 an impairment or being regarded as having such an impairment.
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235245 (b) "Disability" does not include current illegal use of, or addiction to, any federally
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237247 controlled substance, as defined in Section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act, 21
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239249 U.S.C. 802.
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241251 (14) "Educational facility":
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243253 (a) means:
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245255 (i) a school district's building at which pupils assemble to receive instruction in a
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247257 program for any combination of grades from preschool through grade 12,
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249259 including kindergarten and a program for children with disabilities;
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251261 (ii) a structure or facility:
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253263 (A) located on the same property as a building described in Subsection (14)(a)(i);
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255265 and
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257267 (B) used in support of the use of that building; and
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259269 (iii) a building to provide office and related space to a school district's administrative
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261272 personnel; and
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263274 (b) does not include:
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265276 (i) land or a structure, including land or a structure for inventory storage, equipment
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267278 storage, food processing or preparing, vehicle storage or maintenance, or similar
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269280 use that is:
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271282 (A) not located on the same property as a building described in Subsection
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274284 (14)(a)(i); and
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276286 (B) used in support of the purposes of a building described in Subsection
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278288 (14)(a)(i); or
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280290 (ii) a therapeutic school.
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282292 (15) "Fire authority" means the department, agency, or public entity with responsibility to
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284294 review and approve the feasibility of fire protection and suppression services for the
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286296 subject property.
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288298 (16) "Flood plain" means land that:
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290300 (a) is within the 100-year flood plain designated by the Federal Emergency Management
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292302 Agency; or
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294304 (b) has not been studied or designated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency
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296306 but presents a likelihood of experiencing chronic flooding or a catastrophic flood
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298308 event because the land has characteristics that are similar to those of a 100-year flood
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300310 plain designated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
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302312 (17) "General plan" means a document that a municipality adopts that sets forth general
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304314 guidelines for proposed future development of the land within the municipality.
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306316 (18) "Geologic hazard" means:
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308318 (a) a surface fault rupture;
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310320 (b) shallow groundwater;
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312322 (c) liquefaction;
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314324 (d) a landslide;
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316326 (e) a debris flow;
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318328 (f) unstable soil;
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320330 (g) a rock fall; or
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322332 (h) any other geologic condition that presents a risk:
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324334 (i) to life;
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326336 (ii) of substantial loss of real property; or
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328338 (iii) of substantial damage to real property.
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330341 (19) "Historic preservation authority" means a person, board, commission, or other body
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332343 designated by a legislative body to:
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334345 (a) recommend land use regulations to preserve local historic districts or areas; and
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336347 (b) administer local historic preservation land use regulations within a local historic
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338349 district or area.
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340351 (20) "Home-based microschool" means the same as that term is defined in Section
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343353 53G-6-201.
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345355 (21) "Hookup fee" means a fee for the installation and inspection of any pipe, line, meter,
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347357 or appurtenance that connects to a municipal water, sewer, storm water, power, or other
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349359 utility system.
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351361 (22) "Identical plans" means building plans submitted to a municipality that:
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353363 (a) are clearly marked as "identical plans";
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355365 (b) are substantially identical to building plans that were previously submitted to and
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357367 reviewed and approved by the municipality; and
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359369 (c) describe a building that:
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361371 (i) is located on land zoned the same as the land on which the building described in
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363373 the previously approved plans is located;
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365375 (ii) is subject to the same geological and meteorological conditions and the same law
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367377 as the building described in the previously approved plans;
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369379 (iii) has a floor plan identical to the building plan previously submitted to and
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371381 reviewed and approved by the municipality; and
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373383 (iv) does not require any additional engineering or analysis.
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375385 (23) "Impact fee" means a payment of money imposed under Title 11, Chapter 36a, Impact
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377387 Fees Act.
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379389 (24) "Improvement completion assurance" means a surety bond, letter of credit, financial
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381391 institution bond, cash, assignment of rights, lien, or other equivalent security required by
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383393 a municipality to guaranty the proper completion of landscaping or an infrastructure
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385395 improvement required as a condition precedent to:
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387397 (a) recording a subdivision plat; or
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389399 (b) development of a commercial, industrial, mixed use, or multifamily project.
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391401 (25) "Improvement warranty" means an applicant's unconditional warranty that the
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393403 applicant's installed and accepted landscaping or infrastructure improvement:
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395405 (a) complies with the municipality's written standards for design, materials, and
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397407 workmanship; and
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399410 (b) will not fail in any material respect, as a result of poor workmanship or materials,
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401412 within the improvement warranty period.
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403414 (26) "Improvement warranty period" means a period:
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405416 (a) no later than one year after a municipality's acceptance of required landscaping; or
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407418 (b) no later than one year after a municipality's acceptance of required infrastructure,
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409420 unless the municipality:
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412422 (i) determines for good cause that a one-year period would be inadequate to protect
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414424 the public health, safety, and welfare; and
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416426 (ii) has substantial evidence, on record:
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418428 (A) of prior poor performance by the applicant; or
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420430 (B) that the area upon which the infrastructure will be constructed contains
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422432 suspect soil and the municipality has not otherwise required the applicant to
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424434 mitigate the suspect soil.
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426436 (27) "Infrastructure improvement" means permanent infrastructure that is essential for the
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428438 public health and safety or that:
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430440 (a) is required for human occupation; and
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432442 (b) an applicant must install:
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434444 (i) in accordance with published installation and inspection specifications for public
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436446 improvements; and
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438448 (ii) whether the improvement is public or private, as a condition of:
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440450 (A) recording a subdivision plat;
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442452 (B) obtaining a building permit; or
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444454 (C) development of a commercial, industrial, mixed use, condominium, or
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446456 multifamily project.
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448458 (28) "Internal lot restriction" means a platted note, platted demarcation, or platted
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450460 designation that:
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452462 (a) runs with the land; and
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454464 (b)(i) creates a restriction that is enclosed within the perimeter of a lot described on
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456466 the plat; or
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458468 (ii) designates a development condition that is enclosed within the perimeter of a lot
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460470 described on the plat.
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462472 (29) "Land use applicant" means a property owner, or the property owner's designee, who
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464474 submits a land use application regarding the property owner's land.
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466476 (30) "Land use application":
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468479 (a) means an application that is:
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470481 (i) required by a municipality; and
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472483 (ii) submitted by a land use applicant to obtain a land use decision; and
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474485 (b) does not mean an application to enact, amend, or repeal a land use regulation.
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476487 (31) "Land use authority" means:
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478489 (a) a person, board, commission, agency, or body, including the local legislative body,
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481491 designated by the local legislative body to act upon a land use application; or
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483493 (b) if the local legislative body has not designated a person, board, commission, agency,
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485495 or body, the local legislative body.
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487497 (32) "Land use decision" means an administrative decision of a land use authority or appeal
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489499 authority regarding:
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491501 (a) a land use permit; or
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493503 (b) a land use application.
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495505 (33) "Land use permit" means a permit issued by a land use authority.
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497507 (34) "Land use regulation":
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499509 (a) means a legislative decision enacted by ordinance, law, code, map, resolution,
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501511 specification, fee, or rule that governs the use or development of land;
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503513 (b) includes the adoption or amendment of a zoning map or the text of the zoning code;
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505515 and
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507517 (c) does not include:
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509519 (i) a land use decision of the legislative body acting as the land use authority, even if
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511521 the decision is expressed in a resolution or ordinance; or
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513523 (ii) a temporary revision to an engineering specification that does not materially:
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515525 (A) increase a land use applicant's cost of development compared to the existing
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517527 specification; or
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519529 (B) impact a land use applicant's use of land.
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521531 (35) "Legislative body" means the municipal council.
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523533 (36) "Local historic district or area" means a geographically definable area that:
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525535 (a) contains any combination of buildings, structures, sites, objects, landscape features,
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527537 archeological sites, or works of art that contribute to the historic preservation goals of
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529539 a legislative body; and
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531541 (b) is subject to land use regulations to preserve the historic significance of the local
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533543 historic district or area.
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535545 (37) "Lot" means a tract of land, regardless of any label, that is created by and shown on a
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537548 subdivision plat that has been recorded in the office of the county recorder.
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539550 (38)(a) "Lot line adjustment" means a relocation of a lot line boundary between
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541552 adjoining lots or between a lot and adjoining parcels in accordance with Section
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543554 10-9a-608:
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545556 (i) whether or not the lots are located in the same subdivision; and
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547558 (ii) with the consent of the owners of record.
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550560 (b) "Lot line adjustment" does not mean a new boundary line that:
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552562 (i) creates an additional lot; or
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554564 (ii) constitutes a subdivision or a subdivision amendment.
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556566 (c) "Lot line adjustment" does not include a boundary line adjustment made by the
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558568 Department of Transportation.
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560570 (39) "Major transit investment corridor" means public transit service that uses or occupies:
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562572 (a) public transit rail right-of-way;
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564574 (b) dedicated road right-of-way for the use of public transit, such as bus rapid transit; or
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566576 (c) fixed-route bus corridors subject to an interlocal agreement or contract between a
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568578 municipality or county and:
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579+283
570580 (i) a public transit district as defined in Section 17B-2a-802; or
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581+284
572582 (ii) an eligible political subdivision as defined in Section 59-12-2219.
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583+285
574584 (40) "Micro-education entity" means the same as that term is defined in Section 53G-6-201.
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585+286
576586 (41) "Moderate income housing" means housing occupied or reserved for occupancy by
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578588 households with a gross household income equal to or less than 80% of the median gross
579-283
589+288
580590 income for households of the same size in the county in which the city is located.
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582592 (42) "Municipal utility easement" means an easement that:
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584594 (a) is created or depicted on a plat recorded in a county recorder's office and is described
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586596 as a municipal utility easement granted for public use;
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588598 (b) is not a protected utility easement or a public utility easement as defined in Section
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590600 54-3-27;
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592602 (c) the municipality or the municipality's affiliated governmental entity uses and
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594604 occupies to provide a utility service, including sanitary sewer, culinary water,
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596606 electrical, storm water, or communications or data lines;
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598608 (d) is used or occupied with the consent of the municipality in accordance with an
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600610 authorized franchise or other agreement;
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602612 (e)(i) is used or occupied by a specified public utility in accordance with an
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604614 authorized franchise or other agreement; and
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606617 (ii) is located in a utility easement granted for public use; or
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608619 (f) is described in Section 10-9a-529 and is used by a specified public utility.
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610621 (43) "Nominal fee" means a fee that reasonably reimburses a municipality only for time
611-299
622+304
612623 spent and expenses incurred in:
613-300
624+305
614625 (a) verifying that building plans are identical plans; and
615-301
626+306
616627 (b) reviewing and approving those minor aspects of identical plans that differ from the
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618-302
628+307
619629 previously reviewed and approved building plans.
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630+308
621631 (44) "Noncomplying structure" means a structure that:
622-304
632+309
623633 (a) legally existed before the structure's current land use designation; and
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625635 (b) because of one or more subsequent land use ordinance changes, does not conform to
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627637 the setback, height restrictions, or other regulations, excluding those regulations,
628-307
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629639 which govern the use of land.
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631641 (45) "Nonconforming use" means a use of land that:
632-309
642+314
633643 (a) legally existed before its current land use designation;
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644+315
635645 (b) has been maintained continuously since the time the land use ordinance governing
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637647 the land changed; and
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639649 (c) because of one or more subsequent land use ordinance changes, does not conform to
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650+318
641651 the regulations that now govern the use of the land.
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652+319
643653 (46) "Official map" means a map drawn by municipal authorities and recorded in a county
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654+320
645655 recorder's office that:
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656+321
647657 (a) shows actual and proposed rights-of-way, centerline alignments, and setbacks for
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658+322
649659 highways and other transportation facilities;
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651661 (b) provides a basis for restricting development in designated rights-of-way or between
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662+324
653663 designated setbacks to allow the government authorities time to purchase or
654-320
664+325
655665 otherwise reserve the land; and
656-321
666+326
657667 (c) has been adopted as an element of the municipality's general plan.
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668+327
659669 (47) "Parcel" means any real property that is not a lot.
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670+328
661671 (48)(a) "Parcel boundary adjustment" means a recorded agreement between owners of
662-324
672+329
663673 adjoining parcels adjusting the mutual boundary, either by deed or by a boundary line
664-325
674+330
665675 agreement in accordance with Section 10-9a-524, if no additional parcel is created
666-326
676+331
667677 and:
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669679 (i) none of the property identified in the agreement is a lot; or
670-328
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671681 (ii) the adjustment is to the boundaries of a single person's parcels.
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682+334
673683 (b) "Parcel boundary adjustment" does not mean an adjustment of a parcel boundary line
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675686 that:
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677688 (i) creates an additional parcel; or
678-332
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679690 (ii) constitutes a subdivision.
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681692 (c) "Parcel boundary adjustment" does not include a boundary line adjustment made by
682-334
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683694 the Department of Transportation.
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695+340
685696 (49) "Person" means an individual, corporation, partnership, organization, association, trust,
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687-336
697+341
688698 governmental agency, or any other legal entity.
689-337
699+342
690700 (50) "Plan for moderate income housing" means a written document adopted by a
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701+343
692702 municipality's legislative body that includes:
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694704 (a) an estimate of the existing supply of moderate income housing located within the
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696706 municipality;
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698708 (b) an estimate of the need for moderate income housing in the municipality for the next
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709+347
700710 five years;
701-343
711+348
702712 (c) a survey of total residential land use;
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704714 (d) an evaluation of how existing land uses and zones affect opportunities for moderate
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715+350
706716 income housing; and
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717+351
708718 (e) a description of the municipality's program to encourage an adequate supply of
709-347
719+352
710720 moderate income housing.
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721+353
712722 (51) "Plat" means an instrument subdividing property into lots as depicted on a map or
713-349
723+354
714724 other graphical representation of lands that a licensed professional land surveyor makes
715-350
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716726 and prepares in accordance with Section 10-9a-603 or 57-8-13.
717-351
727+356
718728 (52) "Potential geologic hazard area" means an area that:
719-352
729+357
720730 (a) is designated by a Utah Geological Survey map, county geologist map, or other
721-353
731+358
722732 relevant map or report as needing further study to determine the area's potential for
723-354
733+359
724734 geologic hazard; or
725-355
735+360
726736 (b) has not been studied by the Utah Geological Survey or a county geologist but
727-356
737+361
728738 presents the potential of geologic hazard because the area has characteristics similar
729-357
739+362
730740 to those of a designated geologic hazard area.
731-358
741+363
732742 (53) "Public agency" means:
733-359
743+364
734744 (a) the federal government;
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745+365
736746 (b) the state;
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747+366
738748 (c) a county, municipality, school district, special district, special service district, or
739-362
749+367
740750 other political subdivision of the state; or
741-363
751+368
742752 (d) a charter school.
743-364
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744755 (54) "Public hearing" means a hearing at which members of the public are provided a
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756+370
746757 reasonable opportunity to comment on the subject of the hearing.
747-366
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748759 (55) "Public meeting" means a meeting that is required to be open to the public under Title
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750761 52, Chapter 4, Open and Public Meetings Act.
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752763 (56) "Public street" means a public right-of-way, including a public highway, public
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764+374
754765 avenue, public boulevard, public parkway, public road, public lane, public alley, public
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756-370
766+375
757767 viaduct, public subway, public tunnel, public bridge, public byway, other public
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759769 transportation easement, or other public way.
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761771 (57) "Receiving zone" means an area of a municipality that the municipality designates, by
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772+378
763773 ordinance, as an area in which an owner of land may receive a transferable development
764-374
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765775 right.
766-375
776+380
767777 (58) "Record of survey map" means a map of a survey of land prepared in accordance with
768-376
778+381
769779 Section 10-9a-603, 17-23-17, 17-27a-603, or 57-8-13.
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780+382
771781 (59) "Residential facility for persons with a disability" means a residence:
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782+383
773783 (a) in which more than one person with a disability resides; and
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784+384
775785 (b) which is licensed or certified by the Department of Health and Human Services
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786+385
777787 under:
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788+386
779789 (i) Title 26B, Chapter 2, Part 1, Human Services Programs and Facilities; or
780-382
790+387
781791 (ii) Title 26B, Chapter 2, Part 2, Health Care Facility Licensing and Inspection.
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783793 (60) "Residential roadway" means a public local residential road that:
784-384
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785795 (a) will serve primarily to provide access to adjacent primarily residential areas and
786-385
796+390
787797 property;
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789799 (b) is designed to accommodate minimal traffic volumes or vehicular traffic;
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791801 (c) is not identified as a supplementary to a collector or other higher system classified
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802+393
793803 street in an approved municipal street or transportation master plan;
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795805 (d) has a posted speed limit of 25 miles per hour or less;
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797807 (e) does not have higher traffic volumes resulting from connecting previously separated
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808+396
799809 areas of the municipal road network;
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801811 (f) cannot have a primary access, but can have a secondary access, and does not abut lots
802-393
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803813 intended for high volume traffic or community centers, including schools, recreation
804-394
814+399
805815 centers, sports complexes, or libraries; and
806-395
816+400
807817 (g) primarily serves traffic within a neighborhood or limited residential area and is not
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818+401
809819 necessarily continuous through several residential areas.
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820+402
811821 (61) "Rules of order and procedure" means a set of rules that govern and prescribe in a
812-398
822+- 12 - 02-20 12:13 1st Sub. (Buff) H.B. 408
823+403
813824 public meeting:
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815826 (a) parliamentary order and procedure;
816-400
827+405
817828 (b) ethical behavior; and
818-401
829+406
819830 (c) civil discourse.
820-402
831+407
821832 (62) "Sanitary sewer authority" means the department, agency, or public entity with
822-403
833+408
823834 responsibility to review and approve the feasibility of sanitary sewer services or onsite
824-- 12 - 02-24 12:42 2nd Sub. (Gray) H.B. 408
825-404
835+409
826836 wastewater systems.
827-405
837+410
828838 (63) "Sending zone" means an area of a municipality that the municipality designates, by
829-406
839+411
830840 ordinance, as an area from which an owner of land may transfer a transferable
831-407
841+412
832842 development right.
833-408
843+413
834844 (64) "Special district" means an entity under Title 17B, Limited Purpose Local Government
835-409
845+414
836846 Entities - Special Districts, and any other governmental or quasi-governmental entity
837-410
847+415
838848 that is not a county, municipality, school district, or the state.
839-411
849+416
840850 (65) "Specified public agency" means:
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851+417
842852 (a) the state;
843-413
853+418
844854 (b) a school district; or
845-414
855+419
846856 (c) a charter school.
847-415
857+420
848858 (66) "Specified public utility" means an electrical corporation, gas corporation, or telephone
849-416
859+421
850860 corporation, as those terms are defined in Section 54-2-1.
851-417
861+422
852862 (67) "State" includes any department, division, or agency of the state.
853-418
863+423
854864 (68)(a) "Subdivision" means any land that is divided, resubdivided, or proposed to be
855-419
865+424
856866 divided into two or more lots or other division of land for the purpose, whether
857-420
867+425
858868 immediate or future, for offer, sale, lease, or development either on the installment
859-421
869+426
860870 plan or upon any and all other plans, terms, and conditions.
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862872 (b) "Subdivision" includes:
863-423
873+428
864874 (i) the division or development of land, whether by deed, metes and bounds
865-424
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866876 description, devise and testacy, map, plat, or other recorded instrument, regardless
867-425
877+430
868878 of whether the division includes all or a portion of a parcel or lot; and
869-426
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870880 (ii) except as provided in Subsection (68)(c), divisions of land for residential and
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872882 nonresidential uses, including land used or to be used for commercial, agricultural,
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874884 and industrial purposes.
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876886 (c) "Subdivision" does not include:
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878888 (i) a bona fide division or partition of agricultural land for the purpose of joining one
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880890 of the resulting separate parcels to a contiguous parcel of unsubdivided
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882893 agricultural land, if neither the resulting combined parcel nor the parcel remaining
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884895 from the division or partition violates an applicable land use ordinance;
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886897 (ii) a boundary line agreement recorded with the county recorder's office between
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888899 owners of adjoining parcels adjusting the mutual boundary in accordance with
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890901 Section 10-9a-524 if no new parcel is created;
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892903 (iii) a recorded document, executed by the owner of record:
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895905 (A) revising the legal descriptions of multiple parcels into one legal description
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897907 encompassing all such parcels; or
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899909 (B) joining a lot to a parcel;
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901911 (iv) a boundary line agreement between owners of adjoining subdivided properties
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903913 adjusting the mutual lot line boundary in accordance with Sections 10-9a-524 and
904-443
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905915 10-9a-608 if:
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907917 (A) no new dwelling lot or housing unit will result from the adjustment; and
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909919 (B) the adjustment will not violate any applicable land use ordinance;
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911921 (v) a bona fide division of land by deed or other instrument if the deed or other
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922+452
913923 instrument states in writing that the division:
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915925 (A) is in anticipation of future land use approvals on the parcel or parcels;
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917927 (B) does not confer any land use approvals; and
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919929 (C) has not been approved by the land use authority;
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921931 (vi) a parcel boundary adjustment;
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923933 (vii) a lot line adjustment;
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925935 (viii) a road, street, or highway dedication plat;
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927937 (ix) a deed or easement for a road, street, or highway purpose; or
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929939 (x) any other division of land authorized by law.
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931941 (69)(a) "Subdivision amendment" means an amendment to a recorded subdivision in
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942+462
933943 accordance with Section 10-9a-608 that:
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935945 (i) vacates all or a portion of the subdivision;
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937947 (ii) alters the outside boundary of the subdivision;
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939949 (iii) changes the number of lots within the subdivision;
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941951 (iv) alters a public right-of-way, a public easement, or public infrastructure within the
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952+467
943953 subdivision; or
944-463
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945955 (v) alters a common area or other common amenity within the subdivision.
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947957 (b) "Subdivision amendment" does not include a lot line adjustment, between a single lot
948-465
958+470
949959 and an adjoining lot or parcel, that alters the outside boundary of the subdivision.
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960+- 14 - 02-20 12:13 1st Sub. (Buff) H.B. 408
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951962 (70) "Substantial evidence" means evidence that:
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963+472
953964 (a) is beyond a scintilla; and
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955966 (b) a reasonable mind would accept as adequate to support a conclusion.
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957968 (71) "Suspect soil" means soil that has:
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969+475
959970 (a) a high susceptibility for volumetric change, typically clay rich, having more than a
960-471
971+476
961972 3% swell potential;
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973+477
964974 (b) bedrock units with high shrink or swell susceptibility; or
965-473
975+478
966976 (c) gypsiferous silt and clay, gypsum, or bedrock units containing abundant gypsum
967-474
977+479
968978 commonly associated with dissolution and collapse features.
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979+480
970980 (72) "Therapeutic school" means a residential group living facility:
971-476
981+481
972982 (a) for four or more individuals who are not related to:
973-477
983+482
974984 (i) the owner of the facility; or
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985+483
976986 (ii) the primary service provider of the facility;
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987+484
978988 (b) that serves students who have a history of failing to function:
979-480
989+485
980990 (i) at home;
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982992 (ii) in a public school; or
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993+487
984994 (iii) in a nonresidential private school; and
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986996 (c) that offers:
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988998 (i) room and board; and
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9901000 (ii) an academic education integrated with:
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9921002 (A) specialized structure and supervision; or
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9941004 (B) services or treatment related to a disability, an emotional development, a
995-488
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9961006 behavioral development, a familial development, or a social development.
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9981008 (73) "Transferable development right" means a right to develop and use land that originates
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1009+495
10001010 by an ordinance that authorizes a land owner in a designated sending zone to transfer
1001-491
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10021012 land use rights from a designated sending zone to a designated receiving zone.
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1013+497
10041014 (74) "Unincorporated" means the area outside of the incorporated area of a city or town.
1005-493
1015+498
10061016 (75) "Water interest" means any right to the beneficial use of water, including:
1007-494
1017+499
10081018 (a) each of the rights listed in Section 73-1-11; and
1009-495
1019+500
10101020 (b) an ownership interest in the right to the beneficial use of water represented by:
1011-496
1021+501
10121022 (i) a contract; or
1013-497
1023+502
10141024 (ii) a share in a water company, as defined in Section 73-3-3.5.
1015-498
1025+503
10161026 (76) "Zoning map" means a map, adopted as part of a land use ordinance, that depicts land
1017-499
1027+504
10181028 use zones, overlays, or districts.
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10201031 Section 2. Section 10-9a-509 is amended to read:
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10221033 10-9a-509 . Applicant's entitlement to land use application approval --
1023-502
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10241035 Municipality's requirements and limitations -- Vesting upon submission of development
1025-503
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10261037 plan and schedule.
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10281039 (1)(a)(i) An applicant who has submitted a complete land use application as
1029-505
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10301041 described in Subsection (1)(c), including the payment of all application fees, is
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1042+511
10331043 entitled to substantive review of the application under the land use regulations:
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10351045 (A) in effect on the date that the application is complete; and
1036-508
1046+513
10371047 (B) applicable to the application or to the information shown on the application.
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10391049 (ii) An applicant is entitled to approval of a land use application if the application
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1050+515
10411051 conforms to the requirements of the applicable land use regulations, land use
1042-511
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10431053 decisions, and development standards in effect when the applicant submits a
1044-512
1054+517
10451055 complete application and pays application fees, unless:
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10471057 (A) the land use authority, on the record, formally finds that a compelling,
1048-514
1058+519
10491059 countervailing public interest would be jeopardized by approving the
1050-515
1060+520
10511061 application and specifies the compelling, countervailing public interest in
1052-516
1062+521
10531063 writing; or
1054-517
1064+522
10551065 (B) in the manner provided by local ordinance and before the applicant submits
1056-518
1066+523
10571067 the application, the municipality formally initiates proceedings to amend the
1058-519
1068+524
10591069 municipality's land use regulations in a manner that would prohibit approval of
1060-520
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10611071 the application as submitted.
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10631073 (b) The municipality shall process an application without regard to proceedings the
1064-522
1074+527
10651075 municipality initiated to amend the municipality's ordinances as described in
1066-523
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10671077 Subsection (1)(a)(ii)(B) if:
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10691079 (i) 180 days have passed since the municipality initiated the proceedings; and
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10711081 (ii)(A) the proceedings have not resulted in an enactment that prohibits approval
1072-526
1082+531
10731083 of the application as submitted; or
1074-527
1084+532
10751085 (B) during the 12 months prior to the municipality processing the application, or
1076-528
1086+533
10771087 multiple applications of the same type, are impaired or prohibited under the
1078-529
1088+534
10791089 terms of a temporary land use regulation adopted under Section 10-9a-504.
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1090+535
10811091 (c) A land use application is considered submitted and complete when the applicant
1082-531
1092+536
10831093 provides the application in a form that complies with the requirements of applicable
1084-532
1094+537
10851095 ordinances and pays all applicable fees.
1086-533
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10871097 (d) A subsequent incorporation of a municipality or a petition that proposes the
1088-534
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1099+539
10891100 incorporation of a municipality does not affect a land use application approved by a
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1101+540
10911102 county in accordance with Section 17-27a-508.
1092-536
1103+541
10931104 (e) Unless a phasing sequence is required in an executed development agreement, a
1094-537
1105+542
10951106 municipality shall, without regard to any other separate and distinct land use
1096-538
1107+543
10971108 application, accept and process a complete land use application.
1098-539
1109+544
10991110 (f) The continuing validity of an approval of a land use application is conditioned upon
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1111+545
11021112 the applicant proceeding after approval to implement the approval with reasonable
1103-541
1113+546
11041114 diligence.
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11061116 (g) A municipality may not impose on an applicant who has submitted a complete
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1117+548
11081118 application a requirement that is not expressed in:
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11101120 (i) this chapter;
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11121122 (ii) a municipal ordinance in effect on the date that the applicant submits a complete
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11141124 application, subject to Subsection 10-9a-509(1)(a)(ii); or
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11161126 (iii) a municipal specification for public improvements applicable to a subdivision or
1117-548
1127+553
11181128 development that is in effect on the date that the applicant submits an application.
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1129+554
11201130 (h) A municipality may not impose on a holder of an issued land use permit or a final,
1121-550
1131+555
11221132 unexpired subdivision plat a requirement that is not expressed:
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1133+556
11241134 (i) in a land use permit;
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1135+557
11261136 (ii) on the subdivision plat;
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11281138 (iii) in a document on which the land use permit or subdivision plat is based;
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11301140 (iv) in the written record evidencing approval of the land use permit or subdivision
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1141+560
11321142 plat;
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1143+561
11341144 (v) in this chapter;
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11361146 (vi) in a municipal ordinance; or
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11381148 (vii) in a municipal specification for residential roadways in effect at the time a
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1149+564
11401150 residential subdivision was approved.
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1151+565
11421152 (i) Except as provided in Subsection (1)(j) or (k), a municipality may not withhold
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1153+566
11441154 issuance of a certificate of occupancy or acceptance of subdivision improvements
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11461156 because of an applicant's failure to comply with a requirement that is not expressed:
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11481158 (i) in the building permit or subdivision plat, documents on which the building permit
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11501160 or subdivision plat is based, or the written record evidencing approval of the land
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11521162 use permit or subdivision plat; or
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11541164 (ii) in this chapter or the municipality's ordinances.
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11561166 (j) A municipality may not unreasonably withhold issuance of a certificate of occupancy
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11581169 where an applicant has met all requirements essential for the public health, public
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11601171 safety, and general welfare of the occupants, in accordance with this chapter, unless:
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11621173 (i) the applicant and the municipality have agreed in a written document to the
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11641175 withholding of a certificate of occupancy; or
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11661177 (ii) the applicant has not provided a financial assurance for required and uncompleted
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1178+578
11681179 public landscaping improvements or infrastructure improvements in accordance
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11711181 with an applicable ordinance that the legislative body adopts under this chapter.
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11731183 (k) A municipality may not conduct a final inspection required before issuing a
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1184+581
11751185 certificate of occupancy for a residential unit that is within the boundary of an
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1186+582
11771187 infrastructure financing district, as defined in Section 17B-1-102, until the applicant
1178-578
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11791189 for the certificate of occupancy provides adequate proof to the municipality that any
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11811191 lien on the unit arising from the infrastructure financing district's assessment against
1182-580
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11831193 the unit under Title 11, Chapter 42, Assessment Area Act, has been released after
1184-581
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11851195 payment in full of the infrastructure financing district's assessment against that unit.
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11871197 (2) A municipality is bound by the terms and standards of applicable land use regulations
1188-583
1198+588
11891199 and shall comply with mandatory provisions of those regulations.
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11911201 (3) A municipality may not, as a condition of land use application approval, require a
1192-585
1202+590
11931203 person filing a land use application to obtain documentation regarding a school district's
1194-586
1204+591
11951205 willingness, capacity, or ability to serve the development proposed in the land use
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1206+592
11971207 application.
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1208+593
11991209 (4) Upon a specified public agency's submission of a development plan and schedule as
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1210+594
12011211 required in Subsection 10-9a-305(8) that complies with the requirements of that
1202-590
1212+595
12031213 subsection, the specified public agency vests in the municipality's applicable land use
1204-591
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12051215 maps, zoning map, hookup fees, impact fees, other applicable development fees, and
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12071217 land use regulations in effect on the date of submission.
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12091219 (5)(a) If sponsors of a referendum timely challenge a project in accordance with [
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1220+599
12111221 Subsection 20A-7-601(6)] Section 20A-7-601, the project's affected owner may
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12131223 rescind the project's land use approval by delivering a written notice:
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12151225 (i) to the local clerk as defined in Section 20A-7-101; and
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12171227 (ii) no later than seven days after the day on which a petition for a referendum is
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12191229 determined sufficient under Subsection 20A-7-607(5).
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12211231 (b) Upon delivery of a written notice described in Subsection (5)(a) the following are
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12231233 rescinded and are of no further force or effect:
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12251235 (i) the relevant land use approval; and
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12271238 (ii) any land use regulation enacted specifically in relation to the land use approval.
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12291240 (6)(a) After issuance of a building permit, a municipality may not:
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12311242 (i) change or add to the requirements expressed in the building permit, unless the
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12331244 change or addition is:
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12351246 (A) requested by the building permit holder; or
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1247+612
12371248 (B) necessary to comply with an applicable state building code; or
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1249+613
12401250 (ii) revoke the building permit or take action that has the effect of revoking the
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12421252 building permit.
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12441254 (b) Subsection (6)(a) does not prevent a municipality from issuing a building permit that
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12461256 contains an expiration date defined in the building permit.
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12481258 Section 3. Section 17-27a-103 is amended to read:
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12501260 17-27a-103 . Definitions.
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12521262 As used in this chapter:
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12541264 (1) "Accessory dwelling unit" means a habitable living unit added to, created within, or
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12561266 detached from a primary single-family dwelling and contained on one lot.
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12581268 (2) "Adversely affected party" means a person other than a land use applicant who:
1259-618
1269+623
12601270 (a) owns real property adjoining the property that is the subject of a land use application
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12621272 or land use decision; or
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12641274 (b) will suffer a damage different in kind than, or an injury distinct from, that of the
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1275+626
12661276 general community as a result of the land use decision.
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12681278 (3) "Affected entity" means a county, municipality, special district, special service district
1269-623
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12701280 under Title 17D, Chapter 1, Special Service District Act, school district, interlocal
1271-624
1281+629
12721282 cooperation entity established under Title 11, Chapter 13, Interlocal Cooperation Act,
1273-625
1283+630
12741284 specified property owner, property owner's association, public utility, or the Department
1275-626
1285+631
12761286 of Transportation, if:
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1287+632
12781288 (a) the entity's services or facilities are likely to require expansion or significant
1279-628
1289+633
12801290 modification because of an intended use of land;
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12821292 (b) the entity has filed with the county a copy of the entity's general or long-range plan;
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12841294 or
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12861296 (c) the entity has filed with the county a request for notice during the same calendar year
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12881298 and before the county provides notice to an affected entity in compliance with a
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12901300 requirement imposed under this chapter.
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12921302 (4) "Affected owner" means the owner of real property that is:
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12941304 (a) a single project;
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12961307 (b) the subject of a land use approval that sponsors of a referendum timely challenged in
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12981309 accordance with [Subsection 20A-7-601(6)] Section 20A-7-601; and
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13001311 (c) determined to be legally referable under Section 20A-7-602.8.
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13021313 (5) "Appeal authority" means the person, board, commission, agency, or other body
1303-640
1314+645
13041315 designated by ordinance to decide an appeal of a decision of a land use application or a
1305-641
1316+646
13061317 variance.
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13091319 (6) "Billboard" means a freestanding ground sign located on industrial, commercial, or
1310-643
1320+648
13111321 residential property if the sign is designed or intended to direct attention to a business,
1312-644
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13131323 product, or service that is not sold, offered, or existing on the property where the sign is
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1324+650
13151325 located.
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13171327 (7)(a) "Charter school" means:
1318-647
1328+652
13191329 (i) an operating charter school;
1320-648
1330+653
13211331 (ii) a charter school applicant that a charter school authorizer approves in accordance
1322-649
1332+654
13231333 with Title 53G, Chapter 5, Part 3, Charter School Authorization; or
1324-650
1334+655
13251335 (iii) an entity that is working on behalf of a charter school or approved charter
1326-651
1336+656
13271337 applicant to develop or construct a charter school building.
1328-652
1338+657
13291339 (b) "Charter school" does not include a therapeutic school.
1330-653
1340+658
13311341 (8) "Chief executive officer" means the person or body that exercises the executive powers
1332-654
1342+659
13331343 of the county.
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1344+660
13351345 (9) "Conditional use" means a land use that, because of the unique characteristics or
1336-656
1346+661
13371347 potential impact of the land use on the county, surrounding neighbors, or adjacent land
1338-657
1348+662
13391349 uses, may not be compatible in some areas or may be compatible only if certain
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1350+663
13411351 conditions are required that mitigate or eliminate the detrimental impacts.
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13431353 (10) "Constitutional taking" means a governmental action that results in a taking of private
1344-660
1354+665
13451355 property so that compensation to the owner of the property is required by the:
1346-661
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13471357 (a) Fifth or Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States; or
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13491359 (b) Utah Constitution, Article I, Section 22.
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13511361 (11) "County utility easement" means an easement that:
1352-664
1362+669
13531363 (a) a plat recorded in a county recorder's office described as a county utility easement or
1354-665
1364+670
13551365 otherwise as a utility easement;
1356-666
1366+671
13571367 (b) is not a protected utility easement or a public utility easement as defined in Section
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13591369 54-3-27;
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1370+673
13611371 (c) the county or the county's affiliated governmental entity owns or creates; and
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13631373 (d)(i) either:
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13651376 (A) no person uses or occupies; or
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13671378 (B) the county or the county's affiliated governmental entity uses and occupies to
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1379+677
13691380 provide a utility service, including sanitary sewer, culinary water, electrical,
1370-673
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13711382 storm water, or communications or data lines; or
1372-674
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13731384 (ii) a person uses or occupies with or without an authorized franchise or other
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1385+680
13751386 agreement with the county.
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13781388 (12) "Culinary water authority" means the department, agency, or public entity with
1379-677
1389+682
13801390 responsibility to review and approve the feasibility of the culinary water system and
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1391+683
13821392 sources for the subject property.
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13841394 (13) "Development activity" means:
1385-680
1395+685
13861396 (a) any construction or expansion of a building, structure, or use that creates additional
1387-681
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13881398 demand and need for public facilities;
1389-682
1399+687
13901400 (b) any change in use of a building or structure that creates additional demand and need
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13921402 for public facilities; or
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13941404 (c) any change in the use of land that creates additional demand and need for public
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13961406 facilities.
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13981408 (14)(a) "Development agreement" means a written agreement or amendment to a written
1399-687
1409+692
14001410 agreement between a county and one or more parties that regulates or controls the use
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1411+693
14021412 or development of a specific area of land.
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1413+694
14041414 (b) "Development agreement" does not include an improvement completion assurance.
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14061416 (15)(a) "Disability" means a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one
1407-691
1417+696
14081418 or more of a person's major life activities, including a person having a record of such
1409-692
1419+697
14101420 an impairment or being regarded as having such an impairment.
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14121422 (b) "Disability" does not include current illegal use of, or addiction to, any federally
1413-694
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14141424 controlled substance, as defined in Section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act, 21
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14161426 U.S.C. Sec. 802.
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14181428 (16) "Educational facility":
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14201430 (a) means:
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14221432 (i) a school district's building at which pupils assemble to receive instruction in a
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1433+704
14241434 program for any combination of grades from preschool through grade 12,
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14261436 including kindergarten and a program for children with disabilities;
1427-701
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14281438 (ii) a structure or facility:
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14301440 (A) located on the same property as a building described in Subsection (16)(a)(i);
1431-703
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14321442 and
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14341445 (B) used in support of the use of that building; and
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14361447 (iii) a building to provide office and related space to a school district's administrative
1437-706
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14381449 personnel; and
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14401451 (b) does not include:
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14421453 (i) land or a structure, including land or a structure for inventory storage, equipment
1443-709
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14441455 storage, food processing or preparing, vehicle storage or maintenance, or similar
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1446-710
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14471457 use that is:
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14491459 (A) not located on the same property as a building described in Subsection
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14511461 (16)(a)(i); and
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14531463 (B) used in support of the purposes of a building described in Subsection
1454-714
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14551465 (16)(a)(i); or
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1466+720
14571467 (ii) a therapeutic school.
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14591469 (17) "Fire authority" means the department, agency, or public entity with responsibility to
1460-717
1470+722
14611471 review and approve the feasibility of fire protection and suppression services for the
1462-718
1472+723
14631473 subject property.
1464-719
1474+724
14651475 (18) "Flood plain" means land that:
1466-720
1476+725
14671477 (a) is within the 100-year flood plain designated by the Federal Emergency Management
1468-721
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14691479 Agency; or
1470-722
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14711481 (b) has not been studied or designated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency
1472-723
1482+728
14731483 but presents a likelihood of experiencing chronic flooding or a catastrophic flood
1474-724
1484+729
14751485 event because the land has characteristics that are similar to those of a 100-year flood
1476-725
1486+730
14771487 plain designated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
1478-726
1488+731
14791489 (19) "Gas corporation" has the same meaning as defined in Section 54-2-1.
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14811491 (20) "General plan" means a document that a county adopts that sets forth general
1482-728
1492+733
14831493 guidelines for proposed future development of:
1484-729
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14851495 (a) the unincorporated land within the county; or
1486-730
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14871497 (b) for a mountainous planning district, the land within the mountainous planning
1488-731
1498+736
14891499 district.
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14911501 (21) "Geologic hazard" means:
1492-733
1502+738
14931503 (a) a surface fault rupture;
1494-734
1504+739
14951505 (b) shallow groundwater;
1496-735
1506+740
14971507 (c) liquefaction;
1498-736
1508+741
14991509 (d) a landslide;
1500-737
1510+742
15011511 (e) a debris flow;
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1513+743
15031514 (f) unstable soil;
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15051516 (g) a rock fall; or
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15071518 (h) any other geologic condition that presents a risk:
1508-741
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15091520 (i) to life;
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15111522 (ii) of substantial loss of real property; or
1512-743
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15131524 (iii) of substantial damage to real property.
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15161526 (22) "Home-based microschool" means the same as that term is defined in Section
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15181528 53G-6-201.
1519-746
1529+751
15201530 (23) "Hookup fee" means a fee for the installation and inspection of any pipe, line, meter,
1521-747
1531+752
15221532 or appurtenance to connect to a county water, sewer, storm water, power, or other utility
1523-748
1533+753
15241534 system.
1525-749
1535+754
15261536 (24) "Identical plans" means building plans submitted to a county that:
1527-750
1537+755
15281538 (a) are clearly marked as "identical plans";
1529-751
1539+756
15301540 (b) are substantially identical building plans that were previously submitted to and
1531-752
1541+757
15321542 reviewed and approved by the county; and
1533-753
1543+758
15341544 (c) describe a building that:
1535-754
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15361546 (i) is located on land zoned the same as the land on which the building described in
1537-755
1547+760
15381548 the previously approved plans is located;
1539-756
1549+761
15401550 (ii) is subject to the same geological and meteorological conditions and the same law
1541-757
1551+762
15421552 as the building described in the previously approved plans;
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1553+763
15441554 (iii) has a floor plan identical to the building plan previously submitted to and
1545-759
1555+764
15461556 reviewed and approved by the county; and
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15481558 (iv) does not require any additional engineering or analysis.
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1559+766
15501560 (25) "Impact fee" means a payment of money imposed under Title 11, Chapter 36a, Impact
1551-762
1561+767
15521562 Fees Act.
1553-763
1563+768
15541564 (26) "Improvement completion assurance" means a surety bond, letter of credit, financial
1555-764
1565+769
15561566 institution bond, cash, assignment of rights, lien, or other equivalent security required by
1557-765
1567+770
15581568 a county to guaranty the proper completion of landscaping or an infrastructure
1559-766
1569+771
15601570 improvement required as a condition precedent to:
1561-767
1571+772
15621572 (a) recording a subdivision plat; or
1563-768
1573+773
15641574 (b) development of a commercial, industrial, mixed use, or multifamily project.
1565-769
1575+774
15661576 (27) "Improvement warranty" means an applicant's unconditional warranty that the
1567-770
1577+775
15681578 applicant's installed and accepted landscaping or infrastructure improvement:
1569-771
1579+776
15701580 (a) complies with the county's written standards for design, materials, and workmanship;
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1582+777
15721583 and
1573-773
1584+778
15741585 (b) will not fail in any material respect, as a result of poor workmanship or materials,
1575-774
1586+779
15761587 within the improvement warranty period.
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15781589 (28) "Improvement warranty period" means a period:
1579-776
1590+781
15801591 (a) no later than one year after a county's acceptance of required landscaping; or
1581-777
1592+782
15821593 (b) no later than one year after a county's acceptance of required infrastructure, unless
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1584-778
1594+783
15851595 the county:
1586-779
1596+784
15871597 (i) determines for good cause that a one-year period would be inadequate to protect
1588-780
1598+785
15891599 the public health, safety, and welfare; and
1590-781
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15911601 (ii) has substantial evidence, on record:
1592-782
1602+787
15931603 (A) of prior poor performance by the applicant; or
1594-783
1604+788
15951605 (B) that the area upon which the infrastructure will be constructed contains
1596-784
1606+789
15971607 suspect soil and the county has not otherwise required the applicant to mitigate
1598-785
1608+790
15991609 the suspect soil.
1600-786
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16011611 (29) "Infrastructure improvement" means permanent infrastructure that is essential for the
1602-787
1612+792
16031613 public health and safety or that:
1604-788
1614+793
16051615 (a) is required for human consumption; and
1606-789
1616+794
16071617 (b) an applicant must install:
1608-790
1618+795
16091619 (i) in accordance with published installation and inspection specifications for public
1610-791
1620+796
16111621 improvements; and
1612-792
1622+797
16131623 (ii) as a condition of:
1614-793
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16151625 (A) recording a subdivision plat;
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16171627 (B) obtaining a building permit; or
1618-795
1628+800
16191629 (C) developing a commercial, industrial, mixed use, condominium, or multifamily
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16211631 project.
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16231633 (30) "Internal lot restriction" means a platted note, platted demarcation, or platted
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16251635 designation that:
1626-799
1636+804
16271637 (a) runs with the land; and
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16291639 (b)(i) creates a restriction that is enclosed within the perimeter of a lot described on
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16311641 the plat; or
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16331643 (ii) designates a development condition that is enclosed within the perimeter of a lot
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1644+808
16351645 described on the plat.
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16371647 (31) "Interstate pipeline company" means a person or entity engaged in natural gas
1638-805
1648+810
16391649 transportation subject to the jurisdiction of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
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1651+811
16411652 under the Natural Gas Act, 15 U.S.C. Sec. 717 et seq.
1642-807
1653+812
16431654 (32) "Intrastate pipeline company" means a person or entity engaged in natural gas
1644-808
1655+813
16451656 transportation that is not subject to the jurisdiction of the Federal Energy Regulatory
1646-809
1657+814
16471658 Commission under the Natural Gas Act, 15 U.S.C. Sec. 717 et seq.
1648-810
1659+815
16491660 (33) "Land use applicant" means a property owner, or the property owner's designee, who
1650-811
1661+816
16511662 submits a land use application regarding the property owner's land.
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1653-812
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16541664 (34) "Land use application":
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16561666 (a) means an application that is:
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1667+819
16581668 (i) required by a county; and
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1669+820
16601670 (ii) submitted by a land use applicant to obtain a land use decision; and
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1671+821
16621672 (b) does not mean an application to enact, amend, or repeal a land use regulation.
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1673+822
16641674 (35) "Land use authority" means:
1665-818
1675+823
16661676 (a) a person, board, commission, agency, or body, including the local legislative body,
1667-819
1677+824
16681678 designated by the local legislative body to act upon a land use application; or
1669-820
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16701680 (b) if the local legislative body has not designated a person, board, commission, agency,
1671-821
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16721682 or body, the local legislative body.
1673-822
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16741684 (36) "Land use decision" means an administrative decision of a land use authority or appeal
1675-823
1685+828
16761686 authority regarding:
1677-824
1687+829
16781688 (a) a land use permit;
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1689+830
16801690 (b) a land use application; or
1681-826
1691+831
16821692 (c) the enforcement of a land use regulation, land use permit, or development agreement.
1683-827
1693+832
16841694 (37) "Land use permit" means a permit issued by a land use authority.
1685-828
1695+833
16861696 (38) "Land use regulation":
1687-829
1697+834
16881698 (a) means a legislative decision enacted by ordinance, law, code, map, resolution,
1689-830
1699+835
16901700 specification, fee, or rule that governs the use or development of land;
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16921702 (b) includes the adoption or amendment of a zoning map or the text of the zoning code;
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1703+837
16941704 and
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16961706 (c) does not include:
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16981708 (i) a land use decision of the legislative body acting as the land use authority, even if
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17001710 the decision is expressed in a resolution or ordinance; or
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17021712 (ii) a temporary revision to an engineering specification that does not materially:
1703-837
1713+842
17041714 (A) increase a land use applicant's cost of development compared to the existing
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17061716 specification; or
1707-839
1717+844
17081718 (B) impact a land use applicant's use of land.
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1719+- 25 - 1st Sub. (Buff) H.B. 408 02-20 12:13
1720+845
17101721 (39) "Legislative body" means the county legislative body, or for a county that has adopted
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17121723 an alternative form of government, the body exercising legislative powers.
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17141725 (40) "Lot" means a tract of land, regardless of any label, that is created by and shown on a
1715-843
1726+848
17161727 subdivision plat that has been recorded in the office of the county recorder.
1717-844
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17181729 (41)(a) "Lot line adjustment" means a relocation of a lot line boundary between
1719-845
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17201731 adjoining lots or between a lot and adjoining parcels in accordance with Section
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17231733 17-27a-608:
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1734+852
17251735 (i) whether or not the lots are located in the same subdivision; and
1726-848
1736+853
17271737 (ii) with the consent of the owners of record.
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17291739 (b) "Lot line adjustment" does not mean a new boundary line that:
1730-850
1740+855
17311741 (i) creates an additional lot; or
1732-851
1742+856
17331743 (ii) constitutes a subdivision or a subdivision amendment.
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17351745 (c) "Lot line adjustment" does not include a boundary line adjustment made by the
1736-853
1746+858
17371747 Department of Transportation.
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1748+859
17391749 (42) "Major transit investment corridor" means public transit service that uses or occupies:
1740-855
1750+860
17411751 (a) public transit rail right-of-way;
1742-856
1752+861
17431753 (b) dedicated road right-of-way for the use of public transit, such as bus rapid transit; or
1744-857
1754+862
17451755 (c) fixed-route bus corridors subject to an interlocal agreement or contract between a
1746-858
1756+863
17471757 municipality or county and:
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1758+864
17491759 (i) a public transit district as defined in Section 17B-2a-802; or
1750-860
1760+865
17511761 (ii) an eligible political subdivision as defined in Section 59-12-2219.
1752-861
1762+866
17531763 (43) "Micro-education entity" means the same as that term is defined in Section 53G-6-201.
1754-862
1764+867
17551765 (44) "Moderate income housing" means housing occupied or reserved for occupancy by
1756-863
1766+868
17571767 households with a gross household income equal to or less than 80% of the median gross
1758-864
1768+869
17591769 income for households of the same size in the county in which the housing is located.
1760-865
1770+870
17611771 (45) "Mountainous planning district" means an area designated by a county legislative body
1762-866
1772+871
17631773 in accordance with Section 17-27a-901.
1764-867
1774+872
17651775 (46) "Nominal fee" means a fee that reasonably reimburses a county only for time spent and
1766-868
1776+873
17671777 expenses incurred in:
1768-869
1778+874
17691779 (a) verifying that building plans are identical plans; and
1770-870
1780+875
17711781 (b) reviewing and approving those minor aspects of identical plans that differ from the
1772-871
1782+876
17731783 previously reviewed and approved building plans.
1774-872
1784+877
17751785 (47) "Noncomplying structure" means a structure that:
1776-873
1786+878
17771787 (a) legally existed before the structure's current land use designation; and
1778-874
1788+- 26 - 02-20 12:13 1st Sub. (Buff) H.B. 408
1789+879
17791790 (b) because of one or more subsequent land use ordinance changes, does not conform to
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17811792 the setback, height restrictions, or other regulations, excluding those regulations that
1782-876
1793+881
17831794 govern the use of land.
1784-877
1795+882
17851796 (48) "Nonconforming use" means a use of land that:
1786-878
1797+883
17871798 (a) legally existed before the current land use designation;
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1799+884
17891800 (b) has been maintained continuously since the time the land use ordinance regulation
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1791-880
1801+885
17921802 governing the land changed; and
1793-881
1803+886
17941804 (c) because of one or more subsequent land use ordinance changes, does not conform to
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1805+887
17961806 the regulations that now govern the use of the land.
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1807+888
17981808 (49) "Official map" means a map drawn by county authorities and recorded in the county
1799-884
1809+889
18001810 recorder's office that:
1801-885
1811+890
18021812 (a) shows actual and proposed rights-of-way, centerline alignments, and setbacks for
1803-886
1813+891
18041814 highways and other transportation facilities;
1805-887
1815+892
18061816 (b) provides a basis for restricting development in designated rights-of-way or between
1807-888
1817+893
18081818 designated setbacks to allow the government authorities time to purchase or
1809-889
1819+894
18101820 otherwise reserve the land; and
1811-890
1821+895
18121822 (c) has been adopted as an element of the county's general plan.
1813-891
1823+896
18141824 (50) "Parcel" means any real property that is not a lot.
1815-892
1825+897
18161826 (51)(a) "Parcel boundary adjustment" means a recorded agreement between owners of
1817-893
1827+898
18181828 adjoining parcels adjusting the mutual boundary, either by deed or by a boundary line
1819-894
1829+899
18201830 agreement in accordance with Section 17-27a-523, if no additional parcel is created
1821-895
1831+900
18221832 and:
1823-896
1833+901
18241834 (i) none of the property identified in the agreement is a lot; or
1825-897
1835+902
18261836 (ii) the adjustment is to the boundaries of a single person's parcels.
1827-898
1837+903
18281838 (b) "Parcel boundary adjustment" does not mean an adjustment of a parcel boundary line
1829-899
1839+904
18301840 that:
1831-900
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18321842 (i) creates an additional parcel; or
1833-901
1843+906
18341844 (ii) constitutes a subdivision.
1835-902
1845+907
18361846 (c) "Parcel boundary adjustment" does not include a boundary line adjustment made by
1837-903
1847+908
18381848 the Department of Transportation.
1839-904
1849+909
18401850 (52) "Person" means an individual, corporation, partnership, organization, association, trust,
1841-905
1851+910
18421852 governmental agency, or any other legal entity.
1843-906
1853+911
18441854 (53) "Plan for moderate income housing" means a written document adopted by a county
1845-907
1855+912
18461856 legislative body that includes:
1847-908
1857+- 27 - 1st Sub. (Buff) H.B. 408 02-20 12:13
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18481859 (a) an estimate of the existing supply of moderate income housing located within the
1849-909
1860+914
18501861 county;
1851-910
1862+915
18521863 (b) an estimate of the need for moderate income housing in the county for the next five
1853-911
1864+916
18541865 years;
1855-912
1866+917
18561867 (c) a survey of total residential land use;
1857-913
1868+918
18581869 (d) an evaluation of how existing land uses and zones affect opportunities for moderate
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1860-914
1870+919
18611871 income housing; and
1862-915
1872+920
18631873 (e) a description of the county's program to encourage an adequate supply of moderate
1864-916
1874+921
18651875 income housing.
1866-917
1876+922
18671877 (54) "Planning advisory area" means a contiguous, geographically defined portion of the
1868-918
1878+923
18691879 unincorporated area of a county established under this part with planning and zoning
1870-919
1880+924
18711881 functions as exercised through the planning advisory area planning commission, as
1872-920
1882+925
18731883 provided in this chapter, but with no legal or political identity separate from the county
1874-921
1884+926
18751885 and no taxing authority.
1876-922
1886+927
18771887 (55) "Plat" means an instrument subdividing property into lots as depicted on a map or
1878-923
1888+928
18791889 other graphical representation of lands that a licensed professional land surveyor makes
1880-924
1890+929
18811891 and prepares in accordance with Section 17-27a-603 or 57-8-13.
1882-925
1892+930
18831893 (56) "Potential geologic hazard area" means an area that:
1884-926
1894+931
18851895 (a) is designated by a Utah Geological Survey map, county geologist map, or other
1886-927
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18871897 relevant map or report as needing further study to determine the area's potential for
1888-928
1898+933
18891899 geologic hazard; or
1890-929
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18911901 (b) has not been studied by the Utah Geological Survey or a county geologist but
1892-930
1902+935
18931903 presents the potential of geologic hazard because the area has characteristics similar
1894-931
1904+936
18951905 to those of a designated geologic hazard area.
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18971907 (57) "Public agency" means:
1898-933
1908+938
18991909 (a) the federal government;
1900-934
1910+939
19011911 (b) the state;
1902-935
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19031913 (c) a county, municipality, school district, special district, special service district, or
1904-936
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19051915 other political subdivision of the state; or
1906-937
1916+942
19071917 (d) a charter school.
1908-938
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19091919 (58) "Public hearing" means a hearing at which members of the public are provided a
1910-939
1920+944
19111921 reasonable opportunity to comment on the subject of the hearing.
1912-940
1922+945
19131923 (59) "Public meeting" means a meeting that is required to be open to the public under Title
1914-941
1924+946
19151925 52, Chapter 4, Open and Public Meetings Act.
1916-942
1926+- 28 - 02-20 12:13 1st Sub. (Buff) H.B. 408
1927+947
19171928 (60) "Public street" means a public right-of-way, including a public highway, public
1918-943
1929+948
19191930 avenue, public boulevard, public parkway, public road, public lane, public alley, public
1920-944
1931+949
19211932 viaduct, public subway, public tunnel, public bridge, public byway, other public
1922-945
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19231934 transportation easement, or other public way.
1924-946
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19251936 (61) "Receiving zone" means an unincorporated area of a county that the county designates,
1926-947
1937+952
19271938 by ordinance, as an area in which an owner of land may receive a transferable
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1929-948
1939+953
19301940 development right.
1931-949
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19321942 (62) "Record of survey map" means a map of a survey of land prepared in accordance with
1933-950
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19341944 Section 10-9a-603, 17-23-17, 17-27a-603, or 57-8-13.
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19361946 (63) "Residential facility for persons with a disability" means a residence:
1937-952
1947+957
19381948 (a) in which more than one person with a disability resides; and
1939-953
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19401950 (b) which is licensed or certified by the Department of Health and Human Services
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19421952 under:
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19441954 (i) Title 26B, Chapter 2, Part 1, Human Services Programs and Facilities; or
1945-956
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19461956 (ii) Title 26B, Chapter 2, Part 2, Health Care Facility Licensing and Inspection.
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19481958 (64) "Residential roadway" means a public local residential road that:
1949-958
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19501960 (a) will serve primarily to provide access to adjacent primarily residential areas and
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19521962 property;
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19541964 (b) is designed to accommodate minimal traffic volumes or vehicular traffic;
1955-961
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19561966 (c) is not identified as a supplementary to a collector or other higher system classified
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19581968 street in an approved municipal street or transportation master plan;
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19601970 (d) has a posted speed limit of 25 miles per hour or less;
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19621972 (e) does not have higher traffic volumes resulting from connecting previously separated
1963-965
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19641974 areas of the municipal road network;
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19661976 (f) cannot have a primary access, but can have a secondary access, and does not abut lots
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19681978 intended for high volume traffic or community centers, including schools, recreation
1969-968
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19701980 centers, sports complexes, or libraries; and
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19721982 (g) primarily serves traffic within a neighborhood or limited residential area and is not
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19741984 necessarily continuous through several residential areas.
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19761986 (65) "Rules of order and procedure" means a set of rules that govern and prescribe in a
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19781988 public meeting:
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19801990 (a) parliamentary order and procedure;
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19821992 (b) ethical behavior; and
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19841994 (c) civil discourse.
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1995+- 29 - 1st Sub. (Buff) H.B. 408 02-20 12:13
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19861997 (66) "Sanitary sewer authority" means the department, agency, or public entity with
1987-977
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19881999 responsibility to review and approve the feasibility of sanitary sewer services or onsite
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19902001 wastewater systems.
1991-979
2002+984
19922003 (67) "Sending zone" means an unincorporated area of a county that the county designates,
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2004+985
19942005 by ordinance, as an area from which an owner of land may transfer a transferable
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2006+986
19962007 development right.
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1998-982
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19992009 (68) "Site plan" means a document or map that may be required by a county during a
2000-983
2010+988
20012011 preliminary review preceding the issuance of a building permit to demonstrate that an
2002-984
2012+989
20032013 owner's or developer's proposed development activity meets a land use requirement.
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20052015 (69)(a) "Special district" means an entity under Title 17B, Limited Purpose Local
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2016+991
20072017 Government Entities - Special Districts.
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20092019 (b) "Special district" includes a governmental or quasi-governmental entity that is not a
2010-988
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20112021 county, municipality, school district, or the state.
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20132023 (70) "Specified public agency" means:
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2024+995
20152025 (a) the state;
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2026+996
20172027 (b) a school district; or
2018-992
2028+997
20192029 (c) a charter school.
2020-993
2030+998
20212031 (71) "Specified public utility" means an electrical corporation, gas corporation, or telephone
2022-994
2032+999
20232033 corporation, as those terms are defined in Section 54-2-1.
2024-995
2034+1000
20252035 (72) "State" includes any department, division, or agency of the state.
2026-996
2036+1001
20272037 (73)(a) "Subdivision" means any land that is divided, resubdivided, or proposed to be
2028-997
2038+1002
20292039 divided into two or more lots or other division of land for the purpose, whether
2030-998
2040+1003
20312041 immediate or future, for offer, sale, lease, or development either on the installment
2032-999
2042+1004
20332043 plan or upon any and all other plans, terms, and conditions.
2034-1000
2044+1005
20352045 (b) "Subdivision" includes:
2036-1001
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20372047 (i) the division or development of land, whether by deed, metes and bounds
2038-1002
2048+1007
20392049 description, devise and testacy, map, plat, or other recorded instrument, regardless
2040-1003
2050+1008
20412051 of whether the division includes all or a portion of a parcel or lot; and
2042-1004
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20432053 (ii) except as provided in Subsection (73)(c), divisions of land for residential and
2044-1005
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20452055 nonresidential uses, including land used or to be used for commercial, agricultural,
2046-1006
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20472057 and industrial purposes.
2048-1007
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20492059 (c) "Subdivision" does not include:
2050-1008
2060+1013
20512061 (i) a bona fide division or partition of agricultural land for agricultural purposes;
2052-1009
2062+1014
20532063 (ii) a boundary line agreement recorded with the county recorder's office between
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20552066 owners of adjoining parcels adjusting the mutual boundary in accordance with
2056-1011
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20572068 Section 17-27a-523 if no new lot is created;
2058-1012
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20592070 (iii) a recorded document, executed by the owner of record:
2060-1013
2071+1018
20612072 (A) revising the legal descriptions of multiple parcels into one legal description
2062-1014
2073+1019
20632074 encompassing all such parcels; or
2064-1015
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20652076 (B) joining a lot to a parcel;
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2067-1016
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20682078 (iv) a bona fide division or partition of land in a county other than a first class county
2069-1017
2079+1022
20702080 for the purpose of siting, on one or more of the resulting separate parcels:
2071-1018
2081+1023
20722082 (A) an electrical transmission line or a substation;
2073-1019
2083+1024
20742084 (B) a natural gas pipeline or a regulation station; or
2075-1020
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20762086 (C) an unmanned telecommunications, microwave, fiber optic, electrical, or other
2077-1021
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20782088 utility service regeneration, transformation, retransmission, or amplification
2079-1022
2089+1027
20802090 facility;
2081-1023
2091+1028
20822092 (v) a boundary line agreement between owners of adjoining subdivided properties
2083-1024
2093+1029
20842094 adjusting the mutual lot line boundary in accordance with Sections 17-27a-523
2085-1025
2095+1030
20862096 and 17-27a-608 if:
2087-1026
2097+1031
20882098 (A) no new dwelling lot or housing unit will result from the adjustment; and
2089-1027
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20902100 (B) the adjustment will not violate any applicable land use ordinance;
2091-1028
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20922102 (vi) a bona fide division of land by deed or other instrument if the deed or other
2093-1029
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20942104 instrument states in writing that the division:
2095-1030
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20962106 (A) is in anticipation of future land use approvals on the parcel or parcels;
2097-1031
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20982108 (B) does not confer any land use approvals; and
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21002110 (C) has not been approved by the land use authority;
2101-1033
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21022112 (vii) a parcel boundary adjustment;
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2113+1039
21042114 (viii) a lot line adjustment;
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21062116 (ix) a road, street, or highway dedication plat;
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21082118 (x) a deed or easement for a road, street, or highway purpose; or
2109-1037
2119+1042
21102120 (xi) any other division of land authorized by law.
2111-1038
2121+1043
21122122 (74)(a) "Subdivision amendment" means an amendment to a recorded subdivision in
2113-1039
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21142124 accordance with Section 17-27a-608 that:
2115-1040
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21162126 (i) vacates all or a portion of the subdivision;
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21182128 (ii) alters the outside boundary of the subdivision;
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21202130 (iii) changes the number of lots within the subdivision;
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21222132 (iv) alters a public right-of-way, a public easement, or public infrastructure within the
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21242135 subdivision; or
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21262137 (v) alters a common area or other common amenity within the subdivision.
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21282139 (b) "Subdivision amendment" does not include a lot line adjustment, between a single lot
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21302141 and an adjoining lot or parcel, that alters the outside boundary of the subdivision.
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21322143 (75) "Substantial evidence" means evidence that:
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2144+1054
21342145 (a) is beyond a scintilla; and
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2136-1050
2146+1055
21372147 (b) a reasonable mind would accept as adequate to support a conclusion.
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21392149 (76) "Suspect soil" means soil that has:
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2150+1057
21412151 (a) a high susceptibility for volumetric change, typically clay rich, having more than a
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2152+1058
21432153 3% swell potential;
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21452155 (b) bedrock units with high shrink or swell susceptibility; or
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21472157 (c) gypsiferous silt and clay, gypsum, or bedrock units containing abundant gypsum
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21492159 commonly associated with dissolution and collapse features.
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21512161 (77) "Therapeutic school" means a residential group living facility:
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21532163 (a) for four or more individuals who are not related to:
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2164+1064
21552165 (i) the owner of the facility; or
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21572167 (ii) the primary service provider of the facility;
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21592169 (b) that serves students who have a history of failing to function:
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21612171 (i) at home;
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21632173 (ii) in a public school; or
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21652175 (iii) in a nonresidential private school; and
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21672177 (c) that offers:
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21692179 (i) room and board; and
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21712181 (ii) an academic education integrated with:
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21732183 (A) specialized structure and supervision; or
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21752185 (B) services or treatment related to a disability, an emotional development, a
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21772187 behavioral development, a familial development, or a social development.
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21792189 (78) "Transferable development right" means a right to develop and use land that originates
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21812191 by an ordinance that authorizes a land owner in a designated sending zone to transfer
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21832193 land use rights from a designated sending zone to a designated receiving zone.
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21852195 (79) "Unincorporated" means the area outside of the incorporated area of a municipality.
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21872197 (80) "Water interest" means any right to the beneficial use of water, including:
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21892199 (a) each of the rights listed in Section 73-1-11; and
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21912201 (b) an ownership interest in the right to the beneficial use of water represented by:
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21932204 (i) a contract; or
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21952206 (ii) a share in a water company, as defined in Section 73-3-3.5.
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21972208 (81) "Zoning map" means a map, adopted as part of a land use ordinance, that depicts land
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21992210 use zones, overlays, or districts.
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22012212 Section 4. Section 17-27a-508 is amended to read:
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22032214 17-27a-508 . Applicant's entitlement to land use application approval --
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2205-1084
2215+1089
22062216 Application relating to land in a high priority transportation corridor -- County's
2207-1085
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22082218 requirements and limitations -- Vesting upon submission of development plan and
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22102220 schedule.
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2221+1092
22122222 (1)(a)(i) An applicant who has submitted a complete land use application, including
2213-1088
2223+1093
22142224 the payment of all application fees, is entitled to substantive review of the
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22162226 application under the land use regulations:
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22182228 (A) in effect on the date that the application is complete; and
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22202230 (B) applicable to the application or to the information shown on the submitted
2221-1092
2231+1097
22222232 application.
2223-1093
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22242234 (ii) An applicant is entitled to approval of a land use application if the application
2225-1094
2235+1099
22262236 conforms to the requirements of the applicable land use regulations, land use
2227-1095
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22282238 decisions, and development standards in effect when the applicant submits a
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22302240 complete application and pays all application fees, unless:
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22322242 (A) the land use authority, on the record, formally finds that a compelling,
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22342244 countervailing public interest would be jeopardized by approving the
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22362246 application and specifies the compelling, countervailing public interest in
2237-1100
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22382248 writing; or
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22402250 (B) in the manner provided by local ordinance and before the applicant submits
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22422252 the application, the county formally initiates proceedings to amend the county's
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22442254 land use regulations in a manner that would prohibit approval of the
2245-1104
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22462256 application as submitted.
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2257+1110
22482258 (b) The county shall process an application without regard to proceedings the county
2249-1106
2259+1111
22502260 initiated to amend the county's ordinances as described in Subsection (1)(a)(ii)(B) if:
2251-1107
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22522262 (i) 180 days have passed since the county initiated the proceedings; and
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22542264 (ii)(A) the proceedings have not resulted in an enactment that prohibits approval
2255-1109
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22562266 of the application as submitted; or
2257-1110
2267+1115
22582268 (B) during the 12 months prior to the county processing the application or
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2269+1116
22602270 multiple applications of the same type, the application is impaired or prohibited
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22622273 under the terms of a temporary land use regulation adopted under Section
2263-1113
2274+1118
22642275 17-27a-504.
2265-1114
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22662277 (c) A land use application is considered submitted and complete when the applicant
2267-1115
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22682279 provides the application in a form that complies with the requirements of applicable
2269-1116
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22702281 ordinances and pays all applicable fees.
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22722283 (d) Unless a phasing sequence is required in an executed development agreement, a
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2274-1118
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22752285 county shall, without regard to any other separate and distinct land use application,
2276-1119
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22772287 accept and process a complete land use application.
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22792289 (e) The continuing validity of an approval of a land use application is conditioned upon
2280-1121
2290+1126
22812291 the applicant proceeding after approval to implement the approval with reasonable
2282-1122
2292+1127
22832293 diligence.
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22852295 (f) A county may not impose on an applicant who has submitted a complete application
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22872297 a requirement that is not expressed in:
2288-1125
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22892299 (i) this chapter;
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22912301 (ii) a county ordinance in effect on the date that the applicant submits a complete
2292-1127
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22932303 application, subject to Subsection (1)(a)(ii); or
2294-1128
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22952305 (iii) a county specification for public improvements applicable to a subdivision or
2296-1129
2306+1134
22972307 development that is in effect on the date that the applicant submits an application.
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22992309 (g) A county may not impose on a holder of an issued land use permit or a final,
2300-1131
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23012311 unexpired subdivision plat a requirement that is not expressed:
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2312+1137
23032313 (i) in a land use permit;
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23052315 (ii) on the subdivision plat;
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23072317 (iii) in a document on which the land use permit or subdivision plat is based;
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23092319 (iv) in the written record evidencing approval of the land use permit or subdivision
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23112321 plat;
2312-1137
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23132323 (v) in this chapter;
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23152325 (vi) in a county ordinance; or
2316-1139
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23172327 (vii) in a county specification for residential roadways in effect at the time a
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23192329 residential subdivision was approved.
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23212331 (h) Except as provided in Subsection (1)(i) or (j), a county may not withhold issuance of
2322-1142
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23232333 a certificate of occupancy or acceptance of subdivision improvements because of an
2324-1143
2334+1148
23252335 applicant's failure to comply with a requirement that is not expressed:
2326-1144
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23272337 (i) in the building permit or subdivision plat, documents on which the building permit
2328-1145
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23292339 or subdivision plat is based, or the written record evidencing approval of the
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23312342 building permit or subdivision plat; or
2332-1147
2343+1152
23332344 (ii) in this chapter or the county's ordinances.
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23352346 (i) A county may not unreasonably withhold issuance of a certificate of occupancy
2336-1149
2347+1154
23372348 where an applicant has met all requirements essential for the public health, public
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23392350 safety, and general welfare of the occupants, in accordance with this chapter, unless:
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23412352 (i) the applicant and the county have agreed in a written document to the withholding
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23442354 of a certificate of occupancy; or
2345-1153
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23462356 (ii) the applicant has not provided a financial assurance for required and uncompleted
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23482358 public landscaping improvements or infrastructure improvements in accordance
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23502360 with an applicable ordinance that the legislative body adopts under this chapter.
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23522362 (j) A county may not conduct a final inspection required before issuing a certificate of
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2363+1162
23542364 occupancy for a residential unit that is within the boundary of an infrastructure
2355-1158
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23562366 financing district, as defined in Section 17B-1-102, until the applicant for the
2357-1159
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23582368 certificate of occupancy provides adequate proof to the county that any lien on the
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23602370 unit arising from the infrastructure financing district's assessment against the unit
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23622372 under Title 11, Chapter 42, Assessment Area Act, has been released after payment in
2363-1162
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23642374 full of the infrastructure financing district's assessment against that unit.
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23662376 (2) A county is bound by the terms and standards of applicable land use regulations and
2367-1164
2377+1169
23682378 shall comply with mandatory provisions of those regulations.
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23702380 (3) A county may not, as a condition of land use application approval, require a person
2371-1166
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23722382 filing a land use application to obtain documentation regarding a school district's
2373-1167
2383+1172
23742384 willingness, capacity, or ability to serve the development proposed in the land use
2375-1168
2385+1173
23762386 application.
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23782388 (4) Upon a specified public agency's submission of a development plan and schedule as
2379-1170
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23802390 required in Subsection 17-27a-305(8) that complies with the requirements of that
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23822392 subsection, the specified public agency vests in the county's applicable land use maps,
2383-1172
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23842394 zoning map, hookup fees, impact fees, other applicable development fees, and land use
2385-1173
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23862396 regulations in effect on the date of submission.
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23882398 (5)(a) If sponsors of a referendum timely challenge a project in accordance with [
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23902400 Subsection 20A-7-601(6)] Section 20A-7-601, the project's affected owner may
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2401+1181
23922402 rescind the project's land use approval by delivering a written notice:
2393-1177
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23942404 (i) to the local clerk as defined in Section 20A-7-101; and
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23962406 (ii) no later than seven days after the day on which a petition for a referendum is
2397-1179
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23982408 determined sufficient under Subsection 20A-7-607(4).
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24002411 (b) Upon delivery of a written notice described in Subsection(5)(a) the following are
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2412+1186
24022413 rescinded and are of no further force or effect:
2403-1182
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24042415 (i) the relevant land use approval; and
2405-1183
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24062417 (ii) any land use regulation enacted specifically in relation to the land use approval.
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24082419 (6)(a) After issuance of a building permit, a county may not:
2409-1185
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24102421 (i) change or add to the requirements expressed in the building permit, unless the
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2412-1186
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24132423 change or addition is:
2414-1187
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24152425 (A) requested by the building permit holder; or
2416-1188
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24172427 (B) necessary to comply with an applicable state building code; or
2418-1189
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24192429 (ii) revoke the building permit or take action that has the effect of revoking the
2420-1190
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24212431 building permit.
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24232433 (b) Subsection (6)(a) does not prevent a county from issuing a building permit that
2424-1192
2434+1197
24252435 contains an expiration date defined in the building permit.
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24272437 Section 5. Section 20A-4-301 is amended to read:
2428-1194
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24292439 20A-4-301 . Board of canvassers.
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24312441 (1)(a) Each county legislative body is the board of county canvassers for:
2432-1196
2442+1201
24332443 (i) the county; and
2434-1197
2444+1202
24352445 (ii) each special district whose election is conducted by the county if:
2436-1198
2446+1203
24372447 (A) the election relates to the creation of the special district;
2438-1199
2448+1204
24392449 (B) the county legislative body serves as the governing body of the special
2440-1200
2450+1205
24412451 district; or
2442-1201
2452+1206
24432453 (C) there is no duly constituted governing body of the special district.
2444-1202
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24452455 (b) The board of county canvassers shall meet to canvass the returns at the usual place of
2446-1203
2456+1208
24472457 meeting of the county legislative body, at a date and time determined by the county
2448-1204
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24492459 clerk that is no sooner than seven days after the election and no later than 14 days
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24512461 after the election.
2452-1206
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24532463 (c) If one or more of the county legislative body fails to attend the meeting of the board
2454-1207
2464+1212
24552465 of county canvassers, the remaining members shall replace the absent member by
2456-1208
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24572467 appointing in the order named:
2458-1209
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24592469 (i) the county treasurer;
2460-1210
2470+1215
24612471 (ii) the county assessor; or
2462-1211
2472+1216
24632473 (iii) the county sheriff.
2464-1212
2474+1217
24652475 (d) Attendance of the number of persons equal to a simple majority of the county
2466-1213
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24672477 legislative body, but not less than three persons, shall constitute a quorum for
2468-1214
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2479+1219
24692480 conducting the canvass.
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24712482 (e) The county clerk is the clerk of the board of county canvassers.
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2483+1221
24732484 (2)(a) The mayor and the municipal legislative body are the board of municipal
2474-1217
2485+1222
24752486 canvassers for the municipality.
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24772488 (b) The board of municipal canvassers shall meet to canvass the returns at the usual
2478-1219
2489+1224
24792490 place of meeting of the municipal legislative body:
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2481-1220
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24822492 (i) for canvassing of returns from a municipal general election, no sooner than seven
2483-1221
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24842494 days after the election and no later than 14 days after the election; or
2485-1222
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24862496 (ii) for canvassing of returns from a municipal primary election, no sooner than seven
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24882498 days after the election and no later than 14 days after the election.
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24902500 (c) Attendance of a simple majority of the municipal legislative body shall constitute a
2491-1225
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24922502 quorum for conducting the canvass.
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24942504 (3)(a) The legislative body of the entity authorizing a bond election is the board of
2495-1227
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24962506 canvassers for each bond election.
2497-1228
2507+1233
24982508 (b) The board of canvassers for the bond election shall comply with the canvassing
2499-1229
2509+1234
25002510 procedures and requirements of Section 11-14-207.
2501-1230
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25022512 (c) Attendance of a simple majority of the legislative body of the entity authorizing a
2503-1231
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25042514 bond election shall constitute a quorum for conducting the canvass.
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25062516 (4)(a) If a board of trustees or an administrative control board is the governing body of a
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25082518 special district, the board of trustees or the administrative control board is the board
2509-1234
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25102520 of special district canvassers for the special district.
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25122522 (b) The board of special district canvassers shall meet to canvass the returns at the usual
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2523+1241
25142524 place of meeting for the board of trustees or the administrative control board, as
2515-1237
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25162526 applicable, at a date and time determined by the special district clerk that is no sooner
2517-1238
2527+1243
25182528 than seven days after the day of the election and no later than 14 days after the day of
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25202530 the election.
2521-1240
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25222532 (c) Attendance of a simple majority of the board of trustees or the administrative control
2523-1241
2533+1246
25242534 board is a quorum for conducting the canvass.
2525-1242
2535+1247
25262536 (5)(a) The local school board of a school district is the board of school district
2527-1243
2537+1248
25282538 canvassers for a referendum election under Subsection 20A-7-102(4).
2529-1244
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25302540 (b) The board of school district canvassers shall meet to canvass the returns at the usual
2531-1245
2541+1250
25322542 place of meeting of the local school board no sooner than seven calendar days after
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25342544 the day of the election and no later than 14 calendar days after the day of the election.
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25362546 (c) Attendance of a simple majority of the local school board shall constitute a quorum
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2548+1253
25382549 for conducting the canvass.
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25402551 [(5)] (6) In relation to an election for the creation of a new school district under Section
2541-1250
2552+1255
25422553 53G-3-301.1, 53G-3-301.3, or 53G-3-301.4, or in relation to an election of members of a
2543-1251
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25442555 local school board for a new school district or a reorganized new school district under
2545-1252
2556+1257
25462557 Section 53G-3-302, the board of canvassers is:
2547-1253
2558+1258
25482559 (a) if the voters permitted to vote in the election are all residents of the same
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2550-1254
2560+1259
25512561 municipality, the mayor and the municipal legislative body;
2552-1255
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25532563 (b) if the voters permitted to vote in the election are not all residents of the same
2554-1256
2564+1261
25552565 municipality, but are all residents of the same county, the county legislative body; or
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25572567 (c) if the voters permitted to vote in the election are not all residents of the same
2558-1258
2568+1263
25592569 municipality and are not all residents of the same county, the county legislative body
2560-1259
2570+1264
25612571 of the county where the majority of the voters permitted to vote in the election are
2562-1260
2572+1265
25632573 residents.
2564-1261
2574+1266
25652575 Section 6. Section 20A-7-101 is amended to read:
2566-1262
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25672577 20A-7-101 . Definitions.
2568-1263
2578+1268
25692579 As used in this chapter:
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2580+1269
25712581 (1) "Approved device" means a device described in Subsection 20A-21-201(4) used to
2572-1265
2582+1270
25732583 gather signatures for the electronic initiative process, the electronic referendum process,
2574-1266
2584+1271
25752585 or the electronic candidate qualification process.
2576-1267
2586+1272
25772587 (2) "Budget officer" means:
2578-1268
2588+1273
25792589 (a) for a county, the person designated as finance officer as defined in Section 17-36-3;
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2590+1274
25812591 (b) for a city, the person designated as budget officer in Subsection 10-6-106(4); [or]
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2592+1275
25832593 (c) for a town, the town council[.] ; or
2584-1271
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25852595 (d) for a school district, the person appointed business administrator under Section
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25872597 53G-4-302.
2588-1273
2598+1278
25892599 (3) "Certified" means that the county clerk has acknowledged a signature as being the
2590-1274
2600+1279
25912601 signature of a registered voter.
2592-1275
2602+1280
25932603 (4) "Circulation" means the process of submitting an initiative petition or a referendum
2594-1276
2604+1281
25952605 petition to legal voters for their signature.
2596-1277
2606+1282
25972607 (5) "Electronic initiative process" means:
2598-1278
2608+1283
25992609 (a) as it relates to a statewide initiative, the process, described in Sections 20A-7-215
2600-1279
2601-and 20A-21-201, for gathering signatures; or
2602-1280
2603-(b) as it relates to a local initiative, the process, described in Sections 20A-7-514 and
2604-1281
2605-20A-21-201, for gathering signatures.
2606-1282
2607-(6) "Electronic referendum process" means:
2608-1283
2609-(a) as it relates to a statewide referendum, the process, described in Sections 20A-7-313
26102610 1284
26112611 and 20A-21-201, for gathering signatures; or
26122612 1285
2613-(b) as it relates to a local referendum, the process, described in Sections 20A-7-614 and
2613+(b) as it relates to a local initiative, the process, described in Sections 20A-7-514 and
26142614 1286
26152615 20A-21-201, for gathering signatures.
2616+- 38 - 02-20 12:13 1st Sub. (Buff) H.B. 408
26162617 1287
2618+(6) "Electronic referendum process" means:
2619+1288
2620+(a) as it relates to a statewide referendum, the process, described in Sections 20A-7-313
2621+1289
2622+and 20A-21-201, for gathering signatures; or
2623+1290
2624+(b) as it relates to a local referendum, the process, described in Sections 20A-7-614 and
2625+1291
2626+20A-21-201, for gathering signatures.
2627+1292
26172628 (7) "Eligible voter" means a legal voter who resides in the jurisdiction of the county, city, or
2618-- 38 - 02-24 12:42 2nd Sub. (Gray) H.B. 408
2619-1288
2629+1293
26202630 town that is holding an election on a ballot proposition.
2621-1289
2631+1294
26222632 (8) "Final fiscal impact statement" means a financial statement prepared after voters
2623-1290
2633+1295
26242634 approve an initiative that contains the information required by Subsection 20A-7-202.5
2625-1291
2635+1296
26262636 (2) or 20A-7-502.5(2).
2627-1292
2637+1297
26282638 (9) "Initial fiscal impact statement" means a financial statement prepared under Section
2629-1293
2639+1298
26302640 20A-7-202.5 after the filing of a statewide initiative application.
2631-1294
2641+1299
26322642 (10) "Initial fiscal impact and legal statement" means a financial and legal statement
2633-1295
2643+1300
26342644 prepared under Section 20A-7-502.5 or 20A-7-602.5 for a local initiative or a local
2635-1296
2645+1301
26362646 referendum.
2637-1297
2647+1302
26382648 (11) "Initiative" means a new law proposed for adoption by the public as provided in this
2639-1298
2649+1303
26402650 chapter.
2641-1299
2651+1304
26422652 (12) "Initiative application" means:
2643-1300
2653+1305
26442654 (a) for a statewide initiative, an application described in Subsection 20A-7-202(2) that
2645-1301
2655+1306
26462656 includes all the information, statements, documents, and notarized signatures
2647-1302
2657+1307
26482658 required under Subsection 20A-7-202(2); or
2649-1303
2659+1308
26502660 (b) for a local initiative, an application described in Subsection 20A-7-502(2) that
2651-1304
2661+1309
26522662 includes all the information, statements, documents, and notarized signatures
2653-1305
2663+1310
26542664 required under Subsection 20A-7-502(2).
2655-1306
2665+1311
26562666 (13) "Initiative packet" means a copy of the initiative petition, a copy of the proposed law,
2657-1307
2667+1312
26582668 and the signature sheets, all of which have been bound together as a unit.
2659-1308
2669+1313
26602670 (14) "Initiative petition":
2661-1309
2671+1314
26622672 (a) as it relates to a statewide initiative, using the manual initiative process:
2663-1310
2673+1315
26642674 (i) means the form described in Subsection 20A-7-203(2)(a), petitioning for
2665-1311
2666-submission of the initiative to the Legislature or the legal voters; and
2667-1312
2668-(ii) if the initiative proposes a tax increase, includes the statement described in
2669-1313
2670-Subsection 20A-7-203(2)(b);
2671-1314
2672-(b) as it relates to a statewide initiative, using the electronic initiative process:
2673-1315
2674-(i) means the form described in Subsections 20A-7-215(2) and (3), petitioning for
26752675 1316
26762676 submission of the initiative to the Legislature or the legal voters; and
26772677 1317
26782678 (ii) if the initiative proposes a tax increase, includes the statement described in
26792679 1318
2680-Subsection 20A-7-215(5)(b);
2680+Subsection 20A-7-203(2)(b);
26812681 1319
2682-(c) as it relates to a local initiative, using the manual initiative process:
2682+(b) as it relates to a statewide initiative, using the electronic initiative process:
26832683 1320
2684-(i) means the form described in Subsection 20A-7-503(2)(a), petitioning for
2684+(i) means the form described in Subsections 20A-7-215(2) and (3), petitioning for
2685+- 39 - 1st Sub. (Buff) H.B. 408 02-20 12:13
26852686 1321
2686-submission of the initiative to the legislative body or the legal voters; and
2687-- 39 - 2nd Sub. (Gray) H.B. 408 02-24 12:42
2687+submission of the initiative to the Legislature or the legal voters; and
26882688 1322
26892689 (ii) if the initiative proposes a tax increase, includes the statement described in
26902690 1323
2691-Subsection 20A-7-503(2)(b); or
2691+Subsection 20A-7-215(5)(b);
26922692 1324
2693-(d) as it relates to a local initiative, using the electronic initiative process:
2693+(c) as it relates to a local initiative, using the manual initiative process:
26942694 1325
2695-(i) means the form described in Subsection 20A-7-514(2)(a), petitioning for
2695+(i) means the form described in Subsection 20A-7-503(2)(a), petitioning for
26962696 1326
26972697 submission of the initiative to the legislative body or the legal voters; and
26982698 1327
26992699 (ii) if the initiative proposes a tax increase, includes the statement described in
27002700 1328
2701+Subsection 20A-7-503(2)(b); or
2702+1329
2703+(d) as it relates to a local initiative, using the electronic initiative process:
2704+1330
2705+(i) means the form described in Subsection 20A-7-514(2)(a), petitioning for
2706+1331
2707+submission of the initiative to the legislative body or the legal voters; and
2708+1332
2709+(ii) if the initiative proposes a tax increase, includes the statement described in
2710+1333
27012711 Subsection 20A-7-514(4)(a).
2702-1329
2712+1334
27032713 (15)(a) "Land use law" means a law of general applicability, enacted based on the
2704-1330
2714+1335
27052715 weighing of broad, competing policy considerations, that relates to the use of land,
2706-1331
2716+1336
27072717 including land use regulation, a general plan, a land use development code, an
2708-1332
2718+1337
27092719 annexation ordinance, the rezoning of a single property or multiple properties, or a
2710-1333
2720+1338
27112721 comprehensive zoning ordinance or resolution.
2712-1334
2722+1339
27132723 (b) "Land use law" does not include a land use decision, as defined in Section 10-9a-103
2714-1335
2724+1340
27152725 or 17-27a-103.
2716-1336
2726+1341
27172727 (16) "Legal signatures" means the number of signatures of legal voters that:
2718-1337
2728+1342
27192729 (a) meet the numerical requirements of this chapter; and
2720-1338
2730+1343
27212731 (b) have been obtained, certified, and verified as provided in this chapter.
2722-1339
2732+1344
27232733 (17) "Legal voter" means an individual who is registered to vote in Utah.
2724-1340
2734+1345
27252735 (18) "Legally referable to voters" means:
2726-1341
2736+1346
27272737 (a) for a proposed local initiative, that the proposed local initiative is legally referable to
2728-1342
2738+1347
27292739 voters under Section 20A-7-502.7; or
2730-1343
2740+1348
27312741 (b) for a proposed local referendum, that the proposed local referendum is legally
2732-1344
2742+1349
27332743 referable to voters under Section 20A-7-602.7.
2734-1345
2744+1350
27352745 (19) "Local attorney" means the county attorney, city attorney, [or ]town attorney, or local
2736-1346
2746+1351
27372747 school district attorney in whose jurisdiction a local initiative or referendum petition is
2738-1347
2748+1352
27392749 circulated.
2740-1348
2750+1353
27412751 (20) "Local clerk" means:
2742-1349
2752+1354
27432753 (a) the county clerk, city recorder, or town clerk in whose jurisdiction a local initiative
2744-1350
2754+- 40 - 02-20 12:13 1st Sub. (Buff) H.B. 408
2755+1355
27452756 or referendum petition is circulated[.] ; or
2746-1351
2757+1356
27472758 (b) for a referendum petition under Subsection 20A-7-102(4), the business administrator
2748-1352
2759+1357
27492760 or superintendent of the school district in which the referendum petition is circulated.
2750-1353
2761+1358
27512762 (21)(a) "Local law" includes:
2752-1354
2763+1359
27532764 (i) an ordinance;
2754-1355
2765+1360
27552766 (ii) a resolution;
2756-- 40 - 02-24 12:42 2nd Sub. (Gray) H.B. 408
2757-1356
2767+1361
27582768 (iii) a land use law;
2759-1357
2769+1362
27602770 (iv) a land use regulation, as defined in Section 10-9a-103; [or]
2761-1358
2771+1363
27622772 (v) any legislative action of a local school board, other than a legislative action
2763-1359
2773+1364
27642774 described in Subsection (21)(b)(ii); or
2765-1360
2775+1365
27662776 [(v)] (vi) other legislative action of a local legislative body.
2767-1361
2777+1366
27682778 (b) "Local law" does not include:
2769-1362
2779+1367
27702780 (i) a land use decision, as defined in Section 10-9a-103[.] ; or
2771-1363
2781+1368
27722782 (ii) a local school tax law.
2773-1364
2783+1369
27742784 (22)(a) "Local legislative body" means the legislative body of a county, city, or town.
2775-1365
2785+1370
27762786 (b) "Local legislative body" does not include the local school board of a school district.
2777-1366
2787+1371
27782788 (23) "Local obligation law" means a local law passed by the local legislative body
2779-1367
2789+1372
27802790 regarding a bond that was approved by a majority of qualified voters in an election.
2781-1368
2791+1373
27822792 (24) "Local school board" means a board elected under Chapter 14, Part 2, Election of
2783-1369
2793+1374
27842794 Members of Local Boards of Education.
2785-1370
2795+1375
27862796 [(24)] (25)(a) "Local tax law" means a law, passed by a [political subdivision] county,
2787-1371
2797+1376
27882798 city, or town with an annual or biannual calendar fiscal year, that increases a tax or
2789-1372
2799+1377
27902800 imposes a new tax.
2791-1373
2801+1378
27922802 (b) "Local tax law" does not include a local school tax law.
2793-1374
2803+1379
27942804 (26)(a) "Local school tax law" means a legislative action of a local school board that:
2795-1375
2805+1380
27962806 (i) increases a tax rate or imposes a new tax rate; or
2797-1376
2807+1381
27982808 (ii) otherwise imposes a payment obligation on property.
2799-1377
2809+1382
28002810 (b) "Local school tax law" includes:
2801-1378
2811+1383
28022812 (i) a board local levy under Section 53F-8-302;
2803-1379
2813+1384
28042814 (ii) a capital local levy under Section 53F-8-303;
2805-1380
2815+1385
28062816 (iii) a judgment levy imposed by a local school board under Section 59-2-1330; or
2807-1381
2817+1386
28082818 (iv) any other tax or levy that is within a local school board's discretion to impose.
2809-1382
2819+1387
28102820 (c) "Local school tax law" does not include a legislative action of a local school board
2811-1383
2821+1388
28122822 that increases a tax rate or imposes a new tax rate, if the increased tax rate or new tax
2813-1384
2823+- 41 - 1st Sub. (Buff) H.B. 408 02-20 12:13
2824+1389
28142825 rate:
2815-1385
2826+1390
28162827 (i) relates to a voted local levy under Section 53F-8-301, or to the issuance of a bond
2817-1386
2828+1391
28182829 that was approved by a majority of the qualified voters within a school district; or
2819-1387
2830+1392
28202831 (ii) is required to be imposed by state law or rule, or is otherwise not within a local
2821-1388
2832+1393
28222833 school board's discretion to impose.
2823-1389
2834+1394
28242835 [(25)] (27) "Manual initiative process" means the process for gathering signatures for an
2825-- 41 - 2nd Sub. (Gray) H.B. 408 02-24 12:42
2826-1390
2836+1395
28272837 initiative using paper signature packets that a signer physically signs.
2828-1391
2838+1396
28292839 [(26)] (28) "Manual referendum process" means the process for gathering signatures for a
2830-1392
2840+1397
28312841 referendum using paper signature packets that a signer physically signs.
2832-1393
2842+1398
28332843 [(27)] (29)(a) "Measure" means a proposed constitutional amendment, an initiative, or
2834-1394
2844+1399
28352845 referendum.
2836-1395
2846+1400
28372847 (b) "Measure" does not include a ballot proposition for the creation of a new school
2838-1396
2848+1401
28392849 district under Section 53G-3-301.1, 53G-3-301.3, or 53G-3-301.4.
2840-1397
2850+1402
28412851 [(28)] (30) "Presiding officers" means the president of the Senate and the speaker of the
2842-1398
2852+1403
28432853 House of Representatives.
2844-1399
2854+1404
28452855 [(29)] (31) "Referendum" means a process by which a law passed by the [Legislature or by a
2846-1400
2856+1405
28472857 local legislative body] Legislature, a local legislative body, or a local school board is
2848-1401
2858+1406
28492859 submitted or referred to the voters for their approval or rejection.
2850-1402
2860+1407
28512861 [(30)] (32) "Referendum application" means:
2852-1403
2862+1408
28532863 (a) for a statewide referendum, an application described in Subsection 20A-7-302(2) that
2854-1404
2864+1409
28552865 includes all the information, statements, documents, and notarized signatures
2856-1405
2866+1410
28572867 required under Subsection 20A-7-302(2); or
2858-1406
2868+1411
28592869 (b) for a local referendum, an application described in Subsection 20A-7-602(2) that
2860-1407
2870+1412
28612871 includes all the information, statements, documents, and notarized signatures
2862-1408
2872+1413
28632873 required under Subsection 20A-7-602(2).
2864-1409
2874+1414
28652875 [(31)] (33) "Referendum packet" means a copy of the referendum petition, a copy of the law
2866-1410
2876+1415
28672877 being submitted or referred to the voters for their approval or rejection, and the signature
2868-1411
2878+1416
28692879 sheets, all of which have been bound together as a unit.
2870-1412
2880+1417
28712881 [(32)] (34) "Referendum petition" means:
2872-1413
2882+1418
28732883 (a) as it relates to a statewide referendum, using the manual referendum process, the
2874-1414
2884+1419
28752885 form described in Subsection 20A-7-303(2)(a), petitioning for submission of a law
2876-1415
2886+1420
28772887 passed by the Legislature to legal voters for their approval or rejection;
2878-1416
2888+1421
28792889 (b) as it relates to a statewide referendum, using the electronic referendum process, the
2880-1417
2890+1422
28812891 form described in Subsection 20A-7-313(2), petitioning for submission of a law
2882-1418
2892+- 42 - 02-20 12:13 1st Sub. (Buff) H.B. 408
2893+1423
28832894 passed by the Legislature to legal voters for their approval or rejection;
2884-1419
2895+1424
28852896 (c) as it relates to a local referendum, using the manual referendum process, the form
2886-1420
2897+1425
28872898 described in Subsection 20A-7-603(2)(a), petitioning for submission of a local law or
2888-1421
2899+1426
28892900 a local school tax law to legal voters for their approval or rejection; or
2890-1422
2901+1427
28912902 (d) as it relates to a local referendum, using the electronic referendum process, the form
2892-1423
2903+1428
28932904 described in Subsection 20A-7-614(2), petitioning for submission of a local law or a
2894-- 42 - 02-24 12:42 2nd Sub. (Gray) H.B. 408
2895-1424
2905+1429
28962906 local school tax law to legal voters for their approval or rejection.
2897-1425
2907+1430
28982908 [(33)] (35) "Signature":
2899-1426
2909+1431
29002910 (a) for a statewide initiative:
2901-1427
2911+1432
29022912 (i) as it relates to the electronic initiative process, means an electronic signature
2903-1428
2913+1433
29042914 collected under Section 20A-7-215 and Subsection 20A-21-201(6)(c); or
2905-1429
2915+1434
29062916 (ii) as it relates to the manual initiative process:
2907-1430
2917+1435
29082918 (A) means a holographic signature collected physically on a signature sheet
2909-1431
2919+1436
29102920 described in Section 20A-7-203;
2911-1432
2921+1437
29122922 (B) as it relates to an individual who, due to a qualifying disability under the
2913-1433
2923+1438
29142924 Americans with Disabilities Act, is unable to fill out the signature sheet or to
2915-1434
2925+1439
29162926 sign the voter's name consistently, the initials "AV," indicating that the voter's
2917-1435
2927+1440
29182928 identity will be verified by an alternate verification process described in
2919-1436
2929+1441
29202930 Section 20A-7-106; and
2921-1437
2931+1442
29222932 (C) does not include an electronic signature;
2923-1438
2933+1443
29242934 (b) for a statewide referendum:
2925-1439
2935+1444
29262936 (i) as it relates to the electronic referendum process, means an electronic signature
2927-1440
2937+1445
29282938 collected under Section 20A-7-313 and Subsection 20A-21-201(6)(c); or
2929-1441
2939+1446
29302940 (ii) as it relates to the manual referendum process:
2931-1442
2941+1447
29322942 (A) means a holographic signature collected physically on a signature sheet
2933-1443
2943+1448
29342944 described in Section 20A-7-303;
2935-1444
2945+1449
29362946 (B) as it relates to an individual who, due to a qualifying disability under the
2937-1445
2947+1450
29382948 Americans with Disabilities Act, is unable to fill out the signature sheet or to
2939-1446
2949+1451
29402950 sign the voter's name consistently, the initials "AV," indicating that the voter's
2941-1447
2951+1452
29422952 identity will be verified by an alternate verification process described in
2943-1448
2953+1453
29442954 Section 20A-7-106; and
2945-1449
2955+1454
29462956 (C) does not include an electronic signature;
2947-1450
2957+1455
29482958 (c) for a local initiative:
2949-1451
2959+1456
29502960 (i) as it relates to the electronic initiative process, means an electronic signature
2951-1452
2961+- 43 - 1st Sub. (Buff) H.B. 408 02-20 12:13
2962+1457
29522963 collected under Section 20A-7-514 and Subsection 20A-21-201(6)(c); or
2953-1453
2964+1458
29542965 (ii) as it relates to the manual initiative process:
2955-1454
2966+1459
29562967 (A) means a holographic signature collected physically on a signature sheet
2957-1455
2968+1460
29582969 described in Section 20A-7-503;
2959-1456
2970+1461
29602971 (B) as it relates to an individual who, due to a qualifying disability under the
2961-1457
2972+1462
29622973 Americans with Disabilities Act, is unable to fill out the signature sheet or to
2963-- 43 - 2nd Sub. (Gray) H.B. 408 02-24 12:42
2964-1458
2974+1463
29652975 sign the voter's name consistently, the initials "AV," indicating that the voter's
2966-1459
2976+1464
29672977 identity will be verified by an alternate verification process described in
2968-1460
2978+1465
29692979 Section 20A-7-106; and
2970-1461
2980+1466
29712981 (C) does not include an electronic signature; or
2972-1462
2982+1467
29732983 (d) for a local referendum:
2974-1463
2984+1468
29752985 (i) as it relates to the electronic referendum process, means an electronic signature
2976-1464
2986+1469
29772987 collected under Section 20A-7-614 and Subsection 20A-21-201(6)(c); or
2978-1465
2988+1470
29792989 (ii) as it relates to the manual referendum process:
2980-1466
2990+1471
29812991 (A) means a holographic signature collected physically on a signature sheet
2982-1467
2992+1472
29832993 described in Section 20A-7-603;
2984-1468
2994+1473
29852995 (B) as it relates to an individual who, due to a qualifying disability under the
2986-1469
2996+1474
29872997 Americans with Disabilities Act, is unable to fill out the signature sheet or to
2988-1470
2998+1475
29892999 sign the voter's name consistently, the initials "AV," indicating that the voter's
2990-1471
3000+1476
29913001 identity will be verified by an alternate verification process described in
2992-1472
3002+1477
29933003 Section 20A-7-106; and
2994-1473
3004+1478
29953005 (C) does not include an electronic signature.
2996-1474
3006+1479
29973007 [(34)] (36) "Signature sheets" means sheets in the form required by this chapter that are used
2998-1475
3008+1480
29993009 under the manual initiative process or the manual referendum process to collect
3000-1476
3010+1481
30013011 signatures in support of an initiative or referendum.
3002-1477
3012+1482
30033013 [(35)] (37) "Special local ballot proposition" means a local ballot proposition that is not a
3004-1478
3014+1483
30053015 standard local ballot proposition.
3006-1479
3016+1484
30073017 [(36)] (38) "Sponsors" means the legal voters who support the initiative or referendum and
3008-1480
3018+1485
30093019 who sign the initiative application or referendum application.
3010-1481
3020+1486
30113021 [(37)] (39)(a) "Standard local ballot proposition" means a local ballot proposition for an
3012-1482
3022+1487
30133023 initiative or a referendum.
3014-1483
3024+1488
30153025 (b) "Standard local ballot proposition" does not include a property tax referendum
3016-1484
3026+1489
30173027 described in Section 20A-7-613.
3018-1485
3028+1490
30193029 [(38)] (40) "Tax percentage difference" means the difference between the tax rate proposed
3020-1486
3030+- 44 - 02-20 12:13 1st Sub. (Buff) H.B. 408
3031+1491
30213032 by an initiative or an initiative petition and the current tax rate.
3022-1487
3033+1492
30233034 [(39)] (41) "Tax percentage increase" means a number calculated by dividing the tax
3024-1488
3035+1493
30253036 percentage difference by the current tax rate and rounding the result to the nearest
3026-1489
3037+1494
30273038 thousandth.
3028-1490
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30293040 [(40)] (42) "Verified" means acknowledged by the person circulating the petition as required
3030-1491
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30313042 in Section 20A-7-105.
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3033-1492
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30343044 Section 7. Section 20A-7-102 is amended to read:
3035-1493
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30363046 20A-7-102 . Initiatives and referenda authorized -- Restrictions.
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30383048 By following the procedures and requirements of this chapter, Utah voters may, subject
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3049+1500
30403050 to the restrictions of Utah Constitution, Article VI, [Sec. 1, Utah Constitution] Section 1, and
3041-1496
3051+1501
30423052 this chapter:
3043-1497
3053+1502
30443054 (1) initiate any desired legislation and cause it to be submitted to:
3045-1498
3055+1503
30463056 (a) the Legislature or to a vote of the people for approval or rejection if it is a proposed
3047-1499
3057+1504
30483058 state law; or
3049-1500
3059+1505
30503060 (b) a local legislative body or to a vote of the people if it is a local law;
3051-1501
3061+1506
30523062 (2) require any law passed by the Legislature, except those laws passed by a two-thirds vote
3053-1502
3063+1507
30543064 of the members elected to each house of the Legislature, to be referred to the voters for
3055-1503
3065+1508
30563066 their approval or rejection before the law takes effect; [and]
3057-1504
3067+1509
30583068 (3) require any [law or ordinance] local law passed by a local legislative body to be referred
3059-1505
3069+1510
30603070 to the voters for their approval or rejection before the law takes effect[.] ; or
3061-1506
3071+1511
30623072 (4) require any local law or local school tax law passed by a local school board to be
3063-1507
3073+1512
30643074 referred to the voters for their approval or rejection before the local law or local school
3065-1508
3075+1513
30663076 tax law takes effect, unless the local school board is comprised of:
3067-1509
3077+1514
30683078 (a) five members and four members or more voted in favor of the local law or local
3069-1510
3079+1515
30703080 school tax law;
3071-1511
3081+1516
30723082 (b) seven members and five members or more voted in favor of the local law or local
3073-1512
3083+1517
30743084 school tax law; or
3075-1513
3085+1518
30763086 (c) nine members and seven members or more voted in favor of the local law or local
3077-1514
3087+1519
30783088 school tax law.
3079-1515
3089+1520
30803090 Section 8. Section 20A-7-401.3 is amended to read:
3081-1516
3091+1521
30823092 20A-7-401.3 . Voter participation areas.
3083-1517
3093+1522
30843094 (1)(a) Except as provided in Subsection (2):
3085-1518
3095+1523
30863096 (i) a city of the first or second class or a county of the first or second class shall, no
3087-1519
3097+1524
30883098 later than January 1, 2020, again on January 1, 2022, and January 1 each 10 years
3089-1520
3099+- 45 - 1st Sub. (Buff) H.B. 408 02-20 12:13
3100+1525
30903101 after 2022, divide the city or county into eight contiguous and compact voter
3091-1521
3102+1526
30923103 participation areas of substantially equal population; and
3093-1522
3104+1527
30943105 (ii) a city of the third or fourth class or a county of the third or fourth class shall, no
3095-1523
3106+1528
30963107 later than January 1, 2020, again on January 1, 2022, and January 1 each 10 years
3097-1524
3108+1529
30983109 after 2022, divide the city or county into four contiguous and compact voter
3099-1525
3110+1530
31003111 participation areas of substantially equal population.
3101-- 45 - 2nd Sub. (Gray) H.B. 408 02-24 12:42
3102-1526
3112+1531
31033113 (b) A city or county shall use the voter participation areas described in Subsection (1)(a)
3104-1527
3114+1532
31053115 or (2)(b) for the purpose described in Sections 20A-7-501 and 20A-7-601.
3106-1528
3116+1533
31073117 (2)(a) This section does not apply to a county of the fifth or sixth class, a city of the fifth
3108-1529
3118+1534
31093119 class, [or a town] a town, or a school district.
3110-1530
3120+1535
31113121 (b) A city or county that has established council districts that are not at-large districts
3112-1531
3122+1536
31133123 may, regardless of the number of council districts that are not at-large districts, use
3114-1532
3124+1537
31153125 the council districts as voter participation areas under this section.
3116-1533
3126+1538
31173127 Section 9. Section 20A-7-401.5 is amended to read:
3118-1534
3128+1539
31193129 20A-7-401.5 . Proposition information pamphlet.
3120-1535
3130+1540
31213131 (1)(a)(i) Within 15 days after the day on which an eligible voter files an application
3122-1536
3132+1541
31233133 to circulate an initiative petition under Section 20A-7-502 or an application to
3124-1537
3134+1542
31253135 circulate a referendum petition under Section 20A-7-602:
3126-1538
3136+1543
31273137 (A) the sponsors of the proposed initiative or referendum may submit a written
3128-1539
3138+1544
31293139 argument in favor of the proposed initiative or referendum to the election
3130-1540
3140+1545
31313141 officer of the [county or municipality] county, municipality, or school district to
3132-1541
3142+1546
31333143 which the petition relates; and
3134-1542
3144+1547
31353145 (B) the [county or municipality] county, municipality, or school district to which
3136-1543
3146+1548
31373147 the application relates may submit a written argument in favor of, or against,
3138-1544
3148+1549
31393149 the proposed initiative or referendum to the [county's or municipality's]
3140-1545
3150+1550
31413151 county's, municipality's, or school district's election officer.
3142-1546
3152+1551
31433153 (ii) If a [county or municipality] county, municipality, or school district submits more
3144-1547
3154+1552
31453155 than one written argument under Subsection (1)(a)(i)(B), the election officer shall
3146-1548
3156+1553
31473157 select one of the written arguments, giving preference to a written argument
3148-1549
3158+1554
31493159 submitted by a member of a local legislative body or a local school board, as
3150-1550
3160+1555
31513161 applicable, if a majority of the local legislative body or the local school board
3152-1551
3162+1556
31533163 supports the written argument.
3154-1552
3164+1557
31553165 (b) Within one business day after the day on which an election officer receives an
3156-1553
3166+1558
31573167 argument under Subsection (1)(a)(i)(A), the election officer shall provide a copy of
3158-1554
3168+- 46 - 02-20 12:13 1st Sub. (Buff) H.B. 408
3169+1559
31593170 the argument to the [county or municipality] county, municipality, or school district
3160-1555
3171+1560
31613172 described in Subsection (1)(a)(i)(B) or (1)(a)(ii), as applicable.
3162-1556
3173+1561
31633174 (c) Within one business day after the date on which an election officer receives an
3164-1557
3175+1562
31653176 argument under Subsection (1)(a)(i)(B), the election officer shall provide a copy of
3166-1558
3177+1563
31673178 the argument to the first three sponsors of the proposed initiative or referendum
3168-1559
3179+1564
31693180 described in Subsection (1)(a)(i)(A).
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3171-1560
3181+1565
31723182 (d) The sponsors of the proposed initiative or referendum may submit a revised version
3173-1561
3183+1566
31743184 of the written argument described in Subsection (1)(a)(i)(A) to the election officer of
3175-1562
3185+1567
31763186 the [county or municipality] county, municipality, or school district to which the
3177-1563
3187+1568
31783188 petition relates within 20 days after the day on which the eligible voter files an
3179-1564
3189+1569
31803190 application to circulate an initiative petition under Section 20A-7-502 or an
3181-1565
3191+1570
31823192 application to circulate a referendum petition under Section 20A-7-602.
3183-1566
3193+1571
31843194 (e) The author of a written argument described in Subsection (1)(a)(i)(B) submitted by a [
3185-1567
3195+1572
31863196 county or municipality] county, municipality, or school district may submit a revised
3187-1568
3197+1573
31883198 version of the written argument to the [county's or municipality's] county's,
3189-1569
3199+1574
31903200 municipality's, or school district's election officer within 20 days after the day on
3191-1570
3201+1575
31923202 which the eligible voter files an application to circulate an initiative petition under
3193-1571
3203+1576
31943204 Section 20A-7-502 or an application to circulate a referendum petition under Section
3195-1572
3205+1577
31963206 20A-7-602.
3197-1573
3207+1578
31983208 (2)(a) A written argument described in Subsection (1) may not exceed 500 words.
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3209+1579
32003210 (b) Except as provided in Subsection (2)(c), a person may not modify a written argument
3201-1575
3211+1580
32023212 described in Subsection (1)(d) or (e) after the written argument is submitted to the
3203-1576
3213+1581
32043214 election officer.
3205-1577
3215+1582
32063216 (c) The election officer and the person that submits the written argument described in
3207-1578
3217+1583
32083218 Subsection (1)(d) or (e) may jointly agree to modify the written argument to:
3209-1579
3219+1584
32103220 (i) correct factual, grammatical, or spelling errors; or
3211-1580
3221+1585
32123222 (ii) reduce the number of words to come into compliance with Subsection (2)(a).
3213-1581
3223+1586
32143224 (d) An election officer shall refuse to include a written argument in the proposition
3215-1582
3225+1587
32163226 information pamphlet described in this section if the person who submits the
3217-1583
3227+1588
32183228 argument:
3219-1584
3229+1589
32203230 (i) fails to negotiate, in good faith, to modify the argument in accordance with
3221-1585
3231+1590
32223232 Subsection (2)(c); or
3223-1586
3233+1591
32243234 (ii) does not timely submit the written argument to the election officer.
3225-1587
3235+1592
32263236 (e) An election officer shall make a good faith effort to negotiate a modification
3227-1588
3237+- 47 - 1st Sub. (Buff) H.B. 408 02-20 12:13
3238+1593
32283239 described in Subsection (2)(c) in an expedited manner.
3229-1589
3240+1594
32303241 (3) An election officer who receives a written argument described in Subsection (1) shall
3231-1590
3242+1595
32323243 prepare a proposition information pamphlet for publication that includes:
3233-1591
3244+1596
32343245 (a) a copy of the application for the proposed initiative or referendum;
3235-1592
3246+1597
32363247 (b) except as provided in Subsection (2)(d), immediately after the copy described in
3237-1593
3248+1598
32383249 Subsection (3)(a), the argument prepared by the sponsors of the proposed initiative or
3239-- 47 - 2nd Sub. (Gray) H.B. 408 02-24 12:42
3240-1594
3250+1599
32413251 referendum, if any;
3242-1595
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32433253 (c) except as provided in Subsection (2)(d), immediately after the argument described in
3244-1596
3254+1601
32453255 Subsection (3)(b), the argument prepared by the county or municipality, if any; and
3246-1597
3256+1602
32473257 (d) a copy of the initial fiscal impact statement and legal impact statement described in
3248-1598
3258+1603
32493259 Section 20A-7-502.5 or 20A-7-602.5.
3250-1599
3260+1604
32513261 (4)(a) A proposition information pamphlet is a draft for purposes of Title 63G, Chapter
3252-1600
3262+1605
32533263 2, Government Records Access and Management Act, until the earlier of when the
3254-1601
3264+1606
32553265 election officer:
3256-1602
3266+1607
32573267 (i) complies with Subsection (4)(b); or
3258-1603
3268+1608
32593269 (ii) publishes the proposition information pamphlet under Subsection (5) or (6).
3260-1604
3270+1609
32613271 (b) Within 21 days after the day on which the eligible voter files an application to
3262-1605
3272+1610
32633273 circulate an initiative petition under Section 20A-7-502, or an application to circulate
3264-1606
3274+1611
32653275 a referendum petition under Section 20A-7-602, the election officer shall provide a
3266-1607
3276+1612
32673277 copy of the proposition information pamphlet to the sponsors of the initiative or
3268-1608
3278+1613
32693279 referendum and each individual who submitted an argument included in the
3270-1609
3280+1614
32713281 proposition information pamphlet.
3272-1610
3282+1615
32733283 (5) An election officer for a municipality shall publish the proposition information
3274-1611
3284+1616
32753285 pamphlet as follows:
3276-1612
3286+1617
32773287 (a) within the later of 10 days after the day on which the municipality or a court
3278-1613
3288+1618
32793289 determines that the proposed initiative or referendum is legally referable to voters, or,
3280-1614
3290+1619
32813291 if the election officer modifies an argument under Subsection (2)(c), three days after
3282-1615
3292+1620
32833293 the day on which the election officer and the person that submitted the argument
3284-1616
3294+1621
32853295 agree on the modification:
3286-1617
3296+1622
32873297 (i) by sending the proposition information pamphlet electronically to each individual
3288-1618
3298+1623
32893299 in the municipality for whom the municipality has an email address, unless the
3290-1619
3300+1624
32913301 individual has indicated that the municipality is prohibited from using the
3292-1620
3302+1625
32933303 individual's email address for that purpose; and
3294-1621
3304+1626
32953305 (ii) by posting the proposition information pamphlet on the Utah Public Notice
3296-1622
3306+- 48 - 02-20 12:13 1st Sub. (Buff) H.B. 408
3307+1627
32973308 Website, created in Section 63A-16-601, and the home page of the municipality's
3298-1623
3309+1628
32993310 website, if the municipality has a website, until:
3300-1624
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33013312 (A) if the sponsors of the proposed initiative or referendum or an agent of the
3302-1625
3313+1630
33033314 sponsors do not timely deliver any verified initiative packets or any verified
3304-1626
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33053316 referendum packets under Section 20A-7-105, the day after the date of the
3306-1627
3317+1632
33073318 deadline for delivery of the verified initiative packets or verified referendum
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3309-1628
3319+1633
33103320 packets;
3311-1629
3321+1634
33123322 (B) the local clerk determines, under Section 20A-7-507 or 20A-7-607, that the
3313-1630
3323+1635
33143324 number of signatures necessary to qualify the proposed initiative or referendum
3315-1631
3325+1636
33163326 for placement on the ballot is insufficient and the determination is not timely
3317-1632
3327+1637
33183328 appealed or is upheld after appeal; or
3319-1633
3329+1638
33203330 (C) the day after the date of the election at which the proposed initiative or
3321-1634
3331+1639
33223332 referendum appears on the ballot; and
3323-1635
3333+1640
33243334 (b) if the municipality regularly mails a newsletter, utility bill, or other material to the
3325-1636
3335+1641
33263336 municipality's residents, including an Internet address, where a resident may view the
3327-1637
3337+1642
33283338 proposition information pamphlet, in the next mailing, for which the municipality has
3329-1638
3339+1643
33303340 not begun preparation, that falls on or after the later of:
3331-1639
3341+1644
33323342 (i) 10 days after the day on which the municipality or a court determines that the
3333-1640
3343+1645
33343344 proposed initiative or referendum is legally referable to voters; or
3335-1641
3345+1646
33363346 (ii) if the election officer modifies an argument under Subsection (2)(c), three days
3337-1642
3347+1647
33383348 after the day on which the election officer and the person that submitted the
3339-1643
3349+1648
33403350 argument agree on the modification.
3341-1644
3351+1649
33423352 (6) An election officer for a county shall, within the later of 10 days after the day on which
3343-1645
3353+1650
33443354 the county or a court determines that the proposed initiative or referendum is legally
3345-1646
3355+1651
33463356 referable to voters, or, if the election officer modifies an argument under Subsection
3347-1647
3357+1652
33483358 (2)(c), three days after the day on which the election officer and the person that
3349-1648
3359+1653
33503360 submitted the argument agree on the modification, publish the proposition information
3351-1649
3361+1654
33523362 pamphlet as follows:
3353-1650
3363+1655
33543364 (a) by sending the proposition information pamphlet electronically to each individual in
3355-1651
3365+1656
33563366 the county for whom the county has an email address obtained via voter registration;
3357-1652
3367+1657
33583368 and
3359-1653
3369+1658
33603370 (b) by posting the proposition information pamphlet on the Utah Public Notice Website,
3361-1654
3371+1659
33623372 created in Section 63A-16-601, and the home page of the county's website, until:
3363-1655
3373+1660
33643374 (i) if the sponsors of the proposed initiative or referendum or an agent of the sponsors
3365-1656
3375+- 49 - 1st Sub. (Buff) H.B. 408 02-20 12:13
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33663377 do not timely deliver any verified initiative packets or any verified referendum
3367-1657
3378+1662
33683379 packets under Section 20A-7-105, the day after the date of the deadline for
3369-1658
3380+1663
33703381 delivery of the verified initiative packets or verified referendum packets;
3371-1659
3382+1664
33723383 (ii) the local clerk determines, under Section 20A-7-507 or 20A-7-607, that the
3373-1660
3384+1665
33743385 number of signatures necessary to qualify the proposed initiative or referendum
3375-1661
3386+1666
33763387 for placement on the ballot is insufficient and the determination is not timely
3377-- 49 - 2nd Sub. (Gray) H.B. 408 02-24 12:42
3378-1662
3388+1667
33793389 appealed or is upheld after appeal; or
3380-1663
3390+1668
33813391 (iii) the day after the date of the election at which the proposed initiative or
3382-1664
3392+1669
33833393 referendum appears on the ballot.
3384-1665
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33853395 (7) An election officer for a school district shall, within the later of 10 calendar days after
3386-1666
3396+1671
33873397 the day on which the school district or a court determines that the proposed referendum
3388-1667
3398+1672
33893399 is legally referable to voters, or, if the election officer modifies an argument under
3390-1668
3400+1673
33913401 Subsection (2)(c), three calendar days after the day on which the election officer and the
3392-1669
3402+1674
33933403 person that submitted the argument agree on the modification, publish the proposition
3394-1670
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33953405 information pamphlet as follows:
3396-1671
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33973407 (a) by sending the proposition information pamphlet electronically to each individual in
3398-1672
3408+1677
33993409 the school district for whom the school district has an email address, unless the
3400-1673
3410+1678
34013411 individual has indicated that the school district is prohibited from using the
3402-1674
3412+1679
34033413 individual's email address for that purpose;
3404-1675
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34053415 (b) by posting the proposition information pamphlet on the Utah Public Notice Website,
3406-1676
3416+1681
34073417 created in Section 63A-16-601, and the home page of the school district's website, if
3408-1677
3418+1682
34093419 the school district has a website, until:
3410-1678
3420+1683
34113421 (i) if the sponsors of the proposed referendum or an agent of the sponsors do not
3412-1679
3422+1684
34133423 timely deliver any verified referendum packets under Section 20A-7-105, the day
3414-1680
3424+1685
34153425 after the date of the deadline for delivery of the verified referendum packets;
3416-1681
3426+1686
34173427 (ii) the local clerk determines, under Section 20A-7-607, that the number of
3418-1682
3428+1687
34193429 signatures necessary to qualify the proposed referendum for placement on the
3420-1683
3430+1688
34213431 ballot is insufficient and the determination is not timely appealed or is upheld after
3422-1684
3432+1689
34233433 appeal; or
3424-1685
3434+1690
34253435 (iii) the day after the date of the election at which the proposed referendum appears
3426-1686
3436+1691
34273437 on the ballot; and
3428-1687
3438+1692
34293439 (c) if the school district regularly mails a newsletter or other material to the school
3430-1688
3440+1693
34313441 district's residents, including an Internet address, where a resident may view the
3432-1689
3442+1694
34333443 proposition information pamphlet, in the next mailing, for which the school district
3434-1690
3444+- 50 - 02-20 12:13 1st Sub. (Buff) H.B. 408
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34353446 has not begun preparation, that falls on or after the later of:
3436-1691
3447+1696
34373448 (i) 10 calendar days after the day on which the school district or a court determines
3438-1692
3449+1697
34393450 that the proposed referendum is legally referable to voters; or
3440-1693
3451+1698
34413452 (ii) if the election officer modifies an argument under Subsection (2)(c), three
3442-1694
3453+1699
34433454 calendar days after the day on which the election officer and the person that
3444-1695
3455+1700
34453456 submitted the argument agree on the modification.
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3447-1696
3457+1701
34483458 Section 10. Section 20A-7-402 is amended to read:
3449-1697
3459+1702
34503460 20A-7-402 . Local voter information pamphlet -- Notice -- Contents --
3451-1698
3461+1703
34523462 Limitations -- Preparation -- Statement on front cover.
3453-1699
3463+1704
34543464 (1)(a) The [county or municipality] county, municipality, or school district that is subject
3455-1700
3465+1705
34563466 to a ballot proposition shall prepare a local voter information pamphlet that complies
3457-1701
3467+1706
34583468 with the requirements of this part.
3459-1702
3469+1707
34603470 (b) Each county or municipality that contains all or part of a proposed new school
3461-1703
3471+1708
34623472 district or a reorganized new school district that will appear on a regular general
3463-1704
3473+1709
34643474 election ballot under Section 53G-3-301.1, 53G-3-301.3, or 53G-3-301.4 shall
3465-1705
3475+1710
34663476 prepare a local voter information pamphlet that complies with the requirements of
3467-1706
3477+1711
34683478 this part.
3469-1707
3479+1712
34703480 (2)(a) [Within the time requirements described in Subsection (2)(c)(i), a municipality
3471-1708
3481+1713
34723482 described in Subsection (1) shall provide a notice that complies with the requirements
3473-1709
3483+1714
34743484 of Subsection (2)(c)(ii) to the municipality's residents by publishing the notice for the
3475-1710
3485+1715
34763486 municipality, as a class A notice under Section 63G-30-102, for the time period set
3477-1711
3487+1716
34783488 under Subsection (2)(c)(i)] A county, municipality, or school district described in
3479-1712
3489+1717
34803490 Subsection (1) shall provide a notice that complies with the requirements of
3481-1713
3491+1718
34823492 Subsection (2)(b)(ii) to the county's, municipality's, or school district's residents by
3483-1714
3493+1719
34843494 publishing the notice for the county, municipality, or school district, as a class A
3485-1715
3495+1720
34863496 notice under Section 63G-30-102, for the time period set under Subsection (2)(b)(i).
3487-1716
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34883498 [(b) A county described in Subsection (1) shall publish a notice that complies with the
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34903500 requirements of Subsection (2)(c)(ii) for the county, as a class A notice under Section
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34923502 63G-30-102.]
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34943504 [(c)] (b) [A municipality or county that publishes a notice under Subsection (2)(a) or (b)]
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34963506 A county, municipality, or school district that publishes a notice under Subsection
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34983508 (2)(a) shall:
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35003510 (i) publish the notice:
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35023512 (A) not less than 90 days before the date of the election at which a special local
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3514+1729
35043515 ballot proposition will be voted upon; or
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35063517 (B) if the requirements of Subsection [(2)(c)(i)(A)] (2)(b)(i)(A) cannot be met, as
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3518+1731
35083519 soon as practicable after the special local ballot proposition is approved to be
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35103521 voted upon in an election; and
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35123523 (ii) ensure that the notice contains:
3513-1729
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35143525 (A) the ballot title for the special local ballot proposition;
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35173527 (B) instructions on how to file a request under Subsection [(2)(d)] (2)(c); and
3518-1731
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35193529 (C) the deadline described in Subsection [(2)(d)] (2)(c).
3520-1732
3530+1737
35213531 [(d)] (c) Except as provided in Subsection (13), to prepare a written argument for or
3522-1733
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35233533 against a special local ballot proposition, an eligible voter shall file a request with the
3524-1734
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35253535 election officer before 5 p.m. no later than 64 days before the day of the election at
3526-1735
3536+1740
35273537 which the special local ballot proposition is to be voted on.
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35293539 [(e)] (d) If more than one eligible voter requests the opportunity to prepare a written
3530-1737
3540+1742
35313541 argument for or against a special local ballot proposition, the election officer shall
3532-1738
3542+1743
35333543 make the final designation in accordance with the following order of priority:
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35353545 (i) sponsors have priority in preparing an argument regarding a special local ballot
3536-1740
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35373547 proposition; and
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35393549 (ii) members of the local legislative body or the local school board have priority over
3540-1742
3550+1747
35413551 others if a majority of the local legislative body or the local school board supports
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35433553 the written argument.
3544-1744
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35453555 [(f)] (e) Except as provided in Subsection (13), the election officer shall grant a request
3546-1745
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35473557 described in Subsection [(2)(d) or (e)] (2)(c) or (d) no later than 60 days before the
3548-1746
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35493559 day of the election at which the ballot proposition is to be voted on.
3550-1747
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35513561 [(g)] (f)(i) A sponsor of a special local ballot proposition may prepare a written
3552-1748
3562+1753
35533563 argument in favor of the special local ballot proposition.
3554-1749
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35553565 (ii) Subject to Subsection [(2)(e)] (2)(d), an eligible voter opposed to the special local
3556-1750
3566+1755
35573567 ballot proposition who submits a request under Subsection [(2)(d)] (2)(c) may
3558-1751
3568+1756
35593569 prepare a written argument against the special local ballot proposition.
3560-1752
3570+1757
35613571 [(h)] (g) An eligible voter who submits a written argument under this section in relation
3562-1753
3572+1758
35633573 to a special local ballot proposition shall:
3564-1754
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35653575 (i) ensure that the written argument does not exceed 500 words in length, not
3566-1755
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35673577 counting the information described in Subsection [(2)(h)(ii)] (2)(g)(ii) or (iv);
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35693579 (ii) list, at the end of the argument, at least one, but no more than five, names as
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35713581 sponsors;
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35733584 (iii) except as provided in Subsection (13), submit the written argument to the
3574-1759
3585+1764
35753586 election officer before 5 p.m. no later than 55 days before the election day on
3576-1760
3587+1765
35773588 which the ballot proposition will be submitted to the voters;
3578-1761
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35793590 (iv) list in the argument, immediately after the eligible voter's name, the eligible
3580-1762
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35813592 voter's residential address; and
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35833594 (v) submit with the written argument the eligible voter's name, residential address,
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3585-1764
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35863596 postal address, email address if available, and phone number.
3587-1765
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35883598 [(i)] (h) An election officer shall refuse to accept and publish an argument submitted
3589-1766
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35903600 after the deadline described in Subsection [(2)(h)(iii)] (2)(g)(iii).
3591-1767
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35923602 (3)(a) An election officer who timely receives the written arguments in favor of and
3593-1768
3603+1773
35943604 against a special local ballot proposition shall, within one business day after the day
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35963606 on which the election office receives both written arguments, send, via mail or email:
3597-1770
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35983608 (i) a copy of the written argument in favor of the special local ballot proposition to
3599-1771
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36003610 the eligible voter who submitted the written argument against the special local
3601-1772
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36023612 ballot proposition; and
3603-1773
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36043614 (ii) a copy of the written argument against the special local ballot proposition to the
3605-1774
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36063616 eligible voter who submitted the written argument in favor of the special local
3607-1775
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36083618 ballot proposition.
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36103620 (b) The eligible voter who submitted a timely written argument in favor of the special
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3621+1782
36123622 local ballot proposition:
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36143624 (i) may submit to the election officer a written rebuttal argument of the written
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36163626 argument against the special local ballot proposition;
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36183628 (ii) shall ensure that the written rebuttal argument does not exceed 250 words in
3619-1781
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36203630 length, not counting the information described in Subsection [(2)(h)(ii)] (2)(g)(ii)
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36223632 or (iv); and
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36243634 (iii) except as provided in Subsection (13), shall submit the written rebuttal argument
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36263636 before 5 p.m. no later than 45 days before the election day on which the special
3627-1785
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36283638 local ballot proposition will be submitted to the voters.
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36303640 (c) The eligible voter who submitted a timely written argument against the special local
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36323642 ballot proposition:
3633-1788
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36343644 (i) may submit to the election officer a written rebuttal argument of the written
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36363646 argument in favor of the special local ballot proposition;
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36383648 (ii) shall ensure that the written rebuttal argument does not exceed 250 words in
3639-1791
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36403650 length, not counting the information described in Subsection [(2)(h)(ii)] (2)(g)(ii)
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36423653 or (iv); and
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36443655 (iii) except as provided in Subsection (13), shall submit the written rebuttal argument
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36463657 before 5 p.m. no later than 45 days before the election day on which the special
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36483659 local ballot proposition will be submitted to the voters.
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36503661 (d) An election officer shall refuse to accept and publish a written rebuttal argument in
3651-1797
3662+1802
36523663 relation to a special local ballot proposition that is submitted after the deadline
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3654-1798
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36553665 described in Subsection (3)(b)(iii) or (3)(c)(iii).
3656-1799
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36573667 (4)(a) Except as provided in Subsection (4)(b), in relation to a special local ballot
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36593669 proposition:
3660-1801
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36613671 (i) an eligible voter may not modify a written argument or a written rebuttal argument
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36633673 after the eligible voter submits the written argument or written rebuttal argument
3664-1803
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36653675 to the election officer; and
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36673677 (ii) a person other than the eligible voter described in Subsection (4)(a)(i) may not
3668-1805
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36693679 modify a written argument or a written rebuttal argument.
3670-1806
3680+1811
36713681 (b) The election officer, and the eligible voter who submits a written argument or written
3672-1807
3682+1812
36733683 rebuttal argument in relation to a special local ballot proposition, may jointly agree to
3674-1808
3684+1813
36753685 modify a written argument or written rebuttal argument in order to:
3676-1809
3686+1814
36773687 (i) correct factual, grammatical, or spelling errors; and
3678-1810
3688+1815
36793689 (ii) reduce the number of words to come into compliance with the requirements of
3680-1811
3690+1816
36813691 this section.
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36833693 (c) An election officer shall refuse to accept and publish a written argument or written
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36853695 rebuttal argument in relation to a special local ballot proposition if the eligible voter
3686-1814
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36873697 who submits the written argument or written rebuttal argument fails to negotiate, in
3688-1815
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36893699 good faith, to modify the written argument or written rebuttal argument in accordance
3690-1816
3700+1821
36913701 with Subsection (4)(b).
3692-1817
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36933703 (5) In relation to a special local ballot proposition, an election officer may designate another
3694-1818
3704+1823
36953705 eligible voter to take the place of an eligible voter described in this section if the original
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36973707 eligible voter is, due to injury, illness, death, or another circumstance, unable to continue
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3708+1825
36993709 to fulfill the duties of an eligible voter described in this section.
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37013711 (6) Sponsors whose written argument in favor of a standard local ballot proposition is
3702-1822
3712+1827
37033713 included in a proposition information pamphlet under Section 20A-7-401.5:
3704-1823
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37053715 (a) may, if a written argument against the standard local ballot proposition is included in
3706-1824
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37073717 the proposition information pamphlet, submit a written rebuttal argument to the
3708-1825
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37093719 election officer;
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37113722 (b) shall ensure that the written rebuttal argument does not exceed 250 words in length;
3712-1827
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37133724 and
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37153726 (c) shall submit the written rebuttal argument no later than 45 days before the election
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37173728 day on which the standard local ballot proposition will be submitted to the voters.
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37193730 (7)(a) A [county or municipality] county, municipality, or school district that submitted a
3720-1831
3731+1836
37213732 written argument against a standard local ballot proposition that is included in a
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37243734 proposition information pamphlet under Section 20A-7-401.5:
3725-1833
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37263736 (i) may, if a written argument in favor of the standard local ballot proposition is
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37283738 included in the proposition information pamphlet, submit a written rebuttal
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37303740 argument to the election officer;
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37323742 (ii) shall ensure that the written rebuttal argument does not exceed 250 words in
3733-1837
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37343744 length; and
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37363746 (iii) shall submit the written rebuttal argument no later than 45 days before the
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37383748 election day on which the ballot proposition will be submitted to the voters.
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37403750 (b) If a [county or municipality] county, municipality, or school district submits more
3741-1841
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37423752 than one written rebuttal argument under Subsection (7)(a)(i), the election officer
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37443754 shall select one of the written rebuttal arguments, giving preference to a written
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37463756 rebuttal argument submitted by a member of a local legislative body or a local school
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37483758 board.
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37503760 (8)(a) An election officer shall refuse to accept and publish a written rebuttal argument
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37523762 that is submitted after the deadline described in Subsection (6)(c) or (7)(a)(iii).
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37543764 (b) Before an election officer publishes a local voter information pamphlet under this
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37563766 section, a written rebuttal argument is a draft for purposes of Title 63G, Chapter 2,
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37583768 Government Records Access and Management Act.
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37603770 (c) An election officer who receives a written rebuttal argument described in this section
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37623772 may not, before publishing the local voter information pamphlet described in this
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37643774 section, disclose the written rebuttal argument, or any information contained in the
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37663776 written rebuttal argument, to any person who may in any way be involved in
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37683778 preparing an opposing rebuttal argument.
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37703780 (9)(a) Except as provided in Subsection (9)(b), a person may not modify a written
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37723782 rebuttal argument after the written rebuttal argument is submitted to the election
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37743784 officer.
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37763786 (b) The election officer, and the person who submits a written rebuttal argument, may
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37783788 jointly agree to modify a written rebuttal argument in order to:
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37803791 (i) correct factual, grammatical, or spelling errors; or
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37823793 (ii) reduce the number of words to come into compliance with the requirements of
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37843795 this section.
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37863797 (c) An election officer shall refuse to accept and publish a written rebuttal argument if
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37883799 the person who submits the written rebuttal argument:
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37903801 (i) fails to negotiate, in good faith, to modify the written rebuttal argument in
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37933803 accordance with Subsection (9)(b); or
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37953805 (ii) does not timely submit the written rebuttal argument to the election officer.
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37973807 (d) An election officer shall make a good faith effort to negotiate a modification
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37993809 described in Subsection (9)(b) in an expedited manner.
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38013811 (10) An election officer may designate another person to take the place of a person who
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38033813 submits a written rebuttal argument in relation to a standard local ballot proposition if
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38053815 the person is, due to injury, illness, death, or another circumstance, unable to continue to
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38073817 fulfill the person's duties.
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38093819 (11)(a) The local voter information pamphlet shall include a copy of the initial fiscal
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38113821 impact estimate and the legal impact statement prepared for each initiative under
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38133823 Section 20A-7-502.5.
3814-1877 (b) If the initiative proposes a tax increase, the local voter information pamphlet shall include
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3824+1882 (b) If the initiative proposes a tax increase, the local voter information pamphlet shall include
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38163826 the following statement in bold type:
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38183828 "This initiative seeks to increase the current (insert name of tax) rate by (insert the tax
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38203830 percentage difference) percent, resulting in a(n) (insert the tax percentage increase) percent
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38223832 increase in the current tax rate."
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38243834 (12)(a) In preparing the local voter information pamphlet, the election officer shall:
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38263836 (i) ensure that the written arguments are printed on the same sheet of paper upon
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38283838 which the ballot proposition is also printed;
3829-1885 (ii) ensure that the following statement is printed on the front cover or the heading of the first
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3839+1890 (ii) ensure that the following statement is printed on the front cover or the heading of the first
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38313841 page of the printed written arguments:
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38333843 "The arguments for or against a ballot proposition are the opinions of the authors.";
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38353845 (iii) pay for the printing and binding of the local voter information pamphlet; and
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38373847 (iv) not less than 15 days before, but not more than 45 days before, the election at
3838-1890
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38393849 which the ballot proposition will be voted on, distribute, by mail or carrier, to each
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38413851 registered voter entitled to vote on the ballot proposition:
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38433853 (A) a voter information pamphlet; or
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38453855 (B) the notice described in Subsection (12)(c).
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38473858 (b)(i) If the language of the ballot proposition exceeds 500 words in length, the
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38493860 election officer may summarize the ballot proposition in 500 words or less.
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38513862 (ii) The summary shall state where a complete copy of the ballot proposition is
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38533864 available for public review.
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38553866 (c)(i) The election officer may distribute a notice printed on a postage prepaid,
3856-1899
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38573868 preaddressed return form that a person may use to request delivery of a voter
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38603870 information pamphlet by mail.
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38623872 (ii) The notice described in Subsection (12)(c)(i) shall include:
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38643874 (A) the address of the Statewide Electronic Voter Information Website authorized
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38663876 by Section 20A-7-801; and
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38683878 (B) the phone number a voter may call to request delivery of a voter information
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38703880 pamphlet by mail or carrier.
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38723882 (13) For 2024 only, in relation to an election that will appear on the regular general election
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38743884 ballot to create a new school district under Section 53G-3-301.1, 53G-3-301.3, or
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38763886 53G-3-301.4, if the notice described in Subsection (2)(b) is published less than 72 days
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38783888 before the day of the election:
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38803890 (a) the deadline to file a request described in Subsection [(2)(d)] (2)(c) is before 5 p.m.
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38823892 no later than five business days after the notice is published;
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38843894 (b) the deadline to grant a request under Subsection [(2)(f)] (2)(e) is no later than seven
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38863896 business days after the notice is published;
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38883898 (c) the deadline to submit the written argument to the election officer under Subsection [
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38903900 (2)(h)(iii)] (2)(g)(iii) is before 5 p.m. no later than 12 business days after the notice is
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38923902 published; and
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38943904 (d) the deadline to submit the written rebuttal argument under Subsection (3)(b)(iii) or
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38963906 (c)(iii) is no later than 17 business days after the notice is published.
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38983908 Section 11. Section 20A-7-405 is amended to read:
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39003910 20A-7-405 . Public meeting.
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39023912 (1) A [county or municipality] county, municipality, or school district may not discuss a
3903-1922
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39043914 proposed initiative, an initiative, a proposed referendum, or a referendum at a public
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39063916 meeting unless the [county or municipality] county, municipality, or school district
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39083918 complies with the requirements of this section.
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39103920 (2) The legislative body of a [county or municipality] county, municipality, or school district
3911-1926
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39123922 may hold a public meeting to discuss a proposed initiative, an initiative, a proposed
3913-1927
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39143924 referendum, or a referendum if the legislative body:
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39163927 (a) allows equal time, within a reasonable limit, for presentations on both sides of the
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39183929 proposed initiative, initiative, proposed referendum, or referendum;
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39203931 (b) provides interested parties an opportunity to present oral testimony within reasonable
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39223933 time limits; and
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39243935 (c) holds the public meeting:
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39263937 (i) during the legislative body's normal meeting time; or
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39293939 (ii) for a meeting time other than the legislative body's normal meeting time,
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39313941 beginning at or after 6 p.m.
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39333943 (3) This section does not prohibit a working group meeting from being held before 6 p.m.
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39353945 Section 12. Section 20A-7-601 is amended to read:
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39373947 20A-7-601 . Referenda -- General signature requirements -- Signature
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39393949 requirements for land use laws, subjurisdictional laws, and transit area land use laws --
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39413951 Time requirements.
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3952+1946
39433953 (1) As used in this section:
3944-1942
3954+1947
39453955 (a) "Number of active voters" means the number of active voters in the county, city, [or
3946-1943
3956+1948
39473957 town] town, or school district on the immediately preceding January 1.
3948-1944
3958+1949
39493959 (b) "Qualifying county" means a county that has created a small public transit district, as
3950-1945
3960+1950
39513961 defined in Section 17B-2a-802, on or before January 1, 2022.
3952-1946
3962+1951
39533963 (c) "Qualifying transit area" means:
3954-1947
3964+1952
39553965 (i) a station area, as defined in Section 10-9a-403.1, for which the municipality with
3956-1948
3966+1953
39573967 jurisdiction over the station area has satisfied the requirements of Subsection
3958-1949
3968+1954
39593969 10-9a-403.1(2)(a)(i), as demonstrated by the adoption of a station area plan or
3960-1950
3970+1955
39613971 resolution under Subsection 10-9a-403.1(2); or
3962-1951
3972+1956
39633973 (ii) a housing and transit reinvestment zone, as defined in Section 63N-3-602, created
3964-1952
3974+1957
39653975 within a qualifying county.
3966-1953
3976+1958
39673977 (d) "Subjurisdiction" means an area comprised of all precincts and subprecincts in the
3968-1954
3978+1959
39693979 jurisdiction of a county, city, or town that are subject to a subjurisdictional law.
3970-1955
3980+1960
39713981 (e)(i) "Subjurisdictional law" means a local law or local obligation law passed by a
3972-1956
3982+1961
39733983 local legislative body that imposes a tax or other payment obligation on property
3974-1957
3984+1962
39753985 in an area that does not include all precincts and subprecincts under the
3976-1958
3986+1963
39773987 jurisdiction of the county, city, or town.
3978-1959
3988+1964
39793989 (ii) "Subjurisdictional law" does not include a land use law.
3980-1960
3990+1965
39813991 (f) "Transit area land use law" means a land use law that relates to the use of land within
3982-1961
3992+1966
39833993 a qualifying transit area.
3984-1962
3994+- 58 - 02-20 12:13 1st Sub. (Buff) H.B. 408
3995+1967
39853996 (g) "Voter participation area" means an area described in Subsection 20A-7-401.3(1)(a)
3986-1963
3997+1968
39873998 or (2)(b).
3988-1964
3999+1969
39894000 (2) Except as provided in Subsections (3) through (5), an eligible voter seeking to have a
3990-1965
4001+1970
39914002 local law passed by the local legislative body submitted to a vote of the people shall,
3992-1966
4003+1971
39934004 after filing a referendum application, obtain legal signatures equal to:
3994-1967
4005+1972
39954006 (a) for a county of the first class:
3996-- 58 - 02-24 12:42 2nd Sub. (Gray) H.B. 408
3997-1968
4007+1973
39984008 (i) 7.75% of the number of active voters in the county; and
3999-1969
4009+1974
40004010 (ii) [beginning on January 1, 2020, ]7.75% of the number of active voters in at least
4001-1970
4011+1975
40024012 75% of the county's voter participation areas;
4003-1971
4013+1976
40044014 (b) for a city of the first class:
4005-1972
4015+1977
40064016 (i) 7.5% of the number of active voters in the city; and
4007-1973
4017+1978
40084018 (ii) [beginning on January 1, 2020, ]7.5% of the number of active voters in at least
4009-1974
4019+1979
40104020 75% of the city's voter participation areas;
4011-1975
4021+1980
40124022 (c) for a county of the second class:
4013-1976
4023+1981
40144024 (i) 8% of the number of active voters in the county; and
4015-1977
4025+1982
40164026 (ii) [beginning on January 1, 2020, ]8% of the number of active voters in at least 75%
4017-1978
4027+1983
40184028 of the county's voter participation areas;
4019-1979
4029+1984
40204030 (d) for a city of the second class:
4021-1980
4031+1985
40224032 (i) 8.25% of the number of active voters in the city; and
4023-1981
4033+1986
40244034 (ii) [beginning on January 1, 2020, ]8.25% of the number of active voters in at least
4025-1982
4035+1987
40264036 75% of the city's voter participation areas;
4027-1983
4037+1988
40284038 (e) for a county of the third class:
4029-1984
4039+1989
40304040 (i) 9.5% of the number of active voters in the county; and
4031-1985
4041+1990
40324042 (ii) [beginning on January 1, 2020, ]9.5% of the number of active voters in at least
4033-1986
4043+1991
40344044 75% of the county's voter participation areas;
4035-1987
4045+1992
40364046 (f) for a city of the third class:
4037-1988
4047+1993
40384048 (i) 10% of the number of active voters in the city; and
4039-1989
4049+1994
40404050 (ii) [beginning on January 1, 2020, ]10% of the number of active voters in at least
4041-1990
4051+1995
40424052 75% of the city's voter participation areas;
4043-1991
4053+1996
40444054 (g) for a county of the fourth class:
4045-1992
4055+1997
40464056 (i) 11.5% of the number of active voters in the county; and
4047-1993
4057+1998
40484058 (ii) [beginning on January 1, 2020, ]11.5% of the number of active voters in at least
4049-1994
4059+1999
40504060 75% of the county's voter participation areas;
4051-1995
4061+2000
40524062 (h) for a city of the fourth class:
4053-1996
4063+- 59 - 1st Sub. (Buff) H.B. 408 02-20 12:13
4064+2001
40544065 (i) 11.5% of the number of active voters in the city; and
4055-1997
4066+2002
40564067 (ii) [beginning on January 1, 2020, ]11.5% of the number of active voters in at least
4057-1998
4068+2003
40584069 75% of the city's voter participation areas;
4059-1999
4070+2004
40604071 (i) for a city of the fifth class or a county of the fifth class, 25% of the number of active
4061-2000
4072+2005
40624073 voters in the city or county; or
4063-2001
4074+2006
40644075 (j) for a town or a county of the sixth class, 35% of the number of active voters in the
4065-- 59 - 2nd Sub. (Gray) H.B. 408 02-24 12:42
4066-2002
4076+2007
40674077 town or county.
4068-2003
4078+2008
40694079 (3) Except as provided in Subsection (4) or (5), an eligible voter seeking to have a land use
4070-2004
4080+2009
40714081 law or local obligation law passed by the local legislative body submitted to a vote of the
4072-2005
4082+2010
40734083 people shall, after filing a referendum application, obtain legal signatures equal to:
4074-2006
4084+2011
40754085 (a) for a county of the first, second, third, or fourth class:
4076-2007
4086+2012
40774087 (i) 16% of the number of active voters in the county; and
4078-2008
4088+2013
40794089 (ii) [beginning on January 1, 2020, ]16% of the number of active voters in at least
4080-2009
4090+2014
40814091 75% of the county's voter participation areas;
4082-2010
4092+2015
40834093 (b) for a county of the fifth or sixth class:
4084-2011
4094+2016
40854095 (i) 16% of the number of active voters in the county; and
4086-2012
4096+2017
40874097 (ii) [beginning on January 1, 2020, ]16% of the number of active voters in at least
4088-2013
4098+2018
40894099 75% of the county's voter participation areas;
4090-2014
4100+2019
40914101 (c) for a city of the first class:
4092-2015
4102+2020
40934103 (i) 15% of the number of active voters in the city; and
4094-2016
4104+2021
40954105 (ii) [beginning on January 1, 2020, ]15% of the number of active voters in at least
4096-2017
4106+2022
40974107 75% of the city's voter participation areas;
4098-2018
4108+2023
40994109 (d) for or a city of the second class:
4100-2019
4110+2024
41014111 (i) 16% of the number of active voters in the city; and
4102-2020
4112+2025
41034113 (ii) [beginning on January 1, 2020, ]16% of the number of active voters in at least
4104-2021
4114+2026
41054115 75% of the city's voter participation areas;
4106-2022
4116+2027
41074117 (e) for a city of the third class:
4108-2023
4118+2028
41094119 (i) 27.5% of the number of active voters in the city; and
4110-2024
4120+2029
41114121 (ii) [beginning on January 1, 2020, ]27.5% of the number of active voters in at least
4112-2025
4122+2030
41134123 75% of the city's voter participation areas;
4114-2026
4124+2031
41154125 (f) for a city of the fourth class:
4116-2027
4126+2032
41174127 (i) 29% of the number of active voters in the city; and
4118-2028
4128+2033
41194129 (ii) [beginning on January 1, 2020, ]29% of the number of active voters in at least
4120-2029
4130+2034
41214131 75% of the city's voter participation areas;
4122-2030
4132+- 60 - 02-20 12:13 1st Sub. (Buff) H.B. 408
4133+2035
41234134 (g) for a city of the fifth class, 35% of the number of active voters in the city; or
4124-2031
4135+2036
41254136 (h) for a town, 40% of the number of active voters in the town.
4126-2032
4137+2037
41274138 (4) A person seeking to have a subjurisdictional law passed by the local legislative body
4128-2033
4139+2038
41294140 submitted to a vote of the people shall, after filing a referendum application, obtain legal
4130-2034
4141+2039
41314142 signatures of the residents in the subjurisdiction equal to:
4132-2035
4143+2040
41334144 (a) 10% of the number of active voters in the subjurisdiction if the number of active
4134-- 60 - 02-24 12:42 2nd Sub. (Gray) H.B. 408
4135-2036
4145+2041
41364146 voters exceeds 25,000;
4137-2037
4147+2042
41384148 (b) [12-1/2] 12.5% of the number of active voters in the subjurisdiction if the number of
4139-2038
4149+2043
41404150 active voters does not exceed 25,000 but is more than 10,000;
4141-2039
4151+2044
41424152 (c) 15% of the number of active voters in the subjurisdiction if the number of active
4143-2040
4153+2045
41444154 voters does not exceed 10,000 but is more than 2,500;
4145-2041
4155+2046
41464156 (d) 20% of the number of active voters in the subjurisdiction if the number of active
4147-2042
4157+2047
41484158 voters does not exceed 2,500 but is more than 500;
4149-2043
4159+2048
41504160 (e) 25% of the number of active voters in the subjurisdiction if the number of active
4151-2044
4161+2049
41524162 voters does not exceed 500 but is more than 250; [and] or
4153-2045
4163+2050
41544164 (f) 30% of the number of active voters in the subjurisdiction if the number of active
4155-2046
4165+2051
41564166 voters does not exceed 250.
4157-2047
4167+2052
41584168 (5) An eligible voter seeking to have a transit area land use law passed by the local
4159-2048
4169+2053
41604170 legislative body submitted to a vote of the people shall, after filing a referendum
4161-2049
4171+2054
41624172 application, obtain legal signatures equal to:
4163-2050
4173+2055
41644174 (a) for a county:
4165-2051
4175+2056
41664176 (i) 20% of the number of active voters in the county; and
4167-2052
4177+2057
41684178 (ii) 21% of the number of active voters in at least 75% of the county's voter
4169-2053
4179+2058
41704180 participation areas;
4171-2054
4181+2059
41724182 (b) for a city of the first class:
4173-2055
4183+2060
41744184 (i) 20% of the number of active voters in the city; and
4175-2056
4185+2061
41764186 (ii) 20% of the number of active voters in at least 75% of the city's voter participation
4177-2057
4187+2062
41784188 areas;
4179-2058
4189+2063
41804190 (c) for a city of the second class:
4181-2059
4191+2064
41824192 (i) 20% of the number of active voters in the city; and
4183-2060
4193+2065
41844194 (ii) 21% of the number of active voters in at least 75% of the city's voter participation
4185-2061
4195+2066
41864196 areas;
4187-2062
4197+2067
41884198 (d) for a city of the third class:
4189-2063
4199+2068
41904200 (i) 34% of the number of active voters in the city; and
4191-2064
4201+- 61 - 1st Sub. (Buff) H.B. 408 02-20 12:13
4202+2069
41924203 (ii) 34% of the number of active voters in at least 75% of the city's voter participation
4193-2065
4204+2070
41944205 areas;
4195-2066
4206+2071
41964207 (e) for a city of the fourth class:
4197-2067
4208+2072
41984209 (i) 36% of the number of active voters in the city; and
4199-2068
4210+2073
42004211 (ii) 36% of the number of active voters in at least 75% of the city's voter participation
4201-2069
4212+2074
42024213 areas; or
4203-- 61 - 2nd Sub. (Gray) H.B. 408 02-24 12:42
4204-2070
4214+2075
42054215 (f) for a city of the fifth class or a town, 40% of the number of active voters in the city or
4206-2071
4216+2076
42074217 town.
4208-2072
4218+2077
42094219 (6) An eligible voter seeking to have a local law or local school tax law passed by the local
4210-2073
4220+2078
42114221 school board of a school district submitted to a vote of the people shall, after filing a
4212-2074
4222+2079
42134223 referendum application, obtain legal signatures equal to:
4214-2075
4224+2080
42154225 (a) 10% of the number of active voters in the school district if the number of active
4216-2076
4226+2081
42174227 voters exceeds 25,000;
4218-2077
4228+2082
42194229 (b) 12.5% of the number of active voters in the school district if the number of active
4220-2078
4230+2083
42214231 voters does not exceed 25,000 but is more than 10,000;
4222-2079
4232+2084
42234233 (c) 15% of the number of active voters in the school district if the number of active
4224-2080
4234+2085
42254235 voters does not exceed 10,000 but is more than 2,500;
4226-2081
4236+2086
42274237 (d) 20% of the number of active voters in the school district if the number of active
4228-2082
4238+2087
42294239 voters does not exceed 2,500 but is more than 500;
4230-2083
4240+2088
42314241 (e) 25% of the number of active voters in the school district if the number of active
4232-2084
4242+2089
42334243 voters does not exceed 500 but is more than 250; or
4234-2085
4244+2090
42354245 (f) 30% of the number of active voters in the school district if the number of active
4236-2086
4246+2091
42374247 voters does not exceed 250.
4238-2087
4248+2092
42394249 [(6)] (7) Sponsors of any referendum petition challenging, under Subsection (2), (3), (4), [or
4240-2088
4250+2093
42414251 (5)] (5), or (6), any local law or local school tax law passed by a local legislative body or
4242-2089
4252+2094
42434253 a local school board, as applicable, shall file the application before 5 p.m. within five
4244-2090
4254+2095
42454255 days after the day on which the local law or local school tax law was passed.
4246-2091
4256+2096
42474257 [(7)] (8) Nothing in this section authorizes a local legislative body to impose a tax or other
4248-2092
4258+2097
42494259 payment obligation on a subjurisdiction in order to benefit an area outside of the
4250-2093
4260+2098
42514261 subjurisdiction.
4252-2094
4262+2099
42534263 Section 13. Section 20A-7-602.5 is amended to read:
4254-2095
4264+2100
42554265 20A-7-602.5 . Initial fiscal and legal impact statement -- Preparation of statement.
4256-2096
4266+2101
42574267 (1) Within three business days after the day on which the local clerk receives a referendum
4258-2097
4268+2102
42594269 application, the local clerk shall submit a copy of the referendum application to the [
4260-2098
4270+- 62 - 02-20 12:13 1st Sub. (Buff) H.B. 408
4271+2103
42614272 county, city, or town's] county's, city's, town's, or school district's budget officer.
4262-2099
4273+2104
42634274 (2)(a) The budget officer, together with legal counsel, shall prepare an unbiased, good
4264-2100
4275+2105
42654276 faith initial fiscal and legal impact statement for repealing the law the referendum
4266-2101
4277+2106
42674278 proposes to repeal that contains:
4268-2102
4279+2107
42694280 (i) a dollar amount representing the total estimated fiscal impact of repealing the law;
4270-2103
4281+2108
42714282 (ii) if repealing the law would increase or decrease taxes, a dollar amount
4272-- 62 - 02-24 12:42 2nd Sub. (Gray) H.B. 408
4273-2104
4283+2109
42744284 representing the total estimated increase or decrease for each type of tax that
4275-2105
4285+2110
42764286 would be impacted by the law's repeal and a dollar amount representing the total
4277-2106
4287+2111
42784288 estimated increase or decrease in taxes that would result from the law's repeal;
4279-2107
4289+2112
42804290 (iii) if repealing the law would result in the issuance or a change in the status of
4281-2108
4291+2113
42824292 bonds, notes, or other debt instruments, a dollar amount representing the total
4283-2109
4293+2114
42844294 estimated increase or decrease in public debt that would result;
4285-2110
4295+2115
42864296 (iv) a listing of all sources of funding for the estimated costs that would be associated
4287-2111
4297+2116
42884298 with the law's repeal, showing each source of funding and the percentage of total
4289-2112
4299+2117
42904300 funding that would be provided from each source;
4291-2113
4301+2118
42924302 (v) a dollar amount representing the estimated costs or savings, if any, to state and
4293-2114
4303+2119
42944304 local government entities if the law were repealed;
4295-2115
4305+2120
42964306 (vi) the legal impacts that would result from repealing the law, including:
4297-2116
4307+2121
42984308 (A) any significant effects on a person's vested property rights;
4299-2117
4309+2122
43004310 (B) any significant effects on other laws or ordinances;
4301-2118
4311+2123
43024312 (C) any significant legal liability the city, county, or town may incur; and
4303-2119
4313+2124
43044314 (D) any other significant legal impact as determined by the budget officer and the
4305-2120
4315+2125
43064316 legal counsel; and
4307-2121
4317+2126
43084318 (vii) a concise explanation, not exceeding 100 words, of the information described in
4309-2122
4319+2127
43104320 this Subsection (2)(a) and of the estimated fiscal impact, if any, if the law were
4311-2123
4321+2128
43124322 repealed.
4313-2124
4323+2129
43144324 (b)(i) If repealing the law would have no fiscal impact, the local budget officer shall include a
4315-2125
4325+2130
43164326 summary statement in the initial fiscal impact and legal statement in substantially the
4317-2126
4327+2131
43184328 following form:
4319-2127
4329+2132
43204330 "The (title of the local budget officer) estimates that repealing the law this referendum
4321-2128
4331+2133
43224332 proposes to repeal would have no significant fiscal impact and would not result in either an
4323-2129
4333+2134
43244334 increase or decrease in taxes or debt."
4325-2130
4335+2135
43264336 (ii) If repealing the law is estimated to have a fiscal impact, the local budget officer
4327-2131
4337+2136
43284338 shall include a summary statement in the initial fiscal and legal impact statement
4329-2132
4339+- 63 - 1st Sub. (Buff) H.B. 408 02-20 12:13
4340+2137
43304341 describing the fiscal impact.
4331-2133
4342+2138
43324343 (iii) If the estimated fiscal impact of repealing the law is highly variable or is
4333-2134
4344+2139
43344345 otherwise difficult to reasonably express in a summary statement, the local budget
4335-2135
4346+2140
43364347 officer may include in the summary statement a brief explanation that identifies
4337-2136
4348+2141
43384349 those factors impacting the variability or difficulty of the estimate.
4339-2137
4350+2142
43404351 (3) Within 20 calendar days after the day on which the local clerk submits a copy of the
4341-- 63 - 2nd Sub. (Gray) H.B. 408 02-24 12:42
4342-2138
4352+2143
43434353 application under Subsection (1), the budget officer shall:
4344-2139
4354+2144
43454355 (a) send a copy of the initial fiscal impact and legal statement to the local clerk's office;
4346-2140
4356+2145
43474357 and
4348-2141
4358+2146
43494359 (b) send a copy of the initial fiscal impact and legal statement to the first three sponsors
4350-2142
4360+2147
43514361 named in the referendum application.
4352-2143
4362+2148
43534363 Section 14. Section 20A-7-602.7 is amended to read:
4354-2144
4364+2149
43554365 20A-7-602.7 . Referability to voters of a local school tax law or a local law other
4356-2145
4366+2150
43574367 than a land use law.
4358-2146
4368+2151
43594369 (1) Within 20 days after the day on which an eligible voter files a referendum application
4360-2147
4370+2152
43614371 under Section 20A-7-602 for a local school tax law, or a local law other than a land use
4362-2148
4372+2153
43634373 law, counsel for the [county, city, or town] county, city, town, or school district to which
4364-2149
4374+2154
43654375 the referendum pertains shall:
4366-2150
4376+2155
43674377 (a) review the referendum application to determine whether the proposed referendum is
4368-2151
4378+2156
43694379 legally referable to voters; and
4370-2152
4380+2157
43714381 (b) notify the first three sponsors, in writing, whether the proposed referendum is:
4372-2153
4382+2158
43734383 (i) legally referable to voters; or
4374-2154
4384+2159
43754385 (ii) rejected as not legally referable to voters.
4376-2155
4386+2160
43774387 (2) For a local school tax law, or a local law other than a land use law, a proposed
4378-2156
4388+2161
43794389 referendum is legally referable to voters unless:
4380-2157
4390+2162
43814391 (a) the proposed referendum challenges an action that is administrative, rather than
4382-2158
4392+2163
43834393 legislative, in nature;
4384-2159
4394+2164
43854395 (b) the proposed referendum challenges more than one law passed by the local
4386-2160
4396+2165
43874397 legislative body or the local school board; or
4388-2161
4398+2166
43894399 (c) the referendum application was not timely filed or does not comply with the
4390-2162
4400+2167
43914401 requirements of this part.
4392-2163
4402+2168
43934403 (3) After the end of the 20-day period described in Subsection (1), a [county, city, or town
4394-2164
4404+2169
43954405 may not, for a local law other than a land use law] county, city, town, or school district
4396-2165
4406+2170
43974407 may not, for a local school tax law, or a local law other than a land use law:
4398-2166
4408+- 64 - 02-20 12:13 1st Sub. (Buff) H.B. 408
4409+2171
43994410 (a) reject a proposed referendum as not legally referable to voters; or
4400-2167
4411+2172
44014412 (b) except as provided in Subsection (4), challenge, in a legal action or otherwise, a
4402-2168
4413+2173
44034414 proposed referendum on the grounds that the proposed referendum is not legally
4404-2169
4415+2174
44054416 referable to voters.
4406-2170
4417+2175
44074418 (4)(a) If, under Subsection (1)(b)(ii), a [county, city, or town] county, city, town, or
4408-2171
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44094420 school district rejects a proposed referendum concerning a local school tax law, or a
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44124422 local law other than a land use law, a sponsor of the proposed referendum may,
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44144424 within 10 days after the day on which a sponsor is notified under Subsection (1)(b),
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44164426 challenge or appeal the decision to:
4417-2175
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44184428 (i) the Supreme Court, by means of an extraordinary writ, if possible; or
4419-2176
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44204430 (ii) a district court, if the sponsor is prohibited from pursuing an extraordinary writ
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44224432 under Subsection (4)(a)(i).
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44244434 (b) Failure of a sponsor to timely challenge or appeal a rejection under Subsection (4)(a)
4425-2179
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44264436 terminates the referendum.
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44284438 (5) If, on a challenge or appeal, the court determines that the proposed referendum
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44304440 described in Subsection (4) is legally referable to voters, the local clerk shall comply
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44324442 with Subsection 20A-7-604(3), or give the sponsors access to the website defined in
4433-2183
4443+2188
44344444 Section 20A-21-101, within five days after the day on which the determination, and any
4435-2184
4445+2189
44364446 challenge or appeal of the determination, is final.
4437-2185
4447+2190
44384448 Section 15. Section 20A-7-603 is amended to read:
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4449+2191
44404450 20A-7-603 . Manual referendum process -- Form of referendum petition and
4441-2187
4451+2192
44424452 signature sheet.
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44444454 (1) This section applies only to the manual referendum process.
4445-2189
4455+2194
44464456 (2)(a) Each proposed referendum petition shall be printed in substantially the following form:
4447-2190
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44484458 "REFERENDUM PETITION To the Honorable ____, County Clerk/City
4449-2191
4459+2196
44504460 Recorder/Town Clerk/Business Administrator/Superintendent:
4451-2192
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44524462 We, the undersigned citizens of Utah, respectfully order that (description of the local
4453-2193
4463+2198
44544464 law or local school tax law, or portion of the local law or local school tax law being
4455-2194
4465+2199
44564466 challenged), passed by the ____ be referred to the voters for their approval or rejection at the
4457-2195
4467+2200
44584468 regular/municipal general election to be held on __________(month\day\year);
4459-2196
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44604470 Each signer says:
4461-2197
4471+2202
44624472 I have personally signed this referendum petition or, if I am an individual with a
4463-2198
4473+2203
44644474 qualifying disability, I have signed this referendum petition by directing the signature gatherer
4465-2199
4475+2204
44664476 to enter the initials "AV" as my signature;
4467-2200
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4478+2205
44684479 The date next to my signature correctly reflects the date that I actually signed the
4469-2201
4480+2206
44704481 petition;
4471-2202
4482+2207
44724483 I have personally read the entire statement included with this packet;
4473-2203
4484+2208
44744485 I am registered to vote in Utah; and
4475-2204
4486+2209
44764487 My residence and post office address are written correctly after my name."
4477-2205
4488+2210
44784489 (b) The sponsors of a referendum or an agent of the sponsors shall attach a copy of the
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4480-2206
4490+2211
44814491 law that is the subject of the referendum to each referendum petition.
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4492+2212
44834493 (3) Each referendum signature sheet shall:
4484-2208
4494+2213
44854495 (a) be printed on sheets of paper 8-1/2 inches long and 11 inches wide;
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4496+2214
44874497 (b) be ruled with a horizontal line three-fourths inch from the top, with the space above
4488-2210
4498+2215
44894499 that line blank for the purpose of binding;
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4500+2216
44914501 (c) include the title of the referendum printed below the horizontal line, in at least
4492-2212
4502+2217
44934503 14-point type;
4494-2213
4504+2218
44954505 (d) include a table immediately below the title of the referendum, and beginning .5 inch
4496-2214
4506+2219
44974507 from the left side of the paper, as follows:
4498-2215
4508+2220
44994509 (i) the first column shall be .5 inch wide and include three rows;
4500-2216
4510+2221
45014511 (ii) the first row of the first column shall be .85 inch tall and contain the words "For
4502-2217
4512+2222
45034513 Office Use Only" in 10-point type;
4504-2218
4514+2223
45054515 (iii) the second row of the first column shall be .35 inch tall;
4506-2219
4516+2224
45074517 (iv) the third row of the first column shall be .5 inch tall;
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4518+2225
45094519 (v) the second column shall be 2.75 inches wide;
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45114521 (vi) the first row of the second column shall be .35 inch tall and contain the words
4512-2222
4522+2227
45134523 "Registered Voter's Printed Name (must be legible to be counted)" in 10-point
4514-2223
4524+2228
45154525 type;
4516-2224
4526+2229
45174527 (vii) the second row of the second column shall be .5 inch tall;
4518-2225
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45194529 (viii) the third row of the second column shall be .35 inch tall and contain the words
4520-2226
4530+2231
45214531 "Street Address, City, Zip Code" in 10-point type;
4522-2227
4532+2232
45234533 (ix) the fourth row of the second column shall be .5 inch tall;
4524-2228
4534+2233
45254535 (x) the third column shall be 2.75 inches wide;
4526-2229
4536+2234
45274537 (xi) the first row of the third column shall be .35 inch tall and contain the words
4528-2230
4538+2235
45294539 "Signature of Registered Voter" in 10-point type;
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45314541 (xii) the second row of the third column shall be .5 inch tall;
4532-2232
4542+2237
45334543 (xiii) the third row of the third column shall be .35 inch tall and contain the words
4534-2233
4544+2238
45354545 "Email Address (optional, to receive additional information)" in 10-point type;
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4547+2239
45374548 (xiv) the fourth row of the third column shall be .5 inch tall;
4538-2235
4549+2240
45394550 (xv) the fourth column shall be one inch wide;
4540-2236
4551+2241
45414552 (xvi) the first row of the fourth column shall be .35 inch tall and contain the words
4542-2237
4553+2242
45434554 "Date Signed" in 10-point type;
4544-2238
4555+2243
45454556 (xvii) the second row of the fourth column shall be .5 inch tall;
4546-2239
4557+2244
45474558 (xviii) the third row of the fourth column shall be .35 inch tall and contain the words
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4549-2240
4559+2245
45504560 "Birth Date or Age (optional)" in 10-point type;
4551-2241
4561+2246
45524562 (xix) the fourth row of the third column shall be .5 inch tall; and
4553-2242
4563+2247
45544564 (xx) the fifth row of the entire table shall be the width of the entire table, .4 inch tall,
4555-2243
4565+2248
45564566 and contain the following words, "By signing this referendum petition, you are
4557-2244
4567+2249
45584568 stating that you have read and understand the law that this referendum petition
4559-2245
4569+2250
45604570 seeks to overturn." in 12-point type;
4561-2246
4571+2251
45624572 (e) the table described in Subsection (3)(d) shall be repeated, leaving sufficient room at
4563-2247
4573+2252
45644574 the bottom of the sheet or the information described in Subsection (3)(f); and
4565-2248 (f) at the bottom of the sheet, include the word "Warning," in 12-point, bold type, followed by
4566-2249
4575+2253 (f) at the bottom of the sheet, include the word "Warning," in 12-point, bold type, followed by
4576+2254
45674577 the following statement in not less than eight-point type:
4568-2250
4578+2255
45694579 "It is a class A misdemeanor for an individual to sign a referendum petition with a name
4570-2251
4580+2256
45714581 other than the individual's own name, or to knowingly sign the individual's name more than
4572-2252
4582+2257
45734583 once for the same referendum petition, or to sign a referendum petition when the individual
4574-2253
4584+2258
45754585 knows that the individual is not a registered voter.
4576-2254
4586+2259
45774587 Birth date or age information is not required, but it may be used to verify your identity
4578-2255
4588+2260
45794589 with voter registration records. If you choose not to provide it, your signature may not be
4580-2256
4590+2261
45814591 verified as a valid signature if you change your address before petition signatures are verified
4582-2257
4592+2262
45834593 or if the information you provide does not match your voter registration records."
4584-2258 (4) The final page of each referendum packet shall contain the following printed or typed
4585-2259
4594+2263 (4) The final page of each referendum packet shall contain the following printed or typed
4595+2264
45864596 statement:
4587-2260
4597+2265
45884598 "Verification of signature collector
4589-2261
4599+2266
45904600 State of Utah, County of ____
4591-2262
4601+2267
45924602 I, _______________, of ____, hereby state, under penalty of perjury, that:
4593-2263
4603+2268
45944604 I am at least 18 years old;
4595-2264
4605+2269
45964606 All the names that appear in this packet were signed by individuals who professed to be
4597-2265
4607+2270
45984608 the individuals whose names appear in it, and each of the individuals signed the individual's
4599-2266
4609+2271
46004610 name on it in my presence or, in the case of an individual with a qualifying disability, I have
4601-2267
4611+2272
46024612 signed this referendum petition on the individual's behalf, at the direction of the individual and
4603-2268
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4614+2273
46044615 in the individual's presence, by entering the initials "AV" as the individual's signature;
4605-2269
4616+2274
46064617 I certify that, for each individual whose signature is represented in this referendum
4607-2270
4618+2275
46084619 packet by the initials "AV":
4609-2271
4620+2276
46104621 I obtained the individual's voluntary direction or consent to sign the referendum
4611-2272
4622+2277
46124623 petition on the individual's behalf;
4613-2273
4624+2278
46144625 I do not believe, or have reason to believe, that the individual lacked the mental
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4616-2274
4626+2279
46174627 capacity to give direction or consent;
4618-2275
4628+2280
46194629 I do not believe, or have reason to believe, that the individual did not
4620-2276
4630+2281
46214631 understand the purpose or nature of my signing the referendum petition on the individual's
4622-2277
4632+2282
46234633 behalf;
4624-2278
4634+2283
46254635 I did not intentionally or knowingly deceive the individual into directing me to,
4626-2279
4636+2284
46274637 or consenting for me to, sign the referendum petition on the individual's behalf; and
4628-2280
4638+2285
46294639 I did not intentionally or knowingly enter false information on the signature
4630-2281
4640+2286
46314641 sheet;
4632-2282
4642+2287
46334643 I did not knowingly make a misrepresentation of fact concerning the law this petition
4634-2283
4644+2288
46354645 seeks to overturn; and
4636-2284
4646+2289
46374647 I believe that each individual's name, post office address, and residence is written
4638-2285
4648+2290
46394649 correctly, that each signer has read the law that the referendum seeks to overturn, and that each
4640-2286
4650+2291
46414651 signer is registered to vote in Utah.
4642-2287
4652+2292
46434653 ________________________________________________________________________
4644-2288
4654+2293
46454655 (Name) (Residence Address) (Date)
4646-2289
4656+2294
46474657 The correct date of signature appears next to each individual's name.
4648-2290
4658+2295
46494659 I have not paid or given anything of value to any individual who signed this referendum
4650-2291
4660+2296
46514661 packet to encourage that individual to sign it.
4652-2292
4662+2297
46534663 _____________________________________________________________________
4654-2293
4664+2298
46554665 (Name) (Residence Address) (Date)".
4656-2294
4666+2299
46574667 (5) If the forms described in this section are substantially followed, the referendum
4658-2295
4668+2300
46594669 petitions are sufficient, notwithstanding clerical and merely technical errors.
4660-2296
4670+2301
46614671 Section 16. Section 20A-7-604 is amended to read:
4662-2297
4672+2302
46634673 20A-7-604 . Manual referendum process -- Circulation requirements -- Local
4664-2298
4674+2303
46654675 clerk to provide sponsors with materials.
4666-2299
4676+2304
46674677 (1) This section applies only to the manual referendum process.
4668-2300
4678+2305
46694679 (2) In order to obtain the necessary number of signatures required by this part, the sponsors
4670-2301
4680+2306
46714681 or an agent of the sponsors shall, after the sponsors receive the documents described in
4672-2302
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4683+2307
46734684 Subsections (3) and 20A-7-401.5(4)(b), circulate referendum packets that meet the form
4674-2303
4685+2308
46754686 requirements of this part.
4676-2304
4687+2309
46774688 (3) Within five days after the day on which a county, city, town, school district, or court
4678-2305
4689+2310
46794690 determines, in accordance with Section 20A-7-602.7, that a proposed referendum is
4680-2306
4691+2311
46814692 legally referable to voters, the local clerk shall provide the sponsors with:
4682-2307
4693+2312
46834694 (a) a copy of the referendum petition;
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4685-2308
4695+2313
46864696 (b) a signature sheet; and
4687-2309
4697+2314
46884698 (c) a copy of the proposition information pamphlet provided to the sponsors under
4689-2310
4699+2315
46904700 Subsection 20A-7-401.5(4)(b).
4691-2311
4701+2316
46924702 (4) The sponsors of the referendum petition shall:
4693-2312
4703+2317
46944704 (a) arrange and pay for the printing of all documents that are part of the referendum
4695-2313
4705+2318
46964706 packets; and
4697-2314
4707+2319
46984708 (b) ensure that the referendum packets and the documents described in Subsection (4)(a)
4699-2315
4709+2320
47004710 meet the form requirements of this section.
4701-2316
4711+2321
47024712 (5)(a) The sponsors or an agent of the sponsors may prepare the referendum packets for
4703-2317
4713+2322
47044714 circulation by creating multiple referendum packets.
4705-2318
4715+2323
47064716 (b) The sponsors or an agent of the sponsors shall create referendum packets by binding
4707-2319
4717+2324
47084718 a copy of the referendum petition with the text of the law that is the subject of the
4709-2320
4719+2325
47104720 referendum and no more than 50 signature sheets together at the top in a manner that
4711-2321
4721+2326
47124722 the referendum packets may be conveniently opened for signing.
4713-2322
4723+2327
47144724 (c) A referendum packet is not required to have a uniform number of signature sheets.
4715-2323
4725+2328
47164726 (d) The sponsors or an agent of the sponsors shall include, with each packet, a copy of
4717-2324
4727+2329
47184728 the proposition information pamphlet provided to the sponsors under Subsection
4719-2325
4729+2330
47204730 20A-7-401.5(4)(b).
4721-2326
4731+2331
47224732 (6)(a) The sponsors or an agent of the sponsors shall, before gathering signatures:
4723-2327
4733+2332
47244734 (i) contact the county clerk to receive a range of numbers that the sponsors may use
4725-2328
4735+2333
47264736 to number referendum packets;
4727-2329
4737+2334
47284738 (ii) sign an agreement with the local clerk, specifying the range of numbers that the
4729-2330
4739+2335
47304740 sponsor will use to number the referendum packets; and
4731-2331
4741+2336
47324742 (iii) number each referendum packet, sequentially, within the range of numbers
4733-2332
4743+2337
47344744 provided by the county clerk, starting with the lowest number in the range.
4735-2333
4745+2338
47364746 (b) The sponsors or an agent of the sponsors may not:
4737-2334
4747+2339
47384748 (i) number a referendum packet in a manner not directed by the county clerk; or
4739-2335
4749+2340
47404750 (ii) circulate or submit a referendum packet that is not numbered in the manner
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47424753 directed by the county clerk.
4743-2337
4754+2342
47444755 The following section is affected by a coordination clause at the end of this bill.
4745-2338
4756+2343
47464757 Section 17. Section 20A-7-607 is amended to read:
4747-2339
4758+2344
47484759 20A-7-607 . Evaluation by the local clerk -- Determination of election for vote on
4749-2340
4760+2345
47504761 referendum.
4751-2341
4762+2346
47524763 (1) In relation to the manual referendum process, when the local clerk receives a
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4754-2342
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47554765 referendum packet from a county clerk, the local clerk shall record the number of the
4756-2343
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47574767 referendum packet received.
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4768+2349
47594769 (2) The county clerk shall:
4760-2345
4770+2350
47614771 (a) in relation to the manual referendum process:
4762-2346
4772+2351
47634773 (i) post the names, voter identification numbers, and dates of signatures described in
4764-2347
4774+2352
47654775 Subsection 20A-7-105(6)(a)(iii) on the lieutenant governor's website, in a
4766-2348
4776+2353
47674777 conspicuous location designated by the lieutenant governor, for at least 45 days;
4768-2349
4778+2354
47694779 and
4770-2350
4780+2355
47714781 (ii) update on the local clerk's website the number of signatures certified as of the
4772-2351
4782+2356
47734783 date of the update; or
4774-2352
4784+2357
47754785 (b) in relation to the electronic referendum process:
4776-2353
4786+2358
47774787 (i) post the names, voter identification numbers, and dates of signatures described in
4778-2354
4788+2359
47794789 Subsection 20A-7-616(3) on the lieutenant governor's website, in a conspicuous
4780-2355
4790+2360
47814791 location designated by the lieutenant governor, for at least 45 days; and
4782-2356
4792+2361
47834793 (ii) update on the lieutenant governor's website the number of signatures certified as
4784-2357
4794+2362
47854795 of the date of the update.
4786-2358
4796+2363
47874797 (3) The local clerk:
4788-2359
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47894799 (a) shall, except as provided in Subsection (3)(b), declare the referendum petition to be
4790-2360
4800+2365
47914801 sufficient or insufficient:
4792-2361
4802+2366
47934803 (i) in relation to the manual referendum process, no later than 111 days after the day
4794-2362
4804+2367
47954805 of the deadline, described in Subsection 20A-7-105(5)(a)(iv), to submit a
4796-2363
4806+2368
47974807 referendum packet to the county clerk; or
4798-2364
4808+2369
47994809 (ii) in relation to the electronic referendum process, no later than 111 days after the
4800-2365
4810+2370
48014811 day of the deadline, described in Subsection 20A-7-616(2), to collect a signature;
4802-2366
4812+2371
48034813 or
4804-2367
4814+2372
48054815 (b) may declare the referendum petition to be insufficient before the day described in
4806-2368
4816+2373
48074817 Subsection (3)(a) if:
4808-2369
4818+2374
48094819 (i) in relation to the manual referendum process, the total of all valid signatures on
4810-2370
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48114822 timely and lawfully submitted referendum packets that have been certified by the
4812-2371
4823+2376
48134824 county clerk, plus the number of signatures on timely and lawfully submitted
4814-2372
4825+2377
48154826 referendum packets that have not yet been evaluated for certification, is less than
4816-2373
4827+2378
48174828 the number of names required under Section 20A-7-601;
4818-2374
4829+2379
48194830 (ii) in relation to the electronic referendum process, the total of all timely and
4820-2375
4831+2380
48214832 lawfully submitted valid signatures that have been certified by the county clerks,
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4823-2376
4833+2381
48244834 plus the number of timely and lawfully submitted valid signatures received under
4825-2377
4835+2382
48264836 Subsection 20A-21-201(6)(b) that have not yet been evaluated for certification, is
4827-2378
4837+2383
48284838 less than the number of names required under Section 20A-7-601; or
4829-2379
4839+2384
48304840 (iii) a requirement of this part has not been met.
4831-2380
4841+2385
48324842 (4)(a) If the total number of names certified under Subsection (3) equals or exceeds the
4833-2381
4843+2386
48344844 number of names required under Section 20A-7-601, and the requirements of this
4835-2382
4845+2387
48364846 part are met, the local clerk shall mark upon the front of the referendum petition the
4837-2383
4847+2388
48384848 word "sufficient."
4839-2384
4849+2389
48404850 (b) If the total number of names certified under Subsection (3) does not equal or exceed
4841-2385
4851+2390
48424852 the number of names required under Section 20A-7-601 or a requirement of this part
4843-2386
4853+2391
48444854 is not met, the local clerk shall mark upon the front of the referendum petition the
4845-2387
4855+2392
48464856 word "insufficient."
4847-2388
4857+2393
48484858 (c) The local clerk shall immediately notify any one of the sponsors of the local clerk's
4849-2389
4859+2394
48504860 finding.
4851-2390
4861+2395
48524862 (d) After a referendum petition is declared insufficient, a person may not submit
4853-2391
4863+2396
48544864 additional signatures to qualify the referendum for the ballot.
4855-2392
4865+2397
48564866 (5)(a) If the local clerk refuses to declare a referendum petition sufficient, any voter
4857-2393
4867+2398
48584868 may, no later than 10 days after the day on which the local clerk declares the
4859-2394
4869+2399
48604870 referendum petition insufficient, apply to the appropriate court for an order finding
4861-2395
4871+2400
48624872 the referendum petition legally sufficient.
4863-2396
4873+2401
48644874 (b) If the court determines that the referendum petition is legally sufficient, the local
4865-2397
4875+2402
48664876 clerk shall mark the referendum petition "sufficient" and consider the declaration of
4867-2398
4877+2403
48684878 sufficiency effective as of the date on which the referendum petition should have
4869-2399
4879+2404
48704880 been declared sufficient by the local clerk's office.
4871-2400
4881+2405
48724882 (c) If the court determines that a referendum petition filed is not legally sufficient, the
4873-2401
4883+2406
48744884 court may enjoin the local clerk and all other officers from:
4875-2402
4885+2407
48764886 (i) certifying or printing the ballot title and numbers of that referendum on the official
4877-2403
4887+2408
48784888 ballot for the next election; or
4879-2404
4880-(ii) as it relates to a local tax law or a local school tax law that is conducted entirely
4881-2405
4882-by mail, certifying, printing, or mailing the ballot title and numbers of that
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4889+- 71 - 1st Sub. (Buff) H.B. 408 02-20 12:13
4890+2409
4891+(ii) as it relates to a local tax law or local school tax law that is conducted entirely by
4892+2410
4893+mail, certifying, printing, or mailing the ballot title and numbers of that
4894+2411
48844895 referendum under Section 20A-7-609.5.
4885-2407
4896+2412
48864897 (6) A referendum petition determined to be sufficient in accordance with this section is
4887-2408
4898+2413
48884899 qualified for the ballot.
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4900+2414
48904901 (7)(a) Except as provided in Subsection (7)(b) or (c), if a referendum relates to
4891-- 71 - 2nd Sub. (Gray) H.B. 408 02-24 12:42
4892-2410
4902+2415
48934903 legislative action taken after April 15, the election officer may not place the
4894-2411
4904+2416
48954905 referendum on an election ballot until a primary election, a general election, or a
4896-2412
4906+2417
48974907 special election the following year.
4898-2413
4908+2418
48994909 (b) The election officer may place a referendum described in Subsection (7)(a) on the
4900-2414
4910+2419
49014911 ballot for a special, primary, or general election held during the year that the
4902-2415
4912+2420
49034913 legislative action was taken if the following agree, in writing, on a timeline to place
4904-2416
4914+2421
49054915 the referendum on that ballot:
4906-2417
4916+2422
49074917 (i) the local clerk;
4908-2418
4918+2423
49094919 (ii) the county clerk; and
4910-2419
4920+2424
49114921 (iii) the attorney for the [county or municipality] county, municipality, or school
4912-2420
4922+2425
49134923 district that took the legislative action.
4914-2421
4924+2426
49154925 (c) For a referendum on a land use law, if, before August 30, the local clerk or a court
4916-2422
4926+2427
49174927 determines that the total number of certified names equals or exceeds the number of
4918-2423
4928+2428
49194929 signatures required in Section 20A-7-601, the election officer shall place the
4920-2424
4930+2429
49214931 referendum on the election ballot for:
4922-2425
4932+2430
49234933 (i) the next general election; or
4924-2426
4934+2431
49254935 (ii) another election, if the following agree, in writing, on a timeline to place the
4926-2427
4936+2432
49274937 referendum on that ballot:
4928-2428
4938+2433
49294939 (A) the affected owners, as defined in Section 10-9a-103 or 17-27a-103, as
4930-2429
4940+2434
49314941 applicable;
4932-2430
4942+2435
49334943 (B) the local clerk;
4934-2431
4944+2436
49354945 (C) the county clerk; and
4936-2432
4946+2437
49374947 (D) the attorney for the county or municipality that took the legislative action.
4938-2433
4948+2438
49394949 Section 18. Section 20A-7-608 is amended to read:
4940-2434
4950+2439
49414951 20A-7-608 . Short title and summary of referendum -- Duties of local clerk and
4942-2435
4952+2440
49434953 local attorney.
4944-2436
4954+2441
49454955 (1) Upon receipt of a referendum petition, the local clerk shall deliver a copy of the
4946-2437
4956+2442
49474957 referendum petition and the law to which the referendum relates to the local attorney.
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4958+- 72 - 02-20 12:13 1st Sub. (Buff) H.B. 408
4959+2443
49494960 (2) The local attorney shall:
4950-2439
4961+2444
49514962 (a) entitle each [county or municipal] county, municipal, or school district referendum
4952-2440
4963+2445
49534964 that qualifies for the ballot "Proposition Number __" and give the referendum a
4954-2441
4965+2446
49554966 number assigned in accordance with Section 20A-6-107;
4956-2442
4967+2447
49574968 (b) prepare for the referendum:
4958-2443
4969+2448
49594970 (i) an impartial short title, not exceeding 25 words, that generally describes the
4960-- 72 - 02-24 12:42 2nd Sub. (Gray) H.B. 408
4961-2444
4971+2449
49624972 subject of the law to which the referendum relates; and
4963-2445
4973+2450
49644974 (ii) an impartial summary of the contents of the law to which the referendum relates,
4965-2446
4975+2451
49664976 not exceeding 125 words;
4967-2447
4977+2452
49684978 (c) file the proposed short title, summary, and the numbered referendum title with the
4969-2448
4979+2453
49704980 local clerk within 20 days after the day on which an eligible voter submits the
4971-2449
4981+2454
49724982 referendum petition to the local clerk; and
4973-2450
4983+2455
49744984 (d) promptly provide notice of the filing of the proposed short title and summary to:
4975-2451
4985+2456
49764986 (i) the sponsors of the petition; and
4977-2452
4987+2457
49784988 (ii) the local legislative body or the local school board for the jurisdiction where the
4979-2453
4989+2458
49804990 referendum petition was circulated.
4981-2454
4991+2459
49824992 (3)(a) The short title and summary may be distinct from the title of the law that is the
4983-2455
4993+2460
49844994 subject of the referendum petition.
4985-2456
4995+2461
49864996 (b) In preparing a short title, the local attorney shall, to the best of the local attorney's
4987-2457
4997+2462
49884998 ability, give a true and impartial description of the subject of the referendum.
4989-2458
4999+2463
49905000 (c) In preparing a summary, the local attorney shall, to the best of the local attorney's
4991-2459
5001+2464
49925002 ability, give a true and impartial summary of the contents of the referendum.
4993-2460
5003+2465
49945004 (d) The short title and summary may not intentionally be an argument, or likely to create
4995-2461
5005+2466
49965006 prejudice, for or against the referendum.
4997-2462
5007+2467
49985008 (4)(a) Within five calendar days after the day on which the local attorney files a
4999-2463
5009+2468
50005010 proposed short title and summary under Subsection (2)(c), the local legislative body
5001-2464
5011+2469
50025012 or local school board for the jurisdiction where the referendum petition was
5003-2465
5013+2470
50045014 circulated and the sponsors of the referendum petition may file written comments in
5005-2466
5015+2471
50065016 response to the proposed short title and summary with the local clerk.
5007-2467
5017+2472
50085018 (b) Within five calendar days after the last date to submit written comments under
5009-2468
5019+2473
50105020 Subsection (4)(a), the local attorney shall:
5011-2469
5021+2474
50125022 (i) review any written comments filed in accordance with Subsection (4)(a);
5013-2470
5023+2475
50145024 (ii) prepare a final short title and summary that meets the requirements of Subsection
5015-2471
5025+2476
50165026 (3); and
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5028+2477
50185029 (iii) return the referendum petition and file the short title and summary with the local
5019-2473
5030+2478
50205031 clerk.
5021-2474
5032+2479
50225033 (c) Subject to Subsection (6), for each [county or municipal] county, municipal, or school
5023-2475
5034+2480
50245035 district referendum, the following shall be printed on the official ballot:
5025-2476
5036+2481
50265037 (i) the short title; and
5027-2477
5038+2482
50285039 (ii) except as provided in Subsection (4)(d):
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5030-2478
5040+2483
50315041 (A) the summary;
5032-2479
5042+2484
50335043 (B) a copy of the ordinance, resolution, or written description of the local law or
5034-2480
5044+2485
50355045 local school tax law; and
5036-2481
5046+2486
50375047 (C) a link to a location on the election officer's website where a voter may review
5038-2482
5048+2487
50395049 additional information relating to each referendum, including the information
5040-2483
5050+2488
50415051 described in Subsection 20A-7-602(2) and the arguments relating to the
5042-2484
5052+2489
50435053 referendum that are included in the local voter information pamphlet.
5044-2485
5054+2490
50455055 (d) Unless the information described in Subsection (4)(c)(ii) is printed on the official
5046-2486
5056+2491
50475057 ballot, the election officer shall include with the ballot a separate ballot proposition
5048-2487
5058+2492
50495059 insert that includes the short title and summary for each referendum on the ballot and
5050-2488
5060+2493
50515061 a link to a location on the election officer's website where a voter may review the
5052-2489
5062+2494
50535063 additional information described in Subsection (4)(c)(ii)(C).
5054-2490
5064+2495
50555065 (e) Unless the information described in Subsection 20A-7-508(4)(c)(ii) for all initiatives
5056-2491
5066+2496
50575067 on the ballot, and the information described in Subsection (4)(c)(ii) for all referenda
5058-2492
5068+2497
50595069 on the ballot, is printed on the ballot, the ballot shall include the following statement
5060-2493
5070+2498
50615071 at the beginning of the portion of the ballot that includes ballot measures, "The ballot
5062-2494
5072+2499
50635073 proposition sheet included with this ballot contains an impartial summary of each
5064-2495
5074+2500
50655075 initiative and referendum on this ballot, unless the summary is printed directly on the
5066-2496
5076+2501
50675077 ballot."
5068-2497
5078+2502
50695079 (5) Immediately after the local attorney files a copy of the short title and summary with the
5070-2498
5080+2503
50715081 local clerk, the local clerk shall send a copy of the short title and summary to the
5072-2499
5082+2504
50735083 sponsors of the referendum petition and the local legislative body or the local school
5074-2500
5084+2505
50755085 board for the jurisdiction where the referendum petition was circulated.
5076-2501
5086+2506
50775087 (6)(a) If the short title or summary provided by the local attorney is unsatisfactory or
5078-2502
5088+2507
50795089 does not comply with the requirements of this section, the decision of the local
5080-2503
5090+2508
50815091 attorney may be appealed to the appropriate court by:
5082-2504
5092+2509
50835093 (i) at least three sponsors of the referendum petition; or
5084-2505
5094+2510
50855095 (ii) a majority of the local legislative body or the local school board for the
5086-2506
5096+- 74 - 02-20 12:13 1st Sub. (Buff) H.B. 408
5097+2511
50875098 jurisdiction where the referendum petition was circulated.
5088-2507
5099+2512
50895100 (b) The court:
5090-2508
5101+2513
50915102 (i) shall examine the short title and summary and consider the arguments; and
5092-2509
5103+2514
50935104 (ii) enter an order consistent with the requirements of this section.
5094-2510
5105+2515
50955106 (c) The local clerk shall include the short title and summary in the ballot or ballot
5096-2511
5107+2516
50975108 proposition insert, as required by this section.
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5099-2512
5109+2517
51005110 Section 19. Section 20A-7-609 is amended to read:
5101-2513
5111+2518
51025112 20A-7-609 . Form of ballot -- Manner of voting.
5103-2514
5113+2519
51045114 (1) The local clerk shall ensure that the number and ballot title are presented upon the
5105-2515
5115+2520
51065116 official ballot with, immediately adjacent to them, the words "For" and "Against," each
5107-2516
5117+2521
51085118 word presented with an adjacent square in which the elector may indicate the elector's
5109-2517
5119+2522
51105120 vote.
5111-2518
5121+2523
51125122 (2)(a) Except as provided in Subsection [(2)(c)(i)] (2)(d)(i) or Section 20A-7-609.5, and
5113-2519
5123+2524
51145124 unless the county legislative body calls a special election, the county clerk shall
5115-2520
5125+2525
51165126 ensure that a county referenda that [have] has qualified for the ballot [appear] appears
5117-2521
5127+2526
51185128 on the next regular general election ballot.
5119-2522
5129+2527
51205130 (b) Except as provided in Subsection [(2)(c)(ii)] (2)(d)(ii) or Section 20A-7-609.5, and
5121-2523
5131+2528
51225132 unless the municipal legislative body calls a special election, the municipal recorder
5123-2524
5133+2529
51245134 or clerk shall ensure that a municipal referenda that [have] has qualified for the ballot [
5125-2525
5135+2530
51265136 appear] appears on the next regular municipal election ballot.
5127-2526
5137+2531
51285138 (c) Except as provided in Subsection (2)(d)(iii) or Section 20A-7-609.5, and unless the
5129-2527
5139+2532
51305140 local school board calls a special election, the business administrator or
5131-2528
5141+2533
51325142 superintendent shall ensure that a school district referenda that has qualified for the
5133-2529
5143+2534
51345144 ballot appears on the next regular general election ballot.
5135-2530
5145+2535
51365146 [(c)(i) Except as provided in Section 20A-7-609.5,]
5137-2531
5147+2536
51385148 (d)(i) [if] If a local law passes after January 30 of the year in which there is a regular
5139-2532
5149+2537
51405150 general election, the county clerk shall ensure that a county referendum that has
5141-2533
5151+2538
51425152 qualified for the ballot appears on the ballot at the second regular general election
5143-2534
5153+2539
51445154 immediately following the passage of the local law unless the county legislative
5145-2535
5155+2540
51465156 body calls a special election.
5147-2536
5157+2541
51485158 (ii) [Except as provided in Section 20A-7-609.5, if ] If a local law passes after January
5149-2537
5159+2542
51505160 30 of the year in which there is a municipal general election, the municipal
5151-2538
5161+2543
51525162 recorder or clerk shall ensure that a municipal referendum that has qualified for
5153-2539
5163+2544
51545164 the ballot appears on the ballot at the second municipal general election
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5165+- 75 - 1st Sub. (Buff) H.B. 408 02-20 12:13
5166+2545
51565167 immediately following the passage of the local law unless the municipal
5157-2541
5168+2546
51585169 legislative body calls a special election.
5159-2542
5170+2547
51605171 (iii) If a local law or local school tax law passes after January 30 of the year in which
5161-2543
5172+2548
51625173 there is a regular general election, the business administrator or superintendent
5163-2544
5174+2549
51645175 shall ensure that a school district referendum that has qualified for the ballot
5165-2545
5176+2550
51665177 appears on the ballot at the second regular general election immediately following
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5168-2546
5178+2551
51695179 passage of the local law or local school tax law unless the local school board calls
5170-2547
5180+2552
51715181 a special election.
5172-2548
5182+2553
51735183 (3)(a)(i) A voter desiring to vote in favor of the law that is the subject of the
5174-2549
5184+2554
51755185 referendum shall mark the square adjacent to the word "For."
5176-2550
5186+2555
51775187 (ii) The law that is the subject of the referendum is effective if a majority of voters
5178-2551
5188+2556
51795189 mark "For."
5180-2552
5190+2557
51815191 (b)(i) A voter desiring to vote against the law that is the subject of the referendum
5182-2553
5192+2558
51835193 shall mark the square following the word "Against."
5184-2554
5194+2559
51855195 (ii) The law that is the subject of the referendum is not effective if a majority of
5186-2555
5196+2560
51875197 voters mark "Against."
5188-2556
5198+2561
51895199 Section 20. Section 20A-7-609.5 is amended to read:
5190-2557
5200+2562
51915201 20A-7-609.5 . Election on referendum challenging a local tax law or local school
5192-2558
5202+2563
51935203 tax law conducted entirely by mail.
5194-2559
5204+2564
51955205 (1) An election officer may administer an election on a referendum challenging a local tax
5196-2560
5197-law or a local school tax law entirely by mail.
5198-2561
5206+2565
5207+law or local school tax law entirely by mail.
5208+2566
51995209 (2) For purposes of an election conducted under this section, the election officer shall:
5200-2562
5210+2567
52015211 (a) designate as the election day the day that is 30 days after the day on which the
5202-2563
5212+2568
52035213 election officer complies with Subsection (2)(b); and
5204-2564
5214+2569
52055215 (b) within 30 days after the day on which the referendum described in Subsection (1)
5206-2565
5216+2570
52075217 qualifies for the ballot, mail to each registered voter within the voting precincts or
5208-2566
5218+2571
52095219 school district to which the local tax law or local school tax law applies:
5210-2567
5220+2572
52115221 (i) a manual ballot;
5212-2568
5222+2573
52135223 (ii) a statement that there will be no polling place for the election;
5214-2569
5224+2574
52155225 (iii) a statement specifying the election day described in Subsection (2)(a);
5216-2570
5226+2575
52175227 (iv) a business reply mail envelope;
5218-2571
5228+2576
52195229 (v) instructions for returning the ballot that include an express notice about any
5220-2572
5230+2577
52215231 relevant deadlines that the voter must meet in order for the voter's vote to be
5222-2573
5232+2578
52235233 counted;
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5234+- 76 - 02-20 12:13 1st Sub. (Buff) H.B. 408
5235+2579
52255236 (vi) a warning, on a separate page of colored paper in boldface print, indicating that if
5226-2575
5237+2580
52275238 the voter fails to follow the instructions included with the manual ballot, the voter
5228-2576
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52295240 will be unable to vote in that election because there will be no polling place for the
5230-2577
5241+2582
52315242 election; and
5232-2578
5243+2583
52335244 (vii)(A) a copy of the proposition information pamphlet relating to the referendum
5234-2579
5245+2584
52355246 if a proposition information pamphlet relating to the referendum was published
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5237-2580
5247+2585
52385248 under Section 20A-7-401.5; or
5239-2581
5249+2586
52405250 (B) a website address where an individual may view a copy of the proposition
5241-2582
5251+2587
52425252 information pamphlet described in Subsection (2)(b)(vii)(A).
5243-2583
5253+2588
52445254 (3) An election officer who administers an election under this section shall:
5245-2584
5255+2589
52465256 (a)(i) obtain, in person, the signatures of each voter within that voting precinct or
5247-2585
5257+2590
52485258 school district before the election; or
5249-2586
5259+2591
52505260 (ii) obtain the signature of each voter within the voting precinct or school district
5251-2587
5261+2592
52525262 from the county clerk; and
5253-2588
5263+2593
52545264 (b) maintain the signatures on file in the election officer's office.
5255-2589
5265+2594
52565266 (4)(a) Upon receiving a returned manual ballot under this section, the election officer
5257-2590
5267+2595
52585268 shall compare the signature on each return envelope with the voter's signature that is
5259-2591
5269+2596
52605270 maintained on file and verify that the signatures are the same.
5261-2592
5271+2597
52625272 (b) If the election officer questions the authenticity of the signature on the return
5263-2593
5273+2598
52645274 envelope, the election officer shall immediately contact the voter to verify the
5265-2594
5275+2599
52665276 signature.
5267-2595
5277+2600
52685278 (c) If there is not a signature on the return envelope or if the election officer determines
5269-2596
5279+2601
52705280 that the signature on the return envelope does not match the voter's signature that is
5271-2597
5281+2602
52725282 maintained on file, the election officer shall:
5273-2598
5283+2603
52745284 (i) disqualify the ballot; and
5275-2599
5285+2604
52765286 (ii) notify the voter of the disqualification and the reason for the disqualification.
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5287+2605
52785288 Section 21. Section 20A-7-610 is amended to read:
5279-2601
5289+2606
52805290 20A-7-610 . Return and canvass -- Conflicting measures -- Law effective on
5281-2602
5291+2607
52825292 proclamation.
5283-2603
5293+2608
52845294 (1) The votes on the law that is the subject of the referendum petition shall be counted,
5285-2604
5295+2609
52865296 canvassed, and delivered as provided in [Title 20A, Chapter 4, Part 3, Canvassing
5287-2605
5297+2610
52885298 Returns] Chapter 4, Part 3, Canvassing Returns.
5289-2606
5299+2611
52905300 (2) After the local board of canvassers completes the canvass, the local clerk shall certify to
5291-2607
5301+2612
52925302 the local legislative body or the local school board the vote for and against the law that
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5303+- 77 - 1st Sub. (Buff) H.B. 408 02-20 12:13
5304+2613
52945305 is the subject of the referendum petition.
5295-2609
5306+2614
52965307 (3)(a) The local legislative body or the local school board shall immediately issue a
5297-2610
5308+2615
52985309 proclamation that:
5299-2611
5310+2616
53005311 (i) gives the total number of votes cast in the local jurisdiction for and against each
5301-2612
5312+2617
53025313 law that is the subject of a referendum petition; and
5303-2613
5314+2618
53045315 (ii) in accordance with Section 20A-7-611, declares those laws that are the subject of
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5306-2614
5316+2619
53075317 a referendum petition that are approved by majority vote to be in full force and
5308-2615
5318+2620
53095319 effect as the law of the local jurisdiction.
5310-2616
5320+2621
53115321 (b) When the local legislative body or the local school board determines that two laws,
5312-2617
5322+2622
53135323 or that parts of two laws approved by the people at the same election are entirely in
5314-2618
5324+2623
53155325 conflict, the local legislative body shall proclaim to be law the law that received the
5316-2619
5326+2624
53175327 greatest number of affirmative votes, regardless of the difference in the majorities
5318-2620
5328+2625
53195329 which those approved laws received.
5320-2621
5330+2626
53215331 (4)(a) Within 10 days after the day on which the local legislative body or the local
5322-2622
5332+2627
53235333 school board issues the proclamation described in Subsection (3), any qualified voter
5324-2623
5334+2628
53255335 residing in the jurisdiction for a law that is declared by the local legislative body to
5326-2624
5336+2629
53275337 be superseded by another law approved at the same election may bring an action in
5328-2625
5338+2630
53295339 the appropriate court to review the decision.
5330-2626
5340+2631
53315341 (b) The court shall:
5332-2627
5342+2632
53335343 (i) consider the matter and decide whether the approved laws are entirely in conflict;
5334-2628
5344+2633
53355345 and
5336-2629
5346+2634
53375347 (ii) issue an order, consistent with the court's decision, to the local legislative body or
5338-2630
5348+2635
53395349 the local school board.
5340-2631
5350+2636
53415351 (5) Within 10 days after the day on which the court enters an order under Subsection
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53435353 (4)(b)(ii), the local legislative body or the local school board shall:
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53455355 (a) proclaim as law all those laws approved by the people that the court determines are
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53475357 not in conflict; and
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53495359 (b) of all those laws approved by the people as law that the court determines to be in
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53515361 conflict, proclaim as law the one that receives the greatest number of affirmative
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53535363 votes, regardless of the difference in majorities.
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53555365 Section 22. Section 20A-7-611 is amended to read:
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53575367 20A-7-611 . Temporary stay -- Effective date -- Effect of repeal by local
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53595369 legislative body or local school board.
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53615371 (1) Any law submitted to the people by referendum petition that is rejected by the voters at
5362-2642
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53635374 any election is repealed as of the date of the election.
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53655376 (2) If, at the time during the process described in Subsection 20A-7-607(2), the local clerk
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53675378 determines that, at that point in time, an adequate number of signatures are certified to
5368-2645
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53695380 comply with the signature requirements, the local clerk shall:
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53715382 (a) issue an order temporarily staying the law from going into effect; and
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53735384 (b) continue the process of certifying signatures and removing signatures as required by
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53765386 this part.
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53785388 (3) The temporary stay described in Subsection (2) remains in effect, regardless of whether
5379-2650
5389+2655
53805390 a future count falls below the signature threshold, until the day on which:
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53825392 (a) if the local clerk declares the referendum petition insufficient, five days after the day
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53845394 on which the local clerk declares the referendum petition insufficient; or
5385-2653
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53865396 (b) if the local clerk declares the referendum petition sufficient, the day on which the
5387-2654
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53885398 local legislative body issues the proclamation described in Section 20A-7-610.
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53905400 (4) A law submitted to the people by referendum that is approved by the voters at an
5391-2656
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53925402 election takes effect the later of:
5393-2657
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53945404 (a) five days after the date of the official proclamation of the vote by the local legislative
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53965406 body; or
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53985408 (b) the effective date specified in the approved law.
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54005410 (5) If, after the local clerk issues a temporary stay order under Subsection (2)(a), the local
5401-2661
5411+2666
54025412 clerk declares the referendum petition insufficient, the law that is the subject of the
5403-2662
5413+2667
54045414 referendum petition takes effect the later of:
5405-2663
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54065416 (a) five days after the day on which the local clerk declares the petition insufficient; or
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54085418 (b) the effective date specified in the proposed law.
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54105420 (6)(a) A law approved by the people under this part is not subject to veto.
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54125422 (b) The local legislative body or the local school board may amend any laws approved
5413-2667
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54145424 by the people under this part after the people approve the law.
5415-2668
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54165426 (7) If the local legislative body or the local school board repeals a law challenged by
5417-2669
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54185428 referendum petition under this part, the referendum petition is void and no further action
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54205430 on the referendum petition is required.
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54225432 Section 23. Section 20A-7-613 is amended to read:
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54245434 20A-7-613 . Property tax referendum petition.
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54265436 (1) As used in this section[,] :
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54285438 (a) [ "certified tax rate"] "Certified tax rate" means the same as that term is defined in
5429-2675
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54305440 Section 59-2-924.
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5441+- 79 - 1st Sub. (Buff) H.B. 408 02-20 12:13
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54325443 (b) "Taxing entity" means a county, city, town, or school district with the authority to
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54345445 levy a tax on property.
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54365447 (2) Except as provided in this section, the requirements of this part apply to a referendum
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54385449 petition challenging a taxing entity's legislative body's vote to impose a tax rate that
5439-2680
5450+2685
54405451 exceeds the certified tax rate.
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54425453 (3) Notwithstanding Subsection 20A-7-105(5)(a)(iv), the sponsors or an agent of the
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54455455 sponsors shall deliver a signed and verified referendum packet to the county clerk of the
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54475457 county in which the packet was circulated before 5 p.m. no later than the earlier of:
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54495459 (a) 30 days after the day on which the first individual signs the packet; or
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54515461 (b) 40 days after the day on which the local clerk complies with Subsection
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54535463 20A-7-604(3).
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54555465 (4) Notwithstanding Subsections 20A-7-105(6)(a) and (9), the county clerk shall take the
5456-2688
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54575467 actions required in Subsections 20A-7-105(6)(a) and (9) within 10 working days after
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54595469 the day on which the county clerk receives the signed and verified referendum packet as
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54615471 described in Subsection (3).
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54635473 (5) The local clerk shall take the actions required by Section 20A-7-607 within two
5464-2692
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54655475 working days after:
5466-2693
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54675477 (a) in relation to the manual referendum process, the day on which the local clerk
5468-2694
5478+2699
54695479 receives the referendum packets from the county clerk; or
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54715481 (b) in relation to the electronic referendum process, the deadline described in Subsection
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54735483 20A-7-616(2).
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54755485 (6) Notwithstanding Subsection 20A-7-608(2), the local attorney shall prepare the ballot
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54775487 title within two working days after the day on which the referendum petition is declared
5478-2699
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54795489 sufficient for submission to a vote of the people.
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54815491 (7) Notwithstanding Subsection [20A-7-609(2)(c)] 20A-7-609(2)(d), a referendum that
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54835493 qualifies for the ballot under this section shall appear on the ballot for the earlier of the
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54855495 next regular general election or the next municipal general election unless a special
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54875497 election is called.
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54895499 (8) The election officer shall mail manual ballots on a referendum under this section the
5490-2705
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54915501 later of:
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54935503 (a) the time provided in Section 20A-3a-202 or 20A-16-403; or
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54955505 (b) the time that ballots are prepared for mailing under this section.
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54975507 (9) Section 20A-7-402 does not apply to a referendum described in this section.
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54995509 (10)(a) If a majority of voters does not vote against imposing the tax at a rate calculated
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55015512 to generate the increased revenue budgeted, adopted, and approved by the taxing
5502-2711
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55035514 entity's legislative body:
5504-2712
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55055516 (i) the certified tax rate for the fiscal year during which the referendum petition is
5506-2713
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55075518 filed is its most recent certified tax rate; and
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55095520 (ii) the proposed increased revenues for purposes of establishing the certified tax rate
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55115522 for the fiscal year after the fiscal year described in Subsection (10)(a)(i) are the
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5513-2716
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55145524 proposed increased revenues budgeted, adopted, and approved by the taxing
5515-2717
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55165526 entity's legislative body before the filing of the referendum petition.
5517-2718
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55185528 (b) If a majority of voters votes against imposing a tax at the rate established by the vote
5519-2719
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55205530 of the taxing entity's legislative body, the certified tax rate for the taxing entity is the
5521-2720
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55225532 taxing entity's most recent certified tax rate.
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55245534 (c) If the tax rate is set in accordance with Subsection (10)(a)(ii), a taxing entity is not
5525-2722
5535+2727
55265536 required to comply with the notice and public hearing requirements of Section
5527-2723
5537+2728
55285538 59-2-919 if the taxing entity complies with those notice and public hearing
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55305540 requirements before the referendum petition is filed.
5531-2725
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55325542 (11) The ballot title shall, at a minimum, include in substantially this form the following:
5533-2726
5543+2731
55345544 "Shall the [name of the taxing entity] be authorized to levy a tax rate in the amount
5535-2727
5545+2732
55365546 sufficient to generate an increased property tax revenue of [amount] for fiscal year [year]
5537-2728
5547+2733
55385548 as budgeted, adopted, and approved by the [name of the taxing entity].".
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55405550 (12) A taxing entity shall pay the county the costs incurred by the county that are directly
5541-2730
5551+2735
55425552 related to meeting the requirements of this section and that the county would not have
5543-2731
5553+2736
55445554 incurred but for compliance with this section.
5545-2732
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55465556 (13)(a) An election officer shall include on a ballot a referendum that has not yet
5547-2733
5557+2738
55485558 qualified for placement on the ballot, if:
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55505560 (i) sponsors file an application for a referendum described in this section;
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55525562 (ii) the ballot will be used for the election for which the sponsors are attempting to
5553-2736
5563+2741
55545564 qualify the referendum; and
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55565566 (iii) the deadline for qualifying the referendum for placement on the ballot occurs
5557-2738
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55585568 after the day on which the ballot will be printed.
5559-2739
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55605570 (b) If an election officer includes on a ballot a referendum described in Subsection
5561-2740
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55625572 (13)(a), the ballot title shall comply with Subsection (11).
5563-2741
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55645574 (c) If an election officer includes on a ballot a referendum described in Subsection
5565-2742
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55665576 (13)(a) that does not qualify for placement on the ballot, the election officer shall
5567-2743
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55685578 inform the voters by any practicable method that the referendum has not qualified for
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5579+- 81 - 1st Sub. (Buff) H.B. 408 02-20 12:13
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55705581 the ballot and that votes cast in relation to the referendum will not be counted.
5571-2745
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55725583 Section 24. Section 20A-7-614 is amended to read:
5573-2746
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55745585 20A-7-614 . Electronic referendum process -- Form of referendum petition --
5575-2747
5586+2752
55765587 Circulation requirements -- Signature collection.
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55785589 (1) This section applies only to the electronic referendum process.
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55805591 (2)(a) The first screen presented on the approved device shall include the following statement:
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5582-2750
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55835593 "This REFERENDUM PETITION is addressed to the Honorable ____, County
5584-2751
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55855595 Clerk/City Recorder/Town Clerk/Business Administrator/Superintendent:
5586-2752
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55875597 The citizens of Utah who sign this petition respectfully order that (description of the
5588-2753
5598+2758
55895599 local law or local school tax law, or portion of the local law or local school tax law being
5590-2754
5600+2759
55915601 challenged), passed by the ____ be referred to the voters for their approval or rejection at the
5592-2755
5602+2760
55935603 regular/municipal general election to be held on __________(month\day\year)."
5594-2756
5604+2761
55955605 (b) An individual may not advance to the second screen until the individual clicks a link
5596-2757
5606+2762
55975607 at the bottom of the first screen stating, "By clicking here, I attest that I have read and
5598-2758
5608+2763
55995609 understand the information presented on this screen."
5600-2759
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56015611 (3)(a) The second screen presented on the approved device shall include the entire text
5602-2760
5612+2765
56035613 of the law that is the subject of the referendum petition.
5604-2761
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56055615 (b) An individual may not advance to the third screen until the individual clicks a link at
5606-2762
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56075617 the bottom of the second screen stating, "By clicking here, I attest that I have read
5608-2763
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56095619 and understand the entire text of the law that is the subject of the referendum
5610-2764
5620+2769
56115621 petition."
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56135623 (4)(a) The third screen presented on the approved device shall include a statement
5614-2766
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56155625 indicating whether persons gathering signatures for the referendum petition may be
5616-2767
5626+2772
56175627 paid for gathering signatures.
5618-2768
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56195629 (b) An individual may not advance to the fourth screen until the individual clicks a link
5620-2769
5630+2774
56215631 at the bottom of the third screen stating, "By clicking here, I attest that I have read
5622-2770
5632+2775
56235633 and understand the information presented on this screen."
5624-2771 (5) The fourth screen presented on the approved device shall include the following statement,
5625-2772
5634+2776 (5) The fourth screen presented on the approved device shall include the following statement,
5635+2777
56265636 followed by links where the individual may click "yes" or "no":
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56285638 "I have personally read the entirety of each statement presented on this device;
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56305640 I am personally signing this referendum petition;
5631-2775
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56325642 I am registered to vote in Utah; and
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56345644 All information I enter on this device, including my residence and post office address, is
5635-2777
5645+2782
56365646 accurate.
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5647+- 82 - 02-20 12:13 1st Sub. (Buff) H.B. 408
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56385649 It is a class A misdemeanor for an individual to sign a referendum petition with a name
5639-2779
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56405651 other than the individual's own name, or to knowingly sign the individual's name more than
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56425653 once for the same referendum petition, or to sign a referendum petition when the individual
5643-2781
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56445655 knows that the individual is not a registered voter.
5645-2782
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56465657 Do you wish to continue and sign this referendum petition?"
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56485659 (6)(a) If the individual clicks "no" in response to the question described in Subsection
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56515661 (5), the next screen shall include the following statement, "Thank you for your time.
5652-2785
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56535663 Please return this device to the signature-gatherer."
5654-2786
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56555665 (b) If the individual clicks "yes" in response to the question described in Subsection (5),
5656-2787
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56575667 the website, or the application that accesses the website, shall take the
5658-2788
5668+2793
56595669 signature-gatherer and the individual signing the referendum petition through the
5660-2789
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56615671 signature process described in Section 20A-21-201.
5662-2790
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56635673 Section 25. Section 63G-30-102 is amended to read:
5664-2791
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56655675 63G-30-102 . Public notice classifications and requirements.
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56675677 (1) A public body or a government official that is required to provide a class A notice:
5668-2793
5678+2798
56695679 (a) shall publish the public notice on the Utah Public Notice Website;
5670-2794
5680+2799
56715681 (b) shall publish the public notice on the public body's or government official's official
5672-2795
5682+2800
56735683 website, if the public body or government official:
5674-2796
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56755685 (i) maintains an official website; and
5676-2797
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56775687 (ii) has an annual operating budget of $250,000 or more; and
5678-2798
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56795689 (c) except as provided in Subsection (4), and subject to Subsection (5), post the public
5680-2799
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56815691 notice in connection with the affected area as follows:
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56835693 (i) if the affected area is a municipality with a population of less than 2,000, in a
5684-2801
5694+2806
56855695 public location in or near the affected area that is reasonably likely to be seen by
5686-2802
5696+2807
56875697 residents of the affected area;
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56895699 (ii) if the affected area is a proposed municipality with a population of less than
5690-2804
5700+2809
56915701 2,000, in a public location in or near the affected area that is reasonably likely to
5692-2805
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56935703 be seen by residents of the affected area;
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56955705 (iii) if the affected area is an area other than an area described in Subsections (1)(c)(i),
5696-2807
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56975707 (1)(c)(ii), or (1)(c)(iv) through (viii), in a public location in or near the affected
5698-2808
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56995709 area that is reasonably likely to be seen by:
5700-2809
5710+2814
57015711 (A) residents of the affected area; or
5702-2810
5712+2815
57035713 (B) if there are no residents within the affected area, individuals who pass through
5704-2811
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57055715 or near the affected area;
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57075718 (iv) if the affected area is a county, in a public location within the county that is
5708-2813
5719+2818
57095720 reasonably likely to be seen by residents of the county;
5710-2814
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57115722 (v) if the affected area is a municipality with a population of 2,000 or more, or a
5712-2815
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57135724 proposed municipality with a population of 2,000 or more, in a public location
5714-2816
5725+2821
57155726 within the municipality or proposed municipality that is reasonably likely to be
5716-2817
5727+2822
57175728 seen by residents of the municipality or proposed municipality;
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5719-2818
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57205730 (vi) if the affected area is a public street, on or adjacent to the public street;
5721-2819
5731+2824
57225732 (vii) if the affected area is an easement:
5723-2820
5733+2825
57245734 (A) on or adjacent to the easement; or
5725-2821
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57265736 (B) in a public location that is reasonably likely to be seen by persons who are
5727-2822
5737+2827
57285738 likely to be impacted by the easement; [or]
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57305740 (viii) if the affected area is an interlocal entity, within, or as applicable near, each
5731-2824
5741+2829
57325742 jurisdiction that is part of the interlocal entity, in accordance with the provisions
5733-2825
5743+2830
57345744 of this Subsection (1) that apply to that jurisdiction[.] ; or
5735-2826
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57365746 (ix) if the affected area is a school district, in a public location within the school
5737-2827
5747+2832
57385748 district that is reasonably likely to be seen by residents of the school district.
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57405750 (2) Subject to Subsection (5), a public body or a government official that is required to
5741-2829
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57425752 provide a class B notice shall:
5743-2830
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57445754 (a) comply with the requirements described in Subsection (1) for a class A notice;
5745-2831
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57465756 (b) if a statute, county ordinance, or municipal ordinance requires that the notice be
5747-2832
5757+2837
57485758 provided for a designated geographic area, mail or otherwise deliver the public notice
5749-2833
5759+2838
57505760 or a notice summary statement to each residence within, and, in accordance with
5751-2834
5761+2839
57525762 Subsection (3), to each owner of real property located within, the designated
5753-2835
5763+2840
57545764 geographic area; and
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57565766 (c) if a statute, county ordinance, or municipal ordinance requires that the notice be
5757-2837
5767+2842
57585768 provided to one or more designated persons or real property owners, mail or
5759-2838
5769+2843
57605770 otherwise deliver the public notice or a notice summary statement, in accordance
5761-2839
5771+2844
57625772 with Subsection (3), to each designated person and real property owner.
5763-2840
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57645774 (3) When providing notice to a real property owner under Subsection (2)(b) or (c), the
5765-2841
5775+2846
57665776 public body or government official shall:
5767-2842
5777+2847
57685778 (a) use the current residential or business address of the real property owner;
5769-2843
5779+2848
57705780 (b) if the public body or government official is not reasonably able to obtain the address
5771-2844
5781+2849
57725782 described in Subsection (3)(a), use the last known address of the real property owner
5773-2845
5783+2850
57745784 that the public body or government official is able to obtain via a reasonable inquiry
5775-2846
5785+- 84 - 02-20 12:13 1st Sub. (Buff) H.B. 408
5786+2851
57765787 into public records; or
5777-2847
5788+2852
57785789 (c) if the public body or government official is not reasonably able to obtain an address
5779-2848
5790+2853
57805791 described in Subsection (3)(a) or (b), post the notice on the real property.
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5792+2854
57825793 (4) A government official, a public body, or any other body that is required to post notice
5783-2850
5794+2855
57845795 under Subsection (1) is not required to comply with Subsection (1)(c) if:
5785-2851
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57865797 (a) the affected area is the state;
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5788-2852
5798+2857
57895799 (b) the body is a specified body, as defined in Section 52-4-103;
5790-2853
5800+2858
57915801 (c) the public body is the Legislature or a public body within the state legislative branch;
5792-2854
5802+2859
57935803 or
5794-2855
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57955805 (d) the government official is required to post the notice on behalf of a body described in
5796-2856
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57975807 Subsection (4)(b) or (c).
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57995809 (5) If a statute, ordinance, or rule requires a public body or government official to provide
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58015811 notice for a period of time:
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58035813 (a) in relation to posting the notice on the Utah Public Notice Website, the requirement
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58055815 is not violated due to temporary technological issues that interrupt the posting, unless
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58075817 the posting is interrupted for more than 25% of the required posting time;
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58095819 (b) in relation to posting the notice in a physical location, the requirement is fulfilled if:
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58115821 (i) the notice is posted at or, except to the extent prohibited by law, before the
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58135823 beginning of the period of time;
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58155825 (ii) the public body or government official does not remove the posting before the
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58175827 end of the period of time; and
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58195829 (iii) until the end of the period of time, the public body or government official:
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58215831 (A) periodically verifies that the notice remains in place; and
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58235833 (B) replaces the notice within a reasonable time after discovering that the notice
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58255835 has been removed or damaged; and
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58275837 (c) in relation to mailing, sending, or otherwise delivering notice to a person, the mailing
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58295839 is made at or, except to the extent prohibited by law, before, the beginning of the
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58315841 period of time.
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58335843 Section 26. Effective Date.
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58355845 This bill takes effect on May 7, 2025.
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5847+Section 27. Coordinating H.B. 408 with H.B. 454.
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5849+ If H.B. 408, School Board Referendum Amendments, and H.B. 454, Local
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5851+Government Fees Modifications, both pass and become law, the Legislature intends that, on
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5853+May 7, 2025:
5854+- 85 - 1st Sub. (Buff) H.B. 408 02-20 12:13
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5856+ (1) the changes to Subsection 20A-7-607(5)(c) in H.B. 454 not be made; and
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5858+ (2) Subsection 20A-7-607(5)(c) in H.B. 408 be amended to read:
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5860+ "(c) If the court determines that a referendum petition filed is not legally sufficient, the
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5862+court may enjoin the local clerk and all other officers from:
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5864+ (i) certifying or printing the ballot title and numbers of that referendum on the official
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5866+ballot for the next election; or
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5868+ (ii) as it relates to a local [tax law] fiscal law or local school tax law that is conducted
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5870+entirely by mail, certifying, printing, or mailing the ballot title and numbers of that referendum
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5872+under Section 20A-7-609.5.".
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