Utah § 20A-7-504 Manual initiative process -- Circulation requirements -- Local clerk to provide sponsors with materials.

Utah Statutes

§ 20A-7-504 — Manual initiative process -- Circulation requirements -- Local clerk to provide sponsors with materials.

Utah § 20A-7-504

Title 20AElection Code

Ch. 20A-7Issues Submitted to the Voters

Part 20A-7-5Local Initiatives - Procedures

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Utah Code Ann. § 20A-7-504 (2026).

Text

(1)This section applies only to the manual initiative process.

(2)In order to obtain the necessary number of signatures required by this part, the sponsors or an agent of the sponsors shall, after the sponsors receive the documents described in Subsections (3) and 20A-7-401.5(4)(b), circulate initiative packets that meet the form requirements of this part.

(3)Within five calendar days after the day on which a county, city, town, or court determines, in accordance with Section 20A-7-502.7, that a law proposed in an initiative petition is legally referable to voters, the local clerk shall provide to the sponsors:

(3)(a) a copy of the initiative petition;

(3)(b) a signature sheet; and

(3)(c) a copy of the proposition information pamphlet provided to the sponsors under Subsection 20A-7-401.

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(1) This section applies only to the manual initiative process.
(2) In order to obtain the necessary number of signatures required by this part, the sponsors or an agent of the sponsors shall, after the sponsors receive the documents described in Subsections (3) and 20A-7-401.5(4)(b), circulate initiative packets that meet the form requirements of this part.
(3) Within five calendar days after the day on which a county, city, town, or court determines, in accordance with Section 20A-7-502.7, that a law proposed in an initiative petition is legally referable to voters, the local clerk shall provide to the sponsors:
(3)(a) a copy of the initiative petition;
(3)(b) a signature sheet; and
(3)(c) a copy of the proposition information pamphlet provided to the sponsors under Subsection 20A-7-401.5(4)(b).
(4) The sponsors of the initiative shall:
(4)(a) arrange and pay for the printing of all documents that are part of the initiative packets; and
(4)(b) ensure that the initiative packets and the documents described in Subsection (4)(a) meet the requirements of this part.
(5) (5)(a) The sponsors or an agent of the sponsors may prepare the initiative packets for circulation by creating multiple initiative packets.
(5)(b) The sponsors or an agent of the sponsors shall create initiative packets by binding a copy of the initiative petition with the text of the proposed law and no more than 50 signature sheets together at the top in a manner that the initiative packets may be conveniently opened for signing.
(5)(c) An initiative packet is not required to have a uniform number of signature sheets.
(5)(d) The sponsors or an agent of the sponsors shall include, with each initiative packet, a copy of the proposition information pamphlet provided to the sponsors under Subsection 20A-7-401.5(4)(b).
(6) (6)(a) The sponsors or an agent of the sponsors shall, before gathering signatures:
(6)(a)(i) contact the county clerk to receive a range of numbers that the sponsors may use to number initiative packets; and
(6)(a)(ii) number each initiative packet, sequentially, within the range of numbers provided by the county clerk, starting with the lowest number in the range.
(6)(b) The sponsors or an agent of the sponsors may not:
(6)(b)(i) number an initiative packet in a manner not directed by the county clerk; or
(6)(b)(ii) circulate or submit an initiative packet that is not numbered in the manner directed by the county clerk.
(6)(c) The county clerk shall keep a record of the number range provided under Subsection (6)(a).