Statewide initiative process -- Application procedures -- Time to gather signatures -- Grounds for rejection.
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(1) Individuals wishing to circulate an initiative petition shall file an application with the lieutenant governor.
(2) The application shall contain:
(a) the name and residence address of at least five sponsors of the initiative petition;
(b) a statement indicating that each of the sponsors is registered to vote in Utah;
(c) the signature of each of the sponsors, attested to by a notary public;
(d) a copy of the proposed law that includes, in the following order:
(i) the title of the proposed law, that clearly expresses the subject of the law;
(ii) a description of all proposed sources of funding for the costs associated with the proposed law, including the proposed percentage of total funding from each source; and
(iii) the text of the proposed law;
(e) if the initiative petition proposes a tax increase, the following statement, "This initiative petition seeks to increase the current (insert name of tax) rate by (insert the tax percentage difference) percent, resulting in a(n) (insert the tax percentage increase) percent increase in the current tax rate."; and
(f) a statement indicating whether persons gathering signatures for the petition may be paid for gathering signatures.
(3)
(a) An individual's status as a resident, under Subsection (2), is determined in accordance with Section 20A-2-105.
(b) The application and the application's contents are public when filed with the lieutenant governor.
(4) If the petition fails to qualify for the ballot of the election described in Subsection 20A-7-201(2)(b), the sponsors shall:
(a) submit a new application;
(b) obtain new signature sheets; and
(c) collect signatures again.
(5) The lieutenant governor shall reject the application or application addendum filed under Subsection 20A-7-204.1(5) and not issue circulation sheets if:
(a) the law proposed by the initiative is patently unconstitutional;
(b) the law proposed by the initiative is nonsensical;
(c) the proposed law could not become law if passed;
(d) the proposed law contains more than one subject as evaluated in accordance with Subsection (6);
(e) the subject of the proposed law is not clearly expressed in the law's title; or
(f) the law proposed by the initiative is identical or substantially similar to a law proposed by an initiative for which signatures were submitted to the county clerks and lieutenant governor for certification within two years preceding the date on which the application for the new initiative is filed.
(6) To evaluate whether the proposed law contains more than one subject under Subsection (5)(d), the lieutenant governor shall apply the same standard provided in Utah Constitution, Article VI, Section 22, which prohibits a bill from passing that contains more than one subject.