Utah Amendment 1, Grant Emergency Powers to the Legislature Measure (1960)

Utah Amendment 1
Election date November 8, 1960
Topic Government continuity policy and State legislative authority
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Utah Amendment 1 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Utah on November 8, 1960. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported amending the constitution to grant the legislature the privledge to take emergency powers in the event of war or an emergency caused by a war.

A "no" vote opposed amending the constitution to grant the legislature the privilege to take emergency powers in the event of war or an emergency caused by a war.

Election results

Utah Amendment 1
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		171,762	58.80%
No		120,339	41.20%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 1 was as follows:

“

Shall Section 24 of Article VII of the Constitution of the State of Utah be amended to grant temporary emergency powers to the Legislature in the event of war or emergency caused by war.

”

Full Text

The full text of this measure is available here.

Path to the ballot

See also: Amending the Utah Constitution

A two-thirds majority vote in both the legislative chambers vote is required during one legislative session for the Utah State Legislature to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot. That amounts to a minimum of 50 votes in the Utah House of Representatives and 20 votes in the Utah State Senate, assuming no vacancies. Amendments do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot.

See also

1960 Measures

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• Government continuity policy on the ballot
• State legislative authority on the ballot
• 1960 legislative sessions

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