Utah Amendment 2, Change Process for County Boundary Adjustments Measure (2002)

Utah Amendment 2
Election date November 5, 2002
Topic Local government organization
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Utah Amendment 2 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Utah on November 5, 2002. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported amending the constitution to change the adjustment process for county boundaries in the following ways: allow counties that share a common boundary to agree and implement minor changes; and for approval on all other boundary moves, require a majority vote from the entire county.

A "no" vote opposed amending the state constitution and retained the current structure for adjusting county boundaries, to include that any boundary adjustment required only a vote of those individuals residing in the area proposed to be moved.

Election results

Utah Amendment 2
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		371,151	72.79%
No		138,714	27.21%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 2 was as follows:

“

Shall the Utah Constitution be amended to: authorize counties sharing a common boundary to make a minor adjustment, as defined by statute, to the common boundary; and for any other move of part of one county to another: require a vote of the entire county from which the area is proposed to be moved rather than just the area proposed to be moved; and clarify that the move must be approved by a majority of those who actually vote on the proposal, not a majority of all registered voters?

”

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

2002 Measures

• 2002 Measures
• Local government organization on the ballot
• 2002 legislative sessions

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External links

• Utah Voter Guide (2002)