Utah Amendment 8, Allow the Legislature to Determine Public Institution Locations Measure (1946)

Utah Amendment 8
Election date November 5, 1946
Topic State legislative authority
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Utah Amendment 8 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Utah on November 5, 1946. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported amending the constitution to permit the legislature to set the location of all state institutions other than the seat of the government and the state fair.

A "no" vote opposed amending the constitution to permit the legislature to set the location of all state institutions other than the seat of the government and the state fair.

Election results

Utah Amendment 8
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		104,079	80.00%
No		26,019	20.00%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 8 was as follows:

“

A Joint Resolution Proposing an Amendment to Section 3 of Article XIX of the Constitution of the State of Utah Relating to Location of Public Institutions.

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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.

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