Utah Grant Legislature Power to Form the Grand Jury Amendment (1948)
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| Topic Criminal trials and Jury rules |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Utah Grant Legislature Power to Form the Grand Jury Amendment was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Utah on November 2, 1948. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported amending the constitution to remove wording mandating the structure and operations of grand juries and permitting the legislature to determine the form, powers, and duties of the grand jury. |
A "no" vote opposed amending the constitution, thus maintaining the grand jury structure as follows:
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Election results
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70,787 | 75.03% | ||
| No | 23,553 | 24.97% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Grant Legislature Power to Form the Grand Jury Amendment was as follows:
| “ | A joint resolution proposing to amend Article 1, Section 13, of the constitution of the State of Utah, relating to the prosecution by information and indictment and to grand juries. | ” |
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
Footnotes
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