Utah House Bill 422S01 (2014)

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House Bill 422
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Legislature:Utah House of Representatives
Text:HB 422S01
Sponsor(s):Rep. Brad Last (R-71) & Sen. Stuart Adams (R-22)
Legislative history
Introduced:February 27, 2014
State house:March 7, 2014
State senate:March 13, 2014
Governor:Gary R. Herbert (R)
Signed:April 1, 2014
Legal environment
State law:Local initiative and referendum
Code:Elections code
Section:Title 20A, Chapter 7
Impact on initiative rights
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Utah House Bill 422S01, previously known as just Utah House Bill 422, was introduced by Rep. Brad Last (R-71) and Sen. Stuart Adams (R-22) on February 27, 2014. Gov. Herbert (R) signed it into law on April 1, 2014. The law required additional fiscal and legal impact studies for local initiatives and referendums.

Provisions

HB 422S01 established requirements for reports and studies on the fiscal and legal impact of local initiatives and referendums. Previously, a fiscal impact report was required for initiatives. This bill required the estimated legal impacts, such as the costs of litigation, court cases and settlements that might arise because of the initiative, to be included in the fiscal impact report. It also required the same sort of fiscal and legal impacts report to be created for any referendum petition.[1]

Changes in code

The bill amended the following sections of Chapter 7 of Title 20A of the State Code:[1]

  • Section 101
  • Section 502.5
  • Section 513

See also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Utah Legislation website, "Utah House Bill 422," accessed August 2014
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