Utah Proposition 3, Specify the Purpose of Parcels of Public Land Amendment (1998)

Utah Proposition 3
Election date November 3, 1998
Topic Public education funding and Public land policy
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Utah Proposition 3 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Utah on November 3, 1998. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported amending the constitution to specify that lands in Section 6, 8, and 12 of the Utah Enabling Act are school and institutional trust lands.

A "no" vote opposed amending the constitution, maintaining that all lands in the Utah Enabling Act are declared as public lands of the state.

Election results

Utah Proposition 3
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		387,998	84.60%
No		70,640	15.40%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Proposition 3 was as follows:

“

Shall the Utah Constitution be amended to clarify the status, purposes, and beneficiaries of school and institutional lands held in trust by the state?

”

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

1998 Measures

• 1998 Measures
• Public education funding on the ballot
• Restricted-use funds on the ballot
• Public land policy on the ballot
• 1998 legislative sessions

Utah

• Utah ballot measures
• Utah ballot measure laws

News and analysis

• Ballot measure lawsuits
• Ballot measure readability
• Ballot measure polls

External links

• Utah Voter Guide (1998)