Utah Proposition 7, Change Legislative Compensation and Expenses Amendment (1966)

Utah Proposition 7
Election date November 8, 1966
Topic Salaries of government officials
Status Defeated
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Utah Proposition 7 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Utah on November 8, 1966. It was defeated.

A "yes" vote supported amending the constitution to alter the compensation of legislators to: issue each legislator a yearly salary of $1,000; and provide for an allowance for expenses and mileage when attending committee meetings outside the regular legislative session, among other changes.

A "no" vote opposed amending the constitution to alter the compensation of legislators.

Election results

Utah Proposition 7
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		88,575	32.35%
No		185,259	67.65%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Proposition 7 was as follows:

“

Shall Article 9 of Article VI of the Constitution of the State of Utah be amended to provide that members of the Legislature receive a salary for their services in the amount of One Thousand Dollars per year, unless otherwise provided by law, and receive an allowance for expenses and mileage, as fixed by law when attending committee meetings of the Legislature held between sessions and when otherwise engaged in official business.

”

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

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• 1966 legislative sessions

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