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Utah Referendum 1, Permit the Land Use Act to be Enacted Measure (1974)
| Utah Referendum 1 | |
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| Topic Land use and development policy and Public land policy |
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| Type Veto referendum |
Origin |
Utah Referendum 1 was on the ballot as a veto referendum in Utah on November 5, 1974. It was defeated.
A "yes" vote supported permitting the Utah Land Use Act to be enacted, which would create a Land Use Commission to formulate a state land use plan to provide the legislature. |
A "no" vote opposed permitting the Utah Land Use Act to be enacted, which would create a Land Use Commission to formulate a state land use plan to provide the legislature. |
Election results
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Utah Referendum 1 |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 157,438 | 39.41% | ||
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242,068 | 60.59% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Referendum 1 was as follows:
| “ | LAND USE ACT REFERENDUM An act providing for the development of a planned land use policy for Utah. A Land Use Commission, appointed by the Governor, is authorized to formulate a comprehensive state land use plan; cooperate with local governments in publishing guidelines for local land use plans and in designating critical areas of greater than local concern; allocate Federal funds received for state land use purposes; and assure that all agency programs are consistent with state land use programs. The Commission shall provide the Legislature, for its consideration, a final statewide plan of critical land use areas. An appropriation of $306,000 is provided. | ” |
Full Text
The full text of this measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
A veto referendum is a citizen-initiated ballot measure that asks voters whether to uphold or repeal an enacted law. This type of ballot measure is also called statute referendum, popular referendum, people's veto, or citizen's veto. Proponents collected signatures to put the veto referendum on the ballot
See also
Footnotes
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