{"data":{"id":"us-ut/utah-code-20a-7-602.7","jurisdiction":"us-ut","citation":"Utah Code § 20A-7-602.7","heading":"Referability to voters of local law other than land use law.","body":"(1) Within 20 calendar days after the day on which an eligible voter files a referendum application under Section 20A-7-602 for a local law other than a land use law, counsel for the county, city, or town to which the referendum pertains shall:\n(a) review the referendum application to determine whether the proposed referendum is legally referable to voters; and\n(b) notify the first three sponsors, in writing, whether the proposed referendum is:\n(i) legally referable to voters; or\n(ii) rejected as not legally referable to voters.\n(2) For a local law other than a land use law, a proposed referendum is legally referable to voters unless:\n(a) the proposed referendum challenges an action that is administrative, rather than legislative, in nature;\n(b) the proposed referendum challenges more than one law passed by the local legislative body; or\n(c) the referendum application was not timely filed or does not comply with the requirements of this part.\n(3) After the end of the 20-calendar-day period described in Subsection (1), a county, city, or town may not, for a local law other than a land use law:\n(a) reject a proposed referendum as not legally referable to voters; or\n(b) except as provided in Subsection (4), challenge, in a legal action or otherwise, a proposed referendum on the grounds that the proposed referendum is not legally referable to voters.\n(4)\n(a) If, under Subsection (1)(b)(ii), a county, city, or town rejects a proposed referendum concerning a local law other than a land use law, a sponsor of the proposed referendum may, within 10 days after the day on which a sponsor is notified under Subsection (1)(b), challenge or appeal the decision to:\n(i) the Supreme Court, by means of an extraordinary writ, if possible; or\n(ii) a district court, if the sponsor is prohibited from pursuing an extraordinary writ under Subsection (4)(a)(i).\n(b) Failure of a sponsor to timely challenge or appeal a rejection under Subsection (4)(a) terminates the referendum.\n(5) If, on a challenge or appeal, the court determines that the proposed referendum described in Subsection (4) is legally referable to voters, the local clerk shall comply with Subsection 20A-7-604(3), or give the sponsors access to the website defined in Section 20A-21-101, within five calendar days after the day on which the determination, and any challenge or appeal of the determination, is final.","path":["Title 20A Election Code","Chapter 20A-7 Issues Submitted to the Voters","Part 20A-7-6 Local Referenda - Procedures"],"source_url":"https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title20A/Chapter7/20A-7-S602.7.html","current_through":"2026 General Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T11:34:33Z","sha256":"8a1d519dc05e297484b027034d2e076703859cdea05450db26a639f5f6422044","source_id":"us-ut","stale":false,"prev":"us-ut/utah-code-20a-7-602.5","next":"us-ut/utah-code-20a-7-602.8"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}