Show L Ip Proposed o b I i f l i Amend Amelia en 2 Hight 1 t P. P sn 1112 JOI JOINT T N NO NO C 41 CA A joint resolution proponing an amend merit inert to Section 5 S of ot Article 11 of tb on of the State of Utah rc re lating to municipal corporations Be It 11 enacted by the Legislature Legislature- Atthe oi At the State Slate of or Utah two-thirds two o 0 all the thi members me elected In the Mousse concurring therein therein- Section 1 1 That It Is proposed sed to amend Section See E Ii of Article XI of oC the Constitution of the State of at Utah sc ac that the tle same TV read as follows Gee Jec 6 6 Corporations for tor municipal purposes shall not be created by special laws The Legislature by general laws shall for the the- Inc tion organization and classification oi of cities and towns in proportion to population population pop pop- which laws lows may moy be altered amended or repealed An Any city may frame and adopt a charter for tor Is ifs own government In the following m manner The legislative authority of the city may by two-thirds two vote voto t of f its members mem mem- bers bore and upon petition of ot qualified electors to the number of olIO 10 per cent of all votes cast at th the next precedIng preceding preceding ing election election for tor the office of ot th the mayor major shall forthwith provide by ordinance or- or ordinance or for the submission to the the tho electors elec olec- tors of the question Shall ShaU a a. Commission Com Com- mission be chosen to frame a charter The ordinance shall require that the Question bo ba submitted to the elector electors at the tho next regular m municipal election The ballot containing such question shall also contain the names of ot candidates candidates candidates candi candi- dates for tor members of ot the proposed Commission but without party designation nation Such candidates shall hall be nominated nomInated nominated nom nom- In the sarr-o sarr manner as required by law for Cor or nomination of city officers If a majority of the electors voting on tho tha question of ot choosing a Commission Com Corn mission shall vote in the affirmative then the fifteen candidates receiving a majority of the votes cast at such election shall constitute the charter Commission and shall proceed to frame a charter An Any charter so framed shall be submitted submitted submitted sub sub- to the qualified electors of of the city at an election to be held at at a time to be determined by tho the charter Commission which shall be not less than thirty da days s subsequent ent to its completion and distribution among the electors and not more than one year jear from such date Altern Alternative provisions provisions provi provi- lions may also be submitted to be voted upon separately The Commis Commis- lion sion shall make mako provisions for the distribution of ot copies of at the proposed charter and of any alternative provisions provisions provisions provi provi- to th qualified electors of the cl city ty not less than sixty days before the election at which it Is voted upon Such proposed charter and such alternative alter alternative alternative native provisions as are approved by bya a II majority of the electors voting thereon thereon there there- there there- on shall become an organic law of such city at such time as may be fixed therein and shall ll supersede any ex- ex exiting exl ex ex- l charter and nd all laws affecting the hC C organization g and d government C lI of such h city which are n now In conflict thor therewith with Within thirty days after Its approval a copy of such charter as a adopted certified by the mayor and city recorder and authenticated by the I seal al of or such city olty shall be made in duplicate and deposited one In the of office office of- of office fice of ot tho the Secretary pf pt State and the theother oth other r in the office of at the City Recorder Record Record- er T anI and thereafter all courts shall take judicial notice of such charter Amendments to any such charter may bo be framed and submitted by the charter chart chart- er Commission in fn the same manner as provided for making of ot charters ormay or ormay may b be proposed by the legislative authorIty authority au au- au- au of the city upon a two-thirds two vote thereof or by petition of qualified fied fled electors to a number equal to one- one tenth of the total vote cast for tor mayor on the next proceeding election and an any such amendment may be submitted submit submit- ted at the ne next t regular election and having been approved by the majority of tho the electors voting thereon shall become a part of the charter at the time fixed in such amendment and shall be certified and filed as provided provid provid- ed In case olSe of charters Each city forming Us its charter under this Section shall have haTe and Is hereby granted the authority to exercise all powers relating to municipal affairs and to adopt and enforce within Its It limits I local police p sanitary a and similar simi simi- similar 1 l lar u not in in conflict lil t with r the general law and no enumeration 01 ot powers in is this constitution or any law shall be deemed to limit or restrict re- re strict r the conferred general lb grant f. f of authority t fri hereby y conferred but this grant a of y au-y au- au shall not Include the power to regulate the service or charges chargee of ot public pub pub- lic Ito utilities so long lone as a. such regulation is provided for by general law nor be deemed to limit or restrict the power of ot the Legislature Lee In matters of ot public or general a interest st st. nor those relating g IFa to Mate State affairs The power to be conferred upon the the cities by b this Section shall Include the following a n. To lev levy assess and collect i i I taxes taTes an and borrow money within the limits limits prescribed by general law ana ant I i to o lev levy levand and collect special assessments I for benefits conferred Cb b To furnish all aU local public services services ser ser- vices to purchase hire construct own I I maintain and operate or lease public utilities local In extent and use to acquire by condemnation or otherwise within or without the corporate limits property necessary for an any such purposes pur pur- poses POles subject to restrictions Imposed by general law for tor the tha protection of other communities and to grant local public utility franchises and regulate tho the exorcise thereof subject to the continuing con con- i I power of ot regulation of ot public puNic utilities their rates and service by the State as Is la now or may hereafter be I i provided by general law Jaw aw c To make local public Improvements improvements Improve improve- ments menta and to acquire by condemnation or otherwise property within Its corporate corporate cor cor- limits necessary for tor such Improvements Im Im- provet and also to acquire a an excess excess excess ex- ex ex ex- cess over that needed for tor any such improvement Improvement Improvement Im Im- ImI I provement and to sell or lease such excess property with restrictions In order to protect and preserve the Improvement Im Im- provement d To issue and sell bonds on the security of any such excess excell property or of ot any utility owned by the city or of the revenues thereof or both including in the case calle of ot a pub pub- lie llo utility a franchise stating the terms upon which In oase case of ot foreclosure foreclosure fore fore- closure the purchaser may operate such uch utility Sec 2 2 The Secretary of ot State is hereby directed directed to submit the proposed amendment to the electors of ot the State at the next general election In the manner provided by law Sec a 8 It If adopted I by the electors of ot tills State c. c this amendment shall take effect on January 1st lat 1921 Approved March IS 18 18 1919 o. o |