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Show November 4, 1966 THE EUREKA (UTAH) REPORTER Page four Proposed Changes in Utah's Constitution State of Utah OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE Salt Lake Crrr August 29, 19G6 Dear Fellow Citizens : The Legislature of the State of Utah has entrusted me with the responsibility for publishing the following Propositions, which relate to changes in the Constitution of the State of Utah. In the beginning of the body of each Proposition we have set forth the Ballot Title of the Proposition as it will appear on the General Election Ballot on November 8, 19C6. Because of the very serious nature of these Propositions which your State Legislature has caused to be placed before you, I urge that each of you study the text of the Propositions in full. I urge you to consult with your friends, neighbors and local civic leaders in order that you may gain all information necessary to render a just and wise decision. Sincerely , CLYDE L. MILLER Secretary of State ment lie created? Yes f ) No ( )." at the next general election field regularly after the filing of the petition. Sea 5. At the time the voters PROPOSITION NO. 1 residing within the metropolitan region vote to approve or reject METROPOLITAN the metropolitan type of local1 GOVERNMENT government at a general elecSHALL A NEW ARTICLE tion, they shall also vote for fifteen persons to be members of BE ADDED TO THE CONa charter commission to prepare STITUTION OF THE STATE a plan of metropolitan governOF UTAH TO PERMIT COUNTIES OF 75,000 OR ment Candidates shall be qualified electors residing within the MORE PERSONS TO ESproposed metropolitan region, TABLISH A METROPOLIwho shall be nominated by petiTAN FORM OF GOVERtion signed, with their respective NMENT WITHIN METROfewer than POLITAN REGIONS WHICH! addresses, by not registered voters residing COULD REPLACE ANY fifty the proposed region. OTHER EXISTING UNIT OF within Said petition dull be filed with LOCAL GOVERNMENT the Secretary of State at least WITHIN THE REGION. sixty days prior to the general election. If a majority of the Section 1. The residents of a electors voting upon the quesresident populacounty with tion of not fewer than 75,000 tion vote in the affirmative, the fifteen candidates receiving the as determined by the last na tional or state census are emhighest number of votes cast at such election shall constitute the: powered to establish a metropolitan region and provide for the charter commission. The ballot for a charter commission shall! government thereof, subject only to the limitations of this article. not contain any party designs- Sec. 2. Notwithstanding any tion. other provisions of the constituSec. 6. If a metropolitan typo tion of this state, a metropolitan of government is approved, the accordgovernment created in charter commission shall, within ance with the procedure outone month after being elected, lined herein may assume or on a day and time tone set by transfer powers and functions of the Secretary of State, meet and existing governmental units, proorganise in the metropolitan revide for revenue to support a gion and proceed to frame a metropolitan government,, ascharter setting forth a plan of sume indebtedness of existing government for the metropolitan transfer governmental units, region. The expenses of tho other and records, funds charter commission shall be ad vanccd by the state and tho property and assets, and provide for all matters necessary or state shall be repaid by tho incidental to the effectuation of metropolitan region within five the foregoing provisions. years. Charter commissioner Sec. 3. Whenever the resishall be allowed no pay for their dents of a metropolitan region services, but shall be allowed! desire to create a metropolitan necessary expenses by the board government, a petition to do so of examiners. Sec. 7. The charter so framed may be filed naming the metropolitan region and describing shall be filed w:iii the Secretary Such thereof. boundaries the of State by ihe charter commission arA then submitted to the petition shall be signed by qualified electors equal to ten percent qui&fied electors of the metrothe at votes cast or more of the politan region at an election to next preceding general election be held at a time to be deterwithin the proposed metropolimined by the charter commistan region and shall be filed in sion, which shall be not less than the oflice of the Secretary of sixty days subsequent to its State, at least six months, pnor completion and not more than to the next general election. one year from such date. Alternative provisions may be votSec. 4. The Secretary of State shall forthwith publish notice, of ed upon separately. Notice as to the manner of obtaining free the filing of the petition, naming coiiies of the proposed charter the metropolitan region and setting forth the boundaries thereof and its alternatives, certified by the chairman of the charter as described in the petition. The commission, shall be published notice shall be published once a week for six consecutive weeks in the manner provided for notice of petition in section 4. in a newspaper having a general circulation and published in the Such proposed charter and alternative provisions approved by county containing land proposed a majority of the electors voting to be included in the metropolitan region, and the Secretary, of thereon snail become the organic State shall transput a certified law of the metropolitan region copy of the petition to the at a time to be fixed therein, and shall supersede any existing county dork of the county Tho matter shall be charters. The government ere- -- : .ruby in- - placed before the registered forms of government n voters residing in the metroo the metropolitan politan region upon a ballot provided in the reading substantially. Should a of the charter metropolitan type . of govern B of1 is resolved by two-thirthe members elected to each branch of the Legislature. ds of-tid- al con-ceme- d. ; in-i- re-s- char-doptio- n shall not invalidate existing laws and ordinances not in conflict therewith. The metropolitan government shall have the power to amend, repeal or replace the ordinances of such superseded governmental units. Within thirty days after, approval of the charter, duplicate copies thereof, certified by the charter commission chairman, shall be fifed in the office of the Secretary of State, who shall deliver one copy thereof to the officer of the metropolitan region designated by the charter after said officer qualifies. The charter may subsequently be amended or changed in the manner provided in Section 5 of Article XI of the Constitution. Sea 8. The metropolitan gion government shall be a body politic and corporate and have all rights, powers, jurisdictions and authority now exercised by towns, cities, counties and all special purpose districts. Such metropolitan region government can sue and be sued, subject to limitations, conditions and procedure established by the legislature and the rules of procedure promulgated by the supreme court pertaining to muni-ciicorporations. The charter of each metropolitan region shall designate the officer who may be served as process agent This amendment shall take effect on approval by the electors of the state. FOR ANNUAL SESSIONS OF THE LEGISLATURE CONSISTING OF A L SESSION OF NOT TO FORTY-FIVLEGEXCEED ISLATIVE DAYS IN ODD NUMBERED YEARS AND A BUDGET SESSION OF NOT TO EXCEED TWENTY LEGISLATIVE DAYS IN EVEN NUMBERED YEARS. THIS PROPOSAL WOULD REPLACE A SIXTY CALENDAR DAY SESSION WHICH PROPOSITION NO. 8 SUCCESSION OF STATE AUDITOR AND STATE TREASURER SHALL SECTION 3 OF ARTICLE VII OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF UTAH BE AMENDED TO ALLOW THE STATE AUDITOR AND THE STATE TREASURER TO BE ELIGIBLE TO SERVE FOR NOT MORE THAN TWO SUCCES-SIV- E TERMS RATHER THAN THE ONE TERM GEN-ERA- E NOW MEETS EVERY OTHER YEAR. NOW ALLOWED. Section 1. It is proposed to amend Article VII, Section 3 of the Constitution of the State of Utah to read as follows: Sec. 3. No person shall be eligible to the office of governor or secretary of state unless he hall have attained to the age of thirty yean at the time of his election, nor to the office of attorney general unleu he hall have attained the age of twenty five yean at the time of his election, and have been admitted to practice in the supreme court of the territory or the state of Utah, nor unleu he shall be in good standing at the bar at the time of his election. No person shall be eligible to any of the offices provided for in section one of this article, unleu at the time of his election he shall be a qualified elector, and shall have been a resident citizen of the state or territory for five yearn next preceding hie election. Hie state auditor and state treuurer shall be ineligible to serve for more than two successive terms. PROPOSITION NO. 2 If adopted by the electors of CONSTITUTIONAL this state, this amendment shall CONVENTION CALL taka effect upon approval. WHEREAS THE THIRTY-SIXTPROPOSITION NO. 4 LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF UTAH LEGISLATIVE STANDING DEEMED IT NECESSARY COMMITTEE TO CALL A CONVENTION ARTICLE VI OF SHALL OR AMEND REVISE TO OF CONSTITUTION THE THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF UTAH BE THE STATE OF UTAH AND AMENDED BY THE ADDIHAS RECOMMENDED TION OF SECTION 33, AUTHAT THE ELECTORS THORIZING EACH HOUSE VOTE AT THIS ELECTION OF THE LEGISLATURE TO FOR OR AGAINST A APPOINT COMMITTEES TO : THEREFORE SERVE BETWEEN LEGISEITHER. VOTE LATIVE SESSIONS AS WHEREAS, the people of WELL AS DURING SESthis sovereign State of Utah SIONS, AND TO PROVIDE are blessed with the constituFOR THE STAFFING AND tional guarantees of life, liberty, FINANCING OF SAID COMproperty, and self government MITTEES. and, Section 1. It is proposed to WHEREAS, the guarantee of amend Artide VI of the Conself government itself extends to of the State of Utah the right of the people to revise stitution of Section 33 addition the by their constitutional charter; and to Radi WHEREAS, it is appropriate Section 33. In order to exthat the people should turn their pedite the work of the legisconto a attention periodically each house may by lature, consideration of fundamental resolution provide for the ap-cepts of government and the of committees to puiiitnicnt machinery of government in the facts and make reclight of everchanging social and ascertain ommendations as to any subject economic conditions; within the scope of legislative NOW. THEREFORE, BE IT regulation or control, and joint of RESOLVED by consisting of memthe members elected to each committees, bers of both houses, may lie branch of the Legislature, that created by resolutions. A it be recommended to the elec- resolution joint any such tors to vote at the general elec- committee creating may authorize it to tion to be held in 1966 for or art during sessions of the legagainst a convention to consider islature, during jicrinds wlien the Constitution of Utah and tho legislature whether it shall be amended or or after final is in adjournment adjournment of revised. By this action it is a session. Any such committee deemed necessary that such hall have tho powers and perproposition be submitted to the form tho duties provided by the aid electors. resolution creating it, including BE IT FURTHER RESOLVtho power of subena and the ED that the Secretary of State power to hire and to maintain is directed to submit this propostaff, and in addition it shall sition to the electors of the State have such owcra and jierform of Utah in the general election such duties os may lx provided to be held in 1966. The proposi- by law or by the rules of the tion shall be submitted to the legislature or eitlicr house thereelectors in the following form: of. The legislature may provide for llic payment of expenses Whereas the thirty-sixt- h Legislature of the State of Utah necessarily incurred by any such deemed it necessary to call committee. convention to revise or Thia amendment, if mend the Constitution of by the electors of thoadopted state, Utah and has recommended snail take effect tho first day of that the electors vote at this January, 1967. election for or against a convention; therefore vote either, PROPOSITION NO. 5 for a convention ANNUAL SESSIONS OF THE LEGISLATURE against a convention If a majority of ail the electors, SHALL SECTIONS 2 AND voting at this election, shall 16 OF ARTICLE VI OF THE vote for a convention, tho OF THE CONSTITUTION sesnext its at Legislature, sion, shall provide by law for STATE OF UTAH BE AMENDED TO PROVIDE calling the same. H CON-VENTIO- N 1 two-thin- ls I Section 1. It is proposed to amend Article VI, Sections 2 and 16 of the Constitution of the State of Utah to read: See. 2. Regular sessions of the legislature shall be held annually at the seat of government. Regular sessions which shall be known as general sessions shall be held in yean, and regular sessions which shall bo known as budget sessions hall be held in years. Regular sessions shall commence at 12 oclock, P.M. on the second Monday in January. At a budget session the legislature shall consider only (1): general appropriation bills for tho succeeding fiscal year, (2) revenue Nils necessary therefor; (3) bills necessary to implement appropriations in general ap propnation bills for new pro jects, programs or services, (4) legislative matters submitted to) the legislature in writing by thoj governor during tho session, and (5) legislative matters brought before the session Ire introduce of the mem- -' tion by here of either house. Thai legislature, however, may pro-- 1 vide for its expenses. Sec, 16. No general of the legislature shall forty-fiv- e legislative days, no budget session shall ex twenty legislative days, ex in cases of impeachment except that at tho end of any regular session the legislature1 may adjourn to a date when it! hall convene for not to five legislative days for the sole: purpose of reconsidering vetoed! bills, and line items in sppropri-- i bills vetoed by this gov No pedal session shall! thirty legislative days; except that at the end of anyi special session tho legislature! may adjourn to a data wheaj it shall convene for not to ex--i seed five legislative days for the ole purpose of reconsidering vetoed bills and lino items in appropriation bills vetoed by the governor. Legislative days shall be calendar days but shall not include Saturdays, Sundays, legal holidays or periods when the legislature shall be in adjourneven-number- two-thir- ment If adopted by tho electors of. the state, this amendment shall talcs effect the first day of Janu- ary, 1967. PROPOSITION NO. 6 CONVENING OF SPECIAL SESSION OF LEGISLATURE BY LEGISLATURE ITSELF SHALL A NEW SECTIONl BE ADDED TO ARTICLE VII OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF UTAH TO AUTHORIZE THE LEGISLATURE TO CALL ITSELF; INTO SPECIAL SESSION1 UPON THE WRITTEN RE- OF 9UEST OF OF EACH TWO-THIRD- S HOUSE. Section 1. It is proposed to amend artide VI of the Constitution of the State of Utah by the addition of section read: Sec. 31. Special 34 to sessions of the legislature (1) may be con-v- i nod by the governor ns provided in article VII, section 6, or (!2) shall In convened by the presiding officers of the senate ami house of representatives, acting jointly, upon written res of the mem-Iter- s quest by of each house. At a sjiochil session convened by the presiding officers of the two houses, the legislature shall consider only legislative mailers brought before the session by resolution of tlu; approved by members ot .cither bouse. The two-third- two-thir- |