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Show Official Ballot Title: For Against Shall the Utah Constitution be amended to require i two-thivote in order to adopt by initiative i Kite law allowing, limiting, or prohibiting the taking of wildlife or the season for or method of taking wildlife? O Q rds Proposition No. 5 RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING WILDLIFE INITIATIVE NUMBERS Mites cast by the members of the Legislature at the 1998 General Session on final passage: HOUSE (75 members): Yeas, 52; Nays, 19; Absent, 4. SENATE (29 members): Yeas, 25; Nays, 3; Absent, 1. Impartial Analysis Proposition 5 amends present provisions of the Utah Constitution regarding the power of the people of the state to initiate legislation and submit it to a vote of the people for approval includes hunting, pursuing, harassing, catching, capturing, possessing, angling, netting, trapping, or killing wildlife or the attempt to do any of these activities. The term wildlife mean crustaceans, including brine shrimp and crayfish; shellfish; and mammals, birds, and fish living in nature, except those that have escaped domestication and become wild. The term season refers to the period of time during which specified wildlife may be legally taken. These terms would serve as the starting point for any initiative proposing a change to state wildlife law. or rejection by majority vote. This proposition requires a ds vote in order to adopt by initiative a state law allowing, limiting, or prohibiting the taking of wildlife or the season for or method of taking wildlife. two-thir- Current law The Utah Constitution grants legislative power to both the Legislature and the people of the state. One of the ways the people may exercise their legislative power is through the initiative process. Under the Utah Constitution, that process consists of legal voters proposing a law and submitting it for approval or rejection by a vote of the people. The process occurs under the conditions, in the manner, and within the time provided by law. If the people by initiative propose the adoption of a state law, the initiative is subject to a statewide vote requiring approval by majority vote. Accordingly under current law, an initiative proposing the adoption of a state law relating to the taking of wildlife or the season for or method of taking wildlife would be subject to a statewide vote requiring approval by majority vote. State wildlife laws currently use some of the same terms found in Proposition 5. The term "take, as used in wildlife laws, Proposed changes Proposition 5 amends the Utah Constitution to establish a two-thivote requirement in order to adopt by initiative a state law that allows, limits, or prohibits the taking of wildlife or the season for or method of taking wildlife. All other initiatives would continue to be subject to approval by majority vote. rds Effective Date Proposition 5 takes effect on January 1, 1999. Fiscal Note Proposition 5 has no fiscal impact 34 1 |