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Show HHlTl Constitutional Amendment ' RELATING TO Ml'Ntt'lPAL CORPORATIONS k Ulut rolutlon propnatng mt amendment M Section 6. of Article XI of the constitution consti-tution of the Stat? of Utah, relating to ffHnttipal corpora t ions. II reoolvcd by the LegiiUlure of thr gtftte of Utah, two-thirdi of all the mem-tr mem-tr elected to each of the two houir votlnf In faror thereof: SUCTION I. Section proposed to b i'V poinded. That It it proposed tn amend action 6 of Article XI of the conatitution i f the State of LHh, ao that the name will j ri follows : gKCTlON 5. Municipal corporation! grtt& general law of legislature tn- evrpor cltlea or towns mar frame anc iSV aioP1 n,rter manner prescribed charter iK te iubmlttcd to electors copiea to be J iiftrlbut city recorder to file with aec-' aec-' J"- ittarT f State amendments powers con-Jr con-Jr fsrrW upon cities. Corporations for mu- skip' purposes shall not be created bj .Mcial laws. The letrtalature by fterernl shnll provide for the incorporation, fTfgniiation and classification of cities and towns in proportion tn population, which uwf may be altered, amended or repealed. Any Incorporated city or town may frame Bdopt a charter for its own government t tne f"ow'nfc manner: 1T letrlalativo authority of the city 0sy, or two-thirds vote of Its members, upon petition of qualified electors to T tlM number of fifteen per cent of all otea t at the next preceding election for the jfflct of th mayor, shall forthwith pro- by ordinance for the eubmission to the lectors of the question: "Shall a commissi! commis-si! be chosen to frame a charter 7" The 3, dinuc shall require that the question submitted to the electors at the next ntgular municipal election. The ballot con-tiintnK con-tiintnK such question shall also contain the names of candidates for members of tb proposed commission, but without party 4l(roation. Such candidate shall be nominated nom-inated in the same manner as required by ttw for nomination of city officers. If a pujority of the electors votinr on the enaction of choosing a commission shaJl tot in the affirmative, then the fifteen Kfididate receiving a majority of the rotsf cast at such election, shall constitute tht charter commission, and shall proceed frame a charter. Any charter so framed shall be submit-ltd submit-ltd to the qualified electors of the city ' (( an election to be held at a time to be irtermined by the charter commission, np6t)Q which shall be not less than sixty days sob- elba ssQuent to its completion and distribution .T among the electors and not more than one wie r fron) tuch date. Alternative provi de nry form may also be submitted to be voted tpoo separately. The commission shall aukt provisions for the distribution of sop lea of the proposed charter and of any tlttmative provisions to the qualified eleo-fc-- tors of the city, not less than sixty days be fere the election at which It Is voted uporu lock proposed charter and such alternative provision as are approved by a majority f tbt electors voting thereon, shall become an trfanie law of such city at such time as auy be fixed therein, and shall supersede ay existing charter and all laws affecting tbe organisation and government of such tity which are now In conflict therewith. Within thirty days after its approval a copy f such charter as adopted, certified by the auyor and city recorder and authenticated by the seal of such city, shall be made la duplicate and deposited, one In the office of-fice of the secretary of State and the ether in the office of the city recorder, and thereafter all courts shall take judicial aetice of such charter. Amendments to any such charter may b framed and submitted by a charter com-mission com-mission In the same manner as providei for making of charters, or may be proposed pro-posed by the legislative authority of the dty upon a two-thirds vote thereof, or by petition of qualified electors to number num-ber equal to fifteen per cent of the total votes cast for mayor on the next preceu-btc preceu-btc election, and any such amendment auy be submitted at the next regular mu-alelpal mu-alelpal election, and having been approved by the majority of the electors voting there-oa, there-oa, shall become part of the charter at tat time fixed in such amendment and shall bo certified and filed as provided in case f charters. Eaeh city forming its charter under this section shall have, and is hereby granted, the authority to exercise all powers relating to municipal affairs, and to adopt and enforce en-force within Its limits, local police, sanitary and similar regulations not in conflict with the general law, and no enumeration of ewers in this constitution or any law hall be deemed to limit or restrict the general grant of authority hereby conferred confer-red ; but this grant of authority shall not faehide the power to regulate public utilities, util-ities, not municipally owned. If any such regulation of public utilities is provided for by general law, nor be deemed to limit or restrict the power of the legislature in matters mat-ters relating to State affairs, to enact general laws applicable alike to all cities ef the State. The power to be conferred upon the cities br this section shall include the following: (a) To levy, assess and collect taxes and Borrow money, within the limits prescribed by general law, and to levy and collect special spe-cial assessments for benefits conferred. (h) To furnish all local public service; fc purchase, hire, construct, own, maintain main-tain or operate, or lease, publio utilities local In extent and use; to acquire by con-dtmnatton, con-dtmnatton, or otherwise, within or with-eot with-eot the corporate limits, property necessary neces-sary for any such purposes, subject to restrictions re-strictions imposed by general law for th fro taction of other communities ; and to grant local publio utility franchises and within ha powers regulate the exercise thereof. ) To make local public improvements and to acquire by condemnation, or otherwise, other-wise, property within its corporate limits necessary for such improvements ; and also to acquire an excess over than that need-4 need-4 for any such improvement and to sell or lease sneh excess property with restrictions, in order to protect and preserve the improvement. im-provement. (d) To issue and sell bonds on the se-tnrity se-tnrity of any such excess prcperty, or of ny public utility owned by the city, or of the revenues thereof, or both, including in the case of public utility, a franchise stating stat-ing the terms upon which, in case of foreclosure, fore-closure, the purchaser may operate such ' Utility. SECTION 2. Duty of Secretary of State. Th secretary of State is hereby directed to ubmit the proposed amendment to the ketors of the State at the next general lection in the manner provided by law. BCTION t. To Take Effect. If adopted W the electors of this State, this amend-nt amend-nt shall take effect on January 1st, mm. I M. H. Wellsng, Secretary of State f State of Utah do hereby oartify that foregoing Is a full, true and correet py of the Constitutional Amendment pre-QMd pre-QMd by the regular session of the legislators legisla-tors of 131 as the same appears of record h ay office. In witness whereof, I have hereunto eat V hand and affixed the Great Seal of the State of Utah, this 5th day of Septosn-er, Septosn-er, 1980. (RAL) Btcntmrj of Stat (j |