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Senate advances resolution to raise ballot threshold for wildlife initiatives

Utah State Senate · February 3, 1998
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Summary

Senate adopted a first-substitute of SJR 10 to put on the ballot a proposal raising the public-petition threshold for wildlife-related constitutional changes to a two-thirds requirement; sponsor said the change is intended to protect existing wildlife-management procedures; the substitute passed and was advanced to third reading.

The Utah Senate on Feb. 3 adopted a first-substitute of Senate Joint Resolution 10, moving the measure to the third-reading calendar and clearing the way for a ballot question that would raise the public-petition threshold for wildlife-related constitutional changes to two-thirds.

Sponsor Senator Blackcomb said the change reflects the state’s established…

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