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Legislative action that proposed this amendment: HJR4 2019 General Session
Disposition: This amendment took effect following voter ratification. You may read the resulting 2021 Utah Constitution here.
Amends Article VI section 5.
6:5
(1) A person is not eligible to the office of senator or representative unless the person is:
(a) at the time of election or appointment:
(i) a citizen of the United States;
(ii) at least twenty-five years of age; and
(iii) a qualified voter in the district from which the person is chosen;
(b) a resident of the state for three consecutive years immediately prior to:
(i) the last date provided by statute for filing for the office, for a person seeking election to the office; or
(ii) the person's appointment to the office, for a person appointed to fill a mid-term vacancy; and
(c)
(i) a resident of the district from which the person is elected for six consecutive months immediately prior to the last date provided by statute for filing for the office; or
(ii) a resident of the district for which the person is appointed to fill a mid-term vacancy for six consecutive months immediately prior to the person's appointment.
(2) A person elected or appointed to the office of senator or representative may not continue to serve in that office after ceasing to be a resident of the district from which elected or for which appointed.
