Carter v. Lehi City

Justice LEE,

opinion of the Court:

11 This case presents questions concerning the seope of the people's initiative power under article VI of the Utah Constitution. Petitioners are Lehi City voters who sought to place on the municipal ballot initiatives regulating salaries and residency require*145ments for certain city employees. The City refused to accept the initiatives, and this litigation ensued.

T2 Our consideration of this matter has caused us to reexamine our precedents defining the nature and extent of the people's power to legislate by initiative. The framework embraced in those precedents…