Governor's Proclamation: Stating the Outcome of Voting on Citizen Referendum Number One on the Ballot for the 2007 Statewide Special Election, Declaring that House Bill 148 Does Not Take Effect

Issued: November 27, 2007

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PROCLAMATION

I, Jon M. Huntsman, Jr., Governor of the State of Utah, pursuant to the requirements of Utah Code Annotated Section 20A-7-310, proclaim as follows:

WHEREAS, the people of Utah cast 198,205 votes for and 325,279 votes against Citizens' Referendum Number One, in the November 6, 2007 Statewide Special Election;

NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the State of Utah, I do by this Proclamation declare that House Bill 148, Education Vouchers, passed by the Utah State Legislature in its 2007 General Session does not take effect.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused to beaffixed the Great Seal of the State of Utah. Done at the State Capitol Complex in Salt Lake City, Utah, this 27th day of November, 2007.

(State Seal)

Jon M. Huntsman, Jr.
Governor

ATTEST:

Gary R. Herbert
Lieutenant Governor

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