Utah Code § 10-2a-204

(1) Within 45 days after the day on which an individual files a feasibility request under Section 10-2a-202, the county clerk shall: (a) determine whether the feasibility request complies with Section 10-2a-202; and (b) notify the lieutenant governor, in writing, of the determination made under Subsection (1)(a) and the grounds for the determination. (2) The county clerk: (a) shall keep the lieutenant governor apprised of the county clerk's progress in making the determination described in Subsection (1)(a); and (b) may consult with the lieutenant governor in making the determination described in Subsection (1)(a). (3) Within five days after the day on which the county clerk provides the notification described in Subsection (1)(b), the lieutenant governor shall: (a) review the determination and the grounds for the determination to evaluate whether the feasibility request complies with Section 10-2a-202; and (b) (i) uphold the determination; (ii) reverse the determination; or (iii) require the county clerk to provide additional information that the lieutenant governor identifies as necessary for the lieutenant governor to uphold or reverse the county clerk's determination. (4) If the office requires the county clerk to provide additional information under Subsection (3)(b)(iii): (a) the county clerk shall provide the additional information to the office within five days after the day on which the office notifies the county clerk that the additional information is required; and (b) the office shall, within five days after the day on which the county clerk provides the additional information, uphold or reverse the determination of the county clerk described in Subsection (1)(b). (5) If the lieutenant governor determines that the feasibility request complies with Section 10-2a-202, the lieutenant governor shall: (a) certify the request; and (b) transmit written notification of the certification to the contact sponsor. (6) If the lieutenant governor determines that the feasibility request fails to comply with Section 10-2a-202, the lieutenant governor shall reject the feasibility request and notify the contact sponsor in writing of the rejection and the grounds for the rejection. (7) The lieutenant governor shall certify or reject feasibility requests in the order in which the requests are filed. (8) (a) If the lieutenant governor determines that the feasibility request fails to comply with Section 10-2a-202, the sponsors may, subject to Section 10-2a-206, amend the feasibility request to correct the deficiencies and refile the feasibility request with the county clerk. (b) The sponsors shall submit any amended feasibility request within 90 days after the day on which the lieutenant governor makes the determination or rejection described in Subsection (8)(a). (c) The sponsors may reuse a signature described in Subsection 10-2a-202(1)(a) that is on a rejected feasibility request or on an amended feasibility request described in Subsection (8)(a). (d) The county clerk and the lieutenant governor shall consider a feasibility request that is amended and refiled under Subsection (8)(a) as a newly filed feasibility request and process the feasibility request in accordance with this section.