SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — The Utah Education Association (UEA) filed a motion in court on Wednesday asking a judge to throw out constitutional Amendment A, slated for the November ballot, one week after a judge granted an injunction that voided Amendment D.
Amendment A seeks to erase a constitutional guarantee allowing income tax revenue to public schools.
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Last Wednesday, a judge voided Amendment D, while still allowing it to appear on the ballot.
Amendment D was created by the Utah Legislature in an emergency special session specifically to add it to the Nov. 5 ballot. The summary — what voters see on the ballot — said the amendment would “strengthen and clarify” the citizen initiative process for future Utah elections. Opponents argued voters’ constitutional rights would be stripped.
State officials argued that Amendment D is necessary to keep “foreign” influence out of Utah’s law structure.
Utah State Legislature’s current model of income tax uses it for four purposes: