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First Substitute H.B. 307
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5 AN ACT RELATING TO THE LEGISLATURE; DEFINING LEGISLATIVE INTERIM
6 COMMITTEES; AND OUTLINING THEIR DUTIES.
7 This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
8 AMENDS:
9 36-12-1, as last amended by Chapter 47, Laws of Utah 1985
10 36-12-5, as last amended by Chapter 226, Laws of Utah 1998
11 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
12 Section 1. Section 36-12-1 is amended to read:
13 36-12-1. Definitions.
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16 membership of each house to function between sessions of the Legislature in order to study
17 subjects of legislative concern.
18 (b) "Interim committees" includes a commission, committee, council, task force, board,
19 or panel, in which legislative participation is required by law, which committee functions between
20 sessions of the Legislature.
21 (2) "Legislative director" means the director of the Office of Legislative Research and
22 General Counsel, the legislative fiscal analyst, or the legislative auditor general.
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24 number of members elected to the two houses of the Legislature.
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26 of their staffs.
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28 of each house of the Legislature for the duration of the legislative biennial term to consider
29 proposed legislation[
30 excludes appropriations committees, appropriations subcommittees, and rules committees [
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32 Section 2. Section 36-12-5 is amended to read:
33 36-12-5. Duties of interim committees.
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37 (b) to receive study assignments from its corresponding Senate or House Management
38 Committee, created under Section 36-12-6 ;
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40 the study from its Senate or House Management Committee[
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42 the request, the interim committee shall consider it approved and may proceed with the requested
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44 (d) to request research reports from the professional legislative staff pertaining to the
45 committee's agenda of study;
46 (e) to investigate and study possibilities for improvement in government services within
47 its subject area;
48 (f) to accept reports from the professional legislative staff and make recommendations for
49 legislative action with respect to such reports; and
50 (g) to prepare and recommend to the Legislature a legislative program in response to the
51 committee's study agenda.
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53 interim committees shall be completed and made public prior to any legislative session at which
54 the reports and recommendations are submitted. A copy of the reports and recommendations shall
55 be mailed to each member or member-elect of the Legislature, to each elective state officer, and
56 to the state library.
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