S.B. 86
         INDEPENDENT EXECUTIVE BRANCH ETHICS COMMISSION

House Floor Amendments

Amendment 2 March 13, 2013 4:23 PM



Representative Dean Sanpei proposes the following amendments:

1.    Page 25, Lines 756 through 768 :    

             756          63A-13-202. Independent Executive Branch Ethics Commission -- Membership.
             757          (1)
  (a)       There is created the Independent Executive Branch Ethics Commission, consisting

             758      of the following five members appointed by the governor, each of whom shall be registered to
             759      vote in the state at the time of appointment:
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{   (a)   }        (i)       two members who served:

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{   (i)   }        (A)       as elected officials in state government no more recently than four years before the

             762      day on which the member is appointed; or
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{   (ii)   }        (B)       in a management position in the state executive branch no more recently than four

             764      years before the day on which the member is appointed;
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{   (b)   }        (ii)       one member who:

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{   (i)   }        (A)       has served, but no longer actively serves, as a judge of a court in the state; or

             767          
{   (ii)   }        (B)       is a licensed attorney in the state and is not, and has not been, a judge; and

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{   (c)   }        (iii)       two citizen members.

  (b) The governor shall make appointments to the commission as follows:

(i) each executive branch elected official, other than the governor, shall select, and provide to the governor, at least two names for potential appointment to one of the membership positions described in Subsection (1)(a);
(ii) the governor shall determine which of the executive branch elected officials described in Subsection (1)(b)(i) shall select names for which membership position;
(iii) the governor shall appoint to the commission one of the names provided by each executive branch elected official described in Subsection (1)(b)(i);
(iv) the governor shall directly appoint the remaining member of the commission; and
(v) if an executive branch elected official fails to submit names to the governor within 15 days after the day on which the governor makes the determination described in Subsection (1)(b)(ii), the governor shall directly appoint a person to fill the applicable membership position.  

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