S.B. 164 Enrolled

UTAH STATE CAPITOL BUILDING
CENTENNIAL STUDY
1997 GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Sponsor: Nathan C. Tanner
AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS IN GENERAL; CREATING THE UTAH STATE
CAPITOL BUILDING CENTENNIAL TASK FORCE; PROVIDING FOR
MEMBERSHIP; DELINEATING RESPONSIBILITIES AND PROCEDURES;
PROVIDING A REPORTING DATE; APPROPRIATING $23,000 FROM THE
GENERAL FUND; AND PROVIDING A REPEAL DATE.
This act enacts uncodified material.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1. Utah State Capitol Building Centennial Task Force -- Creation --
Membership -- Quorum -- Staff.
(1) There is created the Utah State Capitol Building Centennial Task Force consisting of
the following 11 members:
(a) three members of the Senate appointed by the president of the Senate, no more than
two of whom may be from the same political party;
(b) three members of the House of Representatives appointed by the speaker of the House
of Representatives, no more than two of whom may be from the same political party; and
(c) the following five members jointly appointed by the president of the Senate and the
speaker of the House of Representatives:
(i) two members from the art profession;
(ii) one member from the history profession;
(iii) one member from the architecture profession; and
(iv) one member of the public.
(2) (a) The president of the Senate shall designate a member of the Senate appointed under
Subsection (1)(a) as a cochair of the task force.
(b) The speaker of the House of Representatives shall designate a member of the House

of Representatives appointed under Subsection (1)(b) as a cochair of the task force.
(3) (a) A majority of the members of the task force is a quorum.
(b) The action of a majority of a quorum is the action of the task force.
(4) (a) Salaries and expenses of the members of the task force who are legislators shall be
paid in accordance with Section 36-2-2 and Legislative Joint Rule 15.03.
(b) (i) Members of the task force who are not government employees shall receive no
compensation or benefits for their services, but may receive per diem and expenses incurred in the
performance of the member's official duties at the rates established by the Division of Finance under
Sections 63A-3-106 and 63A-3-107.
(ii) Members may decline to receive per diem and expenses for their service.
(5) The Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel shall provide staff support to
the task force.
Section 2. Duties -- Interim report.
(1) The task force shall review and make recommendations on the following issues:
(a) current condition of the state capitol building; and
(b) whether there are any interior or exterior areas of the capitol that are unfinished or need
refinishing.
(2) A final report, including any proposed legislation, shall be presented to the Legislative
Management Interim Committee before November 30, 1997.
Section 3. Appropriation.
There is appropriated from the General Fund for fiscal year 1996-1997:
(1) $4,000 to the Senate to pay for the compensation and expenses of senators on the task
force;
(2) $4,000 to the House of Representatives to pay for the compensation and expenses of
representatives on the task force; and
(3) $15,000 to the Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel to pay for staffing
the task force.
Section 4. Repeal date.

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This act is repealed November 30, 1997.

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