S.B. 22

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BUDGET REVIEW TASK FORCE
2 1997 GENERAL SESSION
3 STATE OF UTAH
4 Sponsor: Millie M. Peterson
5 AN ACT RELATING TO LEGISLATURE; CREATING A TASK FORCE TO REVIEW
6 SELECTED STATE GOVERNMENT ENTITIES' BUDGETS AND MAKE
7 RECOMMENDATIONS; SPECIFYING TASK FORCE MEMBERSHIP AND DUTIES;
8 PROVIDING A $79,000 APPROPRIATION; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
9 This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
10 ENACTS:
11 36-23-1, Utah Code Annotated 1953
12 36-23-2, Utah Code Annotated 1953
13 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
14 Section 1. Section 36-23-1 is enacted to read:
15 36-23-1. Budget Review Task Force -- Creation -- Membership -- Quorum --
16 Compensation -- Staffing.
17 (1) There is created the Budget Review Task Force consisting of the following 13
18 members:
19 (a) five members of the Senate, three from the majority party and two from the minority
20 party, appointed by the president of the Senate; and
21 (b) eight members of the House of Representatives, five from the majority party and three
22 from the minority party, appointed by the speaker of the House.
23 (2) (a) The president of the Senate shall appoint one of the Senate members to be a cochair
24 of the task force.
25 (b) The speaker of the House shall appoint one of the House members to be a cochair of
26 the task force.
27 (c) Members shall serve for a one-year term or until their successors are appointed.

1 (d) (i) A vacancy exists whenever a committee member ceases to be a member of the
2 Legislature or when a member resigns from the committee.
3 (ii) Vacancies shall be filled by the appointing authority, and the replacement shall serve
4 out the unexpired term.
5 (3) In conducting all of its business, the committee shall comply with the rules of
6 legislative interim committees.
7 (4) The Office of the Legislative Fiscal Analyst shall provide staff services to the task
8 force.
9 Section 2. Section 36-23-2 is enacted to read:
10 36-23-2. Task Force Duties.
11 Each year, the task force shall:
12 (1) study the budget of the department or division of state government selected by the
13 Legislative Management Committee;
14 (2) review the programs and functions of that department or division and consider whether
15 any or all of them are still necessary;
16 (3) review the department's or division's personnel structure and determine whether or not
17 the department or division may adequately perform its responsibilities with fewer employees;
18 (4) make recommendations, and prepare draft legislation where appropriate, to eliminate
19 programs, reduce or eliminate program budgets, and reduce department or division employees; and
20 (5) report its findings and recommendations to the Executive Appropriations Committee
21 before December 31 of each year.
22 Section 3. Appropriation.
23 There is appropriated from the General Fund for fiscal year 1997-98:
24 (1) $6,000 to the Senate to pay for the compensation and expenses of senators who are
25 members of the task force;
26 (2) $9,500 to the House to pay for the compensation and expenses of representatives who
27 are members of the task force; and
28 (3) $63,500 to the Office of the Legislative Fiscal Analyst for staffing expenses associated
29 with the task force.
30 Section 4. Effective date.
31 If approved by two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, this act takes effect

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1 upon approval by the governor, or the day following the constitutional time limit of Utah
2 Constitution Article VII, Section 8, without the governor's signature, or in the case of a veto, the
3 date of veto override.




Legislative Review Note
as of 1-6-97 7:54 AM

A limited legal review of this bill raises no obvious constitutional or statutory concerns.

Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel

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