H.B. 21

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CONSTITUTIONAL REVISION COMMISSION
2 AMENDMENTS
3 1999 GENERAL SESSION
4 STATE OF UTAH
5 Sponsor: Michael R. Styler
6 AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS IN GENERAL; MODIFYING THE DUTIES OF
7 THE CONSTITUTIONAL REVISION COMMISSION; PROHIBITING COMMISSION
8 RECOMMENDATIONS AFTER LEGISLATIVE ACTION; AND MAKING TECHNICAL
9 CORRECTIONS.
10 This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
11 AMENDS:
12 63-54-3, as last amended by Chapter 98, Laws of Utah 1997
13 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
14 Section 1. Section 63-54-3 is amended to read:
15 63-54-3. Duties.
16 (1) [The purpose of the commission] Subject to Subsection (2), the Utah Constitutional
17 Revision Commission shall [be to]:
18 (a) conduct a comprehensive examination of the Utah Constitution [of the State of Utah
19 and of the amendments thereto, and thereafter to], as amended, and make recommendations to the
20 governor and the Legislature as to specific proposed constitutional amendments to implement the
21 commission's recommendations for changes in the constitution[. The commission]; and
22 (b) upon request [shall also], advise the governor and the Legislature on any proposed
23 constitutional amendment or revision.
24 (2) The commission may not take a position or make a recommendation on any proposed
25 constitutional amendment after both houses of the legislature have taken final action on it.

Legislative Review Note
as of 12-10-98 10:23 AM

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

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