H.R. 3

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HOUSE RULE - DECLARATION OF
2 CONFLICT OF INTEREST
3 2001 GENERAL SESSION
4 STATE OF UTAH
5 Sponsor: Margaret Dayton
6 This House resolution modifies House rules to require an oral declaration of a conflict of
7 interest before a House member speaks on legislation or legislative matters on the floor of
8 the House. This resolution takes effect upon approval by the House of Representatives.
9 This resolution affects legislative rules as follows:
10 ENACTS:
11 HR-26.02
12 Be it resolved by the House of Representatives of the state of Utah:
13 Section 1. HR-26.02 is enacted to read:
14 HR-26.02. Verbal Disclosure of Conflict of Interest in House Floor Debate.
15 (1) (a) Before speaking on the floor of the House on any legislation or legislative matter
16 in which a House member reasonably believes that he may have a conflict of interest, the House
17 member h [ shall ] SHOULD h orally disclose to the House that he may have a conflict of interest and
17a what that
18 conflict is.
19 (b) The declaration of the conflict of interest shall be noted in the House Journal.
20 (2) Nothing in this House rule requires a House member with a conflict of interest on
21 legislation or a legislative matter pending before the House to orally disclose that conflict of
22 interest if the House member does not speak on the legislation or legislative matter h AND THE
22a CONFLICT HAS BEEN DISCLOSED ON THE LEGISLATOR'S CONFLICT OF INTEREST FORM h .
23 Section 2. Effective date.
24 This resolution takes effect upon approval by a constitutional majority vote of all members
25 of the House of Representatives.

Legislative Review Note
as of 1-12-01 12:52 PM

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

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