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JOINT RULES RESOLUTION - MINI
APPROPRIATIONS PROCESS
2001 GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Sponsor: Leonard M. Blackham
This joint resolution of the Legislature revises joint rules by modifying the process for
addressing certain appropriation requests, by revising appropriation subcommittee
responsibilities, and by making technical corrections. This resolution takes effect upon
approval.
This resolution affects legislative rules as follows:
AMENDS:
JR-4.22
JR-19.02
ENACTS:
JR-4.22.1
Be it resolved by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1. JR-4.22 is amended to read:
JR-4.22. Bills; Requests; Drafting; Copies; Notes.
(1) (a) A [member] legislator desiring to introduce a bill that enacts, amends, or repeals
statutes shall file a Request for Legislation with the Office of Legislative Research and General
Counsel within the time limits established by JR-19.02.
(b) A legislator desiring to obtain funding for a project, program, or entity, when that
funding request does not require that a statute be enacted, repealed, or amended, may not file a
Request for Legislation but instead shall comply with the procedures and requirements of
JR-4.22.1.
[(b)] (c) The request shall designate:
(i) the chief sponsor[. (c) A bill may have two types of sponsors: (i) a chief sponsor],
who is knowledgeable about and responsible for providing pertinent information as the bill is
processed; and

(ii) any supporting legislators who wish to cosponsor the bill.
(2) (a) When a member files a Request for Legislation, the Office of Legislative Research
and General Counsel shall:
(i) review the request and any accompanying bill; and
(ii) with the approval of the sponsor, prepare the legislation for introduction by making any
changes necessary to:
(A) [insure] ensure that it is in proper legal form;
(B) remove any ambiguities;
(C) avoid constitutional or statutory conflicts;
(D) insure a uniform system of punctuation, capitalization, numbering, and wording;
(E) eliminate duplication and repeal of laws directly or by implication;
(F) correct defective or inconsistent section and paragraph structure in arrangement of the
subject matter of existing statutes;
(G) eliminate all obsolete and redundant words; and
(H) correct obvious errors and inconsistencies in punctuation, capitalization, numbering, and
wording.
(b) Legislative General Counsel shall indicate on the first page of the bill the drafting
attorney's approval of the bill.
(3) The Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel shall reproduce ten copies of
the approved bill and deliver:
(a) seven of them to the Chief Clerk or the Secretary; and
(b) three of them to the Legislative Fiscal Analyst for fiscal notes.
(4) (a) The Director of the Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel shall note
on any bill reviewed by an interim committee that the committee recommends the bill or has voted
the bill out without recommendation.
(b) This interim committee or note shall be printed with the bill.
(5) (a) Any Request for Legislation filed directly with the Office of Legislative Research and
General Counsel, with an accompanying bill, shall be reviewed and approved by it within three

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legislative days.
(b) A legislative review note shall be attached to the bill, together with any interim
committee note.
(c) This three day deadline may be extended if the Director of the Office of Legislative
Research and General Counsel requests it and states the reasons for the delay.
(6) (a) (i) When the Legislative Fiscal Analyst receives the approved bill, that office has
three legislative days to review the bill and provide a fiscal note to the sponsor of the legislation.
(ii) The fiscal note may be printed 24 hours after the sponsor receives it unless the sponsor
receives the fiscal note on a Friday, in which case the 24-hour period does not expire until the
following Monday.
(iii) The sponsor may direct an earlier release of the fiscal note for printing.
(iv) If the Legislative Fiscal Analyst determines the bill has no fiscal impact, it may be
ordered printed immediately after the sponsor has received a copy of the fiscal note, without a
24-hour delay.
(b) The three day deadline for the preparation of the fiscal note may be extended if the
Legislative Fiscal Analyst requests it and states the reasons for the delay.
(c) The fiscal note shall be printed with the bill.
(7) (a) The reports of the Legislative Fiscal Analyst and the Office of Legislative Research
and General Counsel shall be attached to the original copy of the bill.
(b) The report is not an official part of the bill.
Section 2. Section JR-4.22.1 is enacted to read:
JR-4.22.1. Appropriations; Requests; Disposition.
(1) (a) A legislator desiring to obtain funding for a project, program, or entity that has not
previously been funded, or to obtain additional or separate funding for a project, program, or entity,
shall file a signed Request for Appropriation with the Office of Legislative Fiscal Analyst within the
time limits established by JR-19.02.
(b) The request shall designate:
(i) the project, program, or entity to be funded;

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(ii) the source for the funding;
(iii) the chief sponsor, who is knowledgeable about and responsible for providing pertinent
information as the appropriation is processed;
(iv) supporting legislators, if any, who wish to cosponsor the appropriation; and
(v) the appropriation subcommittee to which the sponsor wishes the request to be assigned,
if any.
(2) (a) When a member files a Request for Appropriation, the Legislative Fiscal Analyst
shall review the request.
(b) If the request requires that a statute be enacted, amended, or repealed, the Legislative
Fiscal Analyst shall immediately transfer the request to the Office of Legislative Research and
General Counsel as a Request for Legislation.
(c) If the request does not require that a statute be enacted, amended, or repealed, the
Legislative Fiscal Analyst shall number and title the request and refer the request to:
(i) the House chair of the Executive Appropriations Committee, if the sponsor is a House
member; or
(ii) the Senate chair of the Executive Appropriations Committee, if the sponsor is a Senator.
(d) The House or Senate chair of the Executive Appropriations Committee shall refer the
request to the appropriate joint appropriations subcommittee.
(3) Each joint appropriations subcommittee that receives a Request for Appropriation shall:
(a) allow the sponsor to present and discuss the request with the subcommittee;
(b) discuss the request; and
(c) either:
(i) include all or part of the requested appropriation in the budget recommendation made to
the Executive Appropriations Committee;
(ii) reject the request; or
(iii) recommend to the Executive Appropriations Committee that all or part of the requested
appropriation be placed on a funding prioritization list as may be established by the Executive
Appropriations Committee.

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Section 3. JR-19.02 is amended to read:
JR-19.02. Requesting, Refiling, Approving, and Abandoning Bills.
(1) [(a)] Except as provided in Subsection [(1)(c)] (3), a legislator may not file a Request for
Legislation with the Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel or file a Request for
Appropriation with the Office of the Legislative Fiscal Analyst after noon on the 11th day of the
annual general session.
[(b)] (2) Except as provided in Subsection [(1)(c)] (3), by noon on the 11th day of the annual
general session, each legislator shall, for each [bill] Request for Legislation on file with the Office
of Legislative Research and General Counsel, either approve the [bill] request for numbering or
abandon it.
[(c)] (3) A legislator may file a Request for Legislation [or], approve a bill for numbering,
or file a Request for Appropriation any time after noon on the 11th day of the annual general session
if:
[(i)] (a) for House bills, the Representative makes a motion to request a bill for drafting and
introduction and that motion is approved by a constitutional majority of the House; [or]
(b) for a Request for Appropriation submitted by a House member, the Representative makes
a motion to request an appropriation and that motion is approved by a constitutional majority of the
House;
[(ii)] (c) for Senate bills, the Senator makes a motion to request a bill for drafting and
introduction and that motion is approved by a constitutional majority vote of the Senate[.]; or
(d) for a Request for Appropriation submitted by a Senator, the Senator makes a motion to
request an appropriation and that motion is approved by a constitutional majority of the Senate.
Section 4. Effective date.
This resolution takes effect upon approval by a constitutional majority vote of all members
of the Senate and House of Representatives.

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