S.B. 165

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GUBERNATORIAL NOMINEE AMENDMENTS
2 2003 GENERAL SESSION
3 STATE OF UTAH
4 Sponsor: Lyle W. Hillyard
5 This act modifies provisions relating to the information the Senate receives regarding
6 gubernatorial judicial appointees.
7 This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
8 AMENDS:
9 67-1-2, as last amended by Chapter 196, Laws of Utah 1992
10 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
11 Section 1. Section 67-1-2 is amended to read:
12 67-1-2. Sending list of gubernatorial nominees to Senate and to Office of
13 Legislative Research and General Counsel.
14 (1) Unless waived by a majority of the president of the Senate, the Senate majority
15 leader, and the Senate minority leader, 15 days before any Senate session to confirm any
16 gubernatorial [nominees] nominee, except a judicial appointment, the governor shall send to
17 each member of the Senate and to the Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel:
18 (a) a list of each nominee for an office or position made by the governor in accordance
19 with the Utah Constitution and state law; and
20 (b) any information that may support or provide biographical information about the
21 nominee, including resumes and curriculum vitae.
22 (2) When the governor makes a judicial appointment, the governor shall immediately
23 provide to the president of the Senate and the Office of Legislative Research and General
24 Counsel:
25 (a) the name of the judicial appointee;
26 (b) the judicial appointee's resume, a complete file of all application materials, and any
27 other related documents, including written reports about, or the results of any internal

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investigations into, the character, ability, health, fitness, temperament, or experience of the
29 appointee, except for personal notes made by the governor or his staff; and
30 (c) the name, address, and telephone number of each person who gave h WRITTEN h
30a information to
31 the governor or his staff about the judicial appointee.
32 [(2)] (3) The Senate shall consent or refuse to give its consent to the nomination.

Legislative Review Note
as of 1-30-03 11:07 AM

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

Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel