H.J.R. 8

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JOINT RULES RESOLUTION - USE OF
2 LEGISLATIVE SEALS
3 2005 GENERAL SESSION
4 STATE OF UTAH
5 Sponsor: Rebecca D. Lockhart
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7 LONG TITLE
8 General Description:
9 This joint rules resolution provides guidelines for using legislative seals.
10 Highlighted Provisions:
11 This resolution:
12 . authorizes legislators to use the legislative seals on materials for official legislative
13 business;
14 . prohibits the use of legislative seals in campaign materials and when a person's
15 legislative service ends;
16 . authorizes the Senate and House to provide a member, upon request, a copy of the
17 Senate or House seal; and
18 . requires legislators, in using legislative seals, to protect the reputation and integrity
19 of the legislative institution.
20 Special Clauses:
21 This resolution provides an immediate effective date.
22 Legislative Rules Affected:
23 ENACTS:
24 JR-12.02
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26 Be it resolved by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
27 Section 1. JR-12.02 is enacted to read:

28 12. LEGISLATIVE ADMINISTRATION
29 JR-12.02. Authorized Use of Legislative Seal.
30 (1) As used in this rule:
31 (a) "Legislative business" means activities performed by a legislator, during the
32 legislator's term of office that are within the course and scope of the work of a legislator.
33 (b) "Legislative business" includes the use of the legislative seal on letterhead,
34 memoranda, facsimile cover sheets, news releases, and other materials.
35 (c) "Legislative seal" means the emblem of the Utah State Senate or Utah House of
36 Representatives designed and adopted by each body to authenticate official communications of
37 the body or its members.
38 (2) (a) Each legislator shall ensure that, in using the legislative seal, the reputation and
39 integrity of the legislative institution is preserved.
40 (b) A legislator may use the legislative seal for legislative business on personalized
41 legislative stationary, business cards, and on other documents.
42 (c) The legislative seal may not be used on any political campaign materials.
43 (d) A person may not use the seal for any purpose once the person ceases to be a
44 legislator.
45 (3) The Senate and House shall provide to a member, upon request, an electronic or
46 camera-ready copy of the legislative seal.
47 Section 2. Effective date.
48 This resolution takes effect upon approval by a constitutional majority vote of all
49 members of the Senate and House of Representatives.




Legislative Review Note
as of 1-14-05 12:37 PM

Based on a limited legal review, this legislation has not been determined to have a high
probability of being held unconstitutional.

Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel

Legislative Committee Note
as of 01-14-05 3:20 PM

The Joint House and Senate Rules Committee recommended this bill.