S.B. 139

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LEGISLATIVE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
2 MEMBERSHIP
3 2007 GENERAL SESSION
4 STATE OF UTAH
5 Chief Sponsor: Curtis S. Bramble
6 House Sponsor: ____________
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8 LONG TITLE
9 General Description:
10 This bill changes the membership of the Legislative Management Committee.
11 Highlighted Provisions:
12 This bill:
13 . adds the chair of the House Rules Committee and the chair of the Senate Rules
14 Committee to the Legislative Management Committee.
15 Monies Appropriated in this Bill:
16 None
17 Other Special Clauses:
18 This bill provides an immediate effective date.
19 Utah Code Sections Affected:
20 AMENDS:
21 36-12-6, as last amended by Chapter 18, Laws of Utah 1987
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23 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
24 Section 1. Section 36-12-6 is amended to read:
25 36-12-6. Permanent committees -- House and Senate management -- Members --
26 Chairman -- Legislative Management Committee -- Membership -- Chairman and vice
27 chairman -- Meetings -- Quorum.

28 (1) There are hereby established as permanent committees of the Legislature a House
29 Management Committee and a Senate Management Committee. The House Management
30 Committee shall consist of [eight] nine members of the House of Representatives, four from
31 each major political party plus the chair of the House Rules Committee. The membership shall
32 include the elected leadership of the House of Representatives and additional members chosen
33 at the beginning of each annual general session by the minority party caucus as needed to
34 complete the full membership. The chairman of the committee shall be the speaker of the
35 House of Representatives or his designee. The Senate Management Committee shall consist of
36 [eight] nine members of the Senate, four from each major political party plus the chair of the
37 Senate Rules Committee. The membership shall include the elected leadership of the Senate
38 and additional members chosen at the beginning of each annual general session by the
39 appropriate party caucus as needed to complete the full membership. The chairman of the
40 committee shall be the president of the Senate or his designee.
41 (2) There is hereby established a permanent committee of the Legislature to be known
42 as the Legislative Management Committee. The committee shall consist of the membership of
43 the House Management Committee and the Senate Management Committee meeting jointly.
44 The president of the Senate or his designee shall be chairman during 1987, and the speaker of
45 the House of Representatives or his designee shall be vice chairman of the committee during
46 that year. The positions of chairman and vice chairman of the Legislative Management
47 Committee shall rotate annually between these two officers in succeeding years. The
48 committee shall meet as often as is necessary to perform its duties, but not less than once each
49 quarter.
50 (3) If a legislator declines membership on the committees established by this section,
51 or if a vacancy occurs, a replacement shall be chosen by the leadership of the appropriate party
52 of the house in which the vacancy occurs.
53 (4) The committees established by this section shall meet not later than 60 days after
54 the adjournment sine die of the annual general session held in even-numbered years and not
55 later than 30 days after the adjournment sine die of the annual general session held in
56 odd-numbered years for the purpose of effecting their organization and prescribing rules and
57 policies pertaining to their respective powers and duties. A majority of the members of each
58 committee constitutes a quorum, and a majority of a quorum has authority to act in any matter

59 falling within the jurisdiction of the committee.
60 Section 2. Effective date.
61 If approved by two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, this bill takes effect
62 upon approval by the governor, or the day following the constitutional time limit of Utah
63 Constitution Article VII, Section 8, without the governor's signature, or in the case of a veto,
64 the date of veto override.




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as of 1-17-07 11:21 AM

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