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RETIREMENT AND INDEPENDENT ENTITIES COMMITTEE

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AMENDMENTS

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2021 GENERAL SESSION

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STATE OF UTAH

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Chief Sponsor: Wayne A. Harper

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House Sponsor: Craig Hall

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8     LONG TITLE
9     General Description:
10          This joint rules resolution modifies legislative rules governing appropriation
11     subcommittees.
12     Highlighted Provisions:
13          This resolution:
14          ▸     removes references to the Retirement and Independent Entities Joint Appropriations
15     Subcommittee, having the effect of repealing the subcommittee; and
16          ▸     makes technical changes.
17     Special Clauses:
18          None
19     Legislative Rules Affected:
20     AMENDS:
21          JR3-2-302
22          JR3-2-303
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24     Be it resolved by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
25          Section 1. JR3-2-302 is amended to read:
26          JR3-2-302. Joint appropriations subcommittees -- Creation -- Membership.
27          The members of the Joint Appropriations Committee shall be divided into the following
28     joint appropriations subcommittees:
29          (1) Infrastructure and General Government;
30          (2) Business, Economic Development, and Labor;
31          (3) Executive Offices and Criminal Justice;
32          (4) Social Services;
33          (5) Higher Education;
34          (6) Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environmental Quality; and
35          (7) Public Education[; and].
36          [(8) Retirement and Independent Entities.]
37          Section 2. JR3-2-303 is amended to read:
38          JR3-2-303. President and speaker to appoint committee members, chairs, and
39     vice chairs.
40          (1) (a) [Subject to Subsection (2), the] The president of the Senate and speaker of the
41     House shall appoint their respective members to each committee.
42          (b) (i) The president of the Senate shall designate one senator in each committee as the
43     Senate chair.
44          (ii) The speaker of the House shall designate one representative in each committee as
45     the House chair and one representative in each committee as the House vice chair.
46          [(2) The Retirement and Independent Entities subcommittee shall have the same
47     members as the Retirement and Independent Entities Committee created in Utah Code Section
48     63E-1-201.]
49          [(3)] (2) A vice chair may perform the duties of a chair:
50          (a) as requested by the chair; or
51          (b) in the absence of the chair.
52          [(4)] (3) The chair, or the vice chair as authorized under Subsection [(3)] (2), may
53     designate a member of the committee to conduct a committee meeting when neither the chair
54     nor the vice chair is able to attend a meeting.
55          [(5)] (4) A committee member designated under Subsection [(4)] (3) may conduct a
56     committee meeting but may not perform the duties of a chair described in JR3-2-603 and
57     JR3-2-604.
58          [(6)] (5) The Office of the Legislative Fiscal Analyst shall staff the joint appropriations
59     subcommittees.