Utah · statute · Utah Code tit. 36 · 96 active provisions
As used in this part: (1) "Senate shapefile" means the electronic shapefile designated as SB0145_shapefile.zip that stores the boundary of each of the 29 Utah State Senate districts. (2) "Shapefile" means the digital vector storage format for storing geometric location and associated attribute information.
(1) The Utah State Senate shall consist of 29 members, with one member to be elected from each Utah State Senate district. (2) The Legislature adopts the official census population figures and maps of the Bureau of the Census of the United States Department of Commerce developed in connection with the taking of the 202…
Unless otherwise provided by law, and notwithstanding Subsection 20A-1-503(3): (1) voters in the following districts, as designated in the Senate shapefile, shall elect a senator for a term of four years: (a) at the 2022 General Election, Senate Districts 1, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, and 28; and (…
(1) (a) The Legislature shall file a copy of the Senate shapefile enacted by the Legislature with the lieutenant governor's office. (b) The legal boundaries of Senate districts are contained in the Senate shapefile on file with the lieutenant governor's office. (2) (a) The lieutenant governor shall: (i) verify the Sena…
(1) As used in this section, "redistricting boundary data" means the Senate shapefile in the possession of the lieutenant governor's office. (2) Each county clerk shall obtain a copy of the redistricting boundary data for the clerk's county from the lieutenant governor's office. (3) (a) A county clerk may create one or…
(1) If any area of the state is omitted from a Utah State Senate district in the Senate shapefile in the possession of the lieutenant governor's office, the county clerk of the affected county, upon discovery of the omission, shall attach the area to the appropriate Senate district according to the requirements of Subs…
(1) As used in this section: (a) "Affected party" means: (i) a senator whose Utah State Senate district boundary is uncertain because the feature used to establish the district boundary in the Senate shapefile has been removed, modified, or is unable to be identified or who is uncertain about whether the senator or ano…
As used in this part: (1) "Census block" means any one of the 71,207 individual geographic areas into which the Bureau of the Census of the United States Department of Commerce has divided the state of Utah, to each of which the Bureau of the Census has attached a discrete population tabulation from the 2020 decennial…
(1) The Utah State House of Representatives shall consist of 75 members, with one member to be elected from each Utah House of Representative district. (2) The Legislature adopts the official census population figures and maps of the Bureau of the Census of the United States Department of Commerce developed in connecti…
(1) (a) The Legislature shall file a copy of the House block equivalency file enacted by the Legislature and the resulting House shapefile with the lieutenant governor's office. (b) The legal boundaries of House districts are contained in the House shapefile on file with the lieutenant governor's office. (2) (a) The li…
(1) As used in this section, "redistricting boundary data" means the House shapefile in the possession of the lieutenant governor's office. (2) Each county clerk shall obtain a copy of the redistricting boundary data for the clerk's county from the lieutenant governor's office. (3) (a) A county clerk may create one or…
(1) If any area of the state is omitted from a Utah State House of Representatives district in the House shapefile in the possession of the lieutenant governor's office, the county clerk of the affected county, upon discovery of the omission, shall attach the area to the appropriate House district according to the requ…
(1) As used in this section: (a) "Affected party" means: (i) a representative whose Utah State House of Representatives district boundary is uncertain because the feature used to establish the district boundary in the House shapefile has been removed, modified, or is unable to be identified or who is uncertain about wh…
(1) (a) Unless rejected or lowered as provided in Section 36-2-3, beginning in 2001 and in each odd-numbered year after that year, members of the Legislature shall receive a salary equal to the amount recommended by the Legislative Compensation Commission in the last report issued by the commission in the previous even…
(1) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (2) or (3), the salaries of members of the Legislature shall automatically be set beginning January 1 of each odd-numbered year at the amount recommended by the Legislative Compensation Commission in the last report issued by the commission in the preceding even-numbered year. (…
(1) There is created a state Legislative Compensation Commission composed of seven members appointed by the governor. (2) (a) Except as required by Subsection (2)(b), the members shall be appointed for four-year terms. (b) Notwithstanding the requirements of Subsection (2)(a), the governor shall, at the time of appoint…
(1) The Legislative Compensation Commission shall: (a) study and formulate recommendations concerning the salary levels for Utah state legislators; (b) base the study and recommendations upon maintaining a citizen Legislature in Utah, but compensating members fairly for their service in order that all individuals would…
The annual general session of the Legislature shall begin the first Tuesday after the third Monday in January.
(1) The enacting clause of every law passed by the Legislature shall be: "Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah." (2) The enacting clause of every law passed by the vote of the people as provided in Article VI, Section 1, of the Constitution of Utah shall be: "Be it enacted by the People of the state of…
All bills ordered enrolled by the Legislature shall be delivered to the Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel, who shall without delay enroll the bills and return them to the Senate or the House of Representatives.
(1) As used in this section, "member" means a legislator appointed under the requirements of this section to participate in The Energy Council. (2) The Legislature shall participate in and appoint members to The Energy Council, a nonpartisan legislative organization that provides a forum for legislators from energy pro…
This chapter is known as the "Lobbyist Disclosure and Regulation Act."
As used in this chapter: (1) "Aggregate daily expenditures" means: (a) for a single lobbyist, principal, or government officer, the total of all expenditures made within a calendar day by the lobbyist, principal, or government officer for the benefit of an individual public official; (b) for an expenditure made by a me…
(1) (a) Before engaging in any lobbying, a lobbyist shall obtain a license from the lieutenant governor by completing the form required by this section. (b) The lieutenant governor shall issue licenses to qualified lobbyists. (c) The lieutenant governor shall prepare a lobbyist license application form that includes: (…
(1) Before engaging in lobbying as a foreign agent, a foreign agent shall register with the lieutenant governor under this section. (2) If a lobbyist indicates on the lobbyist license application form described in Section 36-11-103, or otherwise indicates to the lieutenant governor that the lobbyist would like to regis…