This bill amends provisions related to the Legislative Management Committee (LMC), the State Capitol Preservation Board, and the Legislature.
This bill:
- clarifies that LMC oversees workplace harassment and discrimination policy governance and updates references to that policy;
- provides that LMC shall oversee and develop policies governing branch-wide internal administrative matters for the Legislature;
- eliminates certain administrative duties of the presiding officer and the majority and minority leaders of each house and the chairman of LMC;
- repeals the LMC Subcommittee on Oversight;
- eliminates the Legislature's responsibility to print, store, and distribute the Utah Code Annotated;
- repeals a provision governing legislators who attend meetings of the Legislature;
- updates the definition of a legislative procurement unit to include the House, Senate, or a staff office of the Legislature;
- repeals certain quinquennial reporting requirements applicable to legislative boards and the Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel;
- for the State Capitol Preservation Board:
specifies certain rules that the board shall promulgate to govern, administer, and regulate capitol hill;provides that the board's authority to promulgate a rule described above does not restrict LMC from adopting a similar policy on behalf of the Legislature;provides that if there is a conflict between a board rule and an LMC policy the LMC policy prevails; anddirects the executive director of the board to notify and consult with the president of the Senate and the speaker of the House of Representatives when a person appeals an administrative denial of a requested activity in the legislative area;
- provides that a bill summary prepared by a staff member of the Senate or the House of Representatives, or by a staff office for the Legislature, is not evidence of legislative intent;
- modifies the control and use of office spaces on Capitol hill; and
- makes technical and conforming changes.Statutes affected:
Introduced: 36-11-501, 36-12-7, 63O-2-301
Substitute #1: 36-11-501, 36-12-7, 36-13-1, 63O-2-301
Substitute #2: 36-11-501, 36-12-7, 36-13-1, 63O-2-301
Substitute #3: 36-11-501, 36-12-7, 36-13-1, 63O-2-301
Substitute #5: 36-11-501, 36-12-7, 36-13-1, 63O-1-201, 63O-2-301
Substitute #4: 36-11-501, 36-12-7, 36-13-1, 63O-1-201, 63O-2-301