Utah Lieutenant Governor
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The Utah Lieutenant Governor is a constitutional officer of the state of Utah. The office of the secretary of state in Utah was abolished in 1976 and those duties given to the lieutenant governor. The lieutenant governor has since become charges with overseeing key components of the initiative process. The lieutenant governor's additional duties include the oversight of all notaries public, the legal authentication of documents, maintaining oversight and regulation of registered lobbyists, certifying municipal annexations, maintaining oversight over all elections, and serving as the "keeper" of The Great Seal of the State of Utah.
The current officeholder is Gregory Bell.
Role in the initiative process
Filing an initiative
To begin the initiative process a sponsor must first obtain an application and submit it to the lieutenant governor's office along with a statement indicating whether or not circulators will be paid for their efforts.
The lieutenant governor will then accept or reject the petition. The petition will be rejected if the proposed initiative is patently unconstitutional, nonsensical, is unable to become law if passed, of if the initiative is identical or substantially similar to an initiative submitted in the last two years.
Public Hearings
When the initiative is approved by the lieutenant governor, the sponsor must then hold seven public hearings throughout the state prior to circulating the petitions. The sponsor must alert the lieutenant governor, each state senator, state representative, and county commissioner or county council member in which the county will be held of the upcoming meeting. Sponsors must also sent out written notification and place a notice in the region's newspaper.
While holding the hearings, the sponsor must generate audio or video recordings (or detailed minutes) and provide them to the lieutenant governor who will provide copies to the public.
Signature Verification
Signatures are submitted to the county clerk by June 1st.
Contact information
Utah State Capitol Complex
P.O. Box 142325
Salt Lake City, Utah 84114-2325
Phone:800-705-2464
Fax:801-538-1133
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References
Portions of this article were taken from Wikipedia.
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