Utah § 36-12-21 - Legislators serving in organizations without legislative sanction -- Prohibited participation.

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§ 36-12-21. Legislators serving in organizations without legislative sanction -- Prohibited participation.

Effective 5/14/2019
36-12-21.  Legislators serving in organizations without legislative sanction -- Prohibited participation.
(1) The Legislative IT Steering Committee created by the Legislative Management Committee on July 17, 2007, is dissolved.
(2)
(a) Except as provided in Subsection (2)(b):
(i) a legislator may not serve on:
(A) the Committee on Children and Family Law created under Judicial Rule 1-205;
(B) the Governor's Child and Family Cabinet Council created under Executive Order 2007-0005;
(C) the Utah Commission on Literacy created under Executive Order 2004-0011;
(D) the Utah Developmental Disabilities Council created under Executive Order 2006-0001; or
(E) the Utah Multicultural Commission created under Executive Order EO/007/2013; and
(ii) the speaker of the House of Representatives or the president of the Senate may not appoint a legislator, and a legislator may not serve in the legislator's capacity as a legislator, on the Utah Lake Commission.
(b) The Legislative Management Committee may, on a case-by-case basis, approve:
(i) a legislator to serve on an entity described in Subsection (2)(a)(i); or
(ii) an action that is otherwise prohibited under Subsection (2)(a)(ii).


Enacted by Chapter 246, 2019 General Session

Source: official Utah text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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