Utah § 1b-104 - Duties during transition period.

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§ 1b-104. Duties during transition period.

Effective 5/5/2021
67-1b-104.  Duties during transition period.
(1) During a transition period, the executive branch shall:
(a) provide any lawful assistance that the incoming gubernatorial administration may reasonably request related to the transition between gubernatorial administrations; and
(b) take reasonable steps to:
(i) avoid or minimize disruptions that might be occasioned by a transition between gubernatorial administrations; and
(ii) facilitate an efficient transition between gubernatorial administrations.
(2) During a transition period, the incoming gubernatorial administration shall take reasonable steps to:
(a) avoid or minimize disruptions that might be occasioned by a transition between gubernatorial administrations; and
(b) facilitate an efficient transition between gubernatorial administrations.
(3)
(a) During a transition period, the executive branch shall timely provide a governor-elect, upon the governor-elect's request, with all records and information from the executive branch upon any subject relating to the executive branch's condition, expenditures, expenses, management, operations, personnel, and receipts.
(b) For a record requested by a governor-elect under Subsection (3)(a) that is classified as private or protected under Title 63G, Chapter 2, Government Records Access and Management Act, there is a rebuttable presumption that disclosure of the record to the governor-elect meets the conditions for disclosure under Subsection 63G-2-201(5).
(c) A governor-elect who receives records under this Subsection (3) is subject to the provisions of Title 63G, Chapter 2, Government Records Access and Management Act, governing the use and disclosure of records.
(d) The disclosure of a record that is classified as private or protected to a governor-elect does not affect the classification of that record under Title 63G, Chapter 2, Government Records Access and Management Act.


Enacted by Chapter 394, 2021 General Session

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