Article VI — LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT
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Utah Const. art. VI, § 1 Power vested in senate and house
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The Legislative power of the State shall be vested in a Senate and House of Representatives, which shall be designated The Legislature of the State of Utah.
Utah Const. art. VI, § 2 Time of regular sessions
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Regular Sessions of the Legislature shall be held bi-ennially at the seat of government; and, except the first session thereof shall begin on the second Monday in January next after the election of members of the House of Representatives.
Utah Const. art. VI, § 3 Members, how and when chosen
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The members of the House of Representatives, after the first election, shall be chosen by the qualified electors of the respective representative districts, on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, 1896, and biennially thereafter. Their term of office shall be two…
Utah Const. art. VI, § 4 Senators, how and when chosen
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The senators shall be chosen by the qualified electors of the respective senatorial districts, at the same times and places as members of the House of Representatives, and their term of office shall be four years from the first day of January next after their election: Provided, …
Utah Const. art. VI, § 5 Who eligible as legislator
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No person shall be eligible to the office of senator or representative, who is not a citizen of the United States, twenty-five years of age, a qualified voter in the district from which he is chosen, a resident for three years of the State, and for one year of the district from w…
Utah Const. art. VI, § 6 Who ineligible
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No person holding any public office of profit or trust under authority of the United States, or of this State, shall be a member of the Legislature: Provided, That appointments in the State Militia, and the offices of notary public, justice of the peace, United States commissione…
Utah Const. art. VI, § 7 Ineligibility of member to office created, etc
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No member of the Legislature, during the term for which he was elected, shall be appointed or elected to any civil office of profit under this State, which shall have been created, or the emoluments of which shall have been increased, during the term for which he was elected.
Utah Const. art. VI, § 8 Privilege from arrest
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Members of the Legislature, in all cases except treason, felony or breach of the peace, shall be privileged from arrest during each session of the Legislature, for fifteen days next preceding each session, and in returning therefrom; and for words used in any speech or debate in …
Utah Const. art. VI, § 9 Compensation of members
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The members of the Legislature shall receive such per diem and mileage as the Legislature may provide, not exceeding four dollars per day, and ten cents per mile for the distance necessarily traveled going to and returning from the place of meeting on the most usual route, and th…
Utah Const. art. VI, § 10 Each house to judge of election, etc., of its members. Expulsion
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Each house shall be the judge of the election and qualifications of its members, and may punish them for disorderly conduct, and with the concurrence of two-thirds of all the members elected, expel a member for cause.
Utah Const. art. VI, § 11 Majority is quorum. Attendance compelled
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A majority of the members of each house shall constitute a quorum to transact business, but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day, and may compel the attendance of absent members in such manner and under such penalties as each house may prescribe.
Utah Const. art. VI, § 12 Rules. Choosing officers
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Each house shall determine the rules of its proceedings and choose its own officers and employees.
Utah Const. art. VI, § 13 Elections to fill vacancies
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The Governor shall issue writs of election to fill vacancies that may occur in either house of the Legislature.
Utah Const. art. VI, § 14 Journals. Yeas and nays
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Each house shall keep a journal of its proceedings, which, except in case of executive sessions, shall be published, and the yeas and nays on any question, at the request of five members of such house, shall be entered upon the journal.
Utah Const. art. VI, § 15 Sessions to be public. Adjournments
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All sessions of the Legislature, except those of the Senate while sitting in executive session, shall be public; and neither house, without the consent of the other, shall adjourn for more than three days, nor to any other place than that in which it may be holding session.
Utah Const. art. VI, § 16 Duration of sessions
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No regular session of the Legislature (except the first, which may sit ninety days) shall exceed sixty days, except in cases of impeachment. No special session shall exceed thirty days, and in such special session, or when a regular session of the Legislature trying cases of impe…
Utah Const. art. VI, § 17 Impeachment by house
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The House of Representatives shall have the sole power of impeachment, but in order to impeach, two-thirds of all the members elected must vote therefor.
Utah Const. art. VI, § 18 Id. Trial by Senate
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All impeachments shall be tried by the Senate, and senators, when sitting for that purpose, shall take oath or make affirmation to do justice according to the law and the evidence. When the Governor is on trial, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court shall preside. No person shal…
Utah Const. art. VI, § 19 Id. Judgment. Prosecution by law
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The Governor and other State and Judicial officers, except justices of the peace, shall be liable to impeachment for high crimes, misdemeanors, or malfeasance in office; but judgment in such cases shall extend only to removal from office and disqualification to hold any office of…
Utah Const. art. VI, § 20 Id. Service of articles
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No person shall be tried on impeachment, unless he shall have been served with a copy of the articles thereof, at least ten days before the trial, and after such service he shall not exercise the duties of his office until he shall have been acquitted.
Utah Const. art. VI, § 21 Removal of officers
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All officers not liable to impeachment shall be removed for any of the offenses specified in this article, in such manner as may be provided by law.
Utah Const. art. VI, § 22 Enacting clause. Passage and amendments of law
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The enacting clause of every law shall be: "Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Utah," and no bill or joint resolution shall be passed, except with the assent of the majority of all the members elected to each house of the Legislature and after it has been read three…
Utah Const. art. VI, § 23 Bill to contain only one subject
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Except general appropriation bills, and bills for the codification and general revision of laws, no bill shall be passed containing more than one subject, which shall be clearly expressed in its title.
Utah Const. art. VI, § 24 Presiding officers to sign bills
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The presiding officer of each house, in the presence of the house over which he presides, shall sign all bills and joint resolutions passed by the Legislature, after their titles have been publicly read immediately before signing, and the fact of such signing shall be entered upo…
Utah Const. art. VI, § 25 When acts take effect
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All acts shall be officially published, and no act shall take effect until so published; nor until sixty days after the adjournment of the session at which it passed, unless the Legislature by a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, shall otherwise direct.
Utah Const. art. VI, § 26 Enumeration of private laws forbidden
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The Legislature is prohibited from enacting any private or special laws in the following cases: 1. Granting divorce. 2. Changing the names of persons or places, or constituting one person the heir-at-law of another. 3. Locating or changing county seats. 4. Regulating the jurisdic…
Utah Const. art. VI, § 27 Legislature cannot release certain debts
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The Legislature shall have no power to release or extinguish, in whole or in part, the indebtedness, liability or obligation of any corporation or person to the state, or to any municipal corporation therein.
Utah Const. art. VI, § 28 Lotteries forbidden
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The Legislature shall not authorize any game of chance, lottery or gift enterprise under any pretense or for any purpose.
Utah Const. art. VI, § 29 Municipal powers not to be delegated
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The legislature shall not delegate to any special commission, private corporation or association, any power to make, supervise or interfere with any municipal improvement, money, property or effects, whether held in trust or otherwise, to levy taxes, to select a capitol site, or …
Utah Const. art. VI, § 30 Extra compensation to officers and contractors forbidden
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The Legislature shall have no power to grant, or authorize any county or municipal authority to grant, any extra compensation, fee or allowance to any public officer, agent, servant or contractor, after service has been rendered or a contract has been entered into and performed i…
Utah Const. art. VI, § 31 Lending public credit forbidden
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The Legislature shall not authorize the State, or any county, city, town, township, district or other political subdivision of the State to lend its credit or subscribe to stock or bonds in aid of any railroad, telegraph or other private individual or corporate enterprise or unde…