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House passes bill to codify conflict-of-interest disclosures into law
Summary
The House passed House Bill 3 on Jan. 26, 1995, moving conflict-of-interest definitions now in chamber rules into statute, clarifying oral and form disclosure requirements and retaining criminal penalties described as a class B misdemeanor.
House Bill 3, a proposal to codify the chamber’s conflict-of-interest definitions into state statute, passed the Utah House on Jan. 26, 1995, by a vote of 69-0.
The bill, sponsored by Representative Byron L. Harvard, puts language now found in House rules into statute, including definitions of “immediate family” and the conditions under which a legislator must disclose a financial interest. Harvard said the measure clarifies existing confusion about what constitutes a personal or private interest and aligns statutory…
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