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House passes bill to stagger county elected offices with one-time six-year terms for select posts
Summary
The Utah House passed HB103 to stagger county election cycles and avoid simultaneous turnover, approving a one-time six-year term in 2014 for treasurer, recorder, surveyor and assessor. The bill passed 48-24 and will be sent to the Senate.
The Utah House on Monday passed House Bill 103 to stagger county elected offices and reduce the risk of losing institutional knowledge after wide turnover.
Representative Derek Brown, the bill sponsor, said the measure would divide county offices so they are elected in alternating cycles rather than all at once. "So instead of all 8 or 9 county elected positions being up for election in one year, what this would do is create a situation where four of them…
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