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Utah Senate opens third special session, appoints committees and adjourns after Senate business
Summary
The Utah State Senate convened Nov. 14, 1996, under a governor's proclamation to consider a manufacturing sales-tax exemption; the body appointed committees to notify the governor and House, addressed procedural motions, approved additional staff pay for late work and adjourned after sending the enrolled bill to the House for signatures.
The Utah State Senate convened a third special session on Nov. 14, 1996, after Lieutenant Governor Ollene S. Walker read the governor’s proclamation calling the Legislature to correct drafting/fiscal issues in the sales-tax manufacturing exemption law.
Presiding officers performed roll call and declared a quorum. Leadership appointed committees to notify the governor and the House—naming senators to wait upon the governor and to notify the House that the Senate was organized and ready to do business. The body also appointed members to a journal-reading committee responsible for reviewing the session journal.
Throughout the evening the Senate dealt with routine motions and procedural votes, including a formal suspension of joint rules to limit the reading of full bill titles and to allow expedited consideration. At the end of the session senators unanimously approved paying staff an additional day’s wages to compensate for late-night work. Committees were formally named to take messages to the governor and to the House, and President Beatty declared the Senate adjourned shortly after 1:30 a.m.
Provenance: The proclamation and opening are recorded at SEG 084–131; committee appointments and final adjournment are recorded through SEG 2740–2852. This article covers procedural and housekeeping outcomes of the special session rather than the substantive bill text.
