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Senate advances joint-rule change allowing single ethics hearing if both parties agree
Utah Senate · January 19, 2000
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Summary
SJR 2 would allow ethics complaints to proceed with a single hearing using a clear-and-convincing standard if both parties unanimously agree, replacing the current two-step (preponderance then clear-and-convincing) procedure; the Senate advanced the rule to third reading.
Senator Polton introduced SJR 2 on Jan. 18, a joint-rule amendment that would align practice with a commonly used procedure in which parties in an ethics matter may agree to a single hearing under a clear-and-convincing evidence standard rather than a two-stage…
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