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Senate approves option for four‑day justice‑court schedules after debate over local control
Summary
Senate Bill 219 would allow some municipal justice courts to operate four days a week with 11‑hour days (a model piloted in West Valley City). Debate focused on whether judicial councils, judges, or local legislative bodies should decide hours; the bill passed to third reading.
Senate Bill 219, seeking to allow justice courts (typically handling misdemeanors and small claims) to operate on a four‑day, 11‑hour schedule in place of a five‑day week, was advanced to the Senate’s third‑reading calendar after floor debate on Feb. 12.
Senator Maine said the bill responds to a pilot program in West Valley City that consolidated municipal services and extended daily hours to improve public access…
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