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Utah Senate approves higher threshold for council to alter mayoral duties in SB20
Summary
The Utah Senate on third reading approved a substitute to Senate Bill 20 that raises the threshold for a council to change mayoral statutory duties, requiring mayoral consent or a unanimous council vote and removing manager-by-ordinance authority.
The Utah Senate approved on third reading a substitute to Senate Bill 20 that tightens limits on city councils seeking to change statutory duties assigned to mayors.
Senator Howard Stevenson, explaining the substitute, said it would require that “if the statutory duties that are allowed to be changed by the council are changed, that they have to be done either with the consent of the mayor or if not with the consent of the mayor, then by unanimous vote of the…
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