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Senate amends municipal-government bill to require public vote before stripping mayoral executive powers
Utah State Senate · February 11, 2008
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Summary
Second substitute Senate Bill 20, addressing forms of municipal government and the ability of city councils to alter mayoral duties, was amended so that if a council seeks to strip a mayor's executive authority it must go to a public vote; the amendment passed and the bill was circled for further consideration.
Second substitute Senate Bill 20 was described by sponsor Senator Walker as clarifying default duties of mayors and preventing city councils from changing a city's form of government without a public vote. The sponsor said the second substitute "grandfathers all the…
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