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Senate passes State Personnel Management Act changes, removing reappointment register
Summary
The Senate approved a first-substitute of Senate Bill 126 to eliminate the reappointment register and replace it with an ongoing preference-point system for displaced state employees; a technical amendment adding an immediate effective date (two-thirds + governor) was adopted and the bill passed 27–0 with two absent.
The Utah Senate approved first-substitute Senate Bill 126 on Feb. 10, 2009, moving to eliminate the reappointment register and replace automatic reappointments with a permanent preference system for state employees who are laid off, the bill sponsor told the chamber.
A floor amendment (Amendment 1) offered by Senator Kilpack added an immediate effective date provision contingent on a two-thirds vote and the governor’s signature; the body…
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