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Senate unanimously OKs measure letting lieutenant governor resolve technical district splits
Summary
The Utah Senate passed Senate Bill 3,005 unanimously on Oct. 13, 2011, granting the lieutenant governor authority to resolve technical boundary anomalies (such as homes bisected by district lines) after consulting state mapping services and local officials; the measure will be transmitted to the House.
The Utah Senate on Oct. 13 passed Senate Bill 3,005, a measure that gives the lieutenant governor authority to make technical determinations when district lines bisect individual homes or create mapping anomalies. The chamber approved the bill under suspension of the rules and sent it to the House after a 23–0 roll call.
Sponsor Senator R. Okerlund said the bill is intended to fix “technical changes that we know we're going to see out there,” by allowing the lieutenant governor,…
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