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Utah Senate, in Extraordinary Session, Adopts Rules and Confirms Multiple Gubernatorial Appointments
Summary
In an extraordinary session called by Gov. Gary R. Herbert, the Utah Senate adopted its prior rules and unanimously confirmed several executive appointments, including John S. Pierpont as executive director of Workforce Services and Roland E. Cook as executive director of Corrections, by a 25-0 roll-call vote with four absent.
SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah State Senate convened an extraordinary session on May 15, 2013, to consider gubernatorial appointments and adopted the rules from the 2013 general session before voting to confirm multiple nominees submitted by Gov. Gary R. Herbert.
The meeting opened with a prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, followed by a reading of the governor’s proclamation citing Article 7, Section 6 of the Utah Constitution. The proclamation said the Senate was called into extraordinary session "for the senate to consent to appointments made by the governor to positions within the state government of the state of Utah since the close of the 2013 general session of the legislature." The lieutenant governor’s office certified the proclamation in the chamber.
Senator Valentine moved that the Senate adopt the rules from the 2013 general session for use during the extraordinary session; the motion passed on a voice vote.…
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