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Utah Senate convenes special session to address investigative rules, settlements and appointments
Summary
Gov. Gary R. Herbert called the Utah Legislature into a first special session to consider changes to legislative investigative procedures, several licensing and practice rules, a roughly $3 million settlement payment and to confirm gubernatorial appointments; the Senate passed all measures it considered and consented to multiple appointments.
The Utah Senate convened in a first special session in July 2013 after a proclamation from Governor Gary R. Herbert calling lawmakers back to Salt Lake City to address legislative subpoena and investigative procedures, immunity for witnesses, licensing for investigators, certain practice-of-law provisions, a proposed settlement and a set of gubernatorial appointments.
The governor's proclamation, read into the record, listed seven specific purposes for the special session, including "changes relating to the legislative subpoenas, the provisions…
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