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Show Study up on constitutional amendment proposals here PROPOSITION 1 executive article revision uruerly procedure tor the Lieutenant Governor to assume the duties of the Governor if the Governor becomes disabled, (4) permitting the Legislature to consider bills vetoed by the Governor after legislative adjournment, (5) allowing the State Auditor and State Treasurer to run for and (6) removing constitutional When Utah voters go to the polls on November 5, they will , find themselves again facing decisions on significant amendments to the Utah Constitution. Three of the amendments involve only short sections, while the first, Proposition No. 1, contains several changes to the entire article dealing with the state executive branch. Proposition No. 1 will be on the ballot through recommendations made by the Utah Constitutional Revision Commission. The amendment proposes six significant types of change in the executive article of the Utah Constitution. They are: (1) the office of Lieutenant Governor in place of the present office of Secretary of State, (2) relieving the Board of Examiners of the extreme detail of examining all proposed or actual finance claims against the state and modifying its membership, (3) establishing an wood. LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR The first major change proposed by the amendement establishes the office of Lieutenant Governor. The office of Secretary of State is deleted from the Constitution. The Lieutenant Governor is elected to his office in tandem with the Governor. The duties of the office are designed to allow the Lieutenant Governor to share the administrative responsibility with the Governor and thus share the burden of the chief executive. It is argued that these administrative duties will better prepare a Lieutenant Governor to assume the governorship if necessary. It is also felt that the executive provision for payment or no appropriation made in the law. Limiting the Board of Examiners to unliquidated claims clarifies existing conflicts and confusions on the Board's role in management of fiscal affairs, according to one Senator, Karl nature of the position would N. Snow, Jr., attract candidates qualified to assume the highest state office. GUBERNATORIAL This change corresponds to a DISABILITY' nationwide trend in recent years The third major change proin which Lieutenant Governors posed by Proposition No. 1 eshave become directly involved tablishes an orderly procedure in the administration of state for the Lieutenant Governor to government. There are 42 states assume the duties of the Goverwho have Lieutenant Governors, nor if the Governor becomes 18 of whom run for the office in disabled. The Utah Constitution tandem with the Governor and presently allows the Secretary share executive responsibilities. of State to assume the duties of the Governor in this event, but it BOARD OF EXAMINERS makes no provision to determine With the addition of a Lieuwhen the Governor is disabled. tenant Governor in the state Proposition No. 1 sets up a proexecutive branch in place of the cedure requiring the two preSecretary of State, a vacancy is siding officers of the Legislature left on the Board of Examiners. to request a hearing on the This vacancy is filled in Propo- matter by the State Supreme sition No. 1 by the State Auditor. Court. If a majority of the court The Auditor was selected in finds the Governor disabled, the order to maintain the present Lieutenant Governor assumes of three indeBoard make-uhis duties until the next general pendently elected officers. The election, or until the disability Board of Examiners is also re- ceases. Supporters feel that the quired by the amendment to lack of this badly needed maexamine only unliquidated chinery is a defect which should claims against the state. These be corrected now, not in a time are claims for which there is no of crisis. p VOTE FOR THE MAN WHO WANTS THE JOB! I VETOED BILLS Proposition No. 1 corrects a significant defect in the Utah system of checks and balances between the Legislature and the Governor. Utah limits its legislative session to sixty calendar days. The Governor is allowed five days, excluding Sundays, from the time he receives a bill to either approve or veto it. Because of the limited legislative time, in the 1973 general f of session 110 bills (over the total passed) were passed during the final five-daperiod given to the Governor to consider a veto. The veto of any one of these bills could have been delayed until the Legislature adjourned. Under present constitutional provisions if a Governor vetoes a bill after adjournment, the veto is absolute because the Legislature is not in session to override it. Proposition No. 1 repairs this defect by allowing the Legislature to reconvene solely to reconsider vetoed bills if s of both legislative houses favor reconvening. one-hal- y DEMOCRAT CANDIDATE FOR JUAB COUNTY SHERIFF AN EDUCATED LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER EXPERIENCED AGGRESSIVE SUPPORTED BY 90 OF LOCAL POLICE OFFICERS two-third- TREASURER AND AUDITOR The amendment eliminates the restriction against the State Auditor and State Treasurer from succeeding themselves. Traditionally this restriction has been frustrated by incumbents running for the opposite office. Modern audit controls and the scrutiny of the Legislative Auditor, recently added to the Con- - stituion, make this restriction unnecessary in the view of the Constitutional Revision FOR YO UR best interests DEADWOOI) Proposition No. 1 also removes provisions which are no longer applicable or needed. For example, three obsolete boards are removed and the requirement that state officers live at a the seat of government is VOTE FOR AND ELECT ROSS de-le- ted. The provisions in Proposition No. have been endorsed by the Utah State Womens Legislative Council and the Utah Association of Counties. 1 GARRilY DEDICATED AND RESPONSIBLE "Shall Section 29 of Article VI the State Constitution be amended to permit the State to lend its credit only to aid in the establishment or expansion of private industry within the State? 4 YEAR COMMISSIONER of Many years service and experience as Stake President -- valuable administrative ability Many years service and contacts on Board of Central Utah Water Conservancy District Intimately acquainted with our water and industrial as well as our agricultur- The lending of public credit, better known as Mortgage Guarantee Financing, was first introduced in 1958 by the State of Rhode Island to provide an effective economic catalyst for the creation of employment as well as tax revenues. An original appropriation of $100,000 was made at that time to establish the Rhode Island Industrial Building Authority. Since 1958, the Rhode Island Industrial Building Authority states it has been responsible for some $56 million invested in new plants, new addition to plants, and the purchase of modern machinery and equipment at not one cent cost to the taxpayer. In fact, even the original $100,000 appropriation was repaid to the Rhode Island Treasury by the Authority. Essentially, a mortgage-guarante- e program means that the particular state will guarantee, up to a specified percentage (usually not 100 percent), the repayment of a loan made by a financial institution to an industry for expansion purposes. The guarantee is only exercised if, for some reason, there is a default in repayment by the industry. please turn to page five. much-neede- The d al HE NEEDS YOUR VOTE Vote Nephi, Utah October 31, needs Pledged to serve all the people of Juab County To see thateverytax dollar is utilized wisely and efficiently Times-New- s GARRETT PaM Political Adv. by Committee 1974 to 'Elect 0 Ross November 5 Garrett, Lyrvn Wright, Chairman Everyone's talking about balancing budgets. But, Commissioner Harmsen has a perfect record balancing his department budget each year for the past three years. Hes committed to help do it again in Washington. Inflation our problem and the first solution is balancing the federal budget. The government can not continue to spend what it does not have. is FOR ALL THE COUNTY 1 Weve got to get government off our backs and out of our pockets. believe Steve Harmsen has the right answers to our problems. We ified to assume the responsibilities that go with it, and that I would do my best to represent the wishes of the people in our county. I will take the time problems of those concerned and do the best to resolve it or know why not. There are areas in our county government I would like to look at and either improve or change. I ask for your confidence and your vote. to listen to the Thanks! Vernon B. Romney, Utah Attorney General David S. Moason, Utah State Auditor William E. Dunn, Salt Lake County Commissioner County Commissioners Harold Stewart Glen Halterman Leland Griffin Keith Smith Basil Lay Ivan Matheson James Yardley M. Truman Bowler Richard Jefferson Dale Marsh Don Pace ar County Commissioner - Democrat Paid Political Advertisement by May for Commissioner Commiittee, Phil Sperry. Chairman t Millard County Iron County Garfield County Iron County Piute County Iron County Garfield County Washington County Beaver County Beaver County Wayne County Mayors W. Moore Christensen Ronald Eyre Kendall Gurr Douglas Sagers Carey Jones Robert Marshall Escalante Nephi Parowan Tooele Cedar City Dr. Wallace G. Lee Panguitch Thomas Thompson G. W. Kenny Julian R. Parrish 2-ye- F Bo d Twiggs Haken Anderson Lyman Finlinson Howard J. Smith Arlen Brown - t What is it? tt Citizens of Juab County: I would appreciate the opportunity to serve on the Juab County Commission. I feel I am well qual- i PROPOSITION TWO tern Mamgemi A PROVEN YOUNG ADMINISTRATOR r Ivins Virgin Holden Toque rville Midvale Enoch Oak City Springdale Loa & |