Show Arguments for The present legislative system is outdated and does not meet Utah's needs! Budget sessions are outdated Under the present system the legislature can address general issues only every other year The issues facing Utah often cannot wait two years The state needs legislative action on many issues every year As a result the legislature must deal with important bills in the limited budget jssion During the 1984 Budget Session 70 percent of the bills introduced legislative session Proposition 2 meets these objectives It will allow citizen legislators to make better use of their legislative time Even with Proposition 2 the Utah legislature will meet fewer days than all western states but Wyoming Vote “FOR” Proposition State Legislature! for a more effective Utah Senator Glade M Sowards Chairman Senate Rules Committee 380 West 100 South were actually non budgetary! Proposition 2 will eliminate the outdated budget session and allow the legislature to deal with general matters every year The procedures of the Budget Session waste time! Our constitution requires non budgetary items to receive the approval of two thirds of the legislature before they are reviewed This procedure takes a great deal of time Little time is left for actual review of bills or the budget During the 2 Vernal Utah 84078 Representative Franklin W Knowlton House Chairman Executive Appropriations Committee Box Layton Utah 426 84041 Rebuttal to last budget session legislators averaged less than 13 minutes on each bill Proposition 2 will remove the cumbersome Arguments in favor budget session procedures Nothing said in the arguments for Proposition 2 suggest that any significant gains would be made by voting for the annual session changes as proposed with the 10 additional The Utah Legislature’s workload has dramatically increased! As Utah's population has increased so have the issues facing the legislat ure Just 42 bills were introduced at the first budget session in 1970 Over 300 bills were introduced in the 1984 Budget Session! In order to complete its work the legislature has met in special session more often In addition to providing for annual general sessions Proposition 2 gives the legislature ten additional days every two years This ext ra t ime will help he legislat ure to respond to public needs The present legislative sessions are actually organized backwards! Currently the first legislative session in which new legislators and legislative leadership participate is the 60 day general session They spend much of this session learning the legislative process After gaining experience legislators often develop important proposals which are considered during the next legislative session — the short restricted budget session As a result budget sessions often deal with complex issues that should have more consideration by committees and the public Proposition 2 provides for equal annual sessions This change will allow legislators to take advantage of their experience gained from the first annual session It will also make the interim period between the sessions more productive Proposals developed during the interim period will be more adequately addressed during the sessions Proposition 2 will allow both legislative sessions and the interim periods to be used more effectively Proposition 2 will help enhance Utah's citizen legislature! Utahns want a part time legislature However they also want their legislature to address the needs of the state In order to meet these two goals more effective use must tie made of the time already spent in of Proposition No 2 costly days If the citizens would vote overwhelmingly against this proposal they would send back the very important message to the Legislature that they will not be panicked into voting on important constitutional changes without being given alternative choices In 1968 the Legislature erred badly in offering the citizens the Budget Session which the Legislature now admits is unwieldly Yes a change should be made But my experience suggests that a vote against would allow for a better proposal in 1986 Believe me your vote “AGAINST” Proposition 2 is in the best interests of all Representative Samuel 3682 South S Taylor 500 East Salt Lake Gty Utah 84106 |