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Show Committee Prepares Bills for 1969 Session submit legislation recommendations recom-mendations for change in this area as well. Senator Leavitt pointed out that in each of the three departments de-partments under study during the past two years the committee com-mittee has undertaken to establish es-tablish quasi legislative and quasi judicial responsibilities and to ascertain areas of responsibility, re-sponsibility, particularly as it relates to the various divisions divi-sions of each department. The Department of Developmental Develop-mental Services, for instance, includes the divisions of economics, ec-onomics, historical society, fine arts, expositions, travel council industrial promotion. The Departmpnt of Natural sources contains the divl sions of Water Resources (water board), state land board, oil and gas, Fish and Game including the board of big game control, state engineers engin-eers office and parks and recreation. re-creation. Divisions of the Department of Health and Welfare include in-clude Uic buaid ol licaltli, board of welfare, mental health, board of corrections, Indian affairs and the council coun-cil on aging. "Two years ago," the senator sena-tor stated" the legislature established es-tablished coordinating councils coun-cils to direct the activities of each of the departments. Our studies into the concepts and analysis of each of the divisions, div-isions, has discovered a two level administrative structure with similar two levels of responsibility. re-sponsibility. Area oi Responsibility "For instance we found that the division boards were hiring hir-ing directors and that the Coordinating Co-ordinating Council was hiring the director for the department. depart-ment. That left the division director responsible to the individual in-dividual division board and not to the department and to the higher echelon of governmental govern-mental responsibility," Leavitt Leav-itt pointed out- As a result of our studies we are making some recommendations recom-mendations in the form of bills to the legislature thai the committee feels will bene-1 1 fit the state in the administration adminis-tration of its various agencies, the Senator pointed out. One of our recommendations will be that the Department director will hire the division directors in order that a chain of responsibility will be established. es-tablished. A department board will be recommended and division div-ision boards will be set up under un-der the proposed changes only where there is a quasi-legislative or judicial responsibility. responsibili-ty. Coupled with this will be a recommendation granting the governor and the division directors di-rectors authority to appoint technical division committee where necessary, but only on a policy making basis. The committee has also established es-tablished a set of goals that will be presented to the legislature leg-islature for consideration. Sen-ator Sen-ator Leavitt stated. These goals have been arrived at in the areas of education, economic ec-onomic development and transportation. "This, if adopLud, will ive .1 the legislature an opportunity to study the merits of any bills introduced in accordance with established goals of the state in these areas," the senator sen-ator said. In regard to the study of post high school education in the state the committee is prepared pre-pared to submit a bill that will form a single board of trustees for all higher education educa-tion in the state and eliminate elimin-ate the single board structure for each state governed institution. insti-tution. Controversial Issue "This issue has been highly controversial," Senator Leavitt pointed out, "but I firmly believe be-lieve that on the basis of our study and in the interest of the State of Utah and its ability abil-ity to meet the needs of higher I education, that this js the only on-ly alternative." . In the next issue of the Iron County Record a full re- ' port on Senator Leavitt's basis for this oppinion will be sub- mitted for the intcrcest of leaders, : |