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Show Public hearing sclie duled in Cedar City on proposed constituti onal amendment County residents will have an opportunity to respond to everal proposed state cn-rtitutional cn-rtitutional amendments n: well as to offer a few of their Dwn at a public hearing in :edar City, Thursday, July 15. It will be conducted by the Utah Constitutional Revision Commission which expects to lave revisions of two entire articles of the constitution eady for the November 1972 ballot. The hearing will begin at 3 p.m. in the library seminar r '-n rn the Southern Utah State College campus. A proposal for revision of the article dealing with the Legislature has been completed com-pleted and will be explained at the July 15 hearing. "We are starting work on revision of the article dealing with the executive branch of the state government," said Neal A. Maxwell, Chairman of the Commission. Mr. Maxwell said the Commission Com-mission Is "extremely interested inter-ested in public reaction to the proposed legislative revision revi-sion and the views of the people peo-ple on what should be done to the executive article." He urged a large public turnout for the hearing, stating, stat-ing, "This is your opportunity to be heard on the composition of the basic- document on which our state government ; operates.'" '. ' ... . The proposed legislative revision re-vision was submitted to, the 1971 session of the Utah Legislature Leg-islature which endorsed the proposals and ordered them placed on the 1972 general election ballot. "Generally, this proposed revision will streamline and modernize the legislative procedure pro-cedure by eliminating some archaic provisions," Maxwell said. , It also would: " Create a post of legislative legisla-tive auditor. G 1 v e the Legislature authority to appoint its own legal counsel. Authorize pay for interim committee work by legislators. , The executive article of the Constitution now under . review re-view sets up the state officers such as governor, treasurer, ' attorney general, and outlines' their duties. v Among the executive provisions pro-visions that will get a hard look from the Commission is the one providing - for the Board of Examiners which some government experts have contended should be abolished. abolish-ed. "We need the views of the public to assist in developing a plan to modernize the executive exe-cutive article of the Constitution," Consti-tution," Maxwell said. "The more participation we receive ; from the public, the more effective ef-fective and workable will be the end result of the present program to streamline it." , He said the public also will be informed ort the 'mission' and composition of the "Constitutional "Con-stitutional Revision Commission Commis-sion which was created by the 1969 Utah Legislature, . This will include reports on what we have done and what we hope to accomplish under ' the directive of the Legislature," Legisla-ture," he said. The Commission spent the first part of its existence in supporting the Gateway. Amendment which Utah vot-ers vot-ers approved at the 1970 gen- , eral election. This permits amendment of the Constitution Constitu-tion article by article Instead of "bit by bit" as required previously. Maxwell said this will significantly sig-nificantly facilitate revision and moderinzatlon of the Constitution. Con-stitution. ' |