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Show tor the slate bank ccrr..:.:!oner and state engineer. G. Changing the term of commission com-mission members from four to six years. 7 Staggering the term of the commission membes. 8. Specifying that the bank and insurance commission. s are to be appointed by the j;-:vernor atid confirmed by the sena'.c, in-i in-i stead of being appointed by the business egulation contir.ia-ioin with the consent of th. c -crnor. 9. Changing the political division divi-sion of the advisory counn's from 5-2 to 4-3. Most controversial of the reorganization re-organization bills which h ".'e not yet been considered, juohri',.t from the comments heard in tK chamber cham-ber and corridors, involves the fish and game depai'tm: -t. The j bill on the calendar iS !'.. 15) ; provides for a fish and g :ne de- partmont administered by t:.j usu-j usu-j al three-member comr.ur i n. ! A determined effort i u icier way. however, to place ',a de-I de-I patment under a single comtnis-I comtnis-I sioner as it now is. ' I Another issue which ha produced pro-duced a sharp dil-crence c; c pinion pin-ion and which may evoke a fight on the floor involves tire road commission. The governor's program pro-gram contemplates making the engineering commission the road commission and transfering the present highway set-up, lock, stock and barrel, to the engineering engineer-ing department. There is, however, considerable sentiment for continuing the road commission as a seperate department depart-ment of the state government. If the prominents of this plan decide they have a good chance of mustering mus-tering a majority the issue will probably be fought out on the senate floor. If they decide they are in the minority they may let the bill go through without a fight i UTAH STATE LAWMAKERS SPEEDWORK Special Session Legislative Profrram Coin- Forward With Dispatch Salt Lake City Almost one-halt of Governor Herbert B. Maw's re-organir.aaon re-organir.aaon program had been approved ap-proved by the sta".e senate when that body adjourned Tuesday, the second day of the special session. After spending most of the morning debating amendment dealing with the status of the slate batik commissioner, the senators sen-ators started the legislative wheels rolling and by 4:40 p. m. eight reorganization re-organization bills had been on final reading and sent to the house and three more had been advanced to the third reading calendar. A birdscye view of the status of reorganization legislation as' of Tuesday night follows: Seventeen bills passed by both houses during the regular session. Ten bills passed and three advanced ad-vanced to third reading by tthe senate during the first two days of the special session. Seventeen bills introduced which have been acted on by neither house. Approximately 15 more bills to be introduced. Thus the senate, barring disagreements disa-greements over amendments, has acted on 27 of the 60 odd bills and the house has acted on 17.- In the main the program as outlined in H. B. 82 of the regular regu-lar session has been followed in the senate- sponsored bills. A few changes have been made in the senate, however, some of which have been approved by the house and others which have not. The most important of these are: 1. Removal of the liquor commission com-mission from the department of business, regulation, presumably to function as a seperate agency. 2. Continuing the state engineer engi-neer in his present independent status with respect to adjudication and administration of water rights but leaving the office within the department of engineering with respect to personnel and salaries. 3 Continuing the- state bank commissioner in his independent status with respect to the regulating regulat-ing and examining of financial institutions, but leaving him within with-in the department of business regulation re-gulation with respect to personnel other than bank examiners. 4. Making commission members removable by the governor "for a cause" instead of having them serve "at the pleasure of the governor". gov-ernor". 5. Fixing specific qualifications |
