Show HEARD LEGISLATIVE REPORT Two Duchesne County political R. Earl GOP and Gordon Demo chat with Ernest H. Utah Legislative Council Chairman Members of two Roosevelt service clubs last Thursday heard a challenging analysis of state government in Utah and what must be done to eliminate the inefficiencies that Speaking before a joint Lions-Kiwanis club Ernest speaker of the 1961 House of Representatives and current chairman of the Utah Legislative said that state government can become as infested with small bureaus as can be our federal government TO SUBSTANTIATE his opening statement Speaker Dean used two state institutions to illustrate his stale and Speaker of the House of who addressed a joint Kiwanis-LIons luncheon meeting last candidates were also guests at the meeting mis held in Met service clubs Legislative leader calls for changes in Utah government hospital at Provo has three separate boards to direct employees of that Utah controlled and financed Then let us take a look at the University of Utah as another example of a multiple of boards or bureaus that must be heard before a final decision is made on many of the he HAS A weak Legislature and a weak and I don't mean this as a personal to any but rather the regulated authority the people of Utah over the years has given these two branches of For as many as I can remember a three-man and I refer to the Board of has been allowed to extend their power until they actually have functioned as a small legislature for 22 months out of every two They also have taken over power that rightfully should be in the office of the even though he is a member of the Dean Others on the Board of Examiners in addition to the governor are the Secretary of State and Attorney DEAN ALSO told the service club groups that the Finance Commission has also gained more power in handling the fiscal affairs of Utah than should be delegated to any small He also stated that there definitely was too much overlapping of commissions that now function in operating state In referring to the power the Board of Examiners has taken unto Dean used one glaring example of how the BOE had defied the legislature in making expenditures that had been specifically denied by the See Legislative page leader r continued from U 1961 even though such a request for funds had been asked for by Secretary of State LaMont PRIOR TO THE beginning of the biennial legislative sessions all executive branches of Utah government and various departments and which include state financed are asked to submit budget requests that are included in one package when the governor delivers his budget message to the joint house and senate during the early part of the These budget requests are immediately turned over to the appropriations committee of the two houses for study and eventually are included into a general appropriations bill that is acted on by the senate and house bodies THE SPECIFIC item Speaker Dean referred to was a request the Secretary of State made in his budget request for to construct a new green house to replace one that already had served the state even though a bit out of A sub-committee composed of one senator and two representatives was given the assignment to study the secretary's requests along with other executive and Finance Commission This subcommittee which consisted of Clyde Salt Royal and Cliff made a careful and very thorough study of the along with and reported to the secretary they could not in all conscience recommend to the joint appropriations committee that this request be approved and funds REQUEST for to build the Greenhouse was unanimously rejected by the full committee and was not included in the general appropriations bill passed by the 1961 legislature and signed into law by the Despite all specific study that went into this one request and the action of the Utah has a brand new Greenhouse that cost the taxpayers Dean told the what are we going to do to remove such power from the BOE and other departments of state I would like to make quick reference to an report and study made by the Utah Legislative Council which will recommend to the 1963 legislature that some of the vast power now by departments by be delegated to the Legislature and the Governor and they be given positive control over the fiscal functioning of Utah in the Speak er Dean THE AMERICAN Fork resident who served in the 1959 and 1961 sessions and who is a candidate to succeed himself again in told the group the in his should have the power to regulate the of time they should serve instead of the limit now placed on the He also urged a vote on Amendment 3 that will be on the ballot this fall and would give Utah lawmakers a salary that will attract better qualified men and women into these offices and give them a chance to break even for time spent in performance of their Dean was introduced by Cliff incumbent representative from Duchesne and chairman of the Kiwanis Club's program Also introduced by were the chairmen of the Republican and Democratic Duchesne County R. Earl Dillman and Gordon who in turn introduced county candidates for office from each party who were JOHN Kiwanis club presided over the meeting and extended a word of welcome to the Lions members and Annually Ki- I warns invites local candidates to be guests of the club where they are introduced and given a few minutes to state their This meeting replaced that one for John B Gale is president of the Lions but was unable to be present for the News is not what it Is what is |