68-4-6 - Vacancies.
68-4-6. Vacancies.
(1) Upon the death, resignation, failure, or refusal to serve of the commissionersappointed under Subsection 68-4-5(1)(a), or if the legislative member ceases to be a member ofthe Legislature, the commissioner's office becomes vacant; and the governor shall, with theconsent of the Senate, make an appointment to fill the vacancy for the unexpired term of thecommissioner creating the vacancy.
(2) The commissioner who is the Legislature's general counsel or designee shall serveonly during that appointment as the Legislature's general counsel.
(3) (a) A commissioner who has been elected as a life member of the NationalConference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws because of long service as a commissionerwith the National Conference continues the commissioner's membership in the Utah Commissionon Uniform State Laws even though:
(i) the legislative member ceases to be a member of the Legislature;
(ii) the member of the Utah Bar's term of service expires; or
(iii) the Legislature's general counsel ceases that service.
(b) Notwithstanding Subsection (3)(a), the position of a commissioner who has beenelected as a life member of the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws asprovided in Subsection (3)(a) becomes vacant and a replacement commissioner shall be providedas outlined in Section 68-4-5 if:
(i) the legislative member ceases to be a member of the Legislature;
(ii) the member of the Utah Bar's term of service expires; or
(iii) if the Legislature's general counsel ceases that service.
Amended by Chapter 91, 2007 General Session