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Utah Code Title 78A. Judiciary and Judicial Administration § 78A-2-113. Judicial hiring freeze authorized

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(1) As used in this section, “General Fund budget deficit” means a situation where General Fund appropriations made by the Legislature for a fiscal year exceed the estimated revenues adopted by the Executive Appropriations Committee of the Legislature for the General Fund in that fiscal year.

(2) During a General Fund budget deficit, the governor, president of the Senate, speaker of the House, and chief justice of the Supreme Court, may, by unanimous vote, implement a judicial hiring freeze for judicial vacancies for:

(a) a juvenile court district with three or more juvenile court judges;

(b) a district court district with three or more district court judges;

(c) all Business and Chancery Court judges;

(d) all appellate court judges; or

(e) any combination of Subsections (2)(a) through (d).

(3) In implementing a judicial hiring freeze, the governor, president of the Senate, speaker of the House, and chief justice of the Supreme Court shall:

(a) establish the length of that hiring freeze; and

(b) ensure that the hiring freeze lasts at least 90 days, but not longer than the last day of the annual general session of the Legislature.

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