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2025 Utah Code
Title 67 - State Officers and Employees
Chapter 9 - Deputy Officers
Section 1 - Appointment -- Powers.
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UT Code § 67-9-1 (2025)
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Effective 5/7/2025
67-9-1. Appointment -- Powers.
Amended by Chapter 76, 2025 General Session
Amended by Chapter 302, 2025 General Session
67-9-1. Appointment -- Powers.
- (1)The state auditor, the state treasurer, the attorney general, and the superintendent of public instruction may each appoint a deputy, who may, during the absence or disability of the principal, perform all the duties pertaining to the office, except those required of the principal as a member of any board.
- (2)The principal shall be answerable for the neglect or misconduct in office of the principal's deputy, and may require the deputy to obtain crime insurance.
- (3)The principal:
- (a)shall, if the principal appoints a deputy:
- (i)make the appointment in writing; and
- (ii)file the written appointment with the lieutenant governor;
- (b)may revoke the appointment of the principal's deputy, at will, in writing; and
- (c)shall, if the principal revokes appointment of a deputy, file the written revocation with the lieutenant governor.
- (a)shall, if the principal appoints a deputy:
Amended by Chapter 76, 2025 General Session
Amended by Chapter 302, 2025 General Session
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