Article VII Section 1 Executive Department officers — Terms, residence, and duties
Article VII Section 2 Election of officers — Governor and Lieutenant Governor elected jointly
Article VII Section 3 Qualifications of officers
Article VII Section 4 Governor commander-in-chief
Article VII Section 5 Executive power vested in Governor — Duties — Legal counsel
Article VII Section 6 Convening of extra sessions of Legislature — Advance public notice
Article VII Section 7 Adjournment of Legislature by Governor
Article VII Section 8 Bills presented to governor for approval and veto — Items of appropriation — Legislative session to consider vetoed items
Article VII Section 9 Governor may fill certain vacancies
Article VII Section 10 Governor’s appointive power — Governor to appoint to fill vacancy in other state offices — Vacancy in the office of the Lieutenant Governor
Article VII Section 11 Vacancy in office of Governor — Determination of disability
Article VII Section 12 Board of Pardons and Parole — Appointment — Powers and procedures — Governor’s powers and duties — Legislature’s powers
Article VII Section 14 Duties of Lieutenant Governor
Article VII Section 15 Duties of State Auditor and State Treasurer
Article VII Section 16 Duties of Attorney General
Article VII Section 18 Compensation of state and local officers
Article VII Section 19 Grants and commissions
Article VII Section 20 The Great Seal
Article VII Section 21 United States’ officials ineligible to hold state office
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Terms Used In Utah Constitution > Article VII - Executive Department

  • Adjourn: A motion to adjourn a legislative chamber or a committee, if passed, ends that day's session.
  • Adjournment sine die: The end of a legislative session "without day." These adjournments are used to indicate the final adjournment of an annual or the two-year session of legislature.
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Impeachment: (1) The process of calling something into question, as in "impeaching the testimony of a witness." (2) The constitutional process whereby the House of Representatives may "impeach" (accuse of misconduct) high officers of the federal government for trial in the Senate.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Presiding officer: A majority-party Senator who presides over the Senate and is charged with maintaining order and decorum, recognizing Members to speak, and interpreting the Senate's rules, practices and precedents.
  • Recess: A temporary interruption of the legislative business.
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.