Utah Code 78A-2-113. Judicial hiring freeze authorized
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(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.
Terms Used In Utah Code 78A-2-113
- Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
- Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
(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:
(2)(a) a juvenile court district with three or more juvenile court judges;
(2)(b) a district court district with three or more district court judges;
(2)(c) all Business and Chancery Court judges;
(2)(d) all appellate court judges; or
(2)(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:
(3)(a) establish the length of that hiring freeze; and
(3)(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.