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The state auditor also enforces Utah's data privacy law, prescribes uniform accounting, budgeting, and financial reporting systems for local governments, provides local government officials with consulting services, and trains certified public accountants engaged in local government audit work.
This is a list of salaries of heads of state and government per year, showing heads of state and heads of government where different, mainly in parliamentary systems. Often a leader is both in presidential systems .
The executive powers of government are vested in the Governor.The current governor is Spencer Cox, a Republican. Gary Herbert, the previous governor, assumed the governorship on August 11, 2009, following the resignation of Governor Jon Huntsman, Jr., who was appointed United States Ambassador to China by President Barack Obama.
Utah: Senate Yes 174.5 7 Vernon Buchanan: Republican Florida House Yes 157.2 8 Mike Braun: Republican Indiana: Senate Yes 136.8 9 Don Beyer: Democratic Virginia House Yes 124.9 10 Dean Phillips: Democratic Minnesota: House Yes 123.8 11 Nancy Pelosi: Democratic California: House Yes 114.7 12 John Hoeven: Republican North Dakota: Senate Yes 93.4 ...
The "State Officers' and Employees' Retirement System of Utah," later named the Public Employees' Retirement System, was created in 1947. Also, optional state coverage was established for judges and local government employees. [5] In 1963, joint administration was established for public employees and teachers systems.
The governor of Utah is the head of government of Utah [2] and the commander-in-chief of its military forces. [3] The governor has a duty to enforce state laws [2] as well as the power to either approve or veto bills passed by the Utah Legislature. [4] The governor may also convene the legislature on "extraordinary occasions". [5]
The Healthy Utah program was created in 1982 through the Governor's Task Force on Cost Containment to address statistics of Utahns general health and fitness discovered by the Utah Department of Health. The Utah Public Employees Disability Act created the long term disability program at PEHP, covering two-thirds of the disabled employee's salary.
The Utah State Legislature meets in the Utah State Capitol in Salt Lake City. The Republicans currently have super-majorities in both the House and Senate. They control the House by a margin of 59–16 and the Senate by 23–6. The current Senate President is Stuart Adams (R), and the Speaker of the House is Brad Wilson (R). [3] [4] [5]