Governor's Proclamation: Calling the Fifty-Eighth Legislature into the Third Extraordinary Session

Issued: August 13, 2009

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P R O C L A M A T I O N

WHEREAS, since the close of the 2009 General Session of the 58th Legislature of the State of Utah, a vacancy has occurred in the office of Lieutenant Governor;

WHEREAS, Article VII, Section 10 of the Constitution of the State of Utah provides that when a vacancy occurs in the office of Lieutenant Governor, the Governor shall, with the consent of the Senate, appoint a person to serve as Lieutenant Governor; and

WHEREAS, Article VII, Section 6 of the Constitution of the State of Utah provides that the Governor may, by proclamation, convene the Legislature in Extraordinary Session,

NOW, THEREFORE, I, GARY R. HERBERT, Governor of the State of Utah, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and Laws of the State of Utah, do by this Proclamation call the Senate only of the 58th Legislature into the Third Extraordinary Session at the State Capitol in Salt Lake City, Utah, on the 1st day of September, 2009, at 2:00 p.m., for the Senate to consent to the appointment of Gregory S. Bell to the office of Lieutenant Governor.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused to be affixed the Great Seal of the State of Utah. Done at the Utah State Capitol in Salt Lake City, Utah, this 13th day of August, 2009.

(State Seal)

Gary R. Herbert
Governor

2009/3/E

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