Utah State Senate
The Senate of Utah (Utah State Senate ) is the upper house of the Utah State Legislature, the legislature of the U.S. state of Utah.
The chamber of parliament is composed of 29 Senators representing an electoral district respectively. The senators are elected for four -year terms; limiting the terms of office does not exist. The meeting room of the Senate is located together with the House of Representatives in the Utah State Capitol in Salt Lake City, the capital.
Tasks of the Senate
The Senate from Utah in the fall as upper houses in other states and territories, as well as in the U.S. Senate compared to the House of Representatives special tasks that go beyond the law. So it is up to the Senate, nominations of the Governor in his cabinet to accept or reject other offices of the executive branch and commissions and authorities.
Structure of the chamber
The President of the Senate is not as usual, the lieutenant governor, but an elected member of the Senate. Current President of the Senate is the Republican Michael G. Waddoups, 6th District.
For Majority Leader ( Majority leader) of the Republicans was Scott K. Jenkins, 20 election district, elected; Leader of the opposition (minority leader) is the Democrat Ross I. Romero, 7 election district.