Insurance Law Revision Commission Administrative records, 1981-1985.

On March 11, 1981, the Utah State Legislature created the Insurance Law Revision Commission (ILRC) to rewrite Utah's insurance laws. These records document the essential administrative and drafting functions of the ILRC as it recodified Title 31, Utah Insurance Code between May 1981 and February 1985. Included in this series are correspondence; personnel records; budget statements; procedural guides and frequently used forms; newsletters, press releases, and Insurance Department publications; comments solicited from interested parties; reports to the state legislature; references pertinent to specific topical issues; and miscellaneous data and notes compiled to facilitate the drafting process. The records address, in great detail, the extent of and capacity in which numerous specific individuals were involved with the project; the basic financial operations of the commission, its members and staff in their official duties; the concerns and interests of both commission members,drafters, and interested outside parties as regarded specific sections and issues of the proposed code; and pertinent local issues situated in their broader national context. The commission's administrative offices were provided, in part, by the Department of Insurance, and together with the Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel, they provided staff assistance to the commission during a portion of its existence. This series contains the correspondence of Michael O. Leavitt as a member of the commission, prior to his election to the Governor's Office in 1993.

Reports and comments submitted by outside parties seeking input are included herein as thirty-five subfiles under file #26 and comprise the most substantive single set of records contained in the series. These comments provide an important window into the concerns of outside interested parties and document the commission's systematic effort to solicit public input on the proposed changes. These "outside" comments,however, differ significantly from comments submitted by the commission members and drafters directly involved in the drafting process (primarily included in the minutes and compiled drafts) and should be clearly distinguished from such.