Spencer Cox: “Under existing law, I can only issue executive orders for 30…”

“I've used an executive order in the past when it comes to new water development in the Great Salt Lake Basin. And so we've used our authority there before. I will say that Under existing law, I can only issue executive orders for 30 days and then the legislature would have to step in. and do that. And so anything I would do that would have any long term impact would have to be done with the help of the legislature.” (40:21–40:30)

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