Bill to remove mentally unfit elected officials gets preliminary approval in Utah Senate

SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Senate on Wednesday gave preliminary approval to a bill that would allow some counties to remove elected officials from office if they are deemed mentally incapacitated and unfit to serve.
The bill, SB38, rose out of the controversy surrounding former Salt Lake County Recorder Gary Ott, who remained in office while he appeared to suffer mental health issues — a problem county officials struggled to address until Ott's siblings reached a resignation agreement