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Show GEORGIA BODELL PETERSON Appointed 1969 Elected Georgia to 1970 to 1980 B. Peterson was born in Herriman, Utah, on April 10, 1927, and Elizabeth Bodell. District She attended Jordan Westminster College and the University of Utah. Milton schools, She rna r r i ed Dr. Ted T. Peterson in and 1946, they had three children. Two sons and one Daugher. One son died in infancy. Craig, and· Elizabeth both reside in Salt Lake City. She and Ted have five grandchildren. Georgia was appointed to the House of Representatives by Governor Calvin Rampton in 1969. She then ran successfully for 4 times on her own. She served in Leadership and also on Sifting and Rules Committees. She also served on Transportation and Public Safety, Judiciary and the Executive Appropriations Committees. She was Vice Chair of the Legislative Management Committee and a member of the National Conference of State Legislators, the National Legislative Leaders and the Western of state Conference Conference, Legislators. In 1977, Georgia was elected President-elect Republican Legislators' Conference. of the National Georgia sponsored legislation in Utah law; establishing a funding for a new DOT building; sidewalks" and bicycle safety In order to upgrade a eliminating discriminatory statutes and Department of Transportation, safety legislation, including "safe licensing. proposed freeway, I -215, which bisected the state to Georgia's legislative district, Georgia legally forced conduct environmental impact study before construction. I-215 constructed under federal environmental safeguards and standards. It was the first Utah freeway that underwent a federal EIS as part of the construction process. an finaliy as appointed a Utah State Tax Commissioner in 1980 Matheson. She had to resign her House seat. As a Tax Commissioner, she was appointed to the Board of Directors, the National of International Association Assessig Officers, Association of Tax Administrators, the Western Association of Tax of Association and the National Regulatory Utility Administrators, Rep. by Peterson Governor was Scott Commissioners. Georgia also served on the Governor's Traffic Safety Committee, the the Governor's Reapportionment Governor's Tax Study Commi t tee, the Law 50-State President's the project; Study Committee; Revision Constitutional the Enforcement Agency; Planning Commission, the Secretary's HEW Regional Committee; and the Interstate Conference for Higher Education. Western 161 |
