With this app, you can search for and subscribe to bills and receive notifications when any status change has occurred, whether it passed a committee, was read, or received a vote.

You can download this app from iTunes or from Google Play.

Since the legislature's website was redesigned, there are several ways to follow proceedings from the legislature's home page. There are prominent links directly to audio and video proceedings, to weekly calendars, and to the 2013 Session page, where you can find and track bills.

Several Utah agencies have recently redesigned their websites, including the Utah State Archives and the Utah Division of Administrative Rules. The State Archives' home page now provides quick links to its popular resources, including a central link to its print and digital research resources, and records request forms and information.

The Division of Administrative Rules home page now has quick links to the current Administrative Code, proposed rules, and administrative rule hearings.

Visit the State of Utah's website to find links to all Utah state agencies.

• HB75: Property Taxation of Low-Income Housing.
• SB116: Armed Forces Property Tax Exemption.
• SB122: Urban Farming Assessment Act.
• SB263: Education Requirements for Nursing Licensure Amendments.

Want to learn more about these new laws? From each bill's home page, you can link to floor debate audio recordings or read committee minutes and reports.

This year, the legislature made all legislative documents and correspondence related to the redistricting effort online on the Redistrict Utah website. The files total about 16,000 pages of records. They are divided into 15 separate files, and are further divided into smaller PDF files for easier downloading and/or browsing.

• Utah 2-1-1's Calendar of Caring and holiday volunteer opportunity list provide many charity opportunities.
• Utah's Commission on Volunteers has a searchable database of organizations looking for volunteers.
• Utah newspapers may publish opportunities in your local community.

To learn more about the glass recycling program, including acceptable and unacceptable items, visit the Salt Lake City's glass recycling page.

If you're not interested in curbside glass recycling, you can still drop off your glass for recycling at one of twenty drop off sites in Salt Lake County.

• Use the On My Ballot link to verify you're regsitered to vote, learn about candidates and propositions, and to generate a customized Voter Information Pamphlet.
  
• Sign up for a reminder email or text message and find your polling place
  
• Early voting begins in today. Find out where you can cast your ballot before election day.

The Utah State Library for the Blind and Disabled provides the Voter Information Pamphlet in alternate formats, including .mp3 and braille.

• a search box at the top which lets you search bills, statutes, or a keyword search of the site,
• audio and video recordings and the calendar featured prominently on the home page,
• committee meeting information pages that are organized by tabs and tables, and
• a Who Represents Me? box where you can search for your local representative by your address. This box displays at the bottom of every page on the site.

You can also download the QP Quick Pay Smartphone App to pay for parking right from your smartphone, by text, or by voice. More information about this app can be found on its Frequently Asked Questions page.

If you are interested in signing up for this service, you will be asked to provide your last name, driver license number and issue date, and the last four digits of your social security number.

Looking for a Utah notary? A new resource that is available to you is the Registered Notary Search database on the State of Utah's website. Here, you can search for a notary by name, city, zip code, and by foreign language spoken. Your search results will appear below the search boxes, and they can be sorted by any column.

If you need to notarize a court pleading or form that you are filing in a Utah district court case, court clerks can notarize these filings.

Some cities may have additional fireworks restrictions. For more information, see the State Fire Marshal's list of Fireworks Restrictions by Local Communities or visit your local city or county website.

Some of the items to be addressed in the Special Session include:

• the number of liquor licenses available statewide,
• technical amendments to nursing accreditation laws, and
• the Office of Education's technical error and shortfall of $25 million.

If you are interested in learning more about refugee services and resources in Utah, visit these websites:

• The State of Utah's Refugee Services Office provides information on organizations that offer refugee services and ways you can volunteer with these organizations.
• The Utah Refugee Coalition partners with community agencies to help integrate refugees into American society.
• The International Rescue Committee provides refugees with housing, food, health, and employment resources.