Gary Ott spent years in public office with progressive Alzheimer’s disease. Lawmakers are taking steps to avoid a repeat.

(Al Hartmann | Tribune file photo) Then-Salt Lake County County Recorder Gary Ott, since deceased, sits before the start of the Salt Lake County Council's findings of the County Auditor's performance audit Oct. 4, 2016. Audit investigator Scott Tingley, left.

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