TRANSPORTATION PLANNING

TASK FORCE REAUTHORIZATION

2004 GENERAL SESSION

STATE OF UTAH

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General Description:

This bill reauthorizes, for one year, the Transportation Planning Task Force created in 2003.

Highlighted Provisions:

This bill:

            ►    establishes a legislative task force to study transportation needs and funding for the next 10 and 20-year time frame;

            ►    establishes task force membership, duties, and salaries and designates staff for the task force;

            ►    requires the task force to prepare a report; and

            ►    requires the task force to report its findings to the Transportation Interim Committee on a specified date.

Monies Appropriated in this Bill:

This bill:

            ►    makes a one-time appropriation of $14,500 from the General Fund for fiscal year 2004-2005 to pay for task force expenses.

Other Special Clauses:

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:

            Section 1. Transportation Planning Task Force -- Creation -- Membership --

     Procedures -- Compensation -- Staff.

            (1) There is created the Transportation Planning Task Force consisting of the following 12 members:

            (a) five members of the Senate appointed by the president of the Senate, no more than four of whom may be from the same political party; and

            (b) seven members of the House of Representatives appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives, no more than five of whom may be from the same political party.

            (2) (a) The president of the Senate shall designate a member of the Senate appointed under Subsection (1)(a) as a cochair of the task force.

            (b) The speaker of the House of Representatives shall designate a member of the House of Representatives appointed under Subsection (1)(b) as a cochair of the task force.

            (3) In conducting its business, the task force shall comply with the rules of legislative interim committees.

            (4) Salaries and expenses of the members of the task force shall be paid in accordance with Section 36-2-2 and Legislative Joint Rule 15.03.

            (5) The Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel shall provide staff support to the task force.

            (6) The Office of Legislative Fiscal Analyst shall provide staff for fiscal planning support to the task force.

            Section 2. Duties -- Interim report.

            (1) The task force shall review and make recommendations on the following issues:

            (a) the transportation needs for Utah in the next 10 and 20-year time frames;

            (b) the current transportation revenues and their future projections;

            (c) alternative transportation revenue mechanisms available or currently in use around the country;

            (d) effects of transportation systems on communities and neighborhoods;

            (e) alternative modes to meet transportation needs; and

            (f) the reports from agencies as requested in the November 2003 Transportation Planning Task Force Report.

            (2) The task force shall meet no more than eight times from April through November.

            (3) A final report, including any proposed legislation, shall be presented before November 30, 2004 to the Transportation Interim Committee.

            Section 3. Appropriation.

            There is appropriated from the General Fund for fiscal year 2004-05:

            (1) $6,000 to the Senate to pay for the compensation and expenses of senators on the task force; and

            (2) $8,500 to the House of Representatives to pay for the compensation and expenses of representatives on the task force.

            Section 4. Repeal date.

            This bill is repealed November 30, 2004.