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MINUTES OF THE HOUSE BUSINESS AND LABOR
STANDING COMMITTEE
Room W010, West Office Building, State Capitol Complex
January 22, 2008


Members Present:    Rep. Stephen D. Clark, Chair
            Rep. Jim Dunnigan, Vice Chair            
            Rep. Jackie Biskupski
            Rep. David Clark            
            Rep. Carl W. Duckworth
            Rep. Ben Ferry
            Rep. Gage Froerer
            Rep. Kevin Garn
            Rep. Neil A Hansen
            Rep. Todd E. Kiser            
            Rep. Paul Neuenschwander
            Rep. Mark Walker    

Members Absent:    Rep. Michael T. Morley    
             
Staff Present:    Allison Nicholson, Policy Analyst            
            Linda Error, Committee Secretary

Note:        List of visitors and a copy of handouts are filed with committee minutes .

Vice Chair Dunnigan called the meeting to order at 2:07 p.m.

H.B. 37    Utah Business Resource Centers Act (Rep. D. Clark)

Rep. D. Clark introduced the bill to the committee.

MOTION:    Rep. D. Clark moved to delete in title and body H.B. 37 and replace it with 1st Substitute H.B. 37. The motion passed unanimously, with Rep. Walker absent for the vote.

MOTION:     Rep. Garn moved to pass the bill out favorably. The motion passed unanimously, with Rep. Kiser and Rep. Walker absent for the vote.

H.B. 53    Impact of Administrative Rules on Small Businesses (Rep. S. Clark)

Rep. S. Clark introduced the bill to the committee.


MOTION:    Rep. S. Clark moved to delete in title and body H.B. 53 and replace it with 1st Substitute H.B. 53. The motion passed unanimously, with Rep. Kiser and Rep. Walker absent for the vote.

MOTION:    Rep. Froerer moved to amend the bill as follows:

        Page 5,      Line 145 After day's insert average

SUBSTITUTE
MOTION:      Rep. Ferry moved to amend the bill as follows:

1.    Page 5, Lines 144 through 147 :    

             144          (7) If during the public comment period an agency receives comment that the proposed
             145      rule will cost small business more than one day's
  annual average       gross receipts, and the agency had not

             146      previously performed the analysis in Subsection (6), the agency shall perform the analysis
             147      described in Subsection (6).

The substitute motion to amend passed unanimously.

MOTION:    Rep. D. Clark moved to pass the bill out favorably as amended. The motion passed unanimously.

MOTION:    Rep. D. Clark moved to adjourn the meeting. The motion passed unanimously.

Vice Chair Dunnigan adjourned the meeting at 2:45 p.m.








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                     Rep. Stephen D. Clark, Chair