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         P.O. BOX 145030 . SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH 84114-5030 . (801) 538-1029         February 4, 2009

Mr. Speaker:

    The Health and Human Services Committee reports a favorable recommendation on H.B. 114, ABORTION LITIGATION TRUST ACCOUNT AMENDMENTS, by Representative K. Sumsion, with the following amendments:

1.    Page 1, Lines 14 through 19 :    

             14          .    provides that money may be deposited into the account, by private entities or by the
             15      Legislature, for the purpose of defending any law passed by the Legislature on or
             16      after January 1, 2009, and on or before July 1, 2014, that challenges the legal
             17      concept that a woman has the right to an abortion, even when the woman is not
             18      threatened with the loss of her life

{   or   }        ,       substantial and irreversible impairment of a

             19      major bodily function
  , rape, or incest       ;


2.    Page 2, Lines 50 through 56 :    

             50          (4) Except as provided in Subsection (9), money deposited into the account on or after
             51      May 12, 2009, shall be retained in the account for the purpose of paying litigation and appellate
             52      expenses of the Office of the Attorney General to defend any law passed by the Legislature on
             53      or after January 1, 2009, that challenges the legal concept that a woman has the right to an
             54      abortion when the woman is not threatened with:
             55          (a) the loss of her life;
{   or   }

             56          (b) substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily function
  ;

    (c)    rape; or
    (d)    incest  
.

    Respectfully,

    Paul Ray
    Committee Chair
Voting: 5-0-2
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