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First Substitute S.B. 112

This document includes Senate 2nd Reading Floor Amendments incorporated into the bill on Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 3:18 PM by lpoole. --> This document includes Senate 3rd Reading Floor Amendments incorporated into the bill on Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 3:25 PM by lpoole. -->

Senator Aaron Osmond proposes the following substitute bill:


             1     
WORK WEEK AMENDMENTS

             2     
2013 GENERAL SESSION

             3     
STATE OF UTAH

             4     
Chief Sponsor: Aaron Osmond

             5     
House Sponsor: Jim Bird

             6     

             7      LONG TITLE
             8      General Description:
             9          This bill amends Title 67, Chapter 25, General Requirements for State Officers and
             10      Employees, regarding the state agency work week.
             11      Highlighted Provisions:
             12          This bill:
             13          .    subject to certain exceptions and requirements, allows a state agency to provide a
             14      service online or by telephone;
             15          .    reduces the hours per day a state agency is required to provide a service;
             16          .    subject to certain exceptions and requirements, repeals the requirement to have at
             17      least one physical location in operation Monday through Friday; and
             18          .    makes technical changes.
             19      Money Appropriated in this Bill:
             20          None
             21      Other Special Clauses:
             22          None
             23      Utah Code Sections Affected:
             24      AMENDS:
             25          67-25-201, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2011, Chapter 442



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             27      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             28          Section 1. Section 67-25-201 is amended to read:
             29           67-25-201. State agency work week.
             30          (1) [Except for a legal holiday established under Section 63G-1-301 , a state agency
             31      shall operate at least one physical location, and as many physical locations necessary,] Except
             32      as provided in Subsection (2), and subject to Subsection (3) S. [ , ] :
             32a      (a) .S a state agency S. with five or more employees .S shall, at least S. [ [ ] nine [ ] ]
             33      [ eight ] .S hours [a] per day on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday [to], provide a
             34      service required by statute to another entity of the state, a political subdivision, or the public[.]:
             35           S. [ (a) ] (i) .S in person;
             36           S. [ (b) ] (ii) .S online; or
             37           S. [ (c) ] (iii) .S by telephone S. [ . ] ; and
             37a      (b) a state agency with less than five employees shall, at least eight hours per day on Monday,
             37b      Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, provide a service required by statute to another
             37c      entity of the state, a political subdivision, or the public:
             37d      (i) in person;
             37e      (ii) online; or
             37f      (iii) by telephone. .S
             38          (2) (a) Subsection (1) does not require a state agency to operate a physical location, or
             39      provide a service, on a holiday established under Section 63G-1-301 .
             40          (b) Except for a legal holiday established under Section 63G-1-301 , the following state
             41      agencies shall operate at least one physical location, and as many physical locations S. as .S
             41a      necessary,
             42      at least eight hours per day on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday to provide
             43      a service required by statute to another entity of the state, a political subdivision, or the public:
             44          (i) the Department of Technology Services, created in Section 63F-1-103 ;
             45          (ii) the Division of Child and Family Services, created in Section 62A-4a-103 ; and
             46          (iii) the Office of Guardian ad litem, created in Section 78A-6-901 .
             47          (3) A state agency shall make staff available, as necessary, to provide:
             48          (a) services incidental to a court or administrative proceeding, during the hours of
             49      operation of a court or administrative body, including:
             50          (i) testifying;
             51          (ii) the production of records or evidence; and


            
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52          (iii) other services normally available to a court or administrative body;
             53          (b) security services; and
             54          (c) emergency services.
             55          [(2)] (4) This section does not limit the days or hours a state agency may operate.
             56          [(3)] (5) To provide a service as required by Subsection (1), the chief administrative



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             57      officer of a state agency may determine:
             58          (a) the number of physical locations, if any S. are required by this section .S ,
             58a      operating each day;
             59          (b) the daily hours of operation[, as required by Subsection (1), of each] of a physical
             60      location;
             61          (c) the number of state agency employees who work per day; and
             62          (d) the hours a state agency employee works per day.
             63          (6) To provide a service as required by Subsection (2)(b), the chief administrative
             64      officer of a state agency may determine:
             65          (a) the number of physical locations operating each day;
             66          (b) the daily hours of operation, as required by Subsection (2)(b), of each physical
             67      location;
             68          (c) the number of state agency employees who work per day; and
             69          (d) the hours a state agency employee works per day.
             69a           S. (7) A state agency shall:
             69b      (a) provide information, accessible from a conspicuous link on the home page of the state
             69c      agency's website, on a method that a person may use to schedule an in-person meeting with an
             69d      employee of the state agency:
             69e      (b) contact a person who makes a request for an in-person meeting, within one business day
             69f      after the day on which the person makes the request, to schedule an in-person meeting; and
             69g      (c) schedule and hold an in-person meeting with the person that requests an in-person meeting
             69h      as soon as reasonable possible. .S


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