S.B. 118

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ROCKY MOUNTAIN CENTER FOR OCCUPATIONAL AND
2 ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AMENDMENTS
3 2013 GENERAL SESSION
4 STATE OF UTAH
5 Chief Sponsor: Karen Mayne
6 House Sponsor: Roger E. Barrus
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8 LONG TITLE
9 General Description:
10 This bill modifies the functions of the Rocky Mountain Center for Occupational and
11 Environmental Health and provides an appropriation for the center.
12 Highlighted Provisions:
13 This bill:
14 . requires the Rocky Mountain Center for Occupational and Environmental Health to
15 create and maintain a website designed for the public to learn about the findings of
16 research studies regarding occupational and environmental health, including
17 research on the health effects of air pollution.
18 Money Appropriated in this Bill:
19 This bill appropriates:
20 . to the University of Utah - Rocky Mountain Center for Occupational and
21 Environmental Health, as an ongoing appropriation for fiscal year 2013-14:
22 . from the General Fund, $50,000.
23 Other Special Clauses:
24 This bill takes effect on July 1, 2013.
25 Utah Code Sections Affected:
26 AMENDS:
27 53B-17-802, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 232

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29 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
30 Section 1. Section 53B-17-802 is amended to read:
31 53B-17-802. Rocky Mountain Center for Occupational and Environmental
32 Health at the university.
33 (1) There is established at the University of Utah the Rocky Mountain Center for
34 Occupational and Environmental Health, to be an occupational health and safety center for
35 education and research.
36 (2) The university shall operate the center in a manner so that the center is:
37 (a) eligible to be designated as an education and research center by the National
38 Institute for Occupational Safety and Health in the United States Department of Health and
39 Human Services; and
40 (b) a resource for affected populations to:
41 (i) improve workplace health and safety; and
42 (ii) contribute to economic growth and development in Utah and the surrounding
43 region.
44 (3) The center shall create a website designed for the public to learn about the findings
45 of research studies regarding occupational and environmental health, including research on the
46 health effects of air pollution.
47 Section 2. Appropriation.
48 Under the terms and conditions of Utah Code Title 63J, Chapter 1, Budgetary
49 Procedures Act, the following sums of money are appropriated from resources not otherwise
50 appropriated, or reduced from amounts previously appropriated, out of the funds or fund
51 accounts indicated for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2013, and ending June 30, 2014. These
52 appropriations are additions to amounts previously appropriated for the fiscal year 2013-14.
53 To University of Utah - Rocky Mountain Center for Occupational and Environmental
54 Health
55 From General Fund

$50,000

56 Schedule of Programs:
57 Center for Occupational and Environmental Health $50,000
58 Section 3. Effective date.

59 This bill takes effect on July 1, 2013.




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