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        February 19, 2013

Madam Speaker:

    The Government Operations Committee reports a favorable recommendation on H.B. 223, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FUNDING AMENDMENTS, by Representative C. Oda, et al., with the following amendments and recommends it be placed on the Consent Calendar.

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             26          This bill takes effect on July 1, 2013.
    

  This bill coordinates with H.B. 302, Emergency Response Amendments, by providing substantive and technical corrections.      


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             33          63J-1-602.3, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2012, Chapters 71, 341, and 398
  Utah Code Sections Affected by Coordination Clause:

    53-2-404, (Effective 05/01/13), as last amended by Laws of Utah 2012, Chapter 347
    63J-1-602.3, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2012, Chapters 71, 341, and 398  


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             192      emergency disaster services] may expend or commit to expend money described in
{   Subsections   }        Subsection      

             193      53-2-403 (2)(a)(i), (ii), or (iii) to fund costs to the state of emergency disaster services if, at the

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             276          Section 7. Effective date.
             277          This bill takes effect on July 1, 2013.
    
  Section 8. Coordinating H.B. 223 with H.B. 302 -- Substantive and technical amendments.

    If this H.B. 223 and H.B. 302, Emergency Response Amendments, both pass and become law, it is the intent of the Legislature that:
    (1) Subsection 53-2-404(1) shall be amended to read:  

    "(1) Subject to this section and Section [53-2-403] 53-2a-603 , the division [shall expend or commit to expend money described in Subsection 53-2-403(1)(d)(i) to fund costs to the state of emergency disaster services] may expend or commit to expend money described in Subsection 53-2a-603(2)(a)(i), (ii), or (iii) to fund costs to the state of emergency disaster services if, at the discretion of the division, the expenditure is necessary in response to the disaster ."
  ;      

    
  (2) Subsection 63J-1-602.3(2) shall be amended to read:

    "(2) Appropriations made to the Division of Emergency Management from the State Disaster Recovery Restricted Account, as provided in Section 53-2a-603. "; and
    (3) the Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel make these changes when preparing the Utah Code database for publication.  



    Respectfully,

    Jack R. Draxler
    Committee Chair

Voting: 6-0-3
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