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MINUTES OF THE HOUSE
PUBLIC UTILITIES & TECHNOLOGY STANDING COMMITTEE
Room 20, House Building
February 6, 2013

MEMBERS PRESENT:    Rep. Roger Barrus, Chair
                Rep. Steve Handy, Vice Chair
                Rep. Jerry Anderson
                Kay Christofferson
                Rep. Lynn Hemingway
                Rep. Mike McKell
                Rep. Angela Romero
                Rep. Curt Webb
                Rep. John Westwood

STAFF PRESENT:        Mr. Richard North, Policy Analyst
                Ms. Sylvia Newton, Committee Secretary

Note: A list of visitors and a copy of handouts are filed with the committee minutes.
                                        
Chair Barrus called the meeting to order at 2:04 p.m.

MOTION:    Rep. McKell moved to approve the minutes of the February 1, 2013 meeting. The motion passed unanimously with Rep. Hemingway and Rep. Romero absent for the vote.


H.B. 295    Electronic Proof of Owner's or Operator's Security (Rep. D. Brown)

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

1.    Page 1, Line 20 :    

             20      other content on the mobile electronic device;
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  .      provides that a peace officer is not subject to civil liability or criminal penalties if the peace officer inadvertently views content other than the evidence of owner's or operator's security on the mobile electronic device; and          


2.    Page 4, Lines 95 through 98 :    

             95          (ii) If a person provides evidence of owner's or operator's security in an electronic
             96      format using a mobile electronic device under this Subsection (2)(c), the peace officer viewing
             97      the owner's or operator's security on the mobile electronic device may not view any other
             98      content on the mobile electronic device.

    
  (iii) Notwithstanding any other provision under this section, a peace officer is not subject to civil liability or criminal penalties under this section if the peace officer inadvertently views content other than the evidence of owner's or operator's security on the mobile electronic device.      


The motion to amend the bill passed unanimously with Rep. Hemingway and Rep. Romero absent for the vote.

Rep. Brown introduced the bill and the amendment to the committee.

MOTION:    Rep. Westwood moved to pass H.B. 295 as amended out favorably. The motion passed unanimously with Rep. Romero absent for the vote.

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

Chair Barrus adjourned the meeting at 2:21 p.m.






                    
                    Rep. Roger Barrus, Chair