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MINUTES OF THE HOUSE TRANSPORTATION
STANDING COMMITTEE
Room 450 State Capitol
January 31, 2013

MEMBERS PRESENT:        Rep. Johnny Anderson, Chair
                    Rep. Val Peterson, Vice Chair                
                    Rep. Janice M. Fisher                    
                    Rep. David Lifferth                
                    Rep. Carol Spackman Moss
                    Rep. Dixon Pitcher
                    Rep. Dean Sanpei
                    Rep. Earl Tanner        
    
MEMBERS ABSENT:        Rep. Stewart E. Barlow
                    Rep. John Knotwell
                    Rep. Dan McCay
                    
STAFF PRESENT:            Mr. Leif Elder, Policy Analyst
                    Ms. Karen Mitchell, Committee Secretary

Note: A list of visitors and a copy of handouts are filed with the committee minutes .


Vice Chair Peterson called the meeting to order at 3:01 p.m.

MOTION:    Rep. Anderson moved to approve the minutes of the January 29, 2013 meeting.         The motion passed unanimously with Rep. Moss and Rep. Pitcher absent for the         vote.

H.B. 70    Utah State Railroad Museum Authority Amendments (Rep. J. Peterson)

Rep. Jeremy Peterson introduced the bill to the committee.

Spoke in favor of the bill:    Ms. Jan Zogmaister, Chair of the Utah State Railroad Museum Authority

MOTION:    Rep. Anderson moved to pass H.B. 70 out favorably. The motion passed              unanimously with Rep. Moss absent for the vote.

H.B. 83    Speed Limit Amendments (Rep. J. Dunnigan)

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


1.    Page 1, Lines 16 through 17 :    

             16      establish a posted speed limit that exceeds 75 miles per hour; and
             17          .    makes technical changes.

2.    Page 2, Lines 51 through 58 :    

             51          (c) (i) The [department] Department of Transportation may establish a posted speed
             52      limit on a freeway or other limited access highway that exceeds the maximum speed limit in
             53      Subsection (3)(b) if the speed limit is[: (A)] based on a highway traffic engineering and safety
             54      study[; and (B) is] and located on:
             55          (A) a portion of Interstate 15 that is between milepost [222] 244 and milepost [64.] 24
             56      or between milepost 366 and the Utah-Idaho state line;
{   or   }

             57          (B) a portion of Interstate 80 that is between milepost 99 and the Utah-Nevada state
             58      line
{   .   }        ; or

    (C) a portion of Interstate 84 that is between the Tremonton Interchange and the Utah-Idaho state line.  

        
The motion passed unanimously with Rep. Moss absent for the vote.

Spoke in favor of the bill:    Mr. Carlos Braceras, Utah Department of Transportation

Spoke to the bill:    Mr. Michael Rapich, Utah Highway Patrol

MOTION:    Rep. Anderson moved to pass H.B. 83 out favorably as amended. The motion         passed unanimously.

H.B. 79    Motor Vehicle Registration and Insurance Amendments (Rep. S. Handy)

Rep. Handy introduced the bill to the committee.

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


1.    Page 1, Lines 13 through 15 :    

             13          .    provides that
{   a   }        certain       new registration      {   card   }        cards       issued by the Tax Commission on or after

             14      November 1, 2013, may not display the address of the owner or the lessee on the

             15      registration card;

2.    Page 3, Lines 75 through 76 :    

             75          (4)
{   A   }        (a) Except as provided in Subsection (4)(b), a       new registration card issued by the commission on or after November 1, 2013,

             76      may not display the address of the owner or the lessee on the registration card.
    
  (b) A new registration card issued by the commission for a vehicle registered under Section 41-1a-301 shall display the address of the owner or the lessee on the registration card.      


The motion passed unanimously with Rep. Sanpei absent for the vote.

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


1.    Page 2, Lines 48 through 50 :    

             48          (3) A card issued by an insurance company as evidence of owner's or operator's
             49      security under Section 41-12a-303.2 on or after July 1,
{   2013   }        2014       , may not display the owner's or

             50      operator's address on the card.

The motion passed unanimously with Rep. Sanpei absent for the vote.

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

1.    Page 1, Lines 16 through 18 :    

             16          .    provides that a card issued by an insurance company as evidence of owner's or
             17      operator's security on or after July 1,
{   2013   }        2014       , may not display the owner's or operator's

             18      address on the card; and

2.    Page 4, Lines 112 through 114 :    

             112          (c) A card issued by an insurance company as evidence of owner's or operator's
             113      security under Subsection (2)(b)(i)(E) on or after July 1,
{   2013   }        2014       , may not display the owner's or

             114      operator's address on the card.

The motion passed unanimously with Rep. Sanpei absent for the vote.


Spoke in favor of the bill:    Mr. Lance Davenport, Department of Public Safety

MOTION:    Rep. Anderson moved to pass H.B. 79 out favorably as amended. The motion passed unanimously with Rep. Sanpei absent for the vote.

MOTION:    Rep. Fisher moved to adjourn the meeting. The motion passed unanimously with         Rep. Sanpei absent for the vote.

Vice Chair Peterson adjourned the meeting at 3:55 p.m.







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                            Rep. Johnny Anderson, Chair