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        February 24, 2014

Madam Speaker:

    The Government Operations Committee reports a favorable recommendation on 3rd Sub. S.B. 36, VOTER INFORMATION AMENDMENTS, by Senator K. Mayne, with the following amendments:

1.    Page 7, Lines 183 through 202 :    

             183          (6) (a) As used in this Subsection (6), "qualified person" means:
             184          (i) a government official or government employee acting in the government official's or
             185      government employee's capacity as a government official or a government employee;

{   or   }

             186          (ii) a health care provider, as defined in Section 26-33a-102
  , or an agent, employee, or independent contractor of a health care provider;

(iii) an insurance company, as defined in Section 67-4a-102, or an agent, employee, or independent contractor of an insurance company; or  

  (iv)    a financial institution, as defined in Section 7-1-103, or an agent, employee, or independent contractor of a financial institution .      

             187          (b) Notwithstanding Subsection (4), a person may sell or provide the list of registered
             188      voters, or information obtained from the list of registered voters, to a qualified person if the
             189      person selling or providing the list, or information obtained from the list:
             190          (i) ensures, using industry standard security measures, that the list, or information
             191      obtained from the list, may not be accessed by a person other than a qualified person; and
             192          (ii) verifies that the list, or information obtained from the list, will only be used by:
             193          (A) the qualified person
  to verify the accuracy of personal information submitted by an individual or       to confirm the identity of a person in order to prevent

fraud,


             194      waste, or abuse; or
             195          (B) a person described in Subsection (6)(a)(i).
  (7) Subsection (6) does not permit a person to provide the list of registered voters or information obtained from the list of registered voters to the general public in any form or manner.      

             196          [(4)]
{   (7)   }        (8)       When political parties not listed on the voter registration form qualify as

             197      registered political parties under Title 20A, Chapter 8, Political Party Formation and
             198      Procedures, the lieutenant governor shall inform the county clerks about the name of the new
             199      political party and direct the county clerks to ensure that the voter registration form is modified
             200      to include that political party.
             201          [(5)]
{   (8)   }        (9)       Upon receipt of a voter registration form from an applicant, the county clerk

             202      or the clerk's designee shall:

    Respectfully,

    Jack R. Draxler
    Committee Chair

Voting: 8-1-0
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SB0036S03
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HCRAMD