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UTAH STATE SENATE

UTAH STATE CAPITOL COMPLEX * 320 STATE CAPITOL

P.O. BOX 145115 * SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH 84114-5115 * (801) 538-1035

        February 21, 2014

Mr. President:

    The Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee reports a favorable recommendation on S.B. 51, LOCAL GOVERNMENT ENTITIES AMENDMENTS, by Senator J. Stevenson, with the following amendments:


1.    Page 27, Line 828 through Page 28, Line 850 :    

             828          (g) accept a grant, contribution, or loan, directly through the sale of securities or
             829      equipment trust certificates or otherwise, from the United States, or from a department,
             830      instrumentality, or agency of the United States

{   , to:   }        ;      

             831          
{   (i) sell or lease property;

             832          (ii) assist in or operate transit-oriented or transit-supportive developments;
             833          [(i)] (iii) establish, finance, participate as a limited partner or member in a development
             834      with limited liabilities in accordance with Subsection (1)(l), construct, improve, maintain, or
             835      operate transit facilities, equipment, and transit-oriented developments or transit-supportive
             836      developments; or
             837          [(ii)] (iv)  
}
  (h)       study and plan transit facilities in accordance with any legislation passed by

             838      Congress;
             839          
{   (h)   }        (i)       cooperate with and enter into an agreement with the state or an

agency of the state


             840      or otherwise contract to finance to establish transit facilities and equipment or to study or plan
             841      transit facilities;
             842          
{   (i)   }        (j)       issue bonds as provided in and subject to Chapter 1, Part 11, Local District Bonds,

             843      to carry out the purposes of the district;
             844          
{   (j)   }        (k)       from bond proceeds or any other available funds, reimburse the state or an agency of

             845      the state for an advance or contribution from the state or state agency;
             846          
{   (k)   }        (l)       do anything necessary to avail itself of any aid, assistance, or cooperation available

             847      under federal law, including complying with labor standards and making arrangements for
             848      employees required by the United States or a department, instrumentality, or agency of the
             849      United States;
{   and   }

    
  (m) sell or lease property;

    (n) assist in or operate transit-oriented or transit-supportive developments;
    (o) establish, finance, participate as a limited partner or member in a development with limited liabilities in accordance with Subsection (1)(p), construct, improve, maintain, or operate transit facilities, equipment, and transit-oriented developments or transit-supportive developments; and  

             850          
{   (l)   }        (p)       subject to the restriction in Subsection (2), assist in a transit-oriented development


2.    Page 28, Lines 857 through 860 :    

             857          (2) (a) A public transit district may only assist in the economic development of areas
             858      under Subsection (1)
{   (l)   }        (p)       :

             859          (i) in the manner described in Subsection (1)
{   (l)   }        (p)       (i) or (ii); and

             860          (ii) on
{   [   } no more than      {   five   }        10            {   ]   } transit-oriented developments or transit-supportive



3.    Page 29, Line 864 :    

             864      provisions of Subsection (1)
{   (l)   }        (p)       (i), unless the partners, developer, or other investor in the entity,


4.    Page 29, Line 869 :    

             869      pursuant to Subsection (1)
{   (l)   }        (p)       (i) or (ii), except as may be required by the board member's


1.    Page 47, Lines 1442 through 1446 :    

             1442          (g) a qualifying entity for employment background checks for their own employees and
             1443      persons who have applied for employment with the qualifying entity;
{   [   } and      {   ]   }

             1444          
{   (h) a public transit district for purposes of complying with background check

             1445      provisions in Subsection
62A-5-103.5 (7); and   }
             1446          
{   [   } (h)      {   ]   }      {   (i)   } other agencies and individuals as the commissioner authorizes and finds


2.    Page 48, Lines 1482 through 1484 :    

             1482          (4) (a) Any criminal history record information obtained from division files may be
             1483      used only for the purposes for which it was provided and may not be further disseminated,
             1484      except under
{   Subsections   }        Subsection       (4)(b)      {   and   }        ,       (c)        , or (d)       .


3.    Page 49, Lines 1492 through 1493 :    

             1492      criminal case.
    
  (d) A public transit district, as described in Title 17B, Chapter 2a, Part 8,

Public Transit District Act, that is under contract with a state agency to provide services may, for the purposes of complying with Subsection 62A-5-103.5(7), provide a criminal history record to the state agency or the agency's designee.      


             1493          (5) If an individual has no prior criminal convictions, criminal history record

        Respectfully,

        Margaret Dayton
        Committee Chair

Voting: 5-0-2
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