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MINUTES OF THE HOUSE
LAW ENFORCEMENT AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE STANDING COMMITTEE
Room 25, House Office Building, State Capitol Complex
February 18, 2014

Members Present:    Rep. Richard Greenwood, Vice Chair                
            Rep. Keith Grover                    
            Rep. Dana Layton
            Rep. Paul Ray                            
            Rep. Edward Redd            
            Rep. Robert Spendlove
            Rep. Keven Stratton
            Rep. Mark Wheatley    

Members Absent:    Rep. Curt Oda, Chair             
            Rep. Don Ipson
            Rep. Jennifer Seelig

Staff Present:    Mr. Nathan Brady, Policy Analyst
            Ms. Linda Error, Committee Secretary

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

Vice Chair Greenwood called the meeting to order at 8:13 a.m.

S.B. 177    Sex Offender Amendments (Sen. J. Stevenson)

Sen. Stevenson explained the bill to the committee.

MOTION:    Rep. Greenwood moved to pass the bill out favorably. The motion passed unanimously with Rep. Grover and Rep. Stratton absent for the vote.

H.B. 303    Driving Under the Influence Amendments (Rep. L. Perry)

MOTION:    Rep. Redd moved to replace H.B. 303 with lst Sub H.B. 303. The motion passed unanimously with Rep. Grover and Rep. Stratton absent for the vote.

MOTION:    Rep. Redd moved to return H.B. 303 to the Rules Committee with a recommendation for further study during interim. The motion passed unanimously with Rep. Grover and Rep. Stratton absent for the vote.

H.B. 85    Electronic Filing of Traffic Citations and Accident Reports Amendments (Rep. J. Cox)

Rep. Cox explained the bill to the committee.

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

1.    Page 1, Lines 13 through 15 :    

             13          This bill:
    
  . exempts an officer who is not reasonably able to file a citation electronically from the efiling requirements in a justice court.      

             14          
{   .    exempts a county of the fourth, fifth, or sixth class from electronic filing

             15      requirements for a misdemeanor or infraction citation.   }

2.    Page 2, Lines 28 through 30 :    

             28          (1) A peace officer or public official who issues a citation pursuant to Section 77-7-18
             29      shall give the citation to the person cited and shall within five
  business       days electronically file the data

             30      from Subsections (2)(a) through (2)(g) with the court specified in the citation. The data

3.    Page 2, Line 56 through Page 3, Line 59 :    

             56          (c) the court to which the defendant was directed to appear is the proper court pursuant
             57      to Section 77-7-21 .
    
  (4) Notwithstanding Subsection (1), if a citing law enforcement officer is not reasonably able to access the efiling system, the citation need not be filed electronically if being filed with a justice court.      

             58          
{   (4) The provisions of this section requiring electronic filing do not apply to counties of

             59      the fourth, fifth, or sixth class.   }

The motion to amend passed unanimously with Rep. Grover and Rep. Stratton absent for the vote.

MOTION:    Rep. Ray moved to pass the bill out favorably. The motion passed unanimously.

Vice Chair Greenwood asked Rep. Ray to conduct the meeting.


H.J.R. 17    Joint Resolution on Jail Facilities (Rep. R. Greenwood)

Rep. Greenwood explained the bill to the committee.

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

1.    Page 2, Line 57 through Page 3, Line 59 :    

             57          WHEREAS, contracting with the Utah Department of Corrections for additional
{   prison   }        jail      

             58      bed space would greatly assist the state in addressing projected bed space and treatment needs,
             59      and
{   Iron County's   }        all petitioning counties'       efforts to have sufficient capacity to house      {   its prison   }        their jail       populations:


The motion to amend passed unanimously.

Spoke to the bill:    Roland Cook, Executive Director, Utah Department of Corrections
            Reed Richards, Weber County Attorney's Office

Spoke for the bill:    Ron Gordon, Executive Director, Commission on Criminal                  and Juvenile Justice

MOTION:    Rep. Stratton moved to pass the bill out favorably. The motion passed unanimously.

Vice Chair Greenwood resumed the Chair.

H.B. 322    Protection of Activities in Private Vehicles (Rep. C. Oda)

At the request of the sponsor, this bill was not considered.

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

Vice Chair Greenwood adjourned the meeting at 8:55 a.m.




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