Judiciary Interim Committee
TO: Judiciary Interim Committee
FROM: Jerry D. Howe, Research Analyst
DATE: August 7, 1997
SUBJECT: August 20 Meeting
Sen. Craig L. Taylor and Rep. Byron L. Harward have scheduled a meeting of the Judiciary Interim Committee as follows:
DATE: Wednesday, August 20, 1997
TIME: 2:00 p.m.
PLACE: Room 405 State Capitol
An agenda is included. If you are unable to attend, please call me or Glenda Whitney at 538- 1032.
Sen. Lane Beattie
Sen. David L. Buhler
Sen. Lyle W. Hillyard
Sen. Robert C. Steiner
Rep. Patrice M. Arent
Rep. John B. Arrington
Rep. Loretta Baca
Rep. Afton B. Bradshaw
Rep. Katherine M. Bryson
Rep. J. W. "Bill" Hickman
Rep. Keele Johnson
Rep. Tammy J. Rowan
Rep. Martin R. Stephens
Rep. Glenn L. Way
- Approv al of Minute s of the June 16, 1997 Meetin g
2:15 2. Admin istrati ve Enforc ement of Civil Fines and Penalti es
Under its police power, the state has authorit y to establish civil fines and penalties for violation s of its statutory provisio ns. The legislatu re possesse s broad discretio n in prescribi ng penalties for conduct it deems punisha ble. The committ ee will hear testimon y concerni ng a central panel of administ rative law judges.
3:00 3. Immu nity for Volun teers
Five differe nt Utah statute s attemp t to provid e immun ity for volunt eers under certain circum stance s. The federal govern ment recentl y passed a volunt eer protect ion act which preem pts some state immun ity statute s. Utah needs
to
review
its
immuni
ty
statute
s and
determ
ine
whethe
r or
not its
current
statute
s
provid
e
sufficie
nt
immuni
ty for
people
who
volunte
er.
4:15 4. Evaluation Criteria for the
Selection of Judicial
Nominees
Article VIII,
Section
8 of the
Utah
Constit
ution
provid
es that
the Legislat
ure shall
by
statute
provide
for the
nominati
ng
commiss
ions'
composit
ion and
procedu
res. To
date, the
Judicial
Council
has
provided
for
nominati
ng
commiss
ions'
procedu
res.
These
procedu
res have
been not
been
drafted
or
reviewed
by the
Legislat
ure as
required
by the
Utah
Constitu tion.
The
commi
ttee
should
review
these
proced
ures
and be
prepar
ed to
discus
s
whethe
r
nomin
ating
proced
ures
should
be
contai
ned in
statute
.
4:50 5. Altern ative
Disput
e
Resol
ution
The commi
ttee
recom
mende
d that
the
Admin
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s
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ti
o
n
p
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g
r
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m
f
o
r
t
h
e
m
o
d
if
i
c ation
of an
origin
al
divorc
e
decree
s
could
be
imple
mente
d. The
AOC
will
update
the
commi
ttee on
its
progre
ss.
5:00 6. Adjou rn
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