MINUTES OF THE

SENATE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS

STANDING COMMITTEE

Room 415, Utah State Capitol

February 6, 2014

Members Present:    Sen. Margaret Dayton, Chair

                                    Sen. Lyle W. Hillyard

                                    Sen. Luz Robles

                                    Sen. Brian E. Shiozawa

                                    Sen. Daniel W. Thatcher

                                    Sen. Kevin T. Van Tassell

Members Excused:   President Wayne L. Niederhaus

Staff Present:            Rich North, Policy Analyst

                                    Karen Allred, Committee Secretary

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

Chair Dayton called the meeting to order at 2:06 p.m.

Chair Dayton announced that S.B. 167 would not be heard today.

MOTION: Sen. Van Tassell moved to approve the minutes of the February 4, 2014 meeting. The motion passed unanimously with Sen. Hillyard, Robles and Thatcher absent for the vote.

S.B. 158       Cemetery Amendments (S. Jenkins)

Sen. Jenkins explained the bill to the committee.

MOTION:  Sen. Van Tassell moved to pass the bill out favorably. The motion passed unanimously with Sens. Hillyard and Robles absent for the vote.

S.B. 174       Emergency Fiscal Procedures Counties (D. Henderson)

Sen. Henderson explained the bill to the committee.

MOTION:  Sen. Van Tassell moved to pass the bill out favorably. The motion passed unanimously.

Spoke for the bill:       Adam Trupp, Utah Association of Counties

                                    Heidi Erickson, Research Analyst, Utah Taxpayers Association

MOTION:  Sen. Van Tassell moved to pass the bill out favorably. The motion passed unanimously.

Sen. Van Tassell assumed the Chair. 

S.B. 53         Amendments to Private Investigator Regulations (M. Dayton)

Sen. Dayton explained the bill to the committee.

MOTION:  Sen. Dayton moved to replace S.B. 53 with 1^st Sub. S.B. 53. The motion passed unanimously with Sen. Hillyard absent for the vote.

Spoke for the bill:       John Tinsley, Chief Executive Officer, Tinsley Investigative Services

                        Rhonda Godard, President, ICU Investigations, Chief Executive Officer,
Utah Professional Association of Legal Services (UPALS)

                        Ski Ingram, Vice President, UPALS

Spoke in opposition to the bill:          David Yovonovich, Legislative Chair, Private Investigator’s Association of Utah (PIAU)

                                                            Michelle Palmer, Private Investigator Apprentice (PIAU)

MOTION: Sen. Thatcher moved to pass the bill out favorably. The motion passed unanimously with Sens. Hillyard and Shiozawa absent for the vote.

S.B. 94         Security Personnel Licensing Act Amendments (M. Dayton)

Sen. Dayton explained the bill to the committee.

Spoke for the bill:       Perry Rose, Pride Security

Spoke in opposition to the bill:          Scott Poulsen, Utah Chiefs of Police

                                                            Rosalyn Reiner

                                    Kelly Atkinson, Executive Director Fraternal Order of Police

                                                            Dave Edmunds, Sherriff’

MOTION:  Sen. Dayton moved to delete “contract security company” and reinstate “business or entity” on page 3, line 63. The motion passed unanimously with Sen. Shiozawa absent for the vote.

MOTION:  Sen. Dayton moved to pass the bill out favorably. The motion failed with Sens Robles, Thatcher and Van Tassell voting in opposition and Sen. Shiozawa absent for the vote.

Sen. Weiler, the sponsor of S.B. 141 announced that this bill has been incorporated in S.B. 97.

Sen. Weiler, the sponsor of S.B. 97 announced that this bill would not be heard today.

S.B. 90         Residency Amendments (T. Weiler)

MOTION:     Sen. Van Tassell moved to replace S.B. 90 with 1^st Sub. S.B. 90. The motion
passed unanimously with Sens. Shiozawa and Thatcher absent for the vote.

Sen. Weiler explained the bill to the committee.

MOTION:     Sen. Van Tassell moved to pass the bill out favorably. The motion passed unanimously with Sens. Shiozawa and Thatcher absent for the vote.

MOTION:  Sen. Van Tassell moved to adjourn. The motion passed unanimously with Sens. Shiozawa and Thatcher absent for the vote.

Chair Dayton adjourned the meeting at 3:51 p.m.

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Sen. Margaret Dayton, Chair