MINUTES OF THE

SENATE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS

STANDING COMMITTEE

Room 415, Utah State Capitol

February 18, 2014

 

Members Present:    Sen. Margaret Dayton, Chair

                                    Sen. Luz Robles

                                    Sen. Brian E. Shiozawa                                                      

                                    Sen. Daniel W. Thatcher

                                    Sen. Kevin T. Van Tassell

 

Members Excused:   Sen. Lyle W. Hillyard

                                    President Wayne L. Niederhauser

 

Staff Present:            Rich North, Policy Analyst

                                    Karen C. 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 8:28 a.m.

 

MOTION: There are no minutes to approve.

 

1^st Sub. S.B. 282        Amendments to Election Laws (Rep. K. Powell)

 

Rep. Powell explained the bill to the committee.

 

Spoke for the bill:       Luke Searle, Senior, Wasatch High School

 

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

 

S.B. 184          Local Government Inspection Amendments (J. Adams)

 

Sen. Adams explained the bill to the committee.

 

MOTION:     Sen. Shiozawa moved to amend the bill as follows:

 

1.         Page 1, Line 17:

            

(i)             17           ►prohibits a compliance agency from denying a permit or withdrawing a certificate of occupancy in certain circumstances; and

 

1.         Page 7, Lines 198 through 209:         

 

2.                                            198         Section 5. Section 15A-1-104 is enacted to read:

                         199         15A-1-104. Permit approval required -- Certificate of occupancy valid .

                         200         (1) As used in this section:

                         201         (a) "Compliance agency" is as defined in Section 15A-1-202.

                         202         (b) "Project" is as defined in Section 15A-1-209.

                         203         (2) A compliance agency for a political subdivision may not reject a permit or

                         204 otherwise withhold approval of a project for failure to comply with the applicable provisions of

                         205 this title unless the compliance agency:

                         206         (a) cites with specificity the applicable provision with which the project has failed to

                         207 comply; and

                         208         (b) describes how the project has failed to comply.

         (3) If a compliance agency or a representative of a compliance agency issues a certificate of occupancy, the compliance agency may not withdraw the certificate of occupancy or exert additional jurisdiction over the elements of the project for which the certificate was issued unless additional changes or modifications requiring a building permit are made to elements of the project after the certificate was issued.

                                                 209         Section 6. Section 17-27a-211 is amended to read:

 

            The motion passed unanimously with Sen. Robles absent for the vote.

 

Spoke for the bill:       Taz Biesinger, Utah Home Builders Association

 

MOTION:     Sen. Thatcher moved to pass S.B. 184 out favorably. The motion passed unanimously with Sen. Robles absent for the vote.

 

S.B. 47Emergency Management Act Amendments (W. Harper)

 

MOTION:     Sen. Van Tassell moved to replace the bill with 3^rd Sub. S. B. 47. The motion passed unanimously with Sen. Robles absent for the vote.

 

Sen. Harper explained the bill to the committee.

 

Spoke for the bill:       Terri Thue, Director, AT&T

                                    Bruce Johnson, Citizen

 

Spoke to the bill:        Bruce Johnson, Commissioner, Utah State Tax Commission

 

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

 

H.B. 29           County Recorder Index Amendments (R. Webb)

 

Rep. Webb explained the bill to the committee.

 

Spoke for the bill:       Jerry Houghton, Tooele County Recorder, Utah Association of County Recorders

                                    Boyd Clayton, Utah Division of Water Rights

 

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

 

H.B. 274         Committee Subpoena Powers Amendments (J. Bird)

 

Rep. Bird explained the bill to the committee.

 

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

 

H.B. 16           Wrongful Lien Amendments (R. Webb)

 

Rep. Webb explained the bill to the committee.

 

Spoke for the bill:       Jerry Houghton, Tooele County Recorder, Utah Association of County Recorders

                                    Todd Losser, Staff, Utah Public Employees Association

                                    Clark Harms, Chair, Utah Board of Pardons and Parole

 

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

 

MOTION:     Sen. Van Tassell moved to adjourn. The motion passed unanimously.

 

Chair Dayton adjourned the meeting at 9:10 a.m.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Sen. Margaret Dayton, Chair