MINUTES OF THE HOUSE

PUBLIC UTILITIES & TECHNOLOGY STANDING COMMITTEE

Room 450, Capital Building

                                                            February 9, 2015

Members Present:                Rep. Ken Ivory, Chair

                                                Rep. Steve Handy, Vice Chair

                                                Rep. Patrice Arent

                                                Rep. Scott Chew

                                                Rep. Kay Christofferson

                                                Rep. Becky Edwards

                                                Rep. Justin Miller

                                                Rep. Earl Tanner

Members Absent:                 Rep. Brad Dee

                                                Rep. Keith Grover

                                                Rep. Keven Stratton

Staff Present:                        Mr. Richard North, Policy Analyst

                                                Ms. Kathy Gessel, Committee Secretary

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

Vice Chair Handy called the meeting to order at 3:52 p.m.

MOTION:     Rep. Arent moved to approve the minutes of the February 4, 2015 meeting. The motion passed unanimously with Rep. Ivory absent for the vote.

H.B. 206         Local District Service Amendments (Rep. L. Perry)

Rep. Perry explained the bill and provided a handout pertaining to H.B. 206.

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

1.    Page 2, Lines 30 through 33:   

30   (3) Notwithstanding Subsection (2), a local district may not suspend furnishing any

31commodity, service, or facility to a customer if discontinuance of the service is requested by a

32private third party {  that is not the customer  } , including an individual, a private business, or a

33nonprofit organization  , that is not the customer  .

The motion to amend passed unanimously.

Spoke to the bill:        Matthew Gwynn, citizen

Spoke for the bill:       LeGrand Bitter, Utah Association of Special Districts

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

H.B. 214         Misrepresentation of Telephone and Text Identification (Rep. D. Lifferth)

Rep. Lifferth explained the bill.

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

1.    Page 1, Lines 16 through 17:   

16   ►      provides that a violation is a class B misdemeanor; {  and  }

17   ►      provides that the recipient of the call or text may bring a civil action for damages  ; and

       ► provides that an Internet service provider or hosting company, a provider of public telecommunications services, or a text message service that transmits, routes, or otherwise manages data without selecting the content is not subject to these prohibitions   .

2.    Page 3, Lines 63 through 64:   

63message, or text message made in violation of this section, a criminal action initiated by a

64prosecuting attorney, or both.

  (7) This section does not apply to an Internet service provider or hosting company, a provider of public telecommunications services, or a text message service by reason of the fact that the Internet service provider, hosting company, text message service, or provider of public telecommunications services:

(i) transmits, routes, or provides connections for material without selecting the material;

(ii) stores or delivers the material at the direction of a user; or

(iii) provides a caller or text message identification service. 

The motion to amend passed unanimously.

Spoke for the bill:       Tara Thue, AT&T

                                   Brian Redd, Department of Public Safety

MOTION:     Rep. Christofferson moved to pass the bill out favorably.

SUBSTITUTE

MOTION:     Rep. Arent moved to hold the bill. The motion passed unanimously with Rep. Chew absent for the vote.

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

Vice Chair Handy adjourned the meeting at 4:40 p.m.

Rep. Ken Ivory, Chair