MINUTES OF THE

SENATE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & WORKFORCE SERVICES
STANDING COMMITTEE

215 Senate Building, Utah State Capitol Complex

Friday, February 20, 2015

Members Present: Sen. Aaron Osmond, Chair

Sen. Jani Iwamoto

Sen. Karen Mayne

Sen. Ann Millner

Sen. Ralph Okerlund

Sen. Jerry W. Stevenson

Staff Absent: Sen. Scott K. Jenkins

Staff Present: Mr. Ben Christensen, Policy Analyst

Ms. Karen Allred, Committee Secretary

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

Sen. Osmond assumed the Committee Chair and called the meeting to order at 8:07 a.m.

MOTION Sen. Iwamoto moved to approve the minutes of the February 18, 2015 meeting. The motion passed unanimously with Sen. Okerlund absent for the vote.

S.C.R. 7 Concurrent Resolution Regarding a Military Test Site in Western Utah

(C. Bramble)

Sen. Bramble explained the bill to the committee.

Spoke for the bill: Kim Christy, Deputy Director, Utah School & Institutional Trust Lands

Administrator

Aaron Garrett, School Children’ Trust Supervisor

Mark Compton, Utah Mining Association

Spoke against the bill: Steve Erickson, Utah-Nevada Water

MOTION: Sen. Mayne moved to pass the bill out favorably. The motion passed unanimously with Sen. Okerlund absent for the vote.

S.J.R. 15 Joint Resolution Encouraging Utah Workers Be Employed in the Prison Relocation Efforts (K. Mayne)

Sen. Mayne explained the bill to the committee.

MOTION: Sen. Iwamoto moved to pass the bill out favorably. The motion passed unanimously with Sen. Okerlund absent for the vote.

H.B. 149 1^st Sub. Utah Research Institute for Mine Safety and Productivity

(M Wheatley)

Rep Wheatley explained the bill to the committee.

Spoke for the bill: Mark Compton, Utah Mining Association

Spoke against the bill:

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