MINUTES OF THE

SENATE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & WORKFORCE SERVICES
STANDING COMMITTEE

215 Senate Building, Utah State Capitol Complex

February 17, 2016

 

Members Present:     Sen. Lincoln Fillmore, Chair

                                    Sen. Jani Iwamoto

                                    Sen. Scott K. Jenkins

                                    Sen. Ann Millner

                                   

Members Excused:    Sen. Karen Mayne

                                    Sen. Ralph Okerlund

 

Members Absent:      Sen. Jerry W. Stevenson

                                   

Staff Present:             Mr. Ryan Hunter, Policy Analyst

                                    Ms. Karen Allred, Committee Secretary

 

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

 

Sen. Fillmore assumed the Committee Chair and called the meeting to order at 8:03 a.m.

 

MOTION:  Sen. Jenkins moved to approve the minutes of the February 12, 2016 meeting.  The motion passed unanimously.

 

S.B. 151       Community Development and Renewal Agencies Act Revisions (W. Harper)

 

Sen. Harper explained the bill and answered questions from the committee.

 

Spoke to the bill:         Tara Rollins, Utah Housing Coalition

 

Spoke for the bill:       Steve Erickson, Crossroads Urban Center

                                    Randy Sant, Utah RDA Association

                                    Patrick Reimherr, Salt Lake County

                                    Elizabeth Klc, Utah Association of Counties

                                    Danny Walz, Utah RDA Association

                                     

MOTION:  Sen. Millner moved to adopt 1st Sub. S.B. 151.  The motion passed unanimously.

 

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

 

Sen. Millner assumed the Committee Chair.

 

S.B. 153       Self-reliance Training for Public Assistance Recipients (L. Fillmore)        

 

 

Sen. Fillmore explained the bill to the committee.

 

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

1.                  Page 5, Lines 142 through 147:

           


                                       142        (4)  Approved self-reliance training may be offered by the department or any of the

                                       143 following if approved by the department:

                                       144        (a)  a civic organization as defined in Section 35A-3-102;

                                      (b) a for-profit entity; 

                                       145          {(b)}    (c)    an educational institution; or

                                       146          {(c)}    (d)    any state or local entity.

                                       147        (5)  The director may contract with a civic organization to provide approved

 

 

The motion passed unanimously.

 

Spoke to the bill:         Nic Dunn, Department of Workforce Services

                                    Marti Woolford, Utahns Against Hunger

                                    Jean Hill, Catholic Diocese of Salt Lake City

 

Spoke for the bill:       Joshua Daniels, Libertas Institute

 

MOTION:   Sen. Jenkins moved to pass the bill out favorably.  The motion passed with Sen. Iwamoto voting in opposition.

 

MOTION:   Sen. Fillmore moved to adjourn.  The motion passed unanimously.

 

Chair Fillmore adjourned the meeting at 9:00 a.m.

 

 

 

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Sen. Lincoln Fillmore, Chair