MINUTES OF THE
SENATE REVENUE AND TAXATION STANDING
COMMITTEE
Room 250, Utah State Capitol
March 8, 2016
Members Present: Sen. Deidre M. Henderson, Chair
Sen. Gene Davis
Sen. Jim Dabakis
Sen. Wayne Harper
Sen. Howard Stephenson
Member Excused: President Wayne L. Niederhauser
Members Absent: Sen. Curtis S. Bramble
Staff Present: Mr. Leif Elder,
Policy Analyst
Ms. Nancy Skidmore, Committee Secretary
NOTE: A list of visitors and a copy of handouts are filed
with the committee minutes.
Chair Henderson called the meeting to order at 5:18 p.m.
MOTION: Sen. Dabakis moved to approve the minutes of the March 4, 2016 and March 7, 2016 meetings. The motion passed unanimously with Sen. Harper absent for the vote.
H.B. 190S03 Taxation of Foreign Income Amendments (B. Wilson)
This bill was not considered.
H.B. 193S01 Charter
School Funding Amendments (Rep. K.
Powell)
Rep. Powell explained the bill to the committee.
MOTION: Sen. Stephenson moved to amend the bill as follows:
I.
Page 14, Lines 408 through 411f
House Floor
Amendments
3-3-2016:
408 March 4,
2016, of the local school board's intent to increase the board local levy rate.
409 (d) {A} So long as the
charter school levy rate does not exceed 25% of the charter school levy per
district revenues, a local school board may not increase a board
local levy rate under this section if
410 the Ĥ➔ [sole] »Ĥ purpose
of increasing the board local levy rate is to Ĥ➔ [recapture]
410b capture
»Ĥ Ĥ➔ [revenue lost
410a from]
»Ĥ the
411 Ĥ➔ [decrease]
{adjustment} »Ĥ revenues assigned to the
charter school levy through the adjustment in a board
local levy rate under Subsection (5)(a).
411a Ĥ➔ (e) Before a local school board {increases} takes action
to increase a board local levy rate under this section,
the
411b local
school board shall:
411c (i)
prepare a written statement that attests that the local school board is {not increasing the
411d board local
levy rate for the purpose of capturing the adjustment of the local school
board's
411e local levy
rate under Subsection (5)(a)} in compliance with Subsection
(5)(d) ;
411f (ii)
read the statement described in Subsection (5)(e)(i) during a local school
board public
The motion passed unanimous with Sen. Harper absent for the vote.
Spoke for the bill: Kristi Swett, President, Utah School Boards Association
MOTION: Sen. Stephenson moved to pass the bill out favorably. The motion passed
unanimously with Sen. Davis absent for the vote.
H.B. 358S01 Student Privacy Amendments (Rep. J. Anderegg)
Rep. Anderegg explained the bill to the committee.
Spoke to the bill: Richard Nye, Associate Superintendent, Utah State Office of Education
John Doherty, Vice President of State Policy and General Counsel, TechNet
Spoke for the bill: Gail Ruzika, Eagle Forum
Wendy Bagley, Citizen
Elizabeth Garbe, Government Relations Director, United Way of Salt Lake
MOTION: Sen. Stephenson moved to pass the bill out favorably. The motion passed with Sen. Harper voting in opposition and Sen. Dabakis and Sen. Davis absent for the vote
The Chair adjourned the meeting.
Chair Henderson adjourned the meeting at 5:58 p.m.
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Sen. Deidre M. Henderson, Chair