MINUTES OF THE

SENATE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS

STANDING COMMITTEE

Tuesday, January 31, 2017 • 2:00 pm • 415 State Capitol


Members Present:

Sen. Don L. Ipson, Chair

Sen. Margaret Dayton

Sen. Luz Escamilla

Sen. David P. Hinkins

Sen. Jani Iwamoto

Sen. Peter C. Knudson

Sen. Daniel W. Thatcher

Members Absent:

Sen. J. Stuart Adams


Staff Present:

Ms. Megan L. Bolin, Policy Analyst

Ms. Paula Morgan, Legislative Session Worker


Note: A list of others present, a copy of related materials, and an audio recording of the meeting can be found at le.utah.gov.


Chair Ipson called the meeting to order at 2:08 p.m.


1. S.C.R. 5 Concurrent Resolution Recognizing Snow Removal Crews Throughout Utah (Okerlund, R.)


Sen Okerlund explained the bill.


Jason Davis, Operations Director, Utah Department of Transportation, spoke in favor of the bill.

 

MOTION:     Sen. Dayton moved to pass S.C.R. 5 out favorably. The motion passed with a vote of 5-0-3.

Voting in the affirmative were:

Ipson D, Dayton M, Hinkins D, Iwamoto J, Knudson P

Absent or not voting were:

Adams J S, Escamilla L, Thatcher D



2. S.B. 81 Local Government Licensing Amendments (Anderegg, J.)


Sen. Anderegg explained the bill.

 

MOTION:     Sen. Dayton moved to amend S.B. 81 with Amendment #1 as follows:

 

1.    Page 2, Lines 30 through 35:   

 

30   (1) As used in this section:

31   (a)

{

  (i)  

}

"Business" means any enterprise carried on for the purpose of gain or economic

32profit, except that the acts of employees rendering services to employers are not included in

33this definition.

34

{

           (ii) "Business" does not include a nonprofit corporation as defined in Section

3516-6a-102.  

}

 

2.    Page 2, Lines 40 through 43:   

 

40   (2) Except as provided in Subsections (3) through (5) and (7)(a), and subject to

41Subsection (7)(b), the legislative body of a municipality may license for the purpose of

42regulation [and revenue] any business within the limits of the municipality

  ,  

{

  and  

}

may regulate

43that business by ordinance

  , and may impose fees on businesses to recover the municipality's costs of regulation  
.

 

3.    Page 5, Line 149 through Page 6, Line 154: 

 

149 (1) [For the purpose of this section, "business"] As used in this section:

150 

{

  (a)  

}

"Business" means any enterprise carried on for the purpose of gain or economic

151profit, except that the acts of employees rendering services to employers are not included in

152this definition.

153

{

         (b) "Business" does not include a nonprofit corporation as defined in Section

15416-6a-102.  

}

 

 

The motion passed with a vote of 5-0-3.

Voting in the affirmative were:

Ipson D, Dayton M, Hinkins D, Iwamoto J, Knudson P

Absent or not voting were:

Adams J S, Escamilla L, Thatcher D

 

Cameron Diehl, League of Cities and Towns, spoke in favor of the bill.

 

Conner Boyack, President, Libertas Institute, spoke in favor of the bill.

 

Elaine Augustine, citizen, spoke in favor of the bill.

 

Ella Augustine, citizen, spoke in favor of the bill.

 

Charity Paul, citizen, spoke in favor of the bill.

 

Peter Augustine, citizen, spoke in favor of the bill.

 

MOTION:     Sen. Dayton moved to pass S.B. 81 out favorably as amended. The motion passed with a vote of 5-0-3.

Voting in the affirmative were:

Ipson D, Dayton M, Hinkins D, Iwamoto J, Knudson P

Absent or not voting were:

Adams J S, Escamilla L, Thatcher D

 

 

3. S.B. 82 Library Technology Use Amendments (Weiler, T.)

 

Sen. Weiler explained the bill.

 

Laura Bunker, Family Policy Resource, spoke in favor of the bill.

 

MOTION:     Sen. Dayton moved to pass S.B. 82 out favorably. The motion passed with a vote of 6-0-2.

Voting in the affirmative were:

Ipson D, Dayton M, Escamilla L, Hinkins D, Iwamoto J, Knudson P

Absent or not voting were:

Adams J S, Thatcher D

 

 

4. S.B. 65 Postal Facilities and Government Services (Mayne, K.)

 

Sen. Mayne explained the bill with assistance from Jennifer Scott, Communications Director for U.S. Congressman Chaffetz.

 

 

 

 

 

 

MOTION:     Sen. Hinkins moved to pass S.B. 65 out favorably. The motion passed with a vote of 5-0-3.

Voting in the affirmative were:

Ipson D, Escamilla L, Hinkins D, Iwamoto J, Knudson P

Absent or not voting were:

Adams J S, Dayton M, Thatcher D

 

 

5. H.B. 12 Disposition of Ballots Amendments (Eliason, S.)

 

Rep. Eliason explained the bill.

 

MOTION:     Sen. Hinkins moved to replace H.B. 12 with 1st Substitute H.B. 12. The motion passed with a vote of 5-0-3.

Voting in the affirmative were:

Ipson D, Escamilla L, Hinkins D, Iwamoto J, Knudson P

Absent or not voting were:

Adams J S, Dayton M, Thatcher D

 

 

Arie Van De Graaff, Utah Association of Counties, spoke in favor of the bill.

 

MOTION:     Sen. Knudson moved to pass 1st Substitute H.B. 12 out favorably. The motion passed with a vote of 4-0-4.

Voting in the affirmative were:

Ipson D, Escamilla L, Iwamoto J, Knudson P

Absent or not voting were:

Adams J S, Dayton M, Hinkins D, Thatcher D

 

 

6. S.B. 97 Public Meeting Minutes Amendments (Van Tassell, K.)

 

Sen. Van Tassell explained the bill.

 

MOTION:     Sen. Iwamoto moved to amend S.B. 97 with Amendment #1 as follows:

 

1.    Page 2, Line 47:  

 

47   (b)

{

  The  

}

  A public body may satisfy the  
requirement under Subsection (2)(a)(iii) or (vi) that minutes include the

 

2.    Page 2, Line 49:  

 

49comments

{

  is met if  

}

  by maintaining  
a publicly available online version of the minutes
  that  
provides a link to the

 

 

The motion passed with a vote of 6-0-2.

Voting in the affirmative were:

Ipson D, Escamilla L, Hinkins D, Iwamoto J, Knudson P, Thatcher D

Absent or not voting were:

Adams J S, Dayton M

 

MOTION:     Sen. Thatcher moved to pass S.B. 97 out favorably as amended. The motion passed with a vote of 6-0-2.

Voting in the affirmative were:

Ipson D, Escamilla L, Hinkins D, Iwamoto J, Knudson P, Thatcher D

Absent or not voting were:

Adams J S, Dayton M

 

 

MOTION:     Sen. Thatcher moved to adjourn. The motion passed with a vote of 6-0-2.

Voting in the affirmative were:

Ipson D, Escamilla L, Hinkins D, Iwamoto J, Knudson P, Thatcher D

Absent or not voting were:

Adams J S, Dayton M

 

 

Chair Ipson adjourned the meeting at 3:05 PM.

 

 

 

 

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            Sen.. Don Ipson, Chair