S.B. 2001

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BLUE RIBBON COMMISSION ON WORKERS'
2 COMPENSATION FUND OF UTAH -
3 LEGISLATIVE MEMBER COMPENSATION
4 1997 SECOND SPECIAL SESSION
5 STATE OF UTAH
6 Sponsor: Craig A. Peterson
7 AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR; PROVIDING COMPENSATION FOR LEGISLATIVE
8 MEMBERS OF THE BLUE RIBBON COMMISSION ON THE WORKERS'
9 COMPENSATION FUND OF UTAH; APPROPRIATING $6,250 TO THE SENATE AND
10 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO PAY FOR COMPENSATION AND EXPENSES;
11 PROVIDING RETROSPECTIVE OPERATION; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
12 This act affects uncodified material as follows:
13 AMENDS:
14 Uncodified Section 7, Chapter 204, Laws of Utah 1997
15 Uncodified Section 9, Chapter 204, Laws of Utah 1997
16 This act enacts uncodified material.
17 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
18 Section 1. Uncodified Section 7, Chapter 204, Laws of Utah 1997 is amended to read:
19 Section 7. Blue Ribbon Workers' Compensation Commission -- Creation --
20 Membership -- Quorum -- Compensation -- Staff.
21 (1) The commissioner of insurance shall examine the Workers' Compensation Fund of
22 Utah in accordance with Section 31A-2-203 and this act. The commissioner of insurance shall
23 designate as the examiner in charge the Blue Ribbon Commission on the Workers' Compensation
24 Fund of Utah that shall exist until November 30, 1997. The commission shall consist of the
25 following 15 members:
26 (a) two members of the Senate appointed by the president of the Senate, no more than one
27 of whom may be from the same political party;

1 (b) three members of the House of Representatives appointed by the speaker of the House
2 of Representatives, no more than two of whom may be from the same political party; and
3 (c) the following members jointly appointed by the president of the Senate and the speaker
4 of the House of Representatives:
5 (i) the commissioner of insurance;
6 (ii) the chair of the Industrial Commission or as of July 1, 1997, the labor commissioner;
7 (iii) a representative of the Workers' Compensation Fund of Utah;
8 (iv) three representatives of the insurance industry, one of whom shall be a health
9 underwriter;
10 (v) two representatives of employers; and
11 (vi) two representatives of employees.
12 (2) The commissioner of insurance shall serve as the chair of the commission.
13 (3) A majority of the members of the commission constitutes a quorum. The action of a
14 majority of a quorum constitutes the action of the commission.
15 (4) (a) The members of the commission who are legislators shall receive [no]
16 compensation [or] and expenses for their services on the commission in accordance with Section
17 36-2-2 and Legislative Joint Rule 15.03.
18 (b) Members of the commission who are state employees shall receive no compensation
19 or expenses for their service on the commission except for compensation and expenses provided
20 by the agency by which they are employed.
21 (c) Members of the commission who are not legislators or state employees shall receive
22 no compensation or expenses for their service on the commission.
23 (5) The Insurance Department shall provide staff support to the commission.
24 Section 2. Uncodified Section 9, Chapter 204, Laws of Utah 1997 is amended to read:
25 Section 9. Funding.
26 (1) Pursuant to Section 31A-2-205 and except for legislative members compensation and
27 expenses as provided in Section 7, the reasonable costs of the commission's examination shall be
28 reimbursed by the Workers' Compensation Fund of Utah to the Insurance Department.
29 (2) The Workers' Compensation Fund of Utah may offset the examination expenses paid
30 pursuant to the section against premium taxes under Subsection 59-9-102(2).
31 Section 3. Appropriation.

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1 There is appropriated from the General Fund for fiscal year 1997-98:
2 (1) $2,500 to the Senate to pay for the compensation and expenses of senators on the
3 commission; and
4 (2) $3,750 to the House of Representatives to pay for the compensation and expenses of
5 representatives on the commission.
6 Section 4. Retrospective operation.
7 This act has retrospective operation to May 5, 1997.
8 Section 5. Effective date.
9 If approved by two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, this act takes effect
10 upon approval by the governor, or the day following the constitutional time limit of Utah
11 Constitution Article VII, Section 8, without the governor's signature, or in the case of a veto, the
12 date of veto override.




Legislative Review Note
as of 7-16-97 11:18 AM

A limited legal review of this bill raises no obvious constitutional or statutory concerns.

Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel

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