H.B. 83

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CHILD CARE TASK FORCE
2 1998 GENERAL SESSION
3 STATE OF UTAH
4 Sponsor: Sheryl L. Allen
5 AN ACT RELATING TO CHILD CARE; CREATING THE CHILD CARE TASK FORCE;
6 PROVIDING FOR MEMBERSHIP; PROVIDING DUTIES AND REQUIRING AN INTERIM
7 REPORT; PROVIDING A $22,000 APPROPRIATION FOR FISCAL YEAR 1998-99;
8 PROVIDING AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE; AND PROVIDING A REPEAL DATE.
9 This act enacts uncodified material.
10 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
11 Section 1. Child Care Task Force -- Creation -- Membership -- Quorum -- Staff.
12 (1) (a) There is created the Child Care Task Force consisting of the following 16 members:
13 (i) three members of the Senate appointed by the president of the Senate, no more than two
14 of whom may be from the same political party;
15 (ii) three members of the House of Representatives appointed by the speaker of the House
16 of Representatives, no more than two of whom may be from the same political party;
17 (iii) one member shall be a leader from the religious community;
18 (iv) three members shall represent private sector employers;
19 (v) one member shall be from the Department of Health;
20 (vi) one member shall be from the Department of Workforce Services;
21 (vii) one member shall be from the State Office of Education;
22 (viii) one member shall be a rural in-home child care provider;
23 (ix) one member shall be a child care provider at a facility; and
24 (x) one member shall be a parent who is a child care consumer.
25 (b) The members listed in Subsections (1)(a)(iii) through (x) shall be appointed by the
26 president of the Senate and the speaker of the House of Representatives.
27 (2) (a) The president of the Senate shall designate a member of the Senate appointed under

1 Subsection (1)(a)(i) as a cochair of the task force.
2 (b) The speaker of the House of Representatives shall designate a member of the House
3 of Representatives appointed under Subsection (1)(a)(ii) as a cochair of the task force.
4 (3) (a) A majority of the members of the task force constitute a quorum.
5 (b) The action of a majority of the quorum constitutes the action of the task force.
6 (4) (a) Salaries and expenses of the legislative members of the task force shall be paid in
7 accordance with Section 36-2-2 and Legislative Joint Rule 15.03.
8 (b) Members of the task force who are not legislators receive no additional compensation
9 for their work associated with the task force.
10 (5) The Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel shall provide staff support
11 to the task force.
12 Section 2. Duties -- Interim report.
13 (1) The task force shall review and make recommendations on the following issues:
14 (a) affordability and quality, including child care provider training;
15 (b) technical assistance for child care centers;
16 (c) infants and children with special needs; and
17 (d) child care supply and accessability.
18 (2) A final report, including any proposed legislation, shall be presented to the Workforce
19 Services Interim Committee and the Health and Human Services Interim Committee before
20 November 30, 1998.
21 Section 3. Appropriation.
22 There is appropriated from the General Fund for fiscal year 1998-99:
23 (1) $3,500 to the Senate to pay for the compensation and expenses of senators on the task
24 force;
25 (2) $3,500 to the House of Representatives to pay for compensation and expenses of
26 representatives on the task force; and
27 (3) $15,000 to the Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel to pay for staffing
28 the task force.
29 Section 4. Effective date.
30 If approved by two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, this act takes effect
31 upon approval by the governor, or the day following the constitutional time limit of Utah

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1 Constitution Article VII, Section 8, without the governor's signature, or in the case of a veto, the
2 date of veto override.
3 Section 5. Repeal date.
4 This act is repealed November 30, 1998.




Legislative Review Note
as of 1-15-98 1:50 PM

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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