H.B. 257

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CRIME REDUCTION TASK FORCE
2 1999 GENERAL SESSION
3 STATE OF UTAH
4 Sponsor: John E. Swallow
5 AN ACT RELATING TO TASK FORCES; CREATING THE CRIME REDUCTION TASK
6 FORCE; DEFINING ITS MEMBERSHIP; DELINEATING RESPONSIBILITIES AND
7 PROCEDURES; PROVIDING A REPORTING DATE; APPROPRIATING $22,500 FROM THE
8 GENERAL FUND; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND PROVIDING A REPEAL
9 DATE.
10 This act enacts uncodified material.
11 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
12 Section 1. Crime Reduction Task Force -- Creation -- Membership -- Quorum --
13 Compensation -- Staff.
14 (1) There is created the Crime Reduction Task Force, consisting of the following 17
15 members:
16 (a) two members of the Senate appointed by the president of the Senate, no more than one
17 of whom may be from the same political party;
18 (b) four members of the House of Representatives appointed by the speaker of the House
19 of Representatives, no more than two of whom may be from the same political party;
20 (c) the commissioner of the Department of Public Safety or designee;
21 (d) the executive director of the Department of Corrections or designee;
22 (e) a representative of the Utah Sheriffs' Association, appointed by the association;
23 (f) a representative of the Utah Police Chief's Association, appointed by the association;
24 (g) the executive director of the Department of Human Services;
25 (h) the director of the Division of Youth Corrections;
26 (i) h [ the chair of the Board of Juvenile Court Judges or designee ] A JUVENILE COURT
26a JUDGE APPOINTED BY THE JUDICIAL COUNCIL h ;
27 (j) h [ the chair of the Board of District Court Judges or designee ] A DISTRICT COURT JUDGE
27a APPOINTED BY THE JUDICIAL COUNCIL h ;

28 (k) one citizen representative appointed by the governor;
29 (l) one citizen representative appointed by the president of the Senate; and
30 (m) one citizen representative appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives.
31 (2) (a) The president of the Senate shall designate a member of the Senate appointed under
32 Subsection (1)(a) as a cochair of the task force.
33 (b) The speaker of the House of Representative shall designate a member of the House of
34 Representatives appointed under Subsection (1)(b) as a cochair of the task force.
35 (3) A majority of the members of the task force constitutes a quorum. The action of a
36 majority of a quorum constitutes the action of the task force.
37 (4) (a) Salaries and expenses of the members of the task force who are legislators shall be
38 paid in accordance with Section 36-2-2 and Legislative Joint Rule 15.03.
39 (b) Members of the task force who are not legislators may not receive compensation for
40 their work associated with the task force, but may receive per diem and expenses incurred as a
41 member of the task force at the rates established by the Division of Finance under Sections
42 63A-3-106 and 63A-3-107 .
43 (5) The Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel shall provide staff support to
44 the task force.
45 Section 2. Duties -- Interim report.
46 (1) The task force shall review and make recommendations regarding ways to reduce crime
47 victimization in Utah.
48 (2) As part of its work, the task force shall:
49 (a) study the organizational structure of crime fighting and responsibility;
50 (b) study the feasibility of creating the position of a statewide crime director;
51 (c) evaluate other states' organizational structures of crime fighting and crime reduction
52 strategies; and
53 (d) create a statewide strategy for reducing crime victimization.
54 (3) A final report, including any proposed legislation, shall be presented to the Law
55 Enforcement and Criminal Justice Interim Committee h [ before November 30, 1999 ] ON OR
55a BEFORE THE NOVEMBER 1999 INTERIM MEETING h .
56 Section 3. Appropriation.
57 Except as provided in H.B. 4, Appropriations Coordination Act, there is appropriated from
58 the General Fund for fiscal year 1999-2000:

59 (1) $2,500 to the Senate to pay for the compensation and expenses of senators on the task
60 force;
61 (2) $5,000 to the House of Representatives to pay for the compensation and expenses of
62 representatives on the task force; and
63 (3) $15,000 to the Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel to pay for staffing
64 the task force.
65 Section 4. Effective date.
66 If approved by two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, this act takes effect
67 upon approval by the governor, or the day following the constitutional time limit of Utah
68 Constitution Article VII, Section 8, without the governor's signature, or in the case of a veto, the
69 date of veto override.
70 Section 5. Repeal date.
71 This act is repealed November 30, 1999.




Legislative Review Note
as of 1-22-99 5:14 PM

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

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