H.J.R. 9

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MASTER STUDY RESOLUTION
2 1999 GENERAL SESSION
3 STATE OF UTAH
4 Sponsor: Kevin S. Garn
5 A JOINT RESOLUTION OF THE LEGISLATURE DIRECTING THE LEGISLATIVE
6 MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE TO ASSIGN TO THE APPROPRIATE INTERIM
7 COMMITTEE ITEMS OF STUDY; AND REQUESTING A REPORT TO THE LEGISLATURE
8 IN THE 2000 ANNUAL GENERAL SESSION.
9 Be it resolved by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
10 WHEREAS the Legislative Management Committee is created by law as a permanent
11 committee to receive and assign matters for the interim study of the Legislature; and
12 WHEREAS the 53rd Legislature has determined that certain legislative issues require
13 additional investigation and study:
14 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislative Management Committee
15 assign to the appropriate interim committee the duty to study and make recommendations for
16 legislative action they consider necessary to the 53rd Legislature in the 2000 Annual General
17 Session, or earlier if indicated, from, but not limited to, the following items of study.
18 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Legislative Management Committee, in making
19 study assignments from this list and in approving study requests for individual committees, give
20 due regard to the available time of legislators and the budget and capacity of staff to respond
21 adequately to the number and complexity of the assignments given.
22 1. Attorney General's Budget - to study the structure of the attorney general's budget and
23 their ability to interagency bill; consider funding the attorney general's budget directly; and
24 consider eliminating the potential for the attorney general to separately bill and receive funds from
25 a state agency.
26 2. Bills with Fiscal Impact - to study the process governing the handling of bills with
27 fiscal impact and ways to improve it.

28 3. Budget Process Restructuring - to study whether to grant subcommittees final approval
29 of the budget for its area based on the level of the funds provided to it by the Executive
30 Appropriations Committee.
31 4. Department Budget Structure - to study whether department budgets should be done
32 as one line item with quarterly reports, and whether to provide departments incentives for savings
33 to be used as employee compensation.
34 5. Economic Criteria Used in Fiscal Notes - to study a change in fiscal notes that would
35 include probable response of taxpayers and business to the proposed changes.
36 6. Emergency Medical Services for Persons not Covered - to study whether to authorize
37 an appropriation to provide emergency medical services to persons not qualified for Medicaid or
38 the Utah Medical Assistance Program.
39 7. Funding for Division of Oil, Gas and Mining - to study alternative funding mechanisms
40 for the Division of Oil, Gas and Mining.
41 8. Oil and Gas Conservancy Fund - to study solutions to remedy the lack of money in the
42 fund.
43 9. Requiring Health Care Benefits - to study procurement code requirements of health care
44 benefits for employees. (SB 37)
45 10. State Employee Pay Equity and Pay Plans - to study whether to provide for pay equity
46 hiring practices and require changes in the method for determining pay plans. (HB 360)
47 11. Tobacco Settlement Fund Use - to study and determine the best use of a portion of the
48 tobacco settlement funds to deter tobacco use among both youth and adults.
49 12. Tobacco Settlement Monies - to study the appropriation of tobacco settlement monies.
50 (HB 306)
51 13. Utah Geological Survey Funding - to study mechanisms for funding of the Utah
52 Geological Survey during times of Mineral Lease money shortfalls.
53 14. Ways and Means Committee - to study the desirability of having a ways and means
54 committee in the state's appropriation process.
55 15. Affordable Housing - to study options for state and local governments to finance
56 affordable housing development and preservation.
57 16. Business Assistance, Retention, and Recruitment Programs - to study whether current
58 amounts spent on the programs are appropriate, whether they overlap, and the nature of program

59 administration.
60 17. Compensation for Loss of Medical Coverage - to study whether to compensate family
61 members for the loss of medical coverage as a result of a work-related injury of a parent.
62 18. Consumer Credit - to study issues related to consumer credit information. (SB 168)
63 19. Consumer Credit File Cleanup - to study consumer credit file cleanup after an identity
64 theft, and related consumer credit changes.
65 20. Credit Cards - to study trial periods for credit cards.
66 21. Disclosure of Land Hazards - to study whether to require real estate agents and
67 contractors to disclose to home buyers information regarding hazards such as fault lines or flood
68 fields.
69 22. Economic Impacts of the Olympics - to study ways to appropriately apply any positive
70 economic impacts of the Olympics which would include consideration of the timing, category, and
71 accuracy of projected benefits.
72 23. Incentives for Drug-Free Workplace Programs - to study incentives (insurance
73 premium reductions, tax credits) for Utah businesses which adopt and implement drug-free
74 workplace policies and programs.
75 24. License Renewal Notification - to study notification requirements needed to make the
76 public aware when they have not met license renewal requirements.
77 25. Licensed Hospice and Home Health Agencies - to study whether to require a health
78 insurer to contract with a hospice, home health agency, or supplier of durable medical goods that
79 is willing to accept the insurer's terms. (SB 233)
80 26. Licensing of Limousine Services - to study whether limousine or related services
81 should be licensed or regulated in Utah.
82 27. Lien Recovery Fund Cap - to study the effect of placing a cap on amounts that can be
83 recovered from the fund and the payment of attorney's fees from the fund.
84 28. Liquor Laws Governing Serving at Events - to study liquor laws for serving alcohol
85 at banquets and catered events.
86 29. Liquor Package Agency Contracts - to study whether to provide for cost-of-living
87 adjustments under package agency agreements. (HB 376)
88 S [ 30. Massage Age Restrictions - to study the pros and cons for requiring minors to receive
89 parental consent before receiving massage therapy. ] s

90 31. Mechanics Lien Law - to study the effectiveness of the Mechanics Lien Law.
91 32. Mobile Home Owners and Park Owners - to study and review the relationships
92 between mobile home owners and mobile home park owners.
93 33. Mortgage Lenders - to study the regulation of mortgage lenders.
94 34. Motor Fuel Marketing Act - to study issues related to the Motor Fuel Marketing Act.
95 35. Mutual Savings Banks - to study issues related to mutual savings banks.
96 36. Nonprofit Recodification - to study the recodification of nonprofit corporation
97 statutes.
98 37. On-Premise Liquor License - to study whether to grant an on-premise banquet license
99 for qualified applicants serving at certain banquet events and in connection with room service, and
100 have the Liquor Commission report to the appropriate interim committee on the issue by October
101 1999. (HB 345)
102 38. Pawnbrokers - to study the effectiveness of current legislation governing pawnbrokers,
103 including any enforcement issues, needs of law enforcement, and the potential need for an
104 electronic statewide database.
105 39. Protection for Consumers of Health Insurance - to study the establishment of certain
106 protections for consumers regarding health insurance coverage. (HB 347)
107 40. Rest Breaks and Meal Periods - to study whether the state should pass legislation to
108 require businesses to give employees rest breaks and meal periods.
109 41. Truth in Network Marketing - to study ways to provide protection for the public
110 against various "get rich quick" marketing campaigns.
111 42. Uniform Partnership Act - to study amending some of the legal presumptions of
112 partnership law so that a partnership is a separate legal entity, not merely an aggregate of partners.
113 43. Use of State Insurance Database - to study the state insurance database as it relates to
114 uninsured motorists and out of state registered vehicles. (1 Sub HB 115)
115 44. Winery License Laws - to study operational restrictions on winery licensees. (SB 205)
116 45. Administrator Teaching Requirement - to study whether to require administrators with
117 teaching certificates to teach a minimum of one period per year or one class.
118 46. Board of Regents Oversight of Student Instruction - to study the appropriate ratio of
119 adjunct to full time faculty at the state's community colleges. (SB 13)
120 47. Career Ladder Performance Awards - to study various awards for teacher performance.

121 (HB 120)
122 48. Criteria for Free Services - to study the application of the criteria for receiving a free
123 school lunch to other services and benefits.
124 49. Dress Codes in Schools - to study the use of dress codes, which may include uniforms
125 in schools. (HB 342)
126 50. Elementary School Counselors - to study the use of early identification and
127 intervention counselors for elementary schools.
128 51. Extra-Curricular Activities - to study extra curricular activities, including cost,
129 transportation, time out of school, miles traveled, region alignments, and sportsmanship.
130 52. Fee Waivers in Public Schools - to study whether to require a verification of income
131 before permitting a fee waiver.
132 53. Formula for Education - to study a systematic framework for public education that
133 includes: 1) accountability for educational objectives, systematic reporting, fiscal planning,
134 self-determination, and budget-related expenditures; 2) educational adequacy of an operational
135 definition for public education, including where the state is now and where it should be; 3) an
136 understanding of ways to implement best educational practices; and 4) preventative objectives that
137 include brain research, pre-kindergarten programs, and parental involvement.
138 54. Funding in Higher Education - to study funding in higher education with consideration
139 of ways to provide funding by a formula.
140 55. High School Extra-Curricular Sports - to study and review the need for and feasibility
141 of expanding or establishing intramural sports programs in high school. (SB 193)
142 56. Impact of Teacher and Administrator Professional Development - to study and identify
143 the characteristics of successful teacher and administrator professional development and impact
144 on classroom applications.
145 57. Performance-based Public School Reform Models - to study and review several of the
146 more successful "whole-school" performance-based public reform models used throughout the
147 country, determine their effectiveness, and make recommendations for their implementation in the
148 Utah Public Schools.
149 58. Public Education Capital Outlay Act - to study potential changes to the Public
150 Education Capital Outlay Act.
151 59. Public Education Testing - to study pre and post testing in public education.

152 60. Reading Skills - to study the assessment of early reading skills.
153 61. Salt Lake and Tooele County ATC Funding - to study the best procedure to provide
154 funding for the new Salt Lake and Tooele County Applied Technology Centers.
155 62. School Choice Laws in Public Education - to study intradistrict choice where students
156 may chose to attend a school within their resident district that is outside their regular school
157 boundaries.
158 63. School Environments - to study and review school environments, conditions, and tools
159 needed in public schools that will offer every student an opportunity to learn.
160 64. School Innovations - to study ways to offer rewards for proposing innovations and
161 successful ideas in public education and providing sanctions for failure.
162 65. Seatbelts in School Buses - to study whether to limit the number of children per bus
163 seat based on age or size, or overall limits on the number of children permitted on a bus.
164 66. Stabilizing Tuition Increases - to study tuition rate increases at institutions of higher
165 education and review ways that these rates can be stabilized to make attendance more accessible
166 to all Utah residents.
167 67. Status of Utah Valley State College - to study whether Utah Valley State College's
168 status should be changed to a university.
169 68. Success of School Initiatives - to study and review those initiatives for schools that
170 have been implemented in Utah during the past decade, determine how successful they have been,
171 and make proposals for things that could have been done better.
172 69. Teacher Pay Plans - to study teacher pay plans that include compensation for advanced
173 skills, professional development, and student achievement.
174 70. Volunteer Teachers in Public Schools - to study how to encourage volunteers with
175 significant life experiences to teach in public schools.
176 71. Aeronautical Operations Consolidation - to study ways to consolidate the aeronautical
177 operations of the state under one department instead of the current three.
178 72. Annual Leave Accrual for State Employees - to study whether to allow state
179 employees to convert excess accumulated annual leave into deferred compensation plan
180 contributions. (2nd Sub. HB 164)
181 73. Application of Various State Laws During the Olympics - to study what, if any,
182 modifications to state law are appropriate during the Olympics to accommodate athletes and

183 visitors, including professional licensing, business licensing, security, food inspection, financial
184 services.
185 74. Boards and Commissions - to study issues related to boards and commissions.
186 75. Citizen Participation in Government - to study issues related to citizen participation
187 in government. (SB 27, 1st Sub. SB 27)
188 76. Closed Elections - to study the need for closed primary elections.
189 77. Coordination of State Efforts to Provide Services to Visitors - to study what, if any,
190 services, goods, or volunteers the state may want to provide in coordination with SLOC in
191 welcoming visitors to the Olympics and in involving the citizens of the state in cultural or
192 educational activities.
193 78. Coordination with Local Government - to study how the state can appropriately
194 cooperate with local governments as a partner in hosting the Olympics, e.g. identification of tax
195 revenue that can help offset cost of services, involvement of citizens in cultural and educational
196 activities, status of the indemnification agreement as it relates to the Salt Lake City in its role as
197 host city, and related issues.
198 79. Cost-Benefit Analysis of Administrative Rules - to study the feasibility of requiring
199 agencies to do a cost-benefit analysis on all rules.
200 80. E-mail Disclosure Under GRAMA - to study whether to change GRAMA to reflect
201 that the person in charge of the server is not the custodian of record for a GRAMA request, and
202 related electronic GRAMA issues.
203 81. Election Commission - to study the creation of an independent nonpartisan election
204 commission. (SB 36)
205 82. Employee Leave and Temporary Replacement - to study ways to place a state or local
206 government employee who is ill on leave and appoint a replacement until the employee can return
207 to work. (1 Sub HB 184)
208 83. Identification and Funding of Necessary State Services - to study services that state
209 agencies will need to provide prior to and during the Olympics, the legitimacy and appropriate
210 level of state agency appropriations requests, ways that increased revenue resulting from economic
211 activity of the Olympics can be timed and directed to those agencies that will be impacted, and the
212 role of the state Olympic officer in coordinating agency requests and providing information to the
213 legislative appropriations subcommittees.

214 84. Initiative Petitions Before the Legislature - to study the process for dealing with an
215 initiative petition once it reaches the Legislature, ways to make technical changes so the petition
216 is constitutional, and how to structure hearings and give the bill legislative consideration.
217 85. Initiative Removal - to study the removal of the right to submit initiatives to the
218 Legislature.
219 86. Labor Organization Political Funds - to study whether to require labor organizations
220 to establish a separate fund, with registration and disclosure requirements, for political purposes.
221 87. Personnel Management Act Modifications - to study the Utah Personnel Management
222 Act to provide flexibility for the adoption of technology and management discretion and update
223 and clarify basic merit system tenets for the state's workforce.
224 88. Post Olympics Operations - to study whether after the Olympics, when SLOC is
225 essentially disbanded, there will be adequate procedures in place to collect revenue needed to
226 guarantee payments due to the state after the games, 2003-2005, and whether SLOC's cash flow
227 will be adequate to meet its contractual obligations to the state and others.
228 89. Private Property Ombudsman Review Group - to study the formation of an ad hoc
229 committee to study and make recommendations regarding the Office of Private Property
230 Ombudsman and ways to insure fairness.
231 90. Referendum Process - to study Utah's referendum process particularly comparing state
232 and local processes.
233 91. Referring Proposed Legislation to Voters - to study a proposal for a constitutional
234 amendment to allow the Legislature to refer proposed legislation to the voters for their acceptance
235 or rejection.
236 92. Role of the State in Supporting and Promoting Winter Sports After the 2002 Olympic
237 Games - to study the appropriate role, if any, of the state in funding, promoting, supporting, or
238 attracting athletic events or facilities in the future; the possibility of realistic and verifiable
239 economic development benefits from funding, promoting, supporting, or attracting athletic events
240 and facilities; the potential for increased liability if the state funds, promotes, supports, or attracts
241 athletic events or facilities in the future; the percentage of state residents that would actually
242 benefit from state support of athletic events and facilities; the state's relationship to the Utah
243 Athletic Foundation; and the adequacy of the $40,000,000 Legacy Fund.
244 93. SLOC Revenues - to study the source, timing, reliability, financial soundness, security

245 position, and contractual status of SLOC's projected revenues and expenses including SLOC's
246 obligations to reimburse the state and local governments $59 million of sales and use tax
247 diversions, pay the Utah Athletic Foundation the $40 million legacy fund and its share of any
248 post-Olympic profit, pay the state approximately $32 million to retire bonds used to help pay for
249 construction of university housing that will be used for the Olympics, pay the University of Utah
250 approximately $8.35 million for stadium construction, and pay the state for any other contractual
251 agreement for property or services.
252 94. Unfair Competition - to study options for dealing with unfair government competition
253 with the private sector.
254 95. Uniform Unclaimed Property Act - to study a system for transferring intangible
255 personal property and personal property held by a person other than the rightful owner to the state
256 when the property is abandoned.
257 96. Waivers of Immunity - to study certain exceptions to the government's waivers of
258 immunity. (SB 183)
259 97. Access to Health Care Facilities - to study how the availability and pricing of rural
260 health care services can be extended to nonaffiliated managed care organizations. (SB 48)
261 98. Alimony and Child Support - to study the alimony and child support services of the
262 Office of Recovery Services.
263 99. Arbitration for Medical Providers - to study requirements for arbitration agreements
264 between patients and health care providers.
265 100. Child Abuse and Neglect - to study provisions relating to child abuse and neglect.
266 (HB 133)
267 101. Custody of Children by Grandparents - to study the custody of children by
268 grandparents when the parents do not care for them.
269 102. Disease Testing of Emergency Medical Services Providers - to study the
270 development of a faster process for testing workers with a significant risk of exposure.
271 103. End-of-Life Care - to study ways to improve end-of-life care in Utah.
272 104. Foster Care Tuition Waiver - to study the granting of a long term foster care tuition
273 waiver.
274 105. Health Care Providers - to study amendments to health care provider statutes.
275 106. Health Inspections of Dental Offices - to study the adequacy of current licensing

276 standards for protecting public health in modern dental offices.
277 107. Massage Therapists and Physical Therapists - to study issues related to massage
278 therapists and physical therapists. (HB 147)
279 108. Medicaid Wavers - to study Medicaid issues for children with disabilities.
280 109. Medical Examiner - to study the functions of the state medical examiner.
281 110. Obesity - to study issues related to obesity as a health problem.
282 111. Parental Rights Related to Child Custody - to study and review the Division of h
282a CHILD AND h
283 Family Services implementation of child custody laws and rules.
284 112. Penalties for Crimes of h [ DFS ] DCFS h Employee - to study penalties for h [ DFS ]
284a DCFS h employees
285 investigating allegations of abuse who commit perjury, fabricate evidence, or other crimes related
286 to the investigation.
287 113. Portability of Funding in Health and Human Services - to study the combining of
288 certain functions currently within the Department of Health and the Department of Human
289 Services to increase the portability of funding for services provided or funded through each
290 department.
291 114. Postadoption Contracts - to study postadoption contracts between a child and birth
292 parent. (HB 335)
293 115. Premarital Education - to study the best way to provide premarital education,
294 especially to those being married for the first time or for those having had failed marriages. (HB
295 58)
296 116. Asset Forfeiture - to study changes to asset forfeiture law, including use of forfeited
297 property or proceeds. (HB 127, 1st Sub HB 127)
298 117. Bail Bond Solicitation Restrictions - to study a prohibition on soliciting clients for
299 bail bond companies if the person is a peace officer, judge, constable, or a member of their
300 immediate family.
301 118. Bail Bond Surety Enforcement - to study procedures to enforce bail bond surety
302 licensing act provisions.
303 119. Cohabitant Abuse - to study various legal requirements in cohabitant abuse cases.
304 (1st Sub. SB 208)
305 120. Drug and Blood Alcohol Testing Procedures and Protocols - to study ways to allow
306 for testing while maintaining individual rights and assuring against human and other errors.

307 121. Drug Convictions and Child Custody - to study whether to provide that if a parent
308 is convicted of any drug-related offense, it can be grounds for removing a child from the home.
309 122. Forfeiture Laws - to study the procedures and scope of application of forfeiture laws.
310 123. Hate Crimes - to study definitions and penalties for hate crimes.
311 124. Immunity for Donated Prescriptions - to study the extension of immunity from civil
312 suit to health care providers and pharmaceutical companies that donate prescriptions for
313 humanitarian or charitable purposes.
314 125. Impeachment and Removal From Office - to study constitutional amendments
315 regarding impeachment and removal from office.
316 126. Inheritance for "Dead-beat Dads" - to study whether to prevent "dead-beat dads"
317 from inheriting when their minor child dies.
318 127. Justice Court Judges - to study the feasibility of allowing Justice Court judges who
319 have legal training to hear class A misdemeanors.
320 128. Juvenile Assault Penalties - to study approaches to increasing penalties for
321 subsequent assaults by juveniles.
322 129. Juvenile Expungements - to study the expungement of juvenile records and related
323 policy questions.
324 130. Juvenile Justice Audit - to study the findings of the Juvenile Justice Audit and the
325 best ways to implement them.
326 S [ 131. Polygamy - to study what actions would need to be taken to eliminate the legal
327 prohibitions regarding the practice of polygamy. ] s
328 132. Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act - to study updates to
329 current law to bring it into compliance with the federal parental kidnaping prevention act, which
330 limits child custody jurisdiction to one state and provides enforcement provisions for child custody
331 orders.
332 133. Uniform Principal and Income Act - to study procedures for trustees administering
333 an estate in separating principal from income and to ensure the intent of the trust creator is the
334 guiding principle for trustees.
335 134. Vote on Retention of Judges - to study whether to authorize the Legislature to require
336 higher than a majority vote for approval of a retention question.
337 135. Year 2000 Immunity - to study issues related to immunity for potential year 2000

338 concerns.
339 136. Aggressive Driving - to study problems arising from increasing incidents of "road
340 rage" or "aggressive driving," and the need for stronger tools to deal with the issue. (HB 22)
341 137. Car Theft - to study ways to help reduce car theft.
342 138. Cleanup of Toxic Contamination From Illegal Drug Laboratories - to study issues
343 relating to the cleanup of toxic contamination from illegal drug manufacturing sites.
344 139. Emergency Response Commission - to study the purpose and duties of the
345 Emergency Response Commission.
346 140. Forfeitures Related to Sexual Offenses Against Children - to study whether to
347 provide for the forfeiture of computers, computer equipment, and personal property used in the
348 sexual exploitation or abuse of a minor. (HB 267)
349 141. Inmate Access to Family Information - to study whether to continue to allow prison
350 inmates access to the insurance claims database as a means of tracking family activity.
351 142. Law Enforcement Costs of the Olympics - to study how to pay for the law
352 enforcement costs of the Olympics, particularly the counties' share of costs. (SB 206)
353 143. Officers Bill of Rights - to study legislation to establish a law enforcement officers
354 bill of rights.
355 144. Private Prisons - to study issues related to prison privatization.
356 145. Public Safety District - to study the establishment of a county-wide public safety
357 district that preserves local identity while consolidating testing, hiring, and other services.
358 146. Public Safety Fees - to study fees collected by the Department of Public Safety.
359 147. Questioning of Juvenile Detainees - to study whether juveniles who are detained can
360 be questioned without the presence of a parent, guardian, or an adult the juvenile knows and trusts,
361 who will help the juvenile to make decisions.
362 148. Strip Searches - to study issues related to access to strip searches.
363 149. FACT Meeting - to study the date for the FACT Joint Legislative Group meeting.
364 (JR 3.06)
365 150. Task Force and Committee Funding - to study the funding of task forces and
366 committees, i.e. who should be compensated for attending a task force meeting, and whether the
367 Office of the Legislative Fiscal Analyst or the Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel
368 should be included in the compensation or fiscal note portion of a bill.

369 151. Burial of Transmission Lines - to study issues relating to the burial of electric
370 transmission lines.
371 152. Cleanup of Contamination By Responsible Parties - to study ways to increase the
372 ability of responsible parties to clean up soil or groundwater contamination, and protect them from
373 the consequences of vandalism to their cleanup equipment.
374 153. Damage to Great Salt Lake - to study and determine responsibility for the damage
375 being done to the Great Salt Lake because of the railroad and the clogging of the culverts.
376 154. Loan of Business Equipment - to study whether to amend the Utah Dairy Act to
377 allow ice cream cabinets to be loaned to a retailer under certain conditions. (SB 109)
378 155. Park Service Fee - to study whether to charge a fee for use of state parks that goes
379 to the local county to mitigate costs of providing services to the park area.
380 156. Posting of Private Property for Hunting - to study when property owners should be
381 required to post no trespassing signs on their land.
382 157. Public Land Management - to study and determine mechanisms that provide
383 coordinated and unified management of all publicly-owned lands along the Jordan River in Salt
384 Lake and Utah Counties.
385 158. Reuse of Residential Graywater - to study the development and implementation of
386 rules for the reuse of residential graywater in subsurface irrigation applications in areas with or
387 without centralized sewage treatment facilities.
388 159. Soldier Hollow - to study the post-Olympic maintenance and operation of the
389 cross-country and biathlon venue at Soldier Hollow in the Wasatch Mountain State Park.
390 160. State-Wide Recycling - to study a state-wide consumer incentive to recycle plastic
391 and glass beverage bottles.
392 161. Waste Management in Housing Units - to study potential requirements for waste
393 management in housing units.
394 162. Waste Water Management - to study the use of septic tank systems and drainfields,
395 particularly in highly impacted large development areas.
396 163. Wastewater Treatment and Disposal System Options - to study the development and
397 implementation of rules to facilitate acceptance, use, and maintenance of advanced onsite
398 wastewater treatment and disposal system options (decentralized wastewater management) in order
399 to maintain future development and groundwater protection.

400 164. Weed Control Appropriation - to study whether an appropriation should be made to
401 the Department of Agriculture and Food for biological control of noxious weeds.
402 165. Wildlife and Personal Property Damage - to study the use of rewards for information
403 leading to the conviction of those responsible for the destruction of wildlife and personal property
404 including livestock in rural areas of the state.
405 166. Wildlife Damage Bounty - to study the possibility of a bounty for wildlife damage
406 control to protect wildlife and livestock.
407 167. Altering the Number of County Commissioners - to study whether to allow counties
408 operating under a county commission form of government to increase the number of
409 commissioners.
410 168. Annexation of Unincorporated Areas - to study whether to allow an unincorporated
411 area to annex to a city without the possibility of protest or a rejection by the city if the city's tax
412 rate is lower than the unincorporated area.
413 169. Duties of County Recorder - to study the duties of the city recorder, including
414 defining the purpose and functions of the office of county recorder.
415 170. Impact Fees - to study whether to modify the requirements for imposing impact fees.
416 (3rd Sub. HB 114)
417 171. Irrigation System Immunity - to study whether private ditch and canal owner's and
418 irrigation companies should be held harmless when others use their irrigation delivery systems to
419 dispose of storm drainage or for any other use for which the systems were not intended.
420 172. Local Referendum Process - to study possible changes to the local referendum
421 process to make it similar to the statewide process.
422 173. Optional Forms of County Government - to study the transition to a new form of
423 county government.
424 174. Subdivision Law Amendments - to study changes to subdivision law, including the
425 definition of subdivision. (HB 90)
426 175. Voiding of Deeds by Local Governments - to study whether local governments
427 should be allowed to declare a deed void that, in their view, creates an "illegal" subdivision.
428 176. Water Delivery Systems - to study whether developers and municipalities should be
429 required to handle their own tail water or get approval from private ditch or canal owners or
430 irrigation companies before using their delivery systems.

431 177. Digital State - to study what a "digital state" is and how Utah may encourage
432 progress in that direction.
433 178. Pricing New Telecommunications Services - to study whether to require a new public
434 telecommunications service that is not competitive to be subject to tariff requirements, and to
435 provide criteria for pricing flexibility for any new public telecommunications service. (HB 373)
436 179. Telecommunication Competition - to study recent US Supreme Court rulings
437 regarding telecommunications competition for their impact on Utah.
438 180. Telecommunication Definitions - to study the definition of telecommunication
439 provider and reseller.
440 181. Telecommunication Price Freeze - to study a telecommunication price freeze related
441 to extended area service.
442 182. Utility Mergers - to study the implications, cost, and benefits of a Utah regulated
443 utility merging with a foreign-held power company.
444 183. Utility Refunds - to study how any refund ordered by the Public Service Commission
445 may be allocated, what effect refunds have on the franchise tax collected by cities, and how that
446 may be mitigated if necessary.
447 184. Consolidated Retirement System - to study the implementation of a consolidated
448 retirement system.
449 185. Optional Defined Contribution Retirement Plan - to study whether to allow an
450 optional defined contribution retirement plan instead of only a defined benefit retirement plan, and
451 to give control over choice investments to the employee.
452 186. Automobile Sales Tax - to study the sales tax treatment of private sales and trades
453 of automobiles.
454 S [ 187. Condominium Taxation - to study how timeshare interests are to be valued for
455 property tax purposes. (SB 220) ] s
456 188. County Property Tax Deferral - to study whether to allow counties to defer property
457 taxes, and mechanisms for offsetting county revenue losses as a result of property tax deferrals,
458 including an authorization for counties to borrow monies or issue bonds. (HB 318)
459 189. Disclosure of Expenditures - to study state disclosure of tax expenditures.
460 190. Drug Rehabilitation Tax Credit - to study an individual income tax credit for drug
461 rehabilitation.

462 191. Equalization of Local Option Tax Rates - to study equalization of local option tax
463 rates such as transportation, tort liability, recreation and property tax rates to eliminate funding
464 disparities for public education.
465 192. Exemption From Rollback Taxes - to study exemptions from rollback taxes when
466 agricultural land is acquired by a county, city, or town for conservation purposes. (HB 98)
467 193. Income Tax Rebracketing - to study the rebracketing of Utah income taxes to
468 increase fairness.
469 194. Local Property Tax Exemption - to study the granting of local property tax
470 exemptions to owners that do not receive services for the tax and are receiving services from a
471 different government entity to prevent double taxation. (SB 176 and SB 235)
472 195. Native American Tax Issue - to study taxes as they relate to Native Americans both
473 on and off a reservation.
474 196. Personal Property Tax Shift - to study the shift of personal property taxes to
475 corporate income taxes.
476 197. Property Tax Exemption on Residential Lots - to study the expanding of the
477 residential lot size for applying the property tax residential exemption.
478 198. Residential Property Tax - to study the residential property tax exemption. (HB 28)
479 199. Sales Tax Recovery - to study how to recover sales tax revenues from catalog and
480 internet sales.
481 200. Tax Credit for Brine Shrimp - to study a sales tax and fuel tax credit for the brine
482 shrimp industry. (HB 348)
483 201. Tax Credit for Rehabilitating Commercial Use Buildings - to study individual and
484 corporate income tax credits for rehabilitating commercial use buildings. (SB 166)
485 202. Tax Exemption Loophole Related to Dependants With Disabilities - to study ways
486 to close the loophole that prevents parents from receiving a tax exemption when their disabled
487 dependant receives individualized services under the 504 plan instead of the Individualized
488 Education Plan (IEP).
489 203. Taxation of Salt Lake Olympic Organizing Committee - to study the taxation of hotel
490 accommodations, Olympic merchandise, admission to events, vehicle rentals, construction
491 supplies, catering supplies and food, billboards, rental of public facilities, etc. including
492 consideration of impacts on the state and local government tax base.

493 204. Valuation of Homes - to study valuing homes on their date of acquisition rather than
494 at their present market value and to examine the constitutional and statutory changes needed to put
495 into effect an acquisition date system.
496 205. Airport Funding - to study issues related to airport funding.
497 206. Current Shortages in the State Transportation Fund - to study ways to resolve state
498 transportation fund shortfalls.
499 207. Daytime Headlight Use - to study potential requirements for use of headlights during
500 daylight hours.
501 208. Highway Preservation - to study long-range state highway corridor preservation.
502 209. Longitudinal Access to Interstate Highways - to study the granting of certain
503 telecommunication access to rights-of-way on the interstate highway system. (SB 150, SB 153)
504 210. Road Development Coordination - to study how UDOT and Utah communities can
505 cooperate in road development and administration.
506 211. Child Care Needs of TANF Recipients - to study the child care needs of TANF
507 recipients, and child care as a barrier to employment.
508 212. Child Care Training - to study ways to improve training for child care providers.
509 213. Child Care Turnover - to study ways to reduce child care provider turnover.
510 214. Children with Special Needs - to study child care for special needs children.
511 215. Fingerprint Imaging - to study finger print imaging, which is used in a number of
512 states to avoid welfare fraud.
513 216. Impact of Income Guidelines on Self-Sufficiency - to study the effect of not changing
514 the income guidelines for FEP eligibility on efforts of FEP participants to become self-sufficient.
515 217. Multiple Barriers to Ending Cash Assistance - to study and review the multiple
516 barriers public assistance clients experience in getting off FEP cash assistance.
517 218. Payments to Child Care Providers - to study the use of direct payments to child care
518 providers.
519 219. TANF Extension - to study whether TANF recipients who have an infant should
520 receive an extension of their benefit time limit.
521 220. TANF Funds for Transportation - to study the use of TANF funds (up to $2,000,000)
522 made available to assist Department of Workforce Services clients with transportation needs.
522a h 221. Internet Addresses - to study the legal status of internet addresses, how they are
522b managed, and their use by the public.
522c 222. Digital Network - to study economic and regulatory barriers,
522d internet service provider access to cable television networks, and
522e the regulatory parity/disparity between telecommunications providers. h

522f h 223. Public Safety Consolidation Within Counties - to study the advisability of consolidating
522g public safety operations within counties in an effort to enhance uniform and county-wide crime
522h fighting plans.
522i 224. Block Grant Funding In Lieu of Line Item Budgeting for Public Education - to study
522j whether to significantly reduce or eliminate line item budgeting for public education and require the
522k State Office of Education to provide block grant funding to local school districts, with appropriate
522l standards, safeguards and reporting requirements, in order to allow school districts to address their
522m own individualized needs and to more fully empower parents, teachers and community councils.
522n 225. Study of Constitution in Schools - to study the feasibility of including in the statewide
522o curriculum a week of study known as "Constitutional Week" in which the students study the
522p constitution and participate in projects designed to increase understanding and appreciation of the
522q efforts of the Founding Fathers.
522r 226. Consolidation of Interpreter Resources for the Blind - to study the feasibility of
522s combining all interpreters for the blind under one program or pool accessible by both the school
522t districts and the USDB in an effort to equalize salary disparity and provide for the changing needs of
522u the interpreters.
522v 227. Judges - to study the selection, retention, discipline and removal of judges. h
522w S Child Custody and Alimony.
522x Consolidation of Fees.
522y Welfare Fraud and Child Abuse in Socially Isolated Communities. s

Legislative Review Note
as of 3-3-99 9:42 AM

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

Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel