First Substitute H.B. 70

Representative Evan L. Olsen proposes to substitute the following bill:

1 PERSONAL INFORMATION PRIVACY TASK FORCE
2 2000 GENERAL SESSION
3 STATE OF UTAH
4 Sponsor: Evan L. Olsen
5 AN ACT RELATING TO THE LEGISLATURE; CREATING THE PERSONAL
6 INFORMATION PRIVACY TASK FORCE; PROVIDING FOR MEMBERSHIP;
7 DELINEATING RESPONSIBILITIES AND PROCEDURES; PROVIDING A REPORTING
8 DATE; APPROPRIATING $41,500 FROM THE GENERAL FUND; PROVIDING AN
9 EFFECTIVE DATE; AND PROVIDING A REPEAL DATE.
10 This act enacts uncodified material.
11 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
12 Section 1. Personal Information Privacy Task Force -- Creation -- Membership --
13 Procedures -- Compensation -- Staff.
14 (1) There is created the Personal Information Privacy Task Force consisting of the
15 following 19 members:
16 (a) five members of the Senate appointed by the president of the Senate, no more than
17 three of whom may be from the same political party;
18 (b) nine members of the House of Representatives appointed by the speaker of the House
19 of Representatives, no more than six of whom may be from the same political party;
20 (c) three members who have knowledge of personal information privacy issues and
21 represent the interests of consumers, appointed jointly by the president of the Senate and the
22 speaker of the House of Representatives; and
23 (d) two members who have knowledge of personal information privacy issues and
24 represent the interests of businesses that would be affected by personal information privacy
25 legislation, appointed jointly by the president of the Senate and the speaker of the House of

26 Representatives.
27 (2) (a) The president of the Senate shall designate a member of the Senate appointed under
28 Subsection (1)(a) as a cochair of the committee.
29 (b) The speaker of the House of Representatives shall designate a member of the House
30 of Representatives appointed under Subsection (1)(b) as a cochair of the committee.
31 (3) (a) A majority of the members of the task force constitute a quorum.
32 (b) The action of the majority of the quorum constitutes the action of the task force.
33 (4) (a) Legislators on the task force shall receive compensation and expenses in accordance
34 with Section 36-2-2 and Legislative Joint Rule 15.03.
35 (b) (i) Members who are not government employees receive no compensation or benefits
36 for their services, but may receive per diem and expenses incurred in the performance of the
37 member's official duties at the rates established by the Division of Finance under Sections
38 63A-3-106 and 63A-3-107 .
39 (ii) Members may decline to receive per diem and expenses for their service.
40 (5) The Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel shall provide staff support to
41 the task force.
42 Section 2. Duties -- Interim report.
43 The task force shall:
44 (1) study how and for what purposes personal information regarding consumers is
45 collected and transferred;
46 (2) review the status of personal information privacy legislation on the federal level and
47 in other states;
48 (3) review the economic impact of personal information privacy legislation;
49 (4) examine alternative methods of protecting the personal information of consumers; and
50 (5) present a final report, including any proposed legislation, to the Business, Labor, and
51 Economic Development Interim Committee before November 30, 2000.
52 Section 3. Appropriation.
53 There is appropriated from the General Fund for fiscal year 1999-2000:
54 (1) $6,000 to the Senate to pay for the compensation and expenses of senators on the
55 committee;
56 (2) $10,500 to the House of Representatives to pay for the compensation and expenses of

57 representatives on the committee; and
58 (3) $25,000 to the Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel to pay for staffing
59 the committee.
60 Section 4. Effective date.
61 If approved by two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, this act takes effect
62 upon approval by the governor, or the day following the constitutional time limit of Utah
63 Constitution Article VII, Section 8, without the governor's signature, or in the case of a veto, the
64 date of veto override.
65 Section 5. Repeal date.
66 This act is repealed November 30, 2000.