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First Substitute H.B. 28

Senator Carlene M. Walker proposes the following substitute bill:


             1     
TRANSPORTATION PLANNING TASK FORCE

             2     
REAUTHORIZATION

             3     
2004 GENERAL SESSION

             4     
STATE OF UTAH

             5     
Sponsor: Rebecca D. Lockhart

             6     
             7      LONG TITLE
             8      General Description:
             9          This bill reauthorizes, for one year, the Transportation Planning Task Force created in
             10      2003.
             11      Highlighted Provisions:
             12          This bill:
             13          .    establishes a legislative task force to study transportation needs and funding for the
             14      next 10 and 20-year time frame;
             15          .    establishes task force membership, duties, and salaries and designates staff for the
             16      task force;
             17          .    requires the task force to prepare a report; and
             18          .    requires the task force to report its findings to the Transportation Interim Committee
             19      on a specified date.
             20      Monies Appropriated in this Bill:
             21          This bill:
             22          .    makes a one-time appropriation of $17,000 from the General Fund for fiscal year
             23      2003-04 to pay for task force expenses.
             24      Other Special Clauses:
             25          This bill is repealed November 30, 2004.



             26      Uncodified Material Affected:
             27      ENACTS UNCODIFIED MATERIAL
             28     
             29      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             30          Section 1. Transportation Planning Task Force -- Creation -- Membership --
             31      Procedures -- Compensation -- Staff.
             32          (1) There is created the Transportation Planning Task Force consisting of the following
             33      14 members:
             34          (a) six members of the Senate appointed by the president of the Senate, no more than
             35      four of whom may be from the same political party; and
             36          (b) eight members of the House of Representatives appointed by the speaker of the
             37      House of Representatives, no more than six of whom may be from the same political party.
             38          (2) (a) The president of the Senate shall designate a member of the Senate appointed
             39      under Subsection (1)(a) as a cochair of the task force.
             40          (b) The speaker of the House of Representatives shall designate a member of the House
             41      of Representatives appointed under Subsection (1)(b) as a cochair of the task force.
             42          (3) In conducting its business, the task force shall comply with the rules of legislative
             43      interim committees.
             44          (4) Salaries and expenses of the members of the task force shall be paid in accordance
             45      with Section 36-2-2 and Legislative Joint Rule 15.03.
             46          (5) The Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel shall provide staff support
             47      to the task force.
             48          (6) The Office of Legislative Fiscal Analyst shall provide staff for fiscal planning
             49      support to the task force.
             50          Section 2. Duties -- Interim report.
             51          (1) The task force shall review and make recommendations on the following issues:
             52          (a) the transportation needs for Utah in the next 10 and 20-year time frames;
             53          (b) the current transportation revenues and their future projections;
             54          (c) alternative transportation revenue mechanisms available or currently in use around
             55      the country;
             56          (d) effects of transportation systems on communities and neighborhoods;



             57          (e) alternative modes to meet transportation needs; and
             58          (f) the reports from agencies as requested in the November 2003 Transportation
             59      Planning Task Force Report.
             60          (2) The task force shall meet no more than eight times from April through November.
             61          (3) A final report, including any proposed legislation, shall be presented before
             62      November 30, 2004 to the Transportation Interim Committee.
             63          Section 3. Appropriation.
             64          There is appropriated from the General Fund for fiscal year 2003-04:
             65          (1) $7,200 to the Senate to pay for the compensation and expenses of senators on the
             66      task force; and
             67          (2) $9,800 to the House of Representatives to pay for the compensation and expenses
             68      of representatives on the task force.
             69          Section 4. Repeal date.
             70          This bill is repealed November 30, 2004.


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