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LAW ENFORCEMENT AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE STANDING COMMITTEE
State Capitol - Room 225
February 3, 2004
Members Present: Rep. DeMar "Bud Bowman, Chair
Rep. Douglas C. Aagard, Vice Chair
Rep. Duane Bourdeaux
Rep. LaVar F. Christensen
Rep. Brad L. Dee
Rep. Wayne A. Harper
Rep. Patricia W. Jones
Rep. David Litvak
Rep. Michael T. Morley
Rep. Peggy Wallace
Rep. R. Curt Webb
Staff Present: Ms. Jami Momberger, Policy Analyst
Ms. Linda Error, Committee Secretary
note: A list of visitors and a copy of handouts are filed with the committee minutes.
Rep. Bowman called the meeting to order at 8:10 a.m.
MOTION: Rep. Dee moved to pass the minutes of the January 30, 2004 meeting. The motion passed unanimously, with Rep. Harper, Rep. Jones, Rep. Morley, and Rep. Wallace absent for the vote.
S.B. 73 Escape Amendments (Sen. T. Hatch)
Sen. Hatch explained the bill, assisted by Polly Samuels, Assistant Attorney General.
MOTION: Rep. Bourdeaux moved to pass the bill out favorably. The motion passed unanimously, with Rep. Morley and Rep. Wallace absent for the vote.
S.B. 21 Drug Offenders Reform Act (Sen. D. C. Buttars)
Sen. Buttars explained the bill, assisted by Ed McConkie, Executive Director, Committee on Criminal and Juvenile Justice, and Patrick Fleming, Salt Lake County Substance Abuse Center.
Spoke for the bill: Suzanne Cunningham, Director, Criminal Justice Reform
Lou Callister, Co-Chair, Advocates for Improved Understanding of Addictive Disease
Dr. Glen Hansen, professor, University of Utah, College of Pharmacology
Spoke to the bill: Mark Walsh, Utah Association of Counties
MOTION: Rep. Wallace moved to pass the bill out favorably. The motion passed unanimously, with Rep. Harper absent for the vote.
H.B. 103 Special District for Police Services (Rep. T. McCartney)
Rep. McCartney explained the bill, assisted by Alan Dayton, Deputy Mayor, Salt Lake County
Spoke to the bill: Pat Cassity, Deputy Mayor, Sandy City
Aaron Kennard, Salt Lake County Sheriff
MOTION: Rep. Litvak moved to pass the bill out favorably, the motion passed, with Rep. Christensen, Rep. Morley, and Rep. Wallace voting in opposition and Rep. Harper absent for the vote.
MOTION: Rep. Aagard moved to adjourn the meeting. The motion passed unanimously, with Rep. Harper absent for the vote.
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Rep. DeMar "Bud" Bowman, Chair