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again after February 24th.

MINUTES OF THE HOUSE
NATURAL RESOURCES, AGRICULTURE, & ENVIRONMENT
STANDING COMMITTEE
ROOM 129 STATE CAPITOL BUILDING

Tuesday, February 24, 2004


Members Present:    Rep. Craig W. Buttars, Chair
    Rep. Darin G. Peterson, Vice Chair
    Rep. Eli H. Anderson
    Rep. Roger E. Barrus
    Rep. Jackie Biskupski
    Rep. David N. Cox
    Rep. Margaret Dayton     Rep. Glenn A. Donnelson     Rep. James R. Gowans
    Rep. Bradley T. Johnson
    Rep. Michael E. Noel
     Rep. David Ure

Members Absent:    Rep. Michael R. Styler     Rep. Stephen H. Urquhart
    
Staff Present:    Brian Allred, Policy Analyst
            Bethany Brady, Committee Secretary
    
Note:     A list of visitors and a copy of handouts are filed with the committee minutes.

Chair Buttars called the meeting to order at 4:55 p.m.

MOTION:    Rep. Dayton moved to approve the committee meeting minutes from February 19, 2004. The motion passed unanimously with Rep. Biskupski and Rep. Donnelson absent for the vote.

S.B. 146    Olympic Law Revisions and Cleanup (Sen. B. Evans)

Sen. Evans introduced the bill and responded to questions from the committee.

MOTION:    Rep. Dayton moved to pass the bill out favorably. The motion passed unanimously with Rep. Biskupski, Rep. Cox, and Rep. Donnelson absent for the vote.

MOTION:    Rep. Dayton moved to place the bill on the Consent Calendar. The motion passed

unanimously with Rep. Biskupski, Rep. Cox, and Rep. Donnelson absent for the vote.

S.B. 187    Water Conservancy Districts Trustees (Sen. H. Stephenson)

Rep. Stephenson introduced the bill and responded to questions from the committee.

MOTION:    Rep. Dayton moved to pass the bill out favorably. The motion passed unanimously with Rep. Biskupski, Rep. Cox, and Rep. Donnelson absent for the vote.

MOTION:    Rep. Dayton moved to place the bill on the Consent Calendar. The motion passed unanimously with Rep. Biskupski and Rep. Donnelson absent for the vote.    

S.B. 71    Safety Belt Enforcement (Sen. K. Hale)

Sen. Hale and Sen. Eastman introduced the bill with the assistance of Jackie Haus, Intermountain Crash Recovery Center.

Spoke for the bill:         Jaymie Brown, Mothers Against Drunk Driving
            Sgt. Lee Perry, Utah Highway Patrol
            Marilyn Keffrol, State PTA
            Dr. Tom Metcalf, American Academy of Pediatrics
            Rolayne Fairclaugh, AAA
            
Spoke against the bill:     David Horne, citizen
            Laura Lee Adams, Sutherland Institute

MOTION:    Rep. Dayton moved to go on to the next item on the agenda.

SUBSTITUTE MOTION:    Rep. Biskupski moved to pass the bill out favorably. The motion failed with Rep. Anderson, Rep. Barrus, and Rep. Biskupski voting in favor.

MOTION:    Rep. Johnson moved to table the bill. The motion passed with Rep. Anderson, Rep. Barrus, and Rep. Biskupski voting in opposition.

2nd Sub. S.B. 140 Human Services Licensing Amendments (Sen. D. C. Buttars)

Bill was not discussed in committee.

MOTION:    Rep. Buttars moved to adjourn. The motion passed unanimously.


Chair Buttars adjourned the meeting at 6:15 p.m.


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          Rep. Craig W. Buttars, Chair