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MINUTES OF THE

HOUSE POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS

STANDING COMMITTEE

Room 223 - State Capitol Building

February 6 , 2004


COMMITTEE MEMBERS:    Rep. Kory M. Holdaway, Chair
                Rep. Roger E. Barrus, Vice Chair
            Rep. Ralph Becker
            Rep. Duane E. Bourdeaux
            Rep. D. Gregg Buxton
            Rep. Carl W. Duckworth
            Rep. Ann W. Hardy
            Rep. David L. Hogue
            Rep. Joseph G. Murray

MEMBERS ABSENT:    Rep. Brad L. Dee            
    
STAFF PRESENT:    Joseph Wade, Policy Analyst
        Karen Holt, Committee Secretary

Note: A list of visitors and a copy of handouts are filed with the committee minutes.
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Chair Holdaway called the meeting to order at 8:08 a.m.


1st Sub. H.B. 116    Facilities with Regional Impact (Rep. R. Becker)

Rep. R. Becker introduced the bill.
Rep. G. Hughes, co-sponsor of the bill, further explained the bill.
    A handout was distributed.

Sarah Meier, Utah School Board Association and Granite School District, spoke to the bill.
Mark Anderson, Utah Association of Special Districts, spoke to the bill.

Motion:    Rep. Hogue made a motion to approve the minutes of February 3, 2004. The motion passed         unanimously with Reps. Bourdeaux and Dee absent for the vote.

Rep. Holdaway, Chair, relinquished the chair to Rep. Barrus, Vice-chair.

Pamela Gill, Utah Association of Special Districts, spoke in favor of the bill.
Gary Uresk, Woods Cross City, Utah League of Cities and Towns, spoke in favor of the bill.
Bruce Talbot, City of South Salt Lake, spoke in favor of the bill.
Wilf Sommerkorn, Dir., Davis County Community Economic Development, spoke in favor of the bill.

Motion:    Rep. Hardy moved that the committee report a favorable recommendation on 1st Substitute     H.B. 116. The motion passed unanimously with a vote of 8-0-2, with Reps. Dee and          Holdaway absent for the vote.




H.B. 162    Candidacy for Municipal Elections (Rep. J. Dougall)

Representative Dougall introduced the bill.

Lincoln Shurtz, Utah League of Cities and Towns, spoke in favor of the bill.

Motion:    Rep. Duckworth moved that the committee report a favorable recommendation on H.B. 162.     The motion passed unanimously with a vote of 7-0-3, with Reps. Becker, Dee and Holdaway     absent for the vote.


H.B. 254    Solid Waste Landfill Amendments (Rep. D. G. Buxton)

Motion:    Rep. Buxton moved that H.B. 254 be deleted in title and body and be replaced with 1st     Substitute H.B. 254. The motion passed unanimously with a vote of 6-0-4, with Reps.     Becker, Dee, Hogue and Holdaway absent for the vote.

Motion:    Rep. Buxton moved to adopt the following amendment:

1.    Page 7, Line 199 :    

             199      waste, will not be located within 1/4 mile of
  the following, unless allowed by the local zoning ordinances       :

    
The motion to amend passed unanimously with a vote of 6-0-4, with Reps. Becker, Dee, Hogue and Holdaway absent for the vote.

Representative Buxton introduced the substitute bill as amended.

Motion:    Rep. Murray moved that the committee report a favorable recommendation on 1st Substitute     H.B. 254 as amended. The motion passed unanimously with a vote of 6-0-4, with Reps.     Becker, Dee, Hogue and Holdaway absent for the vote.

Motion:    Rep. Murray made a motion adjourn. The motion passed and the meeting adjourned at
     9:02 a.m.




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                    Kory M. Holdaway, Chair