H.J.R. 20 Enrolled

MASTER STUDY RESOLUTION
2005 GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Chief Sponsor: Jeff Alexander
Senate Sponsor: Peter C. Knudson

LONG TITLE
General Description:
This joint resolution of the Legislature gives the Legislative Management Committee
items of study it may assign to the appropriate interim committee.
Highlighted Provisions:
This resolution:
. gives the Legislative Management Committee items of study it may assign to the
appropriate interim committee during the 2005 legislative interim;
. directs interim committees assigned these studies to study and make
recommendations for legislative action to the 56th Legislature prior to the 2006
Annual General Session; and
. suggests in approving studies the Legislative Management Committee give
consideration to the available time of legislators and the budget and capacity of staff
to respond.
Special Clauses:
None

Be it resolved by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
WHEREAS, the Legislative Management Committee is created by law as a permanent
committee to receive and assign matters for the interim study of the Legislature; and
WHEREAS, the 56th Legislature has determined that certain legislative issues require
additional investigation and study:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislative Management Committee

is given the following items of study to assign to the appropriate interim committee with the duty
to study and make recommendations for legislative action to the 56th Legislature prior to the
2006 Annual General Session.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Legislative Management Committee, in making
study assignments from this list and in approving study requests for individual committees, give
consideration to the available time of legislators and the budget and capacity of staff to respond
adequately to the number and complexity of the assignments given.
1. Appropriation Intent Language - to study moving nonlapsing authority from
appropriations intent language to statute.
2. Appropriations Processes - to study appropriations bill processes, appropriation
subcommittee procedures, and the analysis and review of department budgets.
3. Charter School Funding - to study the startup funding needs of charter schools.
4. Energy Efficiency in Buildings - to study issues related to the energy efficiency of
state buildings.
5. Jail Contracting - to study and review the process for contracting and how to
reimburse.
6. Jail Reimbursement - to study a method of determining and paying for jail
reimbursement.
7. Property Tax Formula - to study the adequacy of the formula defining the local
property tax replacement fund defined in Utah Code Subsection 53A-1a-513(4).
8. School Building Costs - to study the cost of constructing school buildings (H.B. 187).
9. State Budget - to study what happens if the Legislature fails to pass, or the Governor
vetoes, one or more appropriation acts to fund state government and fund other units of
government for the next fiscal year (1Sub. H.B. 97).
10. Weighted Pupil Unit (WPU) - to study separating compensation from other
programs and elements.
11. WPU and Charter Schools - to study adjustment of the WPU formula for funding
charter school administration.

12. Zero Base Budgeting - to study whether an analysis of zero base budgeting should be
conducted by an entity outside of government.
13. Affordable Health Insurance Offer - to study facilitating the offer of affordable
health insurance by groups and associations to their members.
14. Amateur Sports Act - to study "right to participate" legislation in other states.
15. Bankruptcy Rate - to study why Utah has one of the highest bankruptcy rates in the
nation and what can be done to address the problem.
16. Blacklisting - to study whether to expand the state's blacklisting law (2nd Sub. S.B.
233).
17. Caps on Interest Rates - to study the creation of caps on interest rates for credit
cards.
18. Caps on Loan Interest - to study the possibility of capping interest rates that can be
charged on deferred deposit loans.
19. Consumer Credit Requirements - to study Consumer Credit Bureau notice
requirements (H.B. 100).
20. Consumer Rights Related to Vehicle Repairs - to study whether the law should be
changed governing consumer rights in motor vehicle repairs that are paid for by an insurance
company.
21. Contingent Payment - to study issues related to contingent payment provisions.
22. Controlled Business - to study controlled business issues as they relate to the title
insurance industry.
23. Corporate Accountability - to study issues related to corporate accountability (S.B.
171).
24. Credit Union Act - to study revisions to the Credit Union Act (H.B. 277).
25. Debt Collection Practices - to study needed changes to debt collection practices and
whether Utah needs state regulation to supplement the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.
26. Housing Management - to study the management of planned unit developments,
homeowners associations, and condominiums.

27. Insurance Notice When Test Driving - to study whether to require some form of
disclosure by automobile sellers that a person test driving a car is not covered by the car dealer's
insurance in case of an accident during the test drive.
28. Licensing of Body Artists - to study the licensing of body artists, including tattoos,
body piercing, etc.
29. Lien Recovery Fund - to study attorney fees interest paid.
30. Lien Waivers - to study issues related to uniform lien waivers.
31. Liens From Out-of-State - to study blanket liens from out-of-state vendors.
32. Minimum Wage - to study issues related to the minimum wage.
33. Mobile Home Park Property - to study the notice of sale of underlying property in
mobile home parks.
34. Noncompetition Contracts - to study instances where employee noncompetition
contracts should be permissible and instances where contracts should be unenforceable (S.B.
113).
35. Rental Restrictions in Law - to study rental restrictions under the Condominium
Ownership Act and the Community Association Act.
36. Response Time on Assessments - to study whether to lengthen the time frame in
which businesses have to respond to assessment notices before a penalty is incurred.
37. Travel Agents - to study issues related to the regulation of travel agents.
38. Usury Laws - to study caps on interest rates, caps on payday lenders, and the usury
laws of other states.
39. Workers' Compensation Coverage - to study workers' compensation coverage
provided to fire department employees.
40. Charter School Teaching - to study the use of innovative practices and new teaching
methods in charter schools (H.B. 206).
41. Charter Schools and Zoning - to study issues related to charter schools and local
zoning.
42. Education Achievement Gap - to study issues related to education achievement

among different groups (H.B. 175).
43. Glucagon Administration at School - to study the need to have school nurses and
other trained school personnel available at school and school-sponsored activities to administer
glucagon injections to a student with diabetes who is experiencing a low blood sugar emergency.
44. Public School Nurses - to study the need to increase the number of nurses in public
schools.
45. Role of UCAT - to study the role of the Utah College of Applied Technology within
the state system of higher education.
46. School Buses and Disabled Students - to study school bus air conditioning and other
needs for students with disabilities.
47. School Nursing Policies - to study prescription drug medication and dispensing
policies, the number of nurses in public schools, and the number that are needed to serve disabled
students.
48. Security for Public Schools - to study requiring each local school board that employs
law enforcement officers on a full-time, permanent basis to evaluate the cost effectiveness of
methods of providing for school safety (3Sub. H.B. 153).
49. Special Needs High School Funding - to study special appropriations within the
public education budget for special needs high schools.
50. Teacher Compensation and Retention - to study beginning teacher compensation and
retention issues, including mentoring, salary competitiveness, signing bonuses, tuition
forgiveness, and special education shortages (H.B. 188, 1Sub. H.B. 188, and 2Sub. H.B. 74).
51. Technology-based Student Achievement Management System - to study the current
and future implementation of a technology-based student achievement management system to
provide K-12 classroom teachers with student-level assessment and diagnostic data from which
the teachers can prescribe effective instruction, and to provide school, district, and state
administrators with an intra and inter school and district information sharing and reporting
system.
52. Utah Schools for the Deaf and Blind Transportation Consolidation - to study

consolidation of Utah Schools for the Deaf and Blind transportation with local school districts.
53. Vote Required for School Change - to study changing the voting threshold for
converting a regular public school to a charter school with a majority vote.
54. Writing Competency - to study and analyze competency, methods, and assessment in
phases: grades 4-6, 7-9, and 10-12.
55. Ballots for Overseas Voters - to study and prepare legislation providing for the use
of electronic means to allow registered voters who are out of the state to vote in certain elections.
56. Campaign Reform - to study issues related to campaign finance reform.
57. Citizenship and Voting - to study proof of citizenship before a person can register to
vote.
58. Digital Signatures Act - to study electrical authentication and preemption issues with
the federal E-sign laws.
59. Early Voting - to study issues related to early voting.
60. Electoral Systems - to study allowing counties, cities, special districts, and school
districts to use ranked-choice voting and full representation voting methods for their elections.
61. Email as Public Record - to study whether an email should be considered a public
record and, if so, under what circumstances.
62. Executive Orders - to study issues related to the issuance and publication of
executive orders.
63. Financial Disclosure - to study revisions to financial disclosure laws.
64. Government Efficiencies - to study and review the findings of a commission formed
by the Governor to examine effectiveness and efficiencies in government.
65. Legislator Email Addresses - to study the legal and policy questions regarding
legislator email addresses.
66. Local Election Campaign Contributions - to study whether to prohibit county merit
employees from making campaign contributions to the political campaigns of persons running for
county office.
67. Procurement Code Bidding and Contracts - to study modifications to the Utah

Procurement Code's bidding procedures and contractual requirements (S.B. 66).
68. Redistricting Commission - to study the establishment of a Redistricting
Commission (H.J.R. 14).
69. Referendums and Initiatives - to study the referendum and initiative processes,
statutory and constitutional conflicts, and special elections.
70. Voter Registration - to study issues related to election day voter registration.
71. Voting by Felons - to study, clarify, and update the felon voting law.
72. Voting Centers - to study the use of voting centers and whether the cost reductions
outweigh concerns related to reapportionment.
73. Voting Technology Changes - to study the updating of ballot definitions, counting
procedures, and other issues due to the purchase of new voting equipment.
74. Care of the Mentally Ill - to study community and institutional care for persons with
mental illness.
75. Child Welfare Code - to study evidentiary standards and whether they should be
changed, and review words that are used in the code that are undefined, such as "accidental,"
"nonaccidental," "threatened," "harm," and "emotional harm," to determine whether they should
be defined.
76. Deaf Community Issues - to study the Department of Human Services' approach to
the needs of the deaf community, whether it is meeting ADA requirements, and suggested
legislation.
77. Epinephrine - to study the emergency administration of epinephrine (H.B. 110).
78. Health and Medicaid Gaps - to study and review how the state addresses health and
Medicaid gaps.
79. Health Care Providers - to study access to health care providers and taxation of
private health care providers (S.B. 34 and S.B. 61).
80. Health Inspections of Child Care Centers - to study the Utah Department of Health
and local health departments' inspection processes for child care centers for the purpose of
eliminating duplication and inconsistent enforcement of standards.

81. Health Insurance Costs - to study issues related to health insurance costs to small
businesses.
82. Hospital Infection Rates - to study whether to require hospitals to make public their
infection rates.
83. Licensing Phlebotomists - to study whether to license phlebotomists (H.B. 344).
84. Medicaid Asset Test - to study the removal or adjustment of Medicaid asset test.
85. Medicaid Funding - to study options for addressing Medicaid funding demands.
86. Naturopathic Physician Prescriptions - to study prescription authority for licensed
naturopathic physicians to include controlled substance and legend medications.
87. Naturopathic Physician Sunset Review - to study and review the sunset of Title 58,
Chapter 71, Naturopathic Physician Practices Act.
88. Noncompete Agreements - to study issues related to Medicaid provider noncompete
agreements (H.B. 106, S.B. 113, and S.B. 145).
89. Nursing Shortage - to study the current shortage of nurses in the state.
90. Oversight of Assisted Living Facilities - to study the rationality and feasibility of
moving the regulatory oversight of assisted living facilities, including their potential removal
from the long-term care facilities statute or moving it from the Department of Health to the
Department of Human Services.
91. Prescription Drug Programs - to study prescription drug programs, including a
recently approved Virginia program.
92. Prescription Drug Purchasing - to study issues related to the aggregated purchasing
of prescription drugs.
93. Regulating Pharmaceutical Wholesalers and Distributors - to study whether to
require the use of drug pedigrees in certain circumstances and whether the Division of
Occupational and Professional Licensing should develop, by administrative rule, a list of drug
products that should be subject to pedigrees due to susceptibility to counterfeit and misbranding
(1Sub. H.B. 354).
94. Role of Dental Hygienists - to study whether the expanded role of dental hygienists

can be used to reduce Medicaid dental costs.
95. Rural Health Care Infrastructure - to study creating an administrative penalty for
licensed medical practitioners in rural areas who make a referral to a facility in which they have a
financial interest, and prohibiting licensed medical practitioners in rural areas from making a
referral to a facility in which they have a financial interest if the financial interest is created after
a certain date (H.B. 328).
96. Substance Abuse Impact - to study the impact of substance abuse on all state
departments, families, businesses, and society, and how best to address the problem.
97. Toxic Mold - to study the effects of toxic mold, laws in other states, the impact on
the insurance and real estate industries, the health impact, and suggested legislation.
98. Traumatic Brain Injury - to study issues related to traumatic brain injury.
99. Veterinary Technicians - to study whether to certify veterinary technicians.
100. Advertising Illegal Activities - to study amending the criminal code to provide that
advertising within Utah that is directed at Utah residents and that promotes gambling or
prostitution is unlawful (H.B. 123).
101. Attorney Fee Recovery - to study the recovery of attorney fees by the prevailing
party in a civil lawsuit (S.B. 92).
102. Child Support Collection - to study the collection of child support and alimony
when children are involved, the conflicts in those laws, and whether the law should be changed.
103. Child Support Obligations - to study whether child support provisions should take
into account obligors that may be incarcerated or incapacitated in their ability to earn (H.B. 248).
104. Civil Settlements - to study settlement offers in civil litigation (H.B. 127 and 1Sub.
H.B. 127).
105. Commitment to Mental Health Authority - to study and review Utah law governing
designated examiners and involuntary commitment hearings (1Sub. H.B. 271).
106. Competition and Consumer Protection Legislation - to study amendments to the
Utah Antitrust Act to allow claims by indirect purchasers.
107. Court Verification of Day Care Costs - to study providing a court in a divorce

proceeding with verification from a day care provider establishing the cost of day care for a
custodial parent's family that can be used to determine the proper amount of withholding from
the noncustodial parent.
108. Group Homes and Communities - to study placement criteria as they apply to
community-based treatment centers, considering the balance between community safety and the
need for treatment in community placement, review of models for cooperation between group
homes, city governments, and neighborhood groups (1Sub. H.B. 94).
109. Guardian Ad Litem Audit - to study the results of the 2004-05 guardian ad litem
audit, and potential revisions to the statute based on the results of the audit.
110. Identity Theft Using Court Records - to study the feasibility of sealing all or part of
a court's records to prevent identify theft.
111. Impaneling Grand Juries - to study modifying the procedure for impaneling a grand
jury.
112. In Loco Parentis - to study and examine whether or not a state district court should
extend the doctrine of in loco parentis to grant visitation rights to persons who have not been
married to each other.
113. Involuntary Commitment - to study the impact of changes to the state's involuntary
commitment laws.
114. Justice Court Funds - to study the income and expenditure from justice courts,
including revenue from traffic citations, and compare to citation numbers prior to the justice
court.
115. Marriage Preparation - to study whether to provide a reduction in marriage license
fees for couples who voluntarily undergo marriage education that meets specified criteria (H.B.
252).
116. Materials Harmful to Minors - to study conflicts with rights of free speech, parental
rights, and recommended legislation.
117. Mutual Protective Orders - to study whether to permit courts to issue mutual
protective orders (H.B. 360).

118. Veterans' Nursing Home - to study the establishment of a veterans' nursing home,
including public and private partnerships.
119. Critical Incident Shooting Provisions - to study prohibiting a peace officer from
being interviewed as part of an internal investigation until at least a 24-hour period after the
peace officer's involvement in a critical or fatal incident (1Sub. H.B. 134).
120. Fire Suppression - to study issues related to fire suppression at Camp Williams.
121. Gun Restrictions - to study eliminating the prohibition on carrying a loaded gun in
a vehicle (S.B. 175).
122. Hate Crimes - to study issues related to hate crimes.
123. Human Trafficking - to study issues related to human trafficking of women and
children.
124. Jail Contracting and Jail Reimbursement - to study the core rate adjustment, equity
throughout the state, and recommended legislation.
125. Licensing of Convicted Felons - to study removing barriers to professional
licensing of convicted felons, not in an area of licensing which may be related to the conviction,
who have been released from prison.
126. Penalty Enhancements - to study and review all crimes that have enhanced
penalties to determine whether the penalty is correct or should be increased, and whether there
should be penalty enhancements or whether penalties should be raised instead.
127. Prison Education Surcharges - to study state surcharges for education and training
programs at state prisons (H.B. 234).
128. Report of Death - to study the reporting of deaths at residential facilities and
penalties for failing to report.
129. Sex Offender Treatment - to study issues related to the funding of sex offender
treatment.
130. Street Racing Laws - to study tougher laws and penalties to address the increase in
street racing, and what would deter people from participating.
131. Youth Violence - to study issues related to dating violence among youth.

132. Allocation of Waste Tire Recycling Fee - to study whether to allow retailers to keep
a portion of the waste tire recycling fee.
133. Animal Feeding Responsibilities - to study the responsibility of land owners who
do not allow hunting on their lands to provide year-round feeding for the animals so they do not
eat food intended for livestock on the property of other land owners.
134. Apple Initiative - to study funding of education from income from federal lands
alternative.
135. Athletic Foundation Report - to study having the Utah Athletic Foundation report
yearly to the Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Interim Committee.
136. Branding Law Reciprocity - to study the branding laws of Idaho, Wyoming, Utah,
and other surrounding states, including a comparison of Utah's and Wyoming's branding laws.
137. Division of State History Reorganization - to study the reorganization of the State
Antiquities Section, the archeologist portion of the Division of State History.
138. Irrigation Companies - to study issues related to water rights in irrigation
companies.
139. Local Water Rights - to study water rights held by political subdivisions.
140. Natural Resources Law Enforcement - to study the structure of law enforcement
within the Department of Natural Resources.
141. Oil and Gas Drilling Permit Litigation - to study how to address the hundreds of oil
and gas leases that have been awarded in Utah by the Bureau of Land Management but not issued
due to continuing litigation.
142. Raw Milk - to study issues related to raw milk sales.
143. Standing of Private Water Companies - to study whether private water companies
should have the same standing as cities or special service districts for water fillings, protesting
water rights, and sanitation standards and costs.
144. Uniform Environmental Covenants Act - to study how to address the problem of
vacant, abandoned, and underused sites with various forms of environmental contamination.
145. Water Banking - to study issues related to a water banking program.

146. Water Development - to study Bear River water development in Box Elder County,
including the Washakie Reservoir site.
147. Building Inspection and Removal Requirements - to study ways to ensure better
compliance with asbestos inspection and removal requirements in residential demolition and
reconstruction through local government building permit or other processes.
148. Density Credit for Lands Donation to School Districts - to study whether to prohibit
counties and municipalities from disapproving a subdivision plat for failure to comply with
density requirements if the plat includes land that is being donated to a school district for future
school building construction (H.B. 333).
149. Enforcement and Review of Building Standards - to study permitting building
inspectors to issue citations to enforce the Construction Trades Licensing Act, and review
building standards enforced by the Department of Health and local health departments.
150. Group Homes - to study group homes: location, oversight, the RFP process,
effectiveness, and community participation.
151. Impact of Land Use Restrictions - to study Oregon Ballot Measure 37 (2004):
whether governments must pay owners, or forgo enforcement, when certain land use restrictions
reduce property value.
152. Local Background Checks - to study issues related to background checks in local
government and school districts (H.B. 112).
153. Municipal Water and Electric Utility Earnings - to study how local governments
report earnings from water and electric utilities owned by the local government (H.B. 312).
154. Prescriptive Easements - to study ways to provide notice to property owners of
prescriptive easement claims, recording of prescriptive easements, and fair compensation to a
property owner for an easement (1Sub. H.B. 207).
155. Removing Residential Housing Restrictions - to study whether restrictions on the
use of any property for residential housing, whether imposed by deed or otherwise, should be
removed.
156. Special Districts - to study and continue the rewrite of Title 17A, Special Districts,

to Title 17B, Limited Purpose Local Government Entities.
157. Special Service District Liability - to study the fairness of having special service
districts be liable for legal fees if the final bid price for property is 10-15% below fair market
value (independently appraised value).
158. Water and Land Rights of Cities - to study whether cities should have the right to
chase water and land upstream, especially with water districts in place.
159. Changes in Utility Regulation - to study eliminating the Committee of Consumer
Services, folding Division of Public Utilities staff into the Public Service Commission, creating
the Office of Ratepayer Advocate, and allowing intervenor reimbursement in rate cases (H.B.
320).
160. Energy Administration Changes - to study the phase-out of the Utah Energy Office
(2Sub. S.B.199), how its former responsibilities and funds are being managed and allocated,
how the Petroleum Violations Escrow funds will be used, and review of a report from the
Governor's Office, to be received by April 1, 2005, containing a detailed, written implementation
report.
161. Energy Efficiency - to study policies that promote energy economy and efficiency.
162. Energy Issues - to study energy-related issues, including current state energy policy,
utility affiliate relationships, transmission line access, and power line locations.
163. Energy Supplies - to study energy supplies, reliability, and transmission line
policies.
164. Impact of Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP) - to study the impact of VOIP on
telephone regulation by states, whether Utah classifies it as a telecommunication service subject
to state regulation or as an information service not subject to state regulation, how the FCC and
the federal courts treat the issue, what is needed to protect the public safety and health and to
guard against consumer fraud, determine Public Service Commission regulatory authority in light
of new federal laws, decisions, and technology.
165. Medical Technology - to study issues related to medical technology.
166. Municipal Utility Rates - to study the disclosure and enforcement of municipal

utility rates.
167. Technology Efficiency - to study and review technology efficiency within
nonexecutive areas of state government.
168. Utility Deregulation - to study the deregulation of utilities in Utah.
169. Administration of Personal Property Taxes - to study the administration,
assessment, and collection of property taxes on personal property, including a review of
minimum taxes for small businesses, exemption of supplies, filing requirements, forms, and
other aspects of administration.
170. Charitable Contributions on Income Tax Returns - to study the proliferation of
income tax return checkoffs and whether tax return design requirements impact checkoff
contributions.
171. Comprehensive Tuition Tax Credits Study - to study tuition tax credits with
objective measurement of certain criteria and an analysis of what other states have done and what
could be done in Utah.
172. Disposition of Tourism, Recreation, Cultural, and Convention Facilities Tax - to
study limiting the expenditure of revenues generated by the tourism, recreation, cultural, and
convention facilities tax relating to facilities that are predominantly used by tourists (S.B. 137).
173. Enterprise Zones Tax Credit - to study issues related to eligibility criteria for an
enterprise zone tax credit.
174. Equipment Tax Exemption - to study a sales and use tax exemption for material
handling equipment.
175. Fiscal Impact of Illegal Aliens - to study the fiscal impact of illegal aliens on state
taxes and expenditures.
176. Individual Income Tax Contributions - to study the current contributions that are
available under the individual income tax.
177. Parking Plates Linked to Disabled Tax Exemption - to study the feasibility of
linking eligibility for income tax deductions for the disabled with disabled parking license plates.
178. Past Due Property Taxes - to study and review the interest and penalties on past due

property taxes.
179. Property Tax Burden on Seniors - to study whether to amend the Utah Constitution
to authorize the Legislature to adjust property tax laws so that the property taxes paid by seniors
do not become overly burdensome.
180. Property Tax on Propane Tanks - to study personal property taxes on propane tanks
and why some counties provide exemptions from personal property taxes and others do not.
181. Sales and Use Tax Exemption - to study manufacturer's sales and use tax
exemption relating to materials used in production.
182. Tax Collections - to study how assessing and collecting taxes on personal property
is administered.
183. Tax Credits - to study issues related to earned income tax credits.
184. Taxing Practices of Special Districts for Water - to study the taxing practices of
special districts related to the purchase of water.
185. Insurance and Retirement for Firemen - to study insurance and retirement for
firemen from fire insurance premiums.
186. Retirement Consolidation - to study consolidation of retirement systems.
187. Retirement System Fund Operation - to study whether the Legislature should
require by statute that the Utah Retirement System Fund establish and operate a program through
which a portion of the fund is managed by locally domiciled asset management companies.
188. Actual Costs of Roads - to study the real costs of building and maintaining roads
(Interstate, county, etc.), including not only out-of-pocket expenses but also overhead costs per
mile for different types of roads in the state.
189. Child Safety Seat Education - to study how to provide safety information to
purchasers of child safety seats, and how the effort can be funded.
190. Driver License Qualifications - to study repealing the use of a temporary
identification number issued by the IRS for purposes of obtaining a driver license or
identification card issued by the Driver License Division, and whether a driver license or
identification card obtained using a temporary identification number should not be renewed or

extended (H.B. 330).
191. Emissions Testing - to study whether vehicles with less than 60,000 miles should
be required to have an emissions test.
192. Grant Tower Railroad Reconfiguration - to study the reconfiguration of the Grant
Tower Railroad curves and how it will be financed (S.J.R. 12).
193. High Occupancy Vehicle Lanes - to study restrictions on high occupancy vehicle
lanes (H.B. 367, as amended).
194. Masking Convictions from Driving Records - to study what statutory changes, if
any, are needed to comply with federal regulatory requirements that prohibit the state from
masking or deferring a driver's conviction for a violation from appearing on the driving record of
anyone holding a commercial driver's license.
195. Nondriving Alcohol Offense On Driving Record - to study whether a nondriving
alcohol offense should be allowed to stay on a person's record, for auto insurance purposes, after
the delay period.
196. Traffic Enforcement - to study provisions relating to license plates requirements,
traffic enforcement systems, and photo radar (H.B. 219).
197. Transportation Funding Strategies - to study innovative transportation financing
strategies, including how to leverage and expand the public resources by encouraging private
investment in transportation solutions, how to create innovative financial structuring that creates
nontraditional funding sources rather than relying on state and federal gas tax revenues, and how
to accelerate transportation projects, reduce costs, and reduce risk to the state and to the
Department of Transportation.
198. Covered-At-Work Program - to study raising the premium subsidy for the
Covered-At-Work Program and directing the Department of Health to seek an amendment to the
state's Primary Care Network waiver granted by the federal government (1Sub. H.B. 304).
199. Funds Transfer to Industrial Assistance - to study requiring the Division of Finance
to transfer from the General Fund to the Industrial Assistance Fund each fiscal year sufficient
money to offset earned credits (1Sub. S.B. 234).

200. Immigrant Services Corporations - to study issues related to specialized immigrant
services corporations (H.B. 130).
201. Motion Picture Incentives - to study motion picture incentive funding issues.
202. Native American Economic Development - to study economic development
opportunities for Native American communities.
203. Small Business Investment Fund - to study how the Southeastern Utah Small
Business Investment Fund can facilitate the establishment of small businesses for TANF-eligible
or low-income individuals from Southeastern Utah.
204. Unemployment Insurance - to study providing an unemployment insurance wage
option.
205. Constitutional Questions Regarding Property Taxes - to study constitutional
questions raised by H.B. 193, Property Tax Changes, 2005 General Session, regarding nonprofit
entities.
206. Ranked Choice Voting - to study the use of ranked choice voting for the Senate and
House.
207. Services for Legislators - to study constituent services for legislators.
208. Staff for Legislators - to study providing legislative staff for individual legislators.
209. Aerospace Technology - to study new technology developments in the aerospace
industry including related state development and training policies.
210. Biotechnology - to study the development of biotechnology, related training
programs, and BioSTAR technology research.
211. Information Technology Governance - to study and review the Chief Information
Officer's plan for implementation and other statutorily required progress reports and budgets
necessary to meet the statutory deadline of July 1, 2006, and review all aspects of the transition
and the resulting new department regarding funding, personnel, rates, and programs (H.B. 109).
212. Nanotechnology - to study the development of nanotechnology in Utah.
213. Utility and Trade Regulatory Authority - to study state regulatory authority
regarding the Utilities and General Agreements in Trades and Services Treaty being negotiated

by the United States Trade Representative to the World Trade Organization (H.J.R. 15).
214. WPU Formula Related to Special Education - to study adjusting the WPU formula
in relation to funding for special education.
215. Revision to Penalty for Late Tax Payment - to study and examine whether Utah's
2% penalty for late property taxes should be altered to discourage delinquent payments.
216. Technology Supporting Involvement in Education - to study the use of technology
to support community and family involvement in education.
217. Repeal of Exemption from Nonresident Tuition - to study the repeal of the
provision that, if allowed under federal law, a student, other than a nonimmigrant alien, shall be
exempt from the nonresident portion of total tuition if the student attended high school in this
state for three or more years and graduated from a high school or received its equivalent in this
state (H.B. 239).
218. Land Use Impacts - to study the land use impacts related to Camp Williams.
219. Election Options - to study the use of ranked-choice voting for state executive
offices and full representation voting for the Utah Senate and the Utah House of Representatives.
220. Mortgage Fraud - to study mortgage fraud and identity theft related to mortgage
fraud.
221. Teaching by Registered Sex Offenders - to study higher education teaching by
registered sex offenders.
222. Electrical Qualifying Facility - to study applying for sales tax exemption for
electrical power plant equipment for electrical qualifying facilities under federal law.
223. Guardian Ad Litem Operations - to study the full operations of the Guardian Ad
Litem's Office and potential statutory changes.
224. Promotion of gaming on high school sports by newspapers publishing odds on ball
games and playoffs.
225. Effects of minority reports on legislation.