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SENATE JUDICIARY, LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE
STANDING COMMITTEE
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2006
Members Present: Sen. D. Chris Buttars, Chair
Sen. Gregory Bell, Vice-Chair
Sen. Patrice Arent
Sen. Allen Christensen Sen. Mike Dmitrich
Sen. Mark Madsen
Sen. L. Alma Mansell
Sen. David L. Thomas
Members Excused: Sen. Lyle Hillyard
Staff Present: Jerry Howe, Policy Analyst
Bonnie Brinton, Committee Secretary
Public Speakers Present: Rep. D. Hogue
A list of visitors and a copy of handouts are filed with the committee minutes.
Committee Chair Buttars called the meeting to order at 8:00 a.m.
1. H.B. 249 Juvenile Court Judge (D. Hogue)
Rep. Hogue presented the bill.
MOTION: Sen. Arent moved to pass H.B. 249 out of committee with a favorable recommendation. The motion passed unanimously with Sens. Bell, Dmitrich, and Thomas absent for the vote.
MOTION: Sen. Arent moved to approve the minutes of the meeting held February 17, 2006. The motion passed unanimously with Sens. Bell, Dmitrich, and Thomas absent for the vote.
2. 1st Sub. S.B. 24 Weapons Amendments (M. Madsen)
MOTION: Sen. Mansell moved to lift 1st Sub. S.B. 24, Weapons Amendments, from the table. The motion passed unanimously.
MOTION: Sen. Madsen moved to delete in title and body 1st Sub. S.B. 24 and adopt 3rd Sub. S.B. 24. The motion passed unanimously.
MOTION: Sen. Madsen moved the following amendments:
1. Page 1, Lines 9 through 10 :
9 This bill modifies provisions of the Utah Criminal Code
{
dealing with the
possession
10 and carrying of weapons } .
2. Page 5, Lines 143 through 146 :
143 (b) a person without a valid concealed firearm permit who carries a concealed
144 dangerous weapon which is a firearm
in a place other than the person's residence or
real property
and
{
that
}
which
contains no ammunition,
{
in a place
other than
145 the person's residence or property, } is guilty of a class B misdemeanor, but if the firearm
146 contains ammunition the person is guilty of a class A misdemeanor.
3. Page 6, Lines 162 through 164 :
162 (1) at [
163 camp[
164 (2) on the person's
real
property.
The motion passed unanimously.
Sen. Dmitrich complemented Sen. Madsen for the 3rd Sub. S.B. 24.
MOTION: Sen. Thomas moved to pass 3rd Sub. S.B. 24, Weapons Amendments, as amended, out of committee with a favorable recommendation with the following intent language:
The Legislature recognizes that 3rd Sub. S.B. 24, Weapons Amendments,
is an amendment to the State's Criminal Code. Therefore, this bill does
nothing to affect the existing civil relationship between private property
owners and individuals, vis a vis a property owner's right to ban an individual
from entering upon the owner's private property. Furthermore, the bill does
nothing to limit or expand civil or criminal remedies -- including, but not limited
to, breach of contract or trespass -- that a property owner might presently invoke
against an individual under current statute and jurisprudence, who enters upon
on a property owner's property in possession of a firearm, whether loaded or
unloaded, when it is forbidden by the property owner.
MOTION: The motion passed unanimously.
MOTION: Sen. Madsen moved to adjourn the meeting.
Committee Chair Buttars adjourned the meeting at 8:45 a.m.
Minutes recorded by Bonnie Brinton, Committee Secretary