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STANDING COMMITTEE
Room 135, West Office Building, State Capitol Complex
January 23, 2007
Rep. Bradley M. Daw, Vice-Chair Rep. Tim M. Cosgrove
Rep. Ben C. Ferry
Rep. Julie Fisher
Rep. Lynn N. Hemingway
Rep. Christopher N. Herrod
Rep. Kory M. Holdaway
Rep. Brad King
Rep. Ronda R. Menlove
Rep. Karen W. Morgan
Rep. Paul Neuenschwander
Rep. Gordon E. Snow
Rep. Mark W. Walker
MEMBERS ABSENT: Rep. Steven D. Clark
STAFF PRESENT: Mark Steinagel, Policy Analyst
Linda Error, Committee Secretary
Note: A list of visitors and a copy of handouts are filed with the committee minutes .
Rep. Kiser called to the meeting to order at 2:05 p.m.
H.B. 52 Driver License Fee Amendments (Rep. B. Daw)
Rep. Daw reintroduced the bill to the committee.
MOTION: Rep. Herrod moved to pass the bill out favorably. The motion passed, with Rep. Cosgrove and Rep. Hemingway voting in opposition. Rep. Ferry, Rep. Menlove, Rep. Morgan, Rep. Snow, and Rep Walker were absent for the vote.
S.B. 6 Uninsured Motorist Identification Database Program Amendments (Sen. C. Walker)
Sen. Walker introduced the bill to the committee with the assistance of Darcy Dixon Pignanelli, Utah State Tax Commission.
MOTION: Rep. Fisher moved to pass the bill out favorably. The motion passed unanimously, with Rep. Menlove, Rep. Morgan, and Rep Snow absent for the vote.
MOTION: Rep. Daw moved that S.B. 6 be placed in the Consent Calendar. The motion passed unanimously, with Rep. Menlove, Rep. Morgan, and Rep Snow absent for the vote.
S.B. 19 Commercial Driver License Amendments (Sen. C. Walker)
Sen. Walker introduced the bill to the committee with the assistance of Kim Gibb, Drivers License Division.
MOTION: Rep. Holdaway moved to pass the bill out favorably. The motion passed unanimously, with Rep. Menlove, Rep. Morgan, and Rep. Snow absent for the vote.
S.B. 20 State Highway Amendments (Sen. C. Walker)
Sen Walker introduced the bill to the committee with the assistance of Linda Toy Hull, Utah Department of Transportation.
MOTION: Rep. Fisher moved to pass the bill out favorably. The motion passed, with Rep. Morgan absent for the vote.
MOTION: Rep. King moved to approved the minutes of the January 19, 2007 meeting. The motion passed unanimously, with Rep. Morgan absent for the vote.
H.B. 217 Cell Phone Restriction for Teen Drivers (Rep. K. Holdaway)
Rep. Holdaway introduced the bill to the committee.
MOTION: Rep. Ferry moved to amend the bill as follows:
1. Page 1, Line 20: Delete "and" and insert
". provides that enforcement for the wireless telephone prohibition shall be only as a secondary action; and"
2. Page 2, Line 51: After line 51 insert:
"(5) Enforcement of this section by a state or local law enforcement officer shall be only as a secondary action when the vehicle has been detained for a suspected violation by any person in the vehicle of Title 41, Motor Vehicles, other than this section, or for another offense."
The motion to amend passed, with Rep. Cosgrove, Rep. Holdaway, Rep. King, and Rep. Morgan voting in opposition.
Spoke for the bill: Rolayne Fairclough, AAA Utah
Debbi Tabor, Utah PTA
Gary Thorup, Property and Casualty Insurers of America
Steve Rapich, Captain, Utah Highway Patrol
Spoke against the bill: LeGrand Bitter, Utah Association of Special Districts
Dillon Ereckson, self
MOTION: Rep. Daw moved to amend the bill as follows:
Page 2, Line 45: After activity, insert "(d) or when required by an employer for employment related communications."
SUBSTITUTE
MOTION: Rep. Morgan moved to pass the bill out favorably as amended. The motion passed, with Rep. Daw, Rep. Fisher, Rep. Herrod, Rep. Kiser, and Rep. Walker voting in opposition.
MOTION: Rep. Menlove moved to adjourn the meeting. The motion passed unanimously.
Rep. Kiser adjourned the meeting at 3:20 p.m.
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Rep. Todd E. Kiser