H.J.R. 21

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MASTER STUDY RESOLUTION
2 2009 GENERAL SESSION
3 STATE OF UTAH
4 Chief Sponsor: Kevin S. Garn
5 Senate Sponsor: Sheldon L. Killpack
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7 LONG TITLE
8 General Description:
9 This joint resolution of the Legislature gives the Legislative Management Committee
10 items of study it may assign to the appropriate interim committee.
11 Highlighted Provisions:
12 This resolution:
13 . gives the Legislative Management Committee items of study it may assign to the
14 appropriate interim committee during the 2009 legislative interim;
15 . directs interim committees assigned these studies to study and make
16 recommendations for legislative action to the 58th Legislature before the 2010
17 Annual General Session; and
18 . suggests that the Legislative Management Committee, in approving studies, give
19 consideration to the available time of legislators and the budget and capacity of staff
20 to respond.
21 Special Clauses:
22 None
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24 Be it resolved by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
25 WHEREAS, the Legislative Management Committee is created by law as a permanent
26 committee to receive and assign matters for the interim study of the Legislature; and
27 WHEREAS, the 58th Legislature has determined that certain legislative issues require

28 additional investigation and study:
29 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislative Management Committee
30 is given the following items of study to assign to the appropriate interim committee with the
31 duty to study and make recommendations for legislative action to the 58th Legislature before
32 the 2010 Annual General Session.
33 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Legislative Management Committee, in
34 making study assignments from this list and in approving study requests for individual
35 committees, give consideration to the available time of legislators and the budget and capacity
36 of staff to respond adequately to the number and complexity of the assignments given.
37 1. Anesthesiologist Assistants - to study the licensing of anesthesiologist assistants and
38 applicable expungement laws.
39 2. Consortium - to study the loss of consortium.
40 3. Construction Trades Licensing - to study whether to require contractors and
41 subcontractors to hold construction funds in trust (H.B. 318).
42 4. Discrimination in Employment - to study whether to prohibit military service as a
43 basis for discrimination in employment (S.B. 194).
44 5. DOPL Review - to study and review the responsibilities of the Division of
45 Occupational and Professional Licensing and its efficiency.
46 6. Elevator Services Licensing - to study the licensing of elevator contractors,
47 mechanics, and inspectors (H.B. 369).
48 7. Foreclosure Consultants Fraud - to study laws and rules governing foreclosure
49 consultants and equity purchasers to ensure appropriate protections are in place, which may
50 include requirements related to contracting and prohibiting certain wrongful acts.
51 8. Foreclosure Impact - to study the effect of foreclosure on renters.
52 9. Hospital Lien Law - to study whether to prohibit hospitals from filing liens under
53 certain circumstances (H.B. 135).
54 10. Hours Restrictions - to study hours restrictions in the Alcoholic Beverage Control
55 Act (S.B. 168).
56 11. HVAC Licensing - to study the licensing of heating, venting, and air conditioning
57 (HVAC) technicians (H.B. 117 and 1st Sub. H.B. 117).
58 12. Insurance Costs for Chemotherapy - to study whether to prohibit an insurer from

59 requiring a cancer patient to pay more for chemotherapy treatment that is administered orally
60 rather than intravenously (S.B. 217).
61 13. Interest on Escrow - to study whether to require mortgage holders to pay interest
62 on escrow collected to mortgage accounts.
63 14. Landlord Disclosure - to study whether to require that a landlord provide annual
64 notice to a tenant of any amount that may be owed by the tenant (S.B. 267).
65 15. Licensure Exemptions - to study the removal of an exemption allowing a
66 professional engineer to practice architecture and an exemption allowing an architect to
67 practice engineering or structural engineering (H.B. 99).
68 16. Passenger Carriers - to study state law and regulation governing contract passenger
69 carriers.
70 17. Reinsurance Risk Pool - to study the establishment of a reinsurance risk pool for
71 the small employer group health insurance and defined contribution arrangement market (H.B.
72 454).
73 18. Reserve Studies - to study the need for reserve studies and minimum amounts for
74 condominiums and planned unit developments.
75 19. Resolving Residential Construction Defects - to study mediation processes that
76 other states require or strongly recommend for resolving residential construction disputes.
77 20. Seismic Evaluation Requirements - to study a requirement that a seismic
78 evaluation for a condominium conversion must be performed by a licensed professional
79 structural engineer (H.B. 416).
80 21. Sole Proprietors in Small Group Market - to study the impact on the small group
81 market if it included sole proprietors, and the impact on sole proprietors.
82 22. Uniform Law Changes - to study adopting changes to Uniform Commercial Code
83 Articles 3, 3a, and 4.
84 23. Worker Access to Job-based Health Insurance - to study how many, and what type,
85 of employers do and do not offer health benefits to their employees, and what percentage of
86 employees do not take advantage of employers' benefits and why.
87 24. Achievement Results - to study and compare achievement results between Utah
88 and other states.
89 25. Class Size - to study class size reduction strategies.

90 26. Condition for Receiving School Building Equalization Funds - to study a
91 requirement that school districts receiving school building equalization funds under Salt Lake
92 County's law must utilize existing buildings year round to qualify to receive the funds.
93 27. Driver's Education - to study the funding of driver's education.
94 28. Education Plan - to study and review a long-term plan for education.
95 29. Education Reports - to study and review the reports required by statute and the
96 State Office of Education, including reports that local school districts must prepare.
97 30. Educational Resources in the Public Domain - to study how curriculum materials
98 and other learning resources created with state funds may be placed in the public domain.
99 31. Educator Self-Reporting - to study whether to require educators to self-report
100 certain arrests to the State Office of Education.
101 32. Engineering Programs - to study ways to accelerate the number of engineers
102 trained in the state.
103 33. Extracurricular Activities Eligibility - to study and review private and home school
104 students' eligibility to participate in extracurricular activities (S.B. 61).
105 34. Funding Education - to study equity in education funding.
106 35. Funding Local Schools - to study and make recommendations regarding alternative
107 ways to provide funding to local schools, including studying efficiencies, whether to increase
108 local control of education resources, and whether to implement a local funding pilot project for
109 a school district (S.B. 109).
110 36. Health Education - to study requirements for health education in schools (H.B.
111 189).
112 37. Property Tax Equalization for Education Needs - to study accountability in
113 property tax equalization, including a review of the Capital Outlay Foundation Program for
114 meeting school building needs.
115 38. Public Education Governance - to study and clearly define the functions and roles
116 of the Utah State Office of Education, local school boards, and school districts to find ways to
117 strengthen local control of public education.
118 39. Renewable Energy in Schools - to study the funding of renewable energy systems,
119 including solar, geothermal, and wind for school buildings.
120 40. School Buses - to study a proposal for school bus fleet conversion.

121 41. School Community Councils - to study the structure and effectiveness of school
122 community councils.
123 42. School District Division - to study voting procedures and the allocation of school
124 district property following the creation of a new school district, and the effective date of the
125 new school district (H.B. 186).
126 43. School Employee Termination - to study modifications to the "Utah Orderly
127 School Termination Procedures Act," including certain time and notice provisions (1st Sub.
128 H.B. 260).
129 44. School of Veterinary Medicine Partnership - to study whether to establish a school
130 of veterinary medicine at Utah State University, in partnership with an established school, with
131 Utah State University providing the first two years and the partnering school providing the
132 clinicals.
133 45. Teacher Performance Pay - to study whether to add a performance component to
134 the formula used to determine teacher pay.
135 46. Campaign Finance Reports - to study what statutory steps would discourage
136 amendments to campaign finance reports, which do not provide transparency for the public.
137 47. Candidate Eligibility - to study the effect of making election candidates ineligible
138 to run if they miss filing one financial disclosure report.
139 48. Consolidating State Functions - to study ways to consolidate various state agencies
140 and functions.
141 49. Daylight Savings - to study the need for Daylight Savings Time.
142 50. Election Laws - to study changes to election laws, including providing a single
143 ballot on election day for all election races.
144 51. Eligibility for Legislative Office - to study ways to clarify eligibility to fill a
145 mid-term vacancy in the Legislature.
146 52. For and Against Votes for Referendum - to study whether greater clarity can be
147 achieved (UCA Section 20A-7-309 of S.B. 27).
148 53. GRAMA Issues - to study a balancing test for the release of records and other
149 GRAMA issues (H.B. 122).
150 54. Post Office Box Addresses - to study whether to include post office box numbers
151 on all state forms.

152 55. Presidential Vote - to study a compact agreement with other states to elect the
153 President of the United States by the nation's popular vote (H.B. 406).
154 56. Quality Improvement Program - to study the Malcolm Baldridge National Quality
155 Improvement Program for possible implementation by the state.
156 57. Redistricting Commission - to study the establishment of a Bipartisan
157 Redistricting Commission (H.B. 172).
158 58. Returned Mail - to study the policies of state agencies regarding returned mail.
159 59. State Vehicle Fleet - to study the reduction of the state's vehicle fleet and the cost
160 savings in capital and operating costs.
161 60. Unfunded Federal Mandates - to study the 1995 House Joint Resolution on federal
162 government mandates and its effect on the number of unfunded mandates received by the state
163 since its adoption (H.J.R. 3, 1995 General Session).
164 61. Abusive Work Environment Prohibition - to study the development of a Health
165 Care Provider Abusive Environment Prohibition Act (H.B. 224).
166 62. Adoption - to study adoption code definitions and needed changes.
167 63. Ambulance Issues - to study intermodal facility transport and licensing (2nd Sub.
168 H.B. 273).
169 64. Assertive Community Mental Health Treatment Program - to study the
170 establishment of an assertive mental health treatment pilot program for people with a severe
171 mental disorder who are not receiving or are transitioning out of other mental health services,
172 and for their families (H.B. 101).
173 65. Changing Medical Services Responsibilities - to study whether to move the
174 Medical Examiner's Office and the Bureau of Emergency Medical Services from the
175 Department of Health to the Department of Public Safety (H.B. 395).
176 66. CHIP Enrollment - to study disenrollment in the state's CHIP program.
177 67. Consumer Health Care Affordability - to study what percentage of a family's or
178 individual's gross annual income can reasonably be expected to go towards health insurance
179 and health care, and at what level of income subsidies are needed.
180 68. Digital Health Communities - to study whether to authorize at least one area of the
181 state to develop a digital health community pilot project to implement the use of digital health
182 records and other technology-based health care exchanges to promote effective health care,

183 increase patient safety, eliminate errors, and reduce health care costs.
184 69. Health Disparities - to study how to address health disparity issues through policy
185 (S.B. 55).
186 70. Health Policy Options - to study changing health policies in Utah.
187 71. Health Reform Impacts - to study how changes in federal health policy dovetail or
188 impact health care reform efforts in Utah.
189 72. Hospital Admissions Related to Drug Overdose - to study the best way to report
190 and track hospital admissions for drug overdose.
191 73. Hospital Emergency Services - to study incentives to decrease the inappropriate
192 use of emergency rooms and other issues related to the cost and quality of emergency services
193 use (S.B. 119).
194 74. Insurance for Autism - to study whether the state should contract with an insurance
195 company to provide an autism policy, available for purchase before a child is born, to pay the
196 costs of treatment if the child has an autism spectrum disorder.
197 75. Medicaid Asset Test - to study the elimination of the Medicaid asset test (H.J.R.
198 22).
199 76. Meningitis Prevention - to study ways to prevent bacterial meningitis in the state.
200 77. Prescription Drug Disposal - to study ways to expand current efforts to properly
201 dispose of unused over-the-counter and prescription drugs and how to facilitate, as a method of
202 disposal, a reverse distribution process pharmacists use for returning drugs to manufacturers.
203 78. Relationships Between Surgical Centers and Health Insurers - to study
204 reimbursement levels and contracting relationships between ambulatory surgical centers and
205 health insurers in the state.
206 79. Substance Abuse - to study strategies to address the prevention of substance abuse.
207 80. Use of Tobacco Monies - to study and review the use of tobacco monies from the
208 1998 Master Settlement Agreement and the 1997 and 2002 cigarette tax increases for tobacco
209 prevention, reduction, cessation, and control, and review program outcomes, funding and
210 evaluation processes, and the adequacy of statutory requirements.
211 81. Address Verification - to study the verification of addresses of residence submitted
212 by a sex offender for the sex offender registry.
213 82. Alimony - to study the size of alimony awards, rehabilitation issues, cohabitation

214 as a method to terminate, and whether the length of time alimony is paid should be limited.
215 83. Alimony Incentives - to study whether alimony should have an incentive for the
216 receiving spouse to begin working, and how to define cohabitation that ends alimony.
217 84. Concealed Firearm Permits - to study fees to obtain a concealed firearm permit,
218 including resident and nonresident fees and renewal, replacement, and late fees, and whether
219 fee monies collected in excess of the amount necessary to cover the cost of issuing concealed
220 firearm permits should be forwarded to the Department of Public Safety (S.B. 227).
221 85. Court Fees - to study imposing a court fee for the filing of answers in civil suits.
222 86. Criminal Charge Reductions - to study whether to require that a prosecuting
223 attorney obtain a defendant's consent before reducing a misdemeanor charge to an infraction
224 (H.J.R. 27).
225 87. Debt Collection - to study the statute of limitations for writing bad checks, and the
226 Family Expense statute interpretation in N.A.R., Inc. v. Destani (CA 2006).
227 88. Divorce Filing Fee Waiver - to study whether to waive the divorce filing fee for
228 victims of domestic violence.
229 89. Eminent Domain - to study whether litigation expenses should be awarded in
230 condemnation actions where the final award exceeds the written offer by 5% (H.B. 414).
231 90. Exceptions to Adoption Prohibitions - to study whether to allow adoption by a
232 person cohabitating in a relationship that is not a legally valid and binding marriage if the
233 parent or parents of the child give consent or if the child is in the legal custody of the Division
234 of Child and Family Services (H.B. 288).
235 91. Fees for Filings - to study court filing fees for certain motions.
236 92. Fire Liability - to study making a railroad owner, operator, and lessor jointly and
237 severally liable and strictly liable for certain fires and establishing evidence standards and
238 penalties for an abandoned campfire (S.B. 80).
239 93. Juvenile Access to Counsel - to study whether to require that a lawyer be
240 appointed to represent the child in all formal delinquency proceedings.
241 94. Parental Rights in Adoptions - to study when it is appropriate to allow an adoption
242 to proceed without terminating the existing parental rights, like when a grandparent is adopting.
243 95. Surveillance Devices - to study whether permits should be necessary to purchase
244 electronic devices that could be used for illegal surveillance.

245 96. Tolling Statutes - to study tolling of statute of limitations Sections 78B-2-104 and
246 78B-3-205.
247 97. Trespass - to study and comprehensively review Utah's trespass laws.
248 98. Workplace Drug Testing - to study and review current law regarding drug testing
249 in the workplace.
250 99. Wrongful Death - to study the definition of "wrongful death designee" and
251 whether to provide minor children with priority over other heirs in the event of a wrongful
252 death settlement (S.B. 32).
253 100. Ambulance Service and 9-1-1 - to study 9-1-1 and an interfacility ambulance
254 service.
255 101. Compensation for Meth Lab Investigations - to study whether to provide
256 compensation in cases where police officers die as a result of meth lab investigations.
257 102. Controlled Substances - to study whether to add salvia divinorum to the statutory
258 list of controlled substances and designate it as a Schedule I controlled substance (H.B. 277).
259 103. Funding for Tattoo Removal - to study whether to fund tattoo removal for
260 ex-convicts.
261 104. Illegal Prescription Drug Use - to study illegal possession of prescription drugs,
262 including drugs obtained by mail or the Internet without a valid prescription.
263 105. Inmate Health Coverage - to study whether to require insurance companies to pay
264 the health care cost of inmates covered by their policies.
265 106. Interagency Coordination on Gang Activity - to study interagency coordination,
266 including local, state, and federal governments, and school and community-based
267 organizations, in addressing prevention, intervention, and suppression of gang-related activity.
268 107. Moving Violation Liability - to study left-hand turn liability related to moving
269 traffic violations (H.B. 73).
270 108. Novelty Cigarette Lighter Sales - to study and review model legislation banning
271 the sale of novelty cigarette lighters.
272 109. Origin of 9-1-1 Calls - to study and address how emergency personnel cannot
273 determine the origin of 9-1-1 calls from office buildings with PBX systems.
274 110. Smoking in Vehicles - to study a ban on smoking in vehicles when children are in
275 the vehicle (H.B. 284).

276 111. Temporary License Plate Information - to study ways to make temporary permit
277 license plate information more accessible to law enforcement (H.B. 359).
278 112. Agency and Board Changes in Department of Environmental Quality - to study
279 whether to add two members to the Air Quality Board and update the Utah Code chapters the
280 Division of Environmental Response and Remediation is responsible to administer (H.B. 434).
281 113. Agricultural Services Area - to study the need for an agricultural services area
282 parallel to a municipal services area in counties.
283 114. Approving Water Rights Form - to study whether to adopt the water rights
284 addendum to land deeds and the water rights addendum to water rights deeds (H.J.R. 24).
285 115. Coal Mining and Reclamation Fees - to study whether to authorize the Board of
286 Oil, Gas, and Mining and the Division of Oil, Gas, and Mining to adopt and assess application
287 and annual permit fees and limit the application fee amount to the division's costs (S.B. 44).
288 116. Fire Funding - to study wildland fire funding methodologies.
289 117. Funding Fires with Premiums - to study whether to use the insurance premium
290 tax to fund fires.
291 118. Impact of Oil Gas Lease Cancellations - to study the cost to the state of the
292 cancellation of 77 oil and gas leases by the Secretary of the Interior.
293 119. Improving Water Availability and Land Condition - to study the distribution of
294 Bison and Elk permits to grazing associations for sale, with the proceeds used to improve water
295 availability and land condition on the association's permitted federal lands.
296 120. Keystone Species Recognition - to study and consider naming Groundhog Day
297 "Prairie Dog Day" in recognition, and for protection, of a keystone species.
298 121. Livestock Practices Board - to study whether a Livestock Practices Board should
299 be created to review husbandry practices and mistreatment complaints, and whether a
300 certification program should be established to verify the proper treatment of livestock.
301 122. Private and Public Fish Hatcheries - to study fish hatcheries, both private and
302 state owned, including the effect of state-owned hatcheries on private hatcheries, markets
303 available to private hatcheries in the state system, and other markets.
304 123. Recycling - to study glass recycling in the state.
305 124. Scarce Water Priorities - to study whether there should be a preference for people
306 before crops or other water uses in times of scarcity.

307 125. SITLA Fire Funding - to study fire funding by the School and Institutional Trust
308 Lands Administration.
309 126. Small Boat Fee Exemptions - to study whether the state should exempt boats up
310 to eight feet from registration and from a uniform fee in lieu of a property tax.
311 127. Snake Valley Water Issues - to study the export of water from the Snake Valley
312 on the Nevada side of the state line to Las Vegas, including water mining and other issues.
313 128. Use of Public Waters - to study public access to specified public waters for
314 certain recreational activities (S.B. 187).
315 129. Water Rights Accountability - to study ways to bring more accountability to
316 water rights determinations by adjudication and decisions of the state engineer.
317 130. Water Rights Addendum - to study water rights addendum to the deed in transfers
318 of real estate involving water rights.
319 131. Water Rights Addendum to Deeds - to study whether to require that a person
320 recording a deed conveying title to land include information on the grantor's water rights, and
321 to require the person recording a deed conveying title to water rights to include information on
322 the grantor's water rights (H.B. 366).
323 132. Water Rights Transfer - to study the transfer of water rights from basins which
324 are over-appropriated to basins which are under-appropriated.
325 133. Wildlife Damage Mitigation - to study the duties and make-up of the Wildlife
326 Board, the damage to fences by wildlife, the numbers of Elk and Bison in comparison to the
327 number being counted by the Division of Wildlife Resources, mitigation for Bison damage,
328 grazing permits, and other Bison and Elk issues.
329 134. Carbon Credits for Sequestration - to study ways for municipalities to receive
330 carbon credits for sequestration of waste stream materials (S.B. 223).
331 135. Federal Money to Local Jurisdictions - to study how the federal PILT money
332 should be divided within jurisdictions in a county.
333 136. Impact Fees - to study impact fees on building development by cities, towns, and
334 counties.
335 137. Inter-County Competition - to study local government extra-territorial service and
336 competition (H.B. 374).
337 138. Local Districts Property Tax Levy Authority - to study the current policy

338 authorizing local districts with appointed boards to levy property taxes as part of the revenue
339 for the operation of the district to determine whether any modification in taxing authorization is
340 needed.
341 139. Municipal Service Tax Issues - to study whether it is constitutional for a
342 governing board to impose a tax on a district in which it does not reside.
343 140. Definition of Renewable Energy Source - to study changing the definition of
344 "renewable energy source" to include certain energy derived from methane gas (H.B. 420).
345 141. Fuel Infrastructure - to study issues related to NGV fueling infrastructure.
346 142. Nuclear Power Corporation Compliance - to study requirements that a nuclear
347 power corporation must meet before constructing or operating a nuclear power plant (S.B. 42,
348 H.B. 440).
349 143. Renewable Energy from Trust Lands - to study ways to encourage school trust
350 lands to generate revenue for public education through development of renewable energy
351 systems, solar, geothermal, and wind on school trust lands, where viable.
352 144. Universal Service Fund Contributions - to study broad base equalization of
353 telecommunications contributing to the Universal Service Fund.
354 145. Caffeine Taxation and Policy - to study a tax on products containing caffeine,
355 which is responsible for a number of serious disorders and diseases.
356 146. Charitable Organizations - to study whether the definition of "Charitable
357 Organization" should be changed, for purposes of receiving a property tax exemption, to
358 include a HUD investor or organization.
359 147. Delinquent Tax Penalties - to study interest rates and penalties imposed on
360 delinquent property taxes.
361 148. Dual Rate Return - to study whether to add a dual rate option to the state tax
362 return.
363 149. Earned Income Tax Credit - to study whether to enact a refundable earned
364 income tax credit (H.B. 133).
365 150. Escaped Property Taxes and Errors - to study whether the state should equalize
366 the treatment of escaped property taxes and errors.
367 151. Greenbelt Rollback - to study whether rollback taxes should be imposed when
368 property in agricultural use is donated to a nonprofit entity and then removed from agricultural

369 use (H.B. 193).
370 152. Manufacturing Incentive - to study whether to provide a tax credit for
371 manufacturing capital investments in the state.
372 153. Mining Tax Exemption Repeal - to study the repeal of a sales and use tax
373 exemption for certain machinery, equipment, or parts related to mining (H.B. 255).
374 154. Property Tax Assessment - to study the assessment of property taxes on the
375 purchase price (H.B. 363).
376 155. Property Tax Exemption for Water-related Property - to study whether to exempt
377 water treatment plants, and other property associated with water-related infrastructure facilities,
378 from property taxes (H.J.R. 6).
379 156. Property Tax on Intangible Property - to study Utah Constitution provisions
380 regarding imposition of a property tax on intangible property.
381 157. RAP and ZAP Taxes - to study whether RAP or ZAP taxes be restructured to
382 reflect overall attendance, and whether vouchers to event performances, on a space-available
383 basis, should be required of RAP or ZAP agencies.
384 158. Residential Exemption - to study modifications to residential exemptions from
385 property tax (2nd Sub. H.B. 246).
386 159. Sales Tax Exemptions - to study a sales tax exemption on ski resort equipment,
387 arcade games, and sales of fuel to private planes.
388 160. School Funding Modifications - to study the statewide equalization of property
389 taxes (H.B. 199).
390 161. Tanning Facilities Tax for Cancer Education Fund - to study the creation of a
391 melanoma cancer research and education fund that would be funded by a tax on tanning
392 facilities (H.B. 419).
393 162. Tax Credit for Contributions Generating Federal Matching Funds - to study
394 whether to offer a state individual income tax credit for contributions that involve matching
395 federal government grants (S.B. 130).
396 163. Tax Credits and the Sales and Use Tax Act - to study whether to limit claiming,
397 carrying forward, or carrying back certain tax credits and the value of tax credits (H.B. 415).
398 164. Tax Impact - to study the impact of the flat tax and the removal of deductions on
399 fixed income families.

400 165. Taxes on Small Businesses - to study the tax burden on small businesses,
401 including the tax on personal property.
402 166. Tourism, Recreation, Cultural, Convention, and Airport Facilities Tax - to study
403 the repeal of the Tourism, Recreation, Cultural, Convention, and Airport Facilities tax.
404 167. Transaction Tax - to study the desirability of a constitutional prohibition on a
405 transaction tax.
406 168. Dedication and Abandonment of a Highway - to study circumstances under
407 which a highway is, and is not, dedicated and abandoned to the use of the public (S.B. 221).
408 169. Railroad Walkways - to study ballast standards for railroad walkways.
409 170. Scenic Byway Designation - to study and review the scenic byway designation
410 process (H.B. 272).
411 171. Vehicle Towing and Impound Governance - to study the possibility, and benefit,
412 of consolidating vehicle towing governance into one agency rather than the current system
413 where both the Tax Commission and UDOT govern parts of the towing industry.
414 172. Community Development and Renewal - to study the modification of community
415 development and renewal agencies (S.B. 205).
416 173. Drug Testing of Welfare Recipients - to study whether to require welfare
417 recipients to periodically undergo a drug test.
418 174. Olene Walker Housing Trust Fund - to study permanent funding sources,
419 including designating a portion of the state liquor tax profits.
420 175. Unemployment Insurance - to study and review changes to the qualifications for
421 unemployment benefits, including causes for denial of benefits and disqualifications from
422 receiving benefits (H.B. 428).
423 176. Work Programs for Higher Education Students Without Lawful Immigration
424 Status - to study the creation of a work program or work opportunities for students without
425 lawful immigration status who have graduated from high school and are attending, or plan to
426 attend, in-state higher education institutions.
427 177. Change in Geographical Terminology - to study a request from Utah Native
428 Americans to eliminate the use of "squaw" from Utah geographical names.
429 178. Tribal Sales Tax Issues - to study deliveries of new purchase equipment to job
430 sites instead of delivery to tribal headquarters or to the reservation.

431 179. Tribal Water Rights - to study the settlement of Paiute Tribe water rights issues.
432 180. Appropriations Priorities - to study appropriations priorities among the State
433 Water Development Commission, the Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment
434 Interim Committee, and the Political Subdivisions Interim Committee (Utah Code Section
435 73-3-21).
436 181. Arts Funding - to study statewide funding for the arts.
437 182. Online Access to Audits and Budgets - to study whether to require that budgets
438 and audits of government entities be posted online.
439 183. Rules on Fiscal Notes - to study the need for rules reform regarding fiscal notes
440 for substitutes and amendments.
441 184. State Employee Pay Issues - to study the state's ability to do across-the-board pay
442 cuts for state employees rather than furloughs.
443 185. Diversity and Sensitivity Training - to study diversity and sensitivity training for
444 new legislators.
445 186. Ethics - to study provisions related to legislative ethics (H.B. 159).
446 187. Ethics Committee Members - to study procedures for Ethics Committee
447 membership selection (H.J.R. 26).
448 188. Ethics Complaints - to study an ethics process for complaints against lobbyists.
449 189. Legislative Pay - to study whether the Legislature should be salaried.
450 190. Lifting a Bill from Committee - to study and rewrite provisions governing lifting
451 a bill from a standing committee, including the Rules Committee.
452 191. Lobbying by Former Employees or Legislators - to study whether Utah should
453 adopt the federal rule that bars lobbying by former employees or legislators for a period after
454 leaving employment or service.
455 192. Motion to Reconsider - to study ways to reform and rewrite senate rules regarding
456 the motion to reconsider.
457 193. Reporting Gifts - to study legislator reporting of gifts and other items (H.B. 268).
458 194. Rules of Order - to study whether to provide refresher training for all committee
459 chairs, co-chairs, and vice-chairs regarding the rules for the conduct of meetings.
460 195. State Ethics Commission - to study the establishment of a state Ethics
461 Commission (S.B. 101, H.B. 93).

462 196. Priority of Water Rights - to study whether to repeal certain water rights priorities
463 in times of scarcity (H.B. 241).




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