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MINUTES OF THE
SENATE NATURAL RESOURCES, AGRICULTURE, AND ENVIRONMENT
STANDING COMMITTEE
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
415 State Capitol, Utah State Capitol Complex


Members Present:        Sen. Dennis Stowell, Chair    
                Sen. Allen Christensen
                Sen. Gene Davis
                Sen. Margaret Dayton
                Sen. Karen Morgan
                Sen. Ralph Okerlund
                
Staff Present:            J Brian Allred, Policy Analyst
                Saundra Maeser, Secretary

Public Speakers Present:    Jason Berry, Manager, State Energy Program
                Sara Baldwin, Community Programs and Policy, Utah Clean Energy
                Lauren Wood, Student, Shifting Ground of Utah
                Roger Tew, Utah League of Cities and Towns
                Jody Hart, Rocky Mountain Power
                    
A list of visitors is filed with the committee minutes.


Committee Chair Stowell called the meeting to order at 3:08 p.m.

1.     S.J.R. 1 Joint Resolution - Renewable Energy System (Sen. P. Jones)

    Sen. Patricia Jones introduced the bill. Jason Berry, Manager, State Energy Program and Sara Baldwin, Utah Clean Energy, assisted in the presentation.

     MOTION: Sen. Christensen moved to replace S.J.R. 1 with 1st Sub. S.J.R. 1, Joint Resolution - Renewable Energy System (Sen. P. Jones).

    The motion passed unanimously with Sen. Morgan absent for the vote.

    Lauren Wood, Shifting Ground of Utah; Roger Tew, Utah League of Cities and Towns; and Jody Hart, Rocky Mountain Power, spoke in support of the bill.

     MOTION: Sen. Morgan moved to pass 1st Sub. S.J.R. 1, Joint Resolution - Renewable Energy System (Sen. P. Jones) out favorably.

    The motion passed with Sen. Dayton and Sen. Okerlund voting in opposition.
    
     MOTION: Sen. Davis moved to adjourn.


    The motion passed unanimously.

    Chair Stowell adjourned the meeting at 3:39 p.m.

    Minutes reported by Saundra Maeser, Secretary




                 ______________________________
                 Dennis E. Stowell, Committee Chair