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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 2010, 8 A.M.
Members Present: Sen. John Valentine, Chair
Sen. Gene Davis
Sen. Karen Mayne
Sen. Wayne Niederhauser
Sen. Kevin VanTassell
Members Excused: Sen. Dan Liljenquist
Members Absent: Sen. Steve Urquhart
Staff Present: Bryant R. Howe, Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel
Karen Allred, Committee Secretary
Public Speakers Present: JoAnn Seghini, Midvale Mayor, Midvale City
Wayne Jones, citizen
Ron Mortensen, citizen
A list of visitors and a copy of handouts are filed with the committee minutes.
Sen. VanTassell assumed the Committee Chair and called the meeting to order at 8:30 a.m., and announced that HCR 7- Credit Scores Concurrent Resolution (D. Aagard) would not be heard today.
Approval of Minutes
MOTION: Sen. Mayne moved to approve the minutes of March 1, 2010.
The motion passed unanimously with Sen. Valentine absent for the vote.
1. S.B. 215 Highway Project Funding - Salt Lake County (W. Niederhauser)
Sen. Niederhauser explained the bill and answered questions from the committee.
JoAnn Seghini, Midvale Mayor and Wayne Jones, citizen, spoke in support of the bill.
MOTION: Sen. Mayne moved to transmit S.B. 215 with a favorable recommendation.
The motion passed unanimously.
2. S.B. 279 Identity Fraud and Related Amendments (S. Urquhart)
Sen. Valentine presented the bill and proposed the following amendments.
1. Page 1, Line 9 :
9 This bill modifies
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the Utah Workforce Services Code and
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the Utah Criminal
Code to
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13
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. addresses the new hire registry;
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24
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35A-7-107, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2008, Chapter 382
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Section 1.
Section
35A-7-107
is amended to read:29 35A-7-107. Use and access to the registry records.
30 (1) (a) The records of the registry shall be maintained as private records under Section
31 63G-2-202 .
32 (b) In addition to those persons granted access to private records under Sections
33 63G-2-202 and 63G-2-206 , state or federal agencies may access data from the registry for the
34 following purposes:
35 (i) the Office of Recovery Services for use related to locating, establishing, and
36 enforcing child, medical, and spousal support obligations and other services;
37 (ii) state agencies [which] that use financial information in determining eligibility for
38 public assistance programs; and
39 (iii) federal agencies responsible for periodic matches of new hire registry information
40 with federal data bases.
41 (2) Information that is received under this chapter shall be kept by the department for at
42 least six months.
43 (3) (a) As used in this Subsection (3), "personal identifying information" has the same
44 meaning as defined in Section 76-6-1102 .
45 (b) Notwithstanding Section 35A-4-312 and the other provisions of this section, if the
46 registry records disclose a suspected misuse of personal identifying information by an
47 individual other than the purported owner of the information, the department may:
48 (i) inform an employer of the suspected misuse; and
49 (ii) provide information of the suspected misuse to an appropriate law enforcement
50 agency responsible for investigating an identity fraud violation. }
Renumber remaining sections accordingly
MOTION: Sen. Valentine moved to adopt the amendments.
The motion passed unanimously.
Sen. Valentine explained the bill as amended.
Ron Mortensen, citizen spoke in support of the bill.
MOTION: Sen. Valentine moved to transmit S.B. 279, as amended, with a favorable recommendation.
The motion passed unanimously.
MOTION: Sen. Valentine moved to adjourn.
The motion passed unanimously at 8:46 a.m.