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Second Substitute H.B. 76

Representative Ken Ivory proposes the following substitute bill:


             1     
FEDERAL LAW EVALUATION AND RESPONSE

             2     
2011 GENERAL SESSION

             3     
STATE OF UTAH

             4     
Chief Sponsor: Ken Ivory

             5     
Senate Sponsor: Wayne L. Niederhauser

             6     
             7      LONG TITLE
             8      General Description:
             9          This bill authorizes the Constitutional Defense Council to evaluate and respond to
             10      federal law.
             11      Highlighted Provisions:
             12          This bill:
             13          .    defines terms;
             14          .    creates a Federalism Subcommittee within the Constitutional Defense Council to:
             15              .    evaluate federal law;
             16              .    report to an interim committee;
             17              .    mail a copy of legislation and the journal to government officers; and
             18              .    recommend that the governor call a special session of the Legislature to respond
             19      to federal law;
             20          .    authorizes the Federalism Subcommittee chair to:
             21              .    respond to federal law according to an established procedure; and
             22              .    correspond with other states about federal law and coordinate responses to
             23      federal law;
             24          .    establishes standards by which the Federalism Subcommittee shall evaluate federal
             25      law;


             26          .    authorizes the Constitutional Defense Council to discuss challenging certain federal
             27      court rulings;
             28          .    authorizes the Constitutional Defense Council chair to approve certain claims for
             29      payments;
             30          .    requires the Public Lands Policy Coordinating Office to:
             31              .    provide staff assistance to the Constitutional Defense Council and the
             32      Federalism Subcommittee; and
             33              .    prepare a constitutional defense plan;
             34          .    reduces the distribution from the Land Exchange Distribution Account to the
             35      Permanent Community Impact Board;
             36          .    increases the distribution from the Land Exchange Distribution Account to the
             37      Constitutional Defense Restricted Account; and
             38          .    makes technical changes.
             39      Money Appropriated in this Bill:
             40          This bill appropriates:
             41          .    to the Constitutional Defense Restricted Account as an ongoing appropriation:
             42              .    from the Land Exchange Distribution Account, $600,000;
             43          .    to the Constitutional Defense Council as an ongoing appropriation:
             44              .    from the Constitutional Defense Restricted Account, $250,000, subject to intent
             45      language stating that the appropriation is to be used to execute a plan regarding
             46      council and Federalism Subcommittee duties and at least $144,000 be used to
             47      evaluate and respond to federal law;
             48          .    to the Civil Division of the Office of the Attorney General as an ongoing
             49      appropriation:
             50              .    from the Constitutional Defense Restricted Account, $350,000, subject to intent
             51      language stating that the appropriation is to be used to hire attorneys and staff to
             52      advise and provide services.
             53          .    to Permanent Community Impact Fund as an ongoing appropriation:
             54              .    from General Fund Restricted - Land Exchange Distribution Account,
             55      ($600,000); and
             56          .    to Department of Community and Culture - Community Development Capital


             57      Budget as an ongoing appropriation:
             58              .    from the Permanent Community Impact Fund, ($600,000).
             59      Other Special Clauses:
             60          This bill provides revisor instructions.
             61      Utah Code Sections Affected:
             62      AMENDS:
             63          53C-3-203, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapters 79 and 262
             64          63C-4-101, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapter 286
             65          63C-4-102, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapter 262
             66          63C-4-103, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapter 262
             67          63C-4-104, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2009, Chapter 121
             68          63I-1-253, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapters 79, 160, and 319
             69          63J-4-603, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2009, Chapters 121 and 262
             70      ENACTS:
             71          63C-4-106, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             72          63C-4-107, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             73          63C-4-108, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             74     
             75      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             76          Section 1. Section 53C-3-203 is amended to read:
             77           53C-3-203. Land Exchange Distribution Account.
             78          (1) As used in this section, "account" means the Land Exchange Distribution Account
             79      created in Subsection (2)(a).
             80          (2) (a) There is created within the General Fund a restricted account known as the Land
             81      Exchange Distribution Account.
             82          (b) The account shall consist of revenue deposited in the account as required by
             83      Section 53C-3-202 .
             84          (3) (a) The state treasurer shall invest money in the account according to Title 51,
             85      Chapter 7, State Money Management Act.
             86          (b) The Division of Finance shall deposit interest or other earnings derived from
             87      investment of account money into the General Fund.


             88          (4) The Legislature shall annually appropriate from the account in the following order:
             89          (a) $1,000,000 to the Constitutional Defense Restricted Account[,] created in Section
             90      63C-4-103 [, to be used in accordance with Subsection 63C-4-103 (6) for:]; and
             91          [(i) fiscal year 2010-11;]
             92          [(ii) fiscal year 2011-12; and]
             93          [(iii) fiscal year 2012-13; and]
             94          (b) from the deposits to the account remaining after the appropriation in Subsection
             95      (4)(a), the following amounts:
             96          (i) 55% of the deposits to counties in amounts proportionate to the amounts of mineral
             97      revenue generated from the acquired land, exchanged land, acquired mineral interests, or
             98      exchanged mineral interests located in each county, to be used to mitigate the impacts caused
             99      by mineral development;
             100          (ii) 25% of the deposits to counties in amounts proportionate to the total surface and
             101      mineral acreage within each county that was conveyed to the United States under the agreement
             102      or an exchange, to be used to mitigate the loss of mineral development opportunities resulting
             103      from the agreement or exchange;
             104          (iii) 1.68% of the deposits to the State Board of Education, to be used for education
             105      research and experimentation in the use of staff and facilities designed to improve the quality
             106      of education in Utah;
             107          (iv) 1.66% of the deposits to the Geological Survey, to be used for natural resources
             108      development in the state;
             109          (v) 1.66% of the deposits to the Water Research Laboratory at Utah State University, to
             110      be used for water development in the state; [and]
             111          (vi) [7.5%] 11% of the deposits to the Constitutional Defense Restricted Account
             112      created in Section 63C-4-103 [.];
             113          [(5) Beginning with fiscal year 2009-10, the Legislature shall annually appropriate]
             114          (vii) 1% of the deposits [remaining in the account after the appropriation is made in
             115      accordance with Subsection (4)(a)] to the Geological Survey, to be used for test wells, other
             116      hydrologic studies, and air quality monitoring in the West Desert[.]; and
             117          [(6)] (viii) [Beginning with fiscal year 2009-10, the Legislature shall annually
             118      appropriate 6.5%] 3% of the deposits [remaining in the account after the appropriation is made


             119      in Subsection (4)(a)] to the Permanent Community Impact Fund created in Section 9-4-303 , to
             120      be used for grants to political subdivisions of the state to mitigate the impacts resulting from
             121      the development or use of school and institutional trust lands.
             122          Section 2. Section 63C-4-101 is amended to read:
             123           63C-4-101. Creation of Constitutional Defense Council -- Membership --
             124      Vacancies -- Reports -- Per diem, travel expenses, and funding.
             125          (1) There is created the Constitutional Defense Council.
             126          (2) (a) The [defense] council shall consist of the following members:
             127          (i) the governor or the lieutenant governor, who shall serve as chair of the council;
             128          (ii) the president of the Senate or the president of the Senate's designee who shall serve
             129      as vice chair of the council;
             130          (iii) the speaker of the House or the speaker of the House's designee who shall serve as
             131      vice chair of the council;
             132          (iv) the minority leader of the Senate or the minority leader of the Senate's designee;
             133          (v) the minority leader of the House or the minority leader of the House's designee;
             134          (vi) the attorney general or the attorney general's designee, who shall be one of the
             135      attorney general's appointees, not a current career service employee;
             136          (vii) the director of the School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration;
             137          (viii) four elected county commissioners, county council members, or county
             138      executives from different counties who are selected by the Utah Association of Counties, at
             139      least one of whom shall be from a county of the first or second class;
             140          (ix) the executive director of the Department of Natural Resources, who may not vote;
             141          (x) the commissioner of the Department of Agriculture and Food, who may not vote;
             142          (xi) the director of the Governor's Office of Economic Development, who may not
             143      vote; and
             144          (xii) two elected county commissioners, county council members, or county executives
             145      from different counties appointed by the Utah Association of Counties, who may not vote.
             146          (b) The council vice chairs shall conduct a council meeting in the absence of the chair.
             147          (c) If both the governor and the lieutenant governor are absent from a meeting of the
             148      council, the governor may designate a person to attend the meeting solely for the purpose of
             149      casting a vote on any matter on the governor's behalf.


             150          (3) When a vacancy occurs in the membership for any reason, the replacement shall be
             151      appointed for the unexpired term in the same manner as the original appointment.
             152          (4) (a) (i) Except as provided in Subsection (4)(a)(ii), the [defense] council shall meet
             153      at least monthly or more frequently as needed.
             154          (ii) The [defense] council need not meet monthly if the chair, after polling the
             155      members, determines that a majority of the members do not wish to meet.
             156          (b) The governor or any six members of the council may call a meeting of the council.
             157          (c) Before calling a meeting, the governor or council members shall solicit items for
             158      the agenda from other members of the council.
             159          (d) (i) The [Constitutional Defense Council] council shall require that any entity that
             160      receives money from the Constitutional Defense Restricted Account provide financial reports
             161      and litigation reports to the council.
             162          (ii) Nothing in this Subsection (4)(d) prohibits the council from closing a meeting
             163      under Title 52, Chapter 4, Open and Public Meetings Act, or prohibits the council from
             164      complying with Title 63G, Chapter 2, Government Records Access and Management Act.
             165          (e) A majority of the voting membership on the [defense] council is required for a
             166      quorum to conduct council business. A majority vote of the quorum is required for any action
             167      taken by the [defense] council.
             168          (5) (a) The Office of the Attorney General shall advise:
             169          (i) the [defense] council[.]; and
             170          (ii) the Federalism Subcommittee.
             171          (b) The Public Lands Policy Coordinating Office shall provide staff assistance for
             172      meetings of the council and Federalism Subcommittee.
             173          (6) A member may not receive compensation or benefits for the member's service, but
             174      may receive per diem and travel expenses in accordance with:
             175          (a) Section 63A-3-106 ;
             176          (b) Section 63A-3-107 ; and
             177          (c) rules made by the Division of Finance pursuant to Sections 63A-3-106 and
             178      63A-3-107 .
             179          (7) (a) The council and the Federalism Subcommittee shall be funded from the
             180      Constitutional Defense Restricted Account created in Section 63C-4-103 .


             181          (b) Money appropriated for or received by the council may be expended by the
             182      governor in consultation with the council.
             183          (8) (a) There is created a Federalism Subcommittee of the council.
             184          (b) The subcommittee shall consist of members listed in Subsections (2)(a)(i) through
             185      (vi).
             186          (c) (i) The governor or the lieutenant governor shall serve as chair of the
             187      subcommittee.
             188          (ii) The council vice chair shall conduct a subcommittee meeting in the absence of the
             189      chair.
             190          Section 3. Section 63C-4-102 is amended to read:
             191           63C-4-102. Duties.
             192          (1) The Constitutional Defense Council is a council to assist the governor and the
             193      Legislature on the following types of issues:
             194          (a) the constitutionality of [unfunded] federal mandates;
             195          (b) when making recommendations to challenge the federal mandates and regulations
             196      described in Subsections (1)(e)(i) through (v), the rationale for and effectiveness of those
             197      federal mandates or regulations;
             198          (c) legal and policy issues surrounding state and local government rights under R.S.
             199      2477;
             200          (d) legal issues relating to the rights of the School and Institutional Trust Lands
             201      Administration and its beneficiaries; and
             202          (e) the advisability, feasibility, estimated cost, and likelihood of success of challenging:
             203          (i) federal court rulings that:
             204          (A) hinder the management of the state's prison system and place undue financial
             205      hardship on the state's taxpayers;
             206          (B) impact a power or a right reserved to the state or its citizens by the United States
             207      Constitution, Amendment IX or X; or
             208          (C) expand or grant a power to the United States government beyond the limited,
             209      enumerated powers granted by the United States Constitution;
             210          (ii) federal laws or regulations that reduce or negate water rights or the rights of owners
             211      of private property, or the rights and interest of state and local governments, including


             212      sovereignty interests and the power to provide for the health, safety, and welfare, and promote
             213      the prosperity of their inhabitants;
             214          (iii) conflicting federal regulations or policies in land management on federal land;
             215          (iv) federal intervention that would damage the state's mining, timber, and ranching
             216      industries;
             217          (v) the authority of the Environmental Protection Agency and Congress to mandate
             218      local air quality standards and penalties; and
             219          (vi) other issues that are relevant to this Subsection (1).
             220          (2) The council shall:
             221          (a) provide advice to the governor, state planning coordinator, and the public lands
             222      policy coordinator concerning coordination of:
             223          (i) state and local government rights under R.S. 2477; and
             224          (ii) other public lands issues;
             225          (b) approve a plan for R.S. 2477 rights developed in accordance with Section
             226      63C-4-104 ; and
             227          (c) review, at least quarterly:
             228          (i) financial statements concerning implementation of the plan for R.S. 2477 rights;
             229      and
             230          (ii) financial and other reports from the Public Lands Policy Coordinating Office
             231      concerning its activities.
             232          (3) The council chair may require the attorney general or a designee to provide
             233      testimony on potential legal actions that would enhance the state's sovereignty or authority on
             234      issues affecting Utah and the well-being of its citizens.
             235          (4) The council chair may direct the attorney general to initiate and prosecute any
             236      action that the council determines will further its purposes, including an action described in
             237      Section 67-5-29 .
             238          (5) (a) Subject to the provisions of this section, the council may select and employ
             239      attorneys to implement the purposes and duties of the council.
             240          (b) The council chair may, in consultation with the council, direct any council attorney
             241      in any manner considered appropriate by the attorney general to best serve the purposes of the
             242      council.


             243          (c) The attorney general shall negotiate a contract for services with any attorney
             244      selected and approved for employment under this section.
             245          (6) The council chair [shall] may, only with the concurrence of the council, review and
             246      approve all claims for payments for:
             247          (a) legal services that are submitted to the council; [and]
             248          (b) an action filed in accordance with Section 67-5-29 [.]; and
             249          (c) costs related to a constitutional defense plan approved in accordance with Section
             250      63C-4-104 that are submitted by:
             251          (i) the Public Lands Policy Coordinating Office;
             252          (ii) the School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration; or
             253          (iii) the Office of the Attorney General.
             254          (7) Within five business days' notice, the council chair may, with the concurrence of
             255      the council, order the attorney general or an attorney employed by the council to cease work to
             256      be charged to the fund.
             257          (8) (a) At least 20 calendar days before the state submits comments on the draft
             258      environmental impact statement or environmental assessment for a proposed land management
             259      plan of any federal land management agency, the governor shall make those documents
             260      available to:
             261          (i) members of the council; and
             262          (ii) any county executive, county council member, or county commissioner of a county
             263      that is covered by the management plan and that has established formal cooperating agency
             264      status with the relevant federal land management agency regarding the proposed plan.
             265          (b) (i) Council members or local government officials receiving the documents may
             266      make recommendations to the governor or the governor's designee concerning changes to the
             267      documents before they are submitted to the federal land management agency.
             268          (ii) Council members or local government officials shall submit recommendations to
             269      the governor or the governor's designee no later than 10 calendar days after receiving the
             270      documents under Subsection (8)(a).
             271          (c) Documents transmitted or received under this Subsection (8) are drafts and are
             272      protected records pursuant to Subsection 63G-2-305 (22).
             273          (9) The council shall submit a report on December 1 of each year [to the speaker of the


             274      House of Representatives and the president of the Senate that summarizes the council's
             275      activities.] by electronic mail that summarizes the council's activities to each legislator.
             276          Section 4. Section 63C-4-103 is amended to read:
             277           63C-4-103. Creation of Constitutional Defense Restricted Account -- Sources of
             278      funds -- Uses of funds -- Reports.
             279          (1) There is created a restricted account within the General Fund known as the
             280      Constitutional Defense Restricted Account.
             281          (2) The account consists of money from the following revenue sources:
             282          (a) money deposited to the account as required by Section 53C-3-203 ;
             283          (b) voluntary contributions;
             284          (c) money received by the [Constitutional Defense Council] council from other state
             285      agencies; and
             286          (d) appropriations made by the Legislature.
             287          (3) Funds in the account shall be nonlapsing.
             288          [(4) The account balance may not exceed $5,000,000.]
             289          [(5)] (4) Subject to Subsection [(6)] (5), the Legislature may annually appropriate
             290      money from the Constitutional Defense Restricted Account to one or more of the following:
             291          (a) the [Constitutional Defense Council to carry out its duties in Section 63C-4-102 ]
             292      council for the council's or Federalism Subcommittee's duties established in this chapter;
             293          (b) the Public Lands Policy Coordinating Office to carry out its duties in Section
             294      63J-4-603 ;
             295          (c) the Office of the Governor, to be used only for the purpose of asserting, defending,
             296      or litigating state and local government rights under R.S. 2477, in accordance with a plan
             297      developed and approved as provided in Section 63C-4-104 ;
             298          (d) a county or association of counties to assist counties, consistent with the purposes
             299      of the council, in pursuing issues affecting the counties; or
             300          (e) the Office of the Attorney General, to be used only [for]:
             301          (i) for public lands counsel and assistance and litigation to the state or local
             302      governments including asserting, defending, or litigating state and local government rights
             303      under R.S. 2477 in accordance with a plan developed and approved as provided in Section
             304      63C-4-104 ; [or]


             305          (ii) for an action filed in accordance with Section 67-5-29 [.]; or
             306          (iii) to advise the council and Federalism Subcommittee.
             307          [(6) Money appropriated to the Constitutional Defense Restricted Account in
             308      accordance with Subsection 53C-3-203 (4)(a), if appropriated by the Legislature, may only be
             309      expended by the agency to which it was appropriated to pay:]
             310          [(a) the costs of an action filed in accordance with Section 67-5-29 ; and]
             311          [(b) expenses associated with an action described in Subsection (6)(a).]
             312          [(7)] (5) (a) The [Constitutional Defense Council] council shall require that any entity
             313      that receives money from the Constitutional Defense Restricted Account provide financial
             314      reports and litigation reports to the council.
             315          (b) Nothing in this Subsection [(7)] (5) prohibits the council from closing a meeting
             316      under Title 52, Chapter 4, Open and Public Meetings Act, or prohibits the council from
             317      complying with Title 63G, Chapter 2, Government Records Access and Management Act.
             318          Section 5. Section 63C-4-104 is amended to read:
             319           63C-4-104. Plan for R.S. 2477 rights -- Contents.
             320          (1) As used in this section[,]:
             321          (a) "Constitutional defense plan" means a plan that outlines actions and expenditures to
             322      fulfill the council's and Federalism Subcommittee's duties established by this chapter.
             323          (b) "R.S. 2477 plan" means a guiding document that:
             324          [(a)] (i) is developed jointly by the Utah Association of Counties and the state;
             325          [(b)] (ii) is approved by the Constitutional Defense Council; and
             326          [(c)] (iii) presents the broad framework of a proposed working relationship between the
             327      state and participating counties collectively for the purpose of asserting, defending, or litigating
             328      state and local government rights under R.S. 2477.
             329          (2) The Constitutional Defense Council may approve a R.S. 2477 plan if the R.S. 2477
             330      plan:
             331          (a) provides for a good faith, cooperative effort between the state and each
             332      participating county;
             333          (b) allows a county to formally agree to participate in the R.S. 2477 plan by adopting a
             334      resolution;
             335          (c) provides that the state and a participating county are equal partners in determining


             336      litigation strategy and the expenditure of resources with respect to that county's rights under
             337      R.S. 2477; and
             338          (d) provides a process for resolving any disagreement between the state and a
             339      participating county about litigation strategy or resource expenditure that includes the
             340      following requirements:
             341          (i) the governor or the governor's designee and a representative of the Utah Association
             342      of Counties shall first attempt to resolve the disagreement;
             343          (ii) if the county and the state continue to disagree, the county, the governor, and the
             344      Utah Association of Counties shall present their recommendations to the Constitutional
             345      Defense Council for a final decision about the strategy or expenditure in question; and
             346          (iii) the county may pursue a strategy or make an expenditure contrary to the final
             347      decision of the Constitutional Defense Council only if the county does not claim resources
             348      provided to fund the R.S. 2477 plan.
             349          (3) The Constitutional Defense Council shall ensure that the R.S. 2477 plan contains:
             350          (a) provisions identifying which expenditure types require approval of the R.S. 2477
             351      plan committee and which expenditure types may be made without R.S. 2477 plan committee
             352      approval;
             353          (b) provisions requiring that financial statements be provided to members of the R.S.
             354      2477 plan committee and members of the Constitutional Defense Council, and the frequency
             355      with which those financial statements must be provided; and
             356          (c) provisions identifying those decisions or types of decisions that may be made by the
             357      R.S. 2477 plan committee and those decisions or types of decisions that must be referred to the
             358      Constitutional Defense Council for decision.
             359          (4) (a) The Public Lands Policy Coordinating Office, in consultation with the Office of
             360      the Attorney General and the School and Institutional Trust Lands, shall prepare and submit a
             361      constitutional defense plan to the Constitutional Defense Council for the council's approval.
             362          (b) The constitutional defense plan shall contain proposed action and expenditure for:
             363          (i) the council's or the subcommittee's duties established by this chapter; or
             364          (ii) an action filed in accordance with Section 67-5-29 .
             365          [(4)] (5) The Constitutional Defense Council shall:
             366          (a) review expenditures, at least quarterly, made to further a plan approved under this


             367      section;
             368          (b) approve an update to a plan under this section at least annually, or more often, if
             369      necessary; and
             370          (c) jointly, with the Public Lands Policy Coordinating Office, present a R.S. 2477 plan
             371      approved under this section, with any updates, to:
             372          (i) the Legislature's Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Interim
             373      Committee by July 1 of each calendar year, after providing the R.S. 2477 plan to the committee
             374      at least seven days before the presentation; and
             375          (ii) the president of the Senate and the speaker of the House of Representatives, which
             376      may be by mail.
             377          Section 6. Section 63C-4-106 is enacted to read:
             378          63C-4-106. Evaluation of federal law and policy -- Response.
             379          (1) As used in this chapter:
             380          (a) "Federal governmental entity" means:
             381          (i) the President of the United States;
             382          (ii) the United States Congress;
             383          (iii) a United States agency; or
             384          (iv) an employee or official appointed by the President of the United States.
             385          (b) "Federal law" means:
             386          (i) an executive order by the President of the United States;
             387          (ii) a statute passed by the United States Congress;
             388          (iii) a regulation adopted by a United States agency; or
             389          (iv) a policy statement, guidance, or action by:
             390          (A) a United States agency; or
             391          (B) an employee or official appointed by the President of the United States.
             392          (c) "United States agency" means a department, agency, authority, commission,
             393      council, board, office, bureau, or other administrative unit of the executive branch of the
             394      United States government.
             395          (2) In accordance with Section 63C-4-107 , the Federalism Subcommittee shall evaluate
             396      a federal law submitted to the Federalism Subcommittee by a council member.
             397          (3) The Federalism Subcommittee may request information regarding a federal law


             398      under evaluation from a United States Senator or Representative elected from the state.
             399          (4) If the Federalism Subcommittee finds that a federal law is not authorized by the
             400      United States Constitution or violates the principle of federalism as described in Subsection
             401      63C-4-107 (2), the Federalism Subcommittee chair may:
             402          (a) request from a United States Senator or Representative elected from the state:
             403          (i) information about the federal law; or
             404          (ii) assistance in communicating with a federal governmental entity regarding the
             405      federal law;
             406          (b) (i) give written notice of the evaluation required by Subsection (2) to the federal
             407      governmental entity responsible for adopting or administering the federal law; and
             408          (ii) request a response by a specific date to the evaluation from the federal
             409      governmental entity; and
             410          (c) request a meeting, conducted in person or by electronic means, with the federal
             411      governmental entity and a council member, a representative from another state, or a United
             412      States Senator or Representative elected from the state to discuss the evaluation of federal law
             413      and any possible remedy.
             414          (5) The Federalism Subcommittee may recommend to the governor that the governor
             415      call a special session of the Legislature to give the Legislature an opportunity to respond to the
             416      subcommittee's evaluation of a federal law.
             417          (6) The Federalism Subcommittee chair may coordinate the evaluation of and response
             418      to federal law with another state as provided in Section 63G-4-108 .
             419          (7) The Federalism Subcommittee shall submit a report by electronic mail that
             420      summarizes action taken in accordance with this section to the Government Operations Interim
             421      Committee on May 20 and October 20 of each year.
             422          Section 7. Section 63C-4-107 is enacted to read:
             423          63C-4-107. Standard for evaluation of federal law.
             424          (1) The Federalism Subcommittee shall evaluate whether a federal law submitted under
             425      Subsection 63C-4-106 (2) is authorized by:
             426          (a) United States Constitution, Article I, Section 2, to provide for the decennial census;
             427          (b) United States Constitution, Article I, Section 4, to override state laws regulating the
             428      times, places, and manner of congressional elections, other than the place of senatorial


             429      elections;
             430          (c) United States Constitution, Article I, Section 7, to veto bills, orders, and resolutions
             431      by Congress;
             432          (d) United States Constitution, Article I, Section 8, to:
             433          (i) lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts, and excises, to pay the debts and provide for
             434      the common defense and general welfare of the United States, but all duties, imposts, and
             435      excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;
             436          (ii) borrow money on the credit of the United States;
             437          (iii) regulate commerce with foreign nations, among the several states, and with the
             438      Indian tribes;
             439          (iv) establish a uniform rule of naturalization and uniform laws on the subject of
             440      bankruptcies throughout the United States;
             441          (v) coin money, regulate the value of coin money and of foreign coin, and fix the
             442      standard of weights and measures;
             443          (vi) provide for the punishment of counterfeiting the securities and current coin of the
             444      United States;
             445          (vii) establish post offices and post roads;
             446          (viii) promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to
             447      authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries;
             448          (ix) constitute tribunals inferior to the supreme court;
             449          (x) define and punish piracies and felonies committed on the high seas and offences
             450      against the law of nations;
             451          (xi) declare war, grant letters of marque and reprisal, and make rules concerning
             452      captures on land and water;
             453          (xii) raise and support armies, but no appropriation of money to that use shall be for a
             454      longer term than two years;
             455          (xiii) provide and maintain a navy;
             456          (xiv) make rules for the government and regulation of the land and naval forces;
             457          (xv) provide for calling forth the militia to execute the laws of the union, suppress
             458      insurrections, and repel invasions;
             459          (xvi) provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining the militia, and for governing the


             460      part of the militia that may be employed in the service of the United States, reserving to the
             461      states respectively, the appointment of the officers and the authority of training the militia
             462      according to the discipline prescribed by Congress;
             463          (xvii) exercise exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever, over such district, which
             464      may not exceed 10 miles square, as may, by cession of particular states and the acceptance of
             465      Congress, become the seat of the government of the United States, and to exercise like
             466      authority over all places purchased by the consent of the legislature of the state in which the
             467      place shall be, for the erection of forts, magazines, arsenals, dock-yards, and other needful
             468      buildings; or
             469          (xviii) make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution
             470      the powers listed in this section, and all other powers vested by the United States Constitution
             471      in the government of the United States, or in any department or officer of the United States;
             472          (e) United States Constitution, Article I, Section 9, to authorize a federal officer to
             473      receive benefits from a foreign nation;
             474          (f) United States Constitution, Article I, Section 10, to fix the pay of members of
             475      Congress and of federal officers;
             476          (g) United States Constitution, Article II, Section 1, to:
             477          (i) set the time for choosing electors; or
             478          (ii) establish who succeeded to the presidency after the vice president;
             479          (h) United States Constitution, Article II, Section 2, to:
             480          (i) serve as Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces;
             481          (ii) require the written opinions of executive officers;
             482          (iii) grant reprieves and pardons;
             483          (iv) make vacancy appointments;
             484          (v) make treaties, subject to the advice and consent of the United States Senate;
             485          (vi) appoint foreign affairs officers subject to the advice and consent of the United
             486      States Senate;
             487          (vii) appoint domestic affairs officers subject either to the advice and consent of the
             488      United States Senate or pursuant to law;
             489          (viii) appoint judges subject to the advice and consent of the United States Senate; or
             490          (xiv) authorize the president to fill designated inferior offices without senatorial


             491      consent;
             492          (i) United States Constitution, Article II, Section 3, to:
             493          (i) receive representatives of foreign powers;
             494          (ii) execute the laws;
             495          (iii) commission United States officers;
             496          (iv) give Congress information;
             497          (v) make recommendations to Congress;
             498          (vi) convene Congress on extraordinary occasions; or
             499          (vii) adjourn Congress if it cannot agree on a time;
             500          (j) United States Constitution, Article III, Section 1, to:
             501          (i) create exceptions to the supreme court's appellate jurisdiction;
             502          (ii) fix the jurisdiction of federal courts inferior to the supreme court; or
             503          (iii) declare the punishment for treason;
             504          (k) United States Constitution, Article IV, Section 1, to establish the rules by which the
             505      records and judgments of states are proved in other states;
             506          (l) United States Constitution, Article IV, Section 3, to:
             507          (i) manage federal property;
             508          (ii) dispose of federal property;
             509          (iii) govern the federal territories; or
             510          (iv) consent to admission of new states or the combination of existing states;
             511          (m) United States Constitution, Article IV, Section 4, to defend states from invasion,
             512      insurrection, and non-republican forms of government;
             513          (n) United States Constitution, Article V, Section 1, to propose constitutional
             514      amendments;
             515          (o) United States Constitution, Article VI, Section 1, to prescribe the oath for federal
             516      officers;
             517          (p) United States Constitution, Amendment XIII, to abolish slavery;
             518          (q) United States Constitution, Amendment XIV, to guard people from certain state
             519      abuses;
             520          (r) United States Constitution, Amendment XVI, to impose taxes on income from any
             521      source without having to apportion the total dollar amount of tax collected from each state


             522      according to each state's population in relation to the total national population;
             523          (s) United States Constitution, Amendment XX, to revise the manner of presidential
             524      succession;
             525          (t) United States Constitution, Amendment XV, XIX, XXIII, or XXIV, to extend and
             526      protect the right to vote; or
             527          (u) United States Constitution, Amendment XVII, to grant a pay raise to a sitting
             528      Congress.
             529          (2) The Federalism Subcommittee shall evaluate whether a federal law submitted under
             530      Subsection 63C-4-106 (2) violates the principle of federalism by:
             531          (a) affecting the distribution of power and responsibility among the state and national
             532      government;
             533          (b) limiting the policymaking discretion of the state;
             534          (c) impacting a power or a right reserved to the state or its citizens by the United States
             535      Constitution, Amendment IX or X; and
             536          (d) impacting the sovereignty rights and interest of the state or a political subdivision to
             537      provide for the health, safety, and welfare and promote the prosperity of the state's or political
             538      subdivision's inhabitants.
             539          (3) In the evaluation of a federal law, the Federalism Subcommittee:
             540          (a) shall rely on:
             541          (i) the text of the United States Constitution, as amended;
             542          (ii) the meaning of the text of the United States Constitution, as amended, at the time
             543      of its drafting and ratification; and
             544          (iii) a primary source document that is:
             545          (A) directly relevant to the drafting, adoption, ratification, or initial implementation of
             546      the United States Constitution, as amended; or
             547          (B) created by a person directly involved in the drafting, adoption, ratification, or
             548      initial implementation of the United States Constitution, as amended;
             549          (b) may rely on other relevant sources, including federal court decisions; and
             550          (c) is not bound by a holding by a federal court.
             551          Section 8. Section 63C-4-108 is enacted to read:
             552          63C-4-108. Communication with other states.


             553          (1) The Federalism Subcommittee chair may correspond with the presiding officer of
             554      the legislative branch of another state or an entity of another state that has powers and duties
             555      that are similar to the Federalism Subcommittee to discuss and coordinate the evaluation of and
             556      response to federal law as provided in Section 63C-4-106 .
             557          (2) The Federalism Subcommittee shall send a copy of this bill and the pages of the
             558      House and Senate Journal that pertain to this bill to:
             559          (a) the governor of each state;
             560          (b) the presiding officer, the majority leader, and the minority leader of each house, if
             561      applicable, of each state legislature;
             562          (c) each United States Senator or Representative elected from this state;
             563          (d) the Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court;
             564          (e) the President of the United States; and
             565          (f) the presiding officer, the majority leader, and the minority leader of each house of
             566      the United States Congress.
             567          Section 9. Section 63I-1-253 is amended to read:
             568           63I-1-253. Repeal dates, Titles 53, 53A, and 53B.
             569          The following provisions are repealed on the following dates:
             570          (1) Section 53-3-232 , Conditional licenses, is repealed July 1, 2015.
             571          (2) Title 53A, Chapter 1a, Part 6, Public Education Job Enhancement Program is
             572      repealed July 1, 2020.
             573          (3) Title 53A, Chapter 1a, Part 9, Voluntary Extended-day Kindergarten Program, is
             574      repealed July 1, 2011.
             575          (4) Section 53A-2-118.3 is repealed December 31, 2016.
             576          (5) The State Instructional Materials Commission, created in Section 53A-14-101 , is
             577      repealed July 1, 2011.
             578          (6) Subsections 53A-16-107 (3) and (4) are repealed December 31, 2016.
             579          (7) Section 53A-16-107.1 is repealed December 31, 2016.
             580          (8) Section 53A-17a-163 , Performance-based Compensation Pilot Program is repealed
             581      July 1, 2011.
             582          (9) Subsection 53C-3-203 [(5)](4)(b)(vii), which provides for the distribution of money
             583      from the Land Exchange Distribution Account to the Geological Survey for test wells, other


             584      hydrologic studies, and air quality monitoring in the West Desert, is repealed July 1, 2020.
             585          Section 10. Section 63J-4-603 is amended to read:
             586           63J-4-603. Powers and duties of coordinator and office.
             587          (1) The coordinator and the office shall:
             588          (a) make a report to [and provide staff assistance to] the Constitutional Defense
             589      Council created under Section 63C-4-101 concerning R.S. 2477 rights and other public lands
             590      issues under Title 63C, Chapter 4, Constitutional Defense Council;
             591          (b) provide staff assistance to the Constitutional Defense Council created under Section
             592      63C-4-101 for meetings of the council and Federalism Subcommittee;
             593          (c) (i) prepare and submit a constitutional defense plan under Section 63C-4-104 ; and
             594          (ii) execute any action assigned in a constitutional defense plan;
             595          [(b)] (d) under the direction of the state planning coordinator, assist in fulfilling the
             596      state planning coordinator's duties outlined in Section 63J-4-401 as those duties relate to the
             597      development of public lands policies by:
             598          (i) developing cooperative contracts and agreements between the state, political
             599      subdivisions, and agencies of the federal government for involvement in the development of
             600      public lands policies;
             601          (ii) producing research, documents, maps, studies, analysis, or other information that
             602      supports the state's participation in the development of public lands policy;
             603          (iii) preparing comments to ensure that the positions of the state and political
             604      subdivisions are considered in the development of public lands policy;
             605          (iv) partnering with state agencies and political subdivisions in an effort to:
             606          (A) prepare coordinated public lands policies;
             607          (B) develop consistency reviews and responses to public lands policies;
             608          (C) develop management plans that relate to public lands policies; and
             609          (D) develop and maintain a statewide land use plan that is based on cooperation and in
             610      conjunction with political subdivisions; and
             611          (v) providing other information or services related to public lands policies as requested
             612      by the state planning coordinator;
             613          [(c)] (e) facilitate and coordinate the exchange of information, comments, and
             614      recommendations on public lands policies between and among:


             615          (i) state agencies;
             616          (ii) political subdivisions;
             617          (iii) the Office of Rural Development created under Section 63M-1-1602 ;
             618          (iv) the Resource Development Coordinating Committee created under Section
             619      63J-4-501 ;
             620          (v) School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration created under Section
             621      53C-1-201 ;
             622          (vi) the committee created under Section 63F-1-508 to award grants to counties to
             623      inventory and map R.S. 2477 rights-of-way, associated structures, and other features; and
             624          (vii) the Constitutional Defense Council created under Section 63C-4-101 ;
             625          [(d)] (f) perform the duties established in Title 9, Chapter 8, Part 3, Antiquities, and
             626      Title 9, Chapter 8, Part 4, Historic Sites;
             627          [(e)] (g) consistent with other statutory duties, encourage agencies to responsibly
             628      preserve archaeological resources;
             629          [(f)] (h) maintain information concerning grants made under Subsection (1)[(h)](j), if
             630      available;
             631          [(g)] (i) report annually, or more often if necessary or requested, concerning the office's
             632      activities and expenditures to:
             633          (i) the Constitutional Defense Council; and
             634          (ii) the Legislature's Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Interim
             635      Committee jointly with the Constitutional Defense Council;
             636          [(h)] (j) make grants of up to 16% of the office's total annual appropriations from the
             637      Constitutional Defense Restricted Account to a county or statewide association of counties to
             638      be used by the county or association of counties for public lands matters if the coordinator,
             639      with the advice of the Constitutional Defense Council, determines that the action provides a
             640      state benefit;
             641          [(i)] (k) provide staff services to the Snake Valley Aquifer Advisory Council created in
             642      Section 63C-12-103 ; and
             643          [(j)] (l) coordinate and direct the Snake Valley Aquifer Research Team created in
             644      Section 63C-12-107 .
             645          (2) The coordinator and office shall comply with Subsection 63C-4-102 (8) before


             646      submitting a comment to a federal agency, if the governor would be subject to Subsection
             647      63C-4-102 (8) if the governor were submitting the material.
             648          (3) The office may enter into a contract or other agreement with another state agency to
             649      provide information and services related to:
             650          (a) the duties authorized by Title 72, Chapter 3, Highway Jurisdiction and
             651      Classification Act;
             652          (b) legal actions concerning Title 72, Chapter 3, Highway Jurisdiction and
             653      Classification Act, or R.S. 2477 matters; or
             654          (c) any other matter within the office's responsibility.
             655          Section 11. Appropriation.
             656          Under the terms and conditions of Title 63J, Chapter 1, Budgetary Procedures Act, the
             657      following sums of money are appropriated from resources not otherwise appropriated out of the
             658      funds or accounts indicated for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2011 and ending June 30,
             659      2012. These are additions to amounts previously appropriated for fiscal year 2012.
             660      Item 1 To General Fund Restricted - Constitutional Defense Restricted Account
             661          From General Fund Restricted - Land Exchange Distribution         $600,000
             662          Account
             663          Schedule of Programs:
             664              Constitutional Defense Restricted Account        $600,000
             665      Item 2 To Governor's Office
             666          From General Fund Restricted - Constitutional Defense              $250,000
             667          Schedule of Programs:
             668              Constitutional Defense Council             $250,000
             669          The Legislature intends that the Constitutional Defense Council use this appropriation
             670      to execute a plan regarding council and Federalism Subcommittee duties and use at least
             671      $144,000 of the appropriation to evaluate and respond to federal law.
             672      Item 3 To Office of Attorney General
             673          From General Fund Restricted - Constitutional Defense             $350,000
             674          Schedule of Programs:
             675              Civil                            $350,000
             676          The Legislature intends that the Office of Attorney General use this appropriation to


             677      hire attorneys and staff to advise and provide services as provided by Subsection
             678      63C-4-103 (4)(e).
             679      Item 4 To Permanent Community Impact Fund
             680          From General Fund Restricted - Land Exchange Distribution Account     ($600,000)
             681          Schedule of Programs:
             682              Permanent Community Impact Fund            ($600,000)
             683      Item 5 To Department of Community and Culture - Community Development Capital Budget
             684          From Permanent Community Impact Fund                      ($600,000)
             685          Schedule of Programs:
             686              Permanent Community Impact Board         ($600,000)
             687          Section 12. Revisor instructions.
             688          It is the intent of the Legislature that, in preparing the Utah Code database for
             689      publication, the Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel shall replace the
             690      references in Subsection 63C-4-108 (2) from "this bill" to the bill's designated chapter number
             691      in the Laws of Utah.


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