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This document includes Senate 3rd Reading Floor Amendments incorporated into the bill on Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 11:58 AM by rday. -->
Senator Karen Mayne proposes the following substitute bill:


             1     
WORKER CLASSIFICATION COORDINATED ENFORCEMENT

             2     
2011 GENERAL SESSION

             3     
STATE OF UTAH

             4     
Chief Sponsor: Karen Mayne

             5     
House Sponsor: Todd E. Kiser


             6      Cosponsor: John L. Valentine

             7     

             8      LONG TITLE
             9      General Description:
             10          This bill modifies labor provisions to address worker classification and related issues of
             11      enforcement.
             12      Highlighted Provisions:
             13          This bill:
             14          .    changes the Independent Contractor Database Enforcement Council to the Worker
             15      Classification Coordinated Enforcement Council, including:
             16              .    addressing membership;
             17              .    modifying the duties of the council; and
             18              .    addressing the sharing of information; S. and
             19      [     .    addresses closing of meetings; and ] .S
             20          .    makes technical and conforming amendments.
             21      Money Appropriated in this Bill:
             22          None
             23      Other Special Clauses:
             24          This bill provides an immediate effective date.
             25      Utah Code Sections Affected:



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     AMENDS:
             27      S. [     52-4-205, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapters 35, 60, and 239 ] .S
             28          63I-1-213, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2008, Chapter 273 and renumbered and
             29      amended by Laws of Utah 2008, Chapter 382
             30          63I-1-234, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapter 319
             31      ENACTS:
             32          34-47-101, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             33          34-47-102, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             34          34-47-201, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             35          34-47-202, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             36      REPEALS:
             37          13-46-101, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2008, Chapter 273
             38          13-46-102, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2008, Chapter 273
             39          13-46-103, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2008, Chapter 273
             40          13-46-201, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2008, Chapter 273
             41          13-46-202, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2008, Chapter 273
             42          13-46-301, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2008, Chapter 273
             43          13-46-302, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2008, Chapter 273
             44          13-46-303, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2008, Chapter 273
             45     

             46      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             47          Section 1. Section 34-47-101 is enacted to read:
             48     
CHAPTER 47. WORKER CLASSIFICATION COORDINATED ENFORCEMENT

             49     
ACT

             50     
Part 1. General Provisions

             51          34-47-101. Title.
             52          This chapter is known as the "Worker Classification Coordinated Enforcement Act."
             53          Section 2. Section 34-47-102 is enacted to read:
             54          34-47-102. Definitions.
             55          As used in this chapter:
             56          (1) "Commission" means the Labor Commission.



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         (2) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the Labor Commission.
             58          (3) "Council" means the Worker Classification Coordinated Enforcement Council
             59      created in Section 34-47-201 .
             60          (4) "Member agency" means an agency that is represented on the council.
             61          (5) "Misclassification" means to classify an individual as something other than an
             62      employee, if under the relevant law the individual is required to be classified as an employee.
             63          Section 3. Section 34-47-201 is enacted to read:
             64     
Part 2. Worker Classification Coordinated Enforcement Council

             65          34-47-201. Creation.
             66          (1) (a) There is created within the commission the Worker Classification Coordinated
             67      Enforcement Council consisting of the following four members:
             68          (i) the commissioner, or the commissioner's designee;
             69          (ii) the executive director of the Department of Commerce, or the executive director's
             70      designee;
             71          (iii) the executive director of the Department of Workforce Services, or the executive
             72      director's designee; and
             73          (iv) the chair of the State Tax Commission, or the chair's designee.
             74          (b) The Office of the Attorney General shall work cooperatively with the council.
             75          (2) The commissioner, or the commissioner's designee, is chair of the council.
             76          (3) (a) A majority of the council members constitutes a quorum.
             77          (b) A vote of the majority of the council members present when a quorum is present is
             78      an action of the council.
             79          (c) Subject to Section 34-47-202 , the council shall meet at the call of the chair, except
             80      that the chair shall call a meeting at least quarterly.
             81          (d) The council may adopt additional procedures or requirements for:
             82          (i) voting, when there is a tie of the council members;
             83          (ii) how meetings are to be called; and
             84          (iii) the frequency of meetings.
             85           S. [ (4) The council may close a meeting of the council in accordance with Title 52,
             86      Chapter 4, Open and Public Meetings Act.
] .S

             87          Section 4. Section 34-47-202 is enacted to read:



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         34-47-202. Duties and powers of the council.
             89          (1) The council shall meet at least quarterly with the attorney general or a designee of
             90      the attorney general to coordinate regulatory and law enforcement efforts related to
             91      misclassification.
             92          (2) (a) The council shall report by no later than November 30 of each year to:
             93          (i) the governor; and
             94          (ii) the Business and Labor Interim Committee.
             95          (b) The report required by this Subsection (2) shall include:
             96          (i) the nature and extent of misclassification in this state;
             97          (ii) the results of regulatory and law enforcement efforts related to the council;
             98          (iii) the status of sharing information by member agencies; and
             99          (iv) recommended legislative changes, if any.
             100          (c) As part of the report required by this Subsection (2), the chairs of the Business and
             101      Labor Interim Committee shall provide an opportunity to the following to report to the
             102      Business and Labor Interim Committee on the effectiveness of the council:
             103          (i) the attorney general; and
             104          (ii) each member agency.
             105          (3) The council may study:
             106          (a) how to reduce costs to the state resulting from misclassification;
             107          (b) how to extend outreach and education efforts regarding the nature and requirements
             108      of classifying an individual;
             109          (c) how to promote efficient and effective information sharing amongst the member
             110      agencies; and
             111          (d) the need, if any, to create by statute a database or other method to facilitate sharing
             112      of information related to misclassifiction.
             113          (4) A member agency shall cooperate with the commission and council to provide
             114      information related to misclassification to the extent that:
             115          (a) the information is public information; or
             116          (b) providing the information is otherwise permitted by law other than this chapter.
             117          (5) (a) A record provided to the commission or council under this chapter is a protected
             118      record under Title 63G, Chapter 2, Government Records Access and Management Act, unless



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     otherwise classified as private or controlled under Title 63G, Chapter 2.
             120          (b) Notwithstanding Subsection (5)(a), the commission or council may disclose the
             121      record to the extent:
             122          (i) necessary to take an administrative action by a member agency;
             123          (ii) necessary to prosecute a criminal act; or
             124          (iii) that the record is:
             125          (A) obtainable from a source other than the member agency that provides the record to
             126      the commission or council; or
             127          (B) public information or permitted to be disclosed by a law other than this chapter.
             128           S. [ Section 5. Section 52-4-205 is amended to read: ]
             129           [ 52-4-205. Purposes of closed meetings.
             130          (1) A closed meeting described under Section 52-4-204 may only be held for:
             131          (a) discussion of the character, professional competence, or physical or mental health
             132      of an individual;
             133          (b) strategy sessions to discuss collective bargaining;
             134          (c) strategy sessions to discuss pending or reasonably imminent litigation;
             135          (d) strategy sessions to discuss the purchase, exchange, or lease of real property,
             136      including any form of a water right or water shares, if public discussion of the transaction
             137      would:
             138          (i) disclose the appraisal or estimated value of the property under consideration; or
             139          (ii) prevent the public body from completing the transaction on the best possible terms;
             140          (e) strategy sessions to discuss the sale of real property, including any form of a water
             141      right or water shares, if:
             142          (i) public discussion of the transaction would:
             143          (A) disclose the appraisal or estimated value of the property under consideration; or
             144          (B) prevent the public body from completing the transaction on the best possible terms;
             145          (ii) the public body previously gave public notice that the property would be offered for
             146      sale; and
             147          (iii) the terms of the sale are publicly disclosed before the public body approves the
             148      sale;
             149          (f) discussion regarding deployment of security personnel, devices, or systems;
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          S. [ (g) investigative proceedings regarding allegations of criminal misconduct;
             151          (h) as relates to the Independent Legislative Ethics Commission, conducting business
             152      relating to the receipt or review of ethics complaints;
             153          (i) as relates to an ethics committee of the Legislature, a purpose permitted under
             154      Subsection 52-4-204 (1)(a)(iii)(B);
             155          (j) as relates to a county legislative body, discussing commercial information as
             156      defined in Section 59-1-404 ; [or]
             157          (k) as relates to the Worker Classification Coordinated Enforcement Council, created
             158      in Section 34-47-201 , discussing a specific civil, criminal, or administrative action or audit if
             159      discussing the action or audit in an open meeting could reasonably be expected to:
             160          (i) interfere with an investigation undertaken for purposes of enforcement, discipline,
             161      licensing, certification, or registration;
             162          (ii) interfere with an audit, disciplinary, or enforcement proceeding;
             163          (iii) create a danger of depriving a person of a right to a fair trial or impartial hearing;
             164          (iv) disclose the identity of a source who is not generally known outside of government
             165      if disclosure would compromise the source; or
             166          (v) disclose investigative or audit techniques, procedures, policies, or orders not
             167      generally known outside of government if disclosure would interfere with enforcement or audit
             168      efforts; or
             169          [(k)] (l) a purpose for which a meeting is required to be closed under Subsection (2).
             170          (2) The following meetings shall be closed:
             171          (a) a meeting of the Health and Human Services Interim Committee to review a fatality
             172      review report described in Subsection 62A-16-301 (1)(a), and the responses to the report
             173      described in Subsections 62A-16-301 (2) and (4); and
             174          (b) a meeting of the Child Welfare Legislative Oversight Panel to:
             175          (i) review a fatality review report described in Subsection 62A-16-301 (1)(a), and the
             176      responses to the report described in Subsections 62A-16-301 (2) and (4); or
             177          (ii) review and discuss an individual case, as described in Subsection 62A-4a-207 (5).
             178          (3) A public body may not interview a person applying to fill an elected position in a
             179      closed meeting.
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             180          Section S. [ 6 ] 5 .S . Section 63I-1-213 is amended to read:



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          63I-1-213. Repeal dates, Title 13.
             182          [(1)] Title 13, Chapter 16, Motor Fuel Marketing Act, is repealed July 1, 2012.
             183          [(2) Title 13, Chapter 46, Independent Contractor Database Act, is repealed July 1,
             184      2013.]
             185          Section 7. Section 63I-1-234 is amended to read:
             186           63I-1-234. Repeal dates, Title 34A.
             187          (1) Title 34, Chapter 47, Worker Classification Coordinated Enforcement Act, is
             188      repealed July 1, 2013.
             189          [(1)] (2) Section 34A-2-202.5 is repealed December 31, 2020.
             190          [(2)] (3) Section 34A-2-705 and Subsection 59-9-101 (2)(c)(iv) are repealed July 1,
             191      2013.
             192          [(3)] (4) Title 34A, Chapter 8a, Utah Injured Worker Reemployment Act, is repealed
             193      July 1, 2014.
             194          Section 8. Repealer.
             195          This bill repeals:
             196          Section 13-46-101, Title.
             197          Section 13-46-102, Definitions.
             198          Section 13-46-103, Scope.
             199          Section 13-46-201, Creation.
             200          Section 13-46-202, Duties of the council.
             201          Section 13-46-301, Creation.
             202          Section 13-46-302, Confidentiality of information in the database.
             203          Section 13-46-303, Liability.
             204          Section 9. Effective date.
             205          If approved by two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, this bill takes effect
             206      upon approval by the governor, or the day following the constitutional time limit of Utah
             207      Constitution Article VII, Section 8, without the governor's signature, or in the case of a veto,
             208      the date of veto override.


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