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STANDING COMMITTEE
Room 450, State Capitol, Utah State Capitol Complex
January 28, 2011
Members Present: Rep. Jim Dunnigan, Chair
Rep. Dixon Pitcher, Vice Chair
Rep. Jackie Biskupski
Rep. Jim Bird
Rep. Derek Brown
Rep. Susan Duckworth
Rep. Gage Froerer
Rep. Don Ipson
Rep. Todd Kiser
Rep. Brad Last
Rep. Michael Morley
Rep. Curt Webb
Rep. Larry Wiley
Members Absent: Rep. Francis Gibson
Staff Present: Bryant Howe, Assistant Director
Rosemary Young, Committee Secretary
Note: List of visitors and a copy of handouts are filed with committee minutes .
Rep. Dunnigan called the meeting to order at 2:04 p.m.
MOTION: Rep. Ipson moved to approve the minutes of the January 26, 2011 meeting. The motion passed unanimously with Rep. Bird, Rep. Kiser, Rep. Last, Rep. Morley, and Rep. Wiley absent for the vote.
H.B. 196 Continuing Education Requirements for Landscape Architects (Rep. R. C. Webb)
Rep. Webb explained the bill to the committee assisted by Jay Nielson, Utah Chapter, American Society of Landscape Architects, who distributed handouts. Mark Vlasic and Troy Herold, Utah Chapter, American Society of Landscape Architects spoke in favor of the bill and responded to questions from the committee.
MOTION: Rep. Ipson moved to transmit H.B. 196 with a favorable recommendation. The motion passed with Rep. Morley voting in opposition and Rep. Kiser and Rep. Wiley absent for the vote.
H.B. 185 Sales Information Disclosure for Commercial Real Property Transactions (Rep. G. Froerer)
MOTION: Rep. Froerer moved to amend H.B. 185 as follows:
1. Page 1, Lines 15 through 16 :
15 . authorizes the Trust to share that information with county assessors
{
,
}
and
the State Tax
16 Commission
{
, and the Utah Association of Realtors
}
;
2. Page 3, Lines 62 through 64 :
62 (i) assessors of counties of the state;
and
63 (ii) the State Tax Commission
{
; and
}
.
64
{
(iii) the Utah Association of Realtors.
}
3. Page 3, Lines 67 through 68 :
67 (4) (a) Except as provided in Subsections (4)(b) and (c), a county assessor
{
,
}
and
the State
68 Tax Commission
{
, and the Utah Association of Realtors
}
may not disclose any
information
The motion passed unanimously with Rep. Wiley absent for the vote.
Rep. Froerer explained the bill to the committee. Lee Gardner, Salt Lake County Assessor, and Marc Johnson, Utah State Tax Commission, spoke in favor of the bill. Kyle McMullen, Commerce Real Estate Solutions, spoke against the bill.
MOTION: Rep. Last moved to transmit H.B. 185 with a favorable recommendation. The motion passed with Rep. Biskupski voting in opposition and Rep. Morley absent for the vote.
H.B. 203 Codification of State Construction and Fire Codes (Rep. M. Morley)
This bill was not considered
H.B. 67 State Bonding Commission Bonding Authority (Rep. B. Last)
Rep. Last explained the bill to the committee.
MOTION: Rep. Ipson moved to transmit H.B. 67 with a favorable recommendation. The motion passed unanimously with Rep. Kiser and Rep. Morley absent for the vote.
MOTION: Rep. Pitcher moved to place H.B. 67 on the Consent Calendar. The motion passed unanimously with Rep. Kiser and Rep. Morley absent for the vote.
H.B. 225 Condominium and Community Association Amendments (Rep. G. Froerer)
This bill was not considered.
MOTION: Rep. Brown moved to adjourn. The motion passed unanimously with Rep. Kiser and Rep. Morley absent for the vote.
Rep. Dunnigan adjourned the meeting at 3:04 p.m.
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Rep. James Dunnigan, Chair