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LAW ENFORCEMENT AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE STANDING COMMITTEE
Room 25, House Office Building, State Capitol Complex
February 8, 2011
Members Present: Rep. Curt Oda, Chair
Rep. Richard Greenwood, Vice Chair
Rep. Patrice Arent
Rep. David Butterfield
Rep. Steve Eliason
Rep. Keith Grover
Rep. Don Ipson
Rep. David Litvack
Rep. Lee Perry
Rep. Jennifer Seelig
Rep. Carl Wimmer
Rep. Bill Wright
Members Absent: Rep. Greg Hughes
Staff Present: Mr. Stewart Smith, Policy Analyst
Ms. Linda Error, Committee Secretary
note: A list of visitors and a copy of handouts are filed with the committee minutes.
Rep. Greenwood called the meeting to order at 2:05 p.m.
MOTION: Rep. Wimmer moved to approve the minutes of the February 4, 2011 meeting. The motion passed unanimously, with Rep. Arent, Rep. Grover, Rep. Litvack, Rep. .Perry, Rep. Seelig and Rep. Wright absent for the vote.
S.C.R. 1 Crisis Intervention Team Program Concurrent Resolution (Sen. P. Jones)
Sen. Jones explained the resolution to the committee with the assistance of Ms. Sherri Wittwer, National Alliance on Mental Illness.
Spoke in favor of the bill: Mr. Duane Cardall, citizen
Dr. Todd Soutor, Davis Behavioral Health
Ms. Jayce Skinner, Utah Sentencing Commission
MOTION: Rep. Arent moved to pass the resolution with a favorable recommendation. The motion passed unanimously.
Rep. Greenwood relinquished the Chair to Rep. Oda.
H.B. 178 Dispatcher Service Amendments (Rep. R. Greenwood)
Rep. Greenwood explained the bill to the committee with the assistance of Director Scott Stephenson, Peace Officer Standards and Training.
MOTION: Rep. Ipson moved to amend the bill as follows:
1. Page 3, Lines 79 through 81 :
79 (5) An applicant is considered to be of good moral character under Subsection (1)(e) if
80 the applicant has not engaged in conduct that would be a violation of Subsection 53-6-309 (1)
81
{
or (2)
}
.
The motion to amend passed unanimously, with Rep. Arent absent for the vote.
MOTION: Rep. Wimmer moved to amend the bill as follows:
1. Page 5, Lines 136 through 137 :
136 (e) refuses to respond, or fails to respond truthfully, to questions after having been
137 issued a warning
{
issued
}
based on Garrity v. New Jersey, 385 U.S. 493 (1967); or
The motion to amend passed unanimously, with Rep. Arent absent for the vote.
MOTION: Rep. Ipson moved to pass the bill with a favorable recommendation. The motion passed unanimously, with Rep. Arent absent for the vote.
H.B. 179 Peace Officer Recertification Amendments (Rep. R. Greenwood)
Rep. Greenwood explained the bill to the committee with the assistance of Director Scott Stephenson, Peace Officer Standards and Training
.
MOTION: Rep. Perry moved to pass the bill with a favorable recommendation. The motion passed unanimously, with Rep. Arent and Rep. Ipson absent for the vote.
Rep. Greenwood resumed the Chair.
H.B. 80 Emergency Management (Rep. C. Oda)
Rep. Oda explained the bill to the committee with the assistance of Mr. Keith Squires, Utah Department of Public Safety.
MOTION: Rep. Oda moved to amend the bill as follows:
1. Page 2, Lines 33 through 35 :
33 . provides that political subdivisions within a region may not establish the region as a
34 new governmental entity in the federal disaster declaration
{
hierarchy
}
process
;
35 . authorizes the division to:
2. Page 8, Line 244 through Page 9, Line 250 :
244 (b) The political subdivisions within a region designated in Subsection (2)(a) may not
245 establish the region as a new government entity in the federal disaster declaration
{
hierarchy
}
process
,
246 which runs in the following order:
247 (i) local governmental entities;
248 (ii) counties;
249 (iii) the state; and
250 (iv) the federal government.
The motion to amend passed unanimously, with Rep. Arent, Rep. Ipson and Rep. Wimmer absent for the vote.
MOTION: Rep. Litvack moved to pass the bill with a favorable recommendation. The motion passed unanimously, with Rep. Ipson and Rep. Wimmer absent for the vote.
MOTION: Rep. Grover moved to adjourn the meeting. The motion passed unanimously, with Rep. Ipson and Rep. Wimmer absent for the vote.
Rep. Greenwood adjourned the meeting at 3:25 p.m.
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Rep. Curtis Oda, Chair