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MEMBERS PRESENT: Rep. R. Curt Webb, Chair
Rep. Rebecca P. Edwards, Vice Chair
Rep. Johnny Anderson
Rep. Jack R. Draxler
Rep. James A. Dunnigan
Rep. Michael T. Morley
Rep. Jeremy A. Peterson
Rep. Dixon M. Pitcher
Rep. Marie H. Poulson
Rep. Stephen E. Sandstrom
Rep. Jennifer M. Seelig
Rep. Larry B.Wiley
STAFF PRESENT: Joseph Wade, Policy Analyst
Karen Mitchell, Committee Secretary
Note: A list of visitors and a copy of handouts are filed with the committee minutes.
Rep. Webb called the meeting to order at 8:09 a.m.
MOTION: Rep. Wiley moved to approve the minutes of February 18, 2011. The motion passed unanimously with Rep. Anderson, Rep. Dunnigan, Rep. Morley, Rep. Pitcher, Rep. Seelig, and Rep. Edwards absent for the vote.
H.B. 392 Retention Elections for Justice Court Judges (Rep. C. Oda)
Rep. Oda introduced the bill to the committee.
MOTION: Rep. Draxler moved to adopt 1st Substitute H.B. 392. The motion passed unanimously with Rep. Anderson, Rep. Pitcher, Rep. Poulson, and Rep. Edwards absent for the vote.
MOTION: Rep. Draxler moved to amend the substitute bill as follows:
1. Page 1, Line 9 :
9 This bill allows justice court judges to be evaluated for the
2012, 2014, and
2016
retention election
2. Page 1, Lines 12 through 13 :
12 This bill:
13 . for the
2012, 2014, and
2016 retention
{
election
}
elections
only,
authorizes the Judicial Performance Evaluation
3. Page 4, Lines 100 through 101 :
100 (9) Notwithstanding Subsection (8), each justice court judge who is subject to a
101 retention election in
2012, 2014, and
2016, and who is not a full-time justice court
judge on July 1, 2012, shall
The motion passed unanimously with Rep. Anderson, Rep. Pitcher, Rep. Poulson, and Rep. Edwards absent for the vote.
Spoke to the bill: Joanne Slotnik, Executive Director, Judicial Performance Evaluation
Commission
Spoke in favor of the bill: Rick Schwermer, Assistant State Court Administrator
MOTION: Rep. Draxler moved to pass 1st Substitute H. B. 392, as amended, with a favorable recommendation. The motion passed unanimously with Rep. Anderson, Rep. Pitcher, Rep. Poulson, and Rep. Edwards absent for the vote.
MOTION: Rep. Morley moved to place the bill on the Consent Calendar. The motion passed unanimously with Rep. Anderson, Rep. Pitcher, Rep. Poulson, and Rep. Edwards absent for the vote.
S.B. 142 Public Official Contact Information (Sen. H. Stephenson) (Rep. C. Wimmer)
Senator Stephenson introduced the bill to the committee.
Rep. Morley moved to amend the bill as follows:
1. Page 1, Lines 23 through 24
Senate Committee Amendments
2-2-2011 :
23 Other Special Clauses:
24
{
None
}
This bill coordinates with H.B. 186, Utah Code Technical
Amendments, by providing superseding technical amendments.
2. Page 2, Line 32
Senate Committee Amendments
2-2-2011 :
32 11-46-103, Utah Code Annotated 1953
Utah Code Sections Affected by Coordination Clause:
53A-1a-108, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2008, Chapters 157, 178, and 332
3. Page 4, Lines 117 through 118 :
117 (iii) The chair of the community council shall notify the local school board of each
118 appointment made under Subsection (5)(e)[
(i) or (ii)
.
4. Page 10, Lines 277 through 278 :
277 (4) The list of public records in this section is not exhaustive and should not be used to
278 limit access to records.
Section 6. Coordinating with H.B. 186 -- Superseding technical amendments.
If this S.B. 142 and H.B. 186, Utah Code Technical Amendments, both pass, it is the intent of the Legislature that the amendments to Subsection 53A-1a-108(5)(e)(iii) in this bill supersede the amendments to Subsection 53A-1a-108(5)(e)(iii) in H.B. 186 when the Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel prepares the Utah Code database for publication.
The motion to amend the bill passed unanimously with Rep. Anderson, Rep. Pitcher, Rep. Poulson, and Rep. Edwards absent for the vote.
Spoke in favor of the bill: Tab Uno, Citizen
Claire Geddes, Citizen
Spoke to the bill: LeGrand Bitter, Utah Association of Special Districts
Spoke in opposition to the bill: Tyler Slack, Utah PTA
Terel Grimley, Weber Water District
MOTION: Rep. Morley moved to amend the bill as follows:
1. Page 1, Lines 14 through 17
Senate Committee Amendments
2-2-2011 :
14 . requires a community council member to have a telephone number and email
15 address
, if available,
where the member can be reached;
16 . requires an elected official to have a telephone number and email address
, if
available,
where the
17 official can be reached S. directly .S ;
2. Page 2, Lines 46 through 47
Senate Committee Amendments
2-2-2011 :
46 Each elected official shall have a telephone number and an email address
, if
available,
where that
47 elected official may be reached S. directly .S .
3. Page 5, Lines 147 through 148
Senate Committee Amendments
2-2-2011 :
147 (iv) a telephone number and email address
, if available,
where each
community council member
148 can be reached S. directly .S .
4. Page 8, Lines 220 through 224
Senate Committee Amendments
2-2-2011 :
220 (m) for an elected official, as defined in Section 11-46-102 , a telephone number and
221 email address
, if available,
where that elected official may be reached as required in
Title 11, Chapter 46,
222 Access to Elected Officials; and
223 (n) for a school community council member, a telephone number and email address
, if available,
224 where that elected official may be reached S. directly .S as required in Section 53A-1a-108 .
SUBSTITUTE
MOTION: Rep. Draxler moved to amend the bill as follows:
1, Lines 14 through 17
Senate Committee Amendments
2-2-2011
14 . requires a community council member to have a telephone number
, if
available,
and email
15 address
, if available,
where the member can be reached;
16 . requires an elected official to have a telephone number
, if available,
and
email address
, if available,
where the
17 official can be reached S. directly .S ;
1. Page 2, Lines 46 through 47
Senate Committee Amendments
2-2-2011 :
46 Each elected official shall have a telephone number
, if available,
and an email
address
, if available,
where that
47 elected official may be reached S. directly .S .
2. Page 5, Lines 147 through 148
Senate Committee Amendments
2-2-2011 :
147 (iv) a telephone number
, if available,
and email address
, if available,
where each community council member
148 can be reached S. directly .S .
3. Page 8, Lines 220 through 224
Senate Committee Amendments
2-2-2011 :
220 (m) for an elected official, as defined in Section 11-46-102 , a telephone number
,
if available,
and
221 email address
, if available,
where that elected official may be reached as required in
Title 11, Chapter 46,
222 Access to Elected Officials; and
223 (n) for a school community council member, a telephone number
, if available,
and email address
, if available,
224 where that elected official may be reached S. directly .S as required in Section 53A-1a-108 .
The substitute motion passed unanimously with Rep. Edwards absent for the vote.
MOTION: Rep. Morley moved to pass out S.B. 142, as amended, with a favorable recommendation. The motion passed unanimously with Rep. Edwards absent for the vote.
S.B. 242 Assessment Area Amendments (Sen. W. Niederhauser) (Rep. M. Morley)
Senator Niederhauser introduced the bill to the committee.
MOTION: Rep. Morley moved to amend the bill as follows:
1. Page 2, Lines 51 through 53 :
51 (6) "Assessment method" means the method by which an assessment is levied against
52 property, whether by frontage, area, taxable value, fair market value, lot, parcel, number of
53 connections, equivalent residential unit,
{
or
}
any combination of these
methods
{
.
}
, or any other method that equitably reflects the benefit received
from the improvement.
The motion passed unanimously.
Spoke in favor of the bill: Claire Geddes, Citizen
MOTION: Rep. Morley moved to pass out S.B. 242, as amended, with a favorable recommendation. The motion passed unanimously with Rep. Draxler and Rep. Dunnigan absent for the vote.
H.B. 403 Changes to Fit Premises Act (Rep. J. Seelig)
Rep. Seelig introduced the bill to the committee and provided a handout.
MOTION: Rep. Seelig moved to amend the bill as follows:
1. Page 3, Line 77 :
77 (ii) a protective order protecting the renter from a domestic violence perpetrator
or
a copy of a police report documenting that the renter is a victim of domestic violence and did not participate in the violence ; and
The motion passed unanimously with Rep. Draxler absent for the vote.
Spoke in favor of the bill: Ned Searle, Director of Utah Office of Violence Against Women
Francisca Blanc, Utah Housing Corporation
MOTION: Rep. Wiley moved to pass out H.B. 403, as amended, with a favorable recommendation. The motion passed unanimously with Rep. Draxler absent for the vote.
MOTION: Rep. Wiley moved to place the bill on the Consent Calendar. The motion passed unanimously with Rep. Draxler absent for the vote.
MOTION: Rep. Dunnigan moved to adjourn the meeting. The motion passed unanimously with Rep. Draxler absent for the vote.
Rep. Webb adjourned the meeting at 9:32 a.m.
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Rep. Curt Webb, Chair