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MINUTES OF THE HOUSE TRANSPORTATION
STANDING COMMITTEE
Room C450, State Capitol, Utah State Capitol Complex
February 15, 2011

MEMBERS PRESENT:        Rep. Bradley M. Daw, Chair
                    Rep. Johnny Anderson, Vice Chair
                    Rep. Janice M. Fisher
                    Rep. Julie Fisher    
                    Rep. Steve Handy            
                    Rep. Wayne A. Harper
                    Rep. Lynn N. Hemingway                
                    Rep. Todd Kiser
                    Rep. Bradley Last
                    Rep. Carol Spackman Moss
                    Rep. Jim Nielson
                    Rep. Jeremy Peterson
                    Rep. Val Peterson                    

MEMBERS ABSENT:        Rep. Ken Sumsion
                    
STAFF PRESENT:            Leif Elder, Policy Analyst
                    Karen Mitchell, Committee Secretary

Note: A list of visitors and a copy of handouts are filed with the committee minutes .


Rep. Anderson called the meeting to order at 2:11 p.m.

MOTION:    Rep. Harper moved to approve the minutes of the February 8, 2011 and February 9, 2011 meetings. The motion passed unanimously with Rep. Hemingway, Rep. Last, Rep. Moss, Rep. Nielson, and Rep. Jeremy Peterson absent for the vote.

S.B. 47    Driver License and Identification Card Amendments (Sen. C. Bramble) (Rep. D. Litvack)

Rep. Litvack introduced the bill to the committee.

Spoke to the bill:    Nannette Rolfe , Director Drivers License Division

MOTION:    Rep. Julie Fisher moved to pass S.B. 47 with a favorable recommendation. The motion passed with Rep. Kiser and Rep. Rep. Nielson voting in opposition. Rep. Jeremy Peterson was absent for the vote.

H.B. 162    Pedestrians on Freeways (Rep. L. Perry)

Rep. Perry introduced the bill to the committee.


Spoke to the bill:    Linda Hull, Utah Department of Transportation

MOTION:    Rep. Last moved to pass H.B. 162 with a favorable recommendation. The motion passed unanimously with Rep. Moss and Rep. Jeremy Peterson absent for the vote.

H.B. 173    Dedication and Abandonment of Public Highways (Rep. K. McIff)


Rep. McIff introduced the bill to the committee.

MOTION:    Rep. Daw moved to amend the bill as follows:


1.    Page 1, Line 23 :    

             23      interruption;
    
  . provides that the dedication and interruption provisions apply to any claim for which a court of competent jurisdiction has not issued a final unappealable judgment or order;      


2.    Page 2, Lines 52 through 58 :    

             52          (3) Continuous use as a public thoroughfare under Subsection (1) is interrupted only
             53      when:
             54          (a) the regularly established pattern and frequency of public use for the given road has
             55      actually been interrupted
  to a degree that reasonably puts the traveling public on notice       ;      {   and   }        or      

             56          (b) for interruptions
  by use of a manned barricade       on or after May 10, 2011      {   ,   }        :

    (i)  
the person or entity interrupting the

             57      continuous use gives not less than 72 hours advance written notice of the interruption to the
             58      highway authority having jurisdiction of the highway, street, or road
  ; and

    (ii) the manned barricade is maintained for at least 24 consecutive hours  
.


3.    Page 3, Lines 61 through 62 :    

             61          (5) If the highway authority having jurisdiction of the highway, street, or road demands

             62      that an interruption
{   ceases   }        cease       or that a barrier or barricade blocking public access be removed and


4.    Page 3, Line 72 :    

             72      ensure safe travel according to the facts and circumstances.
    
  (9)(a) The provisions of this section apply to any claim under this section for which a court of competent jurisdiction has not issued a final unappealable judgment or order.

    (b) The legislature finds that the application of this section:
    (i) does not enlarge, eliminate, or destroy vested rights; and
    (ii) clarifies legislative intent in light of Utah Supreme Court rulings in Wasatch County v. Okelberry, 179 P.3d 768, Town of Leeds v. Prisbey, 179 P.3d 757, and Utah County v. Butler, 179 P.3d 775.  


The motion passed unanimously with Rep. Moss and Rep. Jeremy Peterson absent for the vote.

Spoke in favor of the bill:    Brent Gardner, Utah Association of Counties
                Lynn Pace, Salt Lake City
                Sterling Brown, Utah Farm Bureau

Spoke to the bill:    Gerald Haycock, Sons of the Utah Pioneers

MOTION:    Rep. Kiser moved to pass H.B. 173 out favorably as amended. The motion passed unanimously with Rep. Julie Fisher, Rep. Handy, and Rep. Moss absent for the vote.

MOTION:    Rep. Kiser moved to adjourn. The motion passed unanimously with Rep. Julie Fisher, Rep. Harper, and Rep. Moss absent for the vote.

Rep. Anderson adjourned the meeting at 3:27 p.m.







                             
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                                 Rep. Bradley M. Daw, Chair