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MINUTES OF THE SENATE NATURAL RESOURCES, AGRICULTURE, AND ENVIRONMENT STANDING COMMITTEE
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
415 State Capitol, Utah State Capitol Complex
Sen. Allen Christensen
Sen. Gene Davis
Sen. David Hinkins
Member Absent: Sen. Margaret Dayton
Sen. Dennis Stowell
Staff Present: J Brian Allred, Policy Analyst
Cynthia Millar, Secretary
Public Speakers Present: Sen W. Niederhauser
Max Burdick, Chair, Salt LAke County Counsil
Jacki Evans, Research Director, Utah Taxpayers Association
Spencer Mortensen, Private Citizen
Rep. R. Barrus
Kevin Carter, Director, SILTA
Mike Peterson, Utah Rural Electric Association
A list of visitors and a copy of handouts are filed with the committee minutes.
Committee Chair Okerlund called the meeting to order at 4:20p.m.
1. Approval of Minutes
MOTION: Sen. Davis moved to approve the minutes of February 10, 2011.
The motion passed unanimously.
2. S.B. 82, Urban Farming Assessment Act
Sen. Neiderhauser introduced the bill. Max Burdick assisted with the presentation.
MOTION: Sen. Davis moved to Amend S.B. 82 as follows:
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45 (a)
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over 50% of
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the land to which the phrase applies is being devoted to
active urban
The motion passed unanimously.
Jacki Evans, Research Director, Utah Taxpayers Association, spoke against the bill.
Spencer Mortensen, Private Citizen, spoke for the bill.
MOTION: Sen. Christensen moved to pass S.B. 82, out favorably, as amended.
The motion passed unanimously.
3. H.B. 88, Agriculture Sustainability Task Force
Rep. J. Drexler introduced the bill.
MOTION: Sen. Davis moved to pass H.B. 88, out favorably.
The motion passed unanimously.
4. 1st Sub. H.B. 51, School and Institutional Trust Lands
Rep. R. Barrus introduced the bill. Kevin Carter, Director, School and Institutional Trust Lands Association , assisted with the presentation.
MOTION: Sen. Davis moved to amend 1H.B.51 as follows:
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16 . exempts the Administration from fee agency provisions
for certain fees
in
the Budgetary
17 Procedures Act;
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House Committee Amendments
2-2-2011 :
182 (f)
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The
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(i) Except as provided in Subsection (3)(f)(ii), the
administration is not subject to the fee agency requirements of Section
183 63J-1-504 .
(ii) The following fees of the administration are subject to the requirements of
Section 63J-1-504: application, assignment, amendment, affidavit for lost
documents, name change, reinstatement, grazing non use, extension of time, partial
conveyance, patent reissue, collateral assignment, electronic payment, and
processing.
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865 (8)
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(a) Except as provided in Subsection (8)(b), the
School and
Institutional Trust Lands Administration, established in
53C-1-201
,
866 is exempt from the requirements of this section.
(b) The following fees of the School and Institutional Trust Lands
Administration are subject to the requirements of this section: application,
assignment, amendment, affidavit for lost documents, name change, reinstatement,
grazing non use, extension of time, partial conveyance, patent reissue, collateral
assignment, electronic payment, and processing.
The motion passed unanimously.
MOTION: Sen. Christensen moved to move to the next item of business and reschedule
1H.B. 51, to be heard at a future meeting.
The motion passed unanimously.
5. H.J.R. 21, Selections of Unappropriated Federal Lands Joint Resolution
Rep. R. Barrus introduced the bill.
MOTION: Sen. Christensen moved to pass H.J.R. 21, out favorably.
The motion passed unanimously.
6. H.J.R. 19, Joint Resolution Opposing the Environmental Protection Agency's Regulation of Greenhouse Gases
Rep. R. Barrus introduced the bill.
Mike Peterson, Utah Rural Electric Association, spoke in support of the bill.
Mark Ward, Policy Analyst, Utah Association of Counties, spoke in support of the bill.
MOTION: Sen. Hinkins moved to pass H.J.R. 19, out favorably.
The motion passed unanimously.
MOTION: Sen. Davis moved to adjourn.
The motion passed unanimously.
Chair Okerlund adjourned the meeting at 5:15 p.m.
Minutes reported by Cynthia Millar, Secretary
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Sen. Ralph Oakerlund, Committee Chair