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         P.O. BOX 145030 . SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH 84114-5030 . (801) 538-1029         February 8, 2012

Madam Speaker:

    The Business and Labor Committee reports a favorable recommendation on H.B. 131, LIENS FOR PRECONSTRUCTION SERVICE AND CONSTRUCTION WORK, by Representative M. Morley, with the following amendments:

1.    Page 34, Lines 1026 through 1029 :    

             1026      of the contestable notice

{   or if the contesting person believes that the evidence is insufficient to

             1027      establish the validity of the notice, the contesting person may submit a written request to the
             1028      division to determine the validity of the notice.
             1029          (4) If the division determines that the notice is invalid   } , the person who filed the notice

1.    Page 48, Lines 1475 through 1480 :    

             1475          Section 37. Section 38-1a-504 is enacted to read:
             1476          38-1a-504. Construction liens on equal footing.
             1477          
  Subject to Subsection 38-1a-503(2)(b),            {   Construction   }        construction       liens on a project property are on an equal footing with one another,

             1478      regardless of when the notices of construction lien relating to the construction liens are
             1479      submitted for recording and regardless of when construction work for which the liens are
             1480      claimed is provided.

    Respectfully,

    James A. Dunnigan
    Committee Chair
Voting: 14-0-0
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