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MINUTES OF THE HOUSE BUSINESS AND LABOR
STANDING COMMITTEE
Room 450, State Capitol
January 24, 2012

Members Present:    Rep. Jim Dunnigan, Chair
            Rep. Dixon Pitcher, Vice Chair
            Rep. Jim Bird                            
            Rep. Derek Brown
            Rep. Brian Doughty
            Rep. Susan Duckworth                        
            Rep. Gage Froerer             
            Rep. Don Ipson             
            Rep. Todd Kiser
            Rep. Brad Last
            Rep. Michael Morley            
            Rep. Curt Webb
            Rep. Larry Wiley
            Rep. Brad Wilson
             
Staff Present:    Mr. Bryant Howe, Assistant Director            
            Ms. Rosemary Young, Committee Secretary

Note:        List of visitors and a copy of handouts are filed with committee minutes .

Chair Dunnigan called the meeting to order at 2:14 p.m and invited the committee members and staff to introduce themselves. Chair Dunnigan relinquished the chair to Vice Chair Pitcher.

H.B. 61    Portable Electronics Insurance Related Amendments (Rep. T. Kiser)

This bill was not heard.

H.B. 39    Amendment to Utah Optometry Practice Act (Rep. J. Dunnigan)

MOTION:    Rep. Dunnigan moved to amend H. B. 39 as follows:

1.    Page 1, Line 12 :    

             12      circumstances to sell
{   eyeglasses   }        an ophthalmic lens       without being licensed under the chapter.


2.    Page 1, Lines 15 through 19 :    

             15          .    allows a person in certain circumstances to sell, fit, adjust, and dispense
{   eyeglasses

             16      or spectacles   }
  an ophthalmic lens       without being licensed under the chapter;

             17
         .    requires a prescription for
{   eyeglasses   }        an ophthalmic lens       ; and

             18          .    specifies the activities that the unlicensed person may engage in regarding the sale
             19      or dispensing of
{   eyeglasses or spectacles   }        an ophthalmic lens       .


3.    Page 3, Line 88 :    

             88          (3) selling or providing contact lenses
{   , eyeglasses, or spectacles   }        or an ophthalmic lens       in a manner


4.    Page 4, Lines 94 through 95 :    

             94     
Part 8. Contact Lenses and
{   Eyeglasses   }        Ophthalmic Lenses      

             95          58-16a-801. Contact lens and
{   eyeglass   }        ophthalmic lens       seller or provider.


5.    Page 5, Lines 124 through 126 :    

             124          (i) provides the
{   eyeglasses or spectacles   }        ophthalmic lens       consistent with and in accordance with      {   an

             125      eyeglass   }
  an unexpired       prescription from a licensed physician or optometrist;

             126          (ii) dispenses the
{   eyeglasses or spectacles   }        ophthalmic lenses       within or from the state;


6.    Page 5, Lines 134 through 136 :    

             134          (i) sell, reproduce, or dispense
{   eyeglasses or spectacles   }        ophthalmic lenses       ;

             135          (ii) fit or adjust
{   eyeglasses, spectacles,   }        ophthalmic lenses       or frames;

             136          (iii) assist with the selection of frames for
{   eyeglasses or spectacles   }        ophthalmic lenses       ;


7.    Page 5, Line 139 :    

             139      multi-focal
  ophthalmic       lenses.


8.    Page 5, Line 142 :    

             142      accordance with Subsection (1), or to sell
{   eyeglasses or spectacles   }        ophthalmic lenses       in accordance with



The motion passed unanimously with Rep. Kiser absent for the vote.

Rep. Dunnigan explained the bill to the committee.

Spoke for the bill:    Cathy McCallum, 1 800 Contacts

MOTION:    Rep. Morley moved to transmit H.B. 39 with a favorable recommendation. The motion passed unanimously with Rep. Kiser absent for the vote.

H.B. 29    Insurance Amendments (Rep. J. Dunnigan)

MOTION:    Rep. Dunnigan moved to replace H.B. 29 with 1st Substitute H.B. 29. The motion passed unanimously with Rep. Kiser absent for the vote.

Rep. Dunnigan explained the bill to the committee assisted by the following individuals from the Utah Department of Insurance: Tanji Northrup, Suzette Green-Wright, Armand Glick, and Randy Overstreet.

Spoke for the bill:    Kelly Atkinson, Utah Health Insurance Association
            Chris Purcell, State Farm Insurance

MOTION:    Rep. Duckworth moved to transmit 1st Substitute H. B. 29 with a favorable recommendation. The motion passed unanimously with Rep. Brown absent for the vote.    

H.B. 33    Fireworks Amendments (Rep. J. Dunnigan)

MOTION:    Rep. Dunnigan moved to amend H. B. 33 as follows:

1.    Page 1, Line 26 through Page 2, Line 42 :    

             26          53-7-225. Times for sale and discharge of fireworks.
             27          (1) A person may sell Class C common state approved explosives [may be: (1) sold
             28      each year] in the state as follows:
             29          (a) beginning on June [26] 23 and ending on July [26] 27;
             30          (b) beginning on December [26]
{   30   }        29       and ending on      {   January 1   }        December 31       ; and

             31          (c) [three] two days before and on the Chinese New
{   Year   }        Year's eve       [; and].

             32          (2) [discharged each year] A person may discharge Class C common state approved
             33      explosives in the state as follows:
             34          (a) between the hours of 11 a.m. and 11 p.m.:

             35          [(a)] (i) beginning on [June 26] July 1 and ending on July [26;] 7; and
             36          (ii) beginning on July 21 and ending on July 27;
             37          (b) beginning at 11 a.m. on December 31 and ending at 1 a.m. on the following day;
             38      and
             39          (c) beginning at 11 a.m. on the Chinese New
{   Year   }        Year's eve       and ending at 1 a.m. on the

             40      following day.
             41          [(b) on January 1 and December 31; and]
             42          [(c) the day before and on the Chinese New Year.]

The motion passed unanimously with Rep. Brown and Rep. Morley absent for the vote.

Rep. Dunnigan explained the bill to the committee assisted by Brent Halliday, State Fire Marshall and Mike Mathieu, Ogden Fire Chief and president of Utah State Fire Chiefs Association.

Spoke for the bill:    Terry Keefe, Layton Police Chief

MOTION:    Rep. Ipson moved to transmit H. B. 33 with a favorable recommendation. The motion passed unanimously with Rep. Brown absent for the vote.

MOTION:    Rep. Froerer moved to adjourn. The motion passed unanimously with Rep. Brown absent for the vote.

Vice Chair Pitcher adjourned the meeting at 3:38 p.m.








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                         Rep. James Dunnigan, Chair