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MINUTES OF THE SENATE TRANSPORTATION &

PUBLIC UTILITIES & TECHNOLOGY STANDING COMMITTEE
        
Room 215, Senate Building

March 6, 2013


Members Present:    Sen. Kevin T. Van Tassell, Chair
        Sen. Margaret Dayton
        Sen. Wayne A. Harper
        
Members Excused:    Sen. J. Stuart Adams          Sen. Karen Mayne

Staff Present:    Mr. Leif Elder, Policy Analyst
        Ms. Karen Allred, Committee Secretary
    
A list of visitors and a copy of handouts are filed with the committee minutes.

Chair Van Tassell called the meeting to order at 4:12 p.m.

Approval of Minutes

MOTION:    Sen. Dayton moved to approve minutes of the March 5, 2013 meeting.     The motion passed unanimously with Sen. Harper absent for the vote.

S.B. 284 Educational Technology Amendments (J. Stevenson)

Sen. Stevenson introduced and explained the bill.

Spoke in favor of the bill: Jill Porter, Principal, North Sevier High School
                 Paul Torgerson, Vice-Principal, North Sevier High School

MOTION: Sen. Harper moved to transmit S.B. 284 favorably. The motion passed         unanimously.

1st Sub. H.B. 127 Motor Vehicle Event Data Recorders (D. Lifferth)

 MOTION: Sen. Harper moved to adopt the following amendments:

1.    Page 3, Lines 59 through 67 :    

             59          (1) (a) "Event data" means records of one or more of the following categories of
             60      information regarding a motor vehicle that are captured by an event data recorder:
             61          (i) whether the vehicle's air bag deployed;
             62          (ii) vehicle speed;
             63          
{   (iii) vehicle direction;

             64
         (iv) vehicle location;   }
             65          
{   (v)   }        (iii)       vehicle steering performance;

             66          
{   (vi)   }        (iv)       vehicle brake performance or use; or

             67          
{   (vii)   }        (v)       vehicle seatbelt status or use.


2.    Page 3, Lines 69 through 72 :    

             69          (2) "Event data recorder"
{   means a device or function in a vehicle that records the

             70      vehicle's dynamic, time-series data during the time period just prior to a crash event, including
             71      vehicle speed versus time, or during a crash event, including delta-V versus time, intended for
             72      retrieval after the crash event.   }
  has the same meaning as defined in 49 C.F.R. Sec. 563.5.      

The motion passed unanimously.

Rep. Lifferth introduced and explained the bill.

Spoke in favor of the bill: Lincoln Shurtz, Lobbyist, General Motors

MOTION: Sen. Dayton moved to transmit 1st Sub. H.B. 127 favorably as amended. The      motion passed unanimously.

H.B. 144 Public Transit District Board Amendments (M. Nelson)

 MOTION: Sen. Dayton moved to adopt 1st Sub. H.B. 144. The motion passed unanimously.

Rep. Nelson introduced and explained the bill.

MOTION: Sen. Dayton moved to transmit 1st Sub. H.B. 144 favorably. The motion passed         unanimously.

MOTION: Sen. Dayton moved to place 1st Sub. H.B. 144 on the Consent Calendar. The         motion passed unanimously.

H.B. 316 Traffic Amendments (Johnny Anderson)

Rep. Anderson introduced and explained the bill.

Spoke in favor of the bill: Jay Brummett, ABATE, Salt Lake City
                 Dan Fazzini, Bicycle Instructor
                 Stephen D. Thompson, ABATE of Utah

Spoke in opposition to the bill: Harold Peterson, Civil Defense Attorney
                         Rolayne Fairclough, AAA
                         Barton Wayne Blair, Captain, Utah Highway Patrol

Spoke to the bill: Carlos Braceras, Deputy Director, Utah Department of Transportation

MOTION: Sen. Dayton moved to transmit H.B. 316 favorably. The motion passed         unanimously.

H.B. 320 Temporary Identification Card (E. Hutchings)

Rep. Hutchings introduced and explained the bill.

MOTION: Sen. Dayton moved to transmit H.B. 320 favorably. The motion passed         unanimously.

MOTION: Sen. Dayton moved to place H.B. 320 on the Consent Calendar. The motion passed         unanimously.

MOTION:    Sen. San Dayton moved to adjourn. The motion passed unanimously. Chair Van Tassell adjourned the meeting at 5:25 p.m.


    


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Sen. Kevin T. Van Tassell, Committee Chair