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MINUTES OF THE HOUSE TRANSPORTATION
STANDING COMMITTEE
Room 450 State Capitol
February 26, 2014

Members Present:        Rep. Johnny Anderson, Chair
                Rep. Val Peterson, Vice Chair                
                Rep. Stewart E. Barlow
                Rep. Janice M. Fisher                                    
                Rep. John Knotwell
                Rep. David Lifferth
                Rep. Dan McCay                
                Rep. Carol Spackman Moss                
                Rep. Dean Sanpei                    
                Rep. Earl Tanner                    

Members Absent:        Rep. Dixon Pitcher
                    
Staff Present:        Mr. Art Hunsaker, Policy Analyst
                Ms. Karen Mitchell, Committee Secretary


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


Vice Chair Peterson called the meeting to order at 4:19 p.m.

MOTION:    Rep. Anderson moved to approve the minutes of the February 21, 2014 meeting. The motion passed unanimously with Rep. Knotwell, Rep. McCay, Rep. Sanpei, and Rep. Tanner absent for the vote.

H.B. 360    Prohibition of License Plate Covers (Rep. M. Wheatley)

Rep. Wheatley explained the bill to the committee.

MOTION:    Rep. Anderson moved to replace H.B. 360 with 1st Substitute H.B. 360, Display of License Plates. The motion passed unanimously with Rep. Knotwell, Rep. McCay, Rep. Sanpei, and Rep. Tanner absent for the vote.

Spoke for the bill:    David Spatafore, Utah Chiefs of Police Association

MOTION:    Rep. Moss moved to pass 1st Substitute H.B. 360 out favorably. The motion         passed unanimously with Rep. Knotwell, Rep. McCay, Rep. Sanpei, and Rep.         Tanner absent for the vote.

MOTION:    Rep. Lifferth moved to place 1st Substitute H.B. 360 on the Consent Calendar. The motion passed unanimously with Rep. Knotwell, Rep. McCay, Rep. Sanpei, and Rep. Tanner absent for the vote.


H.B. 388    Amendments to Transportation Funding (Rep. Johnny Anderson)

Rep. Anderson explained the bill to the committee and provided handouts: "Air Quality and Transportation Survey," "A Quarter Cent for Clean Air: More Transit Means Less Pollution" and "Transit and Air Quality: Additional Investments & Associated Benefits."

Spoke for the bill:    Bill Applegarth, Riverton City Mayor
            Rep. Joel Briscoe, Utah State Legislature
            Justin Jones, Salt Lake Chamber
            Bob Bonar, General Manager Snowbird Resort
            Jeremy Keele, Salt Lake County
            Andrew Gruber, Wasatch Front Regional Council
            Phil Sarnoff, Bike Utah
            Heather Anderson, Utah Association of Special Districts
            Bryce Bird, Department of Environmental Quality, Director, Division of                 Air Quality
            Carl Ingwell, Utah Clean Air Alliance
            Steve Erickson, Crossroads Urban Center
            Erin Mendenhall, Breathe Utah
            Mike Allegra, General Manager, Utah Transit Authority

Spoke against the bill:    George Chapman, Citizen
                Royce Van Tassell, Utah Taxpayers Association

MOTION:    Rep. Sanpei moved to pass H.B. 388 out favorably. The motion passed with Rep. Barlow voting in opposition.     

H.B. 206    Driver License Testing Revisions (Rep. S. Eliason)

Rep. Eliason explained the bill to the committee and provided a handout: "Fatality Type."

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

1.    Page 1, Line 25 :    

             25          
{   None   }        This bill takes effect January 1, 2015.      


2.    Page 4, Line 93 :    


             93      in statistics published by the Utah Highway Safety Office.
    
  Section 2. Effective date.

    This bill takes effect January 1, 2015.  


The motion passed unanimously with Rep. Lifferth, Rep. Sanpei, and Rep. Anderson absent for the vote.

Spoke for the bill:    Chris Caras, Utah Department of Public Safety.
            Rolayne Fairclough, AAA
            Doug Anderson, Safe Roads Utah

MOTION:    Rep. Knotwell moved to pass H.B. 206 out favorably as amended. The motion passed unanimously with Rep. Lifferth, Rep. Sanpei, and Rep. Anderson absent for the vote.

MOTION:    Rep. Barlow moved to place H.B. 206 on the Consent Calendar. The motion failed with Rep. Fisher and Rep. Moss voting in opposition. Rep. Lifferth, Rep. Sanpei, and Rep. Anderson were absent for the vote.

Rep. Fisher assumed the chair.

H.B. 148    Off-highway Vehicle Amendments (Rep. M. Noel)

Rep. Peterson explained the bill to the committee and provided a handout: "H.B. 148 Off- highway Vehicle Amendments."

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

1.    Page 3, Lines 74 through 80 :    

             74          (b)
{   [   } A      {   ]   }      {   (i) Except as provided in Subsection (3)(b)(ii), a   } street-legal all-terrain vehicle

             75      registered in accordance with Section 41-6a-1509 is subject to a safety inspection
  :

    (i)  
the first time

             76      that a person registers an off-highway vehicle as a street-legal all-terrain vehicle
{   .   }        ; and      

             77          (
{   ii) The frequency of a safety inspection required for a full-sized all-terrain vehicle

             78      registered as a street-legal all-terrain vehicle in accordance with Section 41-6a-1509 shall

             79      correspond with the model year and be conducted   }
  (ii) subsequently,       on the same frequency as described in

             80      Subsection 53-8-205 (2)
  based on the age of the vehicle as determined by the model year identified by the manufacturer       .


2.    Page 15, Lines 444 through 449 :    

             444      Safety Inspection Act, except that
{   [   } a      {   ]   }      {   :

             445          (A) an all-terrain type I vehicle and a utility type vehicle being operated as a   }
             446      street-legal ATV shall be subject to a safety inspection
  :

    (A)  
when registered for the first time; and

             447          (B)
{   a full-sized all-terrain vehicle shall be subject to a safety inspection based on the

             448      age of the vehicle determined by model year and be conducted   }
  subsequently,       on the same frequency as

             449      described in Subsection 53-8-205 (2)
  based on the age of the vehicle as determined by the model year identified by the manufacturer       ; and


The motion passed unanimously with Rep. Lifferth, Rep. Sanpei, and Rep. Anderson absent for the vote.

Spoke for the bill:    Michael Swenson, Moab Friends for Wheelin'

MOTION:    Rep. Knotwell moved to pass H.B. 148 out favorably as amended. The motion passed unanimously with Rep. Lifferth, Rep. Sanpei, and Rep. Anderson absent for the vote.

MOTION:    Rep. Barlow moved to adjourn. The motion passed unanimously with Rep. Lifferth, Rep. Sanpei, and Rep. Anderson absent for the vote.

Rep. Fisher adjourned the meeting at 5:53 p.m.





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Rep. Johnny Anderson, Chair