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9 General Description:
10 This joint resolution of the Legislature gives the Legislative Management Committee
11 items of study it may assign to the appropriate interim committee.
12 Highlighted Provisions:
13 This resolution:
14 ▸ gives the Legislative Management Committee items of study it may assign to the
15 appropriate interim committee during the 2016 legislative interim; and
16 ▸ suggests that the Legislative Management Committee, in approving studies, give
17 consideration to the available time of legislators and the budget and capacity of staff
18 to respond to the assigned studies.
19 Special Clauses:
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22 Be it resolved by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
23 WHEREAS, the Legislative Management Committee is created by law as a permanent
24 committee that may receive and assign matters for interim study by committees of the
25 Legislature; and
26 WHEREAS, the 61st Legislature has identified potential issues for possible additional
27 investigation and study:
28 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Legislature of the State of Utah that
29 the Legislative Management Committee may select from the following items of study to assign
30 to the appropriate interim committee to study and make recommendations for legislative action
31 to the 61st Legislature before the 2017 General Session.
32 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Legislative Management Committee, in
33 making study assignments from this list and in approving study requests for individual
34 committees, give consideration to the available time of legislators and the budget and capacity
35 of staff to respond adequately to the number and complexity of the assignments given.
36 1. Alcoholic Beverage Control Budget - to study issues related to the budget of the
37 Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control and the Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission
38 (S.B. 83).
39 2. Effects of Exemptions and Credits on Education Fund - to study the effect of tax
40 exemptions and credits from 1995-2015 on the Education Fund and the claims that these
41 exemptions generate a greater return over time than the potentially collected taxes.
42 3. Public Education Funding Methods - to study the value of earmarked funding
43 compared to prioritizing the weighted pupil unit.
44 4. Alcohol Service - to study alcoholic beverage service requirements.
45 5. Alcoholic Beverage Control Facilitator - to study whether to establish a facilitator
46 with ombudsman-like duties within the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (S.B. 84).
47 6. Apprenticeship Authorization - to study and develop a pathway for apprenticeships
48 in any area of industry in addition to the trades (H.B. 171).
49 7. Barrier Required for Dispensing and Serving Alcoholic Product - to study issues
50 related to the current statutory requirement that a solid, translucent, permanent barrier be
51 placed between locations where an alcoholic product is dispensed and locations where the
52 alcoholic product is served to a patron (S.B. 141).
53 8. Building Code - to study amendments to the Utah Building Code.
54 9. Clean Energy Financing - to study residential property assessed clean energy
55 (R-PACE) financing, which is similar to the voluntary commercial property assessed clean
56 energy (C-PACE) financing in current Utah law.
57 10. Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control Retail Stores - to study and discuss
58 better management of the state's alcoholic beverage control retail stores.
59 11. Discretionary Authority Clauses - to study a prohibition on discretionary authority
60 clauses in insurance policies.
61 12. Hospital Liens - to study whether to allow a hospital that provides medical care to
62 a patient in an emergency room to assert a lien, and to limit the amount of a hospital lien to an
63 amount equal to 50% of a patient's liability insurance policy limit (H.B. 231).
64 13. Interior Design - to study interior design scope of practice.
65 14. Licensing Amendments - to study whether to allow an applicant for licensure
66 under Title 58, Occupations and Professions, to receive a deferral of fees, under certain
67 circumstances, if the applicant agrees to pay the fees within six months of receiving a license
68 (H.B. 108).
69 15. Living Wage - to study increases to the minimum wage (H.B. 195).
70 16. Professional Licensing System Transition - to study the transition of the state's
71 professional licensing system from a time-based system to a
72 competency-and-qualification-based system (H.B. 467).
73 17. Rental Application Fees - to study issues related to rental application fees.
74 18. Revised Business Corporate Act Amendments - to study whether to modify
75 provisions regulating business corporations (H.B. 387).
76 19. Revised Nonprofit Corporation Act - to study modifications to the Utah Revised
77 Nonprofit Corporation Act that would allow for the transfer of water shares in a mutual benefit
78 corporation and clarify the property rights of a member of a nonprofit corporation (H.B. 218).
79 20. Short-Term Rental Ordinances - to study short-term rental ordinances as they
80 relate to private property, municipal zoning, and taxation.
81 21. Substandard Housing - to study solutions to problems associated with substandard
82 housing.
83 22. Zion Curtain Impacts - to study the impact of the Zion Curtain on businesses and
84 tourism.
85 23. Article V Conventions - to study the reasons for and against calling for an Article
86 V Convention to amend the United States Constitution.
87 24. Assessment Scores and Teacher Evaluations - to study and determine whether
88 year-end assessment scores should be a determining factor for teacher evaluations.
89 25. Board of Education - to study issues related to employees of the State Board of
90 Education (2nd Sub. S.B. 176).
91 26. Comprehensive Sex Education - to study and review information relating to the
92 effectiveness of abstinence only versus comprehensive sex education in terms of prevention of
93 sexually transmitted diseases, unintended pregnancies, reproductive concerns, and sexual
94 violence (H.B. 246).
95 27. Educational Opportunities Grant Program - to study the Educational Opportunities
96 Outside of the Regular School Day Grant Program (S.B. 125).
97 28. Educator Ethics - to study the creation of a grant program for educator ethics
98 training for school employees (H.B. 456).
99 29. ESSA (Every Student Succeeds Act) Implementation - to study assessments,
100 requirements, parental involvement plan requirements, accountability systems, standards, and
101 implementation.
102 30. In-State Tuition - to study the cost and efficiency of providing in-state tuition for
103 students who are members of tribes native to Utah.
104 31. Peer Assistance and Review - to study amendments to the Peer Assistance and
105 Review Program (H.B. 312).
106 32. Proceeds of Public Lands Sales - to study whether 5% of the proceeds of all sales
107 of public lands by the federal government have been paid to the state of Utah to support the
108 public schools and whether the federal government has appropriated to its own use, or
109 otherwise disposed of, public lands that would amount to a "deemed sale" without paying 5%
110 to the state of Utah to support the public schools.
111 33. Public Education Curriculum - to study amendments to provisions relating to
112 certain public education curriculum and instructional materials (H.B. 335).
113 34. SAGE Testing - to study the use of Student Assessment of Growth and Excellence
114 (SAGE) testing in student grades.
115 35. School District Flexibility - to study how to provide flexibility to local school
116 districts when program requirements are not a good fit (H.B. 94).
117 36. Statutory Changes Needed to Help Meet the Requirements of the Elementary and
118 Secondary Education Act - to study , with feedback from the State Board of Education, the
119 recent reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), and the Every
120 Student Succeeds Act, including provisions related to accountability and assessments,
121 particularly those related to assessment participation and ways of implementing innovative
122 assessments. The purpose of the study is to specifically learn what measures the Legislature
123 should implement in statute to allow the State Board of Education to accomplish the
124 requirements of the ESEA.
125 37. Student Data Collection - to study parental notification of student data collected by
126 schools and parental ability to opt out of the student's data collection or retention.
127 38. Testing in Utah Schools - to study the need to reduce the testing burden in Utah
128 schools.
129 39. Enterprise Zone Amendments - to study amendments to the Enterprise Zone Act,
130 including adding nonprofit corporations to the act (H.B. 31).
131 40. Housing and Economic Revitalization Funds - to study options for a permanent
132 revenue stream for the Olene Walker Housing Loan Fund and the Economic Revitalization and
133 Investment Fund provided in H.B. 474, 2016 General Session.
134 41. Low-Income Housing Loans - to study the use of Community Development Block
135 Grants to assist in matching Fair Isaac Company (FICO) approvals of Federal Housing
136 Administration loans.
137 42. Paid Family Leave - to study whether to require executive agencies to provide paid
138 parental leave upon the birth or adoption of an employee's child (H.B. 188, 2nd Sub. H.B. 188).
139 43. State Funding for the Arts - to study the way the state funds arts programs through
140 the Division of Heritage and Arts.
141 44. Candidate Financial Disclosure - to study whether to amend penalties for failure of
142 a candidate to timely file certain financial disclosure reports (H.B. 278).
143 45. Caucus and Primary Processes - to study amendments to the caucus and primary
144 processes.
145 46. County Election Administration - to study a county's constitutional and statutory
146 obligations related to administering an election, including who should bear the cost of the
147 election.
148 47. Election Day Voter Registration Pilot Project - to study and evaluate the data
149 gathered from the three-year Election Day Voter Registration Pilot Project (1st Sub. H.B. 156,
150 2014 General Session).
151 48. Elections - to study financial reports, deadlines, and penalties related to elections.
152 49. Governmental Nonprofit Entity Compliance - to study whether the Open and
153 Public Meetings Act and the Government Records Access and Management Act should apply
154 to a governmental nonprofit corporation and to study the state auditor's authority to audit the
155 accounts of a governmental nonprofit corporation (H.B. 432).
156 50. Private Security Licensing Board Amendments - to study modifications to the
157 membership of the Private Investigator Hearing and Licensure Board (S.B. 227).
158 51. Private Use of Drones - to study the regulation and use of unmanned aircraft (S.B.
159 211).
160 52. Redistricting Advisory Commission - to study the creation of a Redistricting
161 Advisory Commission (S.B. 81).
162 53. Redistricting Commission - to study the establishment of an Advisory
163 Redistricting Commission (H.B. 313).
164 54. Specie Legal Tender Amendments - to study modifications to the State Money
165 Management Act related to specie legal tender (H.B. 429).
166 55. Voter Eligibility - to study whether to allow an individual 17 years of age to
167 register to vote in a primary election if the individual will be 18 years of age by the general
168 election (H.B. 70).
169 56. Baby Watch Early Intervention - to study the current location of the Baby Watch
170 Early Intervention Program and whether it should be relocated.
171 57. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Waiver - to study and seek a Centers for
172 Medicare and Medicaid Services waiver for family planning services for adults in the Medicaid
173 gap (H.B. 246).
174 58. Code Revision - to study the replacement, in state statute, of the term "hearing
175 impaired" with a more appropriate term.
176 59. E-Cigarette Use - to study issues related to e-cigarettes, including teen use, and
177 whether to revoke a teen's driver license for violations of rules governing e-cigarette use.
178 60. End of Life Options - to study the creation of an End of Life Options Act (H.B.
179 264).
180 61. Homelessness in Salt Lake City - to study and comprehensively review
181 homelessness in Salt Lake City, including reasons for its growth, personal circumstances
182 leading to homelessness, and other issues.
183 62. Medical Bills - to study out-of-network medical bills.
184 63. Medical Devices - to study online prescribing and dispensing of medical devices.
185 64. Medical Language Interpreter Act - to study and evaluate the existing Medical
186 Language Interpreter Act to determine whether to implement improvements (H.B. 144, 2009
187 General Session).
188 65. Opioid Replacement Treatment Centers - to study the operation and efficacy of
189 opioid replacement treatment centers (H.B. 400).
190 66. Opioid Use Disorder - to study cognitive behavioral interventions for treatment of
191 opioid use disorder.
192 67. Organ Donation Funding - to study the funding of organ donations for
193 Intermountain Donor Services.
194 68. Public Employees Health Plan (PEHP) Health Benefits - to study the removal of
195 restrictions on mental health benefits for PEHP beneficiaries.
196 69. Reducing Opioid Addictions and Overdoses - to study what the Legislature should
197 do to reduce the amount of opiates prescribed in Utah to prevent opioid addiction and overdose
198 deaths.
199 70. School Meal Program Enrollment - to study ways to automatically enroll children
200 on Medicaid in the free and reduced school meal program.
201 71. Tobacco Age Limit - to study issues related to the age limit for tobacco use.
202 72. Traumatic Brain Injury - to study traumatic brain injury rehabilitation and research.
203 73. Adoptions - to study adoption ethics reform (S.B. 183, 2013 General Session).
204 74. Appeals Process in Death Penalty Cases - to study and compare Utah to other
205 states that have the death penalty to determine what options are available to shorten the appeals
206 process.
207 75. Child Support Regarding Rape Offenders - to study a requirement that offenders
208 convicted of sexual assault pay child support if a child results from the assault and the
209 nonconvicted parent requests an order from the court or requests assistance from the Office of
210 Recovery Services (H.B. 426).
211 76. Competency Restoration - to study and address problems resulting from excessive
212 delays or waiting times related to restoring competency for people charged, but not convicted,
213 of a crime.
214 77. Court Fee Refund - to study a requirement that a court or administrative tribunal
215 refund all fees incurred by citizens who fight a parking ticket and win.
216 78. Deeds Registered in Transfer-On-Death (TOD) form - to study deeds to be
217 registered in TOD form in order to bypass probate.
218 79. Drunk Driving Penalty - to study whether to make drunk driving a felony.
219 80. Enhanced Penalties Related to Marketing and Distribution of Vaping Products to
220 Underage Users - to study ways to increase the severity of penalties for the marketing or
221 distribution of vaping products to minors, facilitating the use of vaping products by minors, and
222 the use of vaping products by minors.
223 81. Interest Rates - to study statutory pre-judgement and post-judgement interest rates.
224 82. Marijuana Impairment and Penalties - to study marijuana impairment standards
225 and possession penalties.
226 83. Meeting "Least Restrictive Means" Test - to study and report on the current and
227 ongoing status of the extent to which the Division of Child and Family Services system and the
228 courts are meeting the constitutionally required "least restrictive means" test in parental rights
229 enforcement and termination, and to study applicable audits.
230 84. Parent Time/Custodial Time Interference - to study how to make it easier and less
231 expensive to enforce parent time orders issued by a court and to give the court guidance on
232 sanctions for parents who violate parent time orders.
233 85. Parentage Laws - to study amendments to parentage laws for same-sex couples.
234 86. Rural Lawyer Cooperative - to study the creation of a rural lawyer cooperative to
235 meet the legal needs of small to medium-sized communities away from the Wasatch Front.
236 87. Sexual Conduct with a Minor Amendments - to study whether to amend
237 provisions relating to sexual offenses against minors and children (H.B. 407).
238 88. Spousal Elective Share - to study changes to Utah Code Section 75-2-201 and
239 subsequent sections to eliminate the separate property provisions and create a ratcheting
240 spousal right in the augmented estate.
241 89. Termination of Parental Rights - to study amendments to the Juvenile Court Act
242 relating to petitions for termination of parental rights (H.B. 307).
243 90. Violent Video Games - to study and consider a statutory means to regulate minors'
244 access to violent or sexually explicit video games.
245 91. 911 Liability Review - to study , review, and assess the liability provisions
246 associated with 911 emergency telecommunications services and any necessary enhancements
247 to ensure all interests are appropriately managed and protected.
248 92. Death Penalty - to study the costs and delays associated with the death penalty.
249 93. Inciting Violence Against a Peace Officer or Firefighter - to study a penalty for
250 inciting violence against a peace officer or firefighter.
251 94. Inmate Health Education - to study the establishment of a program by the
252 Department of Health to provide women's health education classes on site for women
253 incarcerated in state and county correctional facilities (H.B. 449).
254 95. Law Enforcement, Chaplain, and Peer Counselor Confidentiality - to study law
255 enforcement, chaplain, and peer counselor issues relating to confidentiality of information
256 shared in crisis situations.
257 96. Line-of-Duty Death Benefit - to study whether to provide a line-of-duty death
258 benefit for volunteer or emergency responders.
259 97. Private Security Amendments - to study modifications to requirements regarding
260 the employment of an off-duty police officer by a security company (H.B. 427).
261 98. School-to-Prison Pipeline - to study issues related to the school-to-prison pipeline.
262 99. Sex Offender Registration - to study whether registration as a sex offender should
263 be based on an assessment of the likelihood of re-offending.
264 100. Beekeeping - to study whether to amend provisions relating to the Utah Bee
265 Inspection Act (H.B. 115).
266 101. Beekeeping Amendments - to study whether to modify and rename the Utah Bee
267 Inspection Act (H.B. 315).
268 102. Division of Waste Management and Radiation Control Study - to study
269 recommendations of the Division of Waste Management and Radiation Control regarding:
270 1. whether waste facilities are regulated the same regardless of whether they are publicly or
271 private owned;
272 2. whether charging disparate fees for municipal solid waste facilities based on private or
273 public ownership serves a regulatory interest;
274 3. if similar waste facilities were treated the same for fees, what the recommended fee
275 would be;
276 4. what an equitable fee structure would be for industrial wastes (tainted soils), construction
277 waste, and coal ash, regardless of entity ownership or location of receiving facilities or
278 generator location; and
279 5. whether facilities that treat, recycle, or restore industrial wastes should have a permit and
280 pay regulatory fees.
281 103. Dugway Proving Ground Oversight - to study oversight of programs and
282 activities at the United States Army Dugway Proving Ground.
283 104. Food Freedom - to study laws and regulations related to food producers and food
284 products (1st Sub. H.B. 144).
285 105. Great Salt Lake - to study issues related to the Great Salt Lake.
286 106. Impact on School and Institutional Trust Lands Productivity - to study the extent
287 to which School and Institutional Trust Lands are rendered inaccessible or reduced in value or
288 productivity by federal government actions, regulations, restrictions, or conditions.
289 107. Improving Air Quality - to study ways to improve air quality because of the
290 impact on health, economic development, and tourism.
291 108. Long-Term Financing for Outdoor Infrastructure - to study a method to provide
292 long-term financing for the Office of Outdoor Recreation infrastructure grants.
293 109. Paint Stewardship - to study recycling and stewardship and the return of paint to
294 the distributor (H.B. 476).
295 110. Sale of State Land - to study procedures for the sale of state land (S.B. 247).
296 111. Tire Recycle Fee - to study how much is collected and where the funds are
297 distributed.
298 112. Wildlife Tag Proceeds - to study the distribution and allocation of Utah wildlife
299 tag proceeds.
300 113. Wood Burning Stoves Amendments - to study whether to require the Air Quality
301 Board to follow certain procedures if it adopts an administrative rule that differs from federal
302 regulation, and whether to permit a person to transfer, sell, supply, or install a wood burning
303 stove that is not certified by the United States Environmental Protection Agency if the transfer,
304 sale, supply, or installation is in accordance with the federal Clean Air Act (H.B. 261).
305 114. County Option Document Recording Fee - to study a county option document
306 recording fee for moderate income housing.
307 115. Falconry Amendments - to study and determine whether to restrict a municipality
308 or a county from enacting an ordinance that limits a registered falconer from keeping a raptor at
309 the falconer's residence (H.B. 413).
310 116. Local Districts Providing Multiple Services Together - to study whether
311 additional statutory authority is needed to allow local districts (limited purpose local
312 government entities) to continue the established practice of providing multiple services,
313 commodities, or facilities together in accordance with recent federal court decisions specifying
314 federal anti-trust requirements.
315 117. Local Historic Districts - to study the process used by municipalities to create
316 local historic districts, including how historic landmark commissions approve or deny projects
317 (H.B. 223).
318 118. Municipal Flexibility Related to Sales of Alcoholic Beverages - to study ways to
319 provide municipalities more flexibility in determining how late businesses selling alcoholic
320 beverages may remain open.
321 119. Special Districts - to study the creation of special districts and whether there is
322 adequate special district oversight.
323 120. Zoning - to study federal and state law relationships and local zoning laws related
324 to single-family residence and substance abuse residence recovery (H.B. 414).
325 121. Broadband Incentives - to study and consider incentives that may be offered to
326 promote broadband expansion and adoption throughout the state in support of economic
327 development, education, and other identified objectives.
328 122. Data Breach Notification - to study data security breach notifications by public
329 entities.
330 123. Heat and Power Systems - to study combined heat and power systems (H.B. 466).
331 124. Longitudinal Data Management Governance - to study how to develop a
332 governance structure for the longitudinal data system and the Utah Data Alliance, including a
333 governing board and a director (H.B. 357).
334 125. Net Metering - to study issues related to net metering (H.B. 256).
335 126. Utah Science Technology and Research Initiative (USTAR) Study - to study the
336 USTAR, with emphasis on the state taking a percent upside of funded projects.
337 127. Alternative Energy Credits, Subsidies, and Exemptions - to study the total value
338 or amount of state and federal incentives, subsidies, credits, and exemptions and their impact
339 on the potential for oversupply and market distortion.
340 128. Energy Tax Credit Amendments - to study whether to modify tax credits for
341 residential and commercial energy systems that utilize solar power (H.B. 327).
342 129. Hygiene Tax Act - to study whether to add a sales and use tax exemption for
343 incontinence and feminine hygiene items (H.B. 202).
344 130. International Tax Credits - to study double taxation on foreign income via
345 pass-through entities.
346 131. Municipal Energy Tax Rates - to study issues related to municipal energy sales
347 and use tax rates (2nd Sub. H.B. 145).
348 132. Property Assessments - to study property assessments when limited market data
349 are available, including Use Value Adjustments for determining value for real property
350 assessments vs. Market Value Adjustments.
351 133. Property Tax and Fair Market Value - to study the fair market valuation of static
352 property (H.B. 376).
353 134. Property Tax Caps - to study property tax caps for local school board levies.
354 135. Property Tax Revisions - to study a process for real estate developers to seek
355 deferral of property taxes (S.B. 168).
356 136. Public Building Materials - to study a sales tax exemption for public building
357 materials.
358 137. Regulation and Taxation of E-Cigarettes - to study the regulation and taxation of
359 e-cigarette products and nicotine inhalers and how related revenues are to be spent (H.B. 333).
360 138. Social Security Benefits - to study making Social Security benefits tax exempt.
361 139. Solar Tax Credits - to study how to determine when the state of Utah should end
362 solar energy tax credits.
363 140. Tax Credits for Education Financing - to study financing for certain public
364 education projects (H.B. 408).
365 141. Urban Farming Assessment - to study changes to urban farming provisions to
366 allow for greater utilization of the current program, which is stringent and almost never used
367 (S.B. 122, 2012 General Session).
368 142. Urban Redevelopment Tax Credit - to study a nonrefundable urban
369 redevelopment tax credit and a process that would allow a qualified investor to claim the tax
370 credit (1st Sub. H.B. 346).
371 143. Voluntary Tax Contribution Categories - to study the methodology to remove
372 voluntary tax contribution categories from Utah's tax return forms.
373 144. Voted and Board Leeway - to study amendments to school district property tax
374 provisions regarding the voted and board leeways (H.B. 272).
375 145. Benefit Levels - to study state employee retirement benefit levels.
376 146. Certified Employer Contribution Rates - to study a requirement that the Utah
377 State Retirement Board increase certified employer contribution rates to reflect any increased
378 costs from retirement benefit enhancements enacted during a general session or special session
379 (S.B. 208).
380 147. Postretirement Funding - to study the fiscal notes of certain postretirement bills
381 and ways to fund them (H.B. 47, H.B. 50, H.B. 86, and H.B. 117).
382 148. Retirement Contribution Rates - to study and receive a presentation on
383 preliminary retirement contribution rates.
384 149. Retirement System Improvements - to study continued efforts to strengthen and
385 improve the Utah Retirement System and to reduce the unfunded liability.
386 150. Retirement System Modifications - to study and review annual Utah Retirement
387 System modifications, including technical amendments.
388 151. Retirement Systems Overview - to study an overview of systems, plans, and
389 actuarial information.
390 152. Tier II Retirement - to study modifications to the retirement benefits in the New
391 Public Employees' Tier II Contributory Retirement Act and the New Public Safety and
392 Firefighter Tier II Contributory Retirement Act (H.B. 205).
393 153. All-Terrain Vehicles - to study the operation of all-terrain vehicles, not
394 designated as street legal, on certain streets or highways.
395 154. C Decal Prioritization - to study issues related to C Decal distribution
396 prioritization based on clean fuel vehicle type and low emissions.
397 155. Division Description Review and Cleanup - to study changes to the statutory
398 descriptions of the duties, responsibilities, and structure of divisions within the Department of
399 Transportation to reflect current practices.
400 156. Driver License Amendments - to study whether to amend provisions related to a
401 driver license suspension for driving under the influence of alcohol (H.B. 475).
402 157. License Plate - to study whether to provide a Purple Heart license plate for
403 motorcycles.
404 158. Motor Carrier and Size and Weight Regulations - to study potential updates to
405 reflect current practice and federal requirements.
406 159. Salvage and Branded Title Vehicles - to study the issues and impacts related to
407 Utah consumers purchasing vehicles in Utah that were purchased at auction in another state
408 after being involved in an accident. Many of these vehicles are not being given a branded title
409 and are then sold to unsuspecting consumers in Utah.
410 160. Snowmobile Registration Fee and Snowmobile and Avalanche Safety Education -
411 to study an exemption from an additional fee for registration of snowmobiles and how to
412 distribute collected fees to promote snowmobile and avalanche safety and education (H.B.
413 450).
414 161. UDOT Structure - to study technical revisions to the Utah Department of
415 Transportation's current structure.
416 162. Vehicle Safety Inspections - to study whether to continue, change, or end the
417 vehicle safety inspection program.
418 163. Window Tinting - to study whether to prohibit the use of nontransparent
419 materials on, and set minimum light transmittance requirements for, the rear and rear side
420 windows of a motor vehicle (H.B. 141).
421 164. Income Tax Waivers for Military Retirement Income - to study the economic
422 benefits, including more retirees moving to Utah and increased spending in the state, of an
423 income tax waiver for military retirement income.
424 165. Military Retirement Income Tax Exemption - to study whether to exempt
425 retirement payments related to service in the armed forces (H.B. 99).
426 166. Placement of Bills on Reading Calendars - to study the creation of a procedure to
427 request House legislation be placed on the Senate third reading calendar during the last two
428 days of the annual general legislative session.
429 167. Treatment of Bills Near the End of the Session - to study how to be transparent
430 and fair in the treatment of House bills on days 44 and 45 of the annual general session.
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