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First Substitute H.B. 70

Representative Evan L. Olsen proposes to substitute the following bill:


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PERSONAL INFORMATION PRIVACY TASK FORCE

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2000 GENERAL SESSION

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STATE OF UTAH

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Sponsor: Evan L. Olsen

             5      AN ACT RELATING TO THE LEGISLATURE; CREATING THE PERSONAL
             6      INFORMATION PRIVACY TASK FORCE; PROVIDING FOR MEMBERSHIP;
             7      DELINEATING RESPONSIBILITIES AND PROCEDURES; PROVIDING A REPORTING
             8      DATE; APPROPRIATING $41,500 FROM THE GENERAL FUND; PROVIDING AN
             9      EFFECTIVE DATE; AND PROVIDING A REPEAL DATE.
             10      This act enacts uncodified material.
             11      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             12          Section 1. Personal Information Privacy Task Force -- Creation -- Membership --
             13      Procedures -- Compensation -- Staff.
             14          (1) There is created the Personal Information Privacy Task Force consisting of the
             15      following 19 members:
             16          (a) five members of the Senate appointed by the president of the Senate, no more than
             17      three of whom may be from the same political party;
             18          (b) nine members of the House of Representatives appointed by the speaker of the House
             19      of Representatives, no more than six of whom may be from the same political party;
             20          (c) three members who have knowledge of personal information privacy issues and
             21      represent the interests of consumers, appointed jointly by the president of the Senate and the
             22      speaker of the House of Representatives; and
             23          (d) two members who have knowledge of personal information privacy issues and
             24      represent the interests of businesses that would be affected by personal information privacy
             25      legislation, appointed jointly by the president of the Senate and the speaker of the House of

             26      Representatives.
             27          (2) (a) The president of the Senate shall designate a member of the Senate appointed under
             28      Subsection (1)(a) as a cochair of the committee.
             29          (b) The speaker of the House of Representatives shall designate a member of the House
             30      of Representatives appointed under Subsection (1)(b) as a cochair of the committee.
             31          (3) (a) A majority of the members of the task force constitute a quorum.
             32          (b) The action of the majority of the quorum constitutes the action of the task force.
             33          (4) (a) Legislators on the task force shall receive compensation and expenses in accordance
             34      with Section 36-2-2 and Legislative Joint Rule 15.03.
             35          (b) (i) Members who are not government employees receive no compensation or benefits
             36      for their services, but may receive per diem and expenses incurred in the performance of the
             37      member's official duties at the rates established by the Division of Finance under Sections
             38      63A-3-106 and 63A-3-107 .
             39          (ii) Members may decline to receive per diem and expenses for their service.
             40          (5) The Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel shall provide staff support to
             41      the task force.
             42          Section 2. Duties -- Interim report.
             43          The task force shall:
             44          (1) study how and for what purposes personal information regarding consumers is
             45      collected and transferred;
             46          (2) review the status of personal information privacy legislation on the federal level and
             47      in other states;
             48          (3) review the economic impact of personal information privacy legislation;
             49          (4) examine alternative methods of protecting the personal information of consumers; and
             50          (5) present a final report, including any proposed legislation, to the Business, Labor, and
             51      Economic Development Interim Committee before November 30, 2000.
             52          Section 3. Appropriation.
             53          There is appropriated from the General Fund for fiscal year 1999-2000:
             54          (1) $6,000 to the Senate to pay for the compensation and expenses of senators on the
             55      committee;
             56          (2) $10,500 to the House of Representatives to pay for the compensation and expenses of

             57      representatives on the committee; and
             58          (3) $25,000 to the Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel to pay for staffing
             59      the committee.
             60          Section 4. Effective date.
             61          If approved by two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, this act takes effect
             62      upon approval by the governor, or the day following the constitutional time limit of Utah
             63      Constitution Article VII, Section 8, without the governor's signature, or in the case of a veto, the
             64      date of veto override.
             65          Section 5. Repeal date.
             66          This act is repealed November 30, 2000.

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