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MINUTES OF THE

PUBLIC UTILITIES & TECHNOLOGY STANDING COMMITTEE

Room W025, West Office Building, State Capitol Complex

February 3, 2005

                                
MEMBERS PRESENT:            
                    Rep. Fred R. Hunsaker, Vice Chair
                    Rep. Bradley M. Daw
                    Rep. Lorie D. Fowlke                
                    Rep. Brent H. Goodfellow
                    Rep. Michael E. Noel
                     Rep. Aaron Tilton
                    Rep. David Ure
                    Rep. Richard Wheeler
                    

MEMBERS ABSENT:        Rep. Sheryl L. Allen, Chair    
                    Rep. Ralph Becker
                    Rep. Ben C. Ferry
                    Rep. Larry B. Wiley

                             
STAFF PRESENT:            Richard North, Policy Analyst
                    Linda Black, Committee Secretary        

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

Representative Hunsaker called the meeting to order at 8:02 a.m.

MOTION:    Rep. Daw moved to approve the minutes of February 1, 2005. The motion passed unanimously with Rep. Tilton absent for the vote.

H.B. 238    Utah Technology Commission Membership (Rep. J. Dougall)

Rep. Dougall explained the bill.

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


1.    Page 1, Lines 26 through 27 :    

             26      Other Special Clauses:
             27          
{   None   }        This bill provides an immediate effective date.      


2.    Page 11, Lines 312 through 313 :    

             312          (6) Any meeting of the committee is subject to Title 52, Chapter 4, Open and Public

             313      Meetings.
  Section 6. Effective date.

     If approved by two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, this bill takes effect upon approval by the governor, or the day following the constitutional time limit of Utah Constitution Article VII, Section 8, without the governor's signature, or in the case of a veto, the date of veto override.  



The motion to amend passed unanimously with Rep. Tilton and Rep. Wheeler absent for the vote.

MOTION:    Rep. Ure moved to pass the bill out favorably as amended. The motion passed unanimously with Rep. Tilton absent for the vote.

H.B. 145    Amendments to Hearing and Speech Impaired Telecommunications Program (Rep. B. Goodfellow)

Rep. Goodfellow explained the bill.

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

1.    Page 4, Lines 91 through 92 :    

             91          (c)
  (i)       The commission      {   may   }        shall       make rules under Title 63, Chapter 46a, Utah Administrative

             92      Rulemaking Act, for the administration of monies under Subsection (5)(b)(vi).
    
  (ii) The commission shall give notice and hold a public hearing for any rules proposed under Subsection (c)(i).      


SUBSTITUTE
MOTION:    Rep. Ure moved to pass the bill out favorably.

Spoke to the bill:    Steve Mecham, Utah Rural Telecom Association
            Jerry Oldroyd, Sorenson Media
            Blaine Peterson, Utah Office of Rehabilitation
            Dave Mortensen, citizen
            Betsy Wolf, Salt Lake Community Action Program
            Ric Campbell, Chairman, Public Service Commission

The motion passed unanimously.

H.B. 234    Telephone Surcharge for Education and Training Programs At Prison
         (Rep. B. Goodfellow)

Rep. Goodfellow explained the bill.

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

1) Page 2, line 43:        After "to the" delete "department of corrections"
                Insert "Board of Regents"

Spoke to the bill:    D'Arcy Dixon, Department of Administrative Services    
            Ronald Mortensen, Sutherland Institute

MOTION:    Rep. Fowlke moved to hold the bill, and to place it on the next agenda.

SUBSTITUTE
MOTION:    Rep. Noel moved to pass the bill out favorably. The motion failed with Rep.         Daw, Rep. Fowlke, Rep. Tilton, and Rep. Ure voting in opposition.

The original motion to hold the bill passed unanimously.

MOTION:    Rep. Fowlke moved to adjourn. The motion passed unanimously. Rep. Hunsaker adjourned the meeting at 9:35 a.m.




                             _______________________________
                             Rep. Sheryl L. Allen, Chair