Following is a compilation of bills introduced at the Utah Legislature, their numerical designations and sponsors.
House billsHB238 - A. Rushton - Eliminates provisions differentiating between alien and resident dependents of deceased workers.
HB239 - No sponsor named - Provides a loan program for rural economic development and tourism, including matching funds, and creates a fund for this purpose.
HB240 - N. Nielsen - Creates the Rural Economic Development Office and the Governor's Advisory Council on Rural Economic Development for the purpose of developing various rural economic development initiatives.
HB241 - R. Bishop - Clarifies counties' ability to enter into written employment agreements with firefighters.
HB242 - R. Allen - Creates a sales-tax exemption for manufacturers of new or expanding operations.
HB243 - D. LeBaron - Establishes minimum percentages of recycled glass to be used in containers sold or made in Utah.
HB244 - B. Goodfellow - Authorizes cities to employ ordinance-enforcement officers and outlines the officers' authority.
HB245 - R. Bradford - Appropriates $4,806,800 for class size reduction in public schools and asks the State Board of Education to provide guidelines; furthermore, provides for accountability through reporting.
HB246 - C. Fox - Directs the Office of Family Support to develop a work demonstration proposal and encourages certain public assistance recipients to become employed.
HB247 - P. Larson - Makes parents, legal guardians or custodian responsible to carry the cost of care when a juvenile remains in detention after the juvenile has been released.
HB248 - R. Hunter - Sets the interest rate charged on delinquent assessments at the bond rate plus 3 percent.
HB249 - G. Davis - Allows for retirement for those whose combined years of service and age equal or are greater than 75.
HB250 - A. Rushton - Expands disability coverage and leave of absence provisions to Public Safety employees.
HB251 - B. Wharton - Defines adverse employment decisions based on the use of a lawful product as an invasion of privacy and provides for a remedy.
HB252 - R. Bradford - Appropriates $15 million for the Educational Technology Initiative in public and higher education; moreover, includes the schools for the deaf and the blind in the initiative.
HB253 - R. Hunter - Authorizes the issuance of revenue bonds on behalf of Utah State University and Salt Lake Community College for specific projects.
HB254 - D. Ostler - Defines the employer for purposes of Workers' Compensation in an employee leasing agreement and amends in lieu and additional provisions for Workers' Compensation.
HB255 - J. Valentine - Permits, in the Probate Code, trustees to hold title to assets in the name of the trust and provides for the appointment of special administrators; moreover, establishes compensation procedures for personal representatives and attorneys.
House concurrent resolutions
HCR18 - D. Jorgensen - Recognizes the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act and encourages its full implementation.
Senate bills
SB39 (substitute 1) - L. McAllister - Amends requirements for driver license certificate.
SB53 (substitute 1) - D. McMullin - Specifies percentages of recycled asphalt that may be used together with hot asphaltic concrete in road construction.
SB54 (substitute 2) - D. Baird - Enacts certain provisions relating to charitable solicitations and requires compliance prior to operating in Utah; furthermore, establishes penalties and remedies, prohibits certain conduct and provides enforcement powers to the Division of Consumer Protection.
SB60 (substitute 1) - C.G. Peterson - Allows agricultural cooperative associations to retain unclaimed patronage dividends stemming from unclaimed property.
SB72 (substitute 1) - W. Black - Automatically expunges arrest and detention records upon an individual's acquittal.
SB81 (substitute 1) - A. Myrin - Prohibits the use of photo radar for speed limit enforcement in certain circumstances.
SB85 (substitute 1) - S. Howell - Relates to personnel management and adds classification grievances to the regular grievance procedure.
SB125 - L. Beattie - Repeals certain exempt organizations' requirements regarding the filing of information returns and removes that provision from the Utah Sunset Act.
SB126 - J. Holmgren - Prescribes qualifications and provides for the licensing of social work professionals; furthermore, defines unprofessional conduct and explains license renewal criteria as well as establishing disciplinary proceedings and requiring confidentiality of certain information.
SB127 - R. Ockey - Mandates that various entities and individuals conform with the Uniform Act, as far as money management of public funds is concerned, and modifies investment standards.
SB129 - Appropriates $3 million from the general fund to the Division of Parks and Recreation to provide matching funds for recreational trails.
SB130 - R. Ockey - Recodifies various provisions relating to community and economic development.
SB131 - R. Ockey - Revises the Utah Volume Cap Allocation Act regarding the federal restrictions on private activity bonds.
SB132 - L. Hillyard - Prohibits smoking in restaurants.
SB133 - D. Steele - Requires certain operators to show proof of owner's or operator's security, i.e., insurance, and provides a defense and a penalty.
SB134 - G. Nielsen - Authorizes use of original issue license plates under certain circumstances and specifies standards as well as exceptions.
SB135 - S. Howell - Asks the drafters of statutes to use gender-neutral terms after the 1992 general session of the Utah Legislature, clarifies other terms and deletes archaic terms.
SB136 - B. Storey - Grants counties the authority to keep excess tax sale proceeds if the property owner cannot be found.
SB137 - E. Money - Imposes a lower in-lieu fee on crop dusters (as far as property taxes are concerned).
SB138 - R. Ockey - Relates to the Utah Consumer Credit Code and requires credit reporting agencies to provide one free credit report to consumers each year if they request it in writing.
SB139 - A. Myrin - Creates an ongoing appropriation of a portion of state severance taxes to be used for mitigation of the impact of mineral, oil and gas development.
SB140 - J. Holmgren - Allows the recycling of certain waste-derived fuels in industrial furnaces and requires compliance with siting criteria for such furnaces accepting certain types of wastes to be used as fuel; additionally, repeals existing siting criteria provision regarding kilns.
Senate joint resolutions
SJR11 - G. Mantes - Honors Blue Cross/Blue Shield's 50th anniversary and the company's initiative in community service as reflected by their Caring Program for Children.
Senate joint resolutions
SJR12 - W. Black - Recommends that an interim legislative committee study the issues related to school-bus safety inspection.
Bills passed
HB37 - G. Protzman - Maintains that the Board of Regents require each college and university to establish measures of institutional and student assessment and publish the result biennially.
SB10 - G. Nielsen - Amends the sunset date of certain entities, relating to state affairs in general, and repeals certain agencies and programs.