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Show _ oo MELLEL TC CETTE ERECT ETRERCE CRT ETT CCT NETREEEEKELE CER o RROCRATER IEe f DAILY, Saturday, February 18, 2006 HERALD 2006 LEGISLATURE Sen. Buttars makes comebackto session that was repealed in 1971 would help improve education. State Sen. D. Chris Buttars, R-West'Jordan, returned to the Utah Senate on Friday after being ill for most ofthis year's legislative session. “T'd like to thank everybody for all your‘Support, It was overw! ” he said. Senators gave him a standing ova- Rep. Carol Spackinan Moss, D-Holladay, said it would make it possible for parents to regain control and choice. She sai Granite SchoolDistrict ignored the wishes of many parents who didn’t agree with recent schoolclosures in Holladay, which might have been prevented with smaller districts. tion. Buttars was hospitalized on and off with an undisclosed illness since the legislative session began Jan.16. Heis sponsoring twoof the most high-profilebills this year: a measure about teaching evolution and a proposal that wouldban clubs like the Gay Straight Alliance from public schools. “I think I can makeit the Test of the session,” he told his colleagues,“and plan to get But some representatives had concerns unincorporated parts of the state wouldbe left out. “It's like trying to get the toothpaste back into the tube,” said Rep. LaVar Christensen, R-Draper.“It creates a chaotic Juvenile tattoo bill passes Legislature stronger every day.” A bill that wouldstiffen penalties for tattooing someone youngerthan 18 has cleared the state Legislature. “Therearea lot of kids in high school running around with tattoos andtheir folks don't know they've got ‘em,” said Sen. Mark Madsen,REagle Mountain, who carried School district bill heads to Senate Utah cities with at least 10,000 residents might be able to create their own schooldistricts. That'sif the Senate has a chance to hear and approve a bill from Rep. David Cox, R-Lehi. The House passed the measureFriday on a 39-31 the bill in the Senate. The legislation — House Bill #227 — next goes to the governor's office for final approval. Performing oroffering to perform tattoo or bodypiercing on a minor would become a vote. “I believe thereis a high need forthis,” Cox said. Coxsaid restoring the law class B misdemeanor, up from a class C mit » — Daily Herald Y . Bill to raise Utah's minimum wage dies bill that would raise the minimum wageto $7 an hour died in a House committee Friday, but an identical bill sponsored by Sen. Ed ye D-West Valley City, will ap- pear before a Senate committee next week. Mayne said Rep. Neil Hansen, D-Ogden, sponsored House Bill #313 for him in case the Senate didn’t have time to hear his bill. But that changed this week and Mayne skipped the House hearing. Mayne said public testimony won't be limited to two minutes when a Senate committee hears the identically worded SenateBill #43 next week. “Today's a dress rehearsal for the big show Tuesday,” Maynesaid. The debate Tuesday will likely focus on the same issues it did Friday, with advocates for the poor saying the wage needs to be raised to help people off poverty. Businesses say the marke should dictate wages andthatit would put them in dangeroffiring employees to makeupforthe additional costs. — Associated Press Despite machinations, oun bill stalls for good "Alan Choate DAILY HERALD Some procedural maneuver. ing backfired on a Utah senator Friday andleft his firearms legislation stalled in such a waythat he can’t try the move again. ‘Sponsor: Sen. Madsen, R-Eagle Mountain Weapons Amendments -- Would allow people Sen. Mark Madsen, R-Eagle Mountain, almost caught a break witha bill that would allow people to have a loaded gun in a vehicle — bil! that had beenput on hold once before by the Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee. Several membersof the committee initially were absent, speaking to the media abouttax issues. While they were gone, four supportive senators present — Madsen,Chris Buttars, R-West Jordan,Allen Christensen, R-North Ogden, and Dave Thomas, R-South Weber — voted to sendthe bill out of committee. Whenother committee members arrived, however, they wanted to reconsider that decision, and Madsenfoundhis luck runout. “The rules are there,” he said later. “You can use them to Presidents’ to cary a loaded gun in a vehicle, and changes provisions on storage and transportation of firearms. es advantage, andithey can used against you.” This time tecertainly were no than simply hold the ee, members voted to “table” the bill, a status that requires a two-thirds vote to change. The legislationis aimed at clarifying existing gun laws, Madsensaid, whichare unclear on where a person can carry a firearm and how it must be stored.It would also allow a gun thatis considered legally “loaded” — with a roundin the chamber,orthat is otherwise ready to fire — to be carried in a car, something that's allowed in otherstates. Committee members were generally in favor of cleaning up the statute, but felt some parts the bill went too far. Sen. Lyle Hillyard, R-Logan, said manyof the concerns outlined by the bill are solved if a person gets a concealed weapons permit. “It'seems to me that we are getting rid of.concealed weapons permits,” he said. “You don’t need one — you can just carry a gun.’ And Sen. Mike Dmitrich, DPrice, said he saw no reasonto universally allow people to carry aready-to-fire gun in a car. Madsen said he’sinclined to removethat languageandstick ‘with the portions favored by committee members. “I think with a small change I can get the numbersI need toget it off the table and make progress,” he said. “We came up with'so many other good ideas and cleaned upa lot of sloppiness in the statute. I think wecan doa lot of good even though I'm not getting whatI really want.” Madsen also received some advice from Dmitrich about parliamentary maneuvering: “When you do this next time,” he said, “adjourn right after you doit.” Da “aF_ Sponsor: Rep. 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