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I 'Mb House Approves Dun Bates bunt Stuff Writer v I : lover mu itself from a ' ear ugo ( t In j It House of Representatives et j bill Wednesday to open it pi !,i i'r - bunking industry to ill oil' i ; ompelltois VUn iO s battled a faction ol uh i '.n the interstate banking oni ep di.ruig Hie IMF legislative essior But i prevailed in the House that the meu his tin,'1 bv an added boost ;id '.mi. hampion ojre s sagging supply ol eapi in tin ,1 - i tal consumers choice and "free en189 now goes to terprise House Hill the Utah Senate Utah bank or thrift through 1987 Thrifts could be converted into banks with federal insurance guarantees Without besmirching the entire industry proponents did point out that some" I tali banks and thrift institutions have folded recently or are enduring deep asset and management " problems, teetei ing on "tailing Hegmning in 1988, any institution could take over any Utah That term plays heavily hanking proposal in ing institution, either the The bill would allow any financial institution of any state the right to acquire or merge with only a "fail I rom A-- l The task force, including citizens and members of the Legislature and court system, conceived of the court of appeals being an alternate to the Supreme Court for certain types of lesser legal actions appealed - not just another layer for double appeals As proposed, the court of appeals, which could sit in rotating panels of three periodically around the state, would hear direct appeals from the juvenile and circuit courts, including s matters It would also hear appeals from many but not all government administrative agency rulings, and appeals from the district court involving domestic relations matters and criminal convictions of less than a first degree or capital felsmall-claim- ony Supreme Court review of the court appeals decisions wouldn't be automatic, but only by granting of a petition from parties involved, and supposedly according to the task force freeing the high court to devote more lime to metiers involving not strictly error but development of common law and constitutional of - Last year, state lawmakers resisted an attempt to include Minnesota institutions in Gov Norm Bangerter has endorsed the new court and included funds in his proposed budget to start up the court Jan. 1. 1987 The governor, in his message Monday to the Legislature, laid out specific examples injustice by court delay, such as a mother dying before a parental custody case was heard on appeal and a husband paralyzed in a car accident awaiting an injury settlement for three years with still the appeal unheard "The financial costs of delay, while not typically recognized as a cost of government, are perhaps the most tragic of all costs imposed by government on its citizens." .Justice Hall Utah's reciprocal agreement, tagging the move as accommodating a flagrant "special interest" by according interstate bank ing to only one additional state But this year's measure won the hacking of Gov Norm Bangerter and Klaine Weis, Utah's commissioner of financial institutions, as a way for enhancing flexibility when existing banks encounter trouble and expanding deposit and capital opportunities Heps Bryson Gar- - said. "The crippling effect of stalemated policy decisions on businesses and agencies and the emotional impact on individuals caught in the web of delay are incalculable." he added Justice Hall said it isn t surprising that many individuals perceive the judiciary as the most antiquated branch of government given the complexity of society. He pointed to an opinion poll, conducted for the National Center for State Courts, which indicated only 23 percent had a high degree of confidence in the courts g 23-- SR2 (Overson) Commend Sen. Dix H. McMullin for helping to rase funds tor Paul W. Jensens heart transplant and to thonk those who contr ibuted. By Senate HOUSE Bills Passed HB189 (Corbett, Sykes) Amend provisions or interstate acquisitions ond mergers. Bv House 65-Resolutions Passed HJR13 (Browning) Ratify o proposed s omendinent to the U.S. Constitution in congressional compensation until after election of House of Representatives. By House 53-HCR4 (Adorns) Request Congress, the president and U.S. Deportment of Energy to take actions that would viability of domestic uranium Industry. By House 61- I Bills Introduced HBI90 (Call) Estoblish o policy for public parking at state offices. quire merge actions Rep Sykes conceded that Utah bankers still are "not complotelv happy" with the bill, but he said it would give the state financial-instittions commissioner "a nationwide market" li a bank goes under Bun-gerte- adminstfation executives and scores of lawmakers use utien these davs to heighten a bill s rresistibil u ity pass- d IIB189 by a vole, with hardlv a peep ol dissent Tuesday, the bl!! cleared the Rouse Business. Labor and economic Representatives A bee enterprise advocate. Rep Ray Free R Salt Lake, said the bii! was ideal legislation fur the state 65-- reflecting haired bv one significant Development Committee Rep with Sykes, A-- after patipnts move out. We'd planned to have money follow the patients to community facilities as they left the training school, lie said "But now that staffing is not adequate, well leave the money there lo improve the faffing ratio " The legislative body needs to spending about $2 million over three years to finanee the move, Mr Angus said HBI91 (Hollingshaus) Remove voluntary intoxication as an affirmative defense to the required state for on offense. H8192 (McKeochme) Eliminate the utility and energy conservation reserve occount, ond moke part of the utility appropriation to a responsible stote agency HB193 (Sykes) Extend the time for appealassessment to three ing a property-toyears and provide reassessment procedures when an appeol is successful. HB194 (Stephens, E. Olsen, Browning) Establish an aircraft-registrotio- n program. HB195 (Tuttle) Authorize onnual election of a chairperson to the board of family services. HB196 (Skousen) Create the State Homeless Coordinating Committee; establish its membership and duties. Resolutions Introduced HJR20 (Selleneit) Provide a proberty-taexemption for homesteads with owners 65 and older. HJR21 (Walker) Relating to the homestead exemption ond property rights of morried people. HJR22 (Moss) Pledge financial support to the Commission on Law ond Citizenship and encourage public agencies, businesses, schools and religious groups to commemorate the constitutional bicentennial. HCR6 (Moss) Recognize the efforts ot Dr. C. Wilfred Griggs and other Brigham Young University officials for its Ramses II Exhibit. the HCR7 (Nielsen, et at.) Congratulate Snow College football team on being the 1985 Notional Junior College Football Champions. HCR8 (Reber, Lewis) Express condolences tor the death of Richard P. Condie, former director of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. ever "In my opinion and that of others." the director said, "we've never had better programs there. But with the increased emphasis federally on facilities that house the mentally retarded. we have more stringent application of criteria for serving them." The state has three options, according to Susan Behle in the Division of Services to the Handicapped "We can do nothing about it but the feds will take the Medicaid monev The new bill would amend the law to require 96 hours of jail time for a first offense or 32 hours of commum tv service. The 96 hours (equivalent to four days) actually doubles the jail time in the current law, which is 48 hours Sen. Dale Stratford. wondered why the penalty needed to he increased, but Sen Hillyard said tes timonv from various factions during days. With a favorable passage by the committee, the bill will now go to the full Senate for its consideration. The main purpose for the change, said Sen. Hillyard. is to better define the length of community service a DUI offender must render if a judge determined that would be his penalty in lieu of jail time. Some offenders who were sentenced to two days of community service time for a DUI conviction were getting away with a couple of hours a day. Sen. Hillyard said, while others were giving service for 48 hours during the year convinced some leg jslators the current penalty was inad equate. He also noted the increased penalties were necessary to guaran tee federal funds for the state from a government program begun to fight drunk driving nationwide. Besides doubling jail time for the first offense, the bill also would increase the minimum jail penalty for a second offense from 48 hours to 240 hours 'or 10 days) with the maximum penalty up to 30 days for a second conviction. Before sending the bill on. the com- By Raul Roily first-offens- first-offen- then." she said. "Or we can negotiate with them but we won't get any money while we re doing it. "The only other choice is to find an acceptable plan that meets their standards and is in accordance with our own master plan Utah isn't alone in facing federal sanctions, Mr, Angus said. "Colorado, which is substantially ahead of us in ratios, is still out of compliance," he explained to subcommittee members. staff-to-patie- "We need to deal with whether we will resolve all of the problems now or over several years," noted Sen. LeRav McAllister. who is the subcommittee's gust sticking by it. Rep. Lee said he was unaware that his measure lo exempt taxes on ticket sales at the Utah State Fair, its comity counterparts and their respective amusements would cost local governments some $20.(100 in annual revenues The state would forfeit about $.53,000 trom state fair admissions alone That led to a philosophical debate in the House Revenue and Taxation Committee on the value of waiving sales taxes, with the focus on wh.o Although Allen. the state gives and takes away Rep. Franklin Knowlton. the committee's chairman, said the state already honors 19 sales-taexemptions for various activities and from mining to manupurchases While revenues lost at a given stance may be nominal, the sum adds up over time, said Rep. Knowlton Rep. Ronald Stephens. said the Allen bill "singles out fairs," and could lead to parties seeking similar exemptions for high school and college sports events ar.d public golf courses. Art Jones, director of the State Division (if Expositions, said the Ltah Slate Fair continually finds itself financially strapped Re said he wants the lax exemption to maintain admission lees at their current rate and. in effect, add the $33,001) to fair in- amendment Sy y Senate Cites Member In Raising Funds For Heart Patient The Utah Senate commended Sen one of its own Wednesday Jordan Dix H. McMullin, for his part in leading a private effort to aid a constituent. Raul W, Jensen, get a heart transplant operation last May Mr. Jensen, with Ins wife and six children, was in the Senate chamber for passage of a resolution applauding the senator Mr Jensen, attacked by a viral condition in 1982, initially sought the senator's aid to secure state or - - fund-rasin- g federal financial assistance But finding none available, the fund raising drive was undertaken The resolution was sponsored by Sen. Brent U. Overson, R West Jordan ihuiT The bill would allow the filing of criminal charges if a person tapped someone's computer system, then un lawfully altered, revealed the conforms of. damaged or destroyed the information in the original computer AAC pyffi $$&$ ion Stoll Dhotn v f Poi way near Senate chambers during a short break in Wednesdays legislative action. svstem School Proposals at Odds Over Funding Level By Reter Scarlet Tribune Education Editor x facturing an Sen. Carling said the bill has been strengthened a bit litis year, "We won't move anyone until we have adequate facilities and programs." he said. "The new facilities must be better than where the patients are now " Senate President Arnold Christensen, left, and Sen. Glade M. Sovvards chat in hall Just like last year, members of a House committee Wednesday turned a seemingly minor bill affecting state and county fairs admission foes into a forum on taxation policies. And just like last year, the bill failed to win committee endorsement and was tabled However, a like bill has been introduced in the Utah Senate approved lt air A'imii'sions Cali mittee third-degre- If legislators allocate the funds, Mr. Angus said he would hope to begin moving patients by July or Au- Tax Exemption Sparks Debate interim study committee meetings sponsored by Sen. Darrell Renstrom. that would allow the four days on a first offense be served at any time, rather than consecutively. "The judge could still sentence the defendant to four consecutive days if he wanted to. but this would give him the option to sentence the person to serve on weekends so as not to disrupt his job." Sen. Renstrom said. "I don't have much sympathy for the second offenders, but many of the first offenders will never be seen again by the courts and we could end up causing the person to lose his job and his standing in community if we forced the judge to impose jail time during normal working hours," the senator added. The committee also passed on for Senate consideration a bill that would make the improper and unauthorized tapping of another's computer syse tem a felony. The bill, sponsored by Sen. Richard Carling, Lake, passed the Senate last year, but it was caught in a bottleneck of bills in the House near the end of the 1985 session and failed to make it to the floor for final confirmation T I compromise year-lon- Tribune Staff Writer The Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday recommended a bill that e would double jail time for a drunk driving conviction and ofquintuple the time for a second fense The bill, sponsored by Sen Lyle also would change Hillyard. wording in the bill so jail time would be reflected in hours rather than eon-sul- Ironically, he said the training school programs now are better than a local h inking interests Panel OKs Bill Upping Time in Jail for DUI Training School Could Lose $14 Million Allocation Continued From l at the school even it h vs First, Second Ol lenses raiH.ViY; 3rd Day SENATE Resolutions Passed SJR2 (Pugh) Recognise Henry R. Pearson contr ibution to the Utah Founlor his dation. By Senate 27 0 SJR3 (Barton) Encourage the stote to adopt o privatization policy. By Senate 22-SJR6 (Renstrom) Commend the life and service of the late M. Blaine Peterson, former Utah congressman and state legislator. Bv Senote 22-SJR8 (McMullin) Ask high schools and tsvo-veschools to encourage more students to take the armed-service- s vocotionol-optitudtests. By Senate hange to exempt credit unions from being converted to banks under ac i Valiev City md Hubert K Lake City presented Salt Sykes. the measure Wednesday on the House floor as an "economic development tool - a characterization that bett. LEGISLATIVE m Continued failing or "healthy." or fend for itself in open-fielcompetition Until then, however, the measure would honor Utah's reciprocal acquisition merger agreement with a dozen or so Western states, sans California. to buy out or team w ith any Utah institution regardless of its financial stature Top Justice Urges Passage Ol Court-ReforMeasure duced to months rather than the intolerable prospect of seven years " Banking Competition Out-of-Sta- le Lawmakers were presented Wednesday with two alternatives -for with a $30.8 million difference funding the state's school year system in the 1986-8- - public-educatio- ures for the state's minimum school program represent his support for public education and include funding for growth, teacher career ladders and the weighted pupil unit n 7 Gov. Norm Bangerter s funding recommendations and those from the legislative analyst were presented to members of the Legislature's Rublic Education Appublic-educatio- n propriations Subcommittee. Laurie Clovers and Laura Jo West, representing the governors budget office, told the legislators the governor's recommendation calls for spending slightly more than $974 million - a 5 5 percent increase over the eurrenl year's budget I r Olivers said the governor s fig The WRU is the basic ingredient in the state's elaborate formula for providing state aid to local school districts. Each WRU. given a dollar value each year by lawmakers, represents the amount of slate aid for each student enrolled in Utah's schools. legislative analyst Conversely, Mike Kjar told lawmakers his budget recommendation of $943 4 million million less than the governor s - represented a "flat" budget that recognized only additional funding for the anticipated 13.531 new sin denis $30 8 One area of difference between the two budget proposals, he said, is that his didn't include a $74,400 request so the Utah State Board of Education could hire an internal auditor and secretarial support for the State Office of Education "My feeling is that the state office already is well audited. It's audited twice a year by the feds; it's audited by the slate auditor, the legislative auditor general, and the governor's ofliee. I'm not particularly comfort able with more auditing," said Mr Kjai Committee members, who will again Thursday at 2 p.m., agreed lo hear the budget proposals of the state school board They will be presented by stale Superintendent Hei narr Furse and Ins associates. meet Education Panel OKs Liberalized Kindergarten --Adm issions Bill By Reter Scarlet Tribune Education Editor Several education-relate- Ihcir children had at tended kindergarten stjtes where bills one of which would liberalize legislation approved two years ago setting a standard kindergarten starting date, have been endorsed by the Legislatures Senate Education Standing Committee The bills now go to the Senate floor lor further consideration bv the lull Senate Generating the most discussion was Senate Bill 3, u bill sponsored l Lake, w hu h Sen KS Cm naliv. would allow the Utah State Hoard id education to set up guidelines so ex i eptiun.s to the uniform kindergai ten law could be granted starling-dattur people who move into Utah from t Under the current law, students must he five years old by Sept. I to be enrolled in kindergarten Sen. Cornaby said he was contacted last year by a family who had just moved into Utah from California. He said the new residents were upset because their child, who had been kindergarten in California coiildn finish her year of kindergarten in Utah because her birthday fell date past the Sept t the slate policy to be in lii.xilde, said the senator, who said Ills bill was designed lo give the state school board some latitude to handle I in tid hardship eases c Committee members approved the bill after first amending it so slate school board latitude would be limited to cases involving parents who move into Utah from other states where their children had been allowed in kindergarten. Also endorsed by the committee was SB8, a bill sponsored by Sen Overson requiring teachers and schools to notify parents when lluur children are going to be held after school. The measure would apply lo kindergarten through sixth-grad- students failed to come home after school they had been kept after Two bills previously endorsed by the State Board of Regents also won the standing committee's support One, SB14. liberalizes the payback provisions of Utah's Career Teacher Scholars:'" program. The legislation would require scholarship recipients to pay hack the scholarship aid they received in the program if they (ailed to complete teacher training or 1 The other bill, SB61, provides a registration procedure to regulate pro liferating proprietary or private schools offering degrees Sen. C.E. "Chuck" Retcrson, the bill's sponsor, said it is aimed at regulating diploma mills" that of fer bogus academic degrees fur mini y Utah II OHM Sllppoi s don't Appoval came allei the luwiiuik eis lie.ird pleas lur the lull bv a cuu pie of parents who cited instances when they feared their children had been kidnapped m hurl when !he to get Utah teacher certification Now, scholarship recipients must he employed as school teachers Utah stale representatives their eongression.il counter parts should bo allowed to taise then pay before winning a new term in of think foe Coupes Pay Plan The Utah House has voted ill u t support a US Constitution amend ment prohibiting congressional pav hikes to take effect until alter the s House of Represntalives endures ,m e I'd ion lo st 1 cy lie said Utah is only one of three slates in Uie union that doesn't regulate private post secondary schools. W Rolfe Kerr, Utah's commissioner of higher education, said the legislation i,s important enough that he would be willing the sacrifice the $37, DUD fiscal note accompanying the hill to pay for its administration if the appropriation's inclusion meant il wouldn't pass. Dr Kerr lold lawmakers just last week he received a call from a post secondary school Honking of establishing operations in Utah But the seliool s officials, he said, didn't want o do so unless the legislation passed because they didn't want to locate in a stole without regulations lest their institution be thought of as a diploma null i |
