Show final results of 1939 session utah state legislature under the title of bulletin no 4 the utah taxpayers association has just issued a booklet on uta lis 1939 legislature in which are listed all the senate and house bills and resolutions submitted during the session of the legislature together with their final disposition A total of bills resolutions and demor als were submitted which constitutes an all time high of these a total of were passed and signed by the governor seventeen measures were vetoed by the chief executive and the balance failed of passage the bills vetoed were S B 4 by nelson amending see sec 2831 28 3 1 revised statutes 1933 relating to fees of justices of the peace 27 by tanner to establish a state junior ciliege at richfield 54 by billings to establish a junior college at roosevelt 66 grover ellet child autho authorizing 9 cities and towns to undertake low cost housing projects and 67 by the same authors to establish procedure whereby cities and counties may eliminate substandard dwellings 69 by huggins to include disabled miners among patients eligible for housing in state sanatorium Sanit orium at ogden 76 by lundell exempting school busses from auto license fees SD 92 grover child ellett to permit utah organizations to invest in securities of public housing authorities S B by ellett to authorize absentee ballots for electors confined because of allness by huggins to appropriate for purchase of central high school building in ogden for weber college by to appropriate appropriate to teachers retirement fund and i delete provision re requiring quirin g state to contribute six sije per cent of payroll of teachers under retirement system by holmes old age Ais assistance istance substitute for and HB 31 miller brewster maw curry to enable second and third class cities to abate unsightly objects HB 65 by allen alien to provide state regulation of funeral establishments lish ments and directors HB boyer pond et alto set up health cooperatives HB by hinckley to permit U of U and to retain proprietary profits for payment of current bills HB by jensen and jack jordan river beautification following is a list of bills of f general interest that received received finiki final continued on page 5 1 i 1 Z final results of 1939 session state legislature continued from first page approval where not otherwise indicated these measures go into effect may ath 4 by nelson to allocate all sales tax revenue to welfare and relief purposes 7 1 14 by macfarlane Mas farlane to provide cabinet to display original copy of state constitution 15 by farr requiring flying of flags at schools during hours 18 by hopkin requiring all livestock owners to brand their stock and record brands 19 holmes participation by utah in council of state governments by establishing sanate committee on interstate cooperation 2 24 39 31 by farr authorizing thor izing fish and game commissioner lioner to cooperate with federal government in establishing wildlife restoration projects etc 2 2139 21 39 32 billings mrs jensen to bring small loan agencies under state banking department 34 lamoreaux grover macfarlane to establish standards for practice of to naturopathy 35 by huggins to permit industrial loan corporations po rations to lend for terms up to two years 46 judiciary committee to eliminate 2 year period in which heirs may contest division of estates 50 jud corn to reduce time of appeal from 6 months to 90 days in civil actions other than divorce 53 by lindstrom to provide method of nomination in third class cities 62 by farr to provide stricter regulations on commercial I 1 feeds S B 65 williams johnston anderson andersen forbidding marriages between whites and malays balays 68 by huggins excluding debts of citizens to cities as ground for jury service dis qualifications etc 71 lamoreaux state aeronautics Cominic commission sion have discretion in spen spending aing of airplane gas tax receipts 75 grover requiring utilities to pay part of cost of their regulation 80 riley to make person responsible for trespassing tres passing livestock guilty of misdemeanor 83 huggins child to simplify unemployment compensation act extend its coverage and change basis for employer liability 7 1 39 90 macfarlane broaden definition of contributing to delinquency of a juvenile 91 macfarlane transfer obligation of supporting children in custody of juvenile court from county commission to county boards of public welfare 94 snow repeal 1937 law limiting amount payable from equalization fund to school districts S B 97 permit owners owners of a majority of acreage of dyain drainage age district rather than two thirds to initiate dissolution proceedings 3 1739 17 39 ellett grover simplify delinquent tax lists as published and make other procedural changes in tax sales 3 17 39 farr exempt from taxation personal property up to valuation 1140 1 1 40 education committee to require tax commission to consider prospective tax redemptions ons and delinquency in fixing property levy for 25 district school fund and the 5 equalization fund child raise from 10 to 12 the number of school board members in cities of first class ellett permit the public service commission to limit types of traffic using any g grade cross ng grover t holmes riley hopkin ellett amend direct primary law retaining runoff run off election but requiring registration of party affiliation mcmurrin child authorize U of U and to construct any type of building by increase of individual tuition fees banking coito require that drafts or checks drawn on branch banks specify which braw branch h etc municipal affairs committee to appropriate to lo help finance study of propose proposed I colorado river gre t bisin water project 3 20 39 S mun affairs comm authorize counties counti eq cities towns conservation districts and metropolitan water districts district to levy to 1 mill annually to develop culinary irrigation and power possibilities of streams or lakes 3 17 39 S B rev taxation comm make procedural changes and strengthen penalty provisions in sales tax law 7 1 39 health libor labor comm appropriate to state board of health to make survey of occupational disease with U S public health service 7 1 39 banking comm permit banks to loan more than amount equal to 15 per cent paid in capital to one borrower etc S B huggins appropriate ate for purchase of central junior high building in ogden for weber college mun aff comm create a commission for 1947 utah centennial celebration and appropriate to it 7 24 39 appropriate to teachers retirement fund and delete provision requiring state to contribute 6 per cent of payroll of teachers under retirement system mcmurrin enable utah to participate in federal aid to education if pending national legislation is enacted 3 13 39 S B social welfare are relied relief comm relating to powers and duties of state department of public welfare and providing that department may spend funds for eye care etc substitute for 78 7 1 39 1 holmes fixing compensation pensa tion of employees of legis lature JR 4 banking comm remove double liability imposed bv by constitution on bank stockholders hl ders 11 farr arrange utah participation in national patriotic revival culminating in flag week 1939 13 social relations relief comm was SC R 5 policy of giving employment preference in all departments to persons whose spouses are not gainfully employed 4 lundell endorse miller bill proposing to lower interest rate on loans to agricultural improvement district f from rom 4 to 3 per cent education corn com mem oral izing congress to approve the harrison thomas larabee bill H B 11 by allen alien maw et al to define cost as used in fair trade practice laws providing for a 6 per cent markup on merchandise included in cost by redd to insure at least 1 normal scholarship every 3 years to each school dist in id the state H 1316 ag corn com authorizing bangs bang s disease control HB 18 ascom ag com to provide inspection spec tion of seeds for planting or distribution H B 19 ditto requiring grading indof f agricultural produce shied from state allen alien requiring approval of commissioner of insurance for levying assessments by benefit associations ag corn com authorizing regulations for cleaning traveling farm machinery from noxious weed seeds bryan to classify cottontail or brush rabbits as game animals boyden boyer permit land owners to operate hunting areas and collect fees for shooting twitchell Twi dedd etal to apportion statia state motor vehicle license receipts to cities and counties on a new 45 45 10 basis basist 1140 1 1 40 pett etal to extend registration of plumbers act to entire state marthakis Mart haki alln ahm AH m classifying daylight entry of auto trailer or airplane with intent to steal 3rd ard degree burglary marthakis et al classify night entry of auto trailer or airplane with intent to steal as 2nd and class burglary twitchell burglary in first degree include breaking and entering forcibly or without force auto trailer etc boyer et al require anti alcohol and anti tobacco education in schools receiving state support jacob boyer et al to require character education edu cation in all schools receiving state support jenkinson permit payment of old age assistance to persons convicted of felony 10 years prior to application allen alien raise embalming standards and classify solicitation of bodies as unprofessional conduct H twitchell reduce from 15 to 10 per ct the countes coun tys share of public welfare costs strong et al fireworks regulation hunter et al provide inventories be assessed on yr end value instead of average monthly value maw redd et al provide that a committee of district school suits and other educators educator advise state text book commission as to desired changes in in courses of study macfarlane redd et al to provide that state text book commission commiss ibn adopt its books for 4 years years instead of 6 HB davis boyer et al to eliminate unfair trade practices affecting agriculture HB sanders location of als wells 11 and an d leasing and selling of such I 1 uc i w wells ells I 1 HB foote mason et al to I 1 permit inspectors to destroy infested trees and other plants HB atwood hunter make uniform law regulating aeronautics in state HB coyde et al to repeal provisions for paying bounties on predatory animals and give board of agriculture discretion over expending of present fund 3 15 39 HB T M rees to empower counties to regulate building HB T gariff extend eight hour law for women to all industries trades and occupations except canning and packing of perishable produce HP HB marthakis Mar al require gasoline dealers to post prices and forbid sale below these prices HB jenkinson appropriate to self help cooperatives and add farm and labor representative to board HB allen alien provide that counties shall pay school districts share of cast of collecting taxes HB provide for the payment of annual examination fees by benefit associations HB Bona bonacci eci fees for physical examinations HB strong acquisition of property by counties HB bonacci motor fuel rading grading 9 HB tax corn com to specify abbreviations and symbols to describe land in tax proceedings HB smith extend law covering joint bank deposits to those held by more than two persons HB hunter authorize the state land board to give branch agricultural college one acre plot on which state well no 6 is locadd HB miller et al relating to abatement of unsightly objects in cities of first and second class HB allen alien provide state regulation of funeral establish lish ments HB marthakis specify that teachers retirement board shall use accumulated reserves and current contributions for payment of retiring obligations H marthakis memorialize congress to silver at a ratio of 16 to 1 8 others urge federal government to assist in preventing further erosion arosio on the colorado river tributaries tributa ries in utah U adams et al urging congress to prevent reduction of present tariff on OH cuban sugar pond 7 others to urge congress to liberalize farm credits marthakis 16 others putting utah legislature on record as appi approving oving foreign policy of president with respect to armaments etc marthakis et al favoring stabilization of price of sil ver and employment of silverspur chases to increase exports of U S products 4 |