Show Boyd Warnick Recognized for Legislation 4 By Lisa Usa Keene Boyd Warnick associate professor of business management was recognized in March for his high percentage of legislation passed The recognition came from Deseret News legislative writer Jerry Spangler who calculated the fewest and most bills and the most and least su successful suc successful suc- suc representative Warnick was the most successful with a record of 77 percent of his bills bills' passed Warnick represents district No 49 with the boundaries from Redwood Road to Kearns between So and So This district with a population of about people includes the College He commented The percentage of bills passed isn't necessarily the best measure of effectiveness of a legislator There are other evaluations that need to be considered That's just one He continues Some very effective legislators do not sponsor very many bills but they study bills and make sure that they can help They get getgood getgood getgood good bills passed and bad ones defeated His most valuable work has been in the House Committee on transportation transportation transportation tation and public safety As a result his bills were mostly of concern to safety One of his successful bills of which he is is particularly proud was a school zone bill This bill standardized school zone crossings and signs It requires that at the end of the school zone a sign saying End of school zone be posted This will soon be the national standard He sponsored a drivers' drivers license suspension amendment which was passed This law clarifies that a repeat DUI offe offense se within a r year five year period shall result in a year one-year revocation or suspension of an f operators operator's license tf Warnick's efforts also declared that I a bicycle is vehicle and has every It c t right a car does but also has the responsibilities to obey the law h He also got bills passed concerning school bus safety and altered s il vehicles All AH together together- of the 13 bills he sponsored ten were passed 1 1 I j Although l h gh he didn't sponsor or them he supported the 65 mph and nd seat seat belt beltz Ir z T bills bills c fT j f. f J Warnick arnick has served for four years years' but despite his good record he h has s st t i l' l chosen not to run for re-election re this year r d 7 is w 1 t Y 1 W y u 7 k 0 4 t t Yo 11 im r Y I M i 1 I I k n t e z X rl w. w 3 i f a 0 y 0 t a J. J 7 I- I i 7 t tm y f v vi j 1 1 JA 2 f 7 J l w l J t s fOO w J f x qi q- q e i tJ W r g 4 r y A Ay y y r rt t Photo by Ed Lile I |