Rep. Norm Thurston — Voting Record

Bill

Number

H.B. 362 (2017GS)

Sponsor

Rep. Eliason, S.

Final action

House/ filed 3/9/2017

Outcome

Failed / filed without passage

Summary

What it does

• This bill:
• moves the Alcohol Abuse Tracking Committee from the Department of Public Safety to the Department of Human Services.

Every vote on this bill

Bill text

ALCOHOL ABUSE TRACKING COMMITTEE RELOCATION
GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Chief Sponsor: Steve Eliason
Senate Sponsor: 
 Luz Escamilla
LONG TITLE
General Description:
This bill moves the Alcohol Abuse Tracking Committee from the Department of Public
Safety to the Department of Human Services.
Highlighted Provisions:
This bill:
▸ moves the Alcohol Abuse Tracking Committee from the Department of Public
Safety to the Department of Human Services.
Money Appropriated in this Bill:
None
Other Special Clauses:
None
Utah Code Sections Affected:
RENUMBERS AND AMENDS:
62A-1-121
, (Renumbered from 53-1-119, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2016,
Chapter 158)
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1. Section 
62A-1-121
, which is renumbered from Section 53-1-119 is
renumbered and amended to read:
[
53-1-119
].
 62A-1-121.
Tracking effects of abuse of alcoholic products.
(1) There is created a committee within the department known as the "Alcohol Abuse
Tracking Committee" that consists of:
(a) the [
commissioner
] 
executive director
, or the [
commissioner's
] 
executive director's
designee;
(b) the executive director of the Department of Health, or the executive director's
designee;
(c) the [
executive director
] 
commissioner
 of the Department of [
Human Services
]
Public Safety
, or the [
executive director's
] 
commissioner's
 designee;
(d) the director of the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, or the director's
designee;
(e) the executive director of the Department of Workforce Services, or the executive
director's designee;
(f) the chair of the Utah Substance Use and Mental Health Advisory Council, or the
chair's designee;
(g) the state court administrator or the state court administrator's designee; and
(h) the executive director of the Department of Technology Services, or the executive
director's designee.
(2) The [
commissioner
] 
executive director
, or the [
commissioner's
] 
executive director's
designee, shall chair the committee.
(3) (a) Four members of the committee constitute a quorum.
(b) A vote of the majority of the committee members present when a quorum is present
is an action of the committee.
(4) The committee shall meet at the call of the chair, except that the chair shall call a
meeting at least twice a year:
(a) with one meeting held [
before April 1 of
] each year to develop the report required
under Subsection (7); and
(b) with one meeting to review and finalize the report before [
it
] 
the report
 is issued
[
July 1
].
(5) The committee may adopt additional procedures or requirements for:
(a) voting, when there is a tie of the committee members;
(b) how meetings are to be called; and
(c) the frequency of meetings.
(6) The committee shall establish a process to collect for each calendar year the
following information:
(a) the number of individuals statewide who are convicted of, plead guilty to, plead no
contest to, plead guilty in a similar manner to, or resolve by diversion or its equivalent to a
violation related to underage drinking of alcohol;
(b) the number of individuals statewide who are convicted of, plead guilty to, plead no
contest to, plead guilty in a similar manner to, or resolve by diversion or its equivalent to a
violation related to driving under the influence of alcohol;
(c) the number of violations statewide of Title 32B, Alcoholic Beverage Control Act,
related to over-serving or over-consumption of an alcoholic product;
(d) the cost of social services provided by the state related to abuse of alcohol,
including services provided by the Division of Child and Family Services [
within the
Department of Human Services
];
(e) where the alcoholic products are obtained that [
results
] 
result
 in the violations or
costs described in Subsections (6)(a) through (d); and
(f) any information the committee determines can be collected and relates to the abuse
of alcoholic products.
(7) Beginning July 1, 2014, the committee shall report the information collected under
Subsection (6) annually to the governor and the Legislature by no later than the July 1
immediately following the calendar year for which the information is collected.
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