Rep. Norm Thurston — Voting Record

Bill

Number

H.B. 18 (2018GS)

Sponsor

Rep. Eliason, S.

Final action

Governor Signed 3/21/2018

Outcome

Became law — signed by Gov. Gary R. Herbert

Summary

What it does

• This bill:
• moves the Alcohol Abuse Tracking Committee from the Department of Public Safety to the Department of Human Services;
• removes the dates by which the committee must annually meet and issue the annual report; and
• makes technical changes.

Every vote on this bill

Bill text

ALCOHOL ABUSE TRACKING COMMITTEE RELOCATION
GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Chief Sponsor: Steve Eliason
Senate Sponsor: 
Brian Zehnder
LONG TITLE
General Description:
This bill makes amendments to the Alcohol Abuse Tracking Committee.
Highlighted Provisions:
This bill:
▸ moves the Alcohol Abuse Tracking Committee from the Department of Public
Safety to the Department of Human Services;
▸ removes the dates by which the committee must annually meet and issue the annual
report; and
▸ makes technical changes.
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, or the commissioner's
] 
the executive director or the executive
director's
 designee;
(b) the executive director of the Department of Health[
, or the
] 
or that
 executive
director's designee;
(c) the [
executive director
] 
commissioner
 of the Department of [
Human Services, or
the executive director's
] 
Public Safety or the commissioner's
 designee;
(d) the director of the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control[
, or the
] 
or that
director's designee;
(e) the executive director of the Department of Workforce Services[
, or the
] 
or that
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
] 
or that
executive director's designee.
(2) [
The commissioner, or the commissioner's designee,
] 
The executive director or the
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 
held
 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) 
the location
 where the alcoholic products [
are obtained that results
] 
that result
 in the
violations or costs described in Subsections (6)(a) through (d) 
are obtained
; and
(f) any information the committee determines can be collected and relates to the abuse
of alcoholic products.
(7) [
Beginning July 1, 2014, the
] 
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.