Rep. Norm Thurston — Voting Record

Bill

Number

H.B. 285 First Substitute (2018GS)

Sponsor

Rep. Peterson, V.

Final action

Governor Signed 3/16/2018

Outcome

Became law — signed by Gov. Gary R. Herbert

Summary

What it does

• This bill:
• amends the membership of a rate committee within the Department of Administrative Services to include the State Board of Education;
• clarifies membership of the committee; and
• makes technical and conforming changes.

Every vote on this bill

Bill text

RATE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS
GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Chief Sponsor: Val L. Peterson
Senate Sponsor: 
Ann Millner
LONG TITLE
General Description:
This bill amends the membership of a rate committee within the Department of
Administrative Services.
Highlighted Provisions:
This bill:
▸ amends the membership of a rate committee within the Department of
Administrative Services to include the State Board of Education;
▸ clarifies membership of the committee; and
▸ makes technical and conforming changes.
Money Appropriated in this Bill:
None
Other Special Clauses:
None
Utah Code Sections Affected:
AMENDS:
63A-1-114
, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2016, Chapter 287
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1. Section 
63A-1-114
 is amended to read:
63A-1-114.
Rate committee -- Membership -- Duties.
(1) (a) There is created a rate committee[
, which shall consist
] 
consisting
 of the
executive directors
, commissioners, or superintendents
 of seven state agencies
, which may
include the State Board of Education,
 that use services and pay rates to one of the department
internal service funds, or their designee, [
appointed by
] 
that
 the governor 
appoints
 for a
two-year term.
(b) (i) Of the seven state agencies represented on the rate committee under Subsection
(1)(a), only one of the following may be represented on the committee, if at all, at any one
time:
(A) the Governor's Office of Management and Budget; 
or
[
(B) the Division of Finance; or
]
[
(C)
] 
(B)
 the Department of Technology Services.
(ii) The department may not have a representative on the rate committee.
(c) (i) The committee shall elect a chair from its members.
(ii) Members of the committee who are state government employees and who do not
receive salary, per diem, or expenses from their agency for their service on the committee shall
receive no compensation, benefits, per diem, or expenses for the members' service on the
committee.
(d) The Department of Administrative Services shall provide staff services to the
committee.
(2) (a) A division described in Section 
63A-1-109
 that manages an internal service
fund shall submit to the committee a proposed rate and fee schedule for services rendered by
the division to an executive branch entity or an entity that subscribes to services rendered by
the division.
(b) The committee shall:
(i) conduct meetings in accordance with Title 52, Chapter 4, Open and Public Meetings
Act;
(ii) meet at least once each calendar year to:
(A) discuss the service performance of each internal service fund; 
(B) review the proposed rate and fee schedules;
(C) at the rate committee's discretion, approve, increase, or decrease the rate and fee
schedules described in Subsection (2)(b)(ii)(B); and
(D) discuss any prior or potential adjustments to the service level received by state
agencies that pay rates to an internal service fund; 
(iii) recommend a proposed rate and fee schedule for each internal service fund to:
(A) the Governor's Office of Management and Budget; and
(B) each legislative appropriations subcommittee that, in accordance with Section
63J-1-410
, approves the internal service fund agency's rates, fees, and budget; and
(iv) review and approve, increase or decrease an interim rate, fee, or amount when an
internal service fund agency begins a new service or introduces a new product between annual
general sessions of the Legislature.
(c) The committee may in accordance with Subsection 
63J-1-410
(4), decrease a rate,
fee, or amount that has been approved by the Legislature.