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Week 6 Highlights
Representative Mel Brown, R-Coalville, is the sponsor of H.B. 164 (Town Incorporation Process Amendments), which passed the House unanimously February 26th, 2008. The bill requires at least five property owners to sign a petition to become a town, but those property owners cannot own more than 40 percent of the land involved. Another necessary petition must include the signatures of at least 50 percent of the registered voters. The bill included a “Powder Mountain Amendment” that pushes the effective date to January 1st, 2008.
S.B. 186 (Custody and Parent-time for Non-parents), sponsored by Senator Lyle Hillyard and Representative Kay McIff, R-Richfield, passed the House on February 28th, 2008 with a vote of 57-13. The bill allows for non-parent relatives to petition for custody or visitation of the children with whom they have assumed a parental role.
H.B. 470 (Substitute Amendments to Animal Cruelty Provisions) passed the House February 29th, 2008 with a vote of 61-6. The bill, sponsored by Representative Sheryl Allen, R-Bountiful, would make it a third-degree felony, punishable by up to five years in prison, for the torture of a domestic dog or cat. This bill is similar to S.B. 297 that passed the Senate last week.
A bill updating the definition of stalking passed the House February 29th, 2008 unanimously. H.B. 493 (Stalking Amendments), sponsored by Lorie Fowlke, R-Orem, now includes sending unwanted text messages or e-mails, as well as other actions that cause distress, such as taking photographs, delivering items to an individual’s home or work, or repeatedly showing up at friends’ or relatives’ homes.
The fifth substitute of S.B. 48 (Equalization of School Capital Outlay Funding) sponsored by Senator Dan Eastman, R-Bountiful, and Represenative Aaron Tilton, R-Springville, passed the House 52-21 on February 29th. The bill would equalize funding for public schools by county.
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