Bill Summary for Bill Number Discussion of Draft Legislation (Cont.)

Date: 07/30/2009

Final
Discussion of Draft Legislation (Cont.)

LEGISLATIVE EMERGENCY EPIDEMIC RESPONSE

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The committee recommends changes to the final repo The committee recommends that a technical change b	PASS PASS

11:41 AM -- Discussion of Draft Legislation (Cont.)

Mr. Adams raised concerns about legislative staff members voting on issues related to constitutional and statutory changes. He indicated that he does not want to vote on such measures. Mr. Bratton returned to discuss drafts of a resolution and a bill on the subject of a temporary relocation of the seat of government and the General Assembly during a declared emergency. He explained the bill draft provided to the committee (Attachment C), which concerns changing the meeting location for the General Assembly in an emergency. The committee discussed how the draft legislation came about. Mr. Bratton stressed that the bill only deals with the General Assembly meeting in an alternate location during an emergency.

11:48 AM

Representative Lambert talked about his idea that the constitution needs to be amended in order to designate a temporary location for the seat of government during a disaster emergency. He asked for the committee's input on the house concurrent resolution that was originally drafted for the 2009 legislative session (Attachment D). The committee discussed the repercussions of the proposed bill and whether Joint Rule 44 would be sufficient to address the problem.

11:58 AM

Mr. Bratton talked about proposed technical changes to Joint Rule 44 (2), which would change "and" to "or" in two places (Attachment E).


BILL:	Discussion of Draft Legislation (Cont.)
TIME:	12:00:40 PM
MOVED:	Lambert
MOTION:	The committee recommends that a technical change be made to Joint Rule 44 (2) to resolve the issue previously discussed about a member not belonging to the House and the Senate at the same time. The motion passed on a vote of 9-0, with 2 abstaining.
SECONDED:
		VOTE
	Adams	Yes
	Eddins	Yes
	Goldman	Yes
	Haskins	Abstain
	Herreid	Yes
	Levy	Yes
	Ray	Abstain
	Spence	Yes
	Ziegler	Yes
	Lambert	Yes
	Sandoval	Yes

Final YES: 9 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 2 FINAL ACTION: PASS

12:01 PM

Representatives Lambert and Levy agreed to co-sponsor the rule change. Representative Lambert discussed a bill he is having drafted to change the authorizing legislation for the committee. He would like to remove the word "epidemic" from the committee's title to reflect the discussion of and planning for all disaster emergencies. He also recommended that the term "response" be replaced with "preparedness response and recovery." He also talked about codifying the role of the Governor's Office of Homeland Security.


BILL:	Discussion of Draft Legislation (Cont.)
TIME:	12:06:46 PM
MOVED:	Lambert
MOTION:	The committee recommends changes to the final report of the committee for 2009. The motion passed on a vote of 10-0, with 1 abstaining.
SECONDED:
		VOTE
	Adams	Yes
	Eddins	Yes
	Goldman	Yes
	Haskins	Yes
	Herreid	Yes
	Levy	Yes
	Ray	Abstain
	Spence	Yes
	Ziegler	Yes
	Lambert	Yes
	Sandoval	Yes

Final YES: 10 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 1 FINAL ACTION: PASS

12:07 PM

Senator Sandoval adjourned the committee.