Bill Number: H.B. 2318

                                                                                                                Allen Floor Amendment

                                                                                         Reference to: House engrossed bill

                                                                                           Amendment drafted by: Jinny Huh

 

 

The Allen floor amendment updates funding provisions, allows the Compact Commission to hold special meetings for longer that three consecutive days and removes the conditional enactment provision as Utah transmitted the legislation to the Utah Governor to incorporate the aforementioned changes.

 

Fifty-second Legislature                                                    Allen

First Regular Session                                                   H.B. 2318

 

ALLEN FLOOR AMENDMENT

SENATE AMENDMENTS TO H.B. 2318

(Reference to House engrossed bill)

 

Page 2, line 6, after the third "the" insert "compact"

Page 3, line 28, after “CERTIFIED” insert “copy”

Page 4, line 4, after the first period strike remainder of line

Strike lines 10 through 15, insert:

"A.  The compact commission shall pay, or provide for the payment of, the reasonable expenses of its establishment, organization and ongoing activities.

B.  The compact commission may accept any appropriate revenue sources, donations and grants of money, equipment, supplies, materials and services.

C.  The compact commission, in accordance with subsections D and E of this section, may levy on and collect an annual assessment from each member state or impose fees on other parties to cover the cost of the operations and activities of the compact commission and the compact commission's staff that must be in a total amount sufficient to cover the compact commission's annual budget as approved each year for which revenue is not provided by other sources.

D.  The compact commission may not levy and collect an annual assessment against a member state if the member state:

1.  Votes against the annual assessment.

2.  Was absent from the compact commission meeting during which the compact commission voted to approve the annual assessment.

3.  Within sixty days after the vote to impose the annual assessment, notifies the compact commission in writing that the member state does not consent to the levy of the annual assessment.

E.  The aggregate annual assessment amount shall be allocated based on a formula to be determined by the compact commission, which shall adopt a rule that is binding on all member states.

F.  The compact commission shall not incur obligations of any kind before securing the funds adequate to meet the obligation, nor shall the compact commission pledge the credit of any of the member states, except by and with the authority of the member state.

G.  The compact commission shall keep accurate accounts of all receipts and disbursements, and that information shall be available within thirty days on request by a compact commission member or by a member state or associate member state.  All receipts and disbursements of funds handled by the compact commission shall be audited yearly by a certified or licensed public accountant, and the report of the audit shall be included in the annual report of the commission."

Page 4, strike lines 40 through 45

Strike pages 5 through 9

Amend title to conform

 

 

 

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