Public Notice
HB 67 Public Hearings on Property Tax Increases
Reduces the number of Truth in Taxation notices by one and requires all entities in one county advertise in a combined Truth in Taxation notice.
DRAFT Amendments to notice provisions for subdivision changes, K. Powell
Maximum Line Rate
DRAFT Repeal of Maximum Line Rate Charge for Official Notices Published by Fourth and Fifth Class Cities and Towns
Open and Public Meetings Act and GRAMA
From Jeff Hunt:
HB 122 is very problematic. It expands the exception for attorney-client records. Worse yet, it removes several categories of records from the public interest balancing test, meaning that the news media and public would not be able to argue that public interest is served by disclosure of records even if they are technically properly classified as non-public. Among the records that would not be subject to the balancing test under the bill are law enforcement investigatory records, employee disciplinary records, audit records, and licensing records. This may be an attempt to reverse the Deseret News v. Salt Lake County Supreme Court win and some State Records Committee decisions on disciplinary records. As you know, the news media fought very hard for the balancing test in GRAMA. This bill would remove the balancing test option for a large category of records frequently requested by the media.
SB 26 Open and Public Meetings Act
Revises rules for release of public meeting minutes before they are approved and makes recordings of a public meeting available within 72 hours.
SB 18 Utah Transparency Advisory Board
SB 101 and HB 93 State Ethics Commission
Makes State Ethics Commission documents “protected” and exempt from the Open Meetings Act
DRAFT League of Cities and Towns is proposing a bill to restrict harassment GRAMA requests.
DRAFT Wrongful destruction of withholding of public records, Greg Hughes
Sales Tax
DRAFT Sales and Use Tax Definitions… Wayne Harper
Other bills of interest
DRAFT Midterm vacancies in Political Offices Amendments
DRAFT Legislator Communications with Judiciary and Executive Branch Resolution
HB59 Subpoenas for Records in certain Criminal Investigations
HB 232 Campaign and Financial Reporting Requirements Revisions
SB 25 Online Voter Registration
HB 48 Ballot Question Amendments
HB 103 Revolving Door Limitations for Public Officials to Become Lobbyists
HB 213 Ban on Gifts to Legislators
SB 30 Enhancement of Truth in Advertising Act
HB 247 Sex Offender e-mail Registration
HB 41 Sex Offender Registry Amendments
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