State Agencies & Govt'l Affairs- House

The door leading into the room you and then make sure we'll check in and make sure you have that opportunity to speak for against any bills on today's agenda four years started if there's bill here that you might have been interested in I'll go ahead and buy you just time the eleven four is a bill that we heard last week that bill was defeated hearing committees so we were moving we will move it today to the deferred list. So eleven four is being moved to deferred also sponsor of eleven ninety eight. Contacted me yesterday or last night he wants to pass over that bill today so uh committee members and those in the audience of three bills it will be here today or house bill ten ninety nine house bill eleven sixty three and house bill eleven sixty four and I say the sponsors those bills are in the room and I'm going to. Go ahead remind you on the front end in the hopefully I'll remember to remind you before we leave here today committee members the Committee photo will be made next Wednesday at ten o'clock so next Wednesday at ten o'clock and of the Clerk shall shouldn't call is send out a reminder of letting everyone know that try to be here and for the committee photo. So. Any questions from committee members or any comments if not us say none then we will get started with the today's agenda house bill ten ninety nine representative Collins. Colleges have saved in the table identify yourself to the committee and you're recognized to present your bill. Thank you Mr chair Andrew Collins and a house bill ten ninety nine deals with the freedom of information act of the four AM and all it does is clarify a term in here that is ambiguous if you have the bill you can see that an Attorney General opinion it is request a bill currently immediately after a decision is made by a custodian certain records the term immediately is a vague term one person's immediately might not be someone else's immediately and so are center Payton who's the Senate sponsor this bill spoke with Attorney General Griffin and the language that was landed upon in lieu of immediately was before the close of the office of the Attorney General the following business day so that's a defined time as opposed to of a time the problem with immediately of course not only do people get confused under the the current law but people can actually not get to pursue their rights under the current law they might miss the opportunity and that's what happened to the conception of mine and that's why I was made aware of this issue in the first place this bill this is supported by the for coalition for task force the press association Municipal League in the office of the Attorney General I think everybody is on board with it because again what we're doing is not really significant change it's a clarification of something that's ambiguous and without having to take any questions. Wardlaw you're recognized for a question thank you Mister senator Reid Page two line two of the bill says seeking opinion from the Attorney General who within three working days of the receipt of the request shall issue opinion I just want to know who in the world to ever got an opinion from the attorney general's office and. Well we ever held on to this three day deadline that's in that you might not undermine so that's been there right that's been there that's current law my understanding is that the yeah they hold on to this high standard under the four to obviously you know they need to get this information pretty quick and as far as I know the the AG's office compliance with that maybe you are right bill hold them to that standard for every opinion so we can finally get our constituency answers they're asking for that might be a good bill thank you Mr. In the further questions from committee members. Say none. Of the was signed up to speak for against the bill. Representative college you're recognized to close with your bill thank you I'm close to the bill. Representative Collin has closed for the bill what's the the pleasure of the Committee. represent Womack has met motion of the passion of the discussion on the motion. Say no discussion on the motion all in favor of the bill say aye. All opposed say no. Does have a congratulations your bill is passed thank you. Committee members next item on today's agenda is by representative Bentley representive Bentley will present. House bill eleven sixty three and then Levin sixty four. Representative Bailey just inside the dental by yourself the Committee then you're recognized present your bill thank you sure I was out of chairman thank you for presenting the bill of sale okay with elective Kelly board in the land commissioner's office here with me just in case or something I can't answer from the committee members okay if you would. That day be with us in committee today Mr board you would justify yourself of the committee. Thank you Mr chairman I'm Kelly board deputy commissioner of state lands thank you for being her representative you're recognized thank you because as you know last session we did some of bills that would help make the commissioner's office more effective and more efficient we come today with another bill do exactly that in the past we've allowed landowners that have land continued to a river over time as you know in the bend of the river if you have no anyway I live by riverside now anyway it Sandel gather over time and then debris will settle on that and then the tree will grow up and I will send you have land again actually built on to be used so we have a a process in place now with that plan that one would have to go to the land commission's office let him know what that put a process in place and they'll put it a a a deposit in there to pay for surveyor to go out and survey that land across the state and so as you know as a landowner you know the servers in your ear those those servers no the land there but the process was really convoluted with this plan commission was sent out a survey on would delay it would take a long process now what this does is put it back in the landowners hand so the landowner would hire the surveyor to get exactly with the land commission's office does make it more fluid more efficient easier for the land commissioner's office easier for the landowner to get this process taking place and so that's pretty much it in a nutshell if anybody has any questions on this bill of it take those questions. Any questions from committee members. Saying none same thing. No one signed up to speak for against the bill. Representative mental you ready to close with your bill I'll close for the bill with that I'll make a motion to pass representative Bentley as close with the bill she's made a motion of a do pass any discussion on the motion. Saying none all in favor say aye. All opposed say no. Does having graduations representative and I understand we have another bill house bill eleven sixty four and if you're ready then you're recognized president that bill thank you chairman thank you Committee here's another one of my favorite bills to get rid of obsolete language the language of this bill is actually been around since nineteen forty seven I think I can say this before any of us were born so this really gets rid of language as obsolete no longer used by the land commissioner's office and at their request written a delete some obsolete language this morning if anybody has any questions I'll be happy to take any questions from committee members saying none no one signed up to speak for or against the bill representative may leave you are you ready to close I'll close chairman and you have a motion I have a motion to pass representative mail is made a motion do pass any discussion on the motion. Saying none all in favor say aye All opposed say no. regulation representative Bentley your bill is passed thank you chairman thank you committee I appreciate your support. Committee members that that's completion today's agenda and before we adjourn I'll remind you again photos of committee photos next Wednesday right here at ten o'clock and we all or a yard.