Transportation, Technology & Legislative Affairs - Senate

Jerseys a quorum present transportation committee will come to order the first bill we run it we're gonna here today is Senate bill five seventy four and five seventy four has an amendment as it been passed out to everyone. For by with the as a can take take a look at the amendment and the amendment is the bill I want to have an atom doing so that we would have to try to outline the line or at the Senator go ahead and explain your amendment yeah so The Amendment is is actually a correction so when we have the bill drafted we inadvertently basically And modifying this to try to help this group of people we just cut out the ability for somebody else to be exempted so wasn't the intent at all and so we need to amend the bill to be able to include them back in that code section so so that's basically what the member does we have a motion to adopt by Senator Eads second by Senator Tucker all in favor say aye opposed Like sign so. The. Now we gotta do the bill is amended if if you want to say some or sure so essentially what this bill is designed to do is to enable a group of people and then my community and a lot of the real communal Hammer Mennonites who have actually religious objection to insurance and so they have a method to to do it by submitting a letter annually and then keeping that letter with them and it just makes it where it's a really a burdensome process to be able to avoid doing it what they do is they have a collected through their church builder collecting share liability program there's some common I motor say that almost all of them you lies but it's basically to share program what this does is just recognize that click to share program for their church as liability insurance for the purposes of transportation just that I have that evidence in a cover that I had one question and I apologize to you I just you know about fifteen minutes call column but Bob about other self insured if there's a dollar amount that's required in in the self insurance in a in a in escrow somewhere on that I mean is that I'm just trying to look out for everybody else and and I'm I I wish I was more up on on the insurance code so I really don't have an answer to that there's a minimum number of vehicles in the for the other self insured individuals who they have to have a at twenty five or more vehicles but I I really don't know I don't know if there's a requirement that's probably something that we can provide this with the insurance department about. Go ahead Senator Pitsch Senator Ballinger is your house sponsor representative OFC DA all and no I don't have a House sponsorship she may be a good one well she had a bill that was there wasn't the same bill is very similar dealing with men and I it's wanting to be able to get to insurance are that came through this committee earlier this session hello really so you might want to check with or that were not yet are you fixing something that she may have fixed since the two of your both up in Northwest Arkansas they may have had multiple people asking this just works with all the I know there's also I I will I will reach out to represent Arkansas is since we're done here well since you don't the next committee. The other questions from members All have you heard heard from anybody on that. So. I mean I don't want to slow you down or nothing because I know we're getting towards the end yeah could you look at the areas and and see about that are needed or at I certainly will I mean it it's one of those things that if if it takes care of this that I I don't need more work so I'm happy to to do it I would love to be able to go and pass out of committee if that's possible but if not I'm happy to though the Reds Senator Clarke Tucker. Mr I may be wrong my recollection is representative hawksbill was it it was about getting a driver's license without your picture to be included as a part of it that legislation passed through I know I remember seeing that. Yes I do but just based on my memory on which is dangerous I do think this is a different a different age. I remember that I didn't know was represent a hospital room that bill coming through process that I've not that I could miss a bill but I don't remember anything about the insurance I mean I don't mind the self insurance but I wanna know there's enough in escrow so I don't mind if it does but. You know is is there's not a the if there's if there's not some kind of a parity I'm when I ask you to pull it back and well only yeah not and I'm okay with that I think with this or with this group though you'll find that there are no rules situations out there where they're they've had damages when I'm paid so you know it's not a I don't think that that's necessarily a problem with this group like you could be with other other groups but there's not you know within this because I put this bill together there's not a requirement for them to have a certain amount held in escrow in order to be able to be selfinsured I can say that because this was in the code for specific nomination is that now it would be any any organization that that qualifies as a religious exempt organization. Some I mean go ahead go ahead Senator Hill All in the yeah I'm asking for what you said I think we need to make sure about the dollar amount on this what or ask or what it was going to be at we do a whole lot of the calls you may not enter with this one we don't know what the next one on the date. And so I think we need to make sure we find about dollar amount that that that is substantial we have that obligation today. Miss just like anybody else on the road I don't want you know as a non insured or or under insurance on body and and and your organization might be fine but you're not can somebody else might be considered a religious organization of that not have the funds to be able to take care of those the thing I'd want to point out that that were that is a that would be an answer to that is these people are already on the road they already have a religious exemption from insurance already so these people are able to do it all we're doing is making where they don't have to request alleges Division annually to get the proof you keep the paper with them all the time what would be is now they have that they can just demonstrate instead of doing that thank you didn't state that they are member this this share program and that would keep them from getting as a ticket for not having insurance so we're not we're not exposing two more liability because we're not allowing some groups to get out participate or not not doing it now we're just helping them in the process to to do it because they because of their deeply held religious beliefs they are exempt from having liability insurance which which is existing code we haven't we're not not changing that we're just making it where they're recognized for department transportation purposes as a insurer. That that makes sense. That helps okay we'll. The other questions. Okay yeah Paul if you want if you wanna come on down I apologize for my. That way we. Good morning Mr chairman of the committee all gearing with GFA prior to this morning's meeting chair you would reach out to me to see if there was a a dollar pool or to be held in escrow for self insured entity in order for DFA to grant that organization with a certificate of self insurance there is not a dollar amount that we require. Thank you thank you for ****. We have No one signed up for against this bill to speak is there. Any other questions. Know what your clothes your bill yes no questions I'll close we should a good vote once will of committee. Motion do pass by Senator Hill second by Senator Pitsch all in favor say aye All opposed Like sign thank you very much committee thank you. The senator or representative Meeks and Senator English. This bill has an amendment and we've discussed this bill. In. In the committee before. If the you're going to go ahead on your election all right our representative Stephen Meeks thank you colleagues is your member this is the bill that would require an entity that wants the contracts were expired that they return the data back to the state there was because of some concerns about some of the language that talked about it applying to existing contracts and there were some concern from eighteen T. what this amendment does this amendment removes that section that says that applies to all existing contracts and it creates the opportunity for the data company and the state entity to negotiate how that data is handled at the termination this is actually the language that eighteen T. presented to us and that we now present to the committee for adoption and with that we'll be happy to answer any questions like a motion on the amendment motion to adopt amendment by Senator Eads second by Senator Hill All in favor say aye. Where it will go to one of the bill if if you'd like to add any further I think unless that committee has any other questions were closed for the bill. Your any questions from the committee. This is Senate bill fifteen fourteen. House Bill our house bill fifteen fourteen we have one person Kevin White. To speak for the four of the bill if needed do you feel compelled. All right. The. Any other quick questions from the committee. Saying nine what's the will of the committee. Motion do pass by Senator English second by who was it Senator Eads all in favor say aye. All opposed Like sign. All right thank you representative makes and. The House Bill. Sixteen oh two. You're welcome to proceed. Senator Charles Beckham the. Say agency bill for our does this does change the reference. Of section thirty of act of Congress entitled federal aid highway act of nineteen sixty eight to the actual. Code section. The to clean up bill. We don't have any questions deal if you want to recognize yourself same thing. Go Roger the Arkansas department of transportation this is just to make sure that we get those who are looking to in state statutes to find out what we're relying on have the accurate reference I mean federal law dictates how we do this we have state law to match those so that if we need to or want to make changes we can but the typically follow the feds say when we haven't had any issues with it in the past there any questions from the committee. The no questions your clothes your bill close thanks we have we have one question on. Okay Sir the motion by Senator Tucker second by Senator Hill All in favor say aye. The discussion or discussion All opposed Like sign the thank you senator repast your bill. We have one other bill and Senator Irvin is not here. Senator fights not here. It. He. Let's the. What is a bill. If. So I know I had Senator Tucker look over with a legal so we're gonna. We're gonna proceed with five fifty two of Senator Tucker you can stay right there you. No no no no high. It in no no no my my concerns by by our conversation will will will give her some relations at enough. Now you can you can you can you can you can you can stay you can stay there Senator Tucker It Tucker you're you're welcome C. dons of the five fifty two of the video archive is running I'm doing this at the direction of the chair it's a good bill it's a good bill and I'm happy to present. under the current law. If someone's been a victim of domestic violence they put their they put appeal box on their driver's license rather than their physical address and under current law you can only get the someone can go to the DMV and get that person's address if they present a compelling reason for doing so in an affidavit. And this changes that to say that you can only get the address if you have a court order to get it and you cannot be someone who's been convicted of domestic violence against the person whose address you're seeking yet. That's that's what the bill does it's fairly simple if after I think it's a good bill And so I. I think that's what it is right three questions from members. Saying nine. No question but it's really not so much on this bill but it's the discussion of this bill is a good bill. But there are other things entities that ought to be afforded the same I mean. And I'm if you're if you're in a public light somewhere and you've got terroristic threatening going on there ought to be some we may need to and and I guess I'm asking you as you read this bill does this have any opportunity for expansion to other protect I don't see protected because that's the wrong word for other people facing harm. You know I think you could yes I think it could and probably know in another bill but. This is restricted to domestic violence but it's not only physical harm it's also mental emotional harm so. it does cover some of potentially what you're talking about but it is restricted to if you're. In a dating relationship for the same family as the person. Because it is domestic violence. So yeah I agree I think that some to look at his. There is a discussion questions saying nine. The you close your bill yes yes Mr your clothes for Senator Irvin the motion by Senator Pitsch second by Senator English all in favor say aye All opposed Like sign thank you senator Tucker for run and that bill for so. We have one bill for Tuesday which is six oh six thank. It is well no hi this one is Hester so everybody I know that when the on the agenda for Tuesday so if your look over it. Thank you and senator inflation's adjourned. If there ever ever everybody