04/29/2004 04:20 PM Senate 375

                              MINUTES                                                                                         
               HB 375 & HB 377 CONFERENCE COMMITTEE                                                                           
                          April 29, 2004                                                                                      
                              4:20 PM                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
TAPES                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
CC-04 # 1, Side A                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                              
CALL TO ORDER                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Chair Lyda Green convened the meeting at approximately 4:20 PM.                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
PRESENT                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
Senator Lyda Green, Chair                                                                                                       
Senator Gary Wilken                                                                                                             
Senator Lyman Hoffman                                                                                                           
Representative John Harris, Vice Chair                                                                                          
Representative Bill Williams                                                                                                    
Representative Eric Croft                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
Also Attending:  There were no additional participants.                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
SUMMARY INFORMATION                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
HB 375-APPROP: OPERATING BUDGET/LOANS/FUNDS                                                                                     
HB 377-APPROP: MENTAL HEALTH BUDGET                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
     CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 375(FIN) am                                                                                          
     "An  Act  making appropriations   for the  operating  and  loan                                                            
     program  expenses of  state government,  for certain  programs,                                                            
     and to capitalize  funds; and providing for an effective date."                                                            
                                                                                                                                
     SENATE CS FOR CS FOR  HOUSE BILL NO. 375(FIN) am S (brf sup maj                                                            
     fld S)                                                                                                                     
     "An  Act  making appropriations   for the  operating  and  loan                                                            
     program  expenses of  state government,  for certain  programs,                                                            
     and to capitalize  funds; and providing for an effective date."                                                            
                                                                                                                                
     AND                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
     CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 377(FIN)                                                                                             
     "An  Act making appropriations  for the  operating and  capital                                                            
     expenses of the state's  integrated comprehensive mental health                                                            
     program; and providing for an effective date."                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
     SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 377(FIN)                                                                               
     "An Act making appropriations for the operating and capital                                                                
     expenses of the state's integrated comprehensive mental health                                                             
     program; and providing for an effective date."                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Representative  Harris offered a motion to appoint  Senator Green as                                                            
chair of  the Conference  Committee  of the FY  05 operating  budget                                                            
appropriation.                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
Without objection  the motion was  ADOPTED and Senator Green  served                                                            
as chair.                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
Chair Green  offered a  motion to appoint  Representative Harris  as                                                            
vice  chair of  the  Conference Committee  of  the FY  05  operating                                                            
budget appropriation.                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
There  was no objection  and the  motion to  appoint Representative                                                             
Harris as vice chair was ADOPTED.                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Chair  Green  announced  that the  Conference  Committee  would  not                                                            
accept public testimony,  as the public process had been included in                                                            
both  the  House  of   Representatives  and  the  Senate   committee                                                            
processes.  She  further stated that the Conference  Committee would                                                            
operate under  Uniform Rule No. 42, which stipulates,  "adopting any                                                            
motion  or taking  any action  requires  a majority  vote from  each                                                            
body."                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
Representative   Harris  offered   a  motion  to  adopt   all  those                                                            
appropriations   that   are  identical   in   both   the  House   of                                                            
Representatives and Senate versions of the bills.                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Without objection the motion was ADOPTED.                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
Representative  Harris moved  to adopt a  letter requesting  limited                                                            
powers to address  those budget items  in which the two bodies  were                                                            
not in agreement [copy on file].                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Chair Green  clarified that under  the authority of limited  powers,                                                            
"the Conference Committee  can adopt any amount between zero and the                                                            
higher  of the  House or  Senate  version of  each  item subject  to                                                            
conference."                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
The motion was ADOPTED without objection.                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
Chair  Green  instructed  members   to sign   the provided   letters                                                            
requesting limited powers from the Speaker of the House of                                                                      
Representatives and the President of the Senate.                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
AT EASE 4:26 PM / 4:27 PM                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
Chair Green indicated the aforementioned letters had been signed                                                                
and would be delivered.                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
ADJOURNMENT                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
Chair Lyda Green adjourned the meeting at 04:27 PM