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2013 Bill(s)
* SB 4 Sponsor:Lager, Brad Status: S Rules Description: Prohibit a legislator from serving as a political consultant for legislator's campaign. Former House Speaker Rod Jetton served as a consultant for legislators while also serving as speaker. Former House Speaker Steve Tilley
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* SB 5 Sponsor:Lager, Brad Status: S Jobs Description: Phase out the corporate income tax. Eliminate several tax credits. Lower the cap on historic preservation tax credts from $140 million to $50 million. Impose restrictions on low-income housing tax credits.
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SB 6 Sponsor:Lager, Brad Status: S Commerce Description: Give various types of communications the right to attach lines, smart grid technologies and broadband communications equipment to rural electric cooperative utility poles without approval of the pole owner. But set a fee that must be paid.
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SCS SB 240 Sponsor:Lager, Brad Status: GOVERNOR VETOED Description: Let a natural gas company charge customers to recover 90 percent of net write-offs. Increase the size of an infrastructure system replacement surcharge the Public Service Commission can approve for a gas company. The governor's veto letter cited a provision expanding bad-debth collection powers of gas companies and another provision expanding from three to five years how long a gas utility can charge customers an infrastructure system replacement surcharge.
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SS SB 241 Sponsor:Lager, Brad Status: H 3rd Read Description: Restrict local regulation over wireless towers and structures. Prohibit restricting signal strength or requiring certain types of tests. Prohibit local government from stopping the placement of an emergency power system that complies with state and federal environmental requirements.
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SB 295 Sponsor:Lager, Brad Status: S Jobs Description: Prohibit a fire district or fire department from restricting an employee from supporting or opposing a candidate, party or petition while off duty and not in uniform.
See: Official legislative description and status* SB 296 Sponsor:Lager, Brad Status: S Transportation Description: Let university police enforce state traffic laws on campus.
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SCS SB 297 Sponsor:Lager, Brad Status: H 1st Read Description: Expand powers of a water service company to raise rates for energy efficiency projects, service lines and meters.
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SB 351 Sponsor:Lager, Brad Status: S Judiciary Description: Prohibit an appeals-level judge hearing an appeal if he/she served on the nominating panel that nominated the judge whose decision is being appealed.
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SB 352 Sponsor:Lager, Brad Status: S General Laws Description: Prohibit local government from participating in any program that offers payment for turning in a firearm.
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* SB 353 Sponsor:Lager, Brad Status: S Judiciary Description: Impose a limit on awards in a discrimination lawsuit by an employee against an employer. Exempt small employers. The governor vetoed a similar bill in 2012, HB 1219.
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SB 417 Sponsor:Lager, Brad Status: S Commerce Description: Several waste regulation changes. Exempt a solid waste landfill in a specific 3rd class county from from having to have a solid waste permit. Expand who must submit a disclosure statement involving a solid waste facility permit application.
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SB 418 Sponsor:Lager, Brad Status: S Commerce Description: Establish procedures by which a utility can construct facilities crossing or under railroad rights of way. Require a $1,5000 fee that can be charged. Establish arbitration provisions in contested cases.
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SCS SB 419 Sponsor:Lager, Brad Status: S Perf Description: Let the governor transfer state property to the Transportation Department in various counties.
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SB 420 Sponsor:Lager, Brad Status: S Commerce Description: Impose restrictions on the requirement for an electric utility to credit a customer who generates power and puts it on the grid. Allow charging the customer an application fee and recover metering costs.
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* SJR 1 Sponsor:Lager, Brad Status: S Judiciary Description: Give the legislature power to limit awards for non-economic losses in liability lawsuits. Prompted by a state Supreme Court decision tossing out a law limiting medical malpractice lawsuit awards.
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SJR 2 Sponsor:Lager, Brad Status: S Perf Description: Impose a limit on the growth of state spending with an inflation and population-growth adjustment each year.
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SJR 19 Sponsor:Lager, Brad Status: S Rules Description: Extend the two-term limit to all the statewide elected officials, not just the governor and state treasurer.
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Note: The descriptions of bills, amendments and roll-call votes are written by MDN journalists. MDN's database may not include committee assignments of bills made on the last day of the session since it is too late for the committee to act on the bill and, thus, the delayed assignment has no practical effect.
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