Rep. Jeff Holcomb

Solid Waste Management; Prohibits municipalities & counties from prohibiting or unreasonably restraining private entities from providing recycling or solid waste management services to certain properties; authorizes municipalities & counties to require such private entities to obtain permits, licenses, or nonexclusive franchise equivalents that meet certain requirements; requires municipalities & counties to apply certain fees to all permit, license, & nonexclusive franchise equivalent holders; provides requirements for contracts or franchises in place as of specified date; authorizes municipalities & counties to impose certain franchise fees.

Insurance Claims; Requires OIR to consider recovery of funds under specified provisions in reviewing rates; requires insurers to report recovery of funds under specified provisions; specifies that insured’s payment of deductible or copayment is not condition of an insurer’s payment obligations.

Local Officials' Employment Contracts; Provides employment contracts for county administrator & county attorney; chief executive officer of municipality & municipal attorney; and district school superintendent & attorney are not to be renewed, extended, or renegotiated during specified timeframe.

Minimum Age for Firearm Purchase or Transfer; Reducing minimum age at which person may purchase firearm & age of purchasers to which specified licensees are prohibited from selling or transferring firearm.

Workers' Compensation Benefits for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder; Provides PTSD suffered by 911 public safety telecommunicator or crime scene investigator is compensable occupational disease; provides evidentiary standard required; specifies benefits do not require physical injury & are not subject to apportionment or limitations; provides requirements for benefits offered to 911 public safety telecommunicator or crime scene investigator for PTSD; specifies when claim for PTSD must be noticed; requires employing agencies to provide mental health training.

Recall of County Commissioners; Provides that members of governing body of noncharter county may be removed from office by electors of county.

State Recognition of Indian Tribes and Bands; Provides for state recognition of specified Indian tribes & bands.

Pub. Rec./Military Personnel and Their Families; Provides exemption from public records requirements for identification & location information of current & former military personnel & their spouses & dependents; provides applicability; provides for future legislative review & repeal of exemption; provides statement of public necessity.

911 Public Safety Telecommunicators; Revises definition of term "first responder" to include 911 public safety telecommunicators; revises criteria & number of hours of training required for 911 public safety telecommunicator certification.

Capital Sexual Battery; Provides for death sentences for certain child sexual offenders; provides for separate death penalty proceedings in such cases; provides for findings & recommended sentences by jury; provides for imposition of sentence of life imprisonment or death; provides requirements for court order in support of death sentence; provides for automatic review of sentences of death; specifies aggravating factors & mitigating circumstances; provides for victim impact evidence; authorizes state to appeal from sentence on specified grounds.