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SB 0161 Ms. Bettman asked if elections could be postponed now in the case of an emergency. Mr. Lidz said no. Ms. Bettman asked if the governor could postpone elections using his emergency powers. Mr. Lidz did not think so. Ms. Bettman pointed out that the state held mail-in elections and it would require an extraordinary situation to postpone an election. In addition, she believed the governor had the power already. Ms. Bettman moved to change the status of the bill to Oppose. The motion died for lack of a second. Ms. Walston indicated staff recommended a position of support because it did not think it a bad idea to clarify the situations under which an election could be held. Ms. Taylor supported the bill because people generally waited until the last minute to cast their votes. Responding to a question from Ms. Bettman, Mr. Heuser indicated the bill had a hearing in January and no further progress had been made. He noted that the bill had been offered by the Secretary of State. Mr. Pap6 said "if it ain't broke, don't fix it." Ms. Bettman thought there were too many opportunities for an emergency to be declared, including a potential emergency. Ms. Bettman, seconded by Mr. Pap6, moved to change the status of the bill to Neutral. The motion passed unanimously. SB 0164 Responding to a question from Mr. Pap6, Ms. Feldman said the bill would require those who were being paid to register and go through a training program. Mr. Pap6 asked if a "paid signature gatherer" was defined. Ms. Feldman did not think so. Mr. Pap6 thought the bill had the potential to put a damper on signature gathering. He suggested that it could have an unintentional effect if it precluded someone who worked for an agency such as United Way from signature gathering. Mr. Pap6 moved to change the status of the bill to Priority 3, Neutral. The motion died for lack of a second. Ms. Bettman said if the bill only applied to paid signature gatherers, she did not object to the staff recommendation. Mr. Pap6 asked if the bill could be held over for additional information about whether the bill defined paid signature gatherers and who was affected. There was no objection. SB 0421A Ms. Taylor asked if staff believed the bill, which would require the director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services to establish building code administrative regions for all areas of the state, was MINUTES--Council Committee on Intergovernmental Relations April 28, 2005 Page 4