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no one was opposed to that, but there was opposition to a bill that would reduce the ability of people to use lighting to provide increased security. Ms. Taylor said she would like to prohibit all lights at night. Mr. Pryor wanted more information. He wanted to know who currently used mercury vapor lamps and what the current disposal system for them was. Mr. Pryor provided the second. The motion passed, 2:1, Ms. Taylor dissenting. SB 642 Ms. Wilson stated that there had been a hearing on SB 642 but it was unlikely that it would advance. She noted that State Senator Vicki Walker had a lot of problems with the bill. Ms. Taylor averred that she never supported excluding anyone. Ms. Taylor moved to change the stance on the bill to Priority 3 Support. Mr. Pryor asked what the usual practice was in terms of how the City treated a person convicted of a crime as opposed to someone who had been arrested. Mr. Cushman replied that the exclusion zone the City had instituted on the downtown mall several years earlier was based on the arrest. He said people were not typically penalized until after they had been convicted because of being presumed innocent until proven guilty. However, he explained, the issue with the exclusion zones was that should a person be arrested for dealing drugs, the time between that arrest and the subsequent trial could be significant. He averred that if a person was excluded from an area there was potential that the behavior could be stopped during that period of time. Mr. Pryor found the exclusion of people based on arrest to be troublesome. Mr. Cushman stated that the bill preempted a jurisdiction from establishing an exclusion zone. Regarding Mr. Pryor’s concern, he said local jurisdictions can establish the kinds of criteria for an exclusion zone, the length could be limited and an appeal process could be part of it. Additionally, he noted that the Hearings Official could separately establish probably cause for the arrest. The motion died for lack of a second. HB 3157 Mr. Cushman stated that senior patrol enforced handicapped parking. He said this bill would allow the volunteer patrol to ticket people with forged permits. Mr. Pryor said he would change the stance to a Priority 1 Support. Ms. Taylor preferred to adopt a neutral stance. Ms. Bettman ascertained from her colleagues that there would be no second. The staff recommendation to Support the bill as a Priority 3 Support stood. HB 2839 MINUTES—Council Committee on Intergovernmental Relations April 12, 2007 Page 7