State Bar News
| Jurisdiction | Utah,United States |
| Citation | Vol. 6 No. 5 Pg. 24 |
| Pages | 24 |
| Publication year | 1993 |
Commission Highlights
During its regularly scheduled meeting of March 11, 1993, which was held in Salt Lake City, Utah, the Board of Bar Commissioners received the following reports and took the actions indicated.
1. Iron County Attorney Scott Burns, Parowan City Manager Jim Burns, Parowan City Attorney Michael Park, and Cedar City Chief of Police Pete Hanson appeared to review the current status of judicial records in Iron County.
2. Colin Winchester, General Counsel to the Administrative Office of the Courts, was invited into the meeting to discuss the Court Administrator's approach to records consolidations.
3. Randy Dryer indicated that he had received a report from David Bird, Chairman of the Bar's Legislative Affairs Committee, regarding the Bar's involvement during the last legislative session and that it was consistent with the recommendations which had been made by the Commission based upon proposals from the Committee.
4. Craig Snyder referred to a list of bills of interest which included information that the Small Claims Court limit had been increased to $5, 000, that all of the nine bills which the Bar had opposed were either defeated or referred to interim committee, and that judicial salaries would see only a modest 1.5% increase after some very strong initial indication that no raises would be forthcoming.
5. Snyder also indicated the following: HB45 "Child Support Orders" would require direct deduction from paychecks after January 1994 whether or not the payor is in arrears; HB130 would restrict medical malpractice liability and provide immunity for charitable cases involving other than simple negligence or indigent patients; HB137 repeals the liability of officers and directors based on common negligence to require gross negligence or recklessness; SB279 amends the interest rates on judgement to be 2% over the federal judgement rate and SB 11 created the Judicial Rules Review Committee.
5. John Baldwin reported on the significant increase in registration for the Mid-Year meeting which has reached an all-time Mid-Year Meeting high of 473 registrants; the significant increase in the number of Bar sections, committees and related groups who are using the Law & Justice Center building; and the increasing staff support given to the committees and the increased attention being given to the CLE Department.
6. Dryer reiterated that he had had discussions with...
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