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H.B. 245

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DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AMENDMENTS

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1999 GENERAL SESSION

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STATE OF UTAH

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Sponsor: Gary F. Cox

             5      AN ACT RELATING TO THE COHABITANT ABUSE PROCEDURES ACT; CLARIFYING
             6      THAT THE CHARGE AND PUNISHMENT FOR A SUBSEQUENT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
             7      OFFENSE IS ENHANCED.
             8      This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
             9      AMENDS:
             10          77-36-1.1, as last amended by Chapter 244, Laws of Utah 1996
             11      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             12          Section 1. Section 77-36-1.1 is amended to read:
             13           77-36-1.1. Enhancement of penalty for subsequent domestic violence offenses.
             14          (1) When an offender is convicted of any domestic violence offense in Utah, or is
             15      convicted in any other state, or in any district, possession, or territory of the United States, of an
             16      offense that would be a domestic violence offense under Utah law, and is within a five-year period
             17      after the conviction subsequently [convicted of] charged with a domestic violence offense that is
             18      a misdemeanor, the [penalty] offense charged and the punishment for that subsequent offense is
             19      enhanced by one degree above the [penalty] offense and punishment otherwise provided in the
             20      statutes described in Section 77-36-1 .
             21          (2) For purposes of this section, a plea in abeyance is considered a conviction.




Legislative Review Note
    as of 1-19-99 9:57 AM


A limited legal review of this legislation raises no obvious constitutional or statutory concerns.

Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel


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