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H.B. 85

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PROPERTY CRIMES AMENDMENTS

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2000 GENERAL SESSION

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STATE OF UTAH

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Sponsor: Nora B. Stephens

             5      AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL LAW AND COMMERCE; AMENDING DUTIES OF
             6      PAWNBROKERS UNDER THE CRIMINAL CODE; AMENDING THE CRIMINAL CODE
             7      REGARDING THEFT BY RECEIVING; ESTABLISHING REPORTING PRACTICES FOR
             8      PAWNBROKERS, INCLUDING USE OF ELECTRONIC INFORMATION TRANSFERS TO
             9      LAW ENFORCEMENT; ESTABLISHING WORKING PRACTICES REGARDING THE
             10      ELECTRONIC INFORMATION; PROVIDING FOR PROTECTION OF RECORDS PROVIDED
             11      TO LAW ENFORCEMENT; AND PROVIDING PENALTIES.
             12      This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
             13      AMENDS:
             14          63-2-304, as last amended by Chapter 234, Laws of Utah 1997
             15          76-6-408, as last amended by Chapter 102, Laws of Utah 1993
             16      ENACTS:
             17          13-33-101, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             18          13-33-102, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             19          13-33-103, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             20          13-33-104, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             21          13-33-105, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             22          13-33-106, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             23          13-33-107, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             24          13-33-108, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             25          13-33-109, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             26          77-24b-101, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             27          77-24b-102, Utah Code Annotated 1953


             28          77-24b-103, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             29      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             30          Section 1. Section 13-33-101 is enacted to read:
             31     
CHAPTER 33. PAWNSHOP TRANSACTION INFORMATION ACT

             32          13-33-101. Title.
             33          This chapter is known as the "Pawnshop Transaction Information Act."
             34          Section 2. Section 13-33-102 is enacted to read:
             35          13-33-102. Definitions.
             36          As used in this chapter:
             37          (1) "Local law enforcement agency" means a law enforcement agency within whose
             38      jurisdiction the pawnshop is located or that agency's designee.
             39          (2) "Pawn":
             40          (a) means to place personal property with a pawnbroker as collateral for a loan or advance
             41      of money or as exchange for another item of personal property; and
             42          (b) includes trading or selling personal property to a pawnbroker.
             43          (3) "Pawn ticket" means the pawn transaction ticket, on which is recorded information
             44      regarding the pawn and the original signature and fingerprint of the person pawning an item.
             45          (4) "Pawnbroker" means a person who:
             46          (a) loans money on deposit of personal property, or deals in the purchase, exchange, or
             47      possession of personal property on condition of selling the same property back again to the pledgor
             48      or depositor;
             49          (b) loans or advances money on personal property by taking chattel mortgage security on
             50      the property and takes or receives the personal property into his possession, and who sells the
             51      unredeemed pledges; or
             52          (c) receives personal property in exchange for money or in trade for other personal
             53      property.
             54          (5) "Register" means the record where information required under this chapter is
             55      maintained by the pawnbroker. The register is either:
             56          (a) a book or similar form of written record; or
             57          (b) an electronic record in a format that is compatible with the local law enforcement
             58      agencies' computer systems in order to facilitate transmission of register information.


             59          Section 3. Section 13-33-103 is enacted to read:
             60          13-33-103. Compliance with criminal code.
             61          Every pawnbroker shall, regarding each article pawned, comply with the requirements of
             62      Subsections 76-6-408 (2)(d)(i) through (iii) regarding the legal right to the property, and the
             63      providing of finger print and picture identification.
             64          Section 4. Section 13-33-104 is enacted to read:
             65          13-33-104. Register required to be maintained -- Contents.
             66          Every pawnbroker shall keep a register in which the pawnbroker or his employee shall
             67      enter a description of every article pawned to him. The register entry for each article shall include:
             68          (1) the date and time of the transaction;
             69          (2) the pawn transaction ticket number;
             70          (3) the date by which the article must be redeemed;
             71          (4) the following information regarding the person who pawns the article:
             72          (a) the person's name and date of birth;
             73          (b) the person's physical description, including gender, height, weight, race, age, and hair
             74      color, based on identification provided by the person, and may also include the pawnbroker's visual
             75      assessment of the person; and
             76          (c) the drivers license number or other form of positive identification issued by a
             77      governmental entity and containing a numerical identifier and a photograph of the person;
             78          (5) the amount loaned on or paid for the article, or the item for which it was traded;
             79          (6) the identification of the pawnbroker or his employee making the register entry; and
             80          (7) an accurate description of the article, including available identifying marks such as:
             81          (a) names, numbers, serial numbers, model numbers, color, marks, monograms,
             82      trademarks, and manufacturers' names;
             83          (b) the metallic composition, and any jewels, stones, or glass;
             84          (c) any other marks of identification or indicia of ownership on the item; and
             85          (d) the weight of the item, if the payment is based on weight.
             86          Section 5. Section 13-33-105 is enacted to read:
             87          13-33-105. Transaction information provided to law enforcement.
             88          (1) The information required to be recorded under Sections 13-33-103 and 13-33-104
             89      regarding each transaction, and that is capable of being transmitted electronically, shall be


             90      transmitted to the local law enforcement agency one business day after the transaction.
             91          (2) The pawnbroker shall maintain all pawn tickets generated by the pawnshop and shall
             92      make them available to local law enforcement agencies as required by local ordinance and as
             93      requested by a law enforcement agency as part of an investigation.
             94          Section 6. Section 13-33-106 is enacted to read:
             95          13-33-106. Retention of records.
             96          (1) A pawnbroker shall retain the electronic transaction records required under this section
             97      for not fewer than three years from the date of the transaction.
             98          (2) The pawnbroker or law enforcement agency, whichever has custody of pawn tickets,
             99      shall retain them for not fewer than three years from the date of the transaction.
             100          Section 7. Section 13-33-107 is enacted to read:
             101          13-33-107. Holding period for pawned articles -- Items seized or held for
             102      investigation.
             103          (1) The pawnbroker shall hold all articles pawned to him for not fewer than 30 days after
             104      the date of receipt of the article, except that the pawnbroker may within this time period return an
             105      article to the person who pawned the item.
             106          (2) This section does not preclude a law enforcement agency from requiring that an article
             107      be held longer than 30 days as necessary in the course of an investigation.
             108          (3) If a law enforcement agency seizes an item or requires the pawnbroker to hold an item
             109      as part of an investigation, the agency shall provide to the pawnbroker an active case number on
             110      a form issued by the agency, which:
             111          (a) states the date of the seizure or hold request and the item or items seized or to be held;
             112      and
             113          (b) facilitates the pawnbroker's ability to track the item or items when the prosecution
             114      takes over the case.
             115          (4) (a) A hold on an item under this section takes precedence over any request to claim or
             116      purchase the item subject to the hold.
             117          (b) When the purpose for the hold on the item is terminated, the law enforcement agency
             118      requiring the hold shall within 15 days of the termination notify the pawnbroker in writing or
             119      electronically that:
             120          (i) the item is no longer subject to the hold; or


             121          (ii) the item is subject to a specified alternative disposition.
             122          Section 8. Section 13-33-108 is enacted to read:
             123          13-33-108. Deadline for registers to be electronic -- Notice for updating.
             124          (1) On and after January 1, 2001, each pawnbroker in the state that generates 50 or more
             125      pawn transactions per month shall maintain the register in an electronic format that is compatible
             126      with the computer systems of the local law enforcement agencies.
             127          (2) On and after January 1, 2001, a pawnbroker shall pay to the local law enforcement
             128      agency a fee of $1 for each pawn transaction report required under Section 13-33-104 that is
             129      submitted as a written pawn ticket rather than electronically.
             130          (3) The local law enforcement agency shall establish written procedure to provide that
             131      when its computer system that receives the register is upgraded, the affected pawnbrokers have
             132      adequate notice and time to upgrade their computer systems to ensure compatibility with the law
             133      enforcement agency computer system.
             134          Section 9. Section 13-33-109 is enacted to read:
             135          13-33-109. Penalties.
             136          (1) A violation of any of the following sections is a class C misdemeanor:
             137          (a) Section 13-33-104 , register required to be maintained;
             138          (b) Section 13-33-105 , transaction information provided to law enforcement;
             139          (c) Section 13-33-106 , retention of records; or
             140          (d) Section 13-33-107 , holding period for pawned articles.
             141          (2) This section does not prohibit civil action by a governmental entity regarding the
             142      pawnbroker's business operation.
             143          Section 10. Section 63-2-304 is amended to read:
             144           63-2-304. Protected records.
             145          The following records are protected if properly classified by a governmental entity:
             146          (1) trade secrets as defined in Section 13-24-2 if the person submitting the trade secret has
             147      provided the governmental entity with the information specified in Section 63-2-308 ;
             148          (2) commercial information or nonindividual financial information obtained from a person
             149      if:
             150          (a) disclosure of the information could reasonably be expected to result in unfair
             151      competitive injury to the person submitting the information or would impair the ability of the


             152      governmental entity to obtain necessary information in the future;
             153          (b) the person submitting the information has a greater interest in prohibiting access than
             154      the public in obtaining access; and
             155          (c) the person submitting the information has provided the governmental entity with the
             156      information specified in Section 63-2-308 ;
             157          (3) commercial or financial information acquired or prepared by a governmental entity to
             158      the extent that disclosure would lead to financial speculations in currencies, securities, or
             159      commodities that will interfere with a planned transaction by the governmental entity or cause
             160      substantial financial injury to the governmental entity or state economy;
             161          (4) records the disclosure of which could cause commercial injury to, or confer a
             162      competitive advantage upon a potential or actual competitor of, a commercial project entity as
             163      defined in Subsection 11-13-3 (3);
             164          (5) test questions and answers to be used in future license, certification, registration,
             165      employment, or academic examinations;
             166          (6) records the disclosure of which would impair governmental procurement proceedings
             167      or give an unfair advantage to any person proposing to enter into a contract or agreement with a
             168      governmental entity, except that this subsection does not restrict the right of a person to see bids
             169      submitted to or by a governmental entity after bidding has closed;
             170          (7) records that would identify real property or the appraisal or estimated value of real or
             171      personal property, including intellectual property, under consideration for public acquisition before
             172      any rights to the property are acquired unless:
             173          (a) public interest in obtaining access to the information outweighs the governmental
             174      entity's need to acquire the property on the best terms possible;
             175          (b) the information has already been disclosed to persons not employed by or under a duty
             176      of confidentiality to the entity;
             177          (c) in the case of records that would identify property, potential sellers of the described
             178      property have already learned of the governmental entity's plans to acquire the property; or
             179          (d) in the case of records that would identify the appraisal or estimated value of property,
             180      the potential sellers have already learned of the governmental entity's estimated value of the
             181      property;
             182          (8) records prepared in contemplation of sale, exchange, lease, rental, or other


             183      compensated transaction of real or personal property including intellectual property, which, if
             184      disclosed prior to completion of the transaction, would reveal the appraisal or estimated value of
             185      the subject property, unless:
             186          (a) the public interest in access outweighs the interests in restricting access, including the
             187      governmental entity's interest in maximizing the financial benefit of the transaction; or
             188          (b) when prepared by or on behalf of a governmental entity, appraisals or estimates of the
             189      value of the subject property have already been disclosed to persons not employed by or under a
             190      duty of confidentiality to the entity;
             191          (9) records created or maintained for civil, criminal, or administrative enforcement
             192      purposes or audit purposes, or for discipline, licensing, certification, or registration purposes, if
             193      release of the records:
             194          (a) reasonably could be expected to interfere with investigations undertaken for
             195      enforcement, discipline, licensing, certification, or registration purposes;
             196          (b) reasonably could be expected to interfere with audits, disciplinary, or enforcement
             197      proceedings;
             198          (c) would create a danger of depriving a person of a right to a fair trial or impartial hearing;
             199          (d) reasonably could be expected to disclose the identity of a source who is not generally
             200      known outside of government and, in the case of a record compiled in the course of an
             201      investigation, disclose information furnished by a source not generally known outside of
             202      government if disclosure would compromise the source; or
             203          (e) reasonably could be expected to disclose investigative or audit techniques, procedures,
             204      policies, or orders not generally known outside of government if disclosure would interfere with
             205      enforcement or audit efforts;
             206          (10) records the disclosure of which would jeopardize the life or safety of an individual;
             207          (11) records the disclosure of which would jeopardize the security of governmental
             208      property, governmental programs, or governmental record-keeping systems from damage, theft,
             209      or other appropriation or use contrary to law or public policy;
             210          (12) records that, if disclosed, would jeopardize the security or safety of a correctional
             211      facility, or records relating to incarceration, treatment, probation, or parole, that would interfere
             212      with the control and supervision of an offender's incarceration, treatment, probation, or parole;
             213          (13) records that, if disclosed, would reveal recommendations made to the Board of


             214      Pardons and Parole by an employee of or contractor for the Department of Corrections, the Board
             215      of Pardons and Parole, or the Department of Human Services that are based on the employee's or
             216      contractor's supervision, diagnosis, or treatment of any person within the board's jurisdiction;
             217          (14) records and audit workpapers that identify audit, collection, and operational
             218      procedures and methods used by the State Tax Commission, if disclosure would interfere with
             219      audits or collections;
             220          (15) records of a governmental audit agency relating to an ongoing or planned audit until
             221      the final audit is released;
             222          (16) records prepared by or on behalf of a governmental entity solely in anticipation of
             223      litigation that are not available under the rules of discovery;
             224          (17) records disclosing an attorney's work product, including the mental impressions or
             225      legal theories of an attorney or other representative of a governmental entity concerning litigation;
             226          (18) records of communications between a governmental entity and an attorney
             227      representing, retained, or employed by the governmental entity if the communications would be
             228      privileged as provided in Section 78-24-8 ;
             229          (19) personal files of a legislator, including personal correspondence to or from a member
             230      of the Legislature, but not correspondence that gives notice of legislative action or policy;
             231          (20) (a) records in the custody or control of the Office of Legislative Research and General
             232      Counsel, that, if disclosed, would reveal a particular legislator's contemplated legislation or
             233      contemplated course of action before the legislator has elected to support the legislation or course
             234      of action, or made the legislation or course of action public; and
             235          (b) for purposes of this Subsection (20), a "Request For Legislation" submitted to the
             236      Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel is a public document unless a legislator
             237      submits the "Request For Legislation" with a request that it be maintained as a protected record
             238      until such time as the legislator elects to make the legislation or course of action public;
             239          (21) research requests from legislators to the Office of Legislative Research and General
             240      Counsel or the Office of the Legislative Fiscal Analyst and research findings prepared in response
             241      to these requests;
             242          (22) drafts, unless otherwise classified as public;
             243          (23) records concerning a governmental entity's strategy about collective bargaining or
             244      pending litigation;


             245          (24) records of investigations of loss occurrences and analyses of loss occurrences that
             246      may be covered by the Risk Management Fund, the Employers' Reinsurance Fund, the Uninsured
             247      Employers' Fund, or similar divisions in other governmental entities;
             248          (25) records, other than personnel evaluations, that contain a personal recommendation
             249      concerning an individual if disclosure would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal
             250      privacy, or disclosure is not in the public interest;
             251          (26) records that reveal the location of historic, prehistoric, paleontological, or biological
             252      resources that if known would jeopardize the security of those resources or of valuable historic,
             253      scientific, educational, or cultural information;
             254          (27) records of independent state agencies if the disclosure of the records would conflict
             255      with the fiduciary obligations of the agency;
             256          (28) records of a public institution of higher education regarding tenure evaluations,
             257      appointments, applications for admissions, retention decisions, and promotions, which could be
             258      properly discussed in a meeting closed in accordance with Title 52, Chapter 4, Open and Public
             259      Meetings, provided that records of the final decisions about tenure, appointments, retention,
             260      promotions, or those students admitted, may not be classified as protected under this section;
             261          (29) records of the governor's office, including budget recommendations, legislative
             262      proposals, and policy statements, that if disclosed would reveal the governor's contemplated
             263      policies or contemplated courses of action before the governor has implemented or rejected those
             264      policies or courses of action or made them public;
             265          (30) records of the Office of the Legislative Fiscal Analyst relating to budget analysis,
             266      revenue estimates, and fiscal notes of proposed legislation before issuance of the final
             267      recommendations in these areas;
             268          (31) records provided by the United States or by a government entity outside the state that
             269      are given to the governmental entity with a requirement that they be managed as protected records
             270      if the providing entity certifies that the record would not be subject to public disclosure if retained
             271      by it;
             272          (32) transcripts, minutes, or reports of the closed portion of a meeting of a public body
             273      except as provided in Section 52-4-7 ;
             274          (33) records that would reveal the contents of settlement negotiations but not including
             275      final settlements or empirical data to the extent that they are not otherwise exempt from disclosure;


             276          (34) memoranda prepared by staff and used in the decision-making process by an
             277      administrative law judge, a member of the Board of Pardons and Parole, or a member of any other
             278      body charged by law with performing a quasi-judicial function;
             279          (35) records that would reveal negotiations regarding assistance or incentives offered by
             280      or requested from a governmental entity for the purpose of encouraging a person to expand or
             281      locate a business in Utah, but only if disclosure would result in actual economic harm to the person
             282      or place the governmental entity at a competitive disadvantage, but this section may not be used
             283      to restrict access to a record evidencing a final contract;
             284          (36) materials to which access must be limited for purposes of securing or maintaining the
             285      governmental entity's proprietary protection of intellectual property rights including patents,
             286      copyrights, and trade secrets;
             287          (37) the name of a donor or a prospective donor to a governmental entity, including a
             288      public institution of higher education, and other information concerning the donation that could
             289      reasonably be expected to reveal the identity of the donor, provided that:
             290          (a) the donor requests anonymity in writing;
             291          (b) any terms, conditions, restrictions, or privileges relating to the donation may not be
             292      classified protected by the governmental entity under this Subsection (37); and
             293          (c) except for public institutions of higher education, the governmental unit to which the
             294      donation is made is primarily engaged in educational, charitable, or artistic endeavors, and has no
             295      regulatory or legislative authority over the donor, a member of his immediate family, or any entity
             296      owned or controlled by the donor or his immediate family; [and]
             297          (38) the following records of a public institution of education, which have been developed,
             298      discovered, or received by or on behalf of faculty, staff, employees, or students of the institution:
             299      unpublished lecture notes, unpublished research notes and data, unpublished manuscripts, creative
             300      works in process, scholarly correspondence, and confidential information contained in research
             301      proposals. Nothing in this Subsection (38) shall be construed to affect the ownership of a
             302      record[.]; and
             303          (39) records provided by any pawnbroker to a law enforcement agency in compliance with
             304      Title 13, Chapter 33, Pawnshop Transaction Information Act.
             305          Section 11. Section 76-6-408 is amended to read:
             306           76-6-408. Receiving stolen property -- Duties of pawnbrokers and secondhand


             307      dealers.
             308          (1) As used in this section:
             309          (a) "Pawnbroker" means a person who:
             310          (i) loans money on deposit of personal property, or deals in the purchase, exchange, or
             311      possession of personal property on condition of selling the same property back again to the pledgor
             312      or depositor;
             313          (ii) loans or advances money on personal property by taking chattel mortgage security on
             314      the property and takes or receives the personal property into his possession, and who sells the
             315      unredeemed pledges; or
             316          (iii) receives personal property in exchange for money or in trade for other personal
             317      property.
             318          (b) "Receives" means acquiring possession, control, or title or lending on the security of
             319      the property.
             320          (c) (i) "Secondhand dealer" means a person who owns or operates a business dealing in:
             321          (A) the purchase, sale, or exchange of used or secondhand merchandise or personal
             322      property; or
             323          (B) the collecting of used or secondhand merchandise or personal property.
             324          (ii) The business of a secondhand dealer does not include:
             325          (A) selling or purchasing items at a swap meet or flea market as defined in Section
             326      13-32-102 ;
             327          (B) events where used or secondhand property are sold and that are organized for the
             328      exclusive benefit of any community chest, fund, foundation, association, or corporation organized
             329      and operated exclusively for religious, educational, or charitable purposes;
             330          (C) a usually informal sale that is not conducted as part of an ongoing business, where
             331      miscellaneous used household or personal articles are made available for sale by the owners of the
             332      articles, and which is often referred to as a garage sale or yard sale;
             333          (D) the sale of a motor vehicle or trailer that is required to be registered or is subject to the
             334      certificate of title laws of this state; or
             335          (E) the business of a scrap metal processor as defined in Section 76-10-901 .
             336          [(1)] (2) A person commits theft if he receives, retains, or disposes of the property of
             337      another knowing that it has been stolen, or believing that it probably has been stolen, or who


             338      conceals, sells, withholds or aids in concealing, selling, or withholding the property from the
             339      owner, knowing the property to be stolen, intending to deprive the owner of it.
             340          [(2)] (3) The knowledge or belief required for Subsection [(1)] (2) is presumed in the case
             341      of an actor who:
             342          (a) is found in possession or control of other property stolen on a separate occasion;
             343          (b) has received other stolen property within the year preceding the receiving offense
             344      charged;
             345          (c) being a dealer in property of the sort received, retained, or disposed, acquires it for a
             346      consideration which he knows is far below its reasonable value; or
             347          (d) [if the value given for the property exceeds $20,] is a pawnbroker or [person who has
             348      or operates a business dealing in or collecting used or secondhand merchandise or personal
             349      property] secondhand dealer, or an agent, employee, or representative of a pawnbroker or [person
             350      who buys, receives, or obtains property] secondhand dealer and fails to require the seller or person
             351      delivering the property to:
             352          (i) certify, in writing, that he has the legal rights to sell the property;
             353          (ii) provide a legible print, preferably the right thumb, at the bottom of the certificate next
             354      to his signature; and
             355          (iii) provide at least one [other] positive form of [picture] identification issued by a
             356      governmental entity and containing a numerical identifier and a photograph of the person.
             357          [(3)] (4) Every pawnbroker or [person who has or operates a business dealing in or
             358      collecting used or secondhand merchandise or personal property] secondhand dealer, and every
             359      agent, employee, or representative of a pawnbroker or [person] secondhand dealer who fails to
             360      comply with the requirements of Subsection [(2)] (3)(d) [shall be] is presumed to have bought,
             361      received, or obtained the property knowing it to have been stolen or unlawfully obtained. This
             362      presumption may be rebutted by proof.
             363          [(4)] (5) When, in a prosecution under this section, it appears from the evidence that the
             364      defendant was a pawnbroker or a [person who has or operates a business dealing in or collecting
             365      used or secondhand merchandise or personal property] secondhand dealer, or was an agent,
             366      employee, or representative of a pawnbroker or [person] secondhand dealer, and that the defendant
             367      bought, received, concealed, or withheld the property without obtaining the information required
             368      in Subsection [(2)] (3)(d), then the burden [shall be] is upon the defendant to show that the


             369      property bought, received, or obtained was not stolen.
             370          [(5)] (6) Subsections [(2)] (3)(d), [(3)] (4), and [(4)] (5) do not apply to scrap metal
             371      processors as defined in Section 76-10-901 .
             372          [(6) As used in this section:]
             373          [(a) "Receives" means acquiring possession, control, or title or lending on the security of
             374      the property;]
             375          [(b) "Dealer" means a person in the business of buying or selling goods.]
             376          Section 12. Section 77-24b-101 is enacted to read:
             377     
CHAPTER 24b. LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS REGARDING PROPERTY

             378     
SEIZED FROM SECONDHAND DEALERS

             379          77-24b-101. Title.
             380          This chapter is known as "Law Enforcement Reports Regarding Property Seized from
             381      Secondhand Dealers."
             382          Section 13. Section 77-24b-102 is enacted to read:
             383          77-24b-102. Definitions.
             384          As used in this chapter, "secondhand dealer" means both pawnbrokers and secondhand
             385      dealers as each is defined in Section 76-6-408 .
             386          Section 14. Section 77-24b-103 is enacted to read:
             387          77-24b-103. Reporting secondhand dealer's property seized by law enforcement.
             388          (1) Each law enforcement agency shall annually create a written report for the preceding
             389      year beginning on July 1, regarding any property the agency seized from a secondhand dealer as
             390      part of a case investigation. The report shall include:
             391          (a) the number of items seized; and
             392          (b) the type of business from which the item was seized, such as from a pawnshop,
             393      secondhand goods store, or antique store.
             394          (2) (a) The report for the preceding year under Subsection (1) shall be made available to
             395      the public electronically or in print not later than October 1.
             396          (b) Copies of the report for the preceding year shall be provided not later than October 1
             397      to the:
             398          (i) Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice; and
             399          (ii) Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Interim Committee of the Legislature.






Legislative Review Note
    as of 11-16-99 3:18 PM


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

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