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H.B. 267

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TOBACCO MANUFACTURERS

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RESPONSIBILITY ACT AMENDMENTS

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2000 GENERAL SESSION

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STATE OF UTAH

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Sponsor: Karen W. Morgan

             6      AN ACT RELATING TO THE UTAH HEALTH CODE AND REVENUE AND TAXATION;
             7      TRANSFERRING THE TOBACCO MANUFACTURERS RESPONSIBILITY ACT FROM THE
             8      HEALTH CODE TO THE REVENUE AND TAXATION CODE; REQUIRING TOBACCO
             9      MANUFACTURERS WHO PLACE FUNDS INTO ESCROW TO CERTIFY COMPLIANCE
             10      WITH THE STATE TAX COMMISSION RATHER THAN THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF
             11      THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH; AND MAKING CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.
             12      This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
             13      AMENDS:
             14          26-1-30, as last amended by Chapter 364, Laws of Utah 1999
             15          59-1-403, as last amended by Chapter 364, Laws of Utah 1999
             16          59-14-401, as last amended by Chapter 364, Laws of Utah 1999
             17          59-14-407, as enacted by Chapter 364, Laws of Utah 1999
             18          63-2-206, as last amended by Chapter 364, Laws of Utah 1999
             19      ENACTS:
             20          59-14-801, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             21      RENUMBERS AND AMENDS:
             22          59-14-600, (Renumbered from 26-44-101, as enacted by Chapter 344, Laws of Utah 1999)
             23          59-14-601, (Renumbered from 26-44-201, as enacted by Chapter 344, Laws of Utah 1999)
             24          59-14-602, (Renumbered from 26-44-202, as enacted by Chapter 344, Laws of Utah 1999)
             25          59-14-603, (Renumbered from 26-44-203, as enacted by Chapter 344, Laws of Utah 1999)
             26          59-14-701, (Renumbered from 26-44-301, as enacted by Chapter 364, Laws of Utah 1999)
             27          59-14-702, (Renumbered from 26-44-302, as enacted by Chapter 364, Laws of Utah 1999)


             28          59-14-703, (Renumbered from 26-44-303, as enacted by Chapter 364, Laws of Utah 1999)
             29          59-14-704, (Renumbered from 26-44-304, as enacted by Chapter 364, Laws of Utah 1999)
             30          59-14-705, (Renumbered from 26-44-305, as enacted by Chapter 364, Laws of Utah 1999)
             31          59-14-706, (Renumbered from 26-44-306, as enacted by Chapter 364, Laws of Utah 1999)
             32          59-14-707, (Renumbered from 26-44-307, as enacted by Chapter 364, Laws of Utah 1999)
             33          59-14-708, (Renumbered from 26-44-308, as enacted by Chapter 364, Laws of Utah 1999)
             34      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             35          Section 1. Section 26-1-30 is amended to read:
             36           26-1-30. Powers and duties of department.
             37          (1) The department shall:
             38          (a) enter into cooperative agreements with the Department of Environmental Quality to
             39      delineate specific responsibilities to assure that assessment and management of risk to human
             40      health from the environment are properly administered; and
             41          (b) consult with the Department of Environmental Quality and enter into cooperative
             42      agreements, as needed, to ensure efficient use of resources and effective response to potential
             43      health and safety threats from the environment, and to prevent gaps in protection from potential
             44      risks from the environment to specific individuals or population groups.
             45          (2) In addition to all other powers and duties of the department, it shall have and exercise
             46      the following powers and duties:
             47          (a) promote and protect the health and wellness of the people within the state;
             48          (b) establish, maintain, and enforce rules necessary or desirable to carry out the provisions
             49      and purposes of this title to promote and protect the public health or to prevent disease and illness;
             50          (c) investigate and control the causes of epidemic, infectious, communicable, and other
             51      diseases affecting the public health;
             52          (d) provide for the detection, reporting, prevention, and control of communicable,
             53      infectious, acute, chronic, or any other disease or health hazard that the department considers to
             54      be dangerous, important, or likely to affect the public health;
             55          (e) collect and report information on causes of injury, sickness, death, and disability and
             56      the risk factors that contribute to the causes of injury, sickness, death, and disability within the
             57      state;
             58          (f) collect, prepare, publish, and disseminate information to inform the public concerning


             59      the health and wellness of the population, specific hazards, and risks that may affect the health and
             60      wellness of the population and specific activities which may promote and protect the health and
             61      wellness of the population;
             62          (g) establish and operate programs necessary or desirable for the promotion or protection
             63      of the public health and the control of disease or which may be necessary to ameliorate the major
             64      causes of injury, sickness, death, and disability in the state, except that the programs shall not be
             65      established if adequate programs exist in the private sector;
             66          (h) establish, maintain, and enforce isolation and quarantine, and for this purpose only,
             67      exercise physical control over property and individuals as the department finds necessary for the
             68      protection of the public health;
             69          (i) close theaters, schools, and other public places and forbid gatherings of people when
             70      necessary to protect the public health;
             71          (j) abate nuisances when necessary to eliminate sources of filth and infectious and
             72      communicable diseases affecting the public health;
             73          (k) make necessary sanitary and health investigations and inspections in cooperation with
             74      local health departments as to any matters affecting the public health;
             75          (l) establish laboratory services necessary to support public health programs and medical
             76      services in the state;
             77          (m) establish and enforce standards for laboratory services which are provided by any
             78      laboratory in the state when the purpose of the services is to protect the public health;
             79          (n) cooperate with the Labor Commission to conduct studies of occupational health
             80      hazards and occupational diseases arising in and out of employment in industry, and make
             81      recommendations for elimination or reduction of the hazards;
             82          (o) cooperate with the local health departments, the Department of Corrections, the
             83      Administrative Office of the Courts, the Division of Youth Corrections, and the Crime Victims
             84      Reparations Board to conduct testing for HIV infection of convicted sexual offenders and any
             85      victims of a sexual offense;
             86          (p) investigate the cause of maternal and infant mortality;
             87          (q) establish, maintain, and enforce a procedure requiring the blood of adult pedestrians
             88      and drivers of motor vehicles killed in highway accidents be examined for the presence and
             89      concentration of alcohol;


             90          (r) provide the commissioner of public safety with monthly statistics reflecting the results
             91      of the examinations provided for in Subsection (2)(q) and provide safeguards so that information
             92      derived from the examinations is not used for a purpose other than the compilation of statistics
             93      authorized in this subsection;
             94          (s) establish qualifications for individuals permitted to draw blood pursuant to Section
             95      41-6-44.10 , and to issue permits to individuals it finds qualified, which permits may be terminated
             96      or revoked by the department;
             97          (t) establish a uniform public health program throughout the state which includes
             98      continuous service, employment of qualified employees, and a basic program of disease control,
             99      vital and health statistics, sanitation, public health nursing, and other preventive health programs
             100      necessary or desirable for the protection of public health;
             101          (u) adopt rules and enforce minimum sanitary standards for the operation and maintenance
             102      of:
             103          (i) orphanages;
             104          (ii) boarding homes;
             105          (iii) summer camps for children;
             106          (iv) lodging houses;
             107          (v) hotels;
             108          (vi) restaurants and all other places where food is handled for commercial purposes, sold,
             109      or served to the public;
             110          (vii) tourist and trailer camps;
             111          (viii) service stations;
             112          (ix) public conveyances and stations;
             113          (x) public and private schools;
             114          (xi) factories;
             115          (xii) private sanatoria;
             116          (xiii) barber shops;
             117          (xiv) beauty shops;
             118          (xv) physicians' offices;
             119          (xvi) dentists' offices;
             120          (xvii) workshops;


             121          (xviii) industrial, labor, or construction camps;
             122          (xix) recreational resorts and camps;
             123          (xx) swimming pools, public baths, and bathing beaches;
             124          (xxi) state, county, or municipal institutions, including hospitals and other buildings,
             125      centers, and places used for public gatherings; and
             126          (xxii) of any other facilities in public buildings and on public grounds;
             127          (v) conduct health planning for the state;
             128          (w) monitor the costs of health care in the state and foster price competition in the health
             129      care delivery system;
             130          (x) adopt rules for the licensure of health facilities within the state pursuant to Title 26,
             131      Chapter 21, Health Care Facility Licensing and Inspection Act;
             132          (y) serve as the collecting agent, on behalf of the state, for the nursing facility assessment
             133      fee imposed under Title 26, Chapter 35, Nursing Facility Assessment Act, and the provider
             134      assessment imposed under Chapter 40, Utah Children's Health Insurance Act, and adopt rules for
             135      the enforcement and administration of the assessments consistent with Chapters 35 and 40;
             136          (z) monitor and report to the Health Policy Commission created in Title 63C, Chapter 3,
             137      Health Policy Commission, on the development of managed health care plans in rural areas of the
             138      state, including the effect of the managed health care plans on costs, access, and availability of
             139      providers located in the rural communities of the state; and
             140          (aa) license the provision of child care[;].
             141          [(bb) provide a copy of the Master Settlement Agreement for review or purchase to any
             142      person upon request and may charge a fee, established in accordance with Section 26-1-6 , to any
             143      person who desires to purchase a copy of the Master Settlement Agreement; and]
             144          [(cc) upon request from a tobacco product manufacturer, as defined in Section 26-44-202 ,
             145      report to the manufacturer the quantities of the manufacturer's cigarettes reported to the department
             146      under Section 59-1-403 .]
             147          Section 2. Section 59-1-403 is amended to read:
             148           59-1-403. Confidentiality -- Penalty -- Application to property tax.
             149          (1) Any tax commissioner, agent, clerk, or other officer or employee of the commission
             150      or any representative, agent, clerk, or other officer or employee of any county, city, or town may
             151      not divulge or make known in any manner any information gained by him from any return filed


             152      with the commission. The officials charged with the custody of such returns are not required to
             153      produce any of them or evidence of anything contained in them in any action or proceeding in any
             154      court, except:
             155          (a) in accordance with judicial order;
             156          (b) on behalf of the commission in any action or proceeding under this title or other law
             157      under which persons are required to file returns with the commission;
             158          (c) on behalf of the commission in any action or proceeding to which the commission is
             159      a party; or
             160          (d) on behalf of any party to any action or proceeding under this title when the report or
             161      facts shown thereby are directly involved in such action or proceeding. In any event, the court may
             162      require the production of, and may admit in evidence, any portion of reports or of the facts shown
             163      by them, as are specifically pertinent to the action or proceeding.
             164          (2) This section does not prohibit:
             165          (a) a person or his duly authorized representative from receiving a copy of any return or
             166      report filed in connection with that person's own tax;
             167          (b) the publication of statistics as long as they are classified to prevent the identification
             168      of particular reports or returns; and
             169          (c) the inspection by the attorney general or other legal representative of the state of the
             170      report or return of any taxpayer:
             171          (i) who brings action to set aside or review the tax based on such report or return;
             172          (ii) against whom an action or proceeding is contemplated or has been instituted under this
             173      title; or
             174          (iii) against whom the state has an unsatisfied money judgment.
             175          (3) (a) Notwithstanding Subsection (1) and for purposes of administration, the commission
             176      may, by rule, provide for a reciprocal exchange of information with the United States Internal
             177      Revenue Service or the revenue service of any other state.
             178          (b) Notwithstanding Subsection (1) and for all taxes except individual income tax and
             179      corporate franchise tax, the commission may, by rule, share information gathered from returns and
             180      other written statements with the federal government, any other state, any of their political
             181      subdivisions, or any political subdivision of this state, except as limited by Sections 59-12-209 and
             182      59-12-210 , if these political subdivisions or the federal government grant substantially similar


             183      privileges to this state.
             184          (c) Notwithstanding Subsection (1) and for all taxes except individual income tax and
             185      corporate franchise tax, the commission may, by rule, provide for the issuance of information
             186      concerning the identity and other information of taxpayers who have failed to file tax returns or
             187      to pay any tax due.
             188          (d) Notwithstanding Subsection (1), the commission shall provide to the Solid and
             189      Hazardous Waste Control Board executive secretary, as defined in Section 19-6-102 , any records,
             190      returns, and other information filed with the commission under Title 59, Chapter 13, Motor and
             191      Special Fuel Tax Act, or Section 19-6-410.5 regarding the environmental assurance program
             192      participation fee, as requested by the executive secretary.
             193          (e) [(i)] Notwithstanding Subsection (1), [to provide information necessary for the
             194      implementation of Title 26, Chapter 44, Tobacco Manufacturers Responsibility Act, the
             195      commission shall annually report to the executive director of the Department of Health on or
             196      before March 1] upon request from a tobacco product manufacturer, as defined in Section
             197      59-14-602 , the commission shall report to the manufacturer:
             198          [(A)] (i) the quantity of cigarettes, as defined in Section [ 26-44-202 ] 59-14-602 , produced
             199      by [each] the manufacturer and reported to the commission for the previous calendar year under
             200      Section 59-14-407 ; and
             201          [(B)] (ii) the quantity of cigarettes, as defined in Section [ 26-44-202 ] 59-14-602 , produced
             202      by [each] the manufacturer for which a tax refund was granted during the previous calendar year
             203      under Section 59-14-401 and reported to the commission under Subsection 59-14-401 (1)(a)(v).
             204          [(ii) The records received by the executive director of the Department of Health under
             205      Subsection (3)(e)(i) are protected records under Title 63, Chapter 2, Government Records Access
             206      and Management Act.]
             207          (4) Reports and returns shall be preserved for at least three years and then the commission
             208      may destroy them.
             209          (5) Any person who violates this section is guilty of a class A misdemeanor. If the
             210      offender is an officer or employee of the state, he shall be dismissed from office and be
             211      disqualified from holding public office in this state for a period of five years thereafter.
             212          (6) This part does not apply to the property tax.
             213          Section 3. Section 59-14-401 is amended to read:


             214           59-14-401. Refund of taxes paid -- Exemption for exported cigarettes and tobacco
             215      products.
             216          (1) (a) When any cigarette or tobacco product taxed under this chapter is sold and shipped
             217      to a regular dealer in those articles in another state, the seller in this state shall be entitled to a
             218      refund of the actual amount of the taxes paid, upon condition that the seller in this state:
             219          (i) is a licensed dealer;
             220          (ii) signs an affidavit that the cigarette or tobacco product was so sold and shipped;
             221          (iii) furnishes from the purchaser a written acknowledgment that the purchaser has
             222      received:
             223          (A) the cigarette or tobacco product; and
             224          (B) the amount of any stamps for which a refund is requested;
             225          (iv) reports the name and address of the purchaser; and
             226          (v) reports the name of the manufacturer of the cigarette, as defined under Section
             227      [ 26-44-202 ] 59-14-602 , reported under Section 59-14-407 if the cigarette is manufactured by a
             228      manufacturer required to place funds into escrow under Section [ 26-44-203 ] 59-14-603 .
             229          (b) The taxes shall be refunded in the manner provided in Subsection 59-14-206 (2) for
             230      unused stamps.
             231          (2) Wholesalers or distributors in this state who export taxable cigarettes and tobacco
             232      products to a regular dealer in another state shall be exempt from the payment of any tax upon the
             233      sale of the articles upon furnishing such proof of the sale and exportation as the commission may
             234      require.
             235          Section 4. Section 59-14-407 is amended to read:
             236           59-14-407. Reporting of manufacturer name.
             237          (1) As used in this section:
             238          (a) "Cigarette" has the same meaning as defined in Section [ 26-44-202 ] 59-14-602 .
             239          (b) "Tobacco product manufacturer" has the same meaning as defined in Section
             240      [ 26-44-202 ] 59-14-602 .
             241          (2) Any manufacturer, distributor, wholesaler, or retail dealer who under Section
             242      59-14-205 affixes a stamp to an individual package or container of cigarettes manufactured by a
             243      tobacco product manufacturer required to place funds into escrow under Section [ 26-44-203 ]
             244      59-14-603 shall report annually to the commission:


             245          (a) the quantity of cigarettes in the package or container; and
             246          (b) the name of the manufacturer of the cigarettes.
             247          (3) Any manufacturer, distributor, wholesaler, retail dealer, or other person who is required
             248      to pay the tax levied under Part 3, Tobacco Products, on a tobacco product defined as a cigarette
             249      under Section [ 26-44-202 ] 59-14-602 and manufactured by a tobacco product manufacturer
             250      required to place funds into escrow under Section [ 26-44-203 ] 59-14-603 shall report annually to
             251      the commission:
             252          (a) the quantity of cigarettes upon which the tax is levied; and
             253          (b) the name of the manufacturer of each cigarette.
             254          (4) The reports under Subsections (2) and (3) shall be made no later than January 31 for
             255      the preceding calendar year pursuant to rules established by the commission in accordance with
             256      Title 63, Chapter 46a, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act.
             257          Section 5. Section 59-14-600 , which is renumbered from Section 26-44-101 is renumbered
             258      and amended to read:
             259     
Part 6. Model Tobacco Settlement Statute

             260           [26-44-101].     59-14-600. Title.
             261          [The chapter] This part is known as the "Model Tobacco [Manufacturers Responsibility
             262      Act] Settlement Statute."
             263          Section 6. Section 59-14-601 , which is renumbered from Section 26-44-201 is renumbered
             264      and amended to read:
             265           [26-44-201].     59-14-601. Findings and purpose.
             266          (1) Cigarette smoking presents serious public health concerns to the State and to the
             267      citizens of the State. The Surgeon General has determined that smoking causes lung cancer, heart
             268      disease and other serious diseases, and that there are hundreds of thousands of tobacco-related
             269      deaths in the United States each year. These diseases most often do not appear until many years
             270      after the person in question begins smoking.
             271          (2) Cigarette smoking also presents serious financial concerns for the State. Under certain
             272      health-care programs, the State may have a legal obligation to provide medical assistance to
             273      eligible persons for health conditions associated with cigarette smoking, and those persons may
             274      have a legal entitlement to receive such medical assistance.
             275          (3) Under these programs, the State pays millions of dollars each year to provide medical


             276      assistance for these persons for health conditions associated with cigarette smoking.
             277          (4) It is the policy of the State that financial burdens imposed on the State by cigarette
             278      smoking be borne by tobacco product manufacturers rather than by the State to the extent that such
             279      manufacturers either determine to enter into a settlement with the State or are found culpable by
             280      the courts.
             281          (5) On November 23, 1998, leading United States tobacco product manufacturers entered
             282      into a settlement agreement, entitled the "Master Settlement Agreement," with the State. The
             283      Master Settlement Agreement obligates these manufacturers, in return for a release of past, present,
             284      and certain future claims against them as described therein, to pay substantial sums to the State
             285      (tied in part to their volume of sales); to fund a national foundation devoted to the interests of
             286      public health; and to make substantial changes in their advertising and marketing practices and
             287      corporate culture, with the intention of reducing underage smoking.
             288          (6) It would be contrary to the policy of the State if tobacco product manufacturers who
             289      determine not to enter into such a settlement could use a resulting cost advantage to derive large,
             290      short-term profits in the years before liability may arise without ensuring that the State will have
             291      an eventual source of recovery from them if they are proven to have acted culpably. It is thus in
             292      the interest of the State to require that such manufacturers establish a reserve fund to guarantee a
             293      source of compensation and to prevent such manufacturers from deriving large, short-term profits
             294      and then becoming judgment-proof before liability may arise.
             295          Section 7. Section 59-14-602 , which is renumbered from Section 26-44-202 is renumbered
             296      and amended to read:
             297           [26-44-202].     59-14-602. Definitions.
             298          As used in this part:
             299          (1) "Adjusted for inflation" means increased in accordance with the formula for inflation
             300      adjustment set forth in Exhibit C to the Master Settlement Agreement.
             301          (2) "Affiliate" means a person who directly or indirectly owns or controls, is owned or
             302      controlled by, or is under common ownership or control with, another person. Solely for purposes
             303      of this definition, the terms "owns," "is owned" and "ownership" mean ownership of an equity
             304      interest, or the equivalent thereof, of 10% or more, and the term "person" means an individual,
             305      partnership, committee, association, corporation or any other organization or group of persons.
             306          (3) "Allocable share" means Allocable Share as that term is defined in the Master


             307      Settlement Agreement.
             308          (4) "Cigarette" means any product that contains nicotine, is intended to be burned or heated
             309      under ordinary conditions of use, and consists of or contains (a) any roll of tobacco wrapped in
             310      paper or in any substance not containing tobacco; or (b) tobacco, in any form, that is functional in
             311      the product, which, because of its appearance, the type of tobacco used in the filler, or its
             312      packaging and labeling, is likely to be offered to, or purchased by, consumers as a cigarette; or (c)
             313      any roll of tobacco wrapped in any substance containing tobacco which, because of its appearance,
             314      the type of tobacco used in the filler, or its packaging and labeling, is likely to be offered to, or
             315      purchased by, consumers as a cigarette described in clause (a) of this definition. The term
             316      "cigarette" includes "roll-your-own," (i.e., any tobacco which, because of its appearance, type,
             317      packaging, or labeling is suitable for use and likely to be offered to, or purchased by, consumers
             318      as tobacco for making cigarettes). For purposes of this definition of "cigarette," 0.09 ounces of
             319      "roll-your-own" tobacco shall constitute one individual "cigarette."
             320          (5) "Master Settlement Agreement" means the settlement agreement (and related
             321      documents) entered into on November 23, 1998, by the State and leading United States tobacco
             322      product manufacturers.
             323          (6) "Qualified escrow fund" means an escrow arrangement with a federally or State
             324      chartered financial institution having no affiliation with any tobacco product manufacturer and
             325      having assets of at least $1,000,000,000 where such arrangement requires that such financial
             326      institution hold the escrowed funds' principal for the benefit of releasing parties and prohibits the
             327      tobacco product manufacturer placing the funds into escrow from using, accessing, or directing
             328      the use of the funds' principal except as consistent with Subsection [ 26-44-203 ] 59-14-603 (2).
             329          (7) "Released claims" means Released Claims as that term is defined in the Master
             330      Settlement Agreement.
             331          (8) "Releasing parties" means Releasing Parties as that term is defined in the Master
             332      Settlement Agreement.
             333          (9) (a) "Tobacco product manufacturer" means an entity that after the date of enactment
             334      of this Act directly (and not exclusively through any affiliate):
             335          (i) manufactures cigarettes anywhere that such manufacturer intends to be sold in the
             336      United States, including cigarettes intended to be sold in the United States through an importer
             337      (except where such importer is an original participating manufacturer (as that term is defined in


             338      the Master Settlement Agreement) that will be responsible for the payments under the Master
             339      Settlement Agreement with respect to such cigarettes as a result of the provisions of Subsection
             340      II(mm) of the Master Settlement Agreement and that pays the taxes specified in Subsection II(z)
             341      of the Master Settlement Agreement, and provided that the manufacturer of such cigarettes does
             342      not market or advertise such cigarettes in the United States);
             343          (ii) is the first purchaser anywhere for resale in the United States of cigarettes
             344      manufactured anywhere that the manufacturer does not intend to be sold in the United States; or
             345          (iii) becomes a successor of an entity described in Subsection (9)(a)(i) or (ii).
             346          (b) "Tobacco product manufacturer" shall not include an affiliate of a tobacco product
             347      manufacturer unless such affiliate itself falls within any Subsection (9)(a)(i) through (iii).
             348          (10) "Units sold" means the number of individual cigarettes sold in the State by the
             349      applicable tobacco product manufacturer (whether directly or through a distributor, retailer or
             350      similar intermediary or intermediaries) during the year in question, as measured by excise taxes
             351      collected by the State on packs (or "roll-your-own" tobacco containers) bearing the excise tax
             352      stamp of the State. The State Tax Commission shall promulgate such regulations as are necessary
             353      to ascertain the amount of State excise tax paid on the cigarettes of such tobacco product
             354      manufacturer for each year.
             355          Section 8. Section 59-14-603 , which is renumbered from Section 26-44-203 is renumbered
             356      and amended to read:
             357           [26-44-203].     59-14-603. Requirements.
             358          (1) Any tobacco product manufacturer selling cigarettes to consumers within the State
             359      (whether directly or through a distributor, retailer or similar intermediary or intermediaries) after
             360      the date of enactment of this Act shall do one of the following:
             361          (a) become a participating manufacturer (as that term is defined in Section II(jj) of the
             362      Master Settlement Agreement) and generally perform its financial obligations under the Master
             363      Settlement Agreement; or
             364          (b) place into a qualified escrow fund by April 15 of the year following the year in
             365      question the following amounts (as such amounts are adjusted for inflation):
             366          (i) 1999: $.0094241 per unit sold after the date of enactment of this Act;
             367          (ii) 2000: $.0104712 per unit sold;
             368          (iii) for each of 2001 and 2002: $.0136125 per unit sold;


             369          (iv) for each of 2003 through 2006: $.0167539 per unit sold; and
             370          (v) for each of 2007 and each year thereafter: $.0188482 per unit sold.
             371          (2) A tobacco product manufacturer that places funds into escrow pursuant to Subsection
             372      (1)(b) shall receive the interest or other appreciation on such funds as earned. Such funds
             373      themselves shall be released from escrow only under the following circumstances:
             374          (a) to pay a judgment or settlement on any released claim brought against such tobacco
             375      product manufacturer by the State or any releasing party located or residing in the State. Funds
             376      shall be released from escrow under this Subsection (2)(a):
             377          (i) in the order in which they were placed into escrow; and
             378          (ii) only to the extent and at the time necessary to make payments required under such
             379      judgment or settlement;
             380          (b) to the extent that a tobacco product manufacturer establishes that the amount it was
             381      required to place into escrow in a particular year was greater than the State's allocable share of the
             382      total payments that such manufacturer would have been required to make in that year under the
             383      Master Settlement Agreement (as determined pursuant to Section IX(i)(2) of the Master Settlement
             384      Agreement, and before any of the adjustments or offsets described in Section IX(i)(3) of that
             385      Agreement other than the Inflation Adjustment) had it been a participating manufacturer, the
             386      excess shall be released from escrow and revert back to such tobacco product manufacturer; or
             387          (c) to the extent not released from escrow under Subsection (2)(a) or (b), funds shall be
             388      released from escrow and revert back to such tobacco product manufacturer 25 years after the date
             389      on which they were placed into escrow.
             390          (3) Each tobacco product manufacturer that elects to place funds into escrow pursuant to
             391      Subsection (1)(b) shall annually certify to the [executive director] commission that it is in
             392      compliance with Subsection (1)(b) and Subsection (2). The [executive director] commission may
             393      bring a civil action on behalf of the State against any tobacco product manufacturer that fails to
             394      place into escrow the funds required under Subsection (1)(b) and Subsection (2). Any tobacco
             395      product manufacturer that fails in any year to place into escrow the funds required under this
             396      Subsection (1)(b) and Subsection (2) shall:
             397          (a) be required within 15 days to place such funds into escrow as shall bring it into
             398      compliance with Subsection (1)(b) and Subsection (2). The court, upon a finding of a violation
             399      of Subsection (1)(b) or Subsection (2), may impose a civil penalty to be paid to the General Fund


             400      in an amount not to exceed 5% of the amount improperly withheld from escrow per day of the
             401      violation and in a total amount not to exceed 100% of the original amount improperly withheld
             402      from escrow;
             403          (b) in the case of a knowing violation, be required within 15 days to place such funds into
             404      escrow as shall bring it into compliance with Subsection (1)(b) and Subsection (2). The court,
             405      upon a finding of a knowing violation of Subsection (1)(b) or Subsection (2), may impose a civil
             406      penalty to be paid to the General Fund of the State in an amount not to exceed 15% of the amount
             407      improperly withheld from escrow per day of the violation and in a total amount not to exceed
             408      300% of the original amount improperly withheld from escrow; and
             409          (c) in the case of a second knowing violation, be prohibited from selling cigarettes to
             410      consumers within the State (whether directly or through a distributor, retailer or similar
             411      intermediary) for a period not to exceed 2 years.
             412          (4) Each failure to make an annual deposit required under Subsection (1)(b) shall
             413      constitute a separate violation.
             414          (5) A court shall award the State its costs and attorneys fees incurred in bringing any action
             415      in which the State establishes that a tobacco product manufacturer has violated this section.
             416          Section 9. Section 59-14-701 , which is renumbered from Section 26-44-301 is renumbered
             417      and amended to read:
             418     
Part 7. Master Settlement Agreement Provisions

             419           [26-44-301].     59-14-701. Construction of this part.
             420          This part sets forth definitions in the Master Settlement Agreement that are
             421      cross-referenced in Part [2] 6, Model Tobacco Settlement Statute. This part is intended for
             422      convenience only and may not be construed as substantively or otherwise altering Part [2] 6, Model
             423      Tobacco Settlement Statute, or the Master Settlement Agreement. Where Part [2] 6 instructs that
             424      a term be given the same definition as that term is given in the Master Settlement Agreement, the
             425      definition shall be that set forth in the Master Settlement Agreement, as it may be amended from
             426      time to time.
             427          Section 10. Section 59-14-702 , which is renumbered from Section 26-44-302 is
             428      renumbered and amended to read:
             429           [26-44-302].     59-14-702. Formula for inflation adjustments.
             430          The formula for calculating inflation adjustments, which is referenced in Subsection


             431      [ 26-44-202 ] 59-14-602 (1), is set forth in Exhibit C of the Master Settlement Agreement as follows,
             432      with the exception of Subsection (7) which is omitted:
             433                              Exhibit C
             434                      Formula For Calculating Inflation Adjustment
             435          (1) Any amount that, in any given year, is to be adjusted for inflation pursuant to this
             436      Exhibit, the "Base Amount," shall be adjusted upward by adding to such Base Amount the
             437      Inflation Adjustment.
             438          (2) The Inflation Adjustment shall be calculated by multiplying the Base Amount by the
             439      Inflation Adjustment Percentage applicable in that year.
             440          (3) The Inflation Adjustment Percentage applicable to payments due in the year 2000 shall
             441      be equal to the greater of 3% or the CPI%. For example, if the Consumer Price Index for
             442      December 1999, as released in January 2000, is 2% higher than the Consumer Price Index for
             443      December 1998, as released in January 1999, then the CPI% with respect to a payment due in 2000
             444      would be 2%. The Inflation Adjustment Percentage applicable in the year 2000 would thus be 3%.
             445          (4) The Inflation Adjustment Percentage applicable to payments due in any year after 2000
             446      shall be calculated by applying each year the greater of 3% or the CPI% on the Inflation
             447      Adjustment Percentage applicable to payments due in the prior year. Continuing the example in
             448      subsection (3) above, if the CPI% with respect to a payment due in 2001 is 6%, then the Inflation
             449      Adjustment Percentage applicable in 2001 would be 9.1800000%, an additional 6% applied on the
             450      3% Inflation Adjustment Percentage applicable in 2000, and if the CPI% with respect to a payment
             451      due in 2002 is 4%, then the Inflation Adjustment Percentage applicable in 2002 would be
             452      13.5472000%, an additional 4% applied on the 9.1800000% Inflation Adjustment Percentage
             453      applicable in 2001.
             454          (5) "Consumer Price Index" means the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers
             455      as published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor, or other similar
             456      measures agreed to by the Settling States and the Participating Manufacturers.
             457          (6) The "CPI%" means the actual total percent change in the Consumer Price Index during
             458      the calendar year immediately preceding the year in which the payment in question is due.
             459          Section 11. Section 59-14-703 , which is renumbered from Section 26-44-303 is
             460      renumbered and amended to read:
             461           [26-44-303].     59-14-703. Allocable share.


             462          (1) "Allocable Share," which is referenced is Subsection [ 26-44-202 ] 59-14-602 (3), is
             463      defined in the Master Settlement Agreement as follows:
             464          "Allocable Share" means the percentage set forth for the State in question as listed in
             465      Exhibit A hereto, without regard to any subsequent alteration or modification of such State's
             466      percentage share agreed to or by or among any States; or, solely for the purpose of calculating
             467      payments under subsection IX(c)(2) (and corresponding payments under subsection IX(i)), the
             468      percentage disclosed for the State in question pursuant to subsection IX(c)(2)(A) prior to June 30,
             469      1999, without regard to any subsequent alteration or modification of such State's percentage share
             470      agreed to by or among any States.
             471          (2) The percentage set forth for Utah in Exhibit A to the Master Settlement Agreement is
             472      0.4448869%.
             473          (3) The percentage for calculating "Strategic Contribution Payments" to Utah under
             474      subsection IX(c)(2) is to be determined by a three-member Allocation Committee in accordance
             475      with Exhibit U of the Master Settlement Agreement.
             476          Section 12. Section 59-14-704 , which is renumbered from Section 26-44-304 is
             477      renumbered and amended to read:
             478           [26-44-304].     59-14-704. Released claims.
             479          (1) "Released Claims," which is referenced in Subsection [ 26-44-202 ] 59-14-602 (7), is
             480      defined in the Master Settlement Agreement as follows:
             481          "Released Claims" means:
             482          (1) for past conduct, acts or omissions, including any damages incurred in the future
             483      arising from such past conduct, acts or omissions, those Claims directly or indirectly based on,
             484      arising out of or in any way related, in whole or in part, to (A) the use, sale, distribution,
             485      manufacture, development, advertising, marketing or health effects of, (B) the exposure to, or (C)
             486      research, statements, or warnings regarding, Tobacco Products, including, but not limited to, the
             487      Claims asserted in the actions identified in Exhibit D, or any comparable Claims that were, could
             488      be or could have been asserted now or in the future in those actions or in any comparable action
             489      in federal, state or local court brought by a Settling State or a Releasing Party, whether or not such
             490      Settling State or Releasing Party has brought such action, except for claims not asserted in the
             491      actions identified in Exhibit D for outstanding liability under existing licensing, or similar, fee
             492      laws or existing tax laws, but not excepting claims for any tax liability of the Tobacco-Related


             493      Organizations or of any Released Party with respect to such Tobacco-Related Organizations, which
             494      claims are covered by the release and covenants set forth in this Agreement;
             495          (2) for future conduct, acts or omissions, only those monetary Claims directly or indirectly
             496      based on, arising out of or in any way related to, in whole or in part, the use of or exposure to
             497      Tobacco Products manufactured in the ordinary course of business, including without limitation
             498      any future Claims for reimbursement of health care costs allegedly associated with the use of or
             499      exposure to Tobacco Products.
             500          (2) Exhibit D is a list of the titles and docket numbers of the lawsuits brought by states
             501      against tobacco manufacturers and the courts in which those lawsuits were filed as of the date that
             502      the Master Settlement Agreement was entered into.
             503          Section 13. Section 59-14-705 , which is renumbered from Section 26-44-305 is
             504      renumbered and amended to read:
             505           [26-44-305].     59-14-705. Releasing parties.
             506          "Releasing Parties," which is referenced in Subsection [ 26-44-202 ] 59-14-602 (8), is
             507      defined in the Master Settlement Agreement as follows:
             508          (1) "Releasing Parties" means each Settling State and any of its past, present and future
             509      agents, officials acting in their official capacities, legal representatives, agencies, departments,
             510      commissions and divisions; and also means, to the full extent of the power of the signatories hereto
             511      to release past, present and future claims, the following: (1) any Settling State's subdivisions,
             512      political or otherwise, including, but not limited to, municipalities, counties, parishes, villages,
             513      unincorporated districts and hospital districts, public entities, public instrumentalities and public
             514      educational institutions; and (2) persons or entities acting in a parens patriae, sovereign,
             515      quasi-sovereign, private attorney general, qui tam, taxpayer, or any other capacity, whether or not
             516      any of them participate in this settlement, (A) to the extent that any such person or entity is seeking
             517      relief on behalf of or generally applicable to the general public in such Settling State or the people
             518      of the State, as opposed solely to private or individual relief for separate and distinct injuries, or
             519      (B) to the extent that any such entity, as opposed to an individual, is seeking recovery of
             520      health-care expenses, other than premium or capitation payments for the benefit of present or
             521      retired state employees, paid or reimbursed, directly or indirectly, by a Settling State.
             522          Section 14. Section 59-14-706 , which is renumbered from Section 26-44-306 is
             523      renumbered and amended to read:


             524           [26-44-306].     59-14-706. Original participating manufacturer and related
             525      terms.
             526          (1) "Original Participating Manufacturer," which is referenced in Subsection [ 26-44-202 ]
             527      59-14-602 (9)(a)(i), is defined in the Master Settlement Agreement as follows:
             528          "Original Participating Manufacturer" means Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation,
             529      Lorillard Tobacco Company, Phillip Morris Incorporated and R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company,
             530      and the respective successors of each of the foregoing. Except as expressly providing in this
             531      Agreement, once an entity becomes an Original Participating Manufacturer, such entity shall
             532      permanently retain the status of Original Participating Manufacturer.
             533          (2) Subsection II(mm) of the Master Settlement Agreement, which is referenced in
             534      Subsection [ 26-44-202 ] 59-14-602 (9)(a)(i), is the following definition of "relative market share":
             535          "Relative market share" means an original participating manufacturer's respective share,
             536      expressed as a percentage, of the total number of individual cigarettes shipped in or to the 50
             537      United States, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico by all the original participating
             538      manufacturers during the calendar year immediately preceding the year in which the payment at
             539      issue is due, regardless of when such payment is made, as measured by the original participating
             540      manufacturers' reports of shipments of cigarettes to Management Science Associates, Inc., or a
             541      successor entity acceptable to both the original participating manufacturers and a majority of those
             542      attorneys general who are both the attorney general of a settling state and a member of the NAAG
             543      executive committee at the time in question. A cigarette shipped by more than one participating
             544      manufacturer shall be deemed to have been shipped solely by the first participating manufacturer
             545      to do so. For purposes of the definition and determination of "relative market share," 0.09 ounces
             546      of "roll your own" tobacco shall constitute one individual cigarette.
             547          (3) Subsection II(z) of the Master Settlement Agreement, which is referenced in
             548      Subsection [ 26-44-202 ] 59-14-602 (9)(a)(i), is the following definition of "market share":
             549          "Market share" means a tobacco product manufacturer's respective share, expressed as a
             550      percentage, of the total number of individual cigarettes sold in the 50 United States, the District
             551      of Columbia and Puerto Rico during the applicable calendar year, as measured by excise taxes
             552      collected by the federal government and, in the case of sales in Puerto Rico, arbitrios de cigarillos
             553      collected by the Puerto Rico taxing authority. For purposes of the definition and determination
             554      of "market share" with respect to calculations under subsection IX(i), 0.09 ounces of "roll your


             555      own" tobacco shall constitute one individual cigarette; for purposes of the definition and
             556      determination of "market share" with respect to all other calculations, 0.0325 ounces of "roll your
             557      own" tobacco shall constitute one individual cigarette.
             558          Section 15. Section 59-14-707 , which is renumbered from Section 26-44-307 is
             559      renumbered and amended to read:
             560           [26-44-307].     59-14-707. Participating manufacturer.
             561          (1) "Participating Manufacturer," which is referenced in Subsection [ 26-44-203 ]
             562      59-14-603 (1), is defined in the Master Settlement Agreement as follows:
             563          "Participating Manufacturer" means a Tobacco Product Manufacturer that is or becomes
             564      a signatory to this Agreement, provided that (1) in the case of a Tobacco Product Manufacturer that
             565      is not an Original Participating Manufacturer, such Tobacco Product Manufacturer is bound by this
             566      Agreement and the Consent Decree, or, in any Settling State that does not permit amendment of
             567      the Consent Decree, a Consent Decree containing terms identical to those set forth in the Consent
             568      Decree, in all Settling States in which this Agreement and the Consent Decree binds Original
             569      Participating Manufacturers, provided, however, that such Tobacco Product Manufacturer need
             570      only become bound by the Consent Decree in those Settling State in which the Settling State has
             571      filed a Released Claim against it, and (2) in the case of a Tobacco Product Manufacturer that signs
             572      this Agreement after the MSA Execution Date, such Tobacco Product Manufacturer, within a
             573      reasonable period of time after signing this Agreement, makes any payments, including interest
             574      thereon at the Prime Rate, that it would have been obligated to make in the intervening period had
             575      it been a signatory as of the MSA Execution Date. "Participating Manufacturer" shall also include
             576      the successor of a Participating Manufacturer. Except as expressly provided in this Agreement,
             577      once an entity becomes a Participating Manufacturer such entity shall permanently retain the status
             578      of Participating Manufacturer. Each Participating Manufacturer shall regularly report its shipments
             579      of Cigarettes in or to the 50 United States, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico to
             580      Management Science Associates, Inc., or a successor entity as set forth in subsection (mm). Solely
             581      for purposes of calculations pursuant to subsection IX(d), a Tobacco Product Manufacturer that
             582      is not a signatory to this Agreement shall be deemed to be a "Participating Manufacturer" if the
             583      Original Participating Manufacturers unanimously consent in writing.
             584          (2) Subsection IX(d) relates to Nonparticipating Manufacturer Adjustments.
             585          Section 16. Section 59-14-708 , which is renumbered from Section 26-44-308 is


             586      renumbered and amended to read:
             587           [26-44-308].     59-14-708. Payments by subsequent participating
             588      manufacturers.
             589          Section XI(i)(2) and IX(i)(3) of the Master Settlement Agreement, which are referenced
             590      in Subsection [ 26-44-203 ] 59-14-603 (2)(b), involve payments by subsequent participating
             591      manufacturers and providers as follows:
             592          (1) A Subsequent Participating Manufacturer shall have payment obligations under this
             593      Agreement only in the event that its Market Share in any calendar year exceeds the greater of (1)
             594      its 1998 Market Share or (2) 125% of its 1997 Market Share, subject to the provisions of
             595      subsection (i)(4). In the year following any such calendar year, such Subsequent Participating
             596      Manufacturer shall make payments corresponding to those due in that same following year from
             597      the Original Participating Manufacturers pursuant to subsections VI(c), except for the payment due
             598      on March 31, 1999, IX(c)(1), IX(c)(2) and IX(e). The amounts of such corresponding payments
             599      by a Subsequent Participating Manufacturer are in addition to the corresponding payments that are
             600      due from the Original Participating Manufacturers and shall be determined as described in
             601      subsection (2) and (3) below. Such payments by a Subsequent Participating Manufacturer shall
             602      (A) be due on the same dates as the corresponding payments are due from Original Participating
             603      manufacturers; (B) be for the same purpose as such corresponding payments; and (C) be paid,
             604      allocated and distributed in the same manner as such corresponding payments.
             605          (2) The base amount due from a Subsequent Participating Manufacturer on any given date
             606      shall be determined by multiplying (A) the corresponding base amount due on the same date from
             607      all of the Original Participating Manufacturers, as such base amount is specified in the
             608      corresponding subsection of this agreement and is adjusted by the Volume Adjustment, except for
             609      the provisions of subsection (B)(ii) of Exhibit E, but before such base amount is modified by any
             610      other adjustments, reductions or offsets, by (B) the quotient produced by dividing (i) the result of
             611      (x) such Subsequent Participating Manufacturer's Applicable Market Share, the applicable Market
             612      Share being that for the calendar year immediately preceding the year in which the payment in
             613      question is due, minus (y) the greater of (1) its 1998 Market Share or (2) 125% of its 1997 Market
             614      Share, by (ii) the aggregate Market Shares of the Original Participating Manufacturers, the
             615      applicable Market Shares being those for the calendar year immediately preceding the year in
             616      which the payment in question is due.


             617          (3) Any payment due from a Subsequent Participating Manufacturer under subsections (1)
             618      and (2) above shall be subject, up to the full amount of such payment, to the Inflation Adjustment,
             619      the Nonsettling States Reduction, the NPM Adjustment, the offset for miscalculated or disputed
             620      payments described in subsection XI(i), the Federal Tobacco Legislation Offset, the Litigating
             621      Releasing Parties Offset and the offsets for claims over described in subsections XII(a)(4)(B) and
             622      XII(a)(8), to the extent that such adjustments, reductions or offsets would apply to the
             623      corresponding payment due from the Original Participating Manufacturers. Provided, however,
             624      that all adjustments and offsets to which a Subsequent Participating Manufacturer is entitled may
             625      only be applied against payments by such Subsequent Participating Manufacturer, if any, that are
             626      due within 12 months after the date on which the Subsequent Participating Manufacturer becomes
             627      entitled to such adjustment or makes the payment that entitles it to such offset, and shall not be
             628      carried forward beyond that time even if not fully used.
             629          (4) For purposes of this Subsection (i), the 1997, or 1998, as applicable, Market Share, and
             630      125% thereof, of those Subsequent Participating Manufacturers that either (A) became a signatory
             631      to the Agreement more than 60 days after the MSA Execution Date or (B) had no Market Share
             632      in 1997, or 1998, as applicable, shall equal zero.
             633          Section 17. Section 59-14-801 is enacted to read:
             634     
Part 8. Other Tobacco Settlement Provisions

             635          59-14-801. Availability of master settlement agreement.
             636          The commission shall provide a copy of the Master Settlement Agreement for review or
             637      purchase to any person upon request and may charge a fee for doing so in accordance with
             638      Subsection 59-1-210 (26).
             639          Section 18. Section 63-2-206 is amended to read:
             640           63-2-206. Sharing records.
             641          (1) A governmental entity may provide a record that is private, controlled, or protected to
             642      another governmental entity, a government-managed corporation, a political subdivision, the
             643      federal government, or another state if the requesting entity:
             644          (a) serves as a repository or archives for purposes of historical preservation, administrative
             645      maintenance, or destruction;
             646          (b) enforces, litigates, or investigates civil, criminal, or administrative law, and the record
             647      is necessary to a proceeding or investigation;


             648          (c) is authorized by state statute to conduct an audit and the record is needed for that
             649      purpose; or
             650          (d) is one that collects information for presentence, probationary, or parole purposes.
             651          (2) A governmental entity may provide a private or controlled record or record series to
             652      another governmental entity, a political subdivision, a government-managed corporation, the
             653      federal government, or another state if the requesting entity provides written assurance:
             654          (a) that the record or record series is necessary to the performance of the governmental
             655      entity's duties and functions;
             656          (b) that the record or record series will be used for a purpose similar to the purpose for
             657      which the information in the record or record series was collected or obtained; and
             658          (c) that the use of the record or record series produces a public benefit that outweighs the
             659      individual privacy right that protects the record or record series.
             660          (3) A governmental entity may provide a record or record series that is protected under
             661      Subsection 63-2-304 (1) or (2) to another governmental entity, a political subdivision, a
             662      government-managed corporation, the federal government, or another state if:
             663          (a) the record is necessary to the performance of the requesting entity's duties and
             664      functions; or
             665          (b) the record will be used for a purpose similar to the purpose for which the information
             666      in the record or record series was collected or obtained.
             667          (4) (a) A governmental entity shall provide a private, controlled, or protected record to
             668      another governmental entity, a political subdivision, a government-managed corporation, the
             669      federal government, or another state if the requesting entity:
             670          (i) is entitled by law to inspect the record;
             671          (ii) is required to inspect the record as a condition of participating in a state or federal
             672      program or for receiving state or federal funds; or
             673          (iii) is an entity described in Subsection 63-2-206 (1)(a), (b), (c), or (d).
             674          (b) Subsection (4)(a)(iii) applies only if the record is a record described in Subsection
             675      63-2-304 (4).
             676          (5) Before disclosing a record or record series under this section to another governmental
             677      entity, another state, the United States, or a foreign government, the originating governmental
             678      entity shall:


             679          (a) inform the recipient of the record's classification and the accompanying restrictions on
             680      access; and
             681          (b) if the recipient is not a governmental entity to which this chapter applies, obtain the
             682      recipient's written agreement which may be by mechanical or electronic transmission that it will
             683      abide by those restrictions on access unless a statute, federal regulation, or interstate agreement
             684      otherwise governs the sharing of the record or record series.
             685          (6) A governmental entity may disclose a record to another state, the United States, or a
             686      foreign government for the reasons listed in Subsections (1), (2), and (3) without complying with
             687      the procedures of Subsection (2) or (5) if disclosure is authorized by executive agreement, treaty,
             688      federal statute, compact, federal regulation, or state statute.
             689          (7) A governmental entity receiving a record under this section is subject to the same
             690      restrictions on disclosure of the material as the originating entity.
             691          (8) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, if a more specific court rule or
             692      order, state statute, federal statute, or federal regulation prohibits or requires sharing information,
             693      that rule, order, statute, or federal regulation controls.
             694          (9) The following records may not be shared under this section:
             695          [(a) except as provided under Section 59-1-403 , records held by the State Tax Commission
             696      that pertain to any person and that are gathered under authority of Title 59, Revenue and Taxation;]
             697          [(b)] (a) records held by the Division of Oil, Gas and Mining that pertain to any person and
             698      that are gathered under authority of Title 40, Chapter 6, Board and Division of Oil, Gas and
             699      Mining; and
             700          [(c)] (b) records of publicly funded libraries as described in Subsection 63-2-302 (1)(c).
             701          (10) Records that may evidence or relate to a violation of law may be disclosed to a
             702      government prosecutor, peace officer, or auditor.




Legislative Review Note
    as of 1-25-00 3:31 PM


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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