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        SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH 84114-5030 . (801) 538-1029         January 31, 2007

Mr. Speaker:

    The Judiciary Committee reports a favorable recommendation on H.B. 131, DOCUMENT FRAUD, by Representative K. Morgan, with the following amendments:

1.    Page 1, Lines 17 through 19

             17          .    provides that the Office of the Attorney General may bring a civil action

{   on behalf

             18      of the Department of Workforce Services   } against an individual who makes or
             19      provides a fraudulent document to unlawfully establish legal status; and

2.    Page 2, Lines 42 through 44

             42      less than $50,000 recoverable, with attorney fees and costs, in a civil action that may be
             43      brought by the Office of the Attorney General

{   on behalf of the Department of Workforce

             44      Services   } for each document subject to the violation.

3.    Page 2, Lines 45 through 47

             45          (b) Moneys collected under Subsection (3)(a) shall be deposited in the Attorney
             46      General Litigation Fund created in Section 76-10-922 to be

  first applied to any actual civil damages incurred by an individual victim of the actions prohibited by this section and then shall be       used for costs incurred for actions

             47      brought under this section.

    Respectfully,

    Douglas C. Aagard
    Committee Chair

Voting: 10-1-2
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