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UTAH STATE SENATE
UTAH STATE CAPITOL COMPLEX * WEST OFFICE BUILDING, SUITE W115

P.O. BOX 145115 * SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH 84114-5115 * (801) 538-1035         February 21, 2007

Mr. President:

    The Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee reports a favorable recommendation on H.B. 131, DOCUMENT FRAUD, by Representative K. Morgan, with the following amendments:
1.    Page 1, Lines 13 through 16
    House Committee Amendments
    1-31-2007 :    

             13          This bill:
             14          .    prohibits a person or entity from forging, counterfeiting, altering, or falsely making
             15      or providing a document to unlawfully establish legal status and subjects a violator
             16      to a civil penalty

{   of not less than $50,000   }        up to $75,000       ;


2.    Page 2, Lines 41 through 44
    House Committee Amendments
    1-31-2007 :    

             41          (3) (a) A person or entity that violates Subsection (2) is subject to a civil penalty
{   of not

             42      less than $50,000   }
  up to $75,000       recoverable, with attorney fees and costs, in a civil action that may be

             43      brought by the Office of the Attorney General H. [on behalf of the Department of Workforce
             44      Services] .H for each document subject to the violation.

        Respectfully,

        Gregory S. Bell
        Committee Chair

Voting: 6-0-1
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