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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

        January 19, 2007

Mr. President:

    The Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee reports a favorable recommendation on S.B. 111, FREE EXERCISE OF RELIGION WITHOUT GOVERNMENT INTERFERENCE, by Senator D. C. Buttars, with the following amendments:

1.    Page 2, Line 28 :    

             28          .    provides for the application of the requirements of the chapter;

 

    .    provides that the chapter does not apply to a law where violation of the law constitutes a criminal offense.  


2.    Page 6, Lines 165 through 168 :    

             165          
{   (3) In determining whether or not a belief is sincerely held, a governmental entity or

             166      court shall neither require nor determine that the act or refusal to act is motivated by a central
             167      part or central requirement of the religious belief.
             168          (4)   }
  (3)       A government entity may substantially burden a person's exercise of religion only if


3.    Page 7, Lines 192 through 197 :    

             192          63-90c-106. Application of chapter --
  Criminal offenses --       Constitutions and

establishment clause


             193      unaffected -- Application to inmates.
             194          (1)
  (a)       Subject to      {   Subsection   }        Subsections (1)(b) and       (2), this chapter applies to all state laws and administrative

             195      rules, all local laws and ordinances, and the implementation of those laws, rules, and
             196      ordinances, whether statutory or otherwise, and whether enacted or adopted before, on, or after
             197      the effective date of this chapter.
 

    (b) This chapter does not apply to a law, rule, or ordinance where violation of the law, rule, or ordinance would constitute a criminal offense.  


        Respectfully,

        Peter C. Knudson
        Committee Chair

Voting: 4-2-0
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