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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 30, 2007

Mr. President:

    The Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee reports a favorable recommendation on S.B. 154, STATEMENT UNDER PENALTY OF PERJURY, by Senator S. McCoy, with the following amendments:

1.    Page 1, Line 26 through Page 2, Line 38 :    

             26     

  (1)            If the      {   law requires or permits an affidavit,   }        Utah Rules of Criminal Procedure, Civil Procedure, or Evidence, require or permit a written declaration upon oath,       an individual may, with like force and effect,

             27      provide an unsworn written
{   document   }        declaration       , subscribed        and dated       under penalty      {   of perjury and dated   }        of this section       , in

             28      substantially the following form:
             29          
{   (1) if executed outside the state:   }

             30          "I declare (or certify, verify, or state) under
{   penalty of perjury under the laws   }        criminal penalty       of the

             31      State of Utah that the foregoing is true and correct.
             32          Executed on (date).
             33          (Signature)"
{   ;   }        .      

             34          
{   (2) if executed within the state:

             35          "I declare (or certify, verify, or state) under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true
             36      and correct.
             37          Executed on (date).


             38          (Signature)".  
}

  (2)     A person is guilty of a class B misdemeanor if the person knowingly makes a false written statement in lieu of an affidavit as provided under Subsection 1.      



        Respectfully,

        Gregory S. Bell
        Committee Chair

Voting: 5-0-2
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