H.B. 151
         MOTOR VEHICLE REVISIONS

house floor Amendments

Amendment 1 February 12, 2008 2:24 pm



Representative Stephen H. Urquhart proposes the following amendments:

1.    Page 1, Line 15 :    

             15      owner's or operator's security;
    
  .    provides that the Motor Vehicle Division or a peace officer may not seize and take possession of a vehicle if the operator of the vehicle is not carrying evidence of owner's or operator's security unless the division or peace officer verifies that owner's or operator's security is not in effect for the vehicle through the Uninsured Motorist Identification Database;      


2.    Page 2, Lines 31 through 43 :    

             31          (1)
  (a)       The division or any peace officer, without a warrant, may seize and take possession

             32      of any vehicle, vessel, or outboard motor:
             33          
{   (a)   }        (i)       that the division or the peace officer has reason to believe has been stolen;

             34          
{   (b)   }        (ii)       on which any identification number has been defaced, altered, or obliterated;

             35          
{   (c)   }        (iii)       that has been abandoned in accordance with Section 41-6a-1408 ;

             36          
{   (d)   }        (iv)       for which the applicant has written a check for registration or title fees that has not

             37      been honored by the applicant's bank and that is not paid within 30 days;
             38          
{   (e)   }        (v)       that is placed on the water with improper registration; or

             39          
{   (f)   }        (vi)       that is being operated on a highway:

             40          
{   (i)   }        (A)       with registration that has been expired for more than three months;

             41          
{   (ii)   }        (B)       having never been properly registered by the current owner; [or]

             42          
{   (iii)   }        (C)       with registration that is suspended or revoked[.]; or

             43          
{   (iv)   }        (D)              subject to the restriction in Subsection (1)(b),       without owner's or operator's security        in effect for the vehicle       as required under Section 41-12a-301 .

    
  (b) The division or any peace officer may not seize and take possession of a vehicle under Subsection (1)(a)(vi)(D) if the operator of the vehicle is not carrying evidence of owner's or operator's security as defined in Section 41-12a-303.2 in the vehicle unless the division or peace officer verifies that owner's or operator's security is not in effect for the vehicle through the Uninsured Motorist Identification Database created in accordance with Section 41-12a-803.      


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