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Fifth Substitute H.B. 197

This document includes Senate 2nd Reading Floor Amendments incorporated into the bill on Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 11:16 AM by rday. -->

Senator Mark B. Madsen proposes the following substitute bill:


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CUSTODIAL INTERFERENCE AMENDMENTS

             2     
2010 GENERAL SESSION

             3     
STATE OF UTAH

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Chief Sponsor: Carl Wimmer

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Senate Sponsor: Mark B. Madsen

             6     
             7      LONG TITLE
             8      General Description:
             9          This bill amends the Utah Criminal Code and the Uniform Driver License Act in
             10      relation to the crime of custodial interference.
             11      Highlighted Provisions:
             12          This bill:
             13          .    defines terms;
             14          .    enacts a modified version of the crime of custodial interference;
             15          .    provides that custodial interference is:
             16              .    except as otherwise provided in this bill, a class B misdemeanor;
             17              .    a class A misdemeanor if the actor was previously convicted of custodial
             18      interference at least twice in the two-year period preceding the latest
             19      commission; or
             20              .    a felony of the third degree if, during the course of the custodial interference, the
             21      actor removes, causes the removal, or directs the removal of the child from the
             22      state;
             23          .    creates affirmative defenses to the crime of custodial interference; and
             24          .    imposes a driver license suspension upon a person convicted of custodial
             25      interference.


             26      Monies Appropriated in this Bill:
             27          None
             28      Other Special Clauses:
             29          None
             30      Utah Code Sections Affected:
             31      AMENDS:
             32          53-3-220, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2009, Chapters 105, 291, 328, and 353
             33      ENACTS:
             34          76-5-303.5, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             35      REPEALS AND REENACTS:
             36          76-5-303, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2001, Chapter 255
             37     
             38      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             39          Section 1. Section 53-3-220 is amended to read:
             40           53-3-220. Offenses requiring mandatory revocation, denial, suspension, or
             41      disqualification of license -- Offense requiring an extension of period -- Hearing --
             42      Limited driving privileges.
             43          (1) (a) The division shall immediately revoke or, when this chapter [or], Title 41,
             44      Chapter 6a, Traffic Code, or Section 76-5-303 , specifically provides for denial, suspension, or
             45      disqualification, the division shall deny, suspend, or disqualify the license of a person upon
             46      receiving a record of the person's conviction for:
             47          (i) manslaughter or negligent homicide resulting from driving a motor vehicle, or
             48      automobile homicide under Section 76-5-207 or 76-5-207.5 ;
             49          (ii) driving or being in actual physical control of a motor vehicle while under the
             50      influence of alcohol, any drug, or combination of them to a degree that renders the person
             51      incapable of safely driving a motor vehicle as prohibited in Section 41-6a-502 or as prohibited
             52      in an ordinance that complies with the requirements of Subsection 41-6a-510 (1);
             53          (iii) driving or being in actual physical control of a motor vehicle while having a blood
             54      or breath alcohol content as prohibited in Section 41-6a-502 or as prohibited in an ordinance
             55      that complies with the requirements of Subsection 41-6a-510 (1);
             56          (iv) perjury or the making of a false affidavit to the division under this chapter, Title


             57      41, Motor Vehicles, or any other law of this state requiring the registration of motor vehicles or
             58      regulating driving on highways;
             59          (v) any felony under the motor vehicle laws of this state;
             60          (vi) any other felony in which a motor vehicle is used to facilitate the offense;
             61          (vii) failure to stop and render aid as required under the laws of this state if a motor
             62      vehicle accident results in the death or personal injury of another;
             63          (viii) two charges of reckless driving, impaired driving, or any combination of reckless
             64      driving and impaired driving committed within a period of 12 months; but if upon a first
             65      conviction of reckless driving or impaired driving the judge or justice recommends suspension
             66      of the convicted person's license, the division may after a hearing suspend the license for a
             67      period of three months;
             68          (ix) failure to bring a motor vehicle to a stop at the command of a peace officer as
             69      required in Section 41-6a-210 ;
             70          (x) any offense specified in Part 4, Uniform Commercial Driver License Act, that
             71      requires disqualification;
             72          (xi) a felony violation of Section 76-10-508 or 76-10-508.1 involving discharging or
             73      allowing the discharge of a firearm from a vehicle;
             74          (xii) using, allowing the use of, or causing to be used any explosive, chemical, or
             75      incendiary device from a vehicle in violation of Subsection 76-10-306 (4)(b);
             76          (xiii) operating or being in actual physical control of a motor vehicle while having any
             77      measurable controlled substance or metabolite of a controlled substance in the person's body in
             78      violation of Section 41-6a-517 ;
             79          (xiv) until July 30, 2015, operating or being in actual physical control of a motor
             80      vehicle while having any alcohol in the person's body in violation of Section 53-3-232 ;
             81          (xv) operating or being in actual physical control of a motor vehicle while having any
             82      measurable or detectable amount of alcohol in the person's body in violation of Section
             83      41-6a-530 ;
             84          (xvi) engaging in a motor vehicle speed contest or exhibition of speed on a highway in
             85      violation of Section 41-6a-606 ; [or]
             86          (xvii) operating or being in actual physical control of a motor vehicle in this state
             87      without an ignition interlock system in violation of Section 41-6a-518.2 [.]; or


             88          (xviii) custodial interference, under:
             89          (A) Subsection 76-5-303 (3), which suspension shall be for a period of 30 days S. , unless
             89a      the court provides the division with an order of suspension for a shorter period of time .S ;
             90          (B) Subsection 76-5-303 (4), which suspension shall be for a period of 90 days S. , unless
             90a      the court provides the division with an order of suspension for a shorter period of time .S ; or
             91          (C) Subsection 76-5-303 (5), which suspension shall be for a period of 180 days S. , unless
             91a      the court provides the division with an order of suspension for a shorter period of time .S .
             92          (b) The division shall immediately revoke the license of a person upon receiving a
             93      record of an adjudication under Title 78A, Chapter 6, Juvenile Court Act of 1996, for:
             94          (i) a felony violation of Section 76-10-508 or 76-10-508.1 involving discharging or
             95      allowing the discharge of a firearm from a vehicle; or
             96          (ii) using, allowing the use of, or causing to be used any explosive, chemical, or
             97      incendiary device from a vehicle in violation of Subsection 76-10-306 (4)(b).
             98          (c) Except when action is taken under Section 53-3-219 for the same offense, the
             99      division shall immediately suspend for six months the license of a person upon receiving a
             100      record of conviction for:
             101          (i) any violation of:
             102          (A) Title 58, Chapter 37, Utah Controlled Substances Act;
             103          (B) Title 58, Chapter 37a, Utah Drug Paraphernalia Act;
             104          (C) Title 58, Chapter 37b, Imitation Controlled Substances Act;
             105          (D) Title 58, Chapter 37c, Utah Controlled Substance Precursor Act; or
             106          (E) Title 58, Chapter 37d, Clandestine Drug Lab Act; or
             107          (ii) any criminal offense that prohibits:
             108          (A) possession, distribution, manufacture, cultivation, sale, or transfer of any substance
             109      that is prohibited under the acts described in Subsection (1)(c)(i); or
             110          (B) the attempt or conspiracy to possess, distribute, manufacture, cultivate, sell, or
             111      transfer any substance that is prohibited under the acts described in Subsection (1)(c)(i).
             112          (d) (i) The division shall immediately suspend a person's driver license for conviction
             113      of the offense of theft of motor vehicle fuel under Section 76-6-404.7 if the division receives:
             114          (A) an order from the sentencing court requiring that the person's driver license be
             115      suspended; and
             116          (B) a record of the conviction.


             117          (ii) An order of suspension under this section is at the discretion of the sentencing
             118      court, and may not be for more than 90 days for each offense.


             119          (e) (i) The division shall immediately suspend for one year the license of a person upon
             120      receiving a record of:
             121          (A) conviction for the first time for a violation under Section 32A-12-223 ; or
             122          (B) an adjudication under Title 78A, Chapter 6, Juvenile Court Act of 1996, for a
             123      violation under Section 32A-12-223 .
             124          (ii) The division shall immediately suspend for a period of two years the license of a
             125      person upon receiving a record of:
             126          (A) (I) conviction for a second or subsequent violation under Section 32A-12-223 ; and
             127          (II) the violation described in Subsection (1)(e)(ii)(A)(I) is within 10 years of a prior
             128      conviction for a violation under Section 32A-12-223 ; or
             129          (B) (I) a second or subsequent adjudication under Title 78A, Chapter 6, Juvenile Court
             130      Act of 1996, for a violation under Section 32A-12-223 ; and
             131          (II) the adjudication described in Subsection (1)(e)(ii)(B)(I) is within 10 years of a prior
             132      adjudication under Title 78A, Chapter 6, Juvenile Court Act of 1996, for a violation under
             133      Section 32A-12-223 .
             134          (iii) Upon receipt of a record under Subsection (1)(e)(i) or (ii), the division shall:
             135          (A) for a conviction or adjudication described in Subsection (1)(e)(i):
             136          (I) impose a suspension for one year beginning on the date of conviction; or
             137          (II) if the person is under the age of eligibility for a driver license, impose a suspension
             138      that begins on the date of conviction and continues for one year beginning on the date of
             139      eligibility for a driver license; or
             140          (B) for a conviction or adjudication described in Subsection (1)(e)(ii):
             141          (I) impose a suspension for a period of two years; or
             142          (II) if the person is under the age of eligibility for a driver license, impose a suspension
             143      that begins on the date of conviction and continues for two years beginning on the date of
             144      eligibility for a driver license.
             145          (2) The division shall extend the period of the first denial, suspension, revocation, or
             146      disqualification for an additional like period, to a maximum of one year for each subsequent
             147      occurrence, upon receiving:
             148          (a) a record of the conviction of any person on a charge of driving a motor vehicle
             149      while the person's license is denied, suspended, revoked, or disqualified;


             150          (b) a record of a conviction of the person for any violation of the motor vehicle law in
             151      which the person was involved as a driver;
             152          (c) a report of an arrest of the person for any violation of the motor vehicle law in
             153      which the person was involved as a driver; or
             154          (d) a report of an accident in which the person was involved as a driver.
             155          (3) When the division receives a report under Subsection (2)(c) or (d) that a person is
             156      driving while the person's license is denied, suspended, disqualified, or revoked, the person is
             157      entitled to a hearing regarding the extension of the time of denial, suspension, disqualification,
             158      or revocation originally imposed under Section 53-3-221 .
             159          (4) (a) The division may extend to a person the limited privilege of driving a motor
             160      vehicle to and from the person's place of employment or within other specified limits on
             161      recommendation of the judge in any case where a person is convicted of any of the offenses
             162      referred to in Subsections (1) and (2) except:
             163          (i) automobile homicide under Subsection (1)(a)(i);
             164          (ii) those offenses referred to in Subsections (1)(a)(ii), [(a)](iii), [(a)](xi), [(a)](xii),
             165      [(a)](xiii), (1)(b), and (1)(c); and
             166          (iii) those offenses referred to in Subsection (2) when the original denial, suspension,
             167      revocation, or disqualification was imposed because of a violation of Section 41-6a-502 ,
             168      41-6a-517 , a local ordinance which complies with the requirements of Subsection
             169      41-6a-510 (1), Section 41-6a-520 , or Section 76-5-207 , or a criminal prohibition that the person
             170      was charged with violating as a result of a plea bargain after having been originally charged
             171      with violating one or more of these sections or ordinances, unless:
             172          (A) the person has had the period of the first denial, suspension, revocation, or
             173      disqualification extended for a period of at least three years;
             174          (B) the division receives written verification from the person's primary care physician
             175      that:
             176          (I) to the physician's knowledge the person has not used any narcotic drug or other
             177      controlled substance except as prescribed by a licensed medical practitioner within the last
             178      three years; and
             179          (II) the physician is not aware of any physical, emotional, or mental impairment that
             180      would affect the person's ability to operate a motor vehicle safely; and


             181          (C) for a period of one year prior to the date of the request for a limited driving
             182      privilege:
             183          (I) the person has not been convicted of a violation of any motor vehicle law in which
             184      the person was involved as the operator of the vehicle;
             185          (II) the division has not received a report of an arrest for a violation of any motor
             186      vehicle law in which the person was involved as the operator of the vehicle; and
             187          (III) the division has not received a report of an accident in which the person was
             188      involved as an operator of a vehicle.
             189          (b) (i) Except as provided in Subsection (4)(b)(ii), the discretionary privilege
             190      authorized in this Subsection (4):
             191          (A) is limited to when undue hardship would result from a failure to grant the
             192      privilege; and
             193          (B) may be granted only once to any person during any single period of denial,
             194      suspension, revocation, or disqualification, or extension of that denial, suspension, revocation,
             195      or disqualification.
             196          (ii) The discretionary privilege authorized in Subsection (4)(a)(iii):
             197          (A) is limited to when the limited privilege is necessary for the person to commute to
             198      school or work; and
             199          (B) may be granted only once to any person during any single period of denial,
             200      suspension, revocation, or disqualification, or extension of that denial, suspension, revocation,
             201      or disqualification.
             202          (c) A limited CDL may not be granted to a person disqualified under Part 4, Uniform
             203      Commercial Driver License Act, or whose license has been revoked, suspended, cancelled, or
             204      denied under this chapter.
             205          Section 2. Section 76-5-303 is repealed and reenacted to read:
             206          76-5-303. Custodial interference.
             207          (1) As used in this section:
             208          (a) "Child" means a person under the age of 18.
             209          (b) "Custody" means court-ordered physical custody, entered by a court of competent
             210      jurisdiction.
             211          (c) "Visitation" means court-ordered parent-time or visitation, entered by a court of


             212      competent jurisdiction.
             213          (2) (a) A person who is entitled to custody of a child is guilty of custodial interference
             214      if, during a period of time when another person is entitled to visitation of the child, the person
             215      takes, entices, conceals, detains, or withholds the child from the person entitled to visitation of
             216      the child, with the intent to interfere with the visitation of the child.
             217          (b) A person who is entitled to visitation of a child is guilty of custodial interference if,
             218      during a period of time when the person is not entitled to visitation of the child, the person
             219      takes, entices, conceals, detains, or withholds the child from a person who is entitled to custody
             220      of the child, with the intent to interfere with the custody of the child.
             221          (3) Except as provided in Subsection (4) or (5), custodial interference is a class B
             222      misdemeanor.
             223          (4) Except as provided in Subsection (5), the actor described in Subsection (2) is guilty
             224      of a class A misdemeanor if the actor:
             225          (a) commits custodial interference; and
             226          (b) has been convicted of custodial interference at least twice in the two-year period
             227      immediately preceding the day on which the commission of custodial interference described in
             228      Subsection (4)(a) occurs.
             229          (5) Custodial interference is a felony of the third degree if, during the course of the
             230      custodial interference, the actor described in Subsection (2) removes, causes the removal, or
             231      directs the removal of the child from the state.
             232          (6) In addition to the affirmative defenses described in Section 76-5-305 , it is an
             233      affirmative defense to the crime of custodial interference that:
             234          (a) the action is consented to by the person whose custody or visitation of the child was
             235      interfered with; or
             236          (b) (i) the action is based on a reasonable belief that the action is necessary to protect a
             237      child from abuse, including sexual abuse; and
             238          (ii) before engaging in the action, the person reports the person's intention to engage in
             239      the action, and the basis for the belief described in Subsection (6)(b)(i), to the Division of
             240      Child and Family Services or law enforcement.
             241          (7) In addition to the other penalties described in this section, a person who is
             242      convicted of custodial interference is subject to the driver license suspension provisions of


             243      Subsection 53-3-220 (1)(a)(xviii).
             244          Section 3. Section 76-5-303.5 is enacted to read:
             245          76-5-303.5. Notification of conviction of custodial interference.
             246          (1) As used in this section:
             247          (a) "Convicted" means that a person has received a conviction.
             248          (b) "Conviction" is as defined in Section 53-3-102 .
             249          (2) If a person is convicted of custodial interference under Section 76-5-303 , the court
             250      shall notify the Driver License Division, created in Section 53-3-103 , of the conviction, and
             251      whether the conviction is for:
             252          (a) a class B misdemeanor, under Subsection 76-5-303 (3);
             253          (b) a class A misdemeanor, under Subsection 76-5-303 (4); or
             254          (c) a felony, under Subsection 76-5-303 (5).


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