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H.B. 200
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7 LONG TITLE
8 General Description:
9 This bill modifies parts of the Utah Code to make technical corrections, including
10 eliminating references to repealed provisions, making minor wording changes, updating
11 cross references, and correcting numbering.
12 Highlighted Provisions:
13 This bill:
14 . modifies parts of the Utah Code to make technical corrections, including
15 eliminating references to repealed provisions, making minor wording changes,
16 updating cross references, correcting numbering, and fixing errors that were created
17 from the previous year's session.
18 Money Appropriated in this Bill:
19 None
20 Other Special Clauses:
21 None
22 Utah Code Sections Affected:
23 AMENDS:
24 11-36a-306, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2011, Chapter 47
25 11-49-202, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2012, Chapter 202
26 11-49-407, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2012, Chapter 202
27 13-49-204, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2012, Chapter 375
28 17-16-21, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2009, Chapter 123
29 17B-2a-608, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapter 159
30 19-6-902, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2008, Chapter 38
31 25-6-14, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2004, Chapter 89
32 26-3-7, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2012, Chapter 391
33 26-18-2.6 (Superseded 05/01/13), as last amended by Laws of Utah 2012, Chapter 161
34 26-18-2.6 (Effective 05/01/13), as last amended by Laws of Utah 2012, Chapters 161
35 and 347
36 26-18-402, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2012, Chapter 402
37 26-36a-206, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapter 179
38 34A-5-106, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2012, Chapter 101
39 35A-8-414, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 2012, Chapter 212
40 38-1a-201, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 2012, Chapter 278
41 51-7-15, as last amended by Laws of Utah 1992, Chapter 285
42 51-7-18.2, as last amended by Laws of Utah 1992, Chapter 285
43 53-3-207, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2012, Chapter 144
44 53-5a-102, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 2008, Chapter 382
45 53A-1a-506, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2012, Chapter 66
46 53A-3-425, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2012, Chapter 425
47 53A-25b-201, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2012, Chapter 291
48 54-17-801, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2012, Chapter 182
49 57-1-24.3, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2012, Chapter 164
50 57-14-2, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2012, Chapter 45
51 58-3a-502, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2008, Chapter 382
52 58-9-102, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2008, Chapter 353
53 58-13-5, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2008, Chapters 3 and 382
54 58-17b-103, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2004, Chapter 280
55 58-17b-309, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2012, Chapters 234 and 344
56 58-22-102, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2011, Chapter 14
57 58-22-201, as last amended by Laws of Utah 1996, Chapter 259
58 58-22-503, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2008, Chapter 382
59 58-26a-102, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2008, Chapters 265 and 382
60 58-28-307, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2009, Chapter 220
61 58-37-10, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 153
62 58-37c-3, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2008, Chapter 382
63 58-37c-17, as enacted by Laws of Utah 1992, Chapter 155
64 58-37d-2, as enacted by Laws of Utah 1992, Chapter 156
65 58-47b-301, as last amended by Laws of Utah 1998, Chapter 159
66 59-2-1109, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2011, Chapter 366
67 63A-12-111, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2012, Chapter 377
68 63G-6-202 (Superseded 05/01/13), as last amended by Laws of Utah 2012, Chapter 91
69 and last amended by Coordination Clause, Laws of Utah 2012, Chapter 347
70 63G-6a-203 (Effective 05/01/13), as last amended by Laws of Utah 2012, Chapter 91
71 and renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 2012, Chapter 347 and last amended
72 by Coordination Clause, Laws of Utah 2012, Chapter 347
73 63G-7-701, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 2008, Chapter 382
74 63I-1-209, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2012, Chapters 9 and 212
75 63I-1-235, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2012, Chapter 212
76 63I-1-258, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2012, Chapters 82, 234, and 349
77 67-1a-2, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2012, Chapter 35
78 67-19-13.5, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2012, Chapter 266
79 76-1-403, as last amended by Laws of Utah 1974, Chapter 32
80 76-1-501, as enacted by Laws of Utah 1973, Chapter 196
81 76-3-202, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2008, Chapter 355
82 76-3-203.5, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2011, Chapters 320 and 366
83 76-4-203, as last amended by Laws of Utah 1993, Chapter 230
84 76-4-401, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2008, Chapter 342
85 76-5-307, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2008, Chapter 343
86 76-6-107, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2012, Chapter 300
87 76-6-412, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2012, Chapter 257
88 76-6-1102, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2009, Chapter 164
89 76-7-305.5, as repealed and reenacted by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapter 314
90 76-8-109, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapter 12
91 76-9-702, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2012, Chapter 303
92 76-9-702.1, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2012, Chapter 303
93 76-9-702.5, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2011, Chapter 320
94 76-9-1008, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2011, Chapter 21
95 76-10-104.1, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2012, Chapter 154
96 76-10-501, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2012, Chapter 114
97 76-10-526, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2012, Chapter 270
98 76-10-919, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapter 154
99 76-10-1201, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2008, Chapter 297
100 77-38-302, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2012, Chapter 260
101 77-38-303, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2012, Chapter 260
102 77-41-103, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2012, Chapter 145
103 78A-6-1302, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2012, Chapter 316
104 78B-2-313, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2012, Chapter 79
105 78B-6-121, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2012, Chapter 340
106 REPEALS:
107 53A-8-101, as enacted by Laws of Utah 1988, Chapter 2
108 58-40-5, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2008, Chapter 382
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110 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
111 Section 1. Section 11-36a-306 is amended to read:
112 11-36a-306. Certification of impact fee analysis.
113 (1) An impact fee facilities plan shall include a written certification from the person or
114 entity that prepares the impact fee facilities plan that states the following:
115 "I certify that the attached impact fee facilities plan:
116 1. includes only the costs of public facilities that are:
117 a. allowed under the Impact Fees Act; and
118 b. actually incurred; or
119 c. projected to be incurred or encumbered within six years after the day on which each
120 impact fee is paid;
121 2. does not include:
122 a. costs of operation and maintenance of public facilities;
123 b. costs for qualifying public facilities that will raise the level of service for the
124 facilities, through impact fees, above the level of service that is supported by existing residents;
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126 c. an expense for overhead, unless the expense is calculated pursuant to a methodology
127 that is consistent with generally accepted cost accounting practices and the methodological
128 standards set forth by the federal Office of Management and Budget for federal grant
129 reimbursement; and
130 3. complies in each and every relevant respect with the Impact Fees Act."
131 (2) An impact fee analysis shall include a written certification from the person or entity
132 that prepares the impact fee analysis which states as follows:
133 "I certify that the attached impact fee analysis:
134 1. includes only the costs of public facilities that are:
135 a. allowed under the Impact Fees Act; and
136 b. actually incurred; or
137 c. projected to be incurred or encumbered within six years after the day on which each
138 impact fee is paid;
139 2. does not include:
140 a. costs of operation and maintenance of public facilities;
141 b. costs for qualifying public facilities that will raise the level of service for the
142 facilities, through impact fees, above the level of service that is supported by existing residents;
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144 c. an expense for overhead, unless the expense is calculated pursuant to a methodology
145 that is consistent with generally accepted cost accounting practices and the methodological
146 standards set forth by the federal Office of Management and Budget for federal grant
147 reimbursement;
148 3. offsets costs with grants or other alternate sources of payment; and
149 4. complies in each and every relevant respect with the Impact Fees Act."
150 Section 2. Section 11-49-202 is amended to read:
151 11-49-202. Meetings -- Staff.
152 (1) The commission shall meet for the purpose of reviewing an ethics complaint when:
153 (a) except otherwise expressly provided in this chapter, called to meet at the discretion
154 of the chair; or
155 (b) a majority of members agree to meet.
156 (2) A majority of the commission is a quorum.
157 (3) (a) The commission shall prepare, on an annual basis, a summary data report that
158 contains:
159 (i) a general description of the activities of the commission during the past year;
160 (ii) the number of ethics complaints filed with the commission;
161 (iii) the number of ethics complaints dismissed in accordance with Section 11-49-602 ;
162 (iv) the number of ethics complaints reviewed by the commission in accordance with
163 Section 11-49-701 ;
164 (v) an executive summary of each complaint review in accordance with Section
165 11-49-701 ; and
166 (vi) an accounting of the commission's budget and expenditures.
167 (b) The summary data report shall be submitted to the [
168 Political Subdivisions Interim Committee on an annual basis.
169 (c) The summary data report shall be a public record.
170 (4) (a) The Senate and the House of Representatives shall employ staff for the
171 commission at a level that is reasonable to assist the commission in performing its duties as
172 established in this chapter.
173 (b) The Legislative Management Committee shall:
174 (i) authorize each staff position for the commission; and
175 (ii) approve the employment of each staff member for the commission.
176 (c) Staff for the commission shall work only for the commission and may not perform
177 services for the Senate, House of Representatives, other legislative offices, or a political
178 subdivision.
179 (5) A meeting held by the commission is subject to Title 52, Chapter 4, Open and
180 Public Meetings Act, unless otherwise provided.
181 Section 3. Section 11-49-407 is amended to read:
182 11-49-407. Communications of commission members.
183 (1) As used in this section, "third party" means a person who is not a member of the
184 commission or staff to the commission.
185 (2) While a complaint is under review by the commission, a member of the
186 commission may not initiate or consider any communications concerning the complaint with a
187 third party unless:
188 (a) the communication is expressly permitted under the procedures established by this
189 chapter; or
190 (b) the communication is made by the third party, in writing, simultaneously to:
191 (i) all members of the commission; and
192 (ii) a staff member of the commission.
193 (3) While the commission is reviewing a complaint under this chapter, a commission
194 member may communicate outside of [
195 deliberation with another member of, or staff to, the commission, only if the member's
196 communication does not materially compromise the member's responsibility to independently
197 review and make decisions in relation to the complaint.
198 Section 4. Section 13-49-204 is amended to read:
199 13-49-204. Bonds -- Exemption -- Statements dependant on posting bond.
200 (1) Except as provided in Subsection (5), an immigration consultant shall post a cash
201 bond or surety bond:
202 (a) in the amount $50,000; and
203 (b) payable to the division for the benefit of any person damaged by a fraud,
204 misstatement, misrepresentation, unlawful act, omission, or failure to provide services of an
205 immigration consultant, or an agent, representative, or employee of an immigration consultant.
206 (2) A bond required under this section shall be:
207 (a) in a form approved by the attorney general; and
208 (b) conditioned upon the faithful compliance of an immigration consultant with this
209 chapter and division rules.
210 (3) (a) If a surety bond posted by an immigration consultant under this section is
211 canceled due to the person's negligence, the division may assess a $300 reinstatement fee.
212 (b) No part of a bond posted by an immigration consultant under this section may be
213 withdrawn:
214 (i) during the period the registration under this chapter is in effect; or
215 (ii) while a revocation proceeding is pending against the person.
216 (4) (a) A bond posted under this section by an immigration consultant may be forfeited
217 if the person's registration under this chapter is revoked.
218 (b) Notwithstanding Subsection (4)(a), the division may make a claim against a bond
219 posted by an immigration consultant for money owed the division under this [
220 without the commission first revoking the immigration consultant's registration.
221 (5) The requirements of this section do not apply to an employee of a nonprofit,
222 tax-exempt corporation who assists clients to complete an application document in an
223 immigration matter, free of charge or for a fee, including reasonable costs, consistent with that
224 authorized by the Board of Immigration Appeals under 8 C.F.R. Sec. 292.2.
225 (6) A person may not disseminate by any means a statement indicating that the person
226 is an immigration consultant, engages in the business of an immigration consultant, or proposes
227 to engage in the business of an immigration consultant, unless the person has posted a bond
228 under this section that is maintained throughout the period covered by the statement, such as a
229 listing in a telephone book.
230 (7) An immigration consultant may not make or authorize the making of an oral or
231 written reference to the immigration consultant's compliance with the bonding requirements of
232 this section except as provided in this chapter.
233 Section 5. Section 17-16-21 is amended to read:
234 17-16-21. Fees of county officers.
235 (1) As used in this section, "county officer" means all of the county officers
236 enumerated in Section 17-53-101 except county recorders, county constables, and county
237 sheriffs.
238 (2) (a) Each county officer shall collect, in advance, for exclusive county use and
239 benefit:
240 (i) all fees established by the county legislative body under Section 17-53-211 ; and
241 (ii) any other fees authorized or required by law.
242 (b) As long as the Children's Legal Defense Account is authorized by Section
243 51-9-408 , the county clerk shall:
244 (i) assess $10 in addition to whatever fee for a marriage license is established under
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247 (ii) transmit $10 from each marriage license fee to the Division of Finance for deposit
248 in the Children's Legal Defense Account.
249 (c) (i) As long as the Division of Child and Family Services, created in Section
250 62A-4a-103 , has the responsibility under Section 62A-4a-105 to provide services, including
251 temporary shelter, for victims of domestic violence, the county clerk shall:
252 (A) collect $10 in addition to whatever fee for a marriage license is established under
253 authority of this section, in addition to the amount described in Subsection (2)(b), if an
254 applicant chooses, as provided in Subsection (2)(c)(ii), to pay the additional $10; and
255 (B) to the extent actually paid, transmit $10 from each marriage license fee to the
256 Division of Finance for distribution to the Division of Child and Family Services for the
257 operation of shelters for victims of domestic violence.
258 (ii) (A) The county clerk shall provide a method for an applicant for a marriage license
259 to choose to pay the additional $10 referred to in Subsection (2)(c)(i).
260 (B) An applicant for a marriage license may choose not to pay the additional $10
261 referred to in Subsection (2)(c)(i) without affecting the applicant's ability to be issued a
262 marriage license.
263 (3) This section does not apply to any fees currently being assessed by the state but
264 collected by county officers.
265 Section 6. Section 17B-2a-608 is amended to read:
266 17B-2a-608. Limit on property tax authority -- Exceptions.
267 (1) As used in this section, "elected official" means a metropolitan water district board
268 of trustee member who is elected to the board of trustees by metropolitan water district voters
269 at an election held for that purpose.
270 (2) The board of trustees of a metropolitan water district may not collect property tax
271 revenue in a tax year beginning on or after January 1, 2015, that would exceed the certified tax
272 rate under Section 59-2-924 unless:
273 (a) the members of the board of trustees are all elected officials; or
274 (b) the proposed tax levy has previously been approved by:
275 (i) a majority of the metropolitan water district voters at an election held for that
276 purpose; or
277 (ii) the legislative body of each municipality that appoints a member to the board of
278 trustees under Section [
279 Section 7. Section 19-6-902 is amended to read:
280 19-6-902. Definitions.
281 As used in this part:
282 (1) "Board" means the Solid and Hazardous Waste Control Board, as defined in
283 Section 19-1-106 , within the Department of Environmental Quality.
284 (2) "Certified decontamination specialist" means an individual who has met the
285 standards for certification as a decontamination specialist and has been certified by the board
286 under Subsection 19-6-906 (2).
287 (3) "Contaminated" or "contamination" means:
288 (a) polluted by hazardous materials that cause property to be unfit for human habitation
289 or use due to immediate or long-term health hazards; or
290 (b) that a property is polluted by hazardous materials as a result of the use, production,
291 or presence of methamphetamine in excess of decontamination standards adopted by the
292 Department of Health under Section 26-51-201 .
293 (4) "Contamination list" means a list maintained by the local health department of
294 properties:
295 (a) reported to the local health department under Section 19-6-903 ; and
296 (b) determined by the local health department to be contaminated.
297 (5) (a) "Decontaminated" means property that at one time was contaminated, but the
298 contaminants have been removed.
299 (b) "Decontaminated" for a property that was contaminated by the use, production, or
300 presence of methamphetamine means that the property satisfies decontamination standards
301 adopted by the Department of Health under Section 26-51-201 .
302 (6) "Hazardous materials":
303 (a) has the same meaning as "hazardous or dangerous [
304 in Section 58-37d-3 ; and
305 (b) includes any illegally manufactured controlled substances.
306 (7) "Health department" means a local health department under Title 26A, Local
307 Health Authorities.
308 (8) "Owner of record":
309 (a) means the owner of real property as shown on the records of the county recorder in
310 the county where the property is located; and
311 (b) may include an individual, financial institution, company, corporation, or other
312 entity.
313 (9) "Property":
314 (a) means any real property, site, structure, part of a structure, or the grounds
315 surrounding a structure; and
316 (b) includes single-family residences, outbuildings, garages, units of multiplexes,
317 condominiums, apartment buildings, warehouses, hotels, motels, boats, motor vehicles, trailers,
318 manufactured housing, shops, or booths.
319 (10) "Reported property" means property that is the subject of a law enforcement report
320 under Section 19-6-903 .
321 Section 8. Section 25-6-14 is amended to read:
322 25-6-14. Restricting transfers of trust interests.
323 (1) (a) For trusts created on or after December 31, 2003, a settlor who in writing
324 irrevocably transfers property in trust to a trust having as trustee a company defined in
325 Subsection 7-5-1 (1)(d) who holds some or all of the trust assets in this state in a savings
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327 brokerage account, a trust company fiduciary account, or account or deposit located in this state
328 that is similar to such an account may provide that the income or principal interest of the settlor
329 as beneficiary of the trust may not be either voluntarily or involuntarily transferred before
330 payment or delivery to the settlor as beneficiary by the trustee. The provision shall be
331 considered to be a restriction on the transfer of the settlor's beneficial interest in the trust that is
332 enforceable under applicable nonbankruptcy law within the meaning of Section 541(c)(2) of
333 the Bankruptcy Code or successor provision.
334 (b) This Subsection (1) applies to:
335 (i) any form of transfer into trust including:
336 (A) conveyance; or
337 (B) assignment; and
338 (ii) transfers of:
339 (A) personal property;
340 (B) interests in personal property;
341 (C) real property; or
342 (D) interests in real property.
343 (2) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (2)(c), if a trust has a restriction as provided in
344 Subsection (1)(a), a creditor or other claimant of the settlor may not satisfy a claim, or liability
345 on it, in either law or equity, out of the settlor's transfer or settlor's beneficial interest in the
346 trust.
347 (b) For the purposes of Subsection (2)(a), a creditor includes one holding or seeking to
348 enforce a judgment entered by a court or other body having adjudicative authority as well as
349 one with a right to payment, whether or not reduced to judgment, liquidated, unliquidated,
350 fixed, contingent, matured, unmatured, disputed, undisputed, legal, equitable, secured, or
351 unsecured.
352 (c) A restriction provided under Subsection (1) does not prevent a creditor or person
353 described in Subsection (2)(a) from satisfying a claim or liability out of the settlor's beneficial
354 interest in or transfer into trust if:
355 (i) the claim is a judgment, order, decree, or other legally enforceable decision or ruling
356 resulting from a judicial, arbitration, mediation, or administrative proceeding commenced prior
357 to or within three years after the trust is created;
358 (ii) the settlor's transfer into trust is made with actual intent to hinder, delay, or defraud
359 that creditor;
360 (iii) the trust provides that the settlor may revoke or terminate all or part of the trust
361 without the consent of a person who has a substantial beneficial interest in the trust and the
362 interest would be adversely affected by the exercise of the settlor's power to revoke or
363 terminate all or part of the trust;
364 (iv) the trust requires that all or a part of the trust's income or principal, or both must be
365 distributed to the settlor as beneficiary;
366 (v) the claim is for a payment owed by a settlor under a child support judgment or
367 order;
368 (vi) the transfer is made when the settlor is insolvent or the transfer renders the settlor
369 insolvent;
370 (vii) the claim is for recovery of public assistance received by the settlor allowed under
371 Title 26, Chapter 19, Medical Benefits Recovery Act;
372 (viii) the claim is a tax or other amount owed by the settlor to any governmental entity;
373 (ix) the claim is by a spouse or former spouse of the settlor on account of an agreement
374 or order for the payment of support or alimony or for a division or distribution of property;
375 (x) (A) the settlor transferred assets into the trust that:
376 (I) were listed in a written representation of the settlor's assets given to a claimant to
377 induce the claimant to enter into a transaction or agreement with the settlor; or
378 (II) were transferred from the settlor's control in breach of any written agreement,
379 covenant, or security interest between the settlor and the claimant; or
380 (B) without limiting the claimant's right to pursue assets not held by the trust, a
381 claimant described in Subsection (2)(c)(x)(A) may only foreclose or execute upon an asset in
382 the trust listed in the written representation described in Subsection (2)(c)(x)(A)(I) or
383 transferred in breach of a written agreement, covenant, or security interest as provided in
384 Subsection (2)(c)(x)(A)(II) to the extent of the settlor's interest in that asset when it was
385 transferred to the trust or the equivalent value of that asset at the time of foreclosure or
386 execution if the original asset was sold or traded by the trust; or
387 (xi) the claim is a judgment, award, order, sentence, fine, penalty, or other
388 determination of liability of the settlor for conduct of the settlor constituting fraud, intentional
389 infliction of harm, or a crime.
390 (d) The statute of limitations for actions to satisfy a claim or liability out of the settlor's
391 beneficial interest in or transfer into trust under Subsections (2)(c)(ii), (v), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x),
392 and (xi) is the statute of limitations applicable to the underlying action.
393 (e) For the purposes of Subsection (2)(c) "revoke or terminate" does not include:
394 (i) a power to veto a distribution from the trust;
395 (ii) a testamentary special power of appointment or similar power;
396 (iii) the right to receive a distribution of income, principal, or both in the discretion of
397 another, including a trustee other than the settlor, an interest in a charitable remainder unitrust
398 or charitable remainder annuity trust as defined in Internal Revenue Code Section 664 or
399 successor provision, or a right to receive principal subject to an ascertainable standard set forth
400 in the trust; or
401 (iv) the power to appoint nonsubordinate advisers or trust protectors who can remove
402 and appoint trustees, who can direct, consent to or disapprove distributions, or is the power to
403 serve as an investment director or appoint an investment director under Section 75-7-906 .
404 (3) The satisfaction of a claim under Subsection (2)(c) is limited to that part of the trust
405 or transfer to which it applies.
406 (4) (a) If a trust has a restriction as provided under Subsection (1), the restriction
407 prevents anyone, including a person listed in Subsection (2)(a), from asserting any cause of
408 action or claim for relief against a trustee or anyone involved in the counseling, drafting,
409 preparation, execution, or funding of the trust for:
410 (i) conspiracy to commit a fraudulent conveyance;
411 (ii) aiding and abetting a fraudulent conveyance; or
412 (iii) participating in the trust transaction.
413 (b) A person prevented from asserting a cause of action or claim for relief under this
414 Subsection (4) may assert a cause of action only against:
415 (i) the trust assets; or
416 (ii) the settlor or beneficiary to the extent allowed under Subsection 25-6-5 (1)(a).
417 (5) In any action brought under Subsection (2)(c), the burden to prove the matter by
418 clear and convincing evidence shall be upon the creditor.
419 (6) For purposes of this section, the transfer shall be considered to have been made on
420 the date the property was originally transferred in trust.
421 (7) The courts of this state shall have exclusive jurisdiction over any action brought
422 under this section.
423 (8) If a trust or a property transfer to a trust is voided or set aside under Subsection
424 (2)(c), the trust or property transfer shall be voided or set aside only to the extent necessary to
425 satisfy:
426 (a) the settlor's debt to the creditor or other person at whose instance the trust or
427 property transfer is voided or set aside; and
428 (b) the costs and attorney fees allowed by the court.
429 (9) If a trust or a property transfer to a trust is voided or set aside under Subsection
430 (2)(c) and the court is satisfied that the trustee did not act in bad faith in accepting or
431 administering the property that is the subject of the trust:
432 (a) the trustee has a first and paramount lien against the property that is the subject of
433 the trust in an amount equal to the entire cost properly incurred by the trustee in a defense of
434 the action or proceedings to void or set aside the trust or the property transfer, including
435 attorney fees;
436 (b) the trust or property transfer that is voided or set aside is subject to the proper fees,
437 costs, preexisting rights, claims, and interest of the trustee and any predecessor trustee if the
438 trustee and predecessor trustee did not act in bad faith; and
439 (c) any beneficiary, including the settlor, may retain a distribution made by exercising a
440 trust power or discretion vested in the trustee of the trust, if the power or discretion was
441 properly exercised before the commencement of the action or proceeding to void or set aside
442 the trust or property transfer.
443 (10) If at least one trustee is a trust company as defined in Subsection 7-5-1 (1)(d), then
444 individuals may also serve as cotrustees.
445 Section 9. Section 26-3-7 is amended to read:
446 26-3-7. Disclosure of health data -- Limitations.
447 The department may not disclose any identifiable health data unless:
448 (1) one of the following persons has consented to the disclosure:
449 (a) the individual;
450 (b) the next-of-kin if the individual is deceased;
451 (c) the parent or legal guardian if the individual is a minor or mentally incompetent; or
452 (d) a person holding a power of attorney covering such matters on behalf of the
453 individual;
454 (2) the disclosure is to a governmental entity in this or another state or the federal
455 government, provided that:
456 (a) the data will be used for a purpose for which they were collected by the department;
457 and
458 (b) the recipient enters into a written agreement satisfactory to the department agreeing
459 to protect such data in accordance with the requirements of this chapter and department rule
460 and not permit further disclosure without prior approval of the department;
461 (3) the disclosure is to an individual or organization, for a specified period, solely for
462 bona fide research and statistical purposes, determined in accordance with department rules,
463 and the department determines that the data are required for the research and statistical
464 purposes proposed and the requesting individual or organization enters into a written
465 agreement satisfactory to the department to protect the data in accordance with this chapter and
466 department rule and not permit further disclosure without prior approval of the department;
467 (4) the disclosure is to a governmental entity for the purpose of conducting an audit,
468 evaluation, or investigation of the department and such governmental entity agrees not to use
469 those data for making any determination affecting the rights, benefits, or entitlements of any
470 individual to whom the health data relates;
471 (5) the disclosure is of specific medical or epidemiological information to authorized
472 personnel within the department, local health departments, public health authorities, official
473 health agencies in other states, the United States Public Health Service, the Centers for Disease
474 Control and Prevention (CDC), or agencies responsible to enforce quarantine, when necessary
475 to continue patient services or to undertake public health efforts to control communicable,
476 infectious, acute, chronic, or any other disease or health hazard that the department considers to
477 be dangerous or important or that may affect the public health;
478 (6) (a) the disclosure is of specific medical or epidemiological information to a "health
479 care provider" as defined in Section 78B-3-403 , health care personnel, or public health
480 personnel who has a legitimate need to have access to the information in order to assist the
481 patient or to protect the health of others closely associated with the patient[
482 (b) this Subsection (6) does not create a duty to warn third parties;
483 (7) the disclosure is necessary to obtain payment from an insurer or other third-party
484 payor in order for the department to obtain payment or to coordinate benefits for a patient; or
485 (8) the disclosure is to the subject of the identifiable health data.
486 Section 10. Section 26-18-2.6 (Superseded 05/01/13) is amended to read:
487 26-18-2.6 (Superseded 05/01/13). Dental benefits.
488 (1) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (8), the division shall establish a competitive
489 bid process to bid out Medicaid dental benefits under this chapter.
490 (b) The division may bid out the Medicaid dental benefits separately from other
491 program benefits.
492 (2) The division shall use the following criteria to evaluate dental bids:
493 (a) ability to manage dental expenses;
494 (b) proven ability to handle dental insurance;
495 (c) efficiency of claim paying procedures;
496 (d) provider contracting, discounts, and adequacy of network; and
497 (e) other criteria established by the department.
498 (3) The division shall request bids for the program's benefits:
499 (a) in 2011; and
500 (b) at least once every five years thereafter.
501 (4) The division's contract with dental plans for the program's benefits shall include
502 risk sharing provisions in which the dental plan must accept 100% of the risk for any difference
503 between the division's premium payments per client and actual dental expenditures.
504 (5) The division may not award contracts to:
505 (a) more than three responsive bidders under this section; or
506 (b) an insurer that does not have a current license in the state.
507 (6) (a) The division may cancel the request for proposals if:
508 (i) there are no responsive bidders; or
509 (ii) the division determines that accepting the bids would increase the program's costs.
510 (b) If the division cancels the request for proposals under Subsection (6)(a), the
511 division shall report to the Health and Human Services Interim Committee regarding the
512 reasons for the decision.
513 (7) Title 63G, Chapter 6, Utah Procurement Code, shall apply to this section.
514 (8) (a) The division may:
515 (i) establish a dental health care delivery system and payment reform pilot program for
516 Medicaid dental benefits to increase access to cost effective and quality dental health care by
517 increasing the number of dentists available for Medicaid dental services; and
518 (ii) target specific Medicaid populations or geographic areas in the state.
519 (b) The pilot program shall establish compensation models for dentists and dental
520 hygienists that:
521 (i) increase access to quality, cost effective dental care; and
522 (ii) use funds from the Division of Family Health and Preparedness that are available to
523 reimburse dentists for educational loans in exchange for the dentist agreeing to serve Medicaid
524 and under-served populations.
525 (c) The division may amend the state plan and apply to the Secretary of Health and
526 Human Services for waivers or pilot programs if necessary to establish the new dental care
527 delivery and payment reform model. The division shall evaluate the pilot program's effect on
528 the cost of dental care and access to dental care for the targeted Medicaid populations. The
529 division shall report to the Legislature's Health and Human Services Interim Committee by
530 November 30th of each year that the pilot project is in effect.
531 Section 11. Section 26-18-2.6 (Effective 05/01/13) is amended to read:
532 26-18-2.6 (Effective 05/01/13). Dental benefits.
533 (1) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (8), the division shall establish a competitive
534 bid process to bid out Medicaid dental benefits under this chapter.
535 (b) The division may bid out the Medicaid dental benefits separately from other
536 program benefits.
537 (2) The division shall use the following criteria to evaluate dental bids:
538 (a) ability to manage dental expenses;
539 (b) proven ability to handle dental insurance;
540 (c) efficiency of claim paying procedures;
541 (d) provider contracting, discounts, and adequacy of network; and
542 (e) other criteria established by the department.
543 (3) The division shall request bids for the program's benefits:
544 (a) in 2011; and
545 (b) at least once every five years thereafter.
546 (4) The division's contract with dental plans for the program's benefits shall include
547 risk sharing provisions in which the dental plan must accept 100% of the risk for any difference
548 between the division's premium payments per client and actual dental expenditures.
549 (5) The division may not award contracts to:
550 (a) more than three responsive bidders under this section; or
551 (b) an insurer that does not have a current license in the state.
552 (6) (a) The division may cancel the request for proposals if:
553 (i) there are no responsive bidders; or
554 (ii) the division determines that accepting the bids would increase the program's costs.
555 (b) If the division cancels the request for proposals under Subsection (6)(a), the
556 division shall report to the Health and Human Services Interim Committee regarding the
557 reasons for the decision.
558 (7) Title 63G, Chapter 6a, Utah Procurement Code, shall apply to this section.
559 (8) (a) The division may:
560 (i) establish a dental health care delivery system and payment reform pilot program for
561 Medicaid dental benefits to increase access to cost effective and quality dental health care by
562 increasing the number of dentists available for Medicaid dental services; and
563 (ii) target specific Medicaid populations or geographic areas in the state.
564 (b) The pilot program shall establish compensation models for dentists and dental
565 hygienists that:
566 (i) increase access to quality, cost effective dental care; and
567 (ii) use funds from the Division of Family Health and Preparedness that are available to
568 reimburse dentists for educational loans in exchange for the dentist agreeing to serve Medicaid
569 and under-served populations.
570 (c) The division may amend the state plan and apply to the Secretary of Health and
571 Human Services for waivers or pilot programs if necessary to establish the new dental care
572 delivery and payment reform model. The division shall evaluate the pilot program's effect on
573 the cost of dental care and access to dental care for the targeted Medicaid populations. The
574 division shall report to the Legislature's Health and Human Services Interim Committee by
575 November 30th of each year that the pilot project is in effect.
576 Section 12. Section 26-18-402 is amended to read:
577 26-18-402. Medicaid Restricted Account.
578 (1) There is created a restricted account in the General Fund known as the Medicaid
579 Restricted Account.
580 (2) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (3), the following shall be deposited into the
581 Medicaid Restricted Account:
582 (i) any general funds appropriated to the department for the state plan for medical
583 assistance or for the Division of Health Care Financing that are not expended by the
584 department in the fiscal year for which the general funds were appropriated and which are not
585 otherwise designated as nonlapsing shall lapse into the Medicaid Restricted Account;
586 (ii) any unused state funds that are associated with the Medicaid program, as defined in
587 Section 26-18-2 , from the Department of Workforce Services and the Department of Human
588 Services; and
589 (iii) any penalties imposed and collected under:
590 (A) Section 17B-2a-818.5 ;
591 (B) Section 19-1-206 ;
592 [
593 [
594 [
595 [
596 (b) The account shall earn interest and all interest earned shall be deposited into the
597 account.
598 (c) The Legislature may appropriate money in the restricted account to fund programs
599 that expand medical assistance coverage and private health insurance plans to low income
600 persons who have not traditionally been served by Medicaid, including the Utah Children's
601 Health Insurance Program created in Chapter 40.
602 (3) For fiscal years 2008-09, 2009-10, 2010-11, 2011-12, and 2012-13 the following
603 funds are nonlapsing:
604 (a) any general funds appropriated to the department for the state plan for medical
605 assistance, or for the Division of Health Care Financing that are not expended by the
606 department in the fiscal year in which the general funds were appropriated; and
607 (b) funds described in Subsection (2)(a)(ii).
608 Section 13. Section 26-36a-206 is amended to read:
609 26-36a-206. Penalties and interest.
610 (1) A facility that fails to pay any assessment or file a return as required under this
611 chapter, within the time required by this chapter, shall pay, in addition to the assessment,
612 penalties and interest established by the department.
613 (2) (a) Consistent with Subsection (2)(b), the department shall adopt rules in
614 accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, which establish
615 reasonable penalties and interest for the violations described in Subsection (1).
616 (b) If a hospital fails to timely pay the full amount of a quarterly assessment, the
617 department shall add to the assessment:
618 (i) a penalty equal to 5% of the quarterly amount not paid on or before the due date;
619 and
620 (ii) on the last day of each quarter after the due date until the assessed amount and the
621 penalty imposed under Subsection (2)(b)(i) are paid in full, an additional 5% penalty on:
622 (A) any unpaid quarterly assessment; and
623 (B) any unpaid penalty assessment.
624 (c) The division may waive, reduce, or compromise the penalties and interest provided
625 for in this section in the same manner as provided in Subsection 59-1-401 [
626 Section 14. Section 34A-5-106 is amended to read:
627 34A-5-106. Discriminatory or prohibited employment practices -- Permitted
628 practices.
629 (1) It is a discriminatory or prohibited employment practice to take any action
630 described in Subsections (1)(a) through (f).
631 (a) (i) An employer may not refuse to hire, promote, discharge, demote, or terminate
632 any person, or to retaliate against, harass, or discriminate in matters of compensation or in
633 terms, privileges, and conditions of employment against any person otherwise qualified,
634 because of:
635 (A) race;
636 (B) color;
637 (C) sex;
638 (D) pregnancy, childbirth, or pregnancy-related conditions;
639 (E) age, if the individual is 40 years of age or older;
640 (F) religion;
641 (G) national origin; or
642 (H) disability.
643 (ii) A person may not be considered "otherwise qualified," unless that person possesses
644 the following required by an employer for any particular job, job classification, or position:
645 (A) education;
646 (B) training;
647 (C) ability, with or without reasonable accommodation;
648 (D) moral character;
649 (E) integrity;
650 (F) disposition to work;
651 (G) adherence to reasonable rules and regulations; and
652 (H) other job related qualifications required by an employer.
653 (iii) (A) As used in this chapter, "to discriminate in matters of compensation" means
654 the payment of differing wages or salaries to employees having substantially equal experience,
655 responsibilities, and skill for the particular job.
656 (B) Notwithstanding Subsection (1)(a)(iii)(A):
657 (I) nothing in this chapter prevents increases in pay as a result of longevity with the
658 employer, if the salary increases are uniformly applied and available to all employees on a
659 substantially proportional basis; and
660 (II) nothing in this section prohibits an employer and employee from agreeing to a rate
661 of pay or work schedule designed to protect the employee from loss of Social Security payment
662 or benefits if the employee is eligible for those payments.
663 (b) An employment agency may not:
664 (i) refuse to list and properly classify for employment, or refuse to refer an individual
665 for employment, in a known available job for which the individual is otherwise qualified,
666 because of:
667 (A) race;
668 (B) color;
669 (C) sex;
670 (D) pregnancy, childbirth, or pregnancy-related conditions;
671 (E) religion;
672 (F) national origin;
673 (G) age, if the individual is 40 years of age or older; or
674 (H) disability; or
675 (ii) comply with a request from an employer for referral of applicants for employment
676 if the request indicates either directly or indirectly that the employer discriminates in
677 employment on account of:
678 (A) race;
679 (B) color;
680 (C) sex;
681 (D) pregnancy, childbirth, or pregnancy-related conditions;
682 (E) religion;
683 (F) national origin;
684 (G) age, if the individual is 40 years of age or older; or
685 (H) disability.
686 (c) A labor organization may not exclude any individual otherwise qualified from full
687 membership rights in the labor organization, expel the individual from membership in the labor
688 organization, or otherwise discriminate against or harass any of the labor organization's
689 members in full employment of work opportunity, or representation, because of:
690 (i) race;
691 (ii) sex;
692 (iii) pregnancy, childbirth, or pregnancy-related conditions;
693 (iv) religion;
694 (v) national origin;
695 (vi) age, if the individual is 40 years of age or older; or
696 (vii) disability.
697 (d) Unless based upon a bona fide occupational qualification, or required by and given
698 to an agency of government for security reasons, an employer, employment agency, or labor
699 organization may not print, or circulate, or cause to be printed or circulated, any statement,
700 advertisement, or publication, use any form of application for employment or membership, or
701 make any inquiry in connection with prospective employment or membership that expresses,
702 either directly or indirectly:
703 (i) any limitation, specification, or discrimination as to:
704 (A) race;
705 (B) color;
706 (C) religion;
707 (D) sex;
708 (E) pregnancy, childbirth, or pregnancy-related conditions;
709 (F) national origin;
710 (G) age, if the individual is 40 years of age or older; or
711 (H) disability; or
712 (ii) the intent to make any limitation, specification, or discrimination described in
713 Subsection (1)(d)(i).
714 (e) A person, whether or not an employer, an employment agency, a labor organization,
715 or the employees or members of an employer, employment agency, or labor organization, may
716 not:
717 (i) aid, incite, compel, or coerce the doing of an act defined in this section to be a
718 discriminatory or prohibited employment practice;
719 (ii) obstruct or prevent any person from complying with this chapter, or any order
720 issued under this chapter; or
721 (iii) attempt, either directly or indirectly, to commit any act prohibited in this section.
722 (f) (i) An employer, labor organization, joint apprenticeship committee, or vocational
723 school, providing, coordinating, or controlling apprenticeship programs, or providing,
724 coordinating, or controlling on-the-job-training programs, instruction, training, or retraining
725 programs may not:
726 (A) deny to, or withhold from, any qualified person, the right to be admitted to, or
727 participate in any apprenticeship training program, on-the-job-training program, or other
728 occupational instruction, training or retraining program because of:
729 (I) race;
730 (II) color;
731 (III) sex;
732 (IV) pregnancy, childbirth, or pregnancy-related conditions;
733 (V) religion;
734 (VI) national origin;
735 (VII) age, if the individual is 40 years of age or older; or
736 (VIII) disability;
737 (B) discriminate against or harass any qualified person in that person's pursuit of
738 programs described in Subsection (1)(f)(i)(A), or to discriminate against such a person in the
739 terms, conditions, or privileges of programs described in Subsection (1)(f)(i)(A), because of:
740 (I) race;
741 (II) color;
742 (III) sex;
743 (IV) pregnancy, childbirth, or pregnancy-related conditions;
744 (V) religion;
745 (VI) national origin;
746 (VII) age, if the individual is 40 years of age or older; or
747 (VIII) disability; or
748 (C) except as provided in Subsection (1)(f)(ii), print, publish, or cause to be printed or
749 published, any notice or advertisement relating to employment by the employer, or membership
750 in or any classification or referral for employment by a labor organization, or relating to any
751 classification or referral for employment by an employment agency, indicating any preference,
752 limitation, specification, or discrimination based on:
753 (I) race;
754 (II) color;
755 (III) sex;
756 (IV) pregnancy, childbirth, or pregnancy-related conditions;
757 (V) religion;
758 (VI) national origin;
759 (VII) age, if the individual is 40 years of age or older; or
760 (VIII) disability.
761 (ii) Notwithstanding Subsection (1)(f)(i)(C), if the following is a bona fide
762 occupational qualification for employment, a notice or advertisement described in Subsection
763 (1)(f)(i)(C) may indicate a preference, limitation, specification, or discrimination based on:
764 (A) race;
765 (B) color;
766 (C) religion;
767 (D) sex;
768 (E) pregnancy, childbirth, or pregnancy-related conditions;
769 (F) age;
770 (G) national origin; or
771 (H) disability.
772 (2) Nothing contained in Subsections (1)(a) through (1)(f) shall be construed to
773 prevent:
774 (a) the termination of employment of an individual who, with or without reasonable
775 accommodation, is physically, mentally, or emotionally unable to perform the duties required
776 by that individual's employment;
777 (b) the variance of insurance premiums or coverage on account of age; or
778 (c) a restriction on the activities of individuals licensed by the liquor authority with
779 respect to persons under 21 years of age.
780 (3) (a) It is not a discriminatory or prohibited employment practice:
781 (i) for an employer to hire and employ employees, for an employment agency to
782 classify or refer for employment any individual, for a labor organization to classify its
783 membership or to classify or refer for employment any individual or for an employer, labor
784 organization, or joint labor-management committee controlling apprenticeship or other training
785 or retraining programs to admit or employ any individual in any such program, on the basis of
786 religion, sex, pregnancy, childbirth, or pregnancy-related conditions, age, national origin, or
787 disability in those certain instances where religion, sex, pregnancy, childbirth, or
788 pregnancy-related conditions, age, if the individual is 40 years of age or older, national origin,
789 or disability is a bona fide occupational qualification reasonably necessary to the normal
790 operation of that particular business or enterprise;
791 (ii) for a school, college, university, or other educational institution to hire and employ
792 employees of a particular religion if:
793 (A) the school, college, university, or other educational institution is, in whole or in
794 substantial part, owned, supported, controlled, or managed by a particular religious corporation,
795 association, or society; or
796 (B) the curriculum of the school, college, university, or other educational institution is
797 directed toward the propagation of a particular religion;
798 (iii) for an employer to give preference in employment to:
799 (A) the employer's:
800 (I) spouse;
801 (II) child; or
802 (III) son-in-law or daughter-in-law;
803 (B) any person for whom the employer is or would be liable to furnish financial
804 support if those persons were unemployed;
805 (C) any person to whom the employer during the preceding six months has furnished
806 more than one-half of total financial support regardless of whether or not the employer was or
807 is legally obligated to furnish support; or
808 (D) any person whose education or training was substantially financed by the employer
809 for a period of two years or more.
810 (b) Nothing in this chapter applies to any business or enterprise on or near an Indian
811 reservation with respect to any publicly announced employment practice of the business or
812 enterprise under which preferential treatment is given to any individual because that individual
813 is a native American Indian living on or near an Indian reservation.
814 (c) Nothing in this chapter shall be interpreted to require any employer, employment
815 agency, labor organization, vocational school, joint labor-management committee, or
816 apprenticeship program subject to this chapter to grant preferential treatment to any individual
817 or to any group because of the race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, or disability of the
818 individual or group on account of an imbalance which may exist with respect to the total
819 number or percentage of persons of any race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, or
820 disability employed by any employer, referred or classified for employment by an employment
821 agency or labor organization, admitted to membership or classified by any labor organization,
822 or admitted to or employed in, any apprenticeship or other training program, in comparison
823 with the total number or percentage of persons of that race, color, religion, sex, age, national
824 origin, or disability in any community or county or in the available work force in any
825 community or county.
826 (4) It is not a discriminatory or prohibited practice with respect to age to observe the
827 terms of a bona fide seniority system or any bona fide employment benefit plan such as a
828 retirement, pension, or insurance plan that is not a subterfuge to evade the purposes of this
829 chapter, except that no such employee benefit plan shall excuse the failure to hire an individual.
830 (5) Notwithstanding Subsection (4), or any other statutory provision to the contrary, a
831 person may not be subject to involuntary termination or retirement from employment on the
832 basis of age alone, if the individual is 40 years of age or older, except:
833 (a) under Subsection (6); and
834 (b) when age is a bona fide occupational qualification.
835 (6) Nothing in this section prohibits compulsory retirement of an employee who has
836 attained at least 65 years of age, and who, for the two-year period immediately before
837 retirement, is employed in a bona fide executive or a high policymaking position, if:
838 (a) that employee is entitled to an immediate nonforfeitable annual retirement benefit
839 from the employee's employer's pension, profit-sharing, savings, or deferred compensation
840 plan, or any combination of those plans; and
841 (b) the benefit described in Subsection (6)(a) equals, in the aggregate, at least $44,000.
842 Section 15. Section 35A-8-414 is amended to read:
843 35A-8-414. Property and funds of authority declared public property --
844 Exemption from taxes -- Alternative agreement with public body.
845 (1) The property and funds of an authority are declared to be public property used for
846 essential public, governmental, and charitable purposes.
847 (2) (a) Subject to Subsections (2)(b) and (c), the property and authority are exempt
848 from all taxes and special assessments of a public body.
849 (b) This tax exemption does not apply to any portion of a project used for a
850 profit-making enterprise.
851 (c) In taxing these portions appropriate allowance shall be made for any expenditure by
852 an authority for utilities or other public services it provides to serve the property.
853 (3) In lieu of taxes on its exempt property an authority may agree to make payments to
854 a public body if the authority finds that making the payments is consistent with the
855 maintenance of the low-rent character of housing projects and the achievement of the purposes
856 of this part.
857 Section 16. Section 38-1a-201 is amended to read:
858 38-1a-201. Establishment of State Construction Registry -- Filing index.
859 (1) Subject to receiving adequate funding through a legislative appropriation and
860 contracting with an approved third party vendor as provided in Section 38-1a-202 , the division
861 shall establish and maintain the State Construction Registry to:
862 (a) (i) assist in protecting public health, safety, and welfare; and
863 (ii) promote a fair working environment;
864 (b) be overseen by the division with the assistance of the designated agent;
865 (c) provide a central repository for all required notices;
866 (d) make accessible, by way of an Internet website:
867 (i) the filing and review of required notices; and
868 (ii) the transmitting of building permit information under Subsection 38-1a-205 (1) and
869 the reviewing of that information;
870 (e) accommodate:
871 (i) electronic filing of required notices and electronic transmitting of building permit
872 information described in Subsection (1)(d)(ii); and
873 (ii) the filing of required notices by alternate means, including United States mail,
874 telefax, or any other method as the division provides by rule;
875 (f) (i) provide electronic notification for up to three email addresses for each interested
876 person who requests to receive notification under Section 38-1a-204 from the designated agent;
877 and
878 (ii) provide alternate means of providing notification to a person who makes a filing by
879 alternate means, including United States mail, telefax, or any other method as the division
880 prescribes by rule; and
881 (g) provide hard-copy printing of electronic receipts for an individual filing evidencing
882 the date and time of the individual filing and the content of the individual filing.
883 (2) The designated agent shall index filings in the registry by:
884 (a) the name of the owner;
885 (b) the name of the original contractor;
886 (c) subdivision, development, or other project name, if any;
887 (d) lot or parcel number;
888 (e) the address of the project property;
889 (f) entry number;
890 (g) the name of the county in which the project property is located;
891 (h) for [
892 (i) the tax parcel identification number of each parcel included in the project property;
893 and
894 (ii) the building permit number;
895 (i) for government projects, the government project-identifying information; and
896 (j) any other identifier that the division considers reasonably appropriate in
897 collaboration with the designated agent.
898 Section 17. Section 51-7-15 is amended to read:
899 51-7-15. Bonds of state treasurer and other public treasurers -- Reports to
900 council.
901 (1) (a) The state treasurer, county, city, and town treasurers, the clerk or treasurer of
902 each school district, and any other public treasurers that the council designates by rule shall be
903 bonded in an amount of not less than that established by the council.
904 (b) The council shall base the minimum bond amount on the amount of public funds
905 normally in the treasurer's possession or control.
906 (2) (a) When a public treasurer deposits or invests public funds as authorized by this
907 chapter, he and his bondsmen are not liable for any loss of public funds invested or deposited
908 unless the loss is caused by the malfeasance of the treasurer or of any member of his staff.
909 (b) A public treasurer and his bondsmen are liable for any loss for any reason from
910 deposits or investments not made in conformity with this chapter and the rules of the council.
911 (3) (a) Each public treasurer shall file a written report with the council on or before
912 January 31 and July 31 of each year.
913 (b) The report shall contain:
914 (i) the information about the deposits and investments of that treasurer during the
915 preceding six months ending December 31 and June 30, respectively, that the council requires
916 by rule; and
917 (ii) information detailing the nature and extent of interest rate contracts permitted by
918 Subsection 51-7-17 [
919 (c) The public treasurer shall make copies of the report available to the public at his
920 offices during normal business hours.
921 Section 18. Section 51-7-18.2 is amended to read:
922 51-7-18.2. Public treasurer's reports -- Contents.
923 (1) The council may:
924 (a) require any public treasurer to prepare and file with it a written report in a form
925 prescribed by the council containing the information required by this section; and
926 (b) specify that the report will contain the information required by this section for any
927 date.
928 (2) The council shall require the report to include information:
929 (a) specifying the amount of public funds in the public treasurer's possession or
930 control;
931 (b) detailing the nature and extent of the deposit and investment of those funds;
932 (c) detailing the rate of return on each deposit or investment; and
933 (d) detailing the nature and extent of interest rate contracts authorized by Subsection
934 51-7-17 [
935 (3) The public treasurer shall file the report with the council within 10 days after he
936 receives the council's request.
937 (4) Each public treasurer shall make copies of any reports required by this section
938 available for inspection by the public at his office during normal business hours.
939 Section 19. Section 53-3-207 is amended to read:
940 53-3-207. License certificates or driving privilege cards issued to drivers by class
941 of motor vehicle -- Contents -- Release of anatomical gift information -- Temporary
942 licenses or driving privilege cards -- Minors' licenses, cards, and permits -- Violation.
943 (1) As used in this section:
944 (a) "driving privilege" means the privilege granted under this chapter to drive a motor
945 vehicle;
946 (b) "governmental entity" means the state and its political subdivisions as defined in
947 this Subsection (1);
948 (c) "political subdivision" means any county, city, town, school district, public transit
949 district, community development and renewal agency, special improvement or taxing district,
950 local district, special service district, an entity created by an interlocal agreement adopted under
951 Title 11, Chapter 13, Interlocal Cooperation Act, or other governmental subdivision or public
952 corporation; and
953 (d) "state" means this state, and includes any office, department, agency, authority,
954 commission, board, institution, hospital, college, university, children's justice center, or other
955 instrumentality of the state.
956 (2) (a) The division shall issue to every person privileged to drive a motor vehicle, a
957 regular license certificate, a limited-term license certificate, or a driving privilege card
958 indicating the type or class of motor vehicle the person may drive.
959 (b) A person may not drive a class of motor vehicle unless granted the privilege in that
960 class.
961 (3) (a) Every regular license certificate, limited-term license certificate, or driving
962 privilege card shall bear:
963 (i) the distinguishing number assigned to the person by the division;
964 (ii) the name, birth date, and Utah residence address of the person;
965 (iii) a brief description of the person for the purpose of identification;
966 (iv) any restrictions imposed on the license under Section 53-3-208 ;
967 (v) a photograph of the person;
968 (vi) a photograph or other facsimile of the person's signature;
969 (vii) an indication whether the person intends to make an anatomical gift under Title
970 26, Chapter 28, Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act, unless the driving privilege is extended
971 under Subsection 53-3-214 (3); and
972 (viii) except as provided in Subsection (3)(b), if the person states that the person is a
973 veteran of the United States military on the application for a driver license in accordance with
974 Section 53-3-205 and provides verification that the person was honorably discharged from the
975 United States military, an indication that the person is a United States military veteran for a
976 regular license certificate or limited-term license certificate issued on or after July 1, 2011.
977 (b) A regular license certificate or limited-term license certificate issued to any person
978 younger than 21 years on a portrait-style format as required in Subsection (5)(b)(i) is not
979 required to include an indication that the person is a United States military veteran under
980 Subsection (3)(a)(viii).
981 (c) A new license certificate issued by the division may not bear the person's Social
982 Security number.
983 (d) (i) The regular license certificate, limited-term license certificate, or driving
984 privilege card shall be of an impervious material, resistant to wear, damage, and alteration.
985 (ii) Except as provided under Subsection (4)(b), the size, form, and color of the regular
986 license certificate, limited-term license certificate, or driving privilege card shall be as
987 prescribed by the commissioner.
988 (iii) The commissioner may also prescribe the issuance of a special type of limited
989 regular license certificate, limited-term license certificate, or driving privilege card under
990 Subsection 53-3-220 (4).
991 (4) (a) (i) The division, upon determining after an examination that an applicant is
992 mentally and physically qualified to be granted a driving privilege, may issue to an applicant a
993 receipt for the fee if the applicant is eligible for a regular license certificate or limited-term
994 license certificate.
995 (ii) (A) The division shall issue a temporary regular license certificate or temporary
996 limited-term license certificate allowing the person to drive a motor vehicle while the division
997 is completing its investigation to determine whether the person is entitled to be granted a
998 driving privilege.
999 (B) A temporary regular license certificate or a temporary limited-term license
1000 certificate issued under this Subsection (4) shall be recognized and have the same rights and
1001 privileges as a regular license certificate or a limited-term license certificate.
1002 (b) The temporary regular license certificate or temporary limited-term license
1003 certificate shall be in the person's immediate possession while driving a motor vehicle, and it is
1004 invalid when the person's regular license certificate or limited-term license certificate has been
1005 issued or when, for good cause, the privilege has been refused.
1006 (c) The division shall indicate on the temporary regular license certificate or temporary
1007 limited-term license certificate a date after which it is not valid as a temporary license.
1008 (d) (i) Except as provided in Subsection (4)(d)(ii), the division may not issue a
1009 temporary driving privilege card or other temporary permit to an applicant for a driving
1010 privilege card.
1011 (ii) The division may issue a learner permit issued in accordance with Section
1012 53-3-210.5 to an applicant for a driving privilege card.
1013 (5) (a) The division shall distinguish learner permits, temporary permits, regular
1014 license certificates, limited-term license certificates, and driving privilege cards issued to any
1015 person younger than 21 years of age by use of plainly printed information or the use of a color
1016 or other means not used for other regular license certificates, limited-term license certificates,
1017 or driving privilege cards.
1018 (b) The division shall distinguish a regular license certificate, limited-term license
1019 certificate, or driving privilege card issued to any person:
1020 (i) younger than 21 years of age by use of a portrait-style format not used for other
1021 regular license certificates, limited-term license certificates, or driving privilege cards and by
1022 plainly printing the date the regular license certificate, limited-term license certificate, or
1023 driving privilege card holder is 21 years of age, which is the legal age for purchasing an
1024 alcoholic beverage or alcoholic product under Section [
1025 (ii) younger than 19 years of age, by plainly printing the date the regular license
1026 certificate, limited-term license certificate, or driving privilege card holder is 19 years of age,
1027 which is the legal age for purchasing tobacco products under Section 76-10-104 .
1028 (6) The division shall distinguish a limited-term license certificate by clearly indicating
1029 on the document:
1030 (a) that it is temporary; and
1031 (b) its expiration date.
1032 (7) (a) The division shall only issue a driving privilege card to a person whose privilege
1033 was obtained without providing evidence of lawful presence in the United States as required
1034 under Subsection 53-3-205 (8).
1035 (b) The division shall distinguish a driving privilege card from a license certificate by:
1036 (i) use of a format, color, font, or other means; and
1037 (ii) clearly displaying on the front of the driving privilege card a phrase substantially
1038 similar to "FOR DRIVING PRIVILEGES ONLY -- NOT VALID FOR IDENTIFICATION".
1039 (8) The provisions of Subsection (5)(b) do not apply to a learner permit, temporary
1040 permit, temporary regular license certificate, temporary limited-term license certificate, or any
1041 other temporary permit.
1042 (9) The division shall issue temporary license certificates of the same nature, except as
1043 to duration, as the license certificates that they temporarily replace, as are necessary to
1044 implement applicable provisions of this section and Section 53-3-223 .
1045 (10) (a) A governmental entity may not accept a driving privilege card as proof of
1046 personal identification.
1047 (b) A driving privilege card may not be used as a document providing proof of a
1048 person's age for any government required purpose.
1049 (11) A person who violates Subsection (2)(b) is guilty of a class C misdemeanor.
1050 (12) Unless otherwise provided, the provisions, requirements, classes, endorsements,
1051 fees, restrictions, and sanctions under this code apply to a:
1052 (a) driving privilege in the same way as a license or limited-term license issued under
1053 this chapter; and
1054 (b) limited-term license certificate or driving privilege card in the same way as a
1055 regular license certificate issued under this chapter.
1056 Section 20. Section 53-5a-102 is amended to read:
1057 53-5a-102. Uniform firearm laws.
1058 (1) The individual right to keep and bear arms being a constitutionally protected right
1059 under Article I, Section 6 of the Utah Constitution, the Legislature finds the need to provide
1060 uniform civil and criminal firearm laws throughout the state.
1061 (2) Except as specifically provided by state law, a local authority or state entity may
1062 not:
1063 (a) prohibit an individual from owning, possessing, purchasing, selling, transferring,
1064 transporting, or keeping a firearm at the individual's place of residence, property, business, or
1065 in any vehicle lawfully in the individual's possession or lawfully under the individual's control;
1066 or
1067 (b) require an individual to have a permit or license to purchase, own, possess,
1068 transport, or keep a firearm.
1069 (3) In conjunction with Title 76, Chapter 10, Part 5, Weapons, this section is uniformly
1070 applicable throughout this state and in all its political subdivisions and municipalities.
1071 (4) All authority to regulate firearms is reserved to the state except where the
1072 Legislature specifically delegates responsibility to local authorities or state entities.
1073 (5) Unless specifically authorized by the Legislature by statute, a local authority or
1074 state entity may not enact, establish, or enforce any ordinance, regulation, rule, or policy
1075 pertaining to firearms that in any way inhibits or restricts the possession or use of firearms on
1076 either public or private property.
1077 (6) As used in this section:
1078 (a) "firearm" has the same meaning as defined in [
1079 and
1080 (b) "local authority or state entity" includes public school districts, public schools, and
1081 state institutions of higher education.
1082 (7) Nothing in this section restricts or expands private property rights.
1083 Section 21. Section 53A-1a-506 is amended to read:
1084 53A-1a-506. Eligible students.
1085 (1) As used in this section:
1086 (a) "District school" means a public school under the control of a local school board
1087 elected pursuant to Title 20A, Chapter 14, Nomination and Election of State and Local School
1088 Boards.
1089 (b) "Refugee" means a person who is eligible to receive benefits and services from the
1090 federal Office of Refugee Resettlement.
1091 (2) All resident students of the state qualify for admission to a charter school, subject
1092 to the limitations set forth in this section and Section 53A-1a-506.5 .
1093 (3) (a) A charter school shall enroll an eligible student who submits a timely
1094 application, unless the number of applications exceeds the capacity of a program, class, grade
1095 level, or the charter school.
1096 (b) If the number of applications exceeds the capacity of a program, class, grade level,
1097 or the charter school, students shall be selected on a random basis, except as provided in
1098 Subsections (4) through (6).
1099 (4) A charter school may give an enrollment preference to:
1100 (a) a student of a parent who has actively participated in the development of the charter
1101 school;
1102 (b) siblings of students presently enrolled in the charter school;
1103 (c) a student of a parent who is employed by the charter school;
1104 (d) students [
1105 programs that are governed by the same governing body;
1106 (e) students [
1107 [
1108 State Charter School Board; or
1109 (f) students who reside within:
1110 (i) the school district in which the charter school is located;
1111 (ii) the municipality in which the charter school is located; or
1112 (iii) a two-mile radius from the charter school.
1113 (5) If a district school converts to charter status, the charter school shall give an
1114 enrollment preference to students who would have otherwise attended it as a district school.
1115 (6) (a) A charter school whose mission is to enhance learning opportunities for
1116 refugees or children of refugee families may give an enrollment preference to refugees or
1117 children of refugee families.
1118 (b) A charter school whose mission is to enhance learning opportunities for English
1119 language learners may give an enrollment preference to English language learners.
1120 (7) A charter school may not discriminate in its admission policies or practices on the
1121 same basis as other public schools may not discriminate in their admission policies and
1122 practices.
1123 Section 22. Section 53A-3-425 is amended to read:
1124 53A-3-425. Association leave -- District policy.
1125 (1) As used in this section:
1126 (a) "Association leave" means leave from a school district employee's regular school
1127 responsibilities granted for that employee to spend time for association, employee association,
1128 or union duties.
1129 (b) "Employee association" means an association that:
1130 (i) negotiates employee salaries, benefits, contracts, or other conditions of employment;
1131 or
1132 (ii) performs union duties.
1133 (2) Except as provided in Subsection (3), a local school board may not allow paid
1134 association leave for a school district employee to perform an employee association or union
1135 duty.
1136 (3) (a) A local school board may allow paid association leave for a school district
1137 employee to perform an employee association duty if:
1138 (i) the duty performed by the employee on paid association leave will directly benefit
1139 the school district, including representing the school district's licensed educators:
1140 (A) on a board or committee, such as the school district's foundation, a curriculum
1141 development board, insurance committee, or catastrophic leave committee;
1142 (B) at a school district leadership meeting; or
1143 (C) at a workshop or meeting conducted by the school district's local school board;
1144 (ii) the duty performed by the employee on paid association leave does not include
1145 political activity, including:
1146 (A) advocating for or against a candidate for public office in a partisan or nonpartisan
1147 election;
1148 (B) soliciting a contribution for a political action committee, a political issues
1149 committee, a registered political party, or a candidate, as defined in Section 20A-11-101 ; or
1150 (C) initiating, drafting, soliciting signatures for, or advocating for or against a ballot
1151 proposition, as defined in Section 20A-1-102 ; and
1152 (iii) the local school board ensures compliance with the requirements of Subsections
1153 (4)(a) through (g).
1154 (b) Prior to a school district employee's participation in paid or unpaid association
1155 leave, a local school board shall adopt a written policy that governs association leave.
1156 (c) Except as provided in Subsection (3)(d), a local school board policy that governs
1157 association leave shall require reimbursement to the school district of the costs for an
1158 employee, including benefits, for the time that the employee is:
1159 (i) on unpaid association leave; or
1160 (ii) participating in a paid association leave activity that does not provide a direct
1161 benefit to the school district.
1162 (d) For a school district that allowed association leave described in Subsections
1163 (3)(c)(i) and (ii) prior to January 1, 2011, the local school board policy that governs association
1164 leave may allow up to 10 days of association leave before requiring a reimbursement described
1165 in Subsection (3)(c).
1166 (e) A reimbursement required under Subsection (3)(c), (d), or (4)(g) may be provided
1167 by an employee, association, or union.
1168 (4) If a local school board adopts a policy to allow paid association leave, the policy
1169 shall include procedures and controls to:
1170 (a) ensure that the duties performed by employees on paid association leave directly
1171 benefit the school district;
1172 (b) require the school district to document the use and approval of paid association
1173 leave;
1174 (c) require school district supervision of employees on paid association leave;
1175 (d) require the school district to account for the costs and expenses of paid association
1176 leave;
1177 (e) ensure that during the hours of paid association leave a school district employee
1178 may not engage in political activity, including:
1179 (i) advocating for or against a candidate for public office in a partisan or nonpartisan
1180 election;
1181 (ii) soliciting a contribution for a political action committee, a political issues
1182 committee, a registered political party, or a candidate, as defined in Section 20A-11-101 ; and
1183 (iii) initiating, drafting, soliciting signatures for, or advocating for or against a ballot
1184 proposition, as defined in Section 20A-1-102 ;
1185 (f) ensure that association leave is only paid out of school district funds when the paid
1186 association leave directly benefits the district; and
1187 (g) require the reimbursement to the school district of the cost of paid association leave
1188 activities that do not provide a direct benefit to education within the school district.
1189 (5) If a local school board adopts a policy to allow paid association leave, that policy
1190 shall indicate that a willful violation of this section or of a policy adopted in accordance with
1191 Subsection (3) or (4) may be used for disciplinary action under Section 53A-8a-502 .
1192 Section 23. Section 53A-25b-201 is amended to read:
1193 53A-25b-201. Authority of the State Board of Education -- Rulemaking --
1194 Superintendent -- Advisory Council.
1195 (1) The State Board of Education is the governing board of the Utah Schools for the
1196 Deaf and the Blind.
1197 (2) (a) The board shall appoint a superintendent for the Utah Schools for the Deaf and
1198 the Blind.
1199 (b) The board shall make rules in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah
1200 Administrative Rulemaking Act, regarding the qualifications, terms of employment, and duties
1201 of the superintendent for the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind.
1202 (3) The superintendent shall:
1203 (a) subject to the approval of the board, appoint an associate superintendent to
1204 administer the Utah School for the Deaf based on:
1205 (i) demonstrated competency as an expert educator of deaf persons; and
1206 (ii) knowledge of school management and the instruction of deaf persons;
1207 (b) subject to the approval of the board, appoint an associate superintendent to
1208 administer the Utah School for the Blind based on:
1209 (i) demonstrated competency as an expert educator of blind persons; and
1210 (ii) knowledge of school management and the instruction of blind persons, including an
1211 understanding of the unique needs and education of deafblind persons.
1212 (4) (a) The board shall:
1213 (i) establish [
1214 and appoint no more than 11 members to the advisory council;
1215 (ii) make rules in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative
1216 Rulemaking Act, regarding the operation of the advisory council; and
1217 (iii) receive and consider the advice and recommendations of the advisory council but
1218 is not obligated to follow the recommendations of the advisory council.
1219 (b) The advisory council described in Subsection (4)(a) shall include at least:
1220 (i) two members who are blind;
1221 (ii) two members who are deaf; and
1222 (iii) two members who are deafblind or parents of a deafblind child.
1223 (5) The board shall approve the annual budget and expenditures of the Utah Schools
1224 for the Deaf and the Blind.
1225 (6) (a) On or before the November interim meeting each year, the board shall report to
1226 the Education Interim Committee on the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind.
1227 (b) The report shall be presented verbally and in written form to the Education Interim
1228 Committee and shall include:
1229 (i) a financial report;
1230 (ii) a report on the activities of the superintendent and associate superintendents;
1231 (iii) a report on activities to involve parents and constituency and advocacy groups in
1232 the governance of the school; and
1233 (iv) a report on student achievement including:
1234 (A) student academic achievement data, including longitudinal data for both current
1235 and previous students served by the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind;
1236 (B) graduation rates; and
1237 (C) students exiting the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind and their educational
1238 placement after exiting the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind.
1239 Section 24. Section 54-17-801 is amended to read:
1240 54-17-801. Definitions.
1241 As used in this part:
1242 (1) "Contract customer" means a person who executes or will execute a renewable
1243 energy contract with a qualified utility.
1244 (2) "Qualified utility" means an electric corporation that serves more than 200,000
1245 retail customers in the state.
1246 (3) "Renewable energy contract" means a contract under this [
1247 delivery of electricity from one or more renewable energy facilities to a contract customer
1248 requiring the use of a qualified utility's transmission or distribution system to deliver the
1249 electricity from a renewable energy facility to the contract customer.
1250 (4) "Renewable energy facility":
1251 (a) except as provided in Subsection (4)(b), has the same meaning as renewable energy
1252 source defined in Section 54-17-601 ; and
1253 (b) does not include an electric generating facility whose costs have been included in a
1254 qualified utility's rates as a facility providing electric service to the qualified utility's system.
1255 Section 25. Section 57-1-24.3 is amended to read:
1256 57-1-24.3. Notices to default trustor -- Opportunity to negotiate foreclosure relief.
1257 (1) As used in this section:
1258 (a) "Default trustor" means a trustor under a trust deed that secures a loan that the
1259 beneficiary or servicer claims is in default.
1260 (b) "Foreclosure relief" means a mortgage modification program or other foreclosure
1261 relief option offered by a beneficiary or servicer.
1262 (c) "Loan" means an obligation incurred for personal, family, or household purposes,
1263 evidenced by a promissory note or other credit agreement for which a trust deed encumbering
1264 owner-occupied residential property is given as security.
1265 (d) "Owner-occupied residential property" means real property that is occupied by its
1266 owner as the owner's primary residence.
1267 (e) "Servicer" means an entity, retained by the beneficiary:
1268 (i) for the purpose of receiving a scheduled periodic payment from a borrower pursuant
1269 to the terms of a loan; or
1270 (ii) that meets the definition of servicer under 12 U.S.C. Sec. 2605(i)(2) with respect to
1271 residential mortgage loans.
1272 (f) "Single point of contact" means a person who, as the designated representative of
1273 the beneficiary or servicer, is authorized to:
1274 (i) coordinate and ensure effective communication with a default trustor concerning:
1275 (A) foreclosure proceedings initiated by the beneficiary or servicer relating to the trust
1276 property; and
1277 (B) any foreclosure relief offered by or acceptable to the beneficiary or servicer; and
1278 (ii) direct all foreclosure proceedings initiated by the beneficiary or servicer relating to
1279 the trust property, including:
1280 (A) the filing of a notice of default under Section 57-1-24 and any cancellation of a
1281 notice of default;
1282 (B) the publication of a notice of trustee's sale under Section 57-1-25 ; and
1283 (C) the postponement of a trustee's sale under Section 57-1-27 or this section.
1284 (2) (a) Before a notice of default is filed for record under Section 57-1-24 , a beneficiary
1285 or servicer shall:
1286 (i) designate a single point of contact; and
1287 (ii) send notice by United States mail to the default trustor.
1288 (b) A notice under Subsection (2)(a)(ii) shall:
1289 (i) advise the default trustor of the intent of the beneficiary or servicer to file a notice of
1290 default;
1291 (ii) state:
1292 (A) the nature of the default;
1293 (B) the total amount the default trustor is required to pay in order to cure the default
1294 and avoid the filing of a notice of default, itemized by the type and amount of each component
1295 part of the total cure amount; and
1296 (C) the date by which the default trustor is required to pay the amount to cure the
1297 default and avoid the filing of a notice of default;
1298 (iii) disclose the name, telephone number, email address, and mailing address of the
1299 single point of contact designated by the beneficiary or servicer; and
1300 (iv) direct the default trustor to contact the single point of contact regarding foreclosure
1301 relief available through the beneficiary or servicer for which a default trustor may apply, if the
1302 beneficiary or servicer offers foreclosure relief.
1303 (3) Before the expiration of the three-month period described in Subsection 57-1-24 (2),
1304 a default trustor may apply directly with the single point of contact for any available
1305 foreclosure relief.
1306 (4) A default trustor shall, within the time required by the beneficiary or servicer,
1307 provide all financial and other information requested by the single point of contact to enable
1308 the beneficiary or servicer to determine whether the default trustor qualifies for the foreclosure
1309 relief for which the default trustor applies.
1310 (5) The single point of contact shall:
1311 (a) inform the default trustor about and make available to the default [
1312 available foreclosure relief;
1313 (b) undertake reasonable and good faith efforts, consistent with applicable law, to
1314 consider the default trustor for foreclosure relief for which the default trustor is eligible;
1315 (c) ensure timely and appropriate communication with the default trustor concerning
1316 foreclosure relief for which the default trustor applies; and
1317 (d) notify the default trustor by United States mail of the decision of the beneficiary or
1318 servicer regarding the foreclosure relief for which the default trustor applies.
1319 (6) Notice of a trustee's sale may not be given under Section 57-1-25 with respect to
1320 the trust property of a default trustor who has applied for foreclosure relief until after the single
1321 point of contact provides the notice required by Subsection (5)(d).
1322 (7) A beneficiary or servicer may cause a notice of a trustee's sale to be given with
1323 respect to the trust property of a default trustor who has applied for foreclosure relief if, in the
1324 exercise of the sole discretion of the beneficiary or servicer, the beneficiary or servicer:
1325 (a) determines that the default trustor does not qualify for the foreclosure relief for
1326 which the default trustor has applied; or
1327 (b) elects not to enter into a written agreement with the default trustor to implement the
1328 foreclosure relief.
1329 (8) (a) A beneficiary or servicer may postpone a trustee's sale of the trust property in
1330 order to allow further time for negotiations relating to foreclosure relief.
1331 (b) A postponement of a trustee's sale under Subsection (8)(a) does not require the
1332 trustee to file for record a new or additional notice of default under Section 57-1-24 .
1333 (9) A beneficiary or servicer shall cause the cancellation of a notice of default filed
1334 under Section 57-1-24 on the trust property of a default trustor if the beneficiary or servicer:
1335 (a) determines that the default trustor qualifies for the foreclosure relief for which the
1336 default trustor has applied; and
1337 (b) enters into a written agreement with the default trustor to implement the foreclosure
1338 relief.
1339 (10) This section may not be construed to require a beneficiary or servicer to:
1340 (a) establish foreclosure relief; or
1341 (b) approve an application for foreclosure relief submitted by a default trustor.
1342 (11) A beneficiary and servicer shall each take reasonable measures to ensure that their
1343 respective practices in the foreclosure of owner-occupied residential property and any
1344 foreclosure relief with respect to a loan:
1345 (a) comply with all applicable federal and state fair lending statutes; and
1346 (b) ensure appropriate treatment of default trustors in the foreclosure process.
1347 (12) This section does not apply if the beneficiary under a trust deed securing a loan is
1348 an individual.
1349 (13) A beneficiary or servicer is considered to have complied with the requirements of
1350 this section if the beneficiary or servicer designates and uses a single point of contact in
1351 compliance with federal law, rules, regulations, guidance, or guidelines governing the
1352 beneficiary or servicer and issued by, as applicable, the Board of Governors of the Federal
1353 Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Office of the Comptroller of
1354 the Currency, the National Credit Union Administration, or the Consumer Financial Protection
1355 Bureau.
1356 (14) The failure of a beneficiary or servicer to comply with a requirement of this
1357 section does not affect the validity of a trustee's sale of the trust property to a bona fide
1358 purchaser.
1359 Section 26. Section 57-14-2 is amended to read:
1360 57-14-2. Definitions.
1361 As used in this chapter:
1362 [
1363 enter or go upon the land.
1364 [
1365 (b) "Land" includes roads, railway corridors, water, water courses, private ways and
1366 buildings, structures, and machinery or equipment when attached to the realty.
1367 [
1368 private land, a tenant, a lessor, a lessee, and an occupant or person in control of the premises.
1369 [
1370 enters upon or uses land for recreational purposes.
1371 [
1372 any combination thereof:
1373 (a) hunting;
1374 (b) fishing;
1375 (c) swimming;
1376 (d) skiing;
1377 (e) snowshoeing;
1378 (f) camping;
1379 (g) picnicking;
1380 (h) hiking;
1381 (i) studying nature;
1382 (j) waterskiing;
1383 (k) engaging in water sports;
1384 (l) engaging in equestrian activities;
1385 (m) using boats;
1386 (n) mountain biking;
1387 (o) riding narrow gauge rail cars on a narrow gauge track that does not exceed 24 inch
1388 gauge;
1389 (p) using off-highway vehicles or recreational vehicles;
1390 (q) viewing or enjoying historical, archaeological, scenic, or scientific sites; and
1391 (r) aircraft operations.
1392 Section 27. Section 58-3a-502 is amended to read:
1393 58-3a-502. Penalty for unlawful conduct.
1394 (1) (a) If upon inspection or investigation, the division concludes that a person has
1395 violated Subsections 58-1-501 (1)(a) through (d) or Section 58-3a-501 or any rule or order
1396 issued with respect to Section 58-3a-501 , and that disciplinary action is appropriate, the
1397 director or the director's designee from within the division for each alternative respectively,
1398 shall promptly issue a citation to the person according to this chapter and any pertinent rules,
1399 attempt to negotiate a stipulated settlement, or notify the person to appear before an
1400 adjudicative proceeding conducted under Title 63G, Chapter 4, Administrative Procedures Act.
1401 (i) A person who violates Subsections 58-1-501 (1)(a) through (d) or Section 58-3a-501
1402 or any rule or order issued with respect to Section 58-3a-501 , as evidenced by an uncontested
1403 citation, a stipulated settlement, or by a finding of violation in an adjudicative proceeding, may
1404 be assessed a fine pursuant to this Subsection (1) and may, in addition to or in lieu of, be
1405 ordered to cease and desist from violating Subsections 58-1-501 (1)(a) through (d) or Section
1406 58-3a-501 or any rule or order issued with respect to this section.
1407 (ii) Except for a cease and desist order, the licensure sanctions cited in Section
1408 58-3a-401 may not be assessed through a citation.
1409 (b) A citation shall:
1410 (i) be in writing;
1411 (ii) describe with particularity the nature of the violation, including a reference to the
1412 provision of the chapter, rule, or order alleged to have been violated;
1413 (iii) clearly state that the recipient must notify the division in writing within 20
1414 calendar days of service of the citation if the recipient wishes to contest the citation at a hearing
1415 conducted under Title 63G, Chapter 4, Administrative Procedures Act; and
1416 (iv) clearly explain the consequences of failure to timely contest the citation or to make
1417 payment of any fines assessed by the citation within the time specified in the citation.
1418 (c) The division may issue a notice in lieu of a citation.
1419 (d) Each citation issued under this section, or a copy of each citation, may be served
1420 upon [
1421 of Civil Procedure and may be made personally or upon the person's agent by a division
1422 investigator or by any person specially designated by the director or by mail.
1423 (e) If within 20 calendar days from the service of the citation, the person to whom the
1424 citation was issued fails to request a hearing to contest the citation, the citation becomes the
1425 final order of the division and is not subject to further agency review. The period to contest a
1426 citation may be extended by the division for cause.
1427 (f) The division may refuse to issue or renew, suspend, revoke, or place on probation
1428 the license of a licensee who fails to comply with a citation after it becomes final.
1429 (g) The failure of an applicant for licensure to comply with a citation after it becomes
1430 final is a ground for denial of license.
1431 (h) No citation may be issued under this section after the expiration of six months
1432 following the occurrence of any violation.
1433 (i) The director or the director's designee shall assess fines according to the following:
1434 (i) for a first offense handled pursuant to Subsection (1)(a), a fine of up to $1,000;
1435 (ii) for a second offense handled pursuant to Subsection (1)(a), a fine of up to $2,000;
1436 and
1437 (iii) for any subsequent offense handled pursuant to Subsection (1)(a), a fine of up to
1438 $2,000 for each day of continued offense.
1439 (2) An action initiated for a first or second offense which has not yet resulted in a final
1440 order of the division shall not preclude initiation of any subsequent action for a second or
1441 subsequent offense during the pendency of any preceding action. The final order on a
1442 subsequent action shall be considered a second or subsequent offense, respectively, provided
1443 the preceding action resulted in a first or second offense, respectively.
1444 (3) Any penalty which is not paid may be collected by the director by either referring
1445 the matter to a collection agency or bringing an action in the district court of the county in
1446 which the person against whom the penalty is imposed resides or in the county where the office
1447 of the director is located. Any county attorney or the attorney general of the state shall provide
1448 legal assistance and advice to the director in any action to collect the penalty. In any action
1449 brought to enforce the provisions of this section, reasonable attorney's fees and costs shall be
1450 awarded to the division.
1451 Section 28. Section 58-9-102 is amended to read:
1452 58-9-102. Definitions.
1453 In addition to the definitions in Section 58-1-102 , as used in this chapter:
1454 (1) "Authorizing agent" means a person legally entitled to authorize the cremation of
1455 human remains.
1456 (2) "Beneficiary" means the individual who, at the time of the [
1457 individual's death, is to receive the benefit of the property and services purchased under a
1458 preneed funeral arrangement.
1459 (3) "Board" means the Board of Funeral Service created in Section 58-9-201 .
1460 (4) "Body part" means:
1461 (a) a limb or other portion of the anatomy that is removed from a person or human
1462 remains for medical purposes during treatment, surgery, biopsy, autopsy, or medical research;
1463 or
1464 (b) a human body or any portion of a body that has been donated to science for medical
1465 research purposes.
1466 (5) "Buyer" means a person who purchases a preneed funeral arrangement.
1467 (6) "Calcination" means a process in which a dead human body is reduced by intense
1468 heat to a residue that is not as substantive as the residue that follows cremation.
1469 (7) "Cremated remains" means all the remains of a cremated body recovered after the
1470 completion of the cremation process, including pulverization which leaves only bone fragments
1471 reduced to unidentifiable dimensions and may possibly include the residue of foreign matter
1472 including casket material, bridgework, or eyeglasses that were cremated with the human
1473 remains.
1474 (8) "Cremation" means the technical process, using direct flame and heat, that reduces
1475 human remains to bone fragments through heat and evaporation and includes the processing
1476 and usually the pulverization of the bone fragments.
1477 (9) "Cremation chamber" means the enclosed space within which the cremation
1478 process takes place and which is used exclusively for the cremation of human remains.
1479 (10) "Cremation container" means the container:
1480 (a) in which the human remains are transported to the crematory and placed in the
1481 cremation chamber for cremation; and
1482 (b) that meets substantially all of the following standards:
1483 (i) composed of readily combustible materials suitable for cremation;
1484 (ii) able to be closed in order to provide a complete covering for the human remains;
1485 (iii) resistant to leakage or spillage;
1486 (iv) rigid enough for handling with ease; and
1487 (v) able to provide protection for the health, safety, and personal integrity of crematory
1488 personnel.
1489 (11) "Crematory" means the building or portion of a building that houses the cremation
1490 chamber and the holding facility.
1491 (12) "Direct disposition" means the disposition of a dead human body:
1492 (a) as quickly as law allows;
1493 (b) without preparation of the body by embalming; and
1494 (c) without an attendant funeral service or graveside service.
1495 (13) "Disposition" means the final disposal of a dead human body by:
1496 (a) earth interment;
1497 (b) above ground burial;
1498 (c) cremation;
1499 (d) calcination;
1500 (e) burial at sea;
1501 (f) delivery to a medical institution; or
1502 (g) other lawful means.
1503 (14) "Embalming" means replacing body fluids in a dead human body with preserving
1504 and disinfecting chemicals.
1505 (15) (a) "Funeral merchandise" means any of the following into which a dead human
1506 body is placed in connection with the transportation or disposition of the body:
1507 (i) a vault;
1508 (ii) a casket; or
1509 (iii) other personal property.
1510 (b) "Funeral merchandise" does not include:
1511 (i) a mausoleum crypt;
1512 (ii) an interment receptacle preset in a cemetery; or
1513 (iii) a columbarium niche.
1514 (16) "Funeral service" means a service, rite, or ceremony performed:
1515 (a) with respect to the death of a human; and
1516 (b) with the body of the deceased present.
1517 (17) "Funeral service director" means an individual licensed under this chapter who
1518 may engage in all lawful professional activities regulated and defined under the practice of
1519 funeral service.
1520 (18) (a) "Funeral service establishment" means a place of business at a specific street
1521 address or location licensed under this chapter that is devoted to:
1522 (i) the embalming, care, custody, shelter, preparation for burial, and final disposition of
1523 dead human bodies; and
1524 (ii) the furnishing of services, merchandise, and products purchased from the
1525 establishment as a preneed provider under a preneed funeral arrangement.
1526 (b) "Funeral service establishment" includes:
1527 (i) all portions of the business premises and all tools, instruments, and supplies used in
1528 the preparation and embalming of dead human bodies for burial, cremation, and final
1529 disposition as defined by division rule; and
1530 (ii) a facility used by the business in which funeral services may be conducted.
1531 (19) "Funeral service intern" means an individual licensed under this chapter who is
1532 permitted to:
1533 (a) assist a funeral service director in the embalming or other preparation of a dead
1534 human body for disposition;
1535 (b) assist a funeral service director in the cremation, calcination, or pulverization of a
1536 dead human body or its remains; and
1537 (c) perform other funeral service activities under the supervision of a funeral service
1538 director.
1539 (20) "Graveside service" means a funeral service held at the location of disposition.
1540 (21) "Memorial service" means a service, rite, or ceremony performed:
1541 (a) with respect to the death of a human; and
1542 (b) without the body of the deceased present.
1543 (22) "Practice of funeral service" means:
1544 (a) supervising the receipt of custody and transportation of a dead human body to
1545 prepare the body for:
1546 (i) disposition; or
1547 (ii) shipment to another location;
1548 (b) entering into a contract with a person to provide professional services regulated
1549 under this chapter;
1550 (c) embalming or otherwise preparing a dead human body for disposition;
1551 (d) supervising the arrangement or conduct of:
1552 (i) a funeral service;
1553 (ii) a graveside service; or
1554 (iii) a memorial service;
1555 (e) cremation, calcination, or pulverization of a dead human body or the body's
1556 remains;
1557 (f) supervising the arrangement of:
1558 (i) a disposition; or
1559 (ii) a direct disposition;
1560 (g) facilitating:
1561 (i) a disposition; or
1562 (ii) a direct disposition;
1563 (h) supervising the sale of funeral merchandise by a funeral establishment;
1564 (i) managing or otherwise being responsible for the practice of funeral service in a
1565 licensed funeral service establishment;
1566 (j) supervising the sale of a preneed funeral arrangement; and
1567 (k) contracting with or employing individuals to sell a preneed funeral arrangement.
1568 (23) (a) "Preneed funeral arrangement" means a written or oral agreement sold in
1569 advance of the death of the beneficiary under which a person agrees with a buyer to provide at
1570 the death of the beneficiary any of the following as are typically provided in connection with a
1571 disposition:
1572 (i) goods;
1573 (ii) services, including:
1574 (A) embalming services; and
1575 (B) funeral directing services;
1576 (iii) real property; or
1577 (iv) personal property, including:
1578 (A) a casket;
1579 (B) another primary container;
1580 (C) a cremation or transportation container;
1581 (D) an outer burial container;
1582 (E) a vault;
1583 (F) a grave liner;
1584 (G) funeral clothing and accessories;
1585 (H) a monument;
1586 (I) a grave marker; and
1587 (J) a cremation urn.
1588 (b) "Preneed funeral arrangement" does not include a policy or product of life
1589 insurance providing a death benefit cash payment upon the death of the beneficiary which is
1590 not limited to providing the products or services described in Subsection (23)(a).
1591 (24) "Processing" means the reduction of identifiable bone fragments after the
1592 completion of the cremation process to unidentifiable bone fragments by manual means.
1593 (25) "Pulverization" means the reduction of identifiable bone fragments after the
1594 completion of the cremation and processing to granulated particles by manual or mechanical
1595 means.
1596 (26) "Sales agent" means an individual licensed under this chapter as a preneed funeral
1597 arrangement sales agent.
1598 (27) "Temporary container" means a receptacle for cremated remains usually made of
1599 cardboard, plastic, or similar material designed to hold the cremated remains until an urn or
1600 other permanent container is acquired.
1601 (28) "Unlawful conduct" is as defined in Sections 58-1-501 and 58-9-501 .
1602 (29) "Unprofessional conduct" is as defined in Sections 58-1-501 and 58-9-502 .
1603 (30) "Urn" means a receptacle designed to permanently encase the cremated remains.
1604 Section 29. Section 58-13-5 is amended to read:
1605 58-13-5. Information relating to adequacy and quality of medical care --
1606 Immunity from liability.
1607 (1) As used in this section, "health care provider" has the same meaning as defined in
1608 Section 78B-3-403 .
1609 (2) (a) The division, and the boards within the division that act regarding the health
1610 care providers defined in this section, shall adopt rules to establish procedures to obtain
1611 information concerning the quality and adequacy of health care rendered to patients by those
1612 health care providers.
1613 (b) It is the duty of an individual licensed under Title 58, Occupations and Professions,
1614 as a health care provider to furnish information known to him with respect to health care
1615 rendered to patients by any health care provider licensed under Title 58, Occupations and
1616 Professions, as the division or a board may request during the course of the performance of its
1617 duties.
1618 (3) A health care facility as defined in Section 26-21-2 which employs, grants
1619 privileges to, or otherwise permits a licensed health care provider to engage in licensed practice
1620 within the health care facility, and any professional society of licensed health care providers,
1621 shall report any of the following events in writing to the division within 60 days after the event
1622 occurs regarding the licensed health care provider:
1623 (a) terminating employment of an employee for cause related to the employee's practice
1624 as a licensed health care provider;
1625 (b) terminating or restricting privileges for cause to engage in any act or practice
1626 related to practice as a licensed health care provider;
1627 (c) terminating, suspending, or restricting membership or privileges associated with
1628 membership in a professional association for acts of unprofessional, unlawful, incompetent, or
1629 negligent conduct related to practice as a licensed health care provider;
1630 (d) subjecting a licensed health care provider to disciplinary action for a period of more
1631 than 30 days;
1632 (e) a finding that a licensed health care provider has violated professional standards or
1633 ethics;
1634 (f) a finding of incompetence in practice as a licensed health care provider;
1635 (g) a finding of acts of moral turpitude by a licensed health care provider; or
1636 (h) a finding that a licensed health care provider is engaged in abuse of alcohol or
1637 drugs.
1638 (4) This section does not prohibit any action by a health care facility, or professional
1639 society comprised primarily of licensed health care providers to suspend, restrict, or revoke the
1640 employment, privileges, or membership of a health care provider.
1641 (5) The data and information obtained in accordance with this section is classified as a
1642 "protected" record under Title 63G, Chapter 2, Government Records Access and Management
1643 Act.
1644 (6) (a) Any person or organization furnishing information in accordance with this
1645 section in response to the request of the division or a board, or voluntarily, is immune from
1646 liability with respect to information provided in good faith and without malice, which good
1647 faith and lack of malice is presumed to exist absent clear and convincing evidence to the
1648 contrary.
1649 (b) The members of the board are immune from liability for any decisions made or
1650 actions taken in response to information acquired by the board if those decisions or actions are
1651 made in good faith and without malice, which good faith and lack of malice is presumed to
1652 exist absent clear and convincing evidence to the contrary.
1653 (7) An individual who is a member of a hospital administration, board, committee,
1654 department, medical staff, or professional organization of health care providers [
1655 hospital, other health care entity, or professional organization conducting or sponsoring the
1656 review, is immune from liability arising from participation in a review of a health care
1657 provider's professional ethics, medical competence, moral turpitude, or substance abuse.
1658 (8) This section does not exempt a person licensed under Title 58, Occupations and
1659 Professions, from complying with any reporting requirements established under state or federal
1660 law.
1661 Section 30. Section 58-17b-103 is amended to read:
1662 58-17b-103. Administrative inspections.
1663 (1) The division may for the purpose of ascertaining compliance with the provisions of
1664 this chapter, require a self-audit or enter and inspect the business premises of a person:
1665 (a) licensed under Part 3, Licensing; or
1666 (b) who is engaged in activities that require a license under Part 3, Licensing.
1667 (2) Before conducting an inspection under Subsection (1), the division shall, after
1668 identifying the person in charge:
1669 (a) give proper identification;
1670 (b) request to see the applicable license or licenses;
1671 (c) describe the nature and purpose of the inspection; and
1672 (d) provide, upon request, the authority of the division to conduct the inspection and
1673 the penalty for refusing to permit the inspection as provided in Section 58-17b-504 .
1674 (3) In conducting an inspection under Subsection (1), the division may, after meeting
1675 the requirements of Subsection (2):
1676 (a) examine any record, prescription, order, drug, device, equipment, machine,
1677 electronic device or media, or area related to activities for which a license has been issued or is
1678 required by Part 3, Licensing, for the purpose of ascertaining compliance with the applicable
1679 provisions of this chapter;
1680 (b) take a drug or device for further analysis if considered necessary;
1681 (c) temporarily seize a drug or device which is suspected to be adulterated, misbranded,
1682 outdated, or otherwise in violation of this chapter, pending an adjudicative proceeding on the
1683 matter;
1684 (d) box and seal drugs suspected to be adulterated, outdated, misbranded, or otherwise
1685 in violation of this chapter; and
1686 (e) dispose of or return any drug or device obtained under this Subsection (3) in
1687 accordance with procedures established by division rule.
1688 (4) An inspection conducted under Subsection (1) shall be during regular business
1689 hours.
1690 (5) If, upon inspection, the division concludes that a person has violated the provisions
1691 of this chapter or Chapter 37, Utah Control Substances Act, or any rule or order issued with
1692 respect to those chapters, and that disciplinary action is appropriate, the director or the
1693 director's designee shall promptly issue a fine or citation to the licensee in accordance with
1694 Section 58-17b-504 .
1695 Section 31. Section 58-17b-309 is amended to read:
1696 58-17b-309. Exemptions from licensure.
1697 (1) For purposes of this section:
1698 (a) "Cosmetic drug":
1699 (i) means a prescription drug that is:
1700 (A) for the purpose of promoting attractiveness or altering the appearance of an
1701 individual; and
1702 (B) listed as a cosmetic drug subject to the exemption under this section by the division
1703 by administrative rule or has been expressly approved for online dispensing, whether or not it is
1704 dispensed online or through a physician's office; and
1705 (ii) does not include a prescription drug that is:
1706 (A) a controlled substance;
1707 (B) compounded by the physician; or
1708 (C) prescribed or used for the patient for the purpose of diagnosing, curing, or
1709 preventing a disease.
1710 (b) "Injectable weight loss drug":
1711 (i) means an injectable prescription drug:
1712 (A) prescribed to promote weight loss; and
1713 (B) listed as an injectable prescription drug subject to exemption under this section by
1714 the division by administrative rule; and
1715 (ii) does not include a prescription drug that is a controlled substance.
1716 (c) "Prescribing practitioner" means an individual licensed under:
1717 (i) Chapter 31b, Nurse Practice Act, as an advanced practice registered nurse with
1718 prescriptive practice;
1719 (ii) Chapter 67, Utah Medical Practice Act;
1720 (iii) Chapter 68, Utah Osteopathic Medical Practice Act; or
1721 (iv) Chapter 70a, Physician Assistant Act.
1722 (2) In addition to the exemptions from licensure in Sections 58-1-307 and
1723 58-17b-309.5 , the following individuals may engage in the acts or practices described in this
1724 section without being licensed under this chapter:
1725 (a) if the individual is described in Subsections (2)(b), (d), [
1726 notifies the division in writing of the individual's intent to dispense a drug under this
1727 subsection;
1728 (b) a person selling or providing contact lenses in accordance with Section 58-16a-801 ;
1729 (c) an individual engaging in the practice of pharmacy technician under the direct
1730 personal supervision of a pharmacist while making satisfactory progress in an approved
1731 program as defined in division rule;
1732 (d) a prescribing practitioner who prescribes and dispenses a cosmetic drug or an
1733 injectable weight loss drug to the prescribing practitioner's patient in accordance with
1734 Subsection (4); or
1735 (e) an optometrist, as defined in Section 58-16a-102 , acting within the optometrist's
1736 scope of practice as defined in Section 58-16a-601 , who prescribes and dispenses a cosmetic
1737 drug to the optometrist's patient in accordance with Subsection (4).
1738 (3) In accordance with Subsection 58-1-303 (1)(a), an individual exempt under
1739 Subsection (2)(c) must take all examinations as required by division rule following completion
1740 of an approved curriculum of education, within the required time frame. This exemption
1741 expires immediately upon notification of a failing score of an examination, and the individual
1742 may not continue working as a pharmacy technician even under direct supervision.
1743 (4) A prescribing practitioner or optometrist is exempt from licensing under the
1744 provisions of this part if the prescribing practitioner or optometrist:
1745 (a) (i) writes a prescription for a drug the prescribing practitioner or optometrist has the
1746 authority to dispense under Subsection (4)(b); and
1747 (ii) informs the patient:
1748 (A) that the prescription may be filled at a pharmacy or dispensed in the prescribing
1749 practitioner's or optometrist's office;
1750 (B) of the directions for appropriate use of the drug;
1751 (C) of potential side-effects to the use of the drug; and
1752 (D) how to contact the prescribing practitioner or optometrist if the patient has
1753 questions or concerns regarding the drug;
1754 (b) dispenses a cosmetic drug or injectable weight loss drug only to the prescribing
1755 practitioner's patients or for an optometrist, dispenses a cosmetic drug only to the optometrist's
1756 patients;
1757 (c) follows labeling, record keeping, patient counseling, storage, purchasing and
1758 distribution, operating, treatment, and quality of care requirements established by
1759 administrative rule adopted by the division in consultation with the boards listed in Subsection
1760 (5)(a); and
1761 (d) follows USP-NF 797 standards for sterile compounding if the drug dispensed to
1762 patients is reconstituted or compounded.
1763 (5) (a) The division, in consultation with the board under this chapter and the relevant
1764 professional board, including the Physician Licensing Board, the Osteopathic Physician
1765 Licensing Board, the Physician Assistant Licensing Board, the Board of Nursing, the
1766 Optometrist Licensing Board, or the Online Prescribing, Dispensing, and Facilitation Board,
1767 shall adopt administrative rules pursuant to Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative
1768 Rulemaking Act to designate:
1769 (i) the prescription drugs that may be dispensed as a cosmetic drug or weight loss drug
1770 under this section; and
1771 (ii) the requirements under Subsection (4)(c).
1772 (b) When making a determination under Subsection (1)(a), the division and boards
1773 listed in Subsection (5)(a)[
1774 indications or approval associated with a drug when adopting a rule to designate a prescription
1775 drug that may be dispensed under this section.
1776 (c) The division may inspect the office of a prescribing practitioner or optometrist who
1777 is dispensing under the provisions of this section, in order to determine whether the prescribing
1778 practitioner or optometrist is in compliance with the provisions of this section. If a prescribing
1779 practitioner or optometrist chooses to dispense under the provisions of this section, the
1780 prescribing practitioner or optometrist consents to the jurisdiction of the division to inspect the
1781 prescribing practitioner's or optometrist's office and determine if the provisions of this section
1782 are being met by the prescribing practitioner [
1783 (d) If a prescribing practitioner or optometrist violates a provision of this section, the
1784 prescribing practitioner or optometrist may be subject to discipline under:
1785 (i) this chapter; and
1786 (ii) (A) Chapter 16a, Utah Optometry Practice Act;
1787 (B) Chapter 31b, Nurse Practice Act;
1788 (C) Chapter 67, Utah Medical Practice Act;
1789 (D) Chapter 68, Utah Osteopathic Medical Practice Act;
1790 (E) Chapter 70a, Physician Assistant Act; or
1791 (F) Chapter 83, Online Prescribing, Dispensing, and Facilitation Act.
1792 (6) Except as provided in Subsection (2)(e), this section does not restrict or limit the
1793 scope of practice of an optometrist or optometric physician licensed under Chapter 16a, Utah
1794 Optometry Practice Act.
1795 Section 32. Section 58-22-102 is amended to read:
1796 58-22-102. Definitions.
1797 In addition to the definitions in Section 58-1-102 , as used in this chapter:
1798 (1) "Board" means the Professional Engineers and Professional Land Surveyors
1799 Licensing Board created in Section 58-22-201 .
1800 (2) "Building" means a structure which has human occupancy or habitation as its
1801 principal purpose, and includes the structural, mechanical, and electrical systems, utility
1802 services, and other facilities required for the building, and is otherwise governed by the State
1803 Construction Code or an approved code under Title 15A, State Construction and Fire Codes
1804 Act.
1805 (3) "Complete construction plans" means a final set of plans, specifications, and reports
1806 for a building or structure that normally includes:
1807 (a) floor plans;
1808 (b) elevations;
1809 (c) site plans;
1810 (d) foundation, structural, and framing detail;
1811 (e) electrical, mechanical, and plumbing design;
1812 (f) information required by the energy code;
1813 (g) specifications and related calculations as appropriate; and
1814 (h) all other documents required to obtain a building permit.
1815 (4) "EAC/ABET" means the Engineering Accreditation Commission/Accreditation
1816 Board for Engineering and Technology.
1817 (5) "Fund" means the Professional Engineer, Professional Structural Engineer, and
1818 Professional Land Surveyor Education and Enforcement Fund created in Section 58-22-103 .
1819 (6) "NCEES" means the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and
1820 Surveying.
1821 (7) "Principal" means a licensed professional engineer, professional structural engineer,
1822 or professional land surveyor having responsible charge of an organization's professional
1823 engineering, professional structural engineering, or professional land surveying practice.
1824 (8) "Professional engineer" means a person licensed under this chapter as a
1825 professional engineer.
1826 (9) (a) "Professional engineering or the practice of engineering" means a service or
1827 creative work, the adequate performance of which requires engineering education, training, and
1828 experience in the application of special knowledge of the mathematical, physical, and
1829 engineering sciences to the service or creative work as consultation, investigation, evaluation,
1830 planning, design, and design coordination of engineering works and systems, planning the use
1831 of land and water, facility programming, performing engineering surveys and studies, and the
1832 review of construction for the purpose of monitoring compliance with drawings and
1833 specifications; any of which embraces these services or work, either public or private, in
1834 connection with any utilities, structures, buildings, machines, equipment, processes, work
1835 systems, projects, and industrial or consumer products or equipment of a mechanical, electrical,
1836 hydraulic, pneumatic, or thermal nature, and including other professional services as may be
1837 necessary to the planning, progress, and completion of any engineering services.
1838 (b) The practice of professional engineering does not include the practice of
1839 architecture as defined in Section 58-3a-102 , but a licensed professional engineer may perform
1840 architecture work as is incidental to the practice of engineering.
1841 (10) "Professional engineering intern" means a person who:
1842 (a) has completed the education requirements to become a professional engineer;
1843 (b) has passed the fundamentals of engineering examination; and
1844 (c) is engaged in obtaining the four years of qualifying experience for licensure under
1845 the direct supervision of a licensed professional engineer.
1846 (11) "Professional land surveying or the practice of land surveying" means a service or
1847 work, the adequate performance of which requires the application of special knowledge of the
1848 principles of mathematics, the related physical and applied sciences, and the relevant
1849 requirements of law for adequate evidence to the act of measuring and locating lines, angles,
1850 elevations, natural and man-made features in the air, on the surface of the earth, within
1851 underground workings, and on the beds of bodies of water for the purpose of determining areas
1852 and volumes, for the monumenting or locating of property boundaries or points controlling
1853 boundaries, and for the platting and layout of lands and subdivisions of lands, including the
1854 topography, alignment and grades of streets, and for the preparation and perpetuation of maps,
1855 record plats, field notes records, and property descriptions that represent these surveys and
1856 other duties as sound surveying practices could direct.
1857 (12) "Professional land surveyor" means an individual licensed under this chapter as a
1858 professional land surveyor.
1859 (13) "Professional structural engineer" means a person licensed under this chapter as a
1860 professional structural engineer.
1861 (14) "Professional structural engineering or the practice of structural engineering"
1862 means a service or creative work in the following areas, and may be further defined by rule by
1863 the division in collaboration with the board:
1864 (a) providing structural engineering services for significant structures including:
1865 (i) buildings and other structures representing a substantial hazard to human life, which
1866 include:
1867 (A) buildings and other structures whose primary occupancy is public assembly with an
1868 occupant load greater than 300;
1869 (B) buildings and other structures with elementary school, secondary school, or day
1870 care facilities with an occupant load greater than 250;
1871 (C) buildings and other structures with an occupant load greater than 500 for colleges
1872 or adult education facilities;
1873 (D) health care facilities with an occupant load of 50 or more resident patients, but not
1874 having surgery or emergency treatment facilities;
1875 (E) jails and detention facilities with a gross area greater than 3,000 square feet; or
1876 (F) an occupancy with an occupant load greater than 5,000;
1877 (ii) buildings and other structures designated as essential facilities, including:
1878 (A) hospitals and other health care facilities having surgery or emergency treatment
1879 facilities with a gross area greater than 3,000 square feet;
1880 (B) fire, rescue, and police stations and emergency vehicle garages with a mean height
1881 greater than 24 feet or a gross area greater than 5,000 square feet;
1882 (C) designated earthquake, hurricane, or other emergency shelters with a gross area
1883 greater than 3,000 square feet;
1884 (D) designated emergency preparedness, communication, and operation centers and
1885 other buildings required for emergency response with a mean height more than 24 feet or a
1886 gross area greater than 5,000 square feet;
1887 (E) power-generating stations and other public utility facilities required as emergency
1888 backup facilities with a gross area greater then 3,000 square feet;
1889 (F) structures with a mean height more than 24 feet or a gross area greater than 5,000
1890 square feet containing highly toxic materials as defined by the division by rule, where the
1891 quantity of the material exceeds the maximum allowable quantities set by the division by rule;
1892 and
1893 (G) aviation control towers, air traffic control centers, and emergency aircraft hangars
1894 at commercial service and cargo air services airports as defined by the Federal Aviation
1895 Administration with a mean height greater than 35 feet or a gross area greater than 20,000
1896 square feet; and
1897 (iii) buildings and other structures requiring special consideration, including:
1898 (A) structures or buildings that are:
1899 (I) normally occupied by human beings; and
1900 (II) five stories or more in height; or
1901 (III) that have an average roof height more than 60 feet above the average ground level
1902 measured at the perimeter of the structure; or
1903 (B) all buildings over 200,000 aggregate gross square feet in area; and
1904 (b) includes the definition of professional engineering or the practice of professional
1905 engineering as provided in Subsection (9).
1906 (15) "Structure" means that which is built or constructed, an edifice or building of any
1907 kind, or a piece of work artificially built up or composed of parts joined together in a definite
1908 manner, and as otherwise governed by the State Construction Code or an approved code under
1909 Title 15A, State Construction and Fire Codes Act.
1910 (16) "Supervision of an employee, subordinate, associate, or drafter of a licensee"
1911 means that a licensed professional engineer, professional structural engineer, or professional
1912 land surveyor is responsible for and personally reviews, corrects when necessary, and approves
1913 work performed by an employee, subordinate, associate, or drafter under the direction of the
1914 licensee, and may be further defined by rule by the division in collaboration with the board.
1915 (17) "TAC/ABET" means the Technology Accreditation Commission/Accreditation
1916 Board for Engineering and Technology.
1917 (18) "Unlawful conduct" is defined in Sections 58-1-501 and 58-22-501 .
1918 (19) "Unprofessional conduct" as defined in Section 58-1-501 may be further defined
1919 by rule by the division in collaboration with the board.
1920 Section 33. Section 58-22-201 is amended to read:
1921 58-22-201. Board.
1922 (1) There is created a Professional Engineers and Professional Land Surveyors
1923 Licensing Board. The board shall consist of four licensed professional engineers, one licensed
1924 professional structural engineer, one licensed professional land surveyor, and one member from
1925 the general public. The composition of the four professional engineers on the board shall be
1926 representative of the various professional engineering disciplines.
1927 (2) The board shall be appointed and shall serve in accordance with Section 58-1-201 .
1928 The members of the board who are professional engineers shall be appointed from among
1929 nominees recommended by representative engineering societies in this state. The member of
1930 the board who is a land surveyor shall be appointed from among nominees recommended by
1931 representative professional land surveyor societies.
1932 (3) The duties and responsibilities of the board shall be in accordance with Sections
1933 58-1-202 and 58-1-203 . In addition, the board shall designate one of its members on a
1934 permanent or rotating basis to:
1935 (a) assist the division in reviewing complaints concerning the unlawful or
1936 unprofessional conduct of a [
1937 (b) advise the division in its investigation of these complaints.
1938 (4) A board member who has, under Subsection (3), reviewed a complaint or advised
1939 in its investigation may be disqualified from participating with the board when the board serves
1940 as a presiding officer in an adjudicative proceeding concerning the complaint.
1941 Section 34. Section 58-22-503 is amended to read:
1942 58-22-503. Penalty for unlawful conduct.
1943 (1) (a) If upon inspection or investigation, the division concludes that a person has
1944 violated Subsections 58-1-501 (1)(a) through (d) or Section 58-22-501 or any rule or order
1945 issued with respect to Section 58-22-501 , and that disciplinary action is appropriate, the
1946 director or the director's designee from within the division for each alternative respectively,
1947 shall promptly issue a citation to the person according to this chapter and any pertinent rules,
1948 attempt to negotiate a stipulated settlement, or notify the person to appear before an
1949 adjudicative proceeding conducted under Title 63G, Chapter 4, Administrative Procedures Act.
1950 (i) A person who violates Subsections 58-1-501 (1)(a) through (d) or Section 58-22-501
1951 or any rule or order issued with respect to Section 58-22-501 , as evidenced by an uncontested
1952 citation, a stipulated settlement, or by a finding of violation in an adjudicative proceeding, may
1953 be assessed a fine pursuant to this Subsection (1) and may, in addition to or in lieu of, be
1954 ordered to cease and desist from violating Subsections 58-1-501 (1)(a) through (d) or Section
1955 58-22-501 or any rule or order issued with respect to this section.
1956 (ii) Except for a cease and desist order, the licensure sanctions cited in Section
1957 58-22-401 may not be assessed through a citation.
1958 (b) A citation shall:
1959 (i) be in writing;
1960 (ii) describe with particularity the nature of the violation, including a reference to the
1961 provision of the chapter, rule, or order alleged to have been violated;
1962 (iii) clearly state that the recipient must notify the division in writing within 20
1963 calendar days of service of the citation if the recipient wishes to contest the citation at a hearing
1964 conducted under Title 63G, Chapter 4, Administrative Procedures Act; and
1965 (iv) clearly explain the consequences of failure to timely contest the citation or to make
1966 payment of any fines assessed by the citation within the time specified in the citation.
1967 (c) The division may issue a notice in lieu of a citation.
1968 (d) Each citation issued under this section, or a copy of each citation, may be served
1969 upon [
1970 of Civil Procedure and may be made personally or upon the person's agent by a division
1971 investigator or by any person specially designated by the director or by mail.
1972 (e) If within 20 calendar days from the service of the citation, the person to whom the
1973 citation was issued fails to request a hearing to contest the citation, the citation becomes the
1974 final order of the division and is not subject to further agency review. The period to contest a
1975 citation may be extended by the division for cause.
1976 (f) The division may refuse to issue or renew, suspend, revoke, or place on probation
1977 the license of a licensee who fails to comply with a citation after it becomes final.
1978 (g) The failure of an applicant for licensure to comply with a citation after it becomes
1979 final is a ground for denial of license.
1980 (h) No citation may be issued under this section after the expiration of six months
1981 following the occurrence of any violation.
1982 (i) The director or the director's designee shall assess fines according to the following:
1983 (i) for a first offense handled pursuant to Subsection (1)(a), a fine of up to $1,000;
1984 (ii) for a second offense handled pursuant to Subsection (1)(a), a fine of up to $2,000;
1985 and
1986 (iii) for any subsequent offense handled pursuant to Subsection (1)(a), a fine of up to
1987 $2,000 for each day of continued offense.
1988 (2) An action initiated for a first or second offense which has not yet resulted in a final
1989 order of the division shall not preclude initiation of any subsequent action for a second or
1990 subsequent offense during the pendency of any preceding action. The final order on a
1991 subsequent action shall be considered a second or subsequent offense, respectively, provided
1992 the preceding action resulted in a first or second offense, respectively.
1993 (3) Any penalty which is not paid may be collected by the director by either referring
1994 the matter to a collection agency or bringing an action in the district court of the county in
1995 which the person against whom the penalty is imposed resides or in the county where the office
1996 of the director is located. Any county attorney or the attorney general of the state shall provide
1997 legal assistance and advice to the director in any action to collect the penalty. In any action
1998 brought to enforce the provisions of this section, reasonable attorney's fees and costs shall be
1999 awarded to the division.
2000 Section 35. Section 58-26a-102 is amended to read:
2001 58-26a-102. Definitions.
2002 In addition to the definitions in Section 58-1-102 , as used in this chapter:
2003 (1) "Accounting experience" means applying accounting and auditing skills and
2004 principles that are taught as a part of the professional education qualifying a person for
2005 licensure under this chapter and generally accepted by the profession, under the supervision of
2006 a licensed certified public accountant.
2007 (2) "AICPA" means the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
2008 (3) (a) "Attest and attestation engagement" means providing any or all of the following
2009 financial statement services:
2010 (i) an audit or other engagement to be performed in accordance with the Statements on
2011 Auditing Standards (SAS);
2012 (ii) a review of a financial statement to be performed in accordance with the Statements
2013 on Standards for Accounting and Review Services (SSARS);
2014 (iii) an examination of prospective financial information to be performed in accordance
2015 with the Statements on Standards for Attestation Engagements (SSAE); or
2016 (iv) an engagement to be performed in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB.
2017 (b) The standards specified in this definition shall be adopted by reference by the
2018 division under its rulemaking authority in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah
2019 Administrative Rulemaking Act, and shall be those developed for general application by
2020 recognized national accountancy organizations such as the AICPA and the PCAOB.
2021 (4) "Board" means the Utah Board of Accountancy created in Section 58-26a-201 .
2022 (5) "Certified Public Accountant" or "CPA" means an individual currently licensed by
2023 this state or any other state, district, or territory of the United States of America to practice
2024 public accountancy or who has been granted a license as a certified public accountant under
2025 prior law or this chapter.
2026 (6) "Certified Public Accountant firm" or "CPA firm" means a qualified business entity
2027 holding a valid registration as a Certified Public Accountant firm under this chapter.
2028 (7) "Client" means the person who retains a licensee for the performance of one or
2029 more of the services included in the definition of the practice of public accountancy. "Client"
2030 does not include a CPA's employer when the licensee works in a salaried or hourly rate
2031 position.
2032 (8) "Compilation" means providing a service to be performed in accordance with
2033 Statements on Standards for Accounting and Review Services (SSARS) that is presenting, in
2034 the form of financial statements, information that is the representation of management or
2035 owners, without undertaking to express any assurance on the statements.
2036 (9) "Experience" means:
2037 (a) accounting experience; or
2038 (b) professional experience.
2039 (10) "Licensee" means the holder of a current valid license issued under this chapter.
2040 (11) "NASBA" means the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy.
2041 (12) "PCAOB" means the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.
2042 (13) "Practice of public accounting" means the offer to perform or the performance by
2043 a person holding himself out as a certified public accountant of one or more kinds of services
2044 involving the use of auditing or accounting skills including the issuance of reports or opinions
2045 on financial statements, performing attestation engagements, the performance of one or more
2046 kinds of advisory or consulting services, or the preparation of tax returns or the furnishing of
2047 advice on tax matters for a client.
2048 (14) "Peer review" means a study, appraisal, or review of one or more aspects of the
2049 professional work of a person or qualified business entity in the practice of public accountancy,
2050 by a licensee or any other qualified person in accordance with rules adopted pursuant to this
2051 chapter and who is not affiliated with the person or qualified business entity being reviewed.
2052 (15) "Principal place of business" means the office location designated by the licensee
2053 for purposes of substantial equivalency and licensure by endorsement.
2054 (16) "Professional experience" means experience lawfully obtained while licensed as a
2055 certified public accountant in another jurisdiction, recognized by rule, in the practice of public
2056 accountancy performed for a client, which includes expression of assurance or opinion.
2057 (17) "Qualified business entity" means a sole proprietorship, corporation, limited
2058 liability company, or partnership engaged in the practice of public accountancy.
2059 (18) "Qualified continuing professional education" means a formal program of
2060 education that contributes directly to the professional competence of a certified public
2061 accountant.
2062 (19) "Qualifying examinations" means:
2063 (a) the AICPA Uniform CPA Examination;
2064 (b) the AICPA Examination of Professional Ethics for CPAs;
2065 (c) the Utah Laws and Rules Examination; and
2066 (d) any other examination approved by the board and adopted by the division by rule in
2067 accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act.
2068 (20) (a) "Report" means:
2069 (i) when used with reference to financial statements, an opinion, report or other form of
2070 language that:
2071 (A) states or implies assurance as to the reliability of any financial statements; or
2072 (B) implies that the person or firm issuing it has special knowledge or competence in
2073 accounting or auditing and specifically includes compilations and reviews; such an implication
2074 of special knowledge or competence may arise from use by the issuer of the report of names or
2075 titles indicating that the person or firm is a public accountant or auditor, or from the language
2076 of the report itself; or
2077 (ii) any disclaimer of opinion when it is conventionally understood to imply any
2078 positive assurance as to the reliability of the financial statements referred to or language
2079 suggesting special competence on the part of the person or firm issuing such language; and it
2080 includes any other form of language that is conventionally understood to imply such assurance
2081 or such special knowledge or competence.
2082 (b) "Report" does not include a financial statement prepared by an unlicensed person if:
2083 (i) that financial statement has a cover page which includes essentially the following
2084 language: "I (we) have prepared the accompanying financial statements of (name of entity) as
2085 of (time period) for the (period) then ended. This presentation is limited to preparing, in the
2086 form of financial statements, information that is the representation of management (owners). I
2087 (we) have not audited or reviewed the accompanying financial statements and accordingly do
2088 not express an opinion or any other form of assurance on them."; and
2089 (ii) the cover page and any related footnotes do not use the terms "compilation,"
2090 "review," "audit," "generally accepted auditing standards," "generally accepted accounting
2091 principles," or other similar terms.
2092 (21) "Review of financial statements" means performing inquiry and analytical
2093 procedures which provide a reasonable basis for expressing limited assurance that there are no
2094 material modifications that should be made to the statements in order for them to be in
2095 conformity with generally accepted accounting principles or, if applicable, with another
2096 comprehensive basis of accounting; and, the issuance of a report on the financial statements
2097 stating that a review was performed in accordance with the standards established by the
2098 American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
2099 (22) (a) "Substantial equivalency" means a determination by the division in
2100 collaboration with the board or its designee that:
2101 (i) the education, examination, and experience requirements set forth in the statutes and
2102 administrative rules of another jurisdiction are comparable to or exceed the education,
2103 examination, and experience requirements set forth in the Uniform Accountancy Act; or
2104 (ii) an individual CPA's education, examination, and experience qualifications are
2105 comparable to or exceed the education, examination, and experience requirements set forth in
2106 the Uniform Accountancy Act.
2107 (b) In ascertaining whether an individual's qualifications are substantially equivalent as
2108 used in this chapter, the division in collaboration with the board shall take into account the
2109 qualifications without regard to the sequence in which the education, examination, and
2110 experience requirements were attained.
2111 (23) "Uniform Accountancy Act" means the model public accountancy legislation
2112 developed and promulgated by national accounting and regulatory associations that contains
2113 standardized definitions and regulations for the practice of public accounting as recognized by
2114 the division in collaboration with the board.
2115 (24) "Unlawful conduct" is as defined in Sections 58-1-501 and 58-26a-501 .
2116 (25) "Unprofessional conduct" is as defined in Sections 58-1-501 and 58-26a-502 and
2117 as may be further defined by rule.
2118 (26) "Year of experience" means 2,000 hours of cumulative experience.
2119 Section 36. Section 58-28-307 is amended to read:
2120 58-28-307. Exemptions from chapter.
2121 In addition to the exemptions from licensure in Section 58-1-307 this chapter does not
2122 apply to:
2123 (1) any person who practices veterinary medicine, surgery, or dentistry upon any
2124 animal owned by him, and the employee of that person when the practice is upon an animal
2125 owned by his employer, and incidental to his employment, except:
2126 (a) this exemption does not apply to any person, or his employee, when the ownership
2127 of an animal was acquired for the purpose of circumventing this chapter; and
2128 (b) this exemption does not apply to the administration, dispensing, or prescribing of a
2129 prescription drug, or nonprescription drug intended for off label use, unless the administration,
2130 dispensing, or prescribing of the drug is obtained through an existing veterinarian-patient
2131 relationship;
2132 (2) any person who as a student at a veterinary college approved by the board engages
2133 in the practice of veterinary medicine, surgery, and dentistry as part of his academic training
2134 and under the direct supervision and control of a licensed veterinarian, if that practice is during
2135 the last two years of the college course of instruction and does not exceed an 18-month
2136 duration;
2137 (3) a veterinarian who is an officer or employee of the government of the United
2138 States, or the state, or its political subdivisions, and technicians under his supervision, while
2139 engaged in the practice of veterinary medicine, surgery, or dentistry for that government;
2140 (4) any person while engaged in the vaccination of poultry, pullorum testing, typhoid
2141 testing of poultry, and related poultry disease control activity;
2142 (5) any person who is engaged in bona fide and legitimate medical, dental,
2143 pharmaceutical, or other scientific research, if that practice of veterinary medicine, surgery, or
2144 dentistry is directly related to, and a necessary part of, that research;
2145 (6) veterinarians licensed under the laws of another state rendering professional
2146 services in association with licensed veterinarians of this state for a period not to exceed 90
2147 days;
2148 (7) registered pharmacists of this state engaged in the sale of veterinary supplies,
2149 instruments, and medicines, if the sale is at his regular place of business;
2150 (8) any person in this state engaged in the sale of veterinary supplies, instruments, and
2151 medicines, except prescription drugs which must be sold in compliance with state and federal
2152 regulations, if the supplies, instruments, and medicines are sold in original packages bearing
2153 adequate identification and directions for application and administration and the sale is made in
2154 the regular course of, and at the regular place of business;
2155 (9) any person rendering emergency first aid to animals in those areas where a licensed
2156 veterinarian is not available, and if suspicious reportable diseases are reported immediately to
2157 the state veterinarian;
2158 (10) any person performing or teaching nonsurgical bovine artificial insemination;
2159 (11) any person affiliated with an institution of higher education who teaches
2160 nonsurgical bovine embryo transfer or any technician trained by or approved by an institution
2161 of higher education who performs nonsurgical bovine embryo transfer, but only if any
2162 prescription drug used in the procedure is prescribed and administered under the direction of a
2163 veterinarian licensed to practice in Utah;
2164 (12) (a) upon written referral by a licensed veterinarian, the practice of animal
2165 chiropractic by a chiropractic physician licensed under Chapter 73, Chiropractic Physician
2166 Practice Act, who has completed an animal chiropractic course approved by the American
2167 Veterinary Chiropractic Association or the division;
2168 (b) upon written referral by a licensed veterinarian, the practice of animal physical
2169 therapy by a physical therapist licensed under Chapter 24b, Physical Therapy Practice Act, who
2170 has completed at least 100 hours of animal physical therapy training, including quadruped
2171 anatomy and hands-on training, approved by the division;
2172 (c) upon written referral by a licensed veterinarian, the practice of animal massage
2173 therapy by a massage therapist licensed under Chapter 47b, Massage Therapy Practice Act,
2174 who has completed at least 60 hours of animal massage therapy training, including quadruped
2175 anatomy and hands-on training, approved by the division; and
2176 (d) upon written referral by a licensed veterinarian, the practice of acupuncture by an
2177 acupuncturist licensed under Chapter 72, Acupuncture Licensing Act, who has completed a
2178 course of study on animal acupuncture approved by the division;
2179 (13) unlicensed assistive personnel performing duties appropriately delegated to the
2180 unlicensed assistive personnel in accordance with Section 58-28-502 ;
2181 (14) an animal shelter employee who is:
2182 (a) acting under the indirect supervision of a licensed veterinarian; and
2183 (b) performing animal euthanasia in the course and scope of employment; and
2184 (15) an individual providing appropriate training for animals[
2185 exception does not include diagnosing any medical condition, or prescribing or dispensing any
2186 prescription drugs or therapeutics.
2187 Section 37. Section 58-37-10 is amended to read:
2188 58-37-10. Search warrants -- Administrative inspection warrants -- Inspections
2189 and seizures of property without warrant.
2190 (1) Search warrants relating to offenses involving controlled substances may be
2191 authorized pursuant to the Utah Rules of Criminal Procedure.
2192 (2) Issuance and execution of administrative inspection warrants shall be as follows:
2193 (a) Any judge or magistrate of this state within his jurisdiction upon proper oath or
2194 affirmation showing probable cause, may issue warrants for the purpose of conducting
2195 administrative inspections authorized by this act or regulations thereunder and seizures of
2196 property appropriate to such inspections. Probable cause for purposes of this act exists upon
2197 showing a valid public interest in the effective enforcement of the act or rules promulgated
2198 thereunder sufficient to justify administrative inspection of the area, premises, building, or
2199 conveyance in the circumstances specified in the application for the warrant.
2200 (b) A warrant shall issue only upon an affidavit of an officer or employee duly
2201 designated and having knowledge of the facts alleged sworn to before a judge or magistrate
2202 which establish the grounds for issuing the warrant. If the judge or magistrate is satisfied that
2203 grounds for the application exist or that there is probable cause to believe they exist, he shall
2204 issue a warrant identifying the area, premises, building, or conveyance to be inspected, the
2205 purpose of the inspection, and if appropriate, the type of property to be inspected, if any. The
2206 warrant shall:
2207 (i) state the grounds for its issuance and the name of each person whose affidavit has
2208 been taken to support it;
2209 (ii) be directed to a person authorized by Section 58-37-9 of this act to execute it;
2210 (iii) command the person to whom it is directed to inspect the area, premises, building,
2211 or conveyance identified for the purpose specified and if appropriate, direct the seizure of the
2212 property specified;
2213 (iv) identify the item or types of property to be seized, if any; and
2214 (v) direct that it be served during normal business hours and designate the judge or
2215 magistrate to whom it shall be returned.
2216 (c) A warrant issued pursuant to this section must be executed and returned within 10
2217 days after its date unless, upon a showing of a need for additional time, the court instructs
2218 otherwise in the warrant. If property is seized pursuant to a warrant, the person executing the
2219 warrant shall give to the person from whom or from whose premises the property was taken a
2220 copy of the warrant and a receipt for the property taken or leave the copy and receipt at the
2221 place where the property was taken. Return of the warrant shall be made promptly and be
2222 accompanied by a written inventory of any property taken. The inventory shall be made in the
2223 presence of the person executing the warrant and of the person from whose possession or
2224 premises the property was taken, if they are present, or in the presence of at least one credible
2225 person other than the person executing the warrant. A copy of the inventory shall be delivered
2226 to the person from whom or from whose premises the property was taken and to the applicant
2227 for the warrant.
2228 (d) The judge or magistrate who issued the warrant under this section shall attach a
2229 copy of the return and all other papers to the warrant and file them with the court.
2230 (3) The department is authorized to make administrative inspections of controlled
2231 premises in accordance with the following provisions:
2232 (a) For purposes of this section only, "controlled premises" means:
2233 (i) Places where persons licensed or exempted from licensing requirements under this
2234 act are required to keep records.
2235 (ii) Places including factories, warehouses, establishments, and conveyances where
2236 persons licensed or exempted from licensing requirements are permitted to possess,
2237 manufacture, compound, process, sell, deliver, or otherwise dispose of any controlled
2238 substance.
2239 (b) When authorized by an administrative inspection warrant a law enforcement officer
2240 or employee designated in Section 58-37-9 , upon presenting the warrant and appropriate
2241 credentials to the owner, operator, or agent in charge, has the right to enter controlled premises
2242 for the purpose of conducting an administrative inspection.
2243 (c) When authorized by an administrative inspection warrant, a law enforcement
2244 officer or employee designated in Section 58-37-9 has the right:
2245 (i) To inspect and copy records required by this chapter.
2246 (ii) To inspect within reasonable limits and a reasonable manner, the controlled
2247 premises and all pertinent equipment, finished and unfinished material, containers, and labeling
2248 found, and except as provided in Subsection (3)(e), all other things including records, files,
2249 papers, processes, controls, and facilities subject to regulation and control by this chapter or by
2250 rules promulgated by the department.
2251 (iii) To inventory and take stock of any controlled substance and obtain samples of any
2252 substance.
2253 (d) This section shall not be construed to prevent the inspection of books and records
2254 without a warrant pursuant to an administrative subpoena issued by a court or the department
2255 nor shall it be construed to prevent entries and administrative inspections including seizures of
2256 property without a warrant:
2257 (i) with the consent of the owner, operator, or agent in charge of the controlled
2258 premises;
2259 (ii) in situations presenting imminent danger to health or safety;
2260 (iii) in situations involving inspection of conveyances where there is reasonable cause
2261 to believe that the mobility of the conveyance makes it impracticable to obtain a warrant;
2262 (iv) in any other exceptional or emergency circumstance where time or opportunity to
2263 apply for a warrant is lacking; and
2264 (v) in all other situations where a warrant is not constitutionally required.
2265 (e) No inspection authorized by this section shall extend to financial data, sales data,
2266 other than shipment data, or pricing data unless the owner, operator, or agent in charge of the
2267 controlled premises consents in writing.
2268 Section 38. Section 58-37c-3 is amended to read:
2269 58-37c-3. Definitions.
2270 In addition to the definitions in Section 58-1-102 , as used in this chapter:
2271 (1) "Board" means the Controlled Substance Precursor Advisory Board created in
2272 Section 58-37c-4 .
2273 (2) "Controlled substance precursor" includes a chemical reagent and means any of the
2274 following:
2275 (a) Phenyl-2-propanone;
2276 (b) Methylamine;
2277 (c) Ethylamine;
2278 (d) D-lysergic acid;
2279 (e) Ergotamine and its salts;
2280 (f) Diethyl malonate;
2281 (g) Malonic acid;
2282 (h) Ethyl malonate;
2283 (i) Barbituric acid;
2284 (j) Piperidine and its salts;
2285 (k) N-acetylanthranilic acid and its salts;
2286 (l) Pyrrolidine;
2287 (m) Phenylacetic acid and its salts;
2288 (n) Anthranilic acid and its salts;
2289 (o) Morpholine;
2290 (p) Ephedrine;
2291 (q) Pseudoephedrine;
2292 (r) Norpseudoephedrine;
2293 (s) Phenylpropanolamine;
2294 (t) Benzyl cyanide;
2295 (u) Ergonovine and its salts;
2296 (v) 3,4-Methylenedioxyphenyl-2-propanone;
2297 (w) propionic anhydride;
2298 (x) Insosafrole;
2299 (y) Safrole;
2300 (z) Piperonal;
2301 (aa) N-Methylephedrine;
2302 (bb) N-ethylephedrine;
2303 (cc) N-methylpseudoephedrine;
2304 (dd) N-ethylpseudoephedrine;
2305 (ee) Hydriotic acid;
2306 (ff) gamma butyrolactone (GBL), including butyrolactone, 1,2 butanolide,
2307 2-oxanolone, tetrahydro-2-furanone, dihydro-2(3H)-furanone, and tetramethylene glycol, but
2308 not including gamma aminobutric acid (GABA);
2309 (gg) 1,4 butanediol;
2310 (hh) any salt, isomer, or salt of an isomer of the chemicals listed in Subsections (2)(a)
2311 through (gg);
2312 (ii) Crystal iodine;
2313 (jj) Iodine at concentrations greater than 1.5% by weight in a solution or matrix;
2314 (kk) Red phosphorous, except as provided in Section 58-37c-19.7 ;
2315 (ll) anhydrous ammonia, except as provided in Section 58-37c-19.9 ;
2316 (mm) any controlled substance precursor listed under the provisions of the Federal
2317 Controlled Substances Act which is designated by the director under the emergency listing
2318 provisions set forth in Section 58-37c-14 ; and
2319 (nn) any chemical which is designated by the director under the emergency listing
2320 provisions set forth in Section 58-37c-14 .
2321 (3) "Deliver," "delivery," "transfer," or "furnish" means the actual, constructive, or
2322 attempted transfer of a controlled substance precursor.
2323 (4) "Matrix" means something, as a substance, in which something else originates,
2324 develops, or is contained.
2325 (5) "Person" means any individual, group of individuals, proprietorship, partnership,
2326 joint venture, corporation, or organization of any type or kind.
2327 (6) "Practitioner" means a physician, dentist, podiatric physician, veterinarian,
2328 pharmacist, scientific investigator, pharmacy, hospital, pharmaceutical manufacturer, or other
2329 person licensed, registered, or otherwise permitted to distribute, dispense, conduct research
2330 with respect to, administer, or use in teaching[
2331 the course of professional practice or research in this state.
2332 (7) (a) "Regulated distributor" means a person within the state who provides, sells,
2333 furnishes, transfers, or otherwise supplies a listed controlled substance precursor chemical in a
2334 regulated transaction.
2335 (b) "Regulated distributor" does not include any person excluded from regulation under
2336 this chapter.
2337 (8) (a) "Regulated purchaser" means any person within the state who receives a listed
2338 controlled substance precursor chemical in a regulated transaction.
2339 (b) "Regulated purchaser" does not include any person excluded from regulation under
2340 this chapter.
2341 (9) "Regulated transaction" means any actual, constructive or attempted:
2342 (a) transfer, distribution, delivery, or furnishing by a person within the state to another
2343 person within or outside of the state of a threshold amount of a listed precursor chemical; or
2344 (b) purchase or acquisition by any means by a person within the state from another
2345 person within or outside the state of a threshold amount of a listed precursor chemical.
2346 (10) "Retail distributor" means a grocery store, general merchandise store, drug store,
2347 or other entity or person whose activities as a distributor are limited almost exclusively to sales
2348 for personal use:
2349 (a) in both number of sales and volume of sales; and
2350 (b) either directly to walk-in customers or in face-to-face transactions by direct sales.
2351 (11) "Threshold amount of a listed precursor chemical" means any amount of a
2352 controlled substance precursor or a specified amount of a controlled substance precursor in a
2353 matrix; however, the division may exempt from the provisions of this chapter a specific
2354 controlled substance precursor in a specific amount and in certain types of transactions which
2355 provisions for exemption shall be defined by the division by rule adopted pursuant to Title
2356 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act.
2357 (12) "Unlawful conduct" as defined in Section 58-1-501 includes knowingly and
2358 intentionally:
2359 (a) engaging in a regulated transaction without first being appropriately licensed or
2360 exempted from licensure under this chapter;
2361 (b) acting as a regulated distributor and selling, transferring, or in any other way
2362 conveying a controlled substance precursor to a person within the state who is not appropriately
2363 licensed or exempted from licensure as a regulated purchaser, or selling, transferring, or
2364 otherwise conveying a controlled substance precursor to a person outside of the state and
2365 failing to report the transaction as required;
2366 (c) acting as a regulated purchaser and purchasing or in any other way obtaining a
2367 controlled substance precursor from a person within the state who is not a licensed regulated
2368 distributor, or purchasing or otherwise obtaining a controlled substance precursor from a
2369 person outside of the state and failing to report the transaction as required;
2370 (d) engaging in a regulated transaction and failing to submit reports and keep required
2371 records of inventories required under the provisions of this chapter or rules adopted pursuant to
2372 this chapter;
2373 (e) making any false statement in any application for license, in any record to be kept,
2374 or on any report submitted as required under this chapter;
2375 (f) with the intent of causing the evasion of the recordkeeping or reporting
2376 requirements of this chapter and rules related to this chapter, receiving or distributing any listed
2377 controlled substance precursor chemical in any manner designed so that the making of records
2378 or filing of reports required under this chapter is not required;
2379 (g) failing to take immediate steps to comply with licensure, reporting, or
2380 recordkeeping requirements of this chapter because of lack of knowledge of those
2381 requirements, upon becoming informed of the requirements;
2382 (h) presenting false or fraudulent identification where or when receiving or purchasing
2383 a listed controlled substance precursor chemical;
2384 (i) creating a chemical mixture for the purpose of evading any licensure, reporting or
2385 recordkeeping requirement of this chapter or rules related to this chapter, or receiving a
2386 chemical mixture created for that purpose;
2387 (j) if the person is at least 18 years of age, employing, hiring, using, persuading,
2388 inducing, enticing, or coercing another person under 18 years of age to violate any provision of
2389 this chapter, or assisting in avoiding detection or apprehension for any violation of this chapter
2390 by any federal, state, or local law enforcement official; and
2391 (k) obtaining or attempting to obtain or to possess any controlled substance precursor
2392 or any combination of controlled substance precursors knowing or having a reasonable cause to
2393 believe that the controlled substance precursor is intended to be used in the unlawful
2394 manufacture of any controlled substance.
2395 (13) "Unprofessional conduct" as defined in Section 58-1-102 and as may be further
2396 defined by rule includes the following:
2397 (a) violation of any provision of this chapter, the Controlled Substance Act of this state
2398 or any other state, or the Federal Controlled Substance Act; and
2399 (b) refusing to allow agents or representatives of the division or authorized law
2400 enforcement personnel to inspect inventories or controlled substance precursors or records or
2401 reports relating to purchases and sales or distribution of controlled substance precursors as such
2402 records and reports are required under this chapter.
2403 Section 39. Section 58-37c-17 is amended to read:
2404 58-37c-17. Inspection authority.
2405 For the purpose of inspecting, copying, and auditing records and reports required under
2406 this chapter and rules adopted pursuant thereto, and for the purpose of inspecting [
2407 auditing inventories of listed controlled substance precursors, the director, or his authorized
2408 agent, and law enforcement personnel of any federal, state, or local law enforcement agency is
2409 authorized to enter the premises of regulated distributors and regulated purchasers during
2410 normal business hours to conduct administrative inspections.
2411 Section 40. Section 58-37d-2 is amended to read:
2412 58-37d-2. Purpose.
2413 The clandestine production of methamphetamine, other amphetamines, phencyclidine,
2414 narcotic analgesic analogs, so-called "designer drugs,"[
2415 methamphetamine base "crack" cocaine and methamphetamine "ice" respectively, has
2416 increased dramatically throughout the western states and Utah. These highly technical illegal
2417 operations create substantial dangers to the general public and environment from fire,
2418 explosions, and the release of toxic chemicals. By their very nature these activities often
2419 involve a number of persons in a conspiratorial enterprise to bring together all necessary
2420 components for clandestine production, to thwart regulation and detection, and to distribute the
2421 final product. Therefore, the Legislature enacts the following Utah Clandestine Laboratory Act
2422 for prosecution of specific illegal laboratory operations. With regard to the controlled
2423 substances specified herein, this act shall control, notwithstanding the prohibitions and
2424 penalties in Title 58, Chapter 37, Utah Controlled Substances Act.
2425 Section 41. Section 58-47b-301 is amended to read:
2426 58-47b-301. Licensure required.
2427 (1) An individual shall hold a license issued under this chapter in order to engage in the
2428 practice of massage therapy, except as specifically provided in Section 58-1-307 or
2429 58-47b-304 .
2430 (2) An individual shall have a license in order to:
2431 (a) represent himself as a massage therapist or massage apprentice;
2432 (b) [
2433 massage therapy or [
2434 (c) [
2435 service that is within the practice of massage therapy.
2436 Section 42. Section 59-2-1109 is amended to read:
2437 59-2-1109. Indigent persons -- Deferral or abatement -- Application -- County
2438 authority to make refunds.
2439 (1) A person under the age of 65 years is not eligible for a deferral or abatement
2440 provided for poor people under Sections 59-2-1107 and 59-2-1108 unless:
2441 (a) the county finds that extreme hardship would prevail if the grants were not made; or
2442 (b) the person has a disability.
2443 (2) (a) An application for the deferral or abatement shall be filed on or before
2444 September 1 with the county in which the property is located.
2445 (b) The application shall include a signed statement setting forth the eligibility of the
2446 applicant for the deferral or abatement.
2447 (c) Both husband and wife shall sign the application if the husband and wife seek a
2448 deferral or abatement on a residence:
2449 (i) in which they both reside; and
2450 (ii) which they own as joint tenants.
2451 (d) A county may extend the deadline for filing under Subsection (2)(a) until December
2452 31 if the county finds that good cause exists to extend the deadline.
2453 (3) (a) For purposes of this Subsection (3):
2454 (i) "Property taxes due" means the taxes due on a person's property:
2455 (A) for which an abatement is granted by a county under Section 59-2-1107 ; and
2456 (B) for the calendar year for which the abatement is granted.
2457 (ii) "Property taxes paid" is an amount equal to the sum of:
2458 (A) the amount of the property taxes the person paid for the taxable year for which the
2459 person is applying for the abatement; and
2460 (B) the amount of the abatement the county grants under Section 59-2-1107 .
2461 (b) A county granting an abatement to a person under Section 59-2-1107 shall refund
2462 to that person an amount equal to the amount by which the person's property taxes paid exceed
2463 the person's property taxes due, if that amount is $1 or more.
2464 (4) For purposes of this section:
2465 (a) a poor person is any person:
2466 (i) whose total household income as defined in Section 59-2-1202 is less than the
2467 maximum household income certified to a homeowner's credit under Subsection 59-2-1208 (1);
2468 (ii) who resides for not less than 10 months of each year in the residence for which the
2469 tax relief, deferral, or abatement is requested; and
2470 (iii) who is unable to meet the tax assessed on the person's residential property as the
2471 tax becomes due; and
2472 (b) "residence" includes a mobile home as defined under Section [
2473 70D-2-102 .
2474 (5) If the claimant is the grantor of a trust holding title to real or tangible personal
2475 property on which an abatement or deferral is claimed, the claimant may claim the portion of
2476 the abatement or deferral under Section 59-2-1107 or 59-2-1108 and be treated as the owner of
2477 that portion of the property held in trust for which the claimant proves to the satisfaction of the
2478 county that:
2479 (a) title to the portion of the trust will revest in the claimant upon the exercise of a
2480 power:
2481 (i) by:
2482 (A) the claimant as grantor of the trust;
2483 (B) a nonadverse party; or
2484 (C) both the claimant and a nonadverse party; and
2485 (ii) regardless of whether the power is a power:
2486 (A) to revoke;
2487 (B) to terminate;
2488 (C) to alter;
2489 (D) to amend; or
2490 (E) to appoint;
2491 (b) the claimant is obligated to pay the taxes on that portion of the trust property
2492 beginning January 1 of the year the claimant claims the abatement or deferral; and
2493 (c) the claimant meets the requirements under this part for the abatement or deferral.
2494 (6) The commission shall adopt rules to implement this section.
2495 (7) Any poor person may qualify for:
2496 (a) the deferral of taxes under Section 59-2-1108 ;
2497 (b) if the person meets the requisites of this section, for the abatement of taxes under
2498 Section 59-2-1107 ; or
2499 (c) both:
2500 (i) the deferral described in Subsection (7)(a); and
2501 (ii) the abatement described in Subsection (7)(b).
2502 Section 43. Section 63A-12-111 is amended to read:
2503 63A-12-111. Government records ombudsman.
2504 (1) (a) The director of the division shall appoint a government records ombudsman.
2505 (b) The government records ombudsman may not be a member of the records
2506 committee.
2507 (2) The government records ombudsman shall:
2508 (a) be familiar with the provisions of Title 63G, Chapter 2, Government Records
2509 Access and Management Act;
2510 (b) serve as a resource for a person who is making or responding to a records request or
2511 filing an appeal relating to a records request;
2512 (c) upon request, attempt to mediate disputes between requestors and responders; and
2513 (d) on an annual basis, report to the Government Operations [
2514
2515 ombudsman during the previous year.
2516 (3) The government records ombudsman may not testify, or be compelled to testify,
2517 before the records committee, another administrative body, or a court regarding a matter that
2518 the government records ombudsman provided services in relation to under this section.
2519 Section 44. Section 63G-6-202 (Superseded 05/01/13) is amended to read:
2520 63G-6-202 (Superseded 05/01/13). Powers and duties of board.
2521 (1) Except as otherwise provided in Section 63G-6-104 and Subsection
2522 63G-6-208 (1)(b), the policy board shall:
2523 (a) make rules, consistent with this chapter, governing the procurement, management,
2524 and control of any and all supplies, services, technology, and construction to be procured by the
2525 state; and
2526 (b) consider and decide matters of policy within the provisions of this chapter,
2527 including those referred to it by the chief procurement officer.
2528 (2) (a) The policy board may:
2529 (i) audit and monitor the implementation of its rules and the requirements of this
2530 chapter;
2531 (ii) upon the request of a local public procurement unit, review that procurement unit's
2532 proposed rules to ensure that they are not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter; and
2533 (iii) approve the use of innovative procurement methods proposed by local public
2534 procurement units.
2535 (b) Except as provided in Section 63G-6-807 , the policy board may not exercise
2536 authority [
2537 (i) over the award or administration of any particular [
2538 (ii) over any dispute, claim, or litigation pertaining to any particular contract.
2539 Section 45. Section 63G-6a-203 (Effective 05/01/13) is amended to read:
2540 63G-6a-203 (Effective 05/01/13). Powers and duties of board.
2541 (1) In addition to making rules in accordance with Section 63G-6a-402 and the other
2542 provisions of this chapter, the board shall consider and decide matters of policy within the
2543 provisions of this chapter, including those referred to it by the chief procurement officer.
2544 (2) (a) The board may:
2545 (i) audit and monitor the implementation of its rules and the requirements of this
2546 chapter;
2547 (ii) upon the request of a local public procurement unit, review that local public
2548 procurement unit's proposed rules to ensure that they are not inconsistent with the provisions of
2549 this chapter or rules made by the board; and
2550 (iii) approve the use of innovative procurement processes.
2551 (b) Except as provided in Section 63G-6a-1702 , the board may not exercise authority
2552 over [
2553 (i) the award or administration of any particular contract; or
2554 (ii) any dispute, claim, or litigation pertaining to any particular contract.
2555 (3) The board does not have authority over a matter involving:
2556 (a) a non-executive state procurement unit;
2557 (b) a local government unit; or
2558 (c) except as otherwise expressly provided in this chapter, a local public procurement
2559 unit.
2560 Section 46. Section 63G-7-701 is amended to read:
2561 63G-7-701. Payment of claim or judgment against state -- Presentment for
2562 payment.
2563 (1) [
2564 state or any final judgment obtained against the state shall be presented for payment to:
2565 [
2566 [
2567 that instrumentality is otherwise permitted by law.
2568 [
2569 be presented to the board of examiners for action as provided in Section 63G-9-301 .
2570 [
2571 63G-7-604 , the claimant may submit the excess claim to the board of examiners.
2572 Section 47. Section 63I-1-209 is amended to read:
2573 63I-1-209. Repeal dates, Title 9.
2574 [
2575 is repealed July 1, 2014.
2576 [
2577 [
2578
2579 [
2580
2581 [
2582
2583
2584 Section 48. Section 63I-1-235 is amended to read:
2585 63I-1-235. Repeal dates, Title 35A.
2586 (1) Title 35A, Utah Workforce Services Code, is repealed July 1, 2015.
2587 [
2588
2589
2590 [
2591 1, 2016.
2592 [
2593 Development Advisory Council, is repealed July 1, 2014.
2594 Section 49. Section 63I-1-258 is amended to read:
2595 63I-1-258. Repeal dates, Title 58.
2596 (1) Title 58, Chapter 9, Funeral Services Licensing Act, is repealed July 1, 2018.
2597 (2) Title 58, Chapter 13, Health Care Providers Immunity from Liability Act, is
2598 repealed July 1, 2016.
2599 [
2600 [
2601 2015.
2602 [
2603 [
2604 2013.
2605 [
2606 2023.
2607 [
2608 Act, is repealed July 1, 2019.
2609 [
2610 2015.
2611 [
2612 repealed July 1, 2013.
2613 [
2614 2014.
2615 [
2616 [
2617 Section 50. Section 67-1a-2 is amended to read:
2618 67-1a-2. Duties enumerated.
2619 (1) The lieutenant governor shall:
2620 (a) perform duties delegated by the governor, including assignments to serve in any of
2621 the following capacities:
2622 (i) as the head of any one department, if so qualified, with the consent of the Senate,
2623 and, upon appointment at the pleasure of the governor and without additional compensation;
2624 (ii) as the chairperson of any cabinet group organized by the governor or authorized by
2625 law for the purpose of advising the governor or coordinating intergovernmental or
2626 interdepartmental policies or programs;
2627 (iii) as liaison between the governor and the state Legislature to coordinate and
2628 facilitate the governor's programs and budget requests;
2629 (iv) as liaison between the governor and other officials of local, state, federal, and
2630 international governments or any other political entities to coordinate, facilitate, and protect the
2631 interests of the state;
2632 (v) as personal advisor to the governor, including advice on policies, programs,
2633 administrative and personnel matters, and fiscal or budgetary matters; and
2634 (vi) as chairperson or member of any temporary or permanent boards, councils,
2635 commissions, committees, task forces, or other group appointed by the governor;
2636 (b) serve on all boards and commissions in lieu of the governor, whenever so
2637 designated by the governor;
2638 (c) serve as the chief election officer of the state as required by Subsection (2);
2639 (d) keep custody of the Great Seal of Utah;
2640 (e) keep a register of, and attest, the official acts of the governor;
2641 (f) affix the Great Seal, with an attestation, to all official documents and instruments to
2642 which the official signature of the governor is required; and
2643 (g) furnish a certified copy of all or any part of any law, record, or other instrument
2644 filed, deposited, or recorded in the office of the lieutenant governor to any person who requests
2645 it and pays the fee.
2646 (2) (a) As the chief election officer, the lieutenant governor shall:
2647 (i) exercise general supervisory authority over all elections;
2648 (ii) exercise direct authority over the conduct of elections for federal, state, and
2649 multicounty officers and statewide or multicounty ballot propositions and any recounts
2650 involving those races;
2651 (iii) assist county clerks in unifying the election ballot;
2652 (iv) (A) prepare election information for the public as required by statute and as
2653 determined appropriate by the lieutenant governor; and
2654 (B) make the information under Subsection (2)(a)(iv)(A) available to the public and to
2655 news media on the Internet and in other forms as required by statute or as determined
2656 appropriate by the lieutenant governor;
2657 (v) receive and answer election questions and maintain an election file on opinions
2658 received from the attorney general;
2659 (vi) maintain a current list of registered political parties as defined in Section
2660 20A-8-101 ;
2661 (vii) maintain election returns and statistics;
2662 (viii) certify to the governor the names of those persons who have received the highest
2663 number of votes for any office;
2664 (ix) ensure that all voting equipment purchased by the state complies with the
2665 requirements of Subsection 20A-5-302 (2) and Sections 20A-5-402.5 and 20A-5-402.7 ;
2666 (x) conduct the study described in Section 67-1a-14 ; and
2667 (xi) perform other election duties as provided in Title 20A, Election Code.
2668 (b) As chief election officer, the lieutenant governor may not assume the
2669 responsibilities assigned to the county clerks, city recorders, town clerks, or other local election
2670 officials by Title 20A, Election Code.
2671 (3) (a) The lieutenant governor shall:
2672 (i) (A) determine a new city's classification under Section 10-2-301 upon the city's
2673 incorporation under Title 10, Chapter 2, Part 1, Incorporation, based on the city's population
2674 using the population estimate from the Utah Population Estimates Committee; and
2675 (B) (I) prepare a certificate indicating the class in which the new city belongs based on
2676 the city's population; and
2677 (II) within 10 days after preparing the certificate, deliver a copy of the certificate to the
2678 city's legislative body;
2679 (ii) (A) determine the classification under Section 10-2-301 of a consolidated
2680 municipality upon the consolidation of multiple municipalities under Title 10, Chapter 2, Part
2681 6, Consolidation of Municipalities, using population information from:
2682 (I) each official census or census estimate of the United States Bureau of the Census;
2683 or
2684 (II) the population estimate from the Utah Population Estimates Committee, if the
2685 population of a municipality is not available from the United States Bureau of the Census; and
2686 (B) (I) prepare a certificate indicating the class in which the consolidated municipality
2687 belongs based on the municipality's population; and
2688 (II) within 10 days after preparing the certificate, deliver a copy of the certificate to the
2689 consolidated municipality's legislative body; and
2690 (iii) monitor the population of each municipality using population information from:
2691 (A) each official census or census estimate of the United States Bureau of the Census;
2692 or
2693 (B) the population estimate from the Utah Population Estimates Committee, if the
2694 population of a municipality is not available from the United States Bureau of the Census.
2695 (b) If the applicable population figure under Subsection (3)(a)(ii) or (iii) indicates that
2696 a municipality's population has increased beyond the population for its current class, the
2697 lieutenant governor shall:
2698 (i) prepare a certificate indicating the class in which the municipality belongs based on
2699 the increased population figure; and
2700 (ii) within 10 days after preparing the certificate, deliver a copy of the certificate to the
2701 legislative body of the municipality whose class has changed.
2702 (c) (i) If the applicable population figure under Subsection (3)(a)(ii) or (iii) indicates
2703 that a municipality's population has decreased below the population for its current class, the
2704 lieutenant governor shall send written notification of that fact to the municipality's legislative
2705 body.
2706 (ii) Upon receipt of a petition under Subsection 10-2-302 (2) from a municipality whose
2707 population has decreased below the population for its current class, the lieutenant governor
2708 shall:
2709 (A) prepare a certificate indicating the class in which the municipality belongs based
2710 on the decreased population figure; and
2711 (B) within 10 days after preparing the certificate, deliver a copy of the certificate to the
2712 legislative body of the municipality whose class has changed.
2713 Section 51. Section 67-19-13.5 is amended to read:
2714 67-19-13.5. Department provides payroll services to executive branch agencies --
2715 Report.
2716 (1) As used in this section:
2717 (a) (i) "Executive branch entity" means a department, division, agency, board, or office
2718 within the executive branch of state government that employs a person who is paid through the
2719 central payroll system developed by the Division of Finance as of December 31, 2011.
2720 (ii) "Executive branch entity" does not include the Offices of the Attorney General,
2721 State Treasurer, State Auditor, [
2722
2723 (b) (i) "Payroll services" means using the central payroll system as directed by the
2724 Division of Finance to:
2725 (A) enter and validate payroll reimbursements, which include reimbursements for
2726 mileage, a service award, and other wage types;
2727 (B) calculate, process, and validate a retirement;
2728 (C) enter a leave adjustment; and
2729 (D) certify payroll by ensuring an entry complies with a rule or policy adopted by the
2730 department or the Division of Finance.
2731 (ii) "Payroll services" does not mean:
2732 (A) a function related to payroll that is performed by an employee of the Division of
2733 Finance;
2734 (B) a function related to payroll that is performed by an executive branch agency on
2735 behalf of a person who is not an employee of the executive branch agency;
2736 (C) the entry of time worked by an executive branch agency employee into the central
2737 payroll system; or
2738 (D) approval or verification by a supervisor or designee of the entry of time worked.
2739 (2) (a) Except as provided by Subsection (2)(b), on or before September 19, 2012, the
2740 department shall provide payroll services to all executive branch entities.
2741 (b) On or before June 30, 2013, the department shall provide payroll services to the
2742 Department of Public Safety for an employee who is certified by the Peace Officer Standards
2743 and Training Division.
2744 (3) (a) After September 19, 2012, an executive branch entity, other than the
2745 department, the Division of Finance, or the Department of Public Safety, may not create a
2746 full-time equivalent position or part-time position, or request an appropriation to fund a
2747 full-time equivalent position or part-time position for the purpose of providing payroll services
2748 to the entity.
2749 (b) After June 30, 2013, the Department of Public Safety may not create a full-time
2750 equivalent position or part-time position, or request an appropriation to fund a full-time
2751 equivalent position or part-time position for the purpose of providing payroll services.
2752 (4) The Department of Transportation, the Department of Technology Services, and the
2753 Department of Natural Resources shall report on the inability to transfer payroll services to the
2754 department or the progress of transferring payroll services to the department:
2755 (a) to the Government Operations Interim Committee before October 30, 2012; and
2756 (b) to the Infrastructure and General Government Appropriations Subcommittee on or
2757 before February 11, 2013.
2758 Section 52. Section 76-1-403 is amended to read:
2759 76-1-403. Former prosecution barring subsequent prosecution for offense out of
2760 same episode.
2761 (1) If a defendant has been prosecuted for one or more offenses arising out of a single
2762 criminal episode, a subsequent prosecution for the same or a different offense arising out of the
2763 same criminal episode is barred if:
2764 (a) the subsequent prosecution is for an offense that was or should have been tried
2765 under Subsection 76-1-402 (2) in the former prosecution; and
2766 (b) the former prosecution:
2767 (i) resulted in acquittal; [
2768 (ii) resulted in conviction; [
2769 (iii) was improperly terminated; or
2770 (iv) was terminated by a final order or judgment for the defendant that has not been
2771 reversed, set aside, or vacated and that necessarily required a determination inconsistent with a
2772 fact that must be established to secure conviction in the subsequent prosecution.
2773 (2) There is an acquittal if the prosecution resulted in a finding of not guilty by the trier
2774 of facts or in a determination that there was insufficient evidence to warrant conviction. A
2775 finding of guilty of a lesser included offense is an acquittal of the greater offense even though
2776 the conviction for the lesser included offense is subsequently reversed, set aside, or vacated.
2777 (3) There is a conviction if the prosecution resulted in a judgment of guilt that has not
2778 been reversed, set aside, or vacated; a verdict of guilty that has not been reversed, set aside, or
2779 vacated and that is capable of supporting a judgment; or a plea of guilty accepted by the court.
2780 (4) There is an improper termination of prosecution if the termination takes place
2781 before the verdict, is for reasons not amounting to an acquittal, and takes place after a jury has
2782 been impaneled and sworn to try the defendant, or, if the jury trial is waived, after the first
2783 witness is sworn. However, termination of prosecution is not improper if:
2784 (a) the defendant consents to the termination; [
2785 (b) the defendant waives his right to object to the termination; or
2786 (c) the court finds and states for the record that the termination is necessary because:
2787 (i) it is physically impossible to proceed with the trial in conformity with the law; [
2788 (ii) there is a legal defect in the proceeding not attributable to the state that would make
2789 any judgment entered upon a verdict reversible as a matter of law; [
2790 (iii) prejudicial conduct in or out of the courtroom not attributable to the state makes it
2791 impossible to proceed with the trial without injustice to the defendant or the state; [
2792 (iv) the jury is unable to agree upon a verdict; or
2793 (v) false statements of a juror on voir dire prevent a fair trial.
2794 Section 53. Section 76-1-501 is amended to read:
2795 76-1-501. Presumption of innocence -- "Element of the offense" defined.
2796 (1) A defendant in a criminal proceeding is presumed to be innocent until each element
2797 of the offense charged against him is proved beyond a reasonable doubt. In the absence of
2798 [
2799 (2) As used in this part the words "element of the offense" mean:
2800 (a) The conduct, attendant circumstances, or results of conduct proscribed, prohibited,
2801 or forbidden in the definition of the offense;
2802 (b) The culpable mental state required.
2803 (3) The existence of jurisdiction and venue are not elements of the offense but shall be
2804 established by a preponderance of the evidence.
2805 Section 54. Section 76-3-202 is amended to read:
2806 76-3-202. Paroled persons -- Termination or discharge from sentence -- Time
2807 served on parole -- Discretion of Board of Pardons and Parole.
2808 (1) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (1)(b), every person committed to the state
2809 prison to serve an indeterminate term and later released on parole shall, upon completion of
2810 three years on parole outside of confinement and without violation, be terminated from the
2811 person's sentence unless the parole is earlier terminated by the Board of Pardons and Parole.
2812 (b) Every person committed to the state prison to serve an indeterminate term and later
2813 released on parole on or after July 1, 2008, and who was convicted of any felony offense under
2814 Title 76, Chapter 5, Offenses Against the Person, or any attempt, conspiracy, or solicitation to
2815 commit any of these felony offenses, shall complete a term of parole that extends through the
2816 expiration of the person's maximum sentence, unless the parole is earlier terminated by the
2817 Board of Pardons and Parole.
2818 (2) Every person convicted of a second degree felony for violating Section 76-5-404 ,
2819 forcible sexual abuse, or 76-5-404.1 , sexual abuse of a child and aggravated sexual abuse of a
2820 child, or attempting, conspiring, or soliciting the commission of a violation of any of those
2821 sections, and who is paroled before July 1, 2008, shall, upon completion of 10 years parole
2822 outside of confinement and without violation, [
2823 the person is earlier terminated by the Board of Pardons and Parole.
2824 (3) (a) Every person convicted of a first degree felony for committing any offense listed
2825 in Subsection (3)(b), or attempting, conspiring, or soliciting the commission of a violation of
2826 any of those sections, shall complete a term of lifetime parole outside of confinement and
2827 without violation unless the person is earlier terminated by the Board of Pardons and Parole.
2828 (b) The offenses referred to in Subsection (3)(a) are:
2829 (i) Section 76-5-301.1 , child kidnapping;
2830 (ii) Subsection 76-5-302 (1)(b)(vi), aggravated kidnapping involving a sexual offense;
2831 (iii) Section 76-5-402 , rape;
2832 (iv) Section 76-5-402.1 , rape of a child;
2833 (v) Section 76-5-402.2 , object rape;
2834 (vi) Section 76-5-402.3 , object rape of a child;
2835 (vii) Subsection 76-5-403 (2), forcible sodomy;
2836 (viii) Section 76-5-403.1 , sodomy on a child;
2837 (ix) Section 76-5-404.1 , sexual abuse of a child and aggravated sexual abuse of a child;
2838 or
2839 (x) Section 76-5-405 , aggravated sexual assault.
2840 (4) Any person who violates the terms of parole, while serving parole, for any offense
2841 under Subsection (1), (2), or (3), shall at the discretion of the Board of Pardons and Parole be
2842 recommitted to prison to serve the portion of the balance of the term as determined by the
2843 Board of Pardons and Parole, but not to exceed the maximum term.
2844 (5) In order for a parolee convicted on or after May 5, 1997, to be eligible for early
2845 termination from parole, the parolee must provide to the Board of Pardons and Parole:
2846 (a) evidence that the parolee has completed high school classwork and has obtained a
2847 high school graduation diploma, a GED certificate, or a vocational certificate; or
2848 (b) documentation of the inability to obtain one of the items listed in Subsection (5)(a)
2849 because of:
2850 (i) a diagnosed learning disability; or
2851 (ii) other justified cause.
2852 (6) Any person paroled following a former parole revocation may not be discharged
2853 from the person's sentence until:
2854 (a) the person has served the applicable period of parole under this section outside of
2855 confinement and without violation;
2856 (b) the person's maximum sentence has expired; or
2857 (c) the Board of Pardons and Parole orders the person to be discharged from the
2858 sentence.
2859 (7) (a) All time served on parole, outside of confinement and without violation,
2860 constitutes service of the total sentence but does not preclude the requirement of serving the
2861 applicable period of parole under this section, outside of confinement and without violation.
2862 (b) Any time a person spends outside of confinement after commission of a parole
2863 violation does not constitute service of the total sentence unless the person is exonerated at a
2864 parole revocation hearing.
2865 (c) (i) Any time a person spends in confinement awaiting a hearing before the Board of
2866 Pardons and Parole or a decision by the board concerning revocation of parole constitutes
2867 service of the sentence.
2868 (ii) In the case of exoneration by the board, the time spent is included in computing the
2869 total parole term.
2870 (8) When any parolee without authority from the Board of Pardons and Parole absents
2871 himself from the state or avoids or evades parole supervision, the period of absence, avoidance,
2872 or evasion tolls the parole period.
2873 (9) (a) While on parole, time spent in confinement outside the state may not be credited
2874 toward the service of any Utah sentence.
2875 (b) Time in confinement outside the state or in the custody of any tribal authority or the
2876 United States government for a conviction obtained in another jurisdiction tolls the expiration
2877 of the Utah sentence.
2878 (10) This section does not preclude the Board of Pardons and Parole from paroling or
2879 discharging an inmate at any time within the discretion of the Board of Pardons and Parole
2880 unless otherwise specifically provided by law.
2881 (11) A parolee sentenced to lifetime parole may petition the Board of Pardons and
2882 Parole for termination of lifetime parole.
2883 Section 55. Section 76-3-203.5 is amended to read:
2884 76-3-203.5. Habitual violent offender -- Definition -- Procedure -- Penalty.
2885 (1) As used in this section:
2886 (a) "Felony" means any violation of a criminal statute of the state, any other state, the
2887 United States, or any district, possession, or territory of the United States for which the
2888 maximum punishment the offender may be subjected to exceeds one year in prison.
2889 (b) "Habitual violent offender" means a person convicted within the state of any violent
2890 felony and who on at least two previous occasions has been convicted of a violent felony and
2891 committed to either prison in Utah or an equivalent correctional institution of another state or
2892 of the United States either at initial sentencing or after revocation of probation.
2893 (c) "Violent felony" means:
2894 (i) any of the following offenses, or any attempt, solicitation, or conspiracy to commit
2895 any of the following offenses punishable as a felony:
2896 (A) aggravated arson, arson, knowingly causing a catastrophe, and criminal mischief,
2897 Title 76, Chapter 6, Part 1, Property Destruction;
2898 (B) assault by prisoner, Section 76-5-102.5 ;
2899 (C) disarming a police officer, Section 76-5-102.8 ;
2900 (D) aggravated assault, Section 76-5-103 ;
2901 (E) aggravated assault by prisoner, Section 76-5-103.5 ;
2902 (F) mayhem, Section 76-5-105 ;
2903 (G) stalking, Subsection 76-5-106.5 (2) or (3);
2904 (H) threat of terrorism, Section 76-5-107.3 ;
2905 (I) child abuse, Subsection 76-5-109 (2)(a) or (b);
2906 (J) commission of domestic violence in the presence of a child, Section 76-5-109.1 ;
2907 (K) abuse or neglect of a child with a disability, Section 76-5-110 ;
2908 (L) abuse, neglect, or exploitation of a vulnerable adult, Section 76-5-111 ;
2909 (M) endangerment of a child or vulnerable adult, Section 76-5-112.5 ;
2910 (N) criminal homicide offenses under Title 76, Chapter 5, Part 2, Criminal Homicide;
2911 (O) kidnapping, child kidnapping, and aggravated kidnapping under Title 76, Chapter
2912 5, Part 3, Kidnapping, Trafficking, and Smuggling;
2913 (P) rape, Section 76-5-402 ;
2914 (Q) rape of a child, Section 76-5-402.1 ;
2915 (R) object rape, Section 76-5-402.2 ;
2916 (S) object rape of a child, Section 76-5-402.3 ;
2917 (T) forcible sodomy, Section 76-5-403 ;
2918 (U) sodomy on a child, Section 76-5-403.1 ;
2919 (V) forcible sexual abuse, Section 76-5-404 ;
2920 (W) aggravated sexual abuse of a child or sexual abuse of a child, Section 76-5-404.1 ;
2921 (X) aggravated sexual assault, Section 76-5-405 ;
2922 (Y) sexual exploitation of a minor, Section 76-5b-201 ;
2923 (Z) sexual exploitation of a vulnerable adult, Section 76-5b-202 ;
2924 (AA) aggravated burglary and burglary of a dwelling under Title 76, Chapter 6, Part 2,
2925 Burglary and Criminal Trespass;
2926 (BB) aggravated robbery and robbery under Title 76, Chapter 6, Part 3, Robbery;
2927 (CC) theft by extortion under Subsection 76-6-406 (2)(a) or (b);
2928 (DD) tampering with a witness under Subsection 76-8-508 (1);
2929 (EE) retaliation against a witness, victim, or informant under Section 76-8-508.3 ;
2930 (FF) tampering with a juror under Subsection 76-8-508.5 (2)(c);
2931 (GG) extortion to dismiss a criminal proceeding under Section 76-8-509 if by any
2932 threat or by use of force theft by extortion has been committed pursuant to Subsections
2933 76-6-406 (2)(a), (b), and (i);
2934 (HH) possession, use, or removal of explosive, chemical, or incendiary devices under
2935 Subsections 76-10-306 (3) through (6);
2936 (II) unlawful delivery of explosive, chemical, or incendiary devices under Section
2937 76-10-307 ;
2938 (JJ) purchase or possession of a dangerous weapon or handgun by a restricted person
2939 under Section 76-10-503 ;
2940 (KK) unlawful discharge of a firearm under Section 76-10-508 ;
2941 (LL) aggravated exploitation of prostitution under Subsection 76-10-1306 (1)(a);
2942 (MM) bus hijacking under Section 76-10-1504 ; and
2943 (NN) discharging firearms and hurling missiles under Section 76-10-1505 ; or
2944 (ii) any felony violation of a criminal statute of any other state, the United States, or
2945 any district, possession, or territory of the United States which would constitute a violent
2946 felony as defined in this Subsection (1) if committed in this state.
2947 (2) If a person is convicted in this state of a violent felony by plea or by verdict and the
2948 trier of fact determines beyond a reasonable doubt that the person is a habitual violent offender
2949 under this section, the penalty for a:
2950 (a) third degree felony is as if the conviction were for a first degree felony;
2951 (b) second degree felony is as if the conviction were for a first degree felony; or
2952 (c) first degree felony remains the penalty for a first degree penalty except:
2953 (i) the convicted person is not eligible for probation; and
2954 (ii) the Board of Pardons and Parole shall consider that the convicted person is a
2955 habitual violent offender as an aggravating factor in determining the length of incarceration.
2956 (3) (a) The prosecuting attorney, or grand jury if an indictment is returned, shall
2957 provide notice in the information or indictment that the defendant is subject to punishment as a
2958 habitual violent offender under this section. Notice shall include the case number, court, and
2959 date of conviction or commitment of any case relied upon by the prosecution.
2960 (b) (i) The defendant shall serve notice in writing upon the prosecutor if the defendant
2961 intends to deny that:
2962 (A) the defendant is the person who was convicted or committed;
2963 (B) the defendant was represented by counsel or had waived counsel; or
2964 (C) the defendant's plea was understandingly or voluntarily entered.
2965 (ii) The notice of denial shall be served not later than five days prior to trial and shall
2966 state in detail the defendant's contention regarding the previous conviction and commitment.
2967 (4) (a) If the defendant enters a denial under Subsection (3)(b) and if the case is tried to
2968 a jury, the jury may not be told, until after it returns its verdict on the underlying felony charge,
2969 of the:
2970 (i) defendant's previous convictions for violent felonies, except as otherwise provided
2971 in the Utah Rules of Evidence; or
2972 (ii) allegation against the defendant of being a habitual violent offender.
2973 (b) If the jury's verdict is guilty, the defendant shall be tried regarding the allegation of
2974 being an habitual violent offender by the same jury, if practicable, unless the defendant waives
2975 the jury, in which case the allegation shall be tried immediately to the court.
2976 (c) (i) Before or at the time of sentencing the trier of fact shall determine if this section
2977 applies.
2978 (ii) The trier of fact shall consider any evidence presented at trial and the prosecution
2979 and the defendant shall be afforded an opportunity to present any necessary additional
2980 evidence.
2981 (iii) Before sentencing under this section, the trier of fact shall determine whether this
2982 section is applicable beyond a reasonable doubt.
2983 (d) If any previous conviction and commitment is based upon a plea of guilty or no
2984 contest, there is a rebuttable presumption that the conviction and commitment were regular and
2985 lawful in all respects if the conviction and commitment occurred after January 1, 1970. If the
2986 conviction and commitment occurred prior to January 1, 1970, the burden is on the prosecution
2987 to establish by a preponderance of the evidence that the defendant was then represented by
2988 counsel or had lawfully waived the right to have counsel present, and that the defendant's plea
2989 was understandingly and voluntarily entered.
2990 (e) If the trier of fact finds this section applicable, the court shall enter that specific
2991 finding on the record and shall indicate in the order of judgment and commitment that the
2992 defendant has been found by the trier of fact to be a habitual violent offender and is sentenced
2993 under this section.
2994 (5) (a) The sentencing enhancement provisions of Section 76-3-407 supersede the
2995 provisions of this section.
2996 (b) Notwithstanding Subsection (5)(a), the "violent felony" offense defined in
2997 Subsection (1)(c) shall include any felony sexual offense violation of Title 76, Chapter 5, Part
2998 4, Sexual Offenses, to determine if the convicted person is a habitual violent offender.
2999 (6) The sentencing enhancement described in this section does not apply if:
3000 (a) the offense for which the person is being sentenced is:
3001 (i) a grievous sexual offense;
3002 (ii) child kidnapping, Section 76-5-301.1 ;
3003 (iii) aggravated kidnapping, Section 76-5-302 ; or
3004 (iv) forcible sexual abuse, Section 76-5-404 ; and
3005 (b) applying the sentencing enhancement provided for in this section would result in a
3006 lower maximum penalty than the penalty provided for under the section that describes the
3007 offense for which the person is being sentenced.
3008 Section 56. Section 76-4-203 is amended to read:
3009 76-4-203. Criminal solicitation -- Elements.
3010 (1) An actor commits criminal solicitation if, with intent that a felony be committed, he
3011 solicits, requests, commands, offers to hire, or importunes another person to engage in specific
3012 conduct that under the circumstances as the actor believes them to be would be a felony or
3013 would cause the other person to be a party to the commission of a felony.
3014 (2) An actor may be convicted under this section only if the solicitation is made under
3015 circumstances strongly corroborative of the actor's intent that the offense be committed.
3016 (3) It is not a defense under this section that the person solicited by the actor:
3017 (a) does not agree to act upon the solicitation;
3018 (b) does not commit an overt act;
3019 (c) does not engage in conduct constituting a substantial step toward the commission of
3020 any offense;
3021 (d) is not criminally responsible for the felony solicited;
3022 (e) was acquitted, was not prosecuted or convicted, or was convicted of a different
3023 offense or of a different type or degree of offense; or
3024 (f) is immune from prosecution.
3025 (4) It is not a defense under this section that the actor:
3026 (a) belongs to a class of persons that by definition is legally incapable of committing
3027 the offense in an individual capacity; or
3028 (b) fails to communicate with the person he solicits to commit an offense, if the intent
3029 of the actor's conduct was to effect the communication.
3030 (5) Nothing in this section prevents an actor who otherwise solicits, requests,
3031 commands, encourages, or intentionally aids another person to engage in conduct which
3032 constitutes an offense from being prosecuted and convicted as a party to the offense under
3033 Section 76-2-202 if the person solicited actually commits the offense.
3034 Section 57. Section 76-4-401 is amended to read:
3035 76-4-401. Enticing a minor -- Elements -- Penalties.
3036 (1) As used in this section:
3037 (a) "Minor" means a person who is under the age of 18.
3038 (b) "Text messaging" means a communication in the form of electronic text or one or
3039 more electronic images sent by the actor from a telephone or computer to another person's
3040 telephone or computer by addressing the communication to the person's telephone number.
3041 (2) (a) A person commits enticement of a minor when the person knowingly uses or
3042 attempts to use the Internet or text messaging to solicit, seduce, lure, or entice a minor or
3043 another person that the actor believes to be a minor to engage in any sexual activity which is a
3044 violation of state criminal law.
3045 (b) A person commits enticement of a minor when the person knowingly uses the
3046 Internet or text messaging to:
3047 (i) initiate contact with a minor or a person the actor believes to be a minor; and
3048 (ii) subsequently to the action under Subsection (2)(b)(i), by any electronic or written
3049 means, solicits, seduces, lures, or entices, or attempts to solicit, seduce, lure, or entice the
3050 minor or a person the actor believes to be the minor to engage in any sexual activity which is a
3051 violation of state criminal law.
3052 (3) It is not a defense to the crime of enticing a minor under Subsection (2), or an
3053 attempt to commit this offense, that a law enforcement officer or an undercover operative who
3054 is working with a law enforcement agency was involved in the detection or investigation of the
3055 offense.
3056 (4) An enticement of a minor under Subsection (2)(a) or (b) with the intent to commit:
3057 (a) a first degree felony is a:
3058 (i) second degree felony upon the first conviction for violation of this Subsection
3059 (4)(a); and
3060 (ii) first degree felony punishable by imprisonment for an indeterminate term of not
3061 fewer than three years and which may be for life, upon a second or any subsequent conviction
3062 for a violation of this Subsection (4)(a);
3063 (b) a second degree felony is a third degree felony;
3064 (c) a third degree felony is a class A misdemeanor;
3065 (d) a class A misdemeanor is a class B misdemeanor; and
3066 (e) a class B misdemeanor is a class C misdemeanor.
3067 (5) (a) When a person who commits a felony violation of this section has been
3068 previously convicted of an offense under Subsection (5)(b), the court may not in any way
3069 shorten the prison sentence, and the court may not:
3070 (i) grant probation;
3071 (ii) suspend the execution or imposition of the sentence;
3072 (iii) enter a judgment for a lower category of offense; or
3073 (iv) order hospitalization.
3074 (b) The sections referred to in Subsection (5)(a) are:
3075 (i) Section 76-4-401 , enticing a minor;
3076 (ii) Section 76-5-301.1 , child kidnapping;
3077 (iii) Section 76-5-402 , rape;
3078 (iv) Section 76-5-402.1 , rape of a child;
3079 (v) Section 76-5-402.2 , object rape;
3080 (vi) Section 76-5-402.3 , object rape of a child;
3081 (vii) Subsection 76-5-403 (2), forcible sodomy;
3082 (viii) Section 76-5-403.1 , sodomy on a child;
3083 (ix) Section 76-5-404 , forcible sexual abuse;
3084 (x) Section 76-5-404.1 , sexual abuse of a child and aggravated sexual abuse of a child;
3085 (xi) Section 76-5-405 , aggravated sexual assault;
3086 (xii) any offense in any other state or federal jurisdiction which constitutes or would
3087 constitute a crime in Subsections [
3088 (xiii) the attempt, solicitation, or conspiracy to commit any of the offenses in
3089 Subsections [
3090 Section 58. Section 76-5-307 is amended to read:
3091 76-5-307. Definitions.
3092 As used in Sections 76-5-308 through [
3093 (1) "Family member" means a person's parent, grandparent, sibling, or any other person
3094 related to the person by consanguinity or affinity to the second degree.
3095 (2) "Smuggling of human beings" means the transportation or procurement of
3096 transportation for one or more persons by an actor who knows or has reason to know that the
3097 person or persons transported or to be transported are not:
3098 (a) citizens of the United States;
3099 (b) permanent resident aliens; or
3100 (c) otherwise lawfully in this state or entitled to be in this state.
3101 Section 59. Section 76-6-107 is amended to read:
3102 76-6-107. Graffiti defined -- Penalties -- Removal costs -- Reimbursement
3103 liability.
3104 (1) As used in this section:
3105 (a) "Etching" means defacing, damaging, or destroying hard surfaces by means of a
3106 chemical action which uses any caustic cream, gel, liquid, or solution.
3107 (b) "Graffiti" means any form of unauthorized printing, writing, spraying, scratching,
3108 affixing, etching, or inscribing on the property of another regardless of the content or the nature
3109 of the material used in the commission of the act.
3110 (c) "Victim" means the person or entity whose property was defaced by the graffiti and
3111 bears the expense for its removal.
3112 (2) Graffiti is a:
3113 (a) second degree felony if the damage caused is in excess of $5,000;
3114 (b) third degree felony if the damage caused is in excess of $1,000;
3115 (c) class A misdemeanor if the damage caused is equal to or in excess of $300; and
3116 (d) class B misdemeanor if the damage caused is less than $300.
3117 (3) Damages under Subsection (2) include removal costs, repair costs, or replacement
3118 costs, whichever is less.
3119 (4) The court, upon conviction or adjudication, shall order restitution to the victim in
3120 the amount of removal, repair, or replacement costs.
3121 (5) An additional amount of $1,000 in restitution shall be added to removal costs if the
3122 graffiti is positioned on an overpass or an underpass, requires that traffic be interfered with in
3123 order to remove it, or the entity responsible for the area in which the clean-up is to take place
3124 must provide assistance in order for the removal to take place safely.
3125 (6) A person who voluntarily, and at his own expense, removes graffiti for which he is
3126 responsible may be credited for the removal costs against restitution ordered by a court.
3127 Section 60. Section 76-6-412 is amended to read:
3128 76-6-412. Theft -- Classification of offenses -- Action for treble damages.
3129 (1) Theft of property and services as provided in this chapter is punishable:
3130 (a) as a second degree felony if the:
3131 (i) value of the property or services is or exceeds $5,000;
3132 (ii) property stolen is a firearm or an operable motor vehicle;
3133 (iii) actor is armed with a dangerous weapon, as defined in Section 76-1-601 , at the
3134 time of the theft; or
3135 (iv) property is stolen from the person of another;
3136 (b) as a third degree felony if:
3137 (i) the value of the property or services is or exceeds $1,500 but is less than $5,000;
3138 (ii) the actor has been twice before convicted of any of the offenses listed in this
3139 Subsection (1)(b)(ii), if each prior offense was committed within 10 years of the date of the
3140 current conviction or the date of the offense upon which the current conviction is based:
3141 (A) any theft, any robbery, or any burglary with intent to commit theft;
3142 (B) any offense under Title 76, Chapter 6, Part 5, Fraud; or
3143 (C) any attempt to commit any offense under Subsection (1)(b)(ii)(A) or (B);
3144 (iii) in a case not amounting to a second-degree felony, the property taken is a stallion,
3145 mare, colt, gelding, cow, heifer, steer, ox, bull, calf, sheep, goat, mule, jack, jenny, swine,
3146 poultry, or a fur-bearing animal raised for commercial purposes; or
3147 (iv) (A) the value of property or services is or exceeds $500 but is less than $1,500;
3148 (B) the theft occurs on a property where the offender has committed any theft within
3149 the past five years; and
3150 (C) the offender has received written notice from the merchant prohibiting the offender
3151 from entering the property pursuant to Section 78B-3-108 ; or
3152 (c) as a class A misdemeanor if:
3153 (i) the value of the property stolen is or exceeds $500 but is less than $1,500;
3154 (ii) (A) the value of property or services is less than $500;
3155 (B) the theft occurs on a property where the offender has committed any theft within
3156 the past five years; and
3157 (C) the offender has received written notice from the merchant prohibiting the offender
3158 from entering the property pursuant to Section 78B-3-108 ; or
3159 (d) as a class B misdemeanor if the value of the property stolen is less than $500 and
3160 the theft is not an offense under Subsection (1)(c).
3161 (2) Any individual who violates Subsection 76-6-408 (1) or Section 76-6-413 , or
3162 commits theft of property described in Subsection 76-6-412 (1)(b)(iii), is civilly liable for three
3163 times the amount of actual damages, if any sustained by the plaintiff, and for costs of suit and
3164 reasonable attorney fees.
3165 Section 61. Section 76-6-1102 is amended to read:
3166 76-6-1102. Identity fraud crime.
3167 (1) As used in this part, "personal identifying information" may include:
3168 (a) name;
3169 (b) birth date;
3170 (c) address;
3171 (d) telephone number;
3172 (e) drivers license number;
3173 (f) Social Security number;
3174 (g) place of employment;
3175 (h) employee identification numbers or other personal identification numbers;
3176 (i) mother's maiden name;
3177 (j) electronic identification numbers;
3178 (k) electronic signatures under Title 46, Chapter 4, Uniform Electronic Transactions
3179 Act; or
3180 (l) any other numbers or information that can be used to access a person's financial
3181 resources or medical information, except for numbers or information that can be prosecuted as
3182 financial transaction card offenses under Sections 76-6-506 through [
3183 (2) (a) A person is guilty of identity fraud when that person:
3184 (i) obtains personal identifying information of another person whether that person is
3185 alive or deceased; and
3186 (ii) knowingly or intentionally uses, or attempts to use, that information with fraudulent
3187 intent, including to obtain, or attempt to obtain, credit, goods, services, employment, any other
3188 thing of value, or medical information.
3189 (b) It is not a defense to a violation of Subsection (2)(a) that the person did not know
3190 that the personal information belonged to another person.
3191 (3) Identity fraud is:
3192 (a) except as provided in Subsection (3)(b)(ii), a third degree felony if the value of the
3193 credit, goods, services, employment, or any other thing of value is less than $5,000; or
3194 (b) a second degree felony if:
3195 (i) the value of the credit, goods, services, employment, or any other thing of value is
3196 or exceeds $5,000; or
3197 (ii) the use described in Subsection (2)(a)(ii) of personal identifying information
3198 results, directly or indirectly, in bodily injury to another person.
3199 (4) Multiple violations may be aggregated into a single offense, and the degree of the
3200 offense is determined by the total value of all credit, goods, services, or any other thing of
3201 value used, or attempted to be used, through the multiple violations.
3202 (5) When a defendant is convicted of a violation of this section, the court shall order
3203 the defendant to make restitution to any victim of the offense or state on the record the reason
3204 the court does not find ordering restitution to be appropriate.
3205 (6) Restitution under Subsection (5) may include:
3206 (a) payment for any costs incurred, including attorney fees, lost wages, and
3207 replacement of checks; and
3208 (b) the value of the victim's time incurred due to the offense:
3209 (i) in clearing the victim's credit history or credit rating;
3210 (ii) in any civil or administrative proceedings necessary to satisfy or resolve any debt,
3211 lien, or other obligation of the victim or imputed to the victim and arising from the offense; and
3212 (iii) in attempting to remedy any other intended or actual harm to the victim incurred as
3213 a result of the offense.
3214 Section 62. Section 76-7-305.5 is amended to read:
3215 76-7-305.5. Requirements for printed materials and informational video.
3216 (1) In order to ensure that a woman's consent to an abortion is truly an informed
3217 consent, the Department of Health shall, in accordance with the requirements of this section:
3218 (a) publish printed materials; and
3219 (b) produce an informational video.
3220 (2) The printed materials and the informational video described in Subsection (1) shall:
3221 (a) be scientifically accurate, comprehensible, and presented in a truthful,
3222 nonmisleading manner;
3223 (b) present adoption as a preferred and positive choice and alternative to abortion;
3224 (c) be printed and produced in a manner that conveys the state's preference for
3225 childbirth over abortion;
3226 (d) state that the state prefers childbirth over abortion;
3227 (e) state that it is unlawful for any person to coerce a woman to undergo an abortion;
3228 (f) state that any physician who performs an abortion without obtaining the woman's
3229 informed consent or without providing her a private medical consultation in accordance with
3230 the requirements of this section, may be liable to her for damages in a civil action at law;
3231 (g) provide information on resources and public and private services available to assist
3232 a pregnant woman, financially or otherwise, during pregnancy, at childbirth, and while the
3233 child is dependent, including:
3234 (i) medical assistance benefits for prenatal care, childbirth, and neonatal care;
3235 (ii) services and supports available under Section 35A-3-308 ;
3236 (iii) other financial aid that may be available during an adoption; and
3237 (iv) services available from public adoption agencies, private adoption agencies, and
3238 private attorneys whose practice includes adoption;
3239 (h) describe the adoption-related expenses that may be paid under Section 76-7-203 ;
3240 (i) describe the persons who may pay the adoption related expenses described in
3241 Subsection (2)(h);
3242 (j) describe the legal responsibility of the father of a child to assist in child support,
3243 even if the father has agreed to pay for an abortion;
3244 (k) describe the services available through the Office of Recovery Services, within the
3245 Department of Human Services, to establish and collect the support described in Subsection
3246 (2)(j);
3247 (l) state that private adoption is legal;
3248 (m) in accordance with Subsection (3), describe the probable anatomical and
3249 physiological characteristics of an unborn child at two-week gestational increments from
3250 fertilization to full term, including:
3251 (i) brain and heart function; and
3252 (ii) the presence and development of external members and internal organs;
3253 (n) describe abortion procedures used in current medical practice at the various stages
3254 of growth of the unborn child, including:
3255 (i) the medical risks associated with each procedure;
3256 (ii) the risk related to subsequent childbearing that are associated with each procedure;
3257 and
3258 (iii) the consequences of each procedure to the unborn child at various stages of fetal
3259 development;
3260 (o) describe the possible detrimental psychological effects of abortion;
3261 (p) describe the medical risks associated with carrying a child to term; and
3262 (q) include relevant information on the possibility of an unborn child's survival at the
3263 two-week gestational increments described in Subsection (2)(m).
3264 (3) The information described in Subsection (2)(m) shall be accompanied by the
3265 following for each gestational increment described in Subsection (2)(m):
3266 (a) pictures or video segments that accurately represent the normal development of an
3267 unborn child at that stage of development; and
3268 (b) the dimensions of the fetus at that stage of development.
3269 (4) The printed material and video described in Subsection (1) may include a toll-free
3270 24-hour telephone number that may be called in order to obtain, orally, a list and description of
3271 services, agencies, and adoption attorneys in the locality of the caller.
3272 (5) In addition to the requirements described in Subsection (2), the printed material
3273 described in Subsection (1)(a) shall:
3274 (a) be printed in a typeface large enough to be clearly legible;
3275 (b) in accordance with Subsection (6), include a geographically indexed list of public
3276 and private services and agencies available to assist a woman, financially or otherwise, through
3277 pregnancy, at childbirth, and while the child is dependent;
3278 (c) except as provided in Subsection (7), include a separate brochure that contains
3279 truthful, nonmisleading information regarding:
3280 (i) the ability of an unborn child to experience pain during an abortion procedure;
3281 (ii) the measures that may be taken, including the administration of an anesthetic or
3282 analgesic to an unborn child, to alleviate or eliminate pain to an unborn child during an
3283 abortion procedure;
3284 (iii) the effectiveness and advisability of taking the measures described in Subsection
3285 (5)(c)(ii); and
3286 (iv) potential medical risks to a pregnant woman that are associated with the
3287 administration of an anesthetic or analgesic to an unborn child during an abortion procedure.
3288 (6) The list described in Subsection (5)(b) shall include:
3289 (a) private attorneys whose practice includes adoption; and
3290 (b) the names, addresses, and telephone numbers of each person listed under
3291 Subsection (5)(b) or (6)(a).
3292 (7) A person or facility is not required to provide the information described in
3293 Subsection (5)(c) to a patient or potential patient, if the abortion is to be performed:
3294 (a) on an unborn child who is less than 20 weeks gestational age at the time of the
3295 abortion; or
3296 (b) on an unborn child who is at least 20 weeks gestational age at the time of the
3297 abortion, if:
3298 (i) the abortion is being performed for a reason described in Subsection
3299 76-7-302 (3)(b)(i); and
3300 (ii) due to a serious medical emergency, time does not permit compliance with the
3301 requirement to provide the information described in Subsection (5)(c).
3302 (8) In addition to the requirements described in Subsection (2), the video described in
3303 Subsection (1)(b) shall:
3304 (a) make reference to the list described in Subsection (5)(b); and
3305 (b) show an ultrasound of the heartbeat of an unborn child at:
3306 (i) four weeks from conception;
3307 (ii) six to eight weeks from conception; and
3308 (iii) each month after [
3309 Section 63. Section 76-8-109 is amended to read:
3310 76-8-109. Failure to disclose conflict of interest.
3311 (1) As used in this section:
3312 (a) "Conflict of interest" means an action that is taken by a regulated officeholder that
3313 the officeholder reasonably believes may cause direct financial benefit or detriment to the
3314 officeholder, a member of the officeholder's immediate family, or an entity that the officeholder
3315 is required to disclose under the provisions of this section, and that benefit or detriment is
3316 distinguishable from the effects of that action on the public or on the officeholder's profession,
3317 occupation, or association generally.
3318 (b) "Entity" means a corporation, a partnership, a limited liability company, a limited
3319 partnership, a sole proprietorship, an association, a cooperative, a trust, an organization, a joint
3320 venture, a governmental entity, an unincorporated organization, or any other legal entity,
3321 whether established primarily for the purpose of gain or economic profit or not.
3322 (c) "Filer" means the individual filing a financial declaration under this section.
3323 (d) "Immediate family" means the regulated officeholder's spouse and children living
3324 in the officeholder's immediate household.
3325 (e) "Income" means earnings, compensation, or any other payment made to an
3326 individual for gain, regardless of source, whether denominated as wages, salary, commission,
3327 pay, bonus, severance pay, incentive pay, contract payment, interest, per diem, expenses,
3328 reimbursement, dividends, or otherwise.
3329 (f) "Regulated officeholder" means an individual that is required to file a financial
3330 disclosure under the provisions and requirements of this section.
3331 (g) "State constitutional officer" means the governor, the lieutenant governor, the state
3332 auditor, the state treasurer, or the attorney general.
3333 (2) (a) Before or during the execution of any order, settlement, declaration, contract, or
3334 any other official act of office in which a state constitutional officer has actual knowledge that
3335 the officer has a conflict of interest which is not stated on the financial disclosure form required
3336 under Subsection (4), the officer shall publicly declare that the officer may have a conflict of
3337 interest and what that conflict of interest is.
3338 (b) Before or during any vote on legislation or any legislative matter in which a
3339 legislator has actual knowledge that the legislator has a conflict of interest which is not stated
3340 on the [
3341 declare to the committee or body before which the matter is pending that the legislator may
3342 have a conflict of interest and what that conflict is.
3343 (c) Before or during any vote on any rule, resolution, order, or any other board matter
3344 in which a member of the State Board of Education has actual knowledge that the member has
3345 a conflict of interest which is not stated on the financial disclosure form required under
3346 Subsection (4), the member shall orally declare to the board that the member may have a
3347 conflict of interest and what that conflict of interest is.
3348 (3) Any public declaration of a conflict of interest that is made under Subsection (2)
3349 shall be noted:
3350 (a) on the official record of the action taken, for a state constitutional officer;
3351 (b) in the minutes of the committee meeting or in the Senate or House Journal, as
3352 applicable, for a legislator; or
3353 (c) in the minutes of the meeting or on the official record of the action taken, for a
3354 member of the State Board of Education.
3355 (4) (a) The following individuals shall file a financial disclosure form:
3356 (i) a state constitutional officer, to be due on the tenth day of January of each year, or
3357 the following business day if the due date falls on a weekend or holiday;
3358 (ii) a legislator, at the following times:
3359 (A) on the first day of each general session of the Legislature; and
3360 (B) each time the legislator changes employment;
3361 (iii) a member of the State Board of Education, at the following times:
3362 (A) on the tenth day of January of each year, or the following business day if the due
3363 date falls on a weekend or holiday; and
3364 (B) each time the member changes employment.
3365 (b) The financial disclosure form shall include:
3366 (i) the filer's name;
3367 (ii) the name and address of the filer's primary employer;
3368 (iii) a brief description of the filer's employment, including the filer's occupation and,
3369 as applicable, job title;
3370 (iv) for each entity in which the filer is an owner or an officer:
3371 (A) the name of the entity;
3372 (B) a brief description of the type of business or activity conducted by the entity; and
3373 (C) the filer's position in the entity;
3374 (v) for each entity that has paid $5,000 or more in income to the filer within the
3375 one-year period ending immediately before the date of the disclosure form:
3376 (A) the name of the entity; and
3377 (B) a brief description of the type of business [
3378 (vi) for each entity in which the filer holds any stocks or bonds having a fair market
3379 value of $5,000 or more as of the date of the disclosure form, but excluding funds that are
3380 managed by a third party, including blind trusts, managed investment accounts, and mutual
3381 funds:
3382 (A) the name of the entity; and
3383 (B) a brief description of the type of business or activity conducted by the entity;
3384 (vii) for each entity not listed in Subsections (4)(b)(iv) through (4)(b)(vi), in which the
3385 filer serves on the board of directors or in any other type of formal advisory capacity:
3386 (A) the name of the entity or organization;
3387 (B) a brief description of the type of business or activity conducted by the entity; and
3388 (C) the type of advisory position held by the filer;
3389 (viii) at the option of the filer, any real property in which the filer holds an ownership
3390 or other financial interest that the filer believes may constitute a conflict of interest, including:
3391 (A) a description of the real property; and
3392 (B) a description of the type of interest held by the filer in the property;
3393 (ix) the name of the filer's spouse and any other adult residing in the filer's household
3394 that is not related by blood or marriage, as applicable;
3395 (x) a brief description of the employment and occupation of the filer's spouse and any
3396 other adult residing in the filer's household that is not related by blood or marriage, as
3397 applicable;
3398 (xi) at the option of the filer, a description of any other matter or interest that the filer
3399 believes may constitute a conflict of interest;
3400 (xii) the date the form was completed;
3401 (xiii) a statement that the filer believes that the form is true and accurate to the best of
3402 the filer's knowledge; and
3403 (xiv) the signature of the filer.
3404 (c) (i) The financial disclosure shall be filed with:
3405 (A) the secretary of the Senate, for a legislator that is a senator;
3406 (B) the chief clerk of the House of Representatives, for a legislator that is a
3407 representative; or
3408 (C) the lieutenant governor, for all other regulated officeholders.
3409 (ii) The lieutenant governor, the secretary of the Senate, and the chief clerk of the
3410 House of Representatives shall ensure that blank financial disclosure forms are available on the
3411 Internet and at their offices.
3412 (d) Financial disclosure forms that are filed under the procedures and requirements of
3413 this section shall be made available to the public:
3414 (i) on the Internet; and
3415 (ii) at the office where the form was filed.
3416 (e) This section's requirement to disclose a conflict of interest does not prohibit a
3417 regulated officeholder from voting or acting on any matter.
3418 (5) A regulated officeholder who violates the requirements of Subsection (2) is guilty
3419 of a class B misdemeanor.
3420 Section 64. Section 76-9-702 is amended to read:
3421 76-9-702. Lewdness.
3422 (1) A person is guilty of lewdness if the person under circumstances not amounting to
3423 rape, object rape, forcible sodomy, forcible sexual abuse, aggravated sexual assault, or an
3424 attempt to commit any of these offenses, performs any of the following acts in a public place or
3425 under circumstances which the person should know will likely cause affront or alarm to, on, or
3426 in the presence of another who is 14 years of age or older:
3427 (a) an act of sexual intercourse or sodomy;
3428 (b) exposes his or her genitals, the female breast below the top of the areola, the
3429 buttocks, the anus, or the pubic area;
3430 (c) masturbates; or
3431 (d) any other act of lewdness.
3432 (2) (a) A person convicted the first or second time of a violation of Subsection (1) is
3433 guilty of a class B misdemeanor, except under Subsection (2)(b).
3434 (b) A person convicted of a violation of Subsection (1) is guilty of a third degree felony
3435 if at the time of the violation:
3436 (i) the person is a sex offender as defined in Section 77-27-21.7 ;
3437 (ii) the person has been previously convicted two or more times of violating Subsection
3438 (1); or
3439 (iii) the person has previously been convicted of a violation of Subsection (1) and has
3440 also previously been convicted of a violation of Section 76-9-702.5 .
3441 (c) (i) For purposes of this Subsection (2) and Subsection [
3442 77-41-102 (16), a plea of guilty or nolo contendere to a charge under this section that is held in
3443 abeyance under Title 77, Chapter 2a, Pleas in Abeyance, is the equivalent of a conviction.
3444 (ii) This Subsection (2)(c) also applies if the charge under this Subsection (2) has been
3445 subsequently reduced or dismissed in accordance with the plea in abeyance agreement.
3446 (3) A woman's breast feeding, including breast feeding in any location where the
3447 woman otherwise may rightfully be, does not under any circumstance constitute a lewd act,
3448 irrespective of whether or not the breast is covered during or incidental to feeding.
3449 Section 65. Section 76-9-702.1 is amended to read:
3450 76-9-702.1. Sexual battery.
3451 (1) A person is guilty of sexual battery if the person, under circumstances not
3452 amounting to an offense under Subsection (2), intentionally touches, whether or not through
3453 clothing, the anus, buttocks, or any part of the genitals of another person, or the breast of a
3454 female person, and the actor's conduct is under circumstances the actor knows or should know
3455 will likely cause affront or alarm to the person touched.
3456 (2) Offenses referred to in Subsection (1) are:
3457 (a) rape, Section 76-5-402 ;
3458 (b) rape of a child, Section 76-5-402.1 ;
3459 (c) object rape, Section 76-5-402.2 ;
3460 (d) object rape of a child, Section 76-5-402.3 ;
3461 (e) forcible sodomy, Subsection 76-5-403 (2);
3462 (f) sodomy on a child, Section 76-5-403.1 ;
3463 (g) forcible sexual abuse, Section 76-5-404 ;
3464 (h) sexual abuse of a child, Subsection 76-5-404.1 (2);
3465 (i) aggravated sexual abuse of a child, Subsection 76-5-404.1 (4);
3466 (j) aggravated sexual assault, Section 76-5-405 ; and
3467 (k) an attempt to commit any offense under this Subsection (2).
3468 (3) Sexual battery is a class A misdemeanor.
3469 (4) For purposes of Subsection [
3470 or nolo contendere to a charge under this section that is held in abeyance under Title 77,
3471 Chapter 2a, Pleas in Abeyance, is the equivalent of a conviction. This Subsection (4) also
3472 applies if the charge under this section has been subsequently reduced or dismissed in
3473 accordance with the plea in abeyance agreement.
3474 Section 66. Section 76-9-702.5 is amended to read:
3475 76-9-702.5. Lewdness involving a child.
3476 (1) A person is guilty of lewdness involving a child if the person under circumstances
3477 not amounting to rape of a child, object rape of a child, sodomy upon a child, sexual abuse of a
3478 child, aggravated sexual abuse of a child, or an attempt to commit any of those offenses,
3479 intentionally or knowingly does any of the following to, or in the presence of, a child who is
3480 under 14 years of age:
3481 (a) performs an act of sexual intercourse or sodomy;
3482 (b) exposes his or her genitals, the female breast below the top of the areola, the
3483 buttocks, the anus, or the pubic area:
3484 (i) in a public place; or
3485 (ii) in a private place:
3486 (A) under circumstances the person should know will likely cause affront or alarm; or
3487 (B) with the intent to arouse or gratify the sexual desire of the actor or the child;
3488 (c) masturbates;
3489 (d) under circumstances not amounting to sexual exploitation of a child under Section
3490 76-5b-201 , causes a child under the age of 14 years to expose his or her genitals, anus, or
3491 breast, if female, to the actor, with the intent to arouse or gratify the sexual desire of the actor
3492 or the child; or
3493 (e) performs any other act of lewdness.
3494 (2) (a) Lewdness involving a child is a class A misdemeanor, except under Subsection
3495 (2)(b).
3496 (b) Lewdness involving a child is a third degree felony if at the time of the violation:
3497 (i) the person is a sex offender as defined in Section 77-27-21.7 ; or
3498 (ii) the person has previously been convicted of a violation of this section.
3499 Section 67. Section 76-9-1008 is amended to read:
3500 76-9-1008. Proof of immigration status required to receive public benefits.
3501 (1) (a) An agency that provides state or local public benefits as defined in 8 U.S.C. Sec.
3502 1621 shall comply with Section [
3503 section, except:
3504 (i) as provided in Subsection [
3505 (ii) when compliance is exempted by federal law or when compliance could reasonably
3506 be expected to be grounds for the federal government to withhold federal Medicaid funding.
3507 (b) The agency shall verify a person's lawful presence in the United States by requiring
3508 that the applicant under this section sign a certificate under penalty of perjury, stating that the
3509 applicant:
3510 (i) is a United States citizen; or
3511 (ii) is a qualified alien as defined by 8 U.S.C. Sec. 1641.
3512 (c) The certificate under Subsection (1)(b) shall include a statement advising the signer
3513 that providing false information subjects the signer to penalties for perjury.
3514 (d) The signature under this Subsection (1) may be executed in person or
3515 electronically.
3516 (e) When an applicant who is a qualified alien has executed the certificate under this
3517 section, the applicant's eligibility for benefits shall be verified by the agency through the federal
3518 SAVE program or an equivalent program designated by the United States Department of
3519 Homeland Security.
3520 (2) Any person who knowingly and willfully makes a false, fictitious, or fraudulent
3521 statement of representation in a certificate executed under this section is guilty of public
3522 assistance fraud under Section 76-8-1205 .
3523 (3) If the certificate constitutes a false claim of United States citizenship under 18
3524 U.S.C. Sec. 911, the agency requiring the certificate shall file a complaint with the United
3525 States Attorney for the applicable federal judicial district based upon the venue in which the
3526 certificate was executed.
3527 (4) Agencies may, with the concurrence of the Utah Attorney General, adopt variations
3528 to the requirements of the provisions of this section that provide for adjudication of unique
3529 individual circumstances where the verification procedures in this section would impose
3530 unusual hardship on a legal resident of this state.
3531 (5) If an agency under Subsection (1) receives verification that a person making an
3532 application for any benefit, service, or license is not a qualified alien, the agency shall provide
3533 the information to the local law enforcement agency for enforcement of Section 76-8-1205
3534 unless prohibited by federal mandate.
3535 Section 68. Section 76-10-104.1 is amended to read:
3536 76-10-104.1. Providing tobacco paraphernalia to minors -- Penalties.
3537 (1) For purposes of this section:
3538 (a) "Provides":
3539 (i) includes selling, giving, furnishing, sending, or causing to be sent; and
3540 (ii) does not include the acts of the United States Postal Service or other common
3541 carrier when engaged in the business of transporting and delivering packages for others or the
3542 acts of a person, whether compensated or not, who transports or delivers a package for another
3543 person without any reason to know of the package's content.
3544 (b) "Tobacco paraphernalia":
3545 (i) means any equipment, product, or material of any kind which is used, intended for
3546 use, or designed for use to package, repackage, store, contain, conceal, ingest, inhale, or
3547 otherwise introduce a cigar, cigarette, or tobacco in any form into the human body, including:
3548 (A) metal, wooden, acrylic, glass, stone, plastic, or ceramic pipes with or without
3549 screens, permanent screens, hashish heads, or punctured metal bowls;
3550 (B) water pipes;
3551 (C) carburetion tubes and devices;
3552 (D) smoking and carburetion masks;
3553 (E) roach clips: meaning objects used to hold burning material, such as a cigarette, that
3554 has become too small or too short to be held in the hand;
3555 (F) chamber pipes;
3556 (G) carburetor pipes;
3557 (H) electric pipes;
3558 (I) air-driven pipes;
3559 (J) chillums;
3560 (K) bongs; and
3561 (L) ice pipes or chillers; and
3562 (ii) does not include matches or lighters.
3563 (2) (a) It is unlawful for a person to[
3564 criminal negligence provide any tobacco paraphernalia to any person under 19 years of age.
3565 (b) A person who violates this section is guilty of a class C misdemeanor on the first
3566 offense and a class B misdemeanor on subsequent offenses.
3567 Section 69. Section 76-10-501 is amended to read:
3568 76-10-501. Definitions.
3569 As used in this part:
3570 (1) (a) "Antique firearm" means:
3571 (i) any firearm, including any firearm with a matchlock, flintlock, percussion cap, or
3572 similar type of ignition system, manufactured in or before 1898; or
3573 (ii) a firearm that is a replica of any firearm described in this Subsection (1)(a), if the
3574 replica:
3575 (A) is not designed or redesigned for using rimfire or conventional centerfire fixed
3576 ammunition; or
3577 (B) uses rimfire or centerfire fixed ammunition which is:
3578 (I) no longer manufactured in the United States; and
3579 (II) is not readily available in ordinary channels of commercial trade; or
3580 (iii) (A) that is a muzzle loading rifle, shotgun, or pistol; and
3581 (B) is designed to use black powder, or a black powder substitute, and cannot use fixed
3582 ammunition.
3583 (b) "Antique firearm" does not include:
3584 (i) a weapon that incorporates a firearm frame or receiver;
3585 (ii) a firearm that is converted into a muzzle loading weapon; or
3586 (iii) a muzzle loading weapon that can be readily converted to fire fixed ammunition by
3587 replacing the:
3588 (A) barrel;
3589 (B) bolt;
3590 (C) breechblock; or
3591 (D) any combination of Subsection (1)(b)(iii)(A), (B), or (C).
3592 (2) "Bureau" means the Bureau of Criminal Identification created in Section 53-10-201
3593 within the Department of Public Safety.
3594 (3) (a) "Concealed dangerous weapon" means a dangerous weapon that is:
3595 (i) covered, hidden, or secreted in a manner that the public would not be aware of its
3596 presence; and
3597 (ii) readily accessible for immediate use.
3598 (b) A dangerous weapon is not a concealed dangerous weapon if it is a firearm which is
3599 unloaded and is securely encased.
3600 (4) "Criminal history background check" means a criminal background check
3601 conducted by a licensed firearms dealer on every purchaser of a handgun, except a Federal
3602 Firearms Licensee, through the bureau or the local law enforcement agency where the firearms
3603 dealer conducts business.
3604 (5) "Curio or relic firearm" means a firearm that:
3605 (a) is of special interest to a collector because of a quality that is not associated with
3606 firearms intended for:
3607 (i) sporting use;
3608 (ii) use as an offensive weapon; or
3609 (iii) use as a defensive weapon;
3610 (b) (i) was manufactured at least 50 years before the current date; and
3611 (ii) is not a replica of a firearm described in Subsection (5)(b)(i);
3612 (c) is certified by the curator of a municipal, state, or federal museum that exhibits
3613 firearms to be a curio or relic of museum interest;
3614 (d) derives a substantial part of its monetary value:
3615 (i) from the fact that the firearm is:
3616 (A) novel;
3617 (B) rare; or
3618 (C) bizarre; or
3619 (ii) because of the firearm's association with an historical:
3620 (A) figure;
3621 (B) period; or
3622 (C) event; and
3623 (e) has been designated as a curio or relic firearm by the director of the United States
3624 Treasury Department Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms under 27 C.F.R. Sec. [
3625 478.11.
3626 (6) (a) "Dangerous weapon" means an item that in the manner of its use or intended use
3627 is capable of causing death or serious bodily injury.
3628 (b) The following factors shall be used in determining whether a knife, or another item,
3629 object, or thing not commonly known as a dangerous weapon is a dangerous weapon:
3630 (i) the character of the instrument, object, or thing;
3631 (ii) the character of the wound produced, if any;
3632 (iii) the manner in which the instrument, object, or thing was used; and
3633 (iv) the other lawful purposes for which the instrument, object, or thing may be used.
3634 (c) "Dangerous weapon" does not include an explosive, chemical, or incendiary device
3635 as defined by Section 76-10-306 .
3636 (7) "Dealer" means a person who is:
3637 (a) licensed under 18 U.S.C. Sec. 923; and
3638 (b) engaged in the business of selling, leasing, or otherwise transferring a handgun,
3639 whether the person is a retail or wholesale dealer, pawnbroker, or otherwise.
3640 (8) "Enter" means intrusion of the entire body.
3641 (9) "Federal Firearms Licensee" means a person who:
3642 (a) holds a valid Federal Firearms License issued under 18 U.S.C. Sec. 923; and
3643 (b) is engaged in the activities authorized by the specific category of license held.
3644 (10) (a) "Firearm" means a pistol, revolver, shotgun, short barrel shotgun, rifle or short
3645 barrel rifle, or a device that could be used as a dangerous weapon from which is expelled a
3646 projectile by action of an explosive.
3647 (b) As used in Sections 76-10-526 and 76-10-527 , "firearm" does not include an
3648 antique firearm.
3649 (11) "Firearms transaction record form" means a form created by the bureau to be
3650 completed by a person purchasing, selling, or transferring a handgun from a dealer in the state.
3651 (12) "Fully automatic weapon" means a firearm which fires, is designed to fire, or can
3652 be readily restored to fire, automatically more than one shot without manual reloading by a
3653 single function of the trigger.
3654 (13) (a) "Handgun" means a pistol, revolver, or other firearm of any description, loaded
3655 or unloaded, from which a shot, bullet, or other missile can be discharged, the length of which,
3656 not including any revolving, detachable, or magazine breech, does not exceed 12 inches.
3657 (b) As used in Sections 76-10-520 , 76-10-521 , and 76-10-522 , "handgun" and "pistol
3658 or revolver" do not include an antique firearm.
3659 (14) "House of worship" means a church, temple, synagogue, mosque, or other
3660 building set apart primarily for the purpose of worship in which religious services are held and
3661 the main body of which is kept for that use and not put to any other use inconsistent with its
3662 primary purpose.
3663 (15) "Prohibited area" means a place where it is unlawful to discharge a firearm.
3664 (16) "Readily accessible for immediate use" means that a firearm or other dangerous
3665 weapon is carried on the person or within such close proximity and in such a manner that it can
3666 be retrieved and used as readily as if carried on the person.
3667 (17) "Residence" means an improvement to real property used or occupied as a primary
3668 or secondary residence.
3669 (18) "Securely encased" means not readily accessible for immediate use, such as held
3670 in a gun rack, or in a closed case or container, whether or not locked, or in a trunk or other
3671 storage area of a motor vehicle, not including a glove box or console box.
3672 (19) "Short barrel shotgun" or "short barrel rifle" means a shotgun having a barrel or
3673 barrels of fewer than 18 inches in length, or in the case of a rifle, having a barrel or barrels of
3674 fewer than 16 inches in length, or a dangerous weapon made from a rifle or shotgun by
3675 alteration, modification, or otherwise, if the weapon as modified has an overall length of fewer
3676 than 26 inches.
3677 (20) "State entity" means a department, commission, board, council, agency,
3678 institution, officer, corporation, fund, division, office, committee, authority, laboratory, library,
3679 unit, bureau, panel, or other administrative unit of the state.
3680 (21) "Violent felony" has the same meaning as defined in Section 76-3-203.5 .
3681 Section 70. Section 76-10-526 is amended to read:
3682 76-10-526. Criminal background check prior to purchase of a firearm -- Fee --
3683 Exemption for concealed firearm permit holders and law enforcement officers.
3684 (1) For purposes of this section, "valid permit to carry a concealed firearm" does not
3685 include a temporary permit issued under Section 53-5-705 .
3686 (2) (a) To establish personal identification and residence in this state for purposes of
3687 this part, a dealer shall require an individual receiving a firearm to present one photo
3688 identification on a form issued by a governmental agency of the state.
3689 (b) A dealer may not accept a driving privilege card issued under Section 53-3-207 as
3690 proof of identification for the purpose of establishing personal identification and residence in
3691 this state as required under this Subsection (2).
3692 (3) (a) A criminal history background check is required for the sale of a firearm by a
3693 licensed firearm dealer in the state.
3694 (b) Subsection (3)(a) does not apply to the sale of a firearm to a Federal Firearms
3695 Licensee.
3696 (4) (a) An individual purchasing a firearm from a dealer shall consent in writing to a
3697 criminal background check, on a form provided by the bureau.
3698 (b) The form shall contain the following information:
3699 (i) the dealer identification number;
3700 (ii) the name and address of the individual receiving the firearm;
3701 (iii) the date of birth, height, weight, eye color, and hair color of the individual
3702 receiving the firearm; and
3703 (iv) the Social Security number or any other identification number of the individual
3704 receiving the firearm.
3705 (5) (a) The dealer shall send the information required by Subsection (4) to the bureau
3706 immediately upon its receipt by the dealer.
3707 (b) A dealer may not sell or transfer a firearm to an individual until the dealer has
3708 provided the bureau with the information in Subsection (4) and has received approval from the
3709 bureau under Subsection (7).
3710 (6) The dealer shall make a request for criminal history background information by
3711 telephone or other electronic means to the bureau and shall receive approval or denial of the
3712 inquiry by telephone or other electronic means.
3713 (7) When the dealer calls for or requests a criminal history background check, the
3714 bureau shall:
3715 (a) review the criminal history files, including juvenile court records, to determine if
3716 the individual is prohibited from purchasing, possessing, or transferring a firearm by state or
3717 federal law;
3718 (b) inform the dealer that:
3719 (i) the records indicate the individual is prohibited; or
3720 (ii) the individual is approved for purchasing, possessing, or transferring a firearm;
3721 (c) provide the dealer with a unique transaction number for that inquiry; and
3722 (d) provide a response to the requesting dealer during the call for a criminal
3723 background check, or by return call, or other electronic means, without delay, except in case of
3724 electronic failure or other circumstances beyond the control of the bureau, the bureau shall
3725 advise the dealer of the reason for the delay and give the dealer an estimate of the length of the
3726 delay.
3727 (8) (a) The bureau may not maintain any records of the criminal history background
3728 check longer than 20 days from the date of the dealer's request, if the bureau determines that
3729 the individual receiving the firearm is not prohibited from purchasing, possessing, or
3730 transferring the firearm under state or federal law.
3731 (b) However, the bureau shall maintain a log of requests containing the dealer's federal
3732 firearms number, the transaction number, and the transaction date for a period of 12 months.
3733 (9) If the criminal history background check discloses information indicating that the
3734 individual attempting to purchase the firearm is prohibited from purchasing, possessing, or
3735 transferring a firearm, the bureau shall inform the law enforcement agency in the jurisdiction
3736 where the individual resides.
3737 (10) If an individual is denied the right to purchase a firearm under this section, the
3738 individual may review the individual's criminal history information and may challenge or
3739 amend the information as provided in Section 53-10-108 .
3740 (11) The bureau shall make rules in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah
3741 Administrative Rulemaking Act, to ensure the identity, confidentiality, and security of all
3742 records provided by the bureau under this part are in conformance with the requirements of the
3743 Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act, Pub. L. No. 103-159, 107 Stat. 1536 (1993).
3744 (12) (a) (i) A dealer shall collect a criminal history background check fee of $7.50 for
3745 the sale of a firearm under this section.
3746 (ii) This fee remains in effect until changed by the bureau through the process under
3747 Section 63J-1-504 .
3748 (b) (i) The dealer shall forward at one time all fees collected for criminal history
3749 background checks performed during the month to the bureau by the last day of the month
3750 following the sale of a firearm.
3751 (ii) The bureau shall deposit the fees in the General Fund as dedicated credits to cover
3752 the cost of administering and conducting the criminal history background check program.
3753 (13) An individual with a concealed firearm permit issued under Title 53, Chapter 5,
3754 Part 7, Concealed Firearm Act, is exempt from the background check and corresponding fee
3755 required in this section for the purchase of a firearm if:
3756 (a) the individual presents the individual's concealed firearm permit to the dealer prior
3757 to purchase of the firearm; and
3758 (b) the dealer verifies with the bureau that the individual's concealed firearm permit is
3759 valid.
3760 (14) A law enforcement officer, as defined in Section 53-13-103 , is exempt from the
3761 background check fee required in this section for the purchase of a personal firearm to be
3762 carried while off-duty if the law enforcement officer verifies current employment by providing
3763 a letter of good standing from the officer's commanding officer and current law enforcement
3764 photo identification. This section may only be used by a law enforcement officer to purchase a
3765 personal firearm once in a 24-month period.
3766 Section 71. Section 76-10-919 is amended to read:
3767 76-10-919. Person may bring action for injunctive relief and damages -- Treble
3768 damages -- Recovery of actual damages or civil penalty by state or political subdivisions
3769 -- Immunity of political subdivisions from damages, costs, or attorney fees.
3770 (1) (a) A person who is a citizen of this state or a resident of this state and who is
3771 injured or is threatened with injury in his business or property by a violation of the Utah
3772 Antitrust Act may bring an action for injunctive relief and damages, regardless of whether the
3773 person dealt directly or indirectly with the defendant. This remedy is in addition to any other
3774 remedies provided by law. It may not diminish or offset any other remedy.
3775 (b) Subject to the provisions of Subsections (3), (4), and (5), the court shall award three
3776 times the amount of damages sustained, plus the cost of suit and [
3777 addition to granting any appropriate temporary, preliminary, or permanent injunctive relief.
3778 (2) (a) If the court determines that a judgment in the amount of three times the damages
3779 awarded plus attorney fees and costs will directly cause the insolvency of the defendant, the
3780 court shall reduce the amount of judgment to the highest sum that would not cause the
3781 defendant's insolvency.
3782 (b) The court may not reduce a judgment to an amount less than the amount of
3783 damages sustained plus the costs of suit and [
3784 (3) The state or any of its political subdivisions may recover the actual damages it
3785 sustains, or the civil penalty provided by the Utah Antitrust Act, in addition to injunctive relief,
3786 costs of suit, and reasonable attorney fees.
3787 (4) No damages, costs, or attorney fees may be recovered under this section:
3788 (a) from any political subdivision;
3789 (b) from the official or employee of any political subdivision acting in an official
3790 capacity; or
3791 (c) against any person based on any official action directed by a political subdivision or
3792 its official or employee acting in an official capacity.
3793 (5) Subsection (4) does not apply to cases filed before April 27, 1987, unless the
3794 defendant establishes and the court determines that in light of all the circumstances, including
3795 the posture of litigation and the availability of alternative relief, it would be inequitable not to
3796 apply Subsection (4) to a pending case.
3797 (6) When a defendant has been sued in one or more actions by both direct and indirect
3798 purchasers, whether in state court or federal court, a defendant shall be entitled to prove as a
3799 partial or complete defense to a claim for damages that the damages incurred by the plaintiff or
3800 plaintiffs have been passed on to others who are entitled to recover so as to avoid duplication
3801 of recovery of damages. In an action by indirect purchasers, any damages or settlement
3802 amounts paid to direct purchasers for the same alleged antitrust violations shall constitute a
3803 defense in the amount paid on a claim by indirect purchasers under this chapter so as to avoid
3804 duplication of recovery of damages.
3805 (7) It shall be presumed, in the absence of proof to the contrary, that the injured
3806 persons who dealt directly with the defendant incurred at least 1/3 of the damages, and shall,
3807 therefore, recover at least 1/3 of the awarded damages. It shall also be presumed, in the
3808 absence of proof to the contrary, that the injured persons who dealt indirectly with the
3809 defendant incurred at least 1/3 of the damages, and shall, therefore, recover at least 1/3 of the
3810 awarded damages. The final 1/3 of the damages shall be awarded by the court to those injured
3811 persons determined by the court as most likely to have absorbed the damages.
3812 (8) There is a presumption, in the absence of proof to the contrary and subject to
3813 Subsection (7), that each level in a product's or service's distribution chain passed on any and
3814 all increments in its cost due to an increase in the cost of an ingredient or a component product
3815 or service that was caused by a violation of this chapter. This amount will be presumed, in the
3816 absence of evidence to the contrary, to be equal to the change in the cost, in dollars and cents,
3817 of the ingredient, component product, or service to its first purchaser.
3818 (9) The attorney general shall be notified by the plaintiff about the filing of any class
3819 action involving antitrust violations that includes plaintiffs from this state. The attorney
3820 general shall receive a copy of each filing from each plaintiff. The attorney general may, in his
3821 or her discretion, intervene or file amicus briefs in the case, and may be heard on the question
3822 of the fairness or appropriateness of any proposed settlement agreement.
3823 (10) If, in a class action or parens patriae action filed under this chapter, including the
3824 settlement of any action, it is not feasible to return any part of the recovery to the injured
3825 plaintiffs, the court shall order the residual funds be applied to benefit the specific class of
3826 injured plaintiffs, to improve antitrust enforcement generally by depositing the residual funds
3827 into the Attorney General Litigation Fund created by Section 76-10-922 , or both.
3828 (11) In any action brought under this chapter, the court shall approve all attorney fees
3829 and arrangements for the payment of attorney fees, including contingency fee agreements.
3830 Section 72. Section 76-10-1201 is amended to read:
3831 76-10-1201. Definitions.
3832 For the purpose of this part:
3833 (1) "Blinder rack" means an opaque cover that covers the lower 2/3 of a material so
3834 that the lower 2/3 of the material is concealed from view.
3835 (2) "Contemporary community standards" means those current standards in the
3836 vicinage where an offense alleged under this part has occurred, is occurring, or will occur.
3837 (3) "Distribute" means to transfer possession of materials whether with or without
3838 consideration.
3839 (4) "Exhibit" means to show.
3840 (5) (a) "Harmful to minors" means that quality of any description or representation, in
3841 whatsoever form, of nudity, sexual conduct, sexual excitement, or sadomasochistic abuse when
3842 it:
3843 (i) taken as a whole, appeals to the prurient interest in sex of minors;
3844 (ii) is patently offensive to prevailing standards in the adult community as a whole with
3845 respect to what is suitable material for minors; and
3846 (iii) taken as a whole, does not have serious value for minors.
3847 (b) Serious value includes only serious literary, artistic, political or scientific value for
3848 minors.
3849 (6) (a) "Knowingly," regarding material or a performance, means an awareness,
3850 whether actual or constructive, of the character of the material or performance.
3851 (b) As used in this Subsection (6), a person has constructive knowledge if a reasonable
3852 inspection or observation under the circumstances would have disclosed the nature of the
3853 subject matter and if a failure to inspect or observe is either for the purpose of avoiding the
3854 disclosure or is criminally negligent as described in Section 76-2-103 .
3855 (7) "Material" means anything printed or written or any picture, drawing, photograph,
3856 motion picture, or pictorial representation, or any statue or other figure, or any recording or
3857 transcription, or any mechanical, chemical, or electrical reproduction, or anything which is or
3858 may be used as a means of communication. Material includes undeveloped photographs,
3859 molds, printing plates, and other latent representational objects.
3860 (8) "Minor" means any person less than 18 years of age.
3861 (9) "Negligently" means simple negligence, the failure to exercise that degree of care
3862 that a reasonable and prudent person would exercise under like or similar circumstances.
3863 (10) "Nudity" means:
3864 (a) the showing of the human male or female genitals, pubic area, or buttocks, with less
3865 than an opaque covering;
3866 (b) the showing of a female breast with less than an opaque covering, or any portion of
3867 the female breast below the top of the areola; or
3868 (c) the depiction of covered male genitals in a discernibly turgid state.
3869 (11) "Performance" means any physical human bodily activity, whether engaged in
3870 alone or with other persons, including singing, speaking, dancing, acting, simulating, or
3871 pantomiming.
3872 (12) "Public place" includes a place to which admission is gained by payment of a
3873 membership or admission fee, however designated, notwithstanding its being designated a
3874 private club or by words of like import.
3875 (13) "Sado[
3876 (a) flagellation or torture by or upon a person who is nude or clad in undergarments, a
3877 mask, or in a revealing or bizarre costume; or
3878 (b) the condition of being fettered, bound, or otherwise physically restrained on the part
3879 of a person clothed as described in Subsection (13)(a).
3880 (14) "Sexual conduct" means acts of masturbation, sexual intercourse, or any touching
3881 of a person's clothed or unclothed genitals, pubic area, buttocks, or, if the person is a female,
3882 breast, whether alone or between members of the same or opposite sex or between humans and
3883 animals in an act of apparent or actual sexual stimulation or gratification.
3884 (15) "Sexual excitement" means a condition of human male or female genitals when in
3885 a state of sexual stimulation or arousal, or the sensual experiences of humans engaging in or
3886 witnessing sexual conduct or nudity.
3887 Section 73. Section 77-38-302 is amended to read:
3888 77-38-302. Definitions.
3889 As used in this part:
3890 (1) "Convicted person" means a person who has been convicted of a crime.
3891 (2) "Conviction" means an adjudication by a federal or state court resulting from a trial
3892 or plea, including a plea of no contest, nolo contendere, a finding of not guilty due to insanity,
3893 or not guilty but having a mental illness regardless of whether the sentence was imposed or
3894 suspended.
3895 (3) "Fund" means the Crime Victim Reparations Fund created in Section 51-9-404 .
3896 (4) "Memorabilia" means any tangible property of a [
3897 representative or assignee of a [
3898 the notoriety gained from the criminal activity for which the person was convicted.
3899 (5) "Notoriety of crimes contract" means a contract or other agreement with a
3900 convicted person, or a representative or assignee of a convicted person, with respect to:
3901 (a) the reenactment of a crime in any manner including a movie, book, magazine
3902 article, Internet website, recording, phonograph record, radio or television presentation, or live
3903 entertainment of any kind;
3904 (b) the expression of the convicted person's thoughts, feelings, opinions, or emotions
3905 regarding a crime involving or causing personal injury, death, or property loss as a direct result
3906 of the crime; or
3907 (c) the payment or exchange of any money or other consideration or the proceeds or
3908 profits that directly or indirectly result from the notoriety of the crime.
3909 (6) "Office" means the Utah Office for Victims of Crime.
3910 (7) "Profit" means any income or benefit:
3911 (a) over and above the fair market value of tangible property that is received upon the
3912 sale or transfer of memorabilia; or
3913 (b) any money, negotiable instruments, securities, or other consideration received or
3914 contracted for gain which is traceable to a notoriety of crimes contract.
3915 Section 74. Section 77-38-303 is amended to read:
3916 77-38-303. Profit from sale of memorabilia or notoriety of crimes contract --
3917 Deposit in Crime Victim Reparations Fund -- Penalty.
3918 (1) Any convicted person or a representative or assignee of a convicted person who
3919 receives a profit from the sale or transfer of memorabilia shall remit to the fund:
3920 (a) a complete, itemized accounting of the transaction, including:
3921 (i) a description of each item sold;
3922 (ii) the amount received for each item;
3923 (iii) the estimated fair market value of each item; and
3924 (iv) the name and address of the purchaser of each item; and
3925 (b) a check or money order for the amount of the profit, which shall be the difference
3926 between the amount received for the item and the estimated fair market value of the item.
3927 (2) Any person who willfully violates Subsection (1) may be assessed a civil penalty of
3928 up to $1,000 per item sold or transferred or three times the amount of the unremitted profit,
3929 whichever is greater.
3930 (3) (a) Any person or entity who enters into a notoriety of crime contract with a
3931 convicted person or with a representative or assignee of a convicted person shall pay to the
3932 fund any profit which by the terms of the contract would otherwise be owing to the convicted
3933 person or representative or assignee of the convicted person.
3934 (b) A convicted person or a representative or assignee of a convicted person who has
3935 received any profit from a notoriety of crime contract shall remit the profit to the fund. Any
3936 future profit which, by the terms of the contract, would otherwise be owing to the convicted
3937 person or a representative or assignee of a convicted person shall be paid to the fund as
3938 required under Subsection (3)(a).
3939 (4) Upon receipt of [
3940 amounts to the victim of the crime from which the profits are derived if any restitution remains
3941 outstanding. If no restitution is outstanding, the [
3942 fund.
3943 (5) (a) Any person or entity who willfully violates Subsection (3) may be assessed a
3944 civil penalty of up to $1,000,000.00, or up to three times the total value of the original notoriety
3945 of crime contract, whichever is greater.
3946 (b) Any civil penalty ordered under this Subsection shall be paid to the fund.
3947 (6) The prosecuting agency or the attorney general may bring an action to enforce the
3948 provisions of this chapter in the court of conviction.
3949 (7) A court shall enter an order to remit funds as provided in this chapter if it finds by a
3950 preponderance of the evidence any violation of Subsection (1) or (3).
3951 Section 75. Section 77-41-103 is amended to read:
3952 77-41-103. Department duties.
3953 (1) The department, to assist in investigating kidnapping and sex-related crimes, and in
3954 apprehending offenders, shall:
3955 (a) develop and operate a system to collect, analyze, maintain, and disseminate
3956 information on offenders and sex and kidnap offenses;
3957 (b) make information listed in Subsection 77-41-110 (4) available to the public; and
3958 (c) share information provided by an offender under this chapter that may not be made
3959 available to the public under Subsection 77-41-110 (4), but only:
3960 (i) for the purposes under this chapter; or
3961 (ii) in accordance with Section 63G-2-206 .
3962 (2) Any law enforcement agency shall, in the manner prescribed by the department,
3963 inform the department of:
3964 (a) the receipt of a report or complaint of an offense listed in Subsection
3965 77-41-102 [
3966 (b) the arrest of a person suspected of any of the offenses listed in Subsection
3967 77-41-102 [
3968 (3) Upon convicting a person of any of the offenses listed in Subsection
3969 77-41-102 [
3970 copy of the judgment and sentence to the department.
3971 (4) The department shall:
3972 (a) provide the following additional information when available:
3973 (i) the crimes the offender has been convicted of or adjudicated delinquent for;
3974 (ii) a description of the offender's primary and secondary targets; and
3975 (iii) any other relevant identifying information as determined by the department;
3976 (b) maintain the Sex Offender and Kidnap Offender Notification and Registration
3977 website; and
3978 (c) ensure that the registration information collected regarding an offender's enrollment
3979 or employment at an educational institution is:
3980 (i) (A) promptly made available to any law enforcement agency that has jurisdiction
3981 where the institution is located if the educational institution is an institution of higher
3982 education; or
3983 (B) promptly made available to the district superintendent of the school district where
3984 the offender is enrolled if the educational institution is an institution of primary education; and
3985 (ii) entered into the appropriate state records or data system.
3986 Section 76. Section 78A-6-1302 is amended to read:
3987 78A-6-1302. Procedure -- Standard.
3988 (1) When a motion is filed pursuant to Section 78A-6-1301 raising the issue of a
3989 minor's competency to proceed, or when the court raises the issue of a minor's competency to
3990 proceed, the juvenile court in which proceedings are pending shall stay all delinquency
3991 proceedings.
3992 (2) If a motion for inquiry is opposed by either party, the court shall, prior to granting
3993 or denying the motion, hold a limited hearing solely for the purpose of determining the
3994 sufficiency of the motion. If the court finds that the allegations of incompetency raise a bona
3995 fide doubt as to the minor's competency to proceed, it shall enter an order for an evaluation of
3996 the minor's competency to proceed, and shall set a date for a hearing on the issue of the minor's
3997 competency.
3998 (3) After the granting of a motion, and prior to a full competency hearing, the court
3999 may order the Department of Human Services to evaluate the minor and to report to the court
4000 concerning the minor's mental condition.
4001 (4) The minor shall be evaluated by a mental health examiner with experience in
4002 juvenile forensic evaluations and juvenile brain development, who is not involved in the
4003 current treatment of the minor. If it becomes apparent that the minor may be not competent
4004 due to an intellectual disability or related condition, the examiner shall be experienced in
4005 intellectual disability or related condition evaluations of minors.
4006 (5) The petitioner or other party, as directed by the court, shall provide all information
4007 and materials to the examiners relevant to a determination of the minor's competency
4008 including:
4009 (a) the motion;
4010 (b) the arrest or incident reports pertaining to the charged offense;
4011 (c) the minor's known delinquency history information;
4012 (d) known prior mental health evaluations and treatments; and
4013 (e) consistent with 20 U.S.C. Sec. 1232G (b)(1)(E)(ii)(I), records pertaining to the
4014 minor's education.
4015 (6) The minor's parents or guardian, the prosecutor, defense attorney, and guardian ad
4016 litem, shall cooperate in providing the relevant information and materials to the examiners.
4017 (7) In conducting the evaluation and in the report determining if a minor is competent
4018 to proceed as defined in Subsection 78A-6-105 (30), the examiner shall consider the impact of a
4019 mental disorder, intellectual disability, or related condition on a minor's present capacity to:
4020 (a) comprehend and appreciate the charges or allegations;
4021 (b) disclose to counsel pertinent facts, events, or states of mind;
4022 (c) comprehend and appreciate the range and nature of possible penalties, if applicable,
4023 that may be imposed in the proceedings against the minor;
4024 (d) engage in reasoned choice of legal strategies and options;
4025 (e) understand the adversarial nature of the proceedings;
4026 (f) manifest appropriate courtroom behavior; and
4027 (g) testify relevantly, if applicable.
4028 (8) In addition to the requirements of Subsection (7), the examiner's written report
4029 shall:
4030 (a) identify the specific matters referred for evaluation;
4031 (b) describe the procedures, techniques, and tests used in the evaluation and the
4032 purpose or purposes for each;
4033 (c) state the examiner's clinical observations, findings, and opinions on each issue
4034 referred for evaluation by the court, and indicate specifically those issues, if any, on which the
4035 examiner could not give an opinion;
4036 (d) state the likelihood that the minor will attain competency and the amount of time
4037 estimated to achieve it; and
4038 (e) identify the sources of information used by the examiner and present the basis for
4039 the examiner's clinical findings and opinions.
4040 (9) The examiner shall provide an initial report to the court, the prosecuting and
4041 defense attorneys, and the guardian ad litem, if applicable, within 30 days of the receipt of the
4042 court's order. If the examiner informs the court that additional time is needed, the court may
4043 grant, taking into consideration the custody status of the minor, up to an additional 30 days to
4044 provide the report to the court and counsel. The examiner must provide the report within 60
4045 days from the receipt of the court's order unless, for good cause shown, the court authorizes an
4046 additional period of time to complete the evaluation and provide the report. The report shall
4047 inform the court of the examiner's opinion concerning the competency and the likelihood of the
4048 minor to attain competency within a year. In the alternative, the examiner may inform the court
4049 in writing that additional time is needed to complete the report.
4050 (10) Any statement made by the minor in the course of any competency evaluation,
4051 whether the evaluation is with or without the consent of the minor, any testimony by the
4052 examiner based upon any statement, and any other fruits of the statement may not be admitted
4053 in evidence against the minor in any delinquency or criminal proceeding except on an issue
4054 respecting the mental condition on which the minor has introduced evidence. The evidence
4055 may be admitted, however, where relevant to a determination of the minor's competency.
4056 (11) Prior to evaluating the minor, examiners shall specifically advise the minor and
4057 the parents or guardian of the limits of confidentiality as provided under Subsection (10).
4058 (12) When the report is received the court shall set a date for a competency hearing
4059 which shall be held in not less than five and not more than 15 days, unless the court enlarges
4060 the time for good cause.
4061 (13) A minor shall be presumed competent unless the court, by a preponderance of the
4062 evidence, finds the minor not competent to proceed. The burden of proof is upon the
4063 proponent of incompetency to proceed.
4064 (14) (a) Following the hearing, the court shall determine by a preponderance of
4065 evidence whether the minor is:
4066 (i) competent to proceed;
4067 (ii) not competent to proceed with a substantial probability that the minor may attain
4068 competency in the foreseeable future; or
4069 (iii) not competent to proceed without a substantial probability that the minor may
4070 attain competency in the foreseeable future.
4071 (b) If the court enters a finding pursuant to Subsection (14)(a)(i), the court shall
4072 proceed with the delinquency proceedings.
4073 (c) If the court enters a finding pursuant to Subsection (14)(a)(ii), the court shall
4074 proceed consistent with Section 78A-6-1303 .
4075 (d) If the court enters a finding pursuant to Subsection (14)(a)(iii), the court shall
4076 terminate the competency proceeding, dismiss the delinquency charges without prejudice, and
4077 release the minor from any custody order related to the pending delinquency proceeding, unless
4078 the prosecutor informs the court that commitment proceedings pursuant to Title 62A, Chapter
4079 5, Services for People with Disabilities, or Title 62A, Chapter 15, Substance Abuse and Mental
4080 Health Act, will be initiated. These commitment proceedings shall be initiated within seven
4081 days after the court's order, unless the court enlarges the time for good cause shown. The
4082 minor may be ordered to remain in custody until the commitment proceedings have been
4083 concluded.
4084 (15) If the court finds the minor not competent to proceed, its order shall contain
4085 findings addressing each of the factors in Subsection (7).
4086 Section 77. Section 78B-2-313 is amended to read:
4087 78B-2-313. Action to recover deficiency after short sale.
4088 (1) As used in this section:
4089 (a) "Deficiency" means the balance owed to a secured lender under a secured loan after
4090 completion of a short sale of the secured property.
4091 (b) "Obligor" means the person or persons obligated to pay a secured loan.
4092 (c) "Secured lender" means the person or persons to whom the obligation under a
4093 secured loan is owed.
4094 (d) "Secured loan" means a loan or other credit for personal, family, or household
4095 purposes secured by a mortgage or trust deed on secured property.
4096 (e) "Secured property" means single-family, residential real property located in the
4097 state that is the subject of a mortgage or trust deed to secure a secured loan.
4098 (f) "Short sale" means a sale:
4099 (i) of secured property;
4100 (ii) by the owner of the secured property;
4101 (iii) that results in the secured lender being paid less than the balance owing under the
4102 secured loan; and
4103 (iv) made with the secured lender's consent and resulting in the secured lender
4104 releasing the mortgage or reconveying the trust deed on the secured property.
4105 (2) An action to recover a deficiency is barred unless it is commenced no more than
4106 three months after the date of recording of a release of mortgage or reconveyance of trust deed
4107 with respect to secured property and resulting from a short sale of that property.
4108 (3) Subsection (2) does not apply if the obligor or owner engaged in fraud in
4109 connection with the short sale.
4110 (4) Subsection (2) does not apply to an agreement that:
4111 (a) is executed:
4112 (i) between one or more obligors under a [
4113 and
4114 (ii) in connection with a short sale; and
4115 (b) obligates an obligor to pay some or all of a deficiency.
4116 Section 78. Section 78B-6-121 is amended to read:
4117 78B-6-121. Consent of unmarried biological father.
4118 (1) Except as provided in Subsections (2)(a) and 78B-6-122 (1), and subject to
4119 [
4120 adoptive parents more than six months after birth, consent of an unmarried biological father is
4121 not required unless the unmarried biological father:
4122 (a) (i) developed a substantial relationship with the child by:
4123 (A) visiting the child monthly, unless the unmarried biological father was physically or
4124 financially unable to visit the child on a monthly basis; or
4125 (B) engaging in regular communication with the child or with the person or authorized
4126 agency that has lawful custody of the child;
4127 (ii) took some measure of responsibility for the child and the child's future; and
4128 (iii) demonstrated a full commitment to the responsibilities of parenthood by financial
4129 support of the child of a fair and reasonable sum in accordance with the father's ability; or
4130 (b) (i) openly lived with the child:
4131 (A) (I) for a period of at least six months during the one-year period immediately
4132 preceding the day on which the child is placed with prospective adoptive parents; or
4133 (II) if the child is less than one year old, for a period of at least six months during the
4134 period of time beginning on the day on which the child is born and ending on the day on which
4135 the child is placed with prospective adoptive parents; and
4136 (B) immediately preceding placement of the child with prospective adoptive parents;
4137 and
4138 (ii) openly held himself out to be the father of the child during the six-month period
4139 described in Subsection (1)(b)(i)(A).
4140 (2) (a) If an unmarried biological father was prevented from complying with a
4141 requirement of Subsection (1) by the person or authorized agency having lawful custody of the
4142 child, the unmarried biological father is not required to comply with that requirement.
4143 (b) The subjective intent of an unmarried biological father, whether expressed or
4144 otherwise, that is unsupported by evidence that the requirements in Subsection (1) have been
4145 met, shall not preclude a determination that the father failed to meet the requirements of
4146 Subsection (1).
4147 (3) Except as provided in Subsections (6) and 78B-6-122 (1), and subject to Subsection
4148 (5), with regard to a child who is six months of age or less at the time the child is placed with
4149 prospective adoptive parents, consent of an unmarried biological father is not required unless,
4150 prior to the time the mother executes her consent for adoption or relinquishes the child for
4151 adoption, the unmarried biological father:
4152 (a) initiates proceedings in a district court of Utah to establish paternity under Title
4153 78B, Chapter 15, Utah Uniform Parentage Act;
4154 (b) files with the court that is presiding over the paternity proceeding a sworn affidavit:
4155 (i) stating that he is fully able and willing to have full custody of the child;
4156 (ii) setting forth his plans for care of the child; and
4157 (iii) agreeing to a court order of child support and the payment of expenses incurred in
4158 connection with the mother's pregnancy and the child's birth;
4159 (c) consistent with Subsection (4), files notice of the commencement of paternity
4160 proceedings, described in Subsection (3)(a), with the state registrar of vital statistics within the
4161 Department of Health, in a confidential registry established by the department for that purpose;
4162 and
4163 (d) offered to pay and paid, during the pregnancy and after the child's birth, a fair and
4164 reasonable amount of the expenses incurred in connection with the mother's pregnancy and the
4165 child's birth, in accordance with his financial ability, unless:
4166 (i) he did not have actual knowledge of the pregnancy;
4167 (ii) he was prevented from paying the expenses by the person or authorized agency
4168 having lawful custody of the child; or
4169 (iii) the mother refuses to accept the unmarried biological father's offer to pay the
4170 expenses described in this Subsection (3)(d).
4171 (4) The notice described in Subsection (3)(c) is considered filed when it is entered into
4172 the registry described in Subsection (3)(c).
4173 (5) Unless his ability to assert the right to consent has been lost for failure to comply
4174 with Section 78B-6-110.1 , or lost under another provision of Utah law, an unmarried biological
4175 father shall have at least one business day after the child's birth to fully and strictly comply with
4176 the requirements of Subsection (3).
4177 (6) Consent of an unmarried biological father is not required under this section if:
4178 (a) the court determines, in accordance with the requirements and procedures of Title
4179 78A, Chapter 6, Part 5, Termination of Parental Rights Act, that the unmarried biological
4180 father's rights should be terminated, based on the petition of any interested party;
4181 (b) (i) a declaration of paternity declaring the unmarried biological father to be the
4182 father of the child is rescinded under Section 78B-15-306 ; and
4183 (ii) the unmarried biological father fails to comply with Subsection (3) within 10
4184 business days after the day that notice of the rescission described in Subsection (6)(b)(i) is
4185 mailed by the Office of Vital Records within the Department of Health as provided in Section
4186 78B-15-306 ; or
4187 (c) the unmarried biological father is notified under Section 78B-6-110.1 and fails to
4188 preserve his rights in accordance with the requirements of that section.
4189 (7) Unless the adoptee is conceived or born within a marriage, the petitioner in an
4190 adoption proceeding shall, prior to entrance of a final decree of adoption, file with the court a
4191 certificate from the state registrar of vital statistics within the Department of Health, stating:
4192 (a) that a diligent search has been made of the registry of notices from unmarried
4193 biological fathers described in Subsection (3)(c); and
4194 (b) (i) that no filing has been found pertaining to the father of the child in question; or
4195 (ii) if a filing is found, the name of the putative father and the time and date of filing.
4196 Section 79. Repealer.
4197 This bill repeals:
4198 Section 53A-8-101, Short title.
4199 Section 58-40-5, License requirements.
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