H.B. 432

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WILDLAND FIRE LIABILITY AMENDMENTS
2 2014 GENERAL SESSION
3 STATE OF UTAH
4 Chief Sponsor: Mark A. Wheatley
5 Senate Sponsor: Luz Robles
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7 LONG TITLE
8 General Description:
9 This bill amends wildland fire prevention provisions.
10 Highlighted Provisions:
11 This bill:
12 . allows the use of certain kinds of ammunition under certain circumstances.
13 Money Appropriated in this Bill:
14 None
15 Other Special Clauses:
16 None
17 Utah Code Sections Affected:
18 AMENDS:
19 65A-3-2 , as last amended by Laws of Utah 2012, Chapter 361
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21 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
22 Section 1. Section 65A-3-2 is amended to read:
23 65A-3-2. Wildland fire prevention -- Prohibited acts.
24 (1) A person is guilty of a class B misdemeanor who:
25 (a) throws or places [any] a lighted cigarette, cigar, firecracker, ashes, or other flaming
26 or glowing substance that may cause a fire on a highway or a wildland fire;
27 (b) obstructs the state forester, an employee of the division, or an agent of the division,

28 in the performance of controlling a fire;
29 (c) refuses, on proper request of the state forester, an employee of the division, or an
30 agent of the division, to assist in the controlling of a fire, without good and sufficient reason; or
31 (d) fires [any] a tracer or incendiary ammunition [anywhere except]:
32 (i) anywhere except within the confines of established military reservations[.]; or
33 (ii) except with the written permission of the director of the Division of Forestry, Fire,
34 and State Lands, upon written request, if the director specifies a limited period of time and a
35 limited area in which the ammunition may be used.
36 (2) Fines assessed under this section are deposited in the General Fund.




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