S.B. 63

This document includes Senate Committee Amendments incorporated into the bill on Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 10:13 AM by lpoole. -->              1     

COMPACT FOR INTERSTATE SHARING OF PUTATIVE

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FATHER REGISTRY INFORMATION

             3     
2014 GENERAL SESSION

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STATE OF UTAH

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Chief Sponsor: Luz Robles

             6     
House Sponsor: Ryan D. Wilcox

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             8      LONG TITLE
             9      General Description:
             10          This bill enacts the Compact for Interstate Sharing of Putative Father Registry
             11      Information.
             12      Highlighted Provisions:
             13          This bill:
             14          .    describes the purpose of the Compact for Interstate Sharing of Putative Father
             15      Registry Information;
             16          .    includes definitions;
             17          .    describes the process for entering, withdrawing from, and amending the compact;
             18          .    describes the responsibilities and privileges of states participating in the compact;
             19          .    addresses the privacy, retention, and use of putative father registry information
             20      shared under the compact; and
             21          .    includes a severability clause.
             22      Money Appropriated in this Bill:
             23          None
             24      Other Special Clauses:
             25          This bill takes effect on May 12, 2015.
             26      Utah Code Sections Affected:
             27      ENACTS:



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Senate Committee Amendments 2-13-2014 lp/lak
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         78B-6-121.5, Utah Code Annotated 1953
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             30      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             31          Section 1. Section 78B-6-121.5 is enacted to read:
             32          78B-6-121.5. Compact for Interstate Sharing of Putative Father Registry
             33      Information -- Severability clause.
             34     
COMPACT FOR INTERSTATE SHARING

             35     
OF PUTATIVE FATHER REGISTRY INFORMATION

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ARTICLE I

             37     
PURPOSE

             38          This compact enables the sharing of putative father registry information collected by a
             39      state that is a party to the compact with all other states that are parties to the compact.
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ARTICLE II

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DEFINITIONS

             42          (1) "Putative father" means S. [ an unmarried ] a .S man who may be the biological
             42a      father of a
             43      child by virtue of having had a sexual relationship with a woman S. to whom he is not
             43a      married .S .
             44          (2) "Putative father registry" mean a registry of putative fathers maintained and used by
             45      a state as part of its legal process for protecting a putative father's rights.
             46          (3) "State" includes a state, district, or territory of the United States.
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ARTICLE III

             48     
ENTRY, WITHDRAWAL, AND AMENDMENTS

             49          (1) A state is a party to this compact upon enactment of this compact by the state into
             50      state law.
             51          (2) Upon providing at least 60 days' notice of withdrawal from this compact to each
             52      party to the compact and repealing the compact from state law, a state is no longer party to this
             53      compact.
             54          (3) This compact is amended upon enactment of the amendment into state law by each
             55      party to the compact.
             56     
ARTICLE IV

             57     
INTERSTATE SHARING OF PUTATIVE FATHER REGISTRY INFORMATION

             58          (1) A party to this compact shall communicate information in its putative father



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     registry about a specific putative father to any other party to this compact in a timely manner
             60      upon request by the other party.
             61          (2) A party to this compact is not required to have a putative father registry in order to
             62      request putative father registry information from another party to the compact.
             63          (3) Putative father registry information requested by a party to this compact from
             64      another party to this compact is subject to the laws of the requesting party governing the
             65      privacy, retention, and authorized uses of putative father information or, if the requesting party
             66      does not have a putative father registry, the laws of the party supplying the information
             67      governing the privacy, retention, and authorized uses of putative father information.
             68          (4) Notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, the request for or receipt of putative
             69      father registry information by a party to this compact from another party to this compact does
             70      not affect the application of the requesting party's laws, including laws regarding adoption or
             71      the protection of a putative father's rights, except as explicitly provided by the requesting
             72      party's laws.
             73          (5) Failure by a party to this compact to provide accurate putative father registry
             74      information in a timely manner to another party to this compact upon request does not affect
             75      application of the requesting party's laws, including laws governing adoption and the protection
             76      of a putative father's rights, except as explicitly provided by the requesting party's laws.
             77          (6) Each party to this compact shall work with every other party to this compact to
             78      facilitate the timely communication of putative father registry information between compact
             79      parties upon request.
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ARTICLE V

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SEVERABILITY

             82          The provisions of this compact are severable. If any provision of this compact or the
             83      application of any provision of this compact to any person or circumstance is held invalid by a
             84      final decision of a court of competent jurisdiction, the remainder of this compact shall be given
             85      effect within that state without the invalid provision or application. If a provision of this
             86      compact is severed in one or more states as a result of one or more court decisions, the
             87      provision shall remain in force in all other states that are parties to this compact.
             88          Section 2. Effective date.
             89          This bill takes effect on May 12, 2015.



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