First Substitute S.B. 88

Senator Ralph Okerlund proposes the following substitute bill:


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CHILD INTERVIEW AMENDMENTS

             2     
2014 GENERAL SESSION

             3     
STATE OF UTAH

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Chief Sponsor: Ralph Okerlund

             5     
House Sponsor: Keven J. Stratton

             6     
             7      LONG TITLE
             8      General Description:
             9          This bill amends provisions relating to an interview conducted at a Children's Justice
             10      Center.
             11      Highlighted Provisions:
             12          This bill:
             13          .    provides that a video or audio recording of an interview, or a transcript of the video
             14      or audio recording, that is conducted at a Children's Justice Center is not a record
             15      under the Government Records Access and Management Act;
             16          .    clarifies the right of child victims to keep confidential their interviews that are
             17      conducted at a Children's Justice Center, including video and audio recordings, and
             18      transcripts of those recordings;
             19          .    clarifies that a parent or guardian of the child victim may petition a juvenile or
             20      district court for an order allowing the parent or guardian to view a recording or
             21      transcript upon a finding of good cause;
             22          .    clarifies who can distribute, display, receive, and view a recording or transcript
             23      without a court order; and
             24          .    provides that it is a class B misdemeanor for any individual to distribute, release, or
             25      display any recording or transcript, except as otherwise provided in this bill.


             26      Money Appropriated in this Bill:
             27          None
             28      Other Special Clauses:
             29          This bill provides an immediate effective date.
             30      Utah Code Sections Affected:
             31      AMENDS:
             32           63G-2-103 , as last amended by Laws of Utah 2012, Chapters 369 and 377
             33           63G-2-305 , as last amended by Laws of Utah 2013, Chapters 12, 445, and 447
             34           77-37-4 , as last amended by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapter 247
             35           78A-6-317 , as last amended by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapter 247
             36     
             37      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             38          Section 1. Section 63G-2-103 is amended to read:
             39           63G-2-103. Definitions.
             40          As used in this chapter:
             41          (1) "Audit" means:
             42          (a) a systematic examination of financial, management, program, and related records
             43      for the purpose of determining the fair presentation of financial statements, adequacy of
             44      internal controls, or compliance with laws and regulations; or
             45          (b) a systematic examination of program procedures and operations for the purpose of
             46      determining their effectiveness, economy, efficiency, and compliance with statutes and
             47      regulations.
             48          (2) "Chronological logs" mean the regular and customary summary records of law
             49      enforcement agencies and other public safety agencies that show:
             50          (a) the time and general nature of police, fire, and paramedic calls made to the agency;
             51      and
             52          (b) any arrests or jail bookings made by the agency.
             53          (3) "Classification," "classify," and their derivative forms mean determining whether a
             54      record series, record, or information within a record is public, private, controlled, protected, or
             55      exempt from disclosure under Subsection 63G-2-201 (3)(b).
             56          (4) (a) "Computer program" means:


             57          (i) a series of instructions or statements that permit the functioning of a computer
             58      system in a manner designed to provide storage, retrieval, and manipulation of data from the
             59      computer system; and
             60          (ii) any associated documentation and source material that explain how to operate the
             61      computer program.
             62          (b) "Computer program" does not mean:
             63          (i) the original data, including numbers, text, voice, graphics, and images;
             64          (ii) analysis, compilation, and other manipulated forms of the original data produced by
             65      use of the program; or
             66          (iii) the mathematical or statistical formulas, excluding the underlying mathematical
             67      algorithms contained in the program, that would be used if the manipulated forms of the
             68      original data were to be produced manually.
             69          (5) (a) "Contractor" means:
             70          (i) any person who contracts with a governmental entity to provide goods or services
             71      directly to a governmental entity; or
             72          (ii) any private, nonprofit organization that receives funds from a governmental entity.
             73          (b) "Contractor" does not mean a private provider.
             74          (6) "Controlled record" means a record containing data on individuals that is controlled
             75      as provided by Section 63G-2-304 .
             76          (7) "Designation," "designate," and their derivative forms mean indicating, based on a
             77      governmental entity's familiarity with a record series or based on a governmental entity's
             78      review of a reasonable sample of a record series, the primary classification that a majority of
             79      records in a record series would be given if classified and the classification that other records
             80      typically present in the record series would be given if classified.
             81          (8) "Elected official" means each person elected to a state office, county office,
             82      municipal office, school board or school district office, local district office, or special service
             83      district office, but does not include judges.
             84          (9) "Explosive" means a chemical compound, device, or mixture:
             85          (a) commonly used or intended for the purpose of producing an explosion; and
             86          (b) that contains oxidizing or combustive units or other ingredients in proportions,
             87      quantities, or packing so that:


             88          (i) an ignition by fire, friction, concussion, percussion, or detonator of any part of the
             89      compound or mixture may cause a sudden generation of highly heated gases; and
             90          (ii) the resultant gaseous pressures are capable of:
             91          (A) producing destructive effects on contiguous objects; or
             92          (B) causing death or serious bodily injury.
             93          (10) "Government audit agency" means any governmental entity that conducts an audit.
             94          (11) (a) "Governmental entity" means:
             95          (i) executive department agencies of the state, the offices of the governor, lieutenant
             96      governor, state auditor, attorney general, and state treasurer, the Board of Pardons and Parole,
             97      the Board of Examiners, the National Guard, the Career Service Review Office, the State
             98      Board of Education, the State Board of Regents, and the State Archives;
             99          (ii) the Office of the Legislative Auditor General, Office of the Legislative Fiscal
             100      Analyst, Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel, the Legislature, and legislative
             101      committees, except any political party, group, caucus, or rules or sifting committee of the
             102      Legislature;
             103          (iii) courts, the Judicial Council, the Office of the Court Administrator, and similar
             104      administrative units in the judicial branch;
             105          (iv) any state-funded institution of higher education or public education; or
             106          (v) any political subdivision of the state, but, if a political subdivision has adopted an
             107      ordinance or a policy relating to information practices pursuant to Section 63G-2-701 , this
             108      chapter shall apply to the political subdivision to the extent specified in Section 63G-2-701 or
             109      as specified in any other section of this chapter that specifically refers to political subdivisions.
             110          (b) "Governmental entity" also means every office, agency, board, bureau, committee,
             111      department, advisory board, or commission of an entity listed in Subsection (11)(a) that is
             112      funded or established by the government to carry out the public's business.
             113          (c) "Governmental entity" does not include the Utah Educational Savings Plan created
             114      in Section 53B-8a-103 .
             115          (12) "Gross compensation" means every form of remuneration payable for a given
             116      period to an individual for services provided including salaries, commissions, vacation pay,
             117      severance pay, bonuses, and any board, rent, housing, lodging, payments in kind, and any
             118      similar benefit received from the individual's employer.


             119          (13) "Individual" means a human being.
             120          (14) (a) "Initial contact report" means an initial written or recorded report, however
             121      titled, prepared by peace officers engaged in public patrol or response duties describing official
             122      actions initially taken in response to either a public complaint about or the discovery of an
             123      apparent violation of law, which report may describe:
             124          (i) the date, time, location, and nature of the complaint, the incident, or offense;
             125          (ii) names of victims;
             126          (iii) the nature or general scope of the agency's initial actions taken in response to the
             127      incident;
             128          (iv) the general nature of any injuries or estimate of damages sustained in the incident;
             129          (v) the name, address, and other identifying information about any person arrested or
             130      charged in connection with the incident; or
             131          (vi) the identity of the public safety personnel, except undercover personnel, or
             132      prosecuting attorney involved in responding to the initial incident.
             133          (b) Initial contact reports do not include follow-up or investigative reports prepared
             134      after the initial contact report. However, if the information specified in Subsection (14)(a)
             135      appears in follow-up or investigative reports, it may only be treated confidentially if it is
             136      private, controlled, protected, or exempt from disclosure under Subsection 63G-2-201 (3)(b).
             137          (15) "Legislative body" means the Legislature.
             138          (16) "Notice of compliance" means a statement confirming that a governmental entity
             139      has complied with a records committee order.
             140          (17) "Person" means:
             141          (a) an individual;
             142          (b) a nonprofit or profit corporation;
             143          (c) a partnership;
             144          (d) a sole proprietorship;
             145          (e) other type of business organization; or
             146          (f) any combination acting in concert with one another.
             147          (18) "Private provider" means any person who contracts with a governmental entity to
             148      provide services directly to the public.
             149          (19) "Private record" means a record containing data on individuals that is private as


             150      provided by Section 63G-2-302 .
             151          (20) "Protected record" means a record that is classified protected as provided by
             152      Section 63G-2-305 .
             153          (21) "Public record" means a record that is not private, controlled, or protected and that
             154      is not exempt from disclosure as provided in Subsection 63G-2-201 (3)(b).
             155          (22) (a) "Record" means a book, letter, document, paper, map, plan, photograph, film,
             156      card, tape, recording, electronic data, or other documentary material regardless of physical form
             157      or characteristics:
             158          (i) that is prepared, owned, received, or retained by a governmental entity or political
             159      subdivision; and
             160          (ii) where all of the information in the original is reproducible by photocopy or other
             161      mechanical or electronic means.
             162          (b) "Record" does not mean:
             163          (i) a personal note or personal communication prepared or received by an employee or
             164      officer of a governmental entity:
             165          (A) in a capacity other than the employee's or officer's governmental capacity; or
             166          (B) that is unrelated to the conduct of the public's business;
             167          (ii) a temporary draft or similar material prepared for the originator's personal use or
             168      prepared by the originator for the personal use of an individual for whom the originator is
             169      working;
             170          (iii) material that is legally owned by an individual in the individual's private capacity;
             171          (iv) material to which access is limited by the laws of copyright or patent unless the
             172      copyright or patent is owned by a governmental entity or political subdivision;
             173          (v) proprietary software;
             174          (vi) junk mail or a commercial publication received by a governmental entity or an
             175      official or employee of a governmental entity;
             176          (vii) a book that is cataloged, indexed, or inventoried and contained in the collections
             177      of a library open to the public;
             178          (viii) material that is cataloged, indexed, or inventoried and contained in the collections
             179      of a library open to the public, regardless of physical form or characteristics of the material;
             180          (ix) a daily calendar or other personal note prepared by the originator for the


             181      originator's personal use or for the personal use of an individual for whom the originator is
             182      working;
             183          (x) a computer program that is developed or purchased by or for any governmental
             184      entity for its own use;
             185          (xi) a note or internal memorandum prepared as part of the deliberative process by:
             186          (A) a member of the judiciary;
             187          (B) an administrative law judge;
             188          (C) a member of the Board of Pardons and Parole; or
             189          (D) a member of any other body charged by law with performing a quasi-judicial
             190      function;
             191          (xii) a telephone number or similar code used to access a mobile communication
             192      device that is used by an employee or officer of a governmental entity, provided that the
             193      employee or officer of the governmental entity has designated at least one business telephone
             194      number that is a public record as provided in Section 63G-2-301 ;
             195          (xiii) information provided by the Public Employees' Benefit and Insurance Program,
             196      created in Section 49-20-103 , to a county to enable the county to calculate the amount to be
             197      paid to a health care provider under Subsection 17-50-319 (2)(e)(ii); [or]
             198          (xiv) information that an owner of unimproved property provides to a local entity as
             199      provided in Section 11-42-205 [.]; or
             200          (xv) a video or audio recording of an interview, or a transcript of the video or audio
             201      recording, that is conducted at a Children's Justice Center established under Section 67-5b-102 .
             202          (23) "Record series" means a group of records that may be treated as a unit for
             203      purposes of designation, description, management, or disposition.
             204          (24) "Records committee" means the State Records Committee created in Section
             205      63G-2-501 .
             206          (25) "Records officer" means the individual appointed by the chief administrative
             207      officer of each governmental entity, or the political subdivision to work with state archives in
             208      the care, maintenance, scheduling, designation, classification, disposal, and preservation of
             209      records.
             210          (26) "Schedule," "scheduling," and their derivative forms mean the process of
             211      specifying the length of time each record series should be retained by a governmental entity for


             212      administrative, legal, fiscal, or historical purposes and when each record series should be
             213      transferred to the state archives or destroyed.
             214          (27) "Sponsored research" means research, training, and other sponsored activities as
             215      defined by the federal Executive Office of the President, Office of Management and Budget:
             216          (a) conducted:
             217          (i) by an institution within the state system of higher education defined in Section
             218      53B-1-102 ; and
             219          (ii) through an office responsible for sponsored projects or programs; and
             220          (b) funded or otherwise supported by an external:
             221          (i) person that is not created or controlled by the institution within the state system of
             222      higher education; or
             223          (ii) federal, state, or local governmental entity.
             224          (28) "State archives" means the Division of Archives and Records Service created in
             225      Section 63A-12-101 .
             226          (29) "State archivist" means the director of the state archives.
             227          (30) "Summary data" means statistical records and compilations that contain data
             228      derived from private, controlled, or protected information but that do not disclose private,
             229      controlled, or protected information.
             230          Section 2. Section 63G-2-305 is amended to read:
             231           63G-2-305. Protected records.
             232          The following records are protected if properly classified by a governmental entity:
             233          (1) trade secrets as defined in Section 13-24-2 if the person submitting the trade secret
             234      has provided the governmental entity with the information specified in Section 63G-2-309 ;
             235          (2) commercial information or nonindividual financial information obtained from a
             236      person if:
             237          (a) disclosure of the information could reasonably be expected to result in unfair
             238      competitive injury to the person submitting the information or would impair the ability of the
             239      governmental entity to obtain necessary information in the future;
             240          (b) the person submitting the information has a greater interest in prohibiting access
             241      than the public in obtaining access; and
             242          (c) the person submitting the information has provided the governmental entity with


             243      the information specified in Section 63G-2-309 ;
             244          (3) commercial or financial information acquired or prepared by a governmental entity
             245      to the extent that disclosure would lead to financial speculations in currencies, securities, or
             246      commodities that will interfere with a planned transaction by the governmental entity or cause
             247      substantial financial injury to the governmental entity or state economy;
             248          (4) records, the disclosure of which could cause commercial injury to, or confer a
             249      competitive advantage upon a potential or actual competitor of, a commercial project entity as
             250      defined in Subsection 11-13-103 (4);
             251          (5) test questions and answers to be used in future license, certification, registration,
             252      employment, or academic examinations;
             253          (6) records, the disclosure of which would impair governmental procurement
             254      proceedings or give an unfair advantage to any person proposing to enter into a contract or
             255      agreement with a governmental entity, except, subject to Subsections (1) and (2), that this
             256      Subsection (6) does not restrict the right of a person to have access to, after the contract or
             257      grant has been awarded and signed by all parties, a bid, proposal, application, or other
             258      information submitted to or by a governmental entity in response to:
             259          (a) an invitation for bids;
             260          (b) a request for proposals;
             261          (c) a request for quotes;
             262          (d) a grant; or
             263          (e) other similar document;
             264          (7) information submitted to or by a governmental entity in response to a request for
             265      information, except, subject to Subsections (1) and (2), that this Subsection (7) does not restrict
             266      the right of a person to have access to the information, after:
             267          (a) a contract directly relating to the subject of the request for information has been
             268      awarded and signed by all parties; or
             269          (b) (i) a final determination is made not to enter into a contract that relates to the
             270      subject of the request for information; and
             271          (ii) at least two years have passed after the day on which the request for information is
             272      issued;
             273          (8) records that would identify real property or the appraisal or estimated value of real


             274      or personal property, including intellectual property, under consideration for public acquisition
             275      before any rights to the property are acquired unless:
             276          (a) public interest in obtaining access to the information is greater than or equal to the
             277      governmental entity's need to acquire the property on the best terms possible;
             278          (b) the information has already been disclosed to persons not employed by or under a
             279      duty of confidentiality to the entity;
             280          (c) in the case of records that would identify property, potential sellers of the described
             281      property have already learned of the governmental entity's plans to acquire the property;
             282          (d) in the case of records that would identify the appraisal or estimated value of
             283      property, the potential sellers have already learned of the governmental entity's estimated value
             284      of the property; or
             285          (e) the property under consideration for public acquisition is a single family residence
             286      and the governmental entity seeking to acquire the property has initiated negotiations to acquire
             287      the property as required under Section 78B-6-505 ;
             288          (9) records prepared in contemplation of sale, exchange, lease, rental, or other
             289      compensated transaction of real or personal property including intellectual property, which, if
             290      disclosed prior to completion of the transaction, would reveal the appraisal or estimated value
             291      of the subject property, unless:
             292          (a) the public interest in access is greater than or equal to the interests in restricting
             293      access, including the governmental entity's interest in maximizing the financial benefit of the
             294      transaction; or
             295          (b) when prepared by or on behalf of a governmental entity, appraisals or estimates of
             296      the value of the subject property have already been disclosed to persons not employed by or
             297      under a duty of confidentiality to the entity;
             298          (10) records created or maintained for civil, criminal, or administrative enforcement
             299      purposes or audit purposes, or for discipline, licensing, certification, or registration purposes, if
             300      release of the records:
             301          (a) reasonably could be expected to interfere with investigations undertaken for
             302      enforcement, discipline, licensing, certification, or registration purposes;
             303          (b) reasonably could be expected to interfere with audits, disciplinary, or enforcement
             304      proceedings;


             305          (c) would create a danger of depriving a person of a right to a fair trial or impartial
             306      hearing;
             307          (d) reasonably could be expected to disclose the identity of a source who is not
             308      generally known outside of government and, in the case of a record compiled in the course of
             309      an investigation, disclose information furnished by a source not generally known outside of
             310      government if disclosure would compromise the source; or
             311          (e) reasonably could be expected to disclose investigative or audit techniques,
             312      procedures, policies, or orders not generally known outside of government if disclosure would
             313      interfere with enforcement or audit efforts;
             314          (11) records the disclosure of which would jeopardize the life or safety of an
             315      individual;
             316          (12) records the disclosure of which would jeopardize the security of governmental
             317      property, governmental programs, or governmental recordkeeping systems from damage, theft,
             318      or other appropriation or use contrary to law or public policy;
             319          (13) records that, if disclosed, would jeopardize the security or safety of a correctional
             320      facility, or records relating to incarceration, treatment, probation, or parole, that would interfere
             321      with the control and supervision of an offender's incarceration, treatment, probation, or parole;
             322          (14) records that, if disclosed, would reveal recommendations made to the Board of
             323      Pardons and Parole by an employee of or contractor for the Department of Corrections, the
             324      Board of Pardons and Parole, or the Department of Human Services that are based on the
             325      employee's or contractor's supervision, diagnosis, or treatment of any person within the board's
             326      jurisdiction;
             327          (15) records and audit workpapers that identify audit, collection, and operational
             328      procedures and methods used by the State Tax Commission, if disclosure would interfere with
             329      audits or collections;
             330          (16) records of a governmental audit agency relating to an ongoing or planned audit
             331      until the final audit is released;
             332          (17) records that are subject to the attorney client privilege;
             333          (18) records prepared for or by an attorney, consultant, surety, indemnitor, insurer,
             334      employee, or agent of a governmental entity for, or in anticipation of, litigation or a judicial,
             335      quasi-judicial, or administrative proceeding;


             336          (19) (a) (i) personal files of a state legislator, including personal correspondence to or
             337      from a member of the Legislature; and
             338          (ii) notwithstanding Subsection (19)(a)(i), correspondence that gives notice of
             339      legislative action or policy may not be classified as protected under this section; and
             340          (b) (i) an internal communication that is part of the deliberative process in connection
             341      with the preparation of legislation between:
             342          (A) members of a legislative body;
             343          (B) a member of a legislative body and a member of the legislative body's staff; or
             344          (C) members of a legislative body's staff; and
             345          (ii) notwithstanding Subsection (19)(b)(i), a communication that gives notice of
             346      legislative action or policy may not be classified as protected under this section;
             347          (20) (a) records in the custody or control of the Office of Legislative Research and
             348      General Counsel, that, if disclosed, would reveal a particular legislator's contemplated
             349      legislation or contemplated course of action before the legislator has elected to support the
             350      legislation or course of action, or made the legislation or course of action public; and
             351          (b) notwithstanding Subsection (20)(a), the form to request legislation submitted to the
             352      Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel is a public document unless a legislator
             353      asks that the records requesting the legislation be maintained as protected records until such
             354      time as the legislator elects to make the legislation or course of action public;
             355          (21) research requests from legislators to the Office of Legislative Research and
             356      General Counsel or the Office of the Legislative Fiscal Analyst and research findings prepared
             357      in response to these requests;
             358          (22) drafts, unless otherwise classified as public;
             359          (23) records concerning a governmental entity's strategy about:
             360          (a) collective bargaining; or
             361          (b) imminent or pending litigation;
             362          (24) records of investigations of loss occurrences and analyses of loss occurrences that
             363      may be covered by the Risk Management Fund, the Employers' Reinsurance Fund, the
             364      Uninsured Employers' Fund, or similar divisions in other governmental entities;
             365          (25) records, other than personnel evaluations, that contain a personal recommendation
             366      concerning an individual if disclosure would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of


             367      personal privacy, or disclosure is not in the public interest;
             368          (26) records that reveal the location of historic, prehistoric, paleontological, or
             369      biological resources that if known would jeopardize the security of those resources or of
             370      valuable historic, scientific, educational, or cultural information;
             371          (27) records of independent state agencies if the disclosure of the records would
             372      conflict with the fiduciary obligations of the agency;
             373          (28) records of an institution within the state system of higher education defined in
             374      Section 53B-1-102 regarding tenure evaluations, appointments, applications for admissions,
             375      retention decisions, and promotions, which could be properly discussed in a meeting closed in
             376      accordance with Title 52, Chapter 4, Open and Public Meetings Act, provided that records of
             377      the final decisions about tenure, appointments, retention, promotions, or those students
             378      admitted, may not be classified as protected under this section;
             379          (29) records of the governor's office, including budget recommendations, legislative
             380      proposals, and policy statements, that if disclosed would reveal the governor's contemplated
             381      policies or contemplated courses of action before the governor has implemented or rejected
             382      those policies or courses of action or made them public;
             383          (30) records of the Office of the Legislative Fiscal Analyst relating to budget analysis,
             384      revenue estimates, and fiscal notes of proposed legislation before issuance of the final
             385      recommendations in these areas;
             386          (31) records provided by the United States or by a government entity outside the state
             387      that are given to the governmental entity with a requirement that they be managed as protected
             388      records if the providing entity certifies that the record would not be subject to public disclosure
             389      if retained by it;
             390          (32) transcripts, minutes, or reports of the closed portion of a meeting of a public body
             391      except as provided in Section 52-4-206 ;
             392          (33) records that would reveal the contents of settlement negotiations but not including
             393      final settlements or empirical data to the extent that they are not otherwise exempt from
             394      disclosure;
             395          (34) memoranda prepared by staff and used in the decision-making process by an
             396      administrative law judge, a member of the Board of Pardons and Parole, or a member of any
             397      other body charged by law with performing a quasi-judicial function;


             398          (35) records that would reveal negotiations regarding assistance or incentives offered
             399      by or requested from a governmental entity for the purpose of encouraging a person to expand
             400      or locate a business in Utah, but only if disclosure would result in actual economic harm to the
             401      person or place the governmental entity at a competitive disadvantage, but this section may not
             402      be used to restrict access to a record evidencing a final contract;
             403          (36) materials to which access must be limited for purposes of securing or maintaining
             404      the governmental entity's proprietary protection of intellectual property rights including patents,
             405      copyrights, and trade secrets;
             406          (37) the name of a donor or a prospective donor to a governmental entity, including an
             407      institution within the state system of higher education defined in Section 53B-1-102 , and other
             408      information concerning the donation that could reasonably be expected to reveal the identity of
             409      the donor, provided that:
             410          (a) the donor requests anonymity in writing;
             411          (b) any terms, conditions, restrictions, or privileges relating to the donation may not be
             412      classified protected by the governmental entity under this Subsection (37); and
             413          (c) except for an institution within the state system of higher education defined in
             414      Section 53B-1-102 , the governmental unit to which the donation is made is primarily engaged
             415      in educational, charitable, or artistic endeavors, and has no regulatory or legislative authority
             416      over the donor, a member of the donor's immediate family, or any entity owned or controlled
             417      by the donor or the donor's immediate family;
             418          (38) accident reports, except as provided in Sections 41-6a-404 , 41-12a-202 , and
             419      73-18-13 ;
             420          (39) a notification of workers' compensation insurance coverage described in Section
             421      34A-2-205 ;
             422          (40) (a) the following records of an institution within the state system of higher
             423      education defined in Section 53B-1-102 , which have been developed, discovered, disclosed to,
             424      or received by or on behalf of faculty, staff, employees, or students of the institution:
             425          (i) unpublished lecture notes;
             426          (ii) unpublished notes, data, and information:
             427          (A) relating to research; and
             428          (B) of:


             429          (I) the institution within the state system of higher education defined in Section
             430      53B-1-102 ; or
             431          (II) a sponsor of sponsored research;
             432          (iii) unpublished manuscripts;
             433          (iv) creative works in process;
             434          (v) scholarly correspondence; and
             435          (vi) confidential information contained in research proposals;
             436          (b) Subsection (40)(a) may not be construed to prohibit disclosure of public
             437      information required pursuant to Subsection 53B-16-302 (2)(a) or (b); and
             438          (c) Subsection (40)(a) may not be construed to affect the ownership of a record;
             439          (41) (a) records in the custody or control of the Office of Legislative Auditor General
             440      that would reveal the name of a particular legislator who requests a legislative audit prior to the
             441      date that audit is completed and made public; and
             442          (b) notwithstanding Subsection (41)(a), a request for a legislative audit submitted to the
             443      Office of the Legislative Auditor General is a public document unless the legislator asks that
             444      the records in the custody or control of the Office of Legislative Auditor General that would
             445      reveal the name of a particular legislator who requests a legislative audit be maintained as
             446      protected records until the audit is completed and made public;
             447          (42) records that provide detail as to the location of an explosive, including a map or
             448      other document that indicates the location of:
             449          (a) a production facility; or
             450          (b) a magazine;
             451          (43) information:
             452          (a) contained in the statewide database of the Division of Aging and Adult Services
             453      created by Section 62A-3-311.1 ; or
             454          (b) received or maintained in relation to the Identity Theft Reporting Information
             455      System (IRIS) established under Section 67-5-22 ;
             456          (44) information contained in the Management Information System and Licensing
             457      Information System described in Title 62A, Chapter 4a, Child and Family Services;
             458          (45) information regarding National Guard operations or activities in support of the
             459      National Guard's federal mission;


             460          (46) records provided by any pawn or secondhand business to a law enforcement
             461      agency or to the central database in compliance with Title 13, Chapter 32a, Pawnshop and
             462      Secondhand Merchandise Transaction Information Act;
             463          (47) information regarding food security, risk, and vulnerability assessments performed
             464      by the Department of Agriculture and Food;
             465          (48) except to the extent that the record is exempt from this chapter pursuant to Section
             466      63G-2-106 , records related to an emergency plan or program, a copy of which is provided to or
             467      prepared or maintained by the Division of Emergency Management, and the disclosure of
             468      which would jeopardize:
             469          (a) the safety of the general public; or
             470          (b) the security of:
             471          (i) governmental property;
             472          (ii) governmental programs; or
             473          (iii) the property of a private person who provides the Division of Emergency
             474      Management information;
             475          (49) records of the Department of Agriculture and Food that provides for the
             476      identification, tracing, or control of livestock diseases, including any program established under
             477      Title 4, Chapter 24, Utah Livestock Brand and Anti-theft Act or Title 4, Chapter 31, Control of
             478      Animal Disease;
             479          (50) as provided in Section 26-39-501 :
             480          (a) information or records held by the Department of Health related to a complaint
             481      regarding a child care program or residential child care which the department is unable to
             482      substantiate; and
             483          (b) information or records related to a complaint received by the Department of Health
             484      from an anonymous complainant regarding a child care program or residential child care;
             485          (51) unless otherwise classified as public under Section 63G-2-301 and except as
             486      provided under Section 41-1a-116 , an individual's home address, home telephone number, or
             487      personal mobile phone number, if:
             488          (a) the individual is required to provide the information in order to comply with a law,
             489      ordinance, rule, or order of a government entity; and
             490          (b) the subject of the record has a reasonable expectation that this information will be


             491      kept confidential due to:
             492          (i) the nature of the law, ordinance, rule, or order; and
             493          (ii) the individual complying with the law, ordinance, rule, or order;
             494          (52) the name, home address, work addresses, and telephone numbers of an individual
             495      that is engaged in, or that provides goods or services for, medical or scientific research that is:
             496          (a) conducted within the state system of higher education, as defined in Section
             497      53B-1-102 ; and
             498          (b) conducted using animals;
             499          (53) an initial proposal under Title 63M, Chapter 1, Part 26, Government Procurement
             500      Private Proposal Program, to the extent not made public by rules made under that chapter;
             501          (54) in accordance with Section 78A-12-203 , any record of the Judicial Performance
             502      Evaluation Commission concerning an individual commissioner's vote on whether or not to
             503      recommend that the voters retain a judge;
             504          (55) information collected and a report prepared by the Judicial Performance
             505      Evaluation Commission concerning a judge, unless Section 20A-7-702 or Title 78A, Chapter
             506      12, Judicial Performance Evaluation Commission Act, requires disclosure of, or makes public,
             507      the information or report;
             508          (56) records contained in the Management Information System created in Section
             509      62A-4a-1003 ;
             510          (57) records provided or received by the Public Lands Policy Coordinating Office in
             511      furtherance of any contract or other agreement made in accordance with Section 63J-4-603 ;
             512          (58) information requested by and provided to the Utah State 911 Committee under
             513      Section 53-10-602 ;
             514          [(59) recorded Children's Justice Center investigative interviews, both video and audio,
             515      the release of which are governed by Section 77-37-4 ;]
             516          [(60)] (59) in accordance with Section 73-10-33 :
             517          (a) a management plan for a water conveyance facility in the possession of the Division
             518      of Water Resources or the Board of Water Resources; or
             519          (b) an outline of an emergency response plan in possession of the state or a county or
             520      municipality;
             521          [(61)] (60) the following records in the custody or control of the Office of Inspector


             522      General of Medicaid Services, created in Section 63A-13-201 :
             523          (a) records that would disclose information relating to allegations of personal
             524      misconduct, gross mismanagement, or illegal activity of a person if the information or
             525      allegation cannot be corroborated by the Office of Inspector General of Medicaid Services
             526      through other documents or evidence, and the records relating to the allegation are not relied
             527      upon by the Office of Inspector General of Medicaid Services in preparing a final investigation
             528      report or final audit report;
             529          (b) records and audit workpapers to the extent they would disclose the identity of a
             530      person who, during the course of an investigation or audit, communicated the existence of any
             531      Medicaid fraud, waste, or abuse, or a violation or suspected violation of a law, rule, or
             532      regulation adopted under the laws of this state, a political subdivision of the state, or any
             533      recognized entity of the United States, if the information was disclosed on the condition that
             534      the identity of the person be protected;
             535          (c) before the time that an investigation or audit is completed and the final
             536      investigation or final audit report is released, records or drafts circulated to a person who is not
             537      an employee or head of a governmental entity for the person's response or information;
             538          (d) records that would disclose an outline or part of any investigation, audit survey
             539      plan, or audit program; or
             540          (e) requests for an investigation or audit, if disclosure would risk circumvention of an
             541      investigation or audit;
             542          [(62)] (61) records that reveal methods used by the Office of Inspector General of
             543      Medicaid Services, the fraud unit, or the Department of Health, to discover Medicaid fraud,
             544      waste, or abuse;
             545          [(63)] (62) information provided to the Department of Health or the Division of
             546      Occupational and Professional Licensing under Subsection 58-68-304 (3) or (4);
             547          [(64)] (63) a record described in Section 63G-12-210 ; and
             548          [(65)] (64) captured plate data that is obtained through an automatic license plate
             549      reader system used by a governmental entity as authorized in Section 41-6a-2003 .
             550          Section 3. Section 77-37-4 is amended to read:
             551           77-37-4. Additional rights -- Children.
             552          In addition to all rights afforded to victims and witnesses under this chapter, child


             553      victims and witnesses shall be afforded these rights:
             554          (1) Children have the right to protection from physical and emotional abuse during
             555      their involvement with the criminal justice process.
             556          (2) Children are not responsible for inappropriate behavior adults commit against them
             557      and have the right not to be questioned, in any manner, nor to have allegations made, implying
             558      this responsibility. Those who interview children have the responsibility to consider the
             559      interests of the child in this regard.
             560          (3) Child victims and witnesses have the right to have interviews relating to a criminal
             561      prosecution kept to a minimum. All agencies shall coordinate interviews and ensure that they
             562      are conducted by persons sensitive to the needs of children.
             563          (4) Child victims have the right to be informed of available community resources that
             564      might assist them and how to gain access to those resources. Law enforcement and prosecutors
             565      have the duty to ensure that child victims are informed of community resources, including
             566      counseling prior to the court proceeding, and have those services available throughout the
             567      criminal justice process.
             568          (5) (a) Child victims have the right, once an investigation has been initiated by law
             569      enforcement or the Division of Child and Family Services, to [have] keep confidential their
             570      [investigative] interviews that are conducted at a Children's Justice Center, including [both]
             571      video and audio recordings, [protected] and transcripts of those recordings. Except as provided
             572      in Subsection [(5)(b) and (c),] (6), recordings and transcripts of interviews may not be
             573      distributed, released, or displayed to anyone without a court order.
             574          [(a) The] (b) A court order described in Subsection (5)(a):
             575          (i) shall describe with particularity to whom the recording or transcript of the interview
             576      may be released and prohibit further distribution or viewing by anyone not named in the order;
             577      and
             578          (ii) may impose restrictions on access to the materials considered reasonable to protect
             579      the privacy of the child victim.
             580          (c) A parent or guardian of the child victim may petition a juvenile or district court for
             581      an order allowing the parent or guardian to view a recording or transcript upon a finding of
             582      good cause. The order shall designate the agency that is required to display the recording or
             583      transcript to the parent or guardian and shall prohibit viewing by anyone not named in the


             584      order.
             585          [(b)] (d) Following the conclusion of any legal proceedings in which the recordings or
             586      transcripts are used, the court shall order the recordings and transcripts in the court's file sealed
             587      and preserved.
             588          [(c) (i) The Division of Child and Family Services or law enforcement may distribute a
             589      copy of the interview:]
             590          [(A) to the prosecutor's office;]
             591          [(B) the Attorney General's child protection division;]
             592          [(C) to another law enforcement agency; and]
             593          [(D) to the attorney for the child who is the subject of the interview.]
             594          [(ii) Any further distribution, release, or display is subject to this Subsection (5).]
             595          [(d) In a criminal case, the prosecutor may distribute a copy of the interview to the
             596      attorney for the defendant or a pro se defendant pursuant to a valid request for discovery. The
             597      attorney for the defendant in a criminal case may permit the defendant to view the interview,
             598      but may not distribute or release the interview to their client. Any further distribution, release,
             599      or display is subject to this Subsection (5).]
             600          [(e) Pro se defendants shall be advised by the court that an interview received as part of
             601      discovery is confidential and may not be distributed, released, or displayed without prior
             602      authorization from the court. A court's failure to give this notice may not be used as a defense
             603      to prosecution for a violation of the disclosure rule.]
             604          [(f) Multidisciplinary teams or other state agencies that provide services to children and
             605      families may view interviews of children, and families for whom they are providing services,
             606      but may not receive copies.]
             607          [(g) Violation of this section is:]
             608          [(i) punishable by contempt if distribution, release, or display occurs before the
             609      resolution of the case and the court still has jurisdiction over the defendant; or]
             610          [(ii) a class B misdemeanor if the case has been resolved and the court no longer has
             611      jurisdiction over the defendant.]
             612          (6) (a) The following offices and their designated employees may distribute and receive
             613      a recording or transcript to and from one another without a court order:
             614          (i) the Division of Child and Family Services;


             615          (ii) administrative law judges employed by the Department of Human Services;
             616          (iii) Department of Human Services investigators investigating the Division of Child
             617      and Family Services or investigators authorized to investigate under Section 62A-4a-202.6 ;
             618          (iv) an office of the city attorney, county attorney, district attorney, or attorney general;
             619          (v) a law enforcement agency;
             620          (vi) a Children's Justice Center established under Section 67-5b-102 ; or
             621          (vii) the attorney for the child who is the subject of the interview.
             622          (b) In a criminal case or in a juvenile court in which the state is a party:
             623          (i) the parties may display and enter into evidence a recording or transcript in the
             624      course of a prosecution;
             625          (ii) the state's attorney may distribute a recording or transcript to the attorney for the
             626      defendant, pro se defendant, respondent, or pro se respondent pursuant to a valid request for
             627      discovery;
             628          (iii) the attorney for the defendant or respondent may do one or both of the following:
             629          (A) release the recording or transcript to an expert retained by the attorney for the
             630      defendant or respondent if the expert agrees in writing that the expert will not distribute,
             631      release, or display the recording or transcript to anyone without prior authorization from the
             632      court; or
             633          (B) permit the defendant or respondent to view the recording or transcript, but may not
             634      distribute or release the recording or transcript to the defendant or respondent; and
             635          (iv) the court shall advise a pro se defendant or respondent that a recording or
             636      transcript received as part of discovery is confidential and may not be distributed, released, or
             637      displayed without prior authorization from the court.
             638          (c) A court's failure to advise a pro se defendant or respondent that a recording or
             639      transcript received as part of discovery is confidential and may not be used as a defense to
             640      prosecution for a violation of the disclosure rule.
             641          (d) In an administrative case, pursuant to a written request, the Division of Child and
             642      Family Services may display, but may not distribute or release, a recording or transcript to the
             643      respondent or to the respondent's designated representative.
             644          (e) A multidisciplinary team assembled by a Children's Justice Center or an
             645      interdisciplinary team assembled by the Division of Child and Family Services may view a


             646      recording or transcript, but may not receive a recording or transcript.
             647          (f) A Children's Justice Center:
             648          (i) may distribute or display a recording or transcript to an authorized trainer or
             649      evaluator for purposes of training or evaluation; and
             650          (ii) may display, but may not distribute, a recording or transcript to an authorized
             651      trainee.
             652          (g) An authorized trainer or instructor may display a recording or transcript according
             653      to the terms of the authorized trainer's or instructor's contract with the Children's Justice Center
             654      or according to the authorized trainer's or instructor's scope of employment.
             655          (h) (i) In an investigation under Section 53A-6-306 , in which a child victim who is the
             656      subject of the recording or transcript has alleged criminal conduct against an educator, a law
             657      enforcement agency may distribute or release the recording or transcript to an investigator
             658      operating under UPPAC authorization, upon the investigator's written request.
             659          (ii) If the respondent in a case investigated under Section 53A-6-306 requests a hearing
             660      authorized under that section, the investigator operating under UPPAC authorization may
             661      display, release, or distribute the recording or transcript to the prosecutor operating under
             662      UPPAC authorization or to an expert retained by an investigator.
             663          (iii) Upon request for a hearing under Section 53A-6-306 , a prosecutor operating under
             664      UPPAC authorization may display the recording or transcript to a pro se respondent, to an
             665      attorney retained by the respondent, or to an expert retained by the respondent.
             666          (iv) The parties to a hearing authorized under Section 53A-6-306 may display and enter
             667      into evidence a recording or transcript in the course of a prosecution.
             668          (7) Except as otherwise provided in this section, it is a class B misdemeanor for any
             669      individual to distribute, release, or display any recording or transcript of an interview of a child
             670      victim conducted at a Children's Justice Center.
             671          Section 4. Section 78A-6-317 is amended to read:
             672           78A-6-317. All proceedings -- Persons entitled to be present.
             673          (1) A child who is the subject of a juvenile court hearing, any person entitled to notice
             674      pursuant to Section 78A-6-306 or 78A-6-310 , preadoptive parents, foster parents, and any
             675      relative providing care for the child, are:
             676          (a) entitled to notice of, and to be present at, each hearing and proceeding held under


             677      this part, including administrative reviews; and
             678          (b) have a right to be heard at each hearing and proceeding described in Subsection
             679      (1)(a).
             680          (2) A child shall be represented at each hearing by the guardian ad litem appointed to
             681      the child's case by the court. The child has a right to be present at each hearing, subject to the
             682      discretion of the guardian ad litem or the court regarding any possible detriment to the child.
             683          (3) (a) The parent or guardian of a child who is the subject of a petition under this part
             684      has the right to be represented by counsel, and to present evidence, at each hearing.
             685          (b) When it appears to the court that a parent or guardian of the child desires counsel
             686      but is financially unable to afford and cannot for that reason employ counsel, and the child has
             687      been placed in out-of-home care, or the petitioner is recommending that the child be placed in
             688      out-of-home care, the court shall appoint counsel.
             689          (4) In every abuse, neglect, or dependency proceeding under this chapter, the court
             690      shall order that the child be represented by a guardian ad litem, in accordance with Section
             691      78A-6-902 . The guardian ad litem shall represent the best interest of the child, in accordance
             692      with the requirements of that section, at the shelter hearing and at all subsequent court and
             693      administrative proceedings, including any proceeding for termination of parental rights in
             694      accordance with Part 5, Termination of Parental Rights Act.
             695          (5) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (5)(b), and notwithstanding any other
             696      provision of law:
             697          (i) counsel for all parties to the action shall be given access to all records, maintained
             698      by the division or any other state or local public agency, that are relevant to the abuse, neglect,
             699      or dependency proceeding under this chapter; and
             700          (ii) if the natural parent of a child is not represented by counsel, the natural parent shall
             701      have access to the records described in Subsection (5)(a)(i).
             702          (b) The disclosures described in Subsection (5)(a) are not required in the following
             703      circumstances:
             704          (i) subject to Subsection (5)(c), the division or other state or local public agency did not
             705      originally create the record being requested;
             706          (ii) disclosure of the record would jeopardize the life or physical safety of a child who
             707      has been a victim of abuse or neglect, or any person who provided substitute care for the child;


             708          (iii) disclosure of the record would jeopardize the anonymity of the person or persons
             709      making the initial report of abuse or neglect or any others involved in the subsequent
             710      investigation;
             711          (iv) disclosure of the record would jeopardize the life or physical safety of a person
             712      who has been a victim of domestic violence;
             713          (v) the record is a report maintained in the Management Information System, for which
             714      a finding of unsubstantiated, unsupported, or without merit has been made, unless the person
             715      requesting the information is the alleged perpetrator in the report or counsel for the alleged
             716      perpetrator in the report; or
             717          (vi) the record is a Children's Justice Center [investigative] interview, including a
             718      video or audio recording, and a transcript of the recording, the release of which is governed by
             719      Section 77-37-4 .
             720          (c) If a disclosure is denied under Subsection (5)(b)(i), the division shall inform the
             721      person making the request of the following:
             722          (i) the existence of all records in the possession of the division or any other state or
             723      local public agency;
             724          (ii) the name and address of the person or agency that originally created the record; and
             725          (iii) that the person must seek access to the record from the person or agency that
             726      originally created the record.
             727          Section 5. Effective date.
             728          If approved by two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, this bill takes effect
             729      upon approval by the governor, or the day following the constitutional time limit of Utah
             730      Constitution, Article VII, Section 8, without the governor's signature, or in the case of a veto,
             731      the date of veto override.


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