13-32a-112. Pawnshop and Secondhand Merchandise Advisory Board --
Membership -- Duties -- Provide training -- Records of compliance -- Rulemaking.
(1) There is created within the division the Pawnshop and Secondhand Merchandise
Advisory Board. The board consists of 11 voting members and one nonvoting member:
(a) one representative of the Utah Chiefs of Police Association;
(b) one representative of the Utah Sheriffs Association;
(c) one representative of the Statewide Association of Prosecutors;
(d) three representatives from the pawnshop industry and three representatives from the
secondhand merchandise business industry, who are all appointed by the director of the Utah
Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice and who represent three separate pawnshops, and
three separate secondhand merchandise dealers, each of which are owned by a separate person or
entity;
(e) one law enforcement officer who is appointed by the board members under
Subsections (1)(a) through (d);
(f) one law enforcement officer whose work regularly involves pawn and secondhand
businesses and who is appointed by the board members under Subsections (1)(a) through (d); and
(g) one representative from the central database, who is nonvoting.
(2) (a) The board shall elect one voting member as the chair of the board by a majority of
the members present at the board's first meeting each year.
(b) The chair shall preside over the board for a period of one year.
(c) The advisory board shall meet quarterly upon the call of the chair.
(3) (a) The board shall conduct quarterly training sessions regarding compliance with this
chapter and other applicable state laws for any person who owns or is employed by a pawn or
secondhand business subject to this chapter.
(b) Each training session shall provide not fewer than two hours of training.
(4) (a) Each pawn or secondhand business in operation as of January 1 shall ensure one
or more persons employed by the pawn or secondhand business each participate in no fewer than
four hours of compliance training within that year.
(b) This requirement does not limit the number of employees, directors, or officers of a
pawn or secondhand business who attend the compliance training.
(5) The board shall monitor and keep a record of the hours of compliance training
accrued by each pawn or secondhand business.
(6) The board shall provide each pawn or secondhand business with a certificate of
compliance upon completion by an employee of the four hours of compliance training under
Subsection (4).
(7) (a) Each law enforcement agency that has a pawn or secondhand business located
within its jurisdiction shall ensure that at least one of its officers completes four hours of
compliance training yearly.
(b) Subsection (7)(a) does not limit the number of law enforcement officers who attend
the compliance training.
Amended by Chapter 333, 2008 General Session
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