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<leg xml:space="preserve" billnum="SB0166" sponsor="Derrin R. Owens" designation="SB" otherSponsor="Jefferson S. Burton" otherHouse="House" sess="2026GS" fileno="2026FL0618" date="1/20/2026 14:01:367" printDate="02-17 11:24" subVer="0" minVer="0" office="LEGISLATIVE GENERAL COUNSEL" actionDate="" impact="code"><info><nextbuid>7</nextbuid><aminfo anum="0" effdate="05/06/2026"><seclist><sect action="A" src="code" buid="2" uid="C53-17-S401_2026050620260506" fromuid="C53-17-S401_2025050720250507" sort="53 17 04010020260506" mtype="section" effdate="05/06/2026">53-17-401</sect><sect src="uncod" untype="effdate" buid="6" uid="EF0000" sort="UZEFF" mtype="uncod" effdate="01/01/1800"/></seclist></aminfo></info><tbox><sinfo><nextpairid>0</nextpairid></sinfo><st numlevel="1" lineno="1" slineno="0-1">Line-of-Duty Death Benefit Amendments</st><sessionhead>2026 GENERAL SESSION</sessionhead><statehead>STATE OF UTAH</statehead><sponsorhead>Chief Sponsor: Derrin R. Owens</sponsorhead><otherSponsorhead>House Sponsor: Jefferson S. Burton</otherSponsorhead></tbox><lt numlevel="1" lineno="2" slineno="0-2"><lthead lineno="3">LONG TITLE</lthead><gdhead lineno="4">General Description:</gdhead><gd numlevel="1" lineno="5" slineno="0-5">This bill modifies provisions related to line-of-duty death benefits.</gd><hphead lineno="6">Highlighted Provisions:</hphead><hp numlevel="1" lineno="7" slineno="0-7">This bill:<hl numlevel="1" lineno="8" slineno="0-8" level="1">provides that the Local Public Safety and Firefighter Surviving Spouse Trust Fund Board <ln numlevel="1" lineno="9" slineno="0-9"/>of Trustees may use money in the Local Public Safety and Firefighter Surviving Spouse <ln numlevel="1" lineno="10" slineno="0-10"/>Trust Fund to pay for certain previously incurred employer costs related to health <ln numlevel="1" lineno="11" slineno="0-11"/>coverage for a surviving spouse and dependent children following a line-of-duty death.</hl></hp><moni numlevel="1" lineno="12" slineno="0-12" display="none">Money Appropriated in this Bill:</moni><moniNone lineno="13">None</moniNone><oc numlevel="1" lineno="14" slineno="0-14">Other Special Clauses:</oc><ocNone lineno="15">None</ocNone><sa numlevel="1" lineno="16" slineno="0-16">Utah Code Sections Affected:<saamd numlevel="1" lineno="17" slineno="0-17"><snhead>AMENDS:</snhead><sn num="53-17-401" src="code" uid="C53-17-S401_2026050620260506" buid="2" sort="53 17 04010020260506" numlevel="1" lineno="18" slineno="0-18"><bold>53-17-401</bold>, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2025, Chapter 56</sn></saamd></sa></lt><enacthead lineno="19"/><enact numlevel="1" lineno="20" slineno="0-20">Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:</enact><bdy><bsec buid="2" num="53-17-401" type="amend" src="code" uid="C53-17-S401_2026050620260506" sort="53 17 04010020260506" numlevel="1" lineno="21" slineno="1-1" sn="1"><section number="53-17-401" numlevel="1" lineno="22" slineno="1-2" type="amend"><secline lineno="21">Section 1. Section <bold>53-17-401</bold> is amended to read:</secline><catline lineno="22"><bold>53-17-401<parens/>. Local Public Safety and Firefighter Surviving Spouse Trust Fund.</bold></catline><subsection ssid="2-null-1" dnum="1-o" numlevel="1" lineno="23" slineno="1-3" level="1" placement="noreturn"><display>(1)</display>There is created a private purpose trust fund entitled the "Local Public Safety and <ln numlevel="1" lineno="24" slineno="1-4"/>Firefighter Surviving Spouse Trust Fund."</subsection><subsection ssid="2-null-2" dnum="2-o" numlevel="1" lineno="25" slineno="1-5" level="1"><display>(2)</display>The trust fund consists of:<subsection ssid="2-null-3" dnum="a-o" numlevel="1" lineno="26" slineno="1-6" level="2"><display>(a)</display>fees established in Subsection <xref depth="4" refnumber="53-17-402(2)(a)" start="0">53-17-402(2)(a)</xref>;</subsection><subsection ssid="2-null-4" dnum="b-o" numlevel="1" lineno="27" slineno="1-7" level="2"><display>(b)</display>appropriations made to the fund by the Legislature, if any;</subsection><subsection ssid="2-null-5" dnum="c-o" numlevel="1" lineno="28" slineno="1-8" level="2"><display>(c)</display>private donations and grants; and</subsection><subsection ssid="2-null-6" dnum="d-o" numlevel="1" lineno="29" slineno="1-9" level="2"><display>(d)</display>other revenue received from other sources.</subsection></subsection><subsection ssid="2-null-7" dnum="3-o" numlevel="1" lineno="30" slineno="1-10" level="1"><display>(3)</display>The department:<subsection ssid="2-null-8" dnum="a-o" numlevel="1" lineno="31" slineno="1-11" level="2"><display>(a)</display>shall account for the receipt and expenditures of trust fund money; or</subsection><subsection ssid="2-null-9" dnum="b-o" numlevel="1" lineno="32" slineno="1-12" level="2"><display>(b)</display>may enter into contract with a third-party administrator to administer the fund and <ln numlevel="1" lineno="33" slineno="1-13"/>account for the receipt and expenditure of trust fund money.</subsection></subsection><subsection ssid="2-null-10" dnum="4-o" numlevel="1" lineno="34" slineno="1-14" level="1"><display>(4)</display>The trust fund shall earn interest.</subsection><subsection ssid="2-null-11" dnum="5-o" numlevel="1" lineno="35" slineno="1-15" level="1"><display>(5)</display>The revenue and interest in the account, less actual administrative costs to the <ln numlevel="1" lineno="36" slineno="1-16"/>department, shall be used to lower fees paid by an employer under Section <xref depth="3" refnumber="53-17-201" start="0">53-17-201</xref>.</subsection><subsection ssid="2-null-12" dnum="6-o" numlevel="1" lineno="37" slineno="1-17" level="1"><display>(6)</display>The board of trustees created in Section <xref depth="3" refnumber="53-17-402" start="0">53-17-402</xref> may expend money from the trust <ln numlevel="1" lineno="38" slineno="1-18"/>fund:<subsection ssid="2-null-13" dnum="a-o" numlevel="1" lineno="39" slineno="1-19" level="2"><display>(a)</display>as provided in Subsection <xref depth="4" refnumber="53-17-201(1)">53-17-201(1)</xref>;<amendoutstart style="2"/><amend anum="0" ea="erase" pairid="5" groupid="4" style="2" owner="jchristopherson" level="1" deltag="both"> and</amend><amendoutend style="2"/></subsection><subsection ssid="2-18" dnum="_-o:b-i" numlevel="1" lineno="40" slineno="1-20" ea="amend" anum="0" owner="jchristopherson" style="1" level="2"><display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="1013" style="1" owner="i" level="1" amendtag="start">(b)</amend></display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="4" groupid="3" style="1" owner="jchristopherson" level="1" amendtag="end">to reimburse an employer for any amount paid:</amend><subsection ssid="2-19" dnum="_-o:i-i" numlevel="1" lineno="41" slineno="1-21" ea="amend" anum="0" owner="jchristopherson" style="1" level="3"><display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="1014" style="1" owner="i" level="1" amendtag="start">(i)</amend></display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="17" groupid="14" style="1" owner="jchristopherson" level="1" amendtag="end">under Section <xref depth="3" refnumber="53-17-201">53-17-201</xref> for:</amend><subsection ssid="2-20" dnum="_-o:A-i" numlevel="1" lineno="42" slineno="1-22" ea="amend" anum="0" owner="jchristopherson" style="1" level="4"><display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="1015" style="1" owner="i" level="1" amendtag="start">(A)</amend></display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="16" groupid="13" style="1" owner="jchristopherson" level="1" amendtag="end">premium costs; or</amend></subsection><subsection ssid="2-21" dnum="_-o:B-i" numlevel="1" lineno="43" slineno="1-23" ea="amend" anum="0" owner="jchristopherson" style="1" level="4"><display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="1016" style="1" owner="i" level="1" amendtag="start">(B)</amend></display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="22" groupid="18" style="1" owner="jchristopherson" level="1" amendtag="end">contribution into a health savings account; and</amend></subsection></subsection><subsection ssid="2-22" dnum="_-o:ii-i" numlevel="1" lineno="44" slineno="1-24" ea="amend" anum="0" owner="jchristopherson" style="1" level="3"><display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="1017" style="1" owner="i" level="1" amendtag="start">(ii)</amend></display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="27" groupid="22" style="1" owner="jchristopherson" level="1" amendtag="end">on or after May 1, 2024, and before May 7, 2025; and</amend></subsection></subsection><subsection ssid="2-null-14" dnum="b-o:c-i" numlevel="1" lineno="45" slineno="1-25" level="2"><display><amendoutstart style="2"/><amend anum="0" ea="erase" pairid="1018" style="2" owner="o" level="1" deltag="both">(b)</amend><amendoutend style="2"/><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="1019" style="1" owner="i" level="1" amendtag="both" space="true">(c)</amend></display>for reasonable administrative costs that the department and the board of trustees <ln numlevel="1" lineno="46" slineno="1-26"/>incur in performing their duties for administering the trust fund.</subsection></subsection><subsection ssid="2-null-15" dnum="7-o" numlevel="1" lineno="47" slineno="1-27" level="1"><display>(7)</display>Money deposited into the trust fund is irrevocable and is expended only for the purposes <ln numlevel="1" lineno="48" slineno="1-28"/>described in this chapter.</subsection><subsection ssid="2-null-16" dnum="8-o" numlevel="1" lineno="49" slineno="1-29" level="1"><display>(8)</display>Assets of the trust fund are dedicated for the purposes established by statute and <ln numlevel="1" lineno="50" slineno="1-30"/>administrative rule.</subsection><subsection ssid="2-null-17" dnum="9-o" numlevel="1" lineno="51" slineno="1-31" level="1"><display>(9)</display>Creditors of the board of trustees and of employers liable for the benefits paid under this <ln numlevel="1" lineno="52" slineno="1-32"/>chapter may not seize, attach, or otherwise obtain assets of the trust fund.</subsection></section></bsec><bsec buid="6" type="uncod" untype="effdate" src="uncod" uid="EF0000" sort="UZEFF" langlock="true" numlevel="1" lineno="53" slineno="2-1" sn="2"><section type="uncod" untype="effdate" display="false" src="uncod"><secline lineno="53">Section 2.  <bold>Effective Date.</bold></secline><sectionText lineno="54"><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="1" groupid="1" style="1" owner="jchristopherson" level="1" amendtag="both">This bill takes effect on <effdate uid="code" date="5/6/2026">May 6, 2026</effdate>.</amend></sectionText></section></bsec></bdy><foot><rev><tm>1-20-26 2:19 PM</tm></rev></foot></leg>