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H.B. 39 Enrolled

    

HIGHER EDUCATION PARKING ENFORCEMENT

    
1997 GENERAL SESSION

    
STATE OF UTAH

    
Sponsor: A. Lamont Tyler

    AN ACT RELATING TO HIGHER EDUCATION; PROVIDING THAT THE STATE BOARD
    OF REGENTS MAY AUTHORIZE HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS TO
    ENACT PARKING AND TRAFFIC REGULATIONS; AND PROVIDING FOR THE
    ENFORCEMENT OF THOSE REGULATIONS THROUGH JUDICIAL PROCESS.
    This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
    AMENDS:
         53B-3-103, as enacted by Chapter 167, Laws of Utah 1987
         53B-3-107, as enacted by Chapter 167, Laws of Utah 1987
    Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
        Section 1. Section 53B-3-103 is amended to read:
         53B-3-103. Power of board to enact regulations.
        (1) The board may enact regulations governing the conduct of university and college
    students, faculty, and employees.
        (2) The [regulations] board may [include rules governing] enact and authorize higher
    education institutions to enact traffic, parking, and related [matters upon] regulations governing
    all individuals on campuses and other facilities owned or controlled by the institutions or the
    board.
        (3) The board [has the power to] and institutions may enforce [its] these rules and
    regulations in any reasonable manner, including the assessment of fees, fines, and forfeitures, the
    collection of which may be by withholding from moneys owed the violator, the imposition of
    probation, suspension, or expulsion from the institution, the revocation of privileges, the refusal
    to issue certificates, degrees, and diplomas, [and] through judicial process or any reasonable
    combination of these alternatives.
        Section 2. Section 53B-3-107 is amended to read:
         53B-3-107. Traffic violations -- Notice of rule or regulation.

        (1) It is a violation of this [chapter] section for any person[, not a student, faculty member,
    or employee of a state institution of higher education,] to operate or park a vehicle upon any property
    owned or controlled by a state institution of higher education contrary to posted signs [and to]
    authorized by the published rules and regulations of the institution or to block or impede traffic
    through or on any of these properties.
        (2) Notice of a rule or regulation to all persons is sufficient if the rule or regulation is
    published in one issue of a newspaper of general circulation in the county or counties in which the
    institution and the campus or facility is located.

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