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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