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5 AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT; AMENDING PRIVILEGE AND
6 WAIVER PROVISIONS REGARDING INFORMATION IN AN ENVIRONMENTAL
7 SELF-AUDIT REPORT.
8 This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
9 AMENDS:
10 19-7-104, as enacted by Chapter 304, Laws of Utah 1995
11 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
12 Section 1. Section 19-7-104 is amended to read:
13 19-7-104. Unlawful disclosure.
14 (1) Information that is divulged, disseminated, or otherwise disclosed in violation of Utah
15 Rules of Evidence, Rule 508, may not be admitted as evidence in an administrative or judicial
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17 (2) If any person, including a department employee or a presiding hearing officer, divulges
18 or disseminates any part of the information contained in an environmental audit report [
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6 protected record for purposes of Title 63, Chapter 2, Government Records Access and
7 Management Act, and a department employee or attorney representing the department may not
8 disclose the report except in accordance with the provisions of Title 63, Chapter 2, Government
9 Records Access and Management Act.
Legislative Review Note
as of 2-17-97 3:52 PM
A limited legal review of this bill raises no obvious constitutional or statutory concerns.
Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel
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