Download Zipped Enrolled WP 6.1 HB0147.ZIP 8,443 Bytes
[Introduced][Amended][Status][Bill Documents][Fiscal Note][Bills Directory]
H.B. 147 Enrolled
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY; AMENDING PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE
LIABILITY OF CERTAIN ADULTS FOR MINORS WHO DRIVE.
This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
AMENDS:
53-3-211, as last amended by Chapter 122, Laws of Utah 1995
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1. Section 53-3-211 is amended to read:
53-3-211. Application of minors -- Liability of person signing application --
Cancellation of cosigning adult's liability.
(1) As used in this section, "minor" means any person younger than 18 years of age who
is not married or has not been emancipated by adjudication.
(2) (a) The application of a minor for a temporary learner permit, practice permit, or
provisional license shall be signed by the parent or guardian of the applicant and verified before
a person authorized to administer oaths.
(b) If [
then a responsible adult who is willing to assume the obligation imposed under this chapter may
sign the application.
(3) (a) [
liability of a minor for civil compensatory damages caused when [
vehicle upon a highway is imputed to the person who has signed the application of the minor under
Subsection (2).
(b) [
application under Subsection (2)[
(c) The liability imposed under Subsections (3)(a) and (b) is limited to the policy
minimum limits established in Section 31A-22-304 .
[
the liability provisions in Section 53-3-212 .
[
[
(4) If owner's or operator's security covering the minor's operation of the motor vehicle is
in effect in amounts as required under Section 31A-22-304 , the person who signed the minor's
application under Subsection (2) is not subject to the liability imposed under Subsection (3).
(5) (a) A person who has signed the application of a minor under Subsection (2) may file
with the division a verified written request that the permit or license of the minor be [
canceled.
(b) The division shall then cancel the permit or license of the minor, and the person who
signed the application of the minor under Subsection (2) is relieved from the liability imposed under
[
minor [
(6) (a) The division upon receipt of satisfactory evidence of the death of the person who
signed the application of a minor under Subsection (2) shall cancel the permit or license and may
not issue a new permit or license until a new application, signed and verified, is made under this
chapter.
(b) This subsection does not apply to an application of a person who is no longer a minor.
[Bill Documents][Bills Directory]