S.B. 100

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RADAR JAMMING DEVICES
2 1998 GENERAL SESSION
3 STATE OF UTAH
4 Sponsor: Joseph L. Hull
5 AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES; PROHIBITING CERTAIN USES OF RADAR
6 JAMMING DEVICES; PROVIDING EXCEPTIONS; AND PROVIDING PENALTIES.
7 This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
8 ENACTS:
9 41-6-52.7, Utah Code Annotated 1953
10 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
11 Section 1. Section 41-6-52.7 is enacted to read:
12 41-6-52.7. Radar jamming devices and jamming radar prohibited -- Defense --
13 Exceptions -- Penalties.
14 (1) As used in this section, "radar jamming device" means any instrument or mechanism
15 designed or intended to interfere with the radar or any laser that is used by law enforcement
16 personnel to measure the speed of a motor vehicle on a highway.
17 (2) (a) A person may not operate a motor vehicle on a highway with a radar jamming
18 device in the motor vehicle.
19 (b) A person may not knowingly use a radar jamming device to interfere with the radar
20 signals or lasers used by law enforcement personnel to measure the speed of a motor vehicle on
21 a highway.
22 (3) It is an affirmative defense to a charge under Subsection (2)(a) that the radar jamming
23 device was in an inoperative condition and could not be readily made operative at the time of the
24 arrest or citation.
25 (4) This section does not apply to law enforcement personnel acting in their official
26 capacity.
27 (5) A person who violates this section is guilty of a class C misdemeanor.

Legislative Review Note
as of 12-22-97 3:58 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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