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H.B. 192

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NATIVE AMERICAN REMAINS AND

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HISTORIC ARTIFACTS

             3     
1999 GENERAL SESSION

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STATE OF UTAH

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Sponsor: Eli H. Anderson

             6      AN ACT RELATING TO THE CRIMINAL CODE; AMENDING THE CRIME OF ABUSE OR
             7      DESECRATION OF A DEAD HUMAN BODY INCLUDING CLARIFYING ITS
             8      APPLICATION TO ANCIENT HUMAN REMAINS; INCREASING PENALTIES FOR
             9      ANTIQUITIES CRIME; AND MAKING TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.
             10      This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
             11      AMENDS:
             12          76-6-903, as last amended by Chapter 241, Laws of Utah 1991
             13          76-9-704, as last amended by Chapter 241, Laws of Utah 1992
             14      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             15          Section 1. Section 76-6-903 is amended to read:
             16           76-6-903. Penalties.
             17          (1) [(a) Any] A person [who] is guilty of a class B misdemeanor if that person:
             18          (a) violates this part; or [who]
             19          (b) counsels, procures, solicits, or employs any other person to violate this part.
             20          (2) A person is guilty of a [class B misdemeanor. (b) In the case of] third degree felony
             21      if:
             22          (a) that person commits a second or subsequent violation[, the person is guilty of a third
             23      degree felony.] described in Subsection (1); or
             24          (b) the amount calculated under Subsection (3) for a violation described in Subsection (1)
             25      exceeds $500.
             26          (3) The amount described in Subsection (2)(b) is calculated by adding the:
             27          (a) commercial or archaeological value of the antiquities involved in the violation; and


             28          (b) cost of the restoration and repair of the antiquities involved in the violation.
             29          [(2)] (4) (a) All property used in conjunction with the criminal activity, together with all
             30      photographs and records, shall be forfeited to the state[, and all].
             31          (b) All articles and material discovered, collected, excavated, or offered for sale or
             32      exchange shall be surrendered to the landowner.
             33          Section 2. Section 76-9-704 is amended to read:
             34           76-9-704. Abuse or desecration of a dead human body -- Penalties.
             35          (1) For purposes of this section, "dead human body" includes any part of a human body
             36      in any stage of decomposition, including ancient human remains.
             37          (2) A person is guilty of abuse or desecration of a dead human body if the person
             38      intentionally and unlawfully:
             39          (a) [removes, conceals,] fails to report the finding of a dead human body to a local law
             40      enforcement agency;
             41          (b) disturbs, moves, removes, conceals, or destroys a dead human body or any part of it;
             42          [(b)] (c) disinters a buried or otherwise interred dead human body, without authority of a
             43      court order;
             44          [(c)] (d) dismembers a dead human body to any extent, or damages or detaches any part
             45      or portion of a dead human body; or
             46          [(d)] (e) commits, or attempts to commit upon any dead human body sexual penetration
             47      or intercourse, object rape, sodomy, or object sodomy, as these acts are described in Title 76,
             48      Chapter 5, Offenses Against the Person.
             49          [(2)] (3) A person does not [commit an offense under] violate this section if when [he] that
             50      person directs or carries out procedures regarding a dead human body, [he is acting lawfully under
             51      any of the following provisions:] that person complies with:
             52          (a) Title 58, Chapter 9, Funeral Service License Act;
             53          (b) Title 26, Chapter 28, Uniform Anatomical Gift Act;
             54          (c) Title 26, Chapter 4, Utah Medical Examiner Act;
             55          (d) Title 58, h [ Chapter 12, Part 5 ] CHAPTER 67 h , Utah Medical Practice Act, which
             55a      concerns licensing to
             56      practice medicine;
             57          (e) Title 53B, Chapter 17, Part 3, Use of Dead Bodies for Medical Purposes; or
             58          (f) Title 9, Chapter 8, Part 3, Antiquities.


             59          [(3) Abuse or desecration]
             60          (4) (a) Failure to report the finding of a dead human body [is a third degree felony except
             61      failing to report a finding of a human body] as required under Subsection (2)(a) is a class B
             62      misdemeanor.
             63          (b) Abuse or desecration of a dead human body as described in Subsections (2)(b) through
             64      (e) is a third degree felony.




Legislative Review Note
    as of 11-19-98 12:52 PM


A limited legal review of this legislation raises no obvious constitutional or statutory concerns.

Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel


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