S.B. 32 Enrolled

RECKLESS ENDANGERMENT
1999 GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Sponsor: D. Edgar Allen
AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL LAW; ENACTING THE CRIME OF RECKLESS
ENDANGERMENT; AND PROVIDING A PENALTY.
This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
ENACTS:
76-5-112, Utah Code Annotated 1953
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1. Section 76-5-112 is enacted to read:
76-5-112. Reckless endangerment -- Penalty.
(1) A person commits reckless endangerment if, under circumstances not amounting to a
felony offense, the person recklessly engages in conduct that creates a substantial risk of death or
serious bodily injury to another person.
(2) Reckless endangerment is a class A misdemeanor.