S.B. 32

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RECKLESS ENDANGERMENT
2 1999 GENERAL SESSION
3 STATE OF UTAH
4 Sponsor: D. Edgar Allen
5 AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL LAW; ENACTING THE CRIME OF RECKLESS
6 ENDANGERMENT; AND PROVIDING A PENALTY.
7 This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
8 ENACTS:
9 76-5-112, Utah Code Annotated 1953
10 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
11 Section 1. Section 76-5-112 is enacted to read:
12 76-5-112. Reckless endangerment -- Penalty.
13 (1) A person commits reckless endangerment if, under circumstances not amounting to a
14 felony offense, the person recklessly engages in conduct that creates a substantial risk of death or
15 serious bodily injury to another person.
16 (2) Reckless endangerment is a class A misdemeanor.




Legislative Review Note
as of 12-7-98 4:56 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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