S.B. 99

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APPROPRIATIONS FOR INVESTIGATION
2 AND PROSECUTION AND WOMEN'S
3 SHELTERS
4 1999 GENERAL SESSION
5 STATE OF UTAH
6 Sponsor: Ron Allen
7 AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL LAW AND HUMAN SERVICES; APPROPRIATING
8 $1,000,000 TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO PROSECUTE SPECIFIED CRIMES;
9 APPROPRIATING $1,000,000 TO THE DIVISION OF CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES FOR
10 THE MAINTENANCE AND EXPANSION OF SHELTERS FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC
11 VIOLENCE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
12 This act enacts uncodified material.
13 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
14 Section 1. Appropriations to the attorney general and the Division of Child and
15 Family Services.
16 (1) Except as provided in H.B. 4, Appropriations Coordination Act, there is appropriated
17 for fiscal year 1999-2000 from the General Fund to the Office of the Attorney General $1,000,000,
18 which is to be used by the Utah Prosecution Council to aid local prosecutorial units with training
19 and the costs of investigation and prosecution regarding the following offenses:
20 (a) incest;
21 (b) sexual offenses, including sexual abuse, sexual assault, and offenses involving
22 unlawful sexual conduct with a person younger than 18 years of age;
23 (c) welfare fraud;
24 (d) tax fraud; and
25 (e) failure to pay child support.
26 (2) (a) Except as provided in H.B. 4, Appropriations Coordination Act, there is
27 appropriated for fiscal year 1999-2000 from the General Fund to the Division of Child and Family

28 Services within the Department of Human Services $1,000,000 to be used by the division to
29 provide financial assistance for the maintenance and expansion of existing shelter facilities
30 throughout the state for victims of domestic violence.
31 (b) The first priorities in use of this funding shall be to assist those shelters demonstrating
32 the greatest unmet need, based on the level of service requested in the communities served by the
33 shelter, for either or both of the following:
34 (i) expansion of facilities to be able to accommodate all minor members of a family
35 seeking shelter at the facility; and
36 (ii) mental health services.
37 (3) The money appropriated under Subsections (1) and (2) is nonlapsing.
38 Section 2. Effective date.
39 This act takes effect on July 1, 1999.




Legislative Review Note
as of 1-14-99 2:42 PM

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

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