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H.B. 197 Enrolled

                 

LIMIT ON CHILD WELFARE
                  RECOMMENDATIONS AND RULINGS
                  2004 GENERAL SESSION
                  STATE OF UTAH
                  Sponsor: Mike Thompson
                 
                  LONG TITLE
                  General Description:
                      This bill amends the Administrative Procedures Act and the Judicial Code.
                  Highlighted Provisions:
                      This bill:
                      .    limits factors that may be considered when an agency or court recommends or rules
                  on the custody, placement, or other disposition alternative of a minor, or the
                  termination of parental rights.
                  Monies Appropriated in this Bill:
                      None
                  Other Special Clauses:
                      None
                  Utah Code Sections Affected:
                  ENACTS:
                      63-46b-2.1, Utah Code Annotated 1953
                      78-7-46, Utah Code Annotated 1953
                 
                  Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
                      Section 1. Section 63-46b-2.1 is enacted to read:
                      63-46b-2.1. Bases for certain recommendations and decisions limited.
                      (1) Except as provided in Subsection (2), no agency may recommend or rule on the
                  custody, placement, including foster placement, or other disposition alternative for a minor, or
                  the termination of parental rights, based on the fact that a parent or guardian of the minor

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                  lawfully does one or more of the following:
                      (a) legally possesses or uses a firearm or other weapon;
                      (b) espouses particular religious beliefs; or
                      (c) schools the minor or other minors outside the public education system or is otherwise
                  sympathetic to schooling a minor outside the public education system.
                      (2) Subsection (1) does not prohibit a recommendation or ruling based on the
                  compatibility of a minor with a particular custody, placement, or other disposition alternative as
                  determined by the presence of any of the factors in Subsections (1)(a) through (1)(c).
                      Section 2. Section 78-7-46 is enacted to read:
                      78-7-46. Bases for certain decisions limited.
                      (1) Except as provided in Subsection (2), no court may rule on the custody, placement,
                  including foster placement, or other disposition alternative for a minor, or the termination of
                  parental rights, based on the fact that a parent or guardian of the minor lawfully does one or more
                  of the following:
                      (a) legally possesses or uses a firearm or other weapon;
                      (b) espouses particular religious beliefs; or
                      (c) schools the minor or other minors outside the public education system or is otherwise
                  sympathetic to schooling a minor outside the public education system.
                      (2) Subsection (1) does not prohibit a ruling based on the compatibility of a minor with a
                  particular custody, placement, or other disposition alternative as determined by the presence of
                  any of the factors in Subsections (1)(a) through (1)©).

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