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H.B. 110

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AIRPORT SECURITY AMENDMENTS

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2006 GENERAL SESSION

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STATE OF UTAH

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Chief Sponsor: Gregory H. Hughes

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Senate Sponsor: Dan R. Eastman

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             7      LONG TITLE
             8      General Description:
             9          This bill amends the Public Safety Code and Transportation Code to permit certain
             10      cities to require a criminal background check as a condition of providing ground
             11      transportation service to the city's airport.
             12      Highlighted Provisions:
             13          This bill:
             14          .    provides definitions;
             15          .    permits certain cities to require a criminal background check as a condition of
             16      providing ground transportation service to the city's airport;
             17          .    requires a driver who seeks to provide ground transportation service to a city's
             18      airport to submit a fingerprint card and consent to a fingerprint background check if
             19      required by the city;
             20          .    permits a city to:
             21              .    conditionally approve a ground transportation service provider to provide
             22      ground transportation service to an airport pending a successful criminal
             23      background check; and
             24              .    terminate a right to provide ground transportation service in certain
             25      circumstances;
             26          .    requires the Criminal Investigations and Technical Services Division to conduct a
             27      criminal background check for ground transportation service providers if requested


             28      by certain cities;
             29          .    requires a city that requests a criminal background check to:
             30              .    prepare criteria for which criminal activity will preclude a right to provide
             31      ground transportation service to an airport; and
             32              .    provide notice to a ground transportation service provider that the background
             33      check has been requested;
             34          .    requires the Criminal Investigations and Technical Services Division to:
             35              .    release to a city the results of a requested background check;
             36              .    perform a national criminal history background check if requested by the city;
             37              .    maintain a fingerprint file for requested background checks; and
             38              .    notify the city when a new background check request is made against a ground
             39      transportation service provider whose fingerprints are on file;
             40          .    requires a city requesting a criminal background check to pay to the Criminal
             41      Investigations and Technical Services Division the cost of the criminal background
             42      check including costs to maintain separate fingerprint files;
             43          .    requires a city to:
             44              .    notify a ground transportation service provider of denial of the right to provide
             45      ground transportation service to an airport; and
             46              .    allow the ground transportation service provider a chance to respond to a denial;
             47      and
             48          .    makes technical changes.
             49      Monies Appropriated in this Bill:
             50          None
             51      Other Special Clauses:
             52          None
             53      Utah Code Sections Affected:
             54      AMENDS:
             55          53-10-104, as last amended by Chapter 39, Laws of Utah 2003
             56      ENACTS:
             57          72-10-601, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             58          72-10-602, Utah Code Annotated 1953


             59          72-10-603, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             60          72-10-604, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             61     
             62      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             63          Section 1. Section 53-10-104 is amended to read:
             64           53-10-104. Division duties.
             65          The division shall:
             66          (1) provide and coordinate the delivery of support services to law enforcement
             67      agencies;
             68          (2) maintain and provide access to criminal records for use by law enforcement
             69      agencies;
             70          (3) publish law enforcement and statistical data;
             71          (4) maintain dispatch and communications services for public safety communications
             72      centers and provide emergency medical, fire suppression, highway maintenance, public works,
             73      and law enforcement communications for municipal, county, state, and federal agencies;
             74          (5) analyze evidence from crime scenes and crime-related incidents for criminal
             75      prosecution;
             76          (6) provide criminalistic laboratory services to federal, state, and local law enforcement
             77      agencies, prosecuting attorneys' and agencies, and public defenders, with the exception of those
             78      services provided by the state medical examiner in accordance with Title 26, Chapter 4, Utah
             79      Medical Examiner Act;
             80          (7) establish satellite laboratories as necessary to provide criminalistic services;
             81          (8) safeguard the public through licensing and regulation of activities that impact
             82      public safety, including concealed weapons, emergency vehicles, and private investigators;
             83          (9) provide investigative assistance to law enforcement and other government agencies;
             84          (10) collect and provide intelligence information to criminal justice agencies;
             85          (11) investigate crimes that jeopardize the safety of the citizens, as well as the interests,
             86      of the state;
             87          (12) regulate and investigate laws pertaining to the sale and distribution of liquor;
             88          (13) make rules to implement this chapter;
             89          (14) perform the functions specified in this chapter; [and]


             90          (15) comply with the requirements of Section 11-40-103 [.]; and
             91          (16) comply with the requirements of Sections 72-10-602 and 72-10-603 .
             92          Section 2. Section 72-10-601 is enacted to read:
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Part 6. Airport Ground Transportation Security

             94          72-10-601. Definitions.
             95          As used in this part:
             96          (1) "City" means a municipality of the first class, as defined under Section 10-2-301 ,
             97      that:
             98          (a) is authorized by statute to operate an airport; and
             99          (b) operates an airport with greater than ten million annual passengers.
             100          (2) "Division" means the Criminal Investigation and Technical Services Division of the
             101      Department of Public Safety, established in Section 53-10-103 .
             102          (3) "Ground transportation service" means transporting passengers for hire over public
             103      streets pursuant to a license with the city.
             104          (4) (a) "Ground transportation service provider" means a person who provides ground
             105      transportation service where the pickup or drop-off of a passenger occurs at an airport under a
             106      city's authority.
             107          (b) "Ground transportation service provider" includes:
             108          (i) a taxicab driver;
             109          (ii) a limousine or luxury car driver;
             110          (iii) a bus or minibus driver, except a driver of a transit vehicle, as defined in Section
             111      17A-2-1004 ;
             112          (iv) a courtesy vehicle or hotel vehicle driver;
             113          (v) a special transportation vehicle driver who transports disabled persons; and
             114          (vi) a van driver.
             115          Section 3. Section 72-10-602 is enacted to read:
             116          72-10-602. Criminal background check authorized -- Written notice required.
             117          (1) A city may require a ground transportation service provider to submit to a criminal
             118      background check as a condition of providing ground transportation service to an airport under
             119      the city's authority.
             120          (2) (a) Each ground transportation service provider, if required to submit a background


             121      check under Subsection (1), shall:
             122          (i) submit a fingerprint card in a form acceptable to the division; and
             123          (ii) consent to a fingerprint background check by:
             124          (A) the Utah Bureau of Criminal Identification; and
             125          (B) the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
             126          (b) If requested by a city, the division shall request the Department of Public Safety to
             127      complete a Federal Bureau of Investigation criminal background check through a national
             128      criminal history system for each background check requested by a city under this section.
             129          (c) (i) A city may make a ground transportation service provider's access to provide
             130      ground transportation service to an airport conditional pending completion of a criminal
             131      background check under this section.
             132          (ii) If a criminal background check discloses that a ground transportation service
             133      provider failed to disclose accurately a criminal history, the city may deny or, if conditionally
             134      given, immediately terminate the ground transportation service provider's right to provide
             135      ground transportation service to an airport.
             136          (iii) If a ground transportation service provider accurately disclosed the relevant
             137      criminal history and the criminal background check discloses that the ground transportation
             138      service provider has been convicted of a crime that indicates a potential risk for the safety or
             139      well-being of the patrons or employees of the airport under the city's authority, the city may
             140      deny or, if conditionally given, immediately terminate the ground transportation service
             141      provider's right to provide ground transportation service to an airport.
             142          (3) Each city that requests a criminal background check under Subsection (1) shall
             143      prepare criteria for which criminal activity will preclude ground transportation service to the
             144      airport and shall provide written notice to the ground transportation service provider who is the
             145      subject of the criminal background check that the background check has been requested.
             146          Section 4. Section 72-10-603 is enacted to read:
             147          72-10-603. Duties of the Criminal Investigation and Technical Services Division --
             148      Costs of separate file and background check.
             149          (1) If a city requests the division to conduct a criminal background check under Section
             150      72-10-602 , the division shall:
             151          (a) release to the city the full record of criminal convictions for the ground


             152      transportation service provider who is the subject of the background check;
             153          (b) if requested by the city, seek additional information from regional or national
             154      criminal data files in conducting the criminal background check;
             155          (c) maintain a separate file of fingerprints submitted under Section 72-10-602 ; and
             156          (d) notify the requesting city when a new entry is made against a ground transportation
             157      service provider whose fingerprints are held in the file.
             158          (2) (a) Each city requesting a criminal background check shall pay to the division the
             159      cost of:
             160          (i) maintaining the separate file of fingerprints under Subsection (1); and
             161          (ii) conducting a criminal background check under Section 72-10-602 , including costs
             162      charged by the Federal Bureau of Investigation or other entity for conducting a national
             163      criminal background check, if requested by a city.
             164          (b) The cost borne by a city under Subsection (2)(a) may be covered by fees charged to
             165      a ground transportation service provider who is the subject of the background check.
             166          Section 5. Section 72-10-604 is enacted to read:
             167          72-10-604. Written notice to ground transportation service provider whose access
             168      to airport is denied or terminated -- Right to respond and seek review.
             169          If a city denies or terminates the right of a ground transportation service provider to
             170      provide ground transportation service to an airport because of information obtained through a
             171      criminal background check under this part, the city shall:
             172          (1) notify the ground transportation service provider in writing of the reasons for the
             173      denial or termination; and
             174          (2) give the ground transportation service provider an opportunity to respond to the
             175      reasons and to seek review of the denial or termination through administrative procedures
             176      established by the city.





Legislative Review Note
    as of 1-16-06 9:10 AM


Based on a limited legal review, this legislation has not been determined to have a high
probability of being held unconstitutional.

Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel


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