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H.B. 162

This document includes House Committee Amendments incorporated into the bill on Wed, Feb 14, 2007 at 10:02 AM by ddonat. -->              1     

ILLEGAL DRUG SITES CONTAMINATION

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AMENDMENTS

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2007 GENERAL SESSION

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STATE OF UTAH

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Chief Sponsor: David Litvack

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Senate Sponsor: Gene Davis

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             8      LONG TITLE
             9      General Description:
             10          This bill modifies the Illegal Drug Site Reporting and Decontamination Act regarding
             11      reporting of contaminated sites and the disclosure of contamination in property
             12      transactions.
             13      Highlighted Provisions:
             14          This bill:
             15          .    provides that if a report of contamination is made to a local health department by
             16      any party other than a law enforcement agency, the party must provide confirmation
             17      of the contamination by a certified decontamination specialist H. and must cover the costs of the
             17a      contamination testing and report .H ; and
             18          .    requires law enforcement agencies to report evidence of contamination, in addition
             19      to the current requirement to report parapheralia of clandestine drug labs.
             20      Monies Appropriated in this Bill:
             21          None
             22      Other Special Clauses:
             23          None
             24      Utah Code Sections Affected:
             25      AMENDS:
             26          19-6-903, as enacted by Chapter 249, Laws of Utah 2004
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             28      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             29          Section 1. Section 19-6-903 is amended to read:
             30           19-6-903. Contaminated sites -- Reporting and records -- Removal from list.
             31          (1) (a) When any state or local law enforcement agency in the course of its official
             32      duties observes any evidence of contamination, or paraphernalia of a clandestine drug
             33      laboratory operation, including chemicals or equipment used in the manufacture of unlawful
             34      drugs, the agency shall report the location where the items were observed to the local health
             35      department.
             36          (b) (i) The law enforcement officer shall make the report under Subsection (1)(a) at the
             37      location where the observation occurred, if making the report at that time will not compromise
             38      an ongoing investigation.
             39          (ii) If the report cannot be made at the location, the report shall be made as soon
             40      afterward as is practical.
             41          (c) The report under Subsection (1)(a) shall include:
             42          (i) the date of the observation;
             43          (ii) the name of the reporting agency and the case number of the case that involves the
             44      location of the observation;
             45          (iii) the contact information of the officer involved, including name and telephone
             46      number;
             47          (iv) the address of the location and descriptions of the property that may be
             48      contaminated; and
             49          (v) a brief description of the evidence at the location that led to the belief the property
             50      at the location may be contaminated.
             51          (2) The law enforcement agency shall forward to the local health department copies of
             52      the reports made under Subsection (1).
             53          (3) When the local health department receives a complaint or report of contamination
             54      from a source other than a law enforcement agency, the local health department shall require
             55      that the complaint or report be confirmed by a written chemical analysis of the site conducted
             56      by a certified decontamination specialist. H. The chemical analysis and report shall be paid for
             56a      by the person submitting the complaint or report under this Subsection (3). .H
             57          [(3)] (4) (a) Upon receipt of a complaint or a report from law enforcement regarding
             58      possibly contaminated property, the local health officer or his designee shall determine if


             59      reasonable evidence exists that the property is contaminated.
             60          (b) [The] If the local health department [shall place] determines that the property
             61      [considered to be] is contaminated, the local health department shall place the property on a
             62      contamination list.
             63          [(4)] (5) The local health departments shall maintain searchable records of the
             64      properties on their contamination lists and shall:
             65          (a) make the records reasonably available to the public;
             66          (b) provide written notification to persons requesting access to the records that the
             67      records are only advisory in determining if specific property has been contaminated by
             68      clandestine drug lab activity; and
             69          (c) remove the contaminated property from the list when the following conditions have
             70      been met:
             71          (i) the local health department has monitored the decontamination process and, after
             72      documenting that the test results meet decontamination standards, has authorized the removal
             73      of or purging of the contamination information from the department's records; or
             74          (ii) a certified decontamination specialist submits a report to the local health
             75      department stating that the property is decontaminated.




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