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This document includes Senate Committee Amendments incorporated into the bill on Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 3:41 PM by rday. --> This document includes Senate 2nd Reading Floor Amendments incorporated into the bill on Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 7:29 PM by rday. -->              1
    
FORGERY LAW AMENDMENTS

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2011 GENERAL SESSION

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STATE OF UTAH

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Chief Sponsor: Mark B. Madsen

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House Sponsor: Michael T. Morley

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             7      LONG TITLE
             8      General Description:
             9          This bill modifies the Criminal Code's forgery statutes relating to the production of
             10      false identification S. [ and false financial transaction cards ] .S without lawful authority.
             11      Highlighted Provisions:
             12          This bill:
             13          .    provides a penalty of a second degree felony for a person guilty of producing S. [ ,
             14      possessing,
] .S
or transferring false identification documents S. [ and false financial
             15      transaction cards
] .S
who:
             16              .    knowingly and without lawful authority produces, attempts, or conspires to
             17      produce an identification document, authentication feature, or a false
             18      identification document that is or appears to be issued by or under the authority
             19      of a governmental entity;
             20              .    transfers an identification document, authentication feature, S. or .S a false
             20a      identification
             21      document S. [ , or false financial transaction card ] .S knowing that the document or
             22      feature was stolen or produced without lawful authority;
             23      S. [         .    possesses with intent to unlawfully use or transfer for another person's unlawful
             24      use one or more identification documents, false financial transaction cards,
             25      authentication features, or false identification documents;
] .S

             26              .    produces, transfers, or possesses a document-making implement or
             27      authentication feature with the intent that the document- making implement or



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     the authentication feature be used in the production of a false identification document or
             29      another document-making implement or authentication feature; or
             30              .    traffics in false or actual authentication features for use in false identification
             31      documents, document-making implements, or means of identification;
             32          .    provides exceptions for an authorized law enforcement agency; and
             33          .    provides for the forfeiture, destruction, or other disposition of all illicit
             34      authentication features, identification documents, document-making implements, or
             35      means of identification.
             36      Money Appropriated in this Bill:
             37          None
             38      Other Special Clauses:
             39          None
             40      Utah Code Sections Affected:
             41      AMENDS:
             42          76-6-501, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 141
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             44      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             45          Section 1. Section 76-6-501 is amended to read:
             46           76-6-501. Forgery and producing false identification -- Elements of offense --
             47      Definitions.
             48          (1) As used in this [section, "writing"] part:
             49          (a) "Authentication feature" means any hologram, watermark, certification, symbol,
             50      code, image, sequence of numbers or letters, or other feature that either individually or in
             51      combination with another feature is used by the issuing authority on an identification
             52      document, document-making implement, or means of identification to determine if the
             53      document is counterfeit, altered, or otherwise falsified.
             54          (b) "Document-making implement" means any implement, impression, template,
             55      computer file, computer disc, electronic device, computer hardware or software, or scanning,
             56      printing, or laminating equipment that is specifically configured or primarily used for making
             57      an identification document, a false identification document, or another document-making
             58      implement.



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         (c) "False authentication feature" means an authentication feature that:
             60          (i) is genuine in origin but that, without the authorization of the issuing authority, has
             61      been tampered with or altered for purposes of deceit;
             62          (ii) is genuine, but has been distributed, or is intended for distribution, without the
             63      authorization of the issuing authority and not in connection with a lawfully made identification
             64      document, document-making implement, or means of identification to which the authentication
             65      feature is intended to be affixed or embedded by the issuing authority; or
             66          (iii) appears to be genuine, but is not.
             67          (d) "False identification document" means a document of a type intended or commonly
             68      accepted for the purposes of identification of individuals, and that:
             69          (i) is not issued by or under the authority of a governmental entity or was issued under
             70      the authority of a governmental entity but was subsequently altered for purposes of deceit; and
             71          (ii) appears to be issued by or under the authority of a governmental entity.
             72           S. [ (e) "False financial transaction card" means a financial transaction card as defined in
             73      Section 76-6-506 that is not issued, created, or authorized for use by the issuer of the card.
             74          (f)
] (e) .S
"Governmental entity" means the United States government, a state, a political
             75      subdivision of a state, a foreign government, a political subdivision of a foreign government, an
             76      international governmental organization, or a quasi-governmental organization.
             77           S. [ (g) ] (f) .S "Identification document" means a document made or issued by or under the
             78      authority of a governmental entity, which, when completed with information concerning a
             79      particular individual, is of a type intended or commonly accepted for the purpose of
             80      identification of individuals.
             81           S. [ (h) ] (g) .S "Issuing authority" means:
             82          (i) any governmental entity that is authorized to issue identification documents, means
             83      of identification, or authentication features; or
             84          (ii) a business organization or financial institution or its agent that issues a financial
             85      transaction card as defined in Section 76-6-506 .
             86           S. [ (i) ] (h) .S "Means of identification" means any name or number that may be used, alone or in
             87      conjunction with any other information, to identify a specific individual, including:
             88          (i) name, Social Security number, date of birth, government issued driver license or
             89      identification number, alien registration number, government passport number, or employer or



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     taxpayer identification number;
             91          (ii) unique biometric data, such as fingerprint, voice print, retina or iris image, or other
             92      unique physical representation; or
             93          (iii) unique electronic identification number, address, or routing code.
             94           S. [ (j) ] (i) .S "Personal identification card" means an identification document issued by a
             95      governmental entity solely for the purpose of identification of an individual.
             96           S. [ (k) ] (j) .S "Produce" includes altering, authenticating, or assembling.
             97           S. [ (l) ] (k) .S "State" includes any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the
             98      Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and any other commonwealth, possession, or territory of the
             99      United States.
             100           S. [ (m) ] (l) .S "Traffic" means to:
             101          (i) transport, transfer, or otherwise dispose of an item to another, as consideration for
             102      anything of value; or
             103          (ii) make or obtain control of with intent to transport, transfer, or otherwise dispose of
             104      an item to another.
             105           S. [ (n) ] (m) .S "Writing" includes printing, electronic storage or transmission, or any
             105a      other method
             106      of recording valuable information including forms such as:
             107          [(a)] (i) checks, tokens, stamps, seals, credit cards, badges, trademarks, money, and any
             108      other symbols of value, right, privilege, or identification;
             109          [(b)] (ii) a security, revenue stamp, or any other instrument or writing issued by a
             110      government or any agency; or
             111          [(c)] (iii) a check, an issue of stocks, bonds, or any other instrument or writing
             112      representing an interest in or claim against property, or a pecuniary interest in or claim against
             113      any person or enterprise.
             114          (2) A person is guilty of forgery if, with purpose to defraud anyone, or with knowledge
             115      that [he] the person is facilitating a fraud to be perpetrated by anyone, [he] the person:
             116          (a) alters any writing of another without his authority or utters the altered writing; or
             117          (b) makes, completes, executes, authenticates, issues, transfers, publishes, or utters any
             118      writing so that the writing or the making, completion, execution, authentication, issuance,
             119      transference, publication, or utterance:
             120          (i) purports to be the act of another, whether the person is existent or nonexistent;



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         (ii) purports to be an act on behalf of another party with the authority of that other
             122      party; or
             123          (iii) purports to have been executed at a time or place or in a numbered sequence other
             124      than was in fact the case, or to be a copy of an original when an original did not exist.
             125          (3) It is not a defense to a charge of forgery under Subsection (2)(b)(ii) if an actor signs
             126      his own name to the writing if the actor does not have authority to make, complete, execute,
             127      authenticate, issue, transfer, publish, or utter the writing on behalf of the party for whom the
             128      actor purports to act.
             129          [(4) Forgery is a third degree felony.]
             130          (4) A person is guilty of producing S. [ , possessing, ] .S or transferring any false identification
             131      document S. [ or false financial transaction card ] .S who:
             132          (a) knowingly and without lawful authority produces, attempts, or conspires to produce
             133      an identification document, authentication feature, S. or .S a false identification document
             133a      S. [ , or
             133a      false
             134      financial transaction card
] .S
that is or appears to be issued by or under the authority of an issuing
             135      authority;
             136          (b) transfers an identification document, authentication feature, S. or .S a false
             136a      identification
             137      document S. [ , or a false financial transaction card ] .S knowing that the document or feature was
             137a      stolen
             138      or produced without lawful authority;
             139           S. [ (c) possesses with intent to unlawfully use or transfer for another person's unlawful use
             140      one or more identification documents or financial transaction cards, other than those issued
             141      lawfully for the use of the possessor, or authentication features, false identification documents,
             142      or false financial transaction cards;
             143          (d)
] (c) .S
produces, transfers, or possesses a document-making implement or authentication
             144      feature with the intent that the document-making implement or the authentication feature be
             145      used in the production of a false identification document S. [ or false financial transaction card, ] .S or
             146      another document-making implement or authentication feature; or
             147           S. [ (e) ] (d) .S traffics in false or actual authentication features for use in false identification
             148      documents S. [ or false financial transaction cards ] .S , document making implements, or means of
             149      identification.
             150          (5) A person who violates:
             151          (a) Subsection (2) is guilty of a third degree felony; and



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         (b) Subsection (4) is guilty of a second degree felony.
             153          (6) This part may not be construed to impose criminal or civil liability on any law
             154      enforcement officer acting within the scope of a criminal investigation.
             155          (7) The forfeiture of property under this part, including any seizure and disposition of
             156      the property and any related judicial or administrative proceeding, shall be conducted in
             157      accordance with Title 24, Chapter 1, Utah Uniform Forfeiture Procedures Act.
             158          (8) The court shall order, in addition to the penalty prescribed for any person convicted
             159      of a violation of this section, the forfeiture and destruction or other disposition of all illicit
             160      authentication features, identification documents, false transaction cards, document-making
             161      implements, or means of identification.





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