S.B. 166

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STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION - COMPUTATION OF TIME
2 2012 GENERAL SESSION
3 STATE OF UTAH
4 Chief Sponsor: John L. Valentine
5 House Sponsor: Brian S. King
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7 LONG TITLE
8 General Description:
9 This bill enacts language related to the computation of time in statutory construction.
10 Highlighted Provisions:
11 This bill:
12 . enacts language related to the computation of time in statutory construction; and
13 . makes technical corrections.
14 Money Appropriated in this Bill:
15 None
16 Other Special Clauses:
17 None
18 Utah Code Sections Affected:
19 AMENDS:
20 68-3-7, Utah Code Annotated 1953
21 68-3-8, Utah Code Annotated 1953
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23 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
24 Section 1. Section 68-3-7 is amended to read:
25 68-3-7. Time, how computed.
26 [The] (1) A person shall compute the period of time [in which any act] provided by law
27 [is to be done is computed] to perform an act by:

28 (a) excluding the first day; and
29 (b) except as provided in Subsection (2), including the last[, unless] day.
30 (2) If the last day is [a holiday, and then it also is excluded.] a legal holiday, a
31 Saturday, or a Sunday, then a person shall:
32 (a) exclude the day described in Subsection (2) from the time computation described in
33 Subsection (1); and
34 (b) compute the period of time to include the end of the next day that is not a legal
35 holiday, a Saturday, or a Sunday.
36 Section 2. Section 68-3-8 is amended to read:
37 68-3-8. When a day appointed is a holiday.
38 Whenever any act of a secular nature, other than a work of necessity or mercy, is
39 appointed by law or contract to be performed upon a particular day, which day falls upon a
40 legal holiday, such act may be performed upon the next succeeding business day with the same
41 effect as if it had been performed upon the day appointed.




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