H.B. 376

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ALCOHOL REVISIONS

             2     
2014 GENERAL SESSION

             3     
STATE OF UTAH

             4     
Chief Sponsor: Ryan D. Wilcox

             5     
Senate Sponsor: John L. Valentine

             6     
             7      LONG TITLE
             8      General Description:
             9          This bill modifies provisions related to the Alcohol Abuse Tracking Committee.
             10      Highlighted Provisions:
             11          This bill:
             12          .    modifies provisions related to the Alcohol Abuse Tracking Committee; and
             13          .    makes technical changes.
             14      Money Appropriated in this Bill:
             15          None
             16      Other Special Clauses:
             17          None
             18      Utah Code Sections Affected:
             19      AMENDS:
             20           53-1-119 , as last amended by Laws of Utah 2013, Chapter 43
             21     
             22      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             23          Section 1. Section 53-1-119 is amended to read:
             24           53-1-119. Tracking effects of abuse of alcoholic products.
             25          (1) There is created a committee within the department known as the "Alcohol Abuse
             26      Tracking Committee" that consists of:
             27          (a) the commissioner, or the commissioner's designee;


             28          (b) the executive director of the Department of Health, or the executive director's
             29      designee;
             30          (c) the executive director of the Department of Human Services, or the executive
             31      director's designee;
             32          (d) the director of the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, or the director's
             33      designee;
             34          (e) the executive director of the Department of Workforce Services, or the executive
             35      director's designee;
             36          (f) the chair of the Utah Substance Abuse Advisory Council, or the chair's designee;
             37          (g) the state court administrator or the state court administrator's designee; and
             38          (h) the executive director of the Department of Technology Services, or the executive
             39      director's designee.
             40          (2) The commissioner, or the commissioner's designee, shall chair the committee.
             41          (3) (a) Four members of the committee constitute a quorum.
             42          (b) A vote of the majority of the committee members present when a quorum is present
             43      is an action of the committee.
             44          (4) The committee shall meet at the call of the chair, except that the chair shall call a
             45      meeting at least [quarterly.] twice a year:
             46          (a) with one meeting held before April 1 of each year to develop the report required
             47      under Subsection (7); and
             48          (b) with one meeting to review and finalize the report before it is issued July 1.
             49          (5) The committee may adopt additional procedures or requirements for:
             50          (a) voting, when there is a tie of the committee members;
             51          (b) how meetings are to be called; and
             52          (c) the frequency of meetings.
             53          (6) The committee shall establish a process to collect for each [fiscal] calendar year the
             54      following information:
             55          (a) the number of individuals statewide who are convicted of, plead guilty to, plead no
             56      contest to, plead guilty in a similar manner to, or resolve by diversion or its equivalent to a
             57      violation related to underage drinking of alcohol;
             58          (b) the number of individuals statewide who are convicted of, plead guilty to, plead no


             59      contest to, plead guilty in a similar manner to, or resolve by diversion or its equivalent to a
             60      violation related to driving under the influence of alcohol;
             61          (c) the number of violations statewide of Title 32B, Alcoholic Beverage Control Act,
             62      related to over-serving or over-consumption of an alcoholic product;
             63          (d) the cost of social services provided by the state related to abuse of alcohol,
             64      including services provided by the Division of Child and Family Services within the
             65      Department of Human Services;
             66          (e) where the alcoholic products are obtained that results in the violations or costs
             67      described in Subsections (6)(a) through (d); and
             68          (f) any information the committee determines can be collected and relates to the abuse
             69      of alcoholic products.
             70          [(7) (a) The committee shall begin to collect the information described in Subsection
             71      (6) by January 1, 2013. For fiscal year 2012-13, the committee is required only to report the
             72      information collected between January 1, 2013 and June 30, 2013.]
             73          [(b)] (7) Beginning [December 31, 2013] July 1, 2014, the committee shall report the
             74      information collected under Subsection (6) annually to the governor and the Legislature by no
             75      later than the [December 31] July 1 immediately following the [fiscal] calendar year for which
             76      the information is collected.




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