This document includes Senate 2nd Reading Floor Amendments incorporated into the bill on Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 7:09 PM by lpoole.
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WILDLAND FIRE LIABILITY AMENDMENTS

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2015 GENERAL SESSION

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STATE OF UTAH

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Chief Sponsor: Mark A. Wheatley

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Senate Sponsor: Luz Escamilla

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7     LONG TITLE
8     General Description:
9          This bill amends wildland fire prevention provisions.
10     Highlighted Provisions:
11          This bill:
12          ▸     allows the use of certain kinds of ammunition under certain circumstances.
13     Money Appropriated in this Bill:
14          None
15     Other Special Clauses:
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17     Utah Code Sections Affected:
18     AMENDS:
19          65A-3-2, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2012, Chapter 361
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21     Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
22          Section 1. Section 65A-3-2 is amended to read:
23          65A-3-2. Wildland fire prevention -- Prohibited acts.
24          (1) A person is guilty of a class B misdemeanor who:
25          (a) throws or places [any] a lighted cigarette, cigar, firecracker, ashes, or other flaming
26     or glowing substance that may cause a fire on a highway or a wildland fire;
27          (b) obstructs the state forester, an employee of the division, or an agent of the division,
28     in the performance of controlling a fire;
29          (c) refuses, on proper request of the state forester, an employee of the division, or an
30     agent of the division, to assist in the controlling of a fire, without good and sufficient reason; or
31          (d) fires [any] a tracer or incendiary ammunition [anywhere except]:
32          (i) anywhere except within the confines of established military reservations[.]; or
33          (ii) except with the written permission of the director of the Division of Forestry, Fire,
34     and State Lands, given upon written request, if the director Ŝ→ :
34a               (A) ←Ŝ specifies a limited period of time
35     and a limited area in which the ammunition may be used Ŝ→ [.] ; and
35a               (B) issues the written permission in accordance with this title and applicable
35b     rules. ←Ŝ
36          (2) Fines assessed under this section are deposited in the General Fund.




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