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APPELLATE BOND AMENDMENTS

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2015 GENERAL SESSION

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STATE OF UTAH

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Chief Sponsor: Douglas V. Sagers

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Senate Sponsor: Curtis S. Bramble

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7     LONG TITLE
8     General Description:
9          This bill repeals and reenacts provisions relating to appellate bonds for political
10     subdivisions.
11     Highlighted Provisions:
12          This bill:
13          ▸     repeals and reenacts provisions relating to appellate bonds for political subdivisions.
14     Money Appropriated in this Bill:
15          None
16     Other Special Clauses:
17          This bill provides a special effective date.
18     Utah Code Sections Affected:
19     REPEALS AND REENACTS:
20          78B-5-805, as repealed and reenacted by Laws of Utah 2013, Chapter 33
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22     Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
23          Section 1. Section 78B-5-805 is repealed and reenacted to read:
24          78B-5-805. State, state officers, and political subdivisions not required to give
25     bond.
26           (1) In any civil action or proceeding in which the state is a party plaintiff, or any state
27     officer in an official capacity or on behalf of the state, or any county or city or other public
28     corporation is a party plaintiff or defendant, no bond, written undertaking, or security may be
29     required of the state, or any state officer, or of any county, city, or other public corporation.

30          (2) Upon compliance with the other provisions of the law, the state or any state officer
31     acting in an official capacity, or any county, city, or other public corporation, has the same
32     rights, remedies, and benefits as if the bond, undertaking, or security were given and approved
33     as required by law.
34          Section 2. Effective date.
35          If approved by two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, this bill takes effect
36     upon approval by the governor, or the day following the constitutional time limit of Utah
37     Constitution, Article VII, Section 8, without the governor's signature, or in the case of a veto,
38     the date of veto override.