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8 LONG TITLE
9 General Description:
10 This bill provides for firearm safety and violence prevention instruction in public
11 schools.
12 Highlighted Provisions:
13 This bill:
14 ▸ creates a pilot program to provide instruction to public school students in grade 8 on
15 firearm safety and violence prevention;
16 ▸ directs the Office of the Attorney General, in collaboration with the State Board of
17 Education, to select a provider, through a request for proposals process, to supply
18 materials and curriculum for the instruction to be provided under the pilot program;
19 ▸ provides that a public school may participate in the pilot program, subject to certain
20 conditions;
21 ▸ requires the Office of the Attorney General, in collaboration with the State Board of
22 Education, to report on the pilot program to the Law Enforcement and Criminal
23 Justice Interim Committee; and
24 ▸ sunsets the pilot program on July 1, 2018.
25 Money Appropriated in this Bill:
26 This bill appropriates in fiscal year 2016:
27 ▸ to the Attorney General - Attorney General, as a one-time appropriation:
28 • from the General Fund, One-time, $75,000.
29 Other Special Clauses:
30 This bill provides a special effective date.
31 Utah Code Sections Affected:
32 AMENDS:
33 63I-1-253, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2014, Chapters 189, 226, and 412
34 ENACTS:
35 53A-13-106.5, Utah Code Annotated 1953
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37 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
38 Section 1. Section 53A-13-106.5 is enacted to read:
39 53A-13-106.5. Firearm Safety and Violence Prevention Pilot Program.
40 (1) As used in this section:
41 (a) "District school" means a public school under the control of a local school board
42 elected under Title 20A, Chapter 14, Nomination and Election of State and Local School
43 Boards.
44 (b) "Firearm" means a pistol, revolver, shotgun, short barreled shotgun, rifle, or short
45 barreled rifle, or a device that could be used as a dangerous weapon from which is expelled a
46 projectile by action of an explosive.
47 (c) "Pilot program" means the Firearm Safety and Violence Prevention Pilot Program
48 created under Subsection (2).
49 (2) There is created a Firearm Safety and Violence Prevention Pilot Program to provide
50 instruction to public school students in grade 8 on:
51 (a) firearm safety as described in Subsection 53A-13-106(3);
52 (b) what to do if the student becomes aware of a threat against the school; and
53 (c) active shooter preparedness.
54 (3) The Office of the Attorney General, in collaboration with the State Board of
55 Education, shall select one or more providers, through a request for proposals process, to
56 supply materials and curriculum for the pilot program.
57 (4) (a) A district school or charter school may participate in the pilot program, subject
58 to approval by the district school's local school board or charter school's charter school
59 governing board.
60 (b) A district school or charter school that chooses to participate in the pilot program
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62 (i) use the materials and curriculum supplied by the provider selected under Subsection
63 (3);
64 (ii) ensure that a volunteer that provides instruction is certified in accordance with
65 Section 53A-13-106 and State Board of Education rule; and
66 (iii) ensure that a firearm is not used in providing the instruction.
67 (c) A student may not be given the instruction described in Subsection (2) unless the
68 student's parent or legal guardian has given prior written consent.
69 (5) The Office of the Attorney General, in collaboration with the State Board of
70 Education, shall evaluate the pilot program and report to the Law Enforcement and Criminal
71 Justice Interim Committee on or before December 1, 2017.
72 Section 2. Section 63I-1-253 is amended to read:
73 63I-1-253. Repeal dates, Titles 53, 53A, and 53B.
74 The following provisions are repealed on the following dates:
75 (1) Section 53-3-232, Conditional license, is repealed July 1, 2015.
76 (2) Subsection 53-10-202(18) is repealed July 1, 2018.
77 (3) Section 53-10-202.1 is repealed July 1, 2018.
78 (4) Title 53A, Chapter 1a, Part 6, Public Education Job Enhancement Program, is
79 repealed July 1, 2020.
80 (5) Section 53A-13-106.5 is repealed July 1, 2018.
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92 money from the Land Exchange Distribution Account to the Utah Geological Survey for test
93 wells, other hydrologic studies, and air quality monitoring in the West Desert, is repealed July
94 1, 2020.
95 Section 3. Appropriation.
96 Under the terms and conditions of Title 63J, Chapter 1, Budgetary Procedures Act, for
97 the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2015, and ending June 30, 2016, the following sums of money
98 are appropriated from resources not otherwise appropriated, or reduced from amounts
99 previously appropriated, out of the funds or accounts indicated. These sums of money are in
100 addition to any amounts previously appropriated for fiscal year 2016.
101 To Attorney General - Attorney General
102 From General Fund, One-time
$75,000
103 Schedule of Programs:
104 Administration $75,000
105 The Legislature intends that appropriations provided under this section:
106 (1) be used for the Firearm Safety and Violence Prevention Program described in
107 Section 53A-13-106.5; and
108 (2) not lapse at the end of fiscal year 2016 or fiscal year 2017.
109 Section 4. Effective date.
110 (1) Except as provided in Subsection (2), this bill takes effect on May 12, 2015.
111 (2) Uncodified Section 3, Appropriation, takes effect on July 1, 2015.
Legislative Review Note
as of 2-26-15 2:22 PM
Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel