Representative Fred C. Cox proposes the following substitute bill:


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EXEMPTION FROM DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME

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2016 GENERAL SESSION

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STATE OF UTAH

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Chief Sponsor: Fred C. Cox

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Senate Sponsor: ____________

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7     LONG TITLE
8     General Description:
9          This bill enacts a provision that exempts Utah from the observance of daylight saving
10     time.
11     Highlighted Provisions:
12          This bill:
13          ▸     exempts Utah from the observance of daylight saving time.
14     Money Appropriated in this Bill:
15          None
16     Other Special Clauses:
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18     Utah Code Sections Affected:
19     ENACTS:
20          63G-1-801, Utah Code Annotated 1953
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22     Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
23          Section 1. Section 63G-1-801 is enacted to read:
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Part 8. Time Designations

25          63G-1-801. Daylight saving time exemption.
26          (1) As used in this section, "daylight saving time" means the period during a year when
27     the observed time is advanced one hour according to the provisions of 15 U.S.C. Sec. 260a.
28          (2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary relating to the adoption
29     of daylight saving time by all of the states, the state of Utah hereby exempts all areas of the
30     state from the daylight saving time provisions contained in 15 U.S.C. Sec. 260a.
31          (3) The state of Utah shall observe mountain standard time on a year-round basis,
32     without the observance of daylight saving time.