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H.B. 210 Simulated Emergency Vehicle Exemption

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Bill Sponsor: Rep. McCay, Daniel

Floor Sponsor: Sen. Weiler, Todd

• Substitute Sponsor: Rep. McCay, Daniel

• Drafting Attorney: Kurt P. Gasser
• Fiscal Analyst: Brian Wikle

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  • Last Action: 23 Mar 2016, Governor Signed
  • Last Location: Lieutenant Governor's office for filing
  • Effective Date: 10 May 2016
  • Session Law Chapter: 206

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H.B. 210

1     SIMULATED EMERGENCY VEHICLE EXEMPTION
2     2016 GENERAL SESSION
3     STATE OF UTAH
4     Chief Sponsor: Daniel McCay
5     Senate Sponsor: Todd Weiler
6     

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7     LONG TITLE
8     General Description:
9          This bill modifies the Traffic Code by amending simulated emergency vehicle
10     provisions.
11     Highlighted Provisions:
12          This bill:
13          ▸     requires a media production to provide advance notice to law enforcement when
14     using a simulated emergency vehicle on a highway;
15          ▸     provides for notice requirements; and
16          ▸     makes technical changes.
17     Money Appropriated in this Bill:
18          None
19     Other Special Clauses:
20          None
21     Utah Code Sections Affected:
22     AMENDS:
23          41-6a-1718, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2015, Chapter 405
24     

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25     Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
26          Section 1. Section 41-6a-1718 is amended to read:
27          41-6a-1718. Simulated emergency vehicle -- Definition -- Exemption --
28     Identification.
29          (1) As used in this section:

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30          (a) "Media production" means the making of a motion picture, television show, video,
31     commercial, Internet video, or other viewable programming provided to viewers via a movie
32     theater or transmitted through broadcast radio wave, cable, satellite, wireless, or Internet.
33          (b) "[Media production] Simulated emergency vehicle" means a vehicle used:
34          (i) exclusively for media production[.]; and
35          (ii) to simulate an authorized emergency vehicle.
36          (2) [A media production] If a media production entity using a simulated emergency
37     vehicle provides reasonable advance written notice as described in Subsection (3) to the law
38     enforcement agency having jurisdiction of the highway being used by the simulated emergency
39     vehicle, the simulated emergency vehicle is exempt from the restrictions of Section 41-6a-1616
40     while the vehicle is:
41          (a) being used to simulate an authorized emergency vehicle in [a] the media
42     production; or
43          (b) being driven in transit between the media production location and the [media
44     production] simulated emergency vehicle storage location if, during transit, the vehicle displays
45     a sign prominently on each front-side door of the [media production] simulated emergency
46     vehicle stating "[Media Production] Simulated Emergency Vehicle."
47          (3) The written notice required in Subsection (2) shall include:
48          (a) the date;
49          (b) the time;
50          (c) the designated route of travel and location of use;
51          (d) a description of the simulated emergency vehicle; and
52          (e) contact information for a person who is employed by, or has contracted with, the
53     media production entity to whom the law enforcement agency may direct questions or concerns
54     about the simulated emergency vehicle's use or the notice.