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LOCAL GOVERNMENT CRIMINAL PENALTY AMENDMENTS

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2017 GENERAL SESSION

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STATE OF UTAH

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Chief Sponsor: Daniel W. Thatcher

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House Sponsor: Daniel McCay

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7     LONG TITLE
8     General Description:
9          This bill makes changes to local ordinance enforcement practice.
10     Highlighted Provisions:
11          This bill:
12          ▸     requires that only a law enforcement officer may enforce a local ordinance that is a
13     misdemeanor.
14     Money Appropriated in this Bill:
15          None
16     Other Special Clauses:
17          None
18     Utah Code Sections Affected:
19     AMENDS:
20          10-3-703, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2014, Chapter 149
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22     Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
23          Section 1. Section 10-3-703 is amended to read:
24          10-3-703. Criminal penalties for violation of ordinance -- Civil penalties
25     prohibited -- Exceptions.
26          (1) The governing body of each municipality may impose a criminal penalty for the
27     violation of any municipal ordinance by a fine not to exceed the maximum class B

28     misdemeanor fine under Section 76-3-301 or by a term of imprisonment up to six months, or
29     by both the fine and term of imprisonment.
30          (2) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (2)(b), the governing body may prescribe a
31     civil penalty for the violation of any municipal ordinance by a fine not to exceed the maximum
32     class B misdemeanor fine under Section 76-3-301.
33          (b) A municipality may not impose a civil penalty and adjudication for the violation of
34     a municipal moving traffic ordinance.
35          (3) A municipal officer or official who is not a law enforcement officer in accordance
36     with Section 53-13-103 may only enforce an ordinance violation that is punished as an
37     infraction.






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