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7 LONG TITLE
8 General Description:
9 This bill makes amendments to the Alcohol Abuse Tracking Committee.
10 Highlighted Provisions:
11 This bill:
12 ▸ moves the Alcohol Abuse Tracking Committee from the Department of Public
13 Safety to the Department of Human Services;
14 ▸ removes the dates by which the committee must annually meet and issue the annual
15 report; 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 RENUMBERS AND AMENDS:
23 62A-1-121, (Renumbered from 53-1-119, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2016,
24 Chapter 158)
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26 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
27 Section 1. Section 62A-1-121, which is renumbered from Section 53-1-119 is
28 renumbered and amended to read:
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30 (1) There is created a committee within the department known as the "Alcohol Abuse
31 Tracking Committee" that consists of:
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33 director's designee;
34 (b) the executive director of the Department of Health[
35 director's designee;
36 (c) the [
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38 (d) the director of the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control[
39 director's designee;
40 (e) the executive director of the Department of Workforce Services[
41 executive director's designee;
42 (f) the chair of the Utah Substance Use and Mental Health Advisory Council[
43 chair's designee;
44 (g) the state court administrator or the state court administrator's designee; and
45 (h) the executive director of the Department of Technology Services[
46 executive director's designee.
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48 executive director's designee shall chair the committee.
49 (3) (a) Four members of the committee constitute a quorum.
50 (b) A vote of the majority of the committee members present when a quorum is present
51 is an action of the committee.
52 (4) The committee shall meet at the call of the chair, except that the chair shall call a
53 meeting at least twice a year:
54 (a) with one meeting held [
55 under Subsection (7); and
56 (b) with one meeting held to review and finalize the report before [
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58 (5) The committee may adopt additional procedures or requirements for:
59 (a) voting, when there is a tie of the committee members;
60 (b) how meetings are to be called; and
61 (c) the frequency of meetings.
62 (6) The committee shall establish a process to collect for each calendar year the
63 following information:
64 (a) the number of individuals statewide who are convicted of, plead guilty to, plead no
65 contest to, plead guilty in a similar manner to, or resolve by diversion or its equivalent to a
66 violation related to underage drinking of alcohol;
67 (b) the number of individuals statewide who are convicted of, plead guilty to, plead no
68 contest to, plead guilty in a similar manner to, or resolve by diversion or its equivalent to a
69 violation related to driving under the influence of alcohol;
70 (c) the number of violations statewide of Title 32B, Alcoholic Beverage Control Act,
71 related to over-serving or over-consumption of an alcoholic product;
72 (d) the cost of social services provided by the state related to abuse of alcohol,
73 including services provided by the Division of Child and Family Services [
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75 (e) the location where the alcoholic products [
76 violations or costs described in Subsections (6)(a) through (d) are obtained; and
77 (f) any information the committee determines can be collected and relates to the abuse
78 of alcoholic products.
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80 under Subsection (6) annually to the governor and the Legislature by no later than the July 1
81 immediately following the calendar year for which the information is collected.