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8 LONG TITLE
9 General Description:
10 This bill repeals sunset provisions related to funding for the Uninsured Motorist
11 Identification Database Program and amends an allocation from the Uninsured Motorist
12 Identification Restricted Account.
13 Highlighted Provisions:
14 This bill:
15 ▸ repeals sunset provisions related to funding for the Uninsured Motorist
16 Identification Database Program; and
17 ▸ increases the amount that may be appropriated from the Uninsured Motorist
18 Identification Restricted Account to the Peace Officer Standards and Training
19 Division from $500,000 to $1,000,000 annually.
20 Money Appropriated in this Bill:
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22 Other Special Clauses:
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24 Utah Code Sections Affected:
25 AMENDS:
26 41-12a-806, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2015, Chapter 109
27 63I-1-241, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2015, Chapter 109
28 63I-2-231, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2017, Chapter 292
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30 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
31 Section 1. Section 41-12a-806 is amended to read:
32 41-12a-806. Restricted account -- Creation -- Funding -- Interest -- Purposes.
33 (1) There is created within the Transportation Fund a restricted account known as the
34 "Uninsured Motorist Identification Restricted Account."
35 (2) The account consists of money generated from the following revenue sources:
36 (a) money received by the state under Section 41-1a-1218, the uninsured motorist
37 identification fee;
38 (b) money received by the state under Section 41-1a-1220, the registration
39 reinstatement fee; and
40 (c) appropriations made to the account by the Legislature.
41 (3) (a) The account shall earn interest.
42 (b) All interest earned on account money shall be deposited into the account.
43 (4) The Legislature shall appropriate money from the account to:
44 (a) the department to fund the contract with the designated agent;
45 (b) the department to offset the costs to state and local law enforcement agencies of
46 using the information for the purposes authorized under this part;
47 (c) the Tax Commission to offset the costs to the Motor Vehicle Division for revoking
48 and reinstating vehicle registrations under Subsection 41-1a-110(2)(a)(ii); and
49 (d) the department to reimburse a person for the costs of towing and storing the
50 person's vehicle if:
51 (i) the person's vehicle was impounded in accordance with Subsection 41-1a-1101(2);
52 (ii) the impounded vehicle had owner's or operator's security in effect for the vehicle at
53 the time of the impoundment;
54 (iii) the database indicated that owner's or operator's security was not in effect for the
55 impounded vehicle; and
56 (iv) the department determines that the person's vehicle was wrongfully impounded.
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58 from the account to the Peace Officer Standards and Training Division, created under Section
59 53-6-103, for use in law enforcement training, including training on the use of the Uninsured
60 Motorist Identification Database Program created under Title 41, Chapter 12a, Part 8,
61 Uninsured Motorist Identification Database Program.
62 (6) (a) By following the procedures in Title 63G, Chapter 4, Administrative Procedures
63 Act, the department shall hold a hearing to determine whether a person's vehicle was
64 wrongfully impounded under Subsection 41-1a-1101(2).
65 (b) In accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, the
66 division shall make rules establishing procedures for a person to apply for a reimbursement
67 under Subsection (4)(d).
68 (c) A person is not eligible for a reimbursement under Subsection (4)(d) unless the
69 person applies for the reimbursement within six months from the date that the motor vehicle
70 was impounded.
71 Section 2. Section 63I-1-241 is amended to read:
72 63I-1-241. Repeal dates, Title 41.
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74 Section 3. Section 63I-2-231 is amended to read:
75 63I-2-231. Repeal dates -- Title 31A.
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78 July 1, 2019.
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80 Adjustment Act is repealed July 1, 2019.
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