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DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME AMENDMENTS

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2020 GENERAL SESSION

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STATE OF UTAH

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Chief Sponsor: Wayne A. Harper

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House Sponsor: Raymond P. Ward

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7     LONG TITLE
8     General Description:
9          This bill, subject to congressional authorization, places Utah on year-round mountain
10     daylight time.
11     Highlighted Provisions:
12          This bill:
13          ▸     subject to congressional authorization, places Utah and all political subdivisions in
14     Utah on year-round mountain daylight time.
15     Money Appropriated in this Bill:
16          None
17     Other Special Clauses:
18          This bill provides a contingent effective date.
19     Utah Code Sections Affected:
20     ENACTS:
21          63G-1-901, Utah Code Annotated 1953
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23     Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
24          Section 1. Section 63G-1-901 is enacted to read:
25          63G-1-901. Year-round daylight saving time.
26          (1) As used in this section:
27          (a) "Mountain daylight time" means the period during a year when mountain standard

28     time is advanced one hour in accordance with 15 U.S.C. Sec. 260a.
29          (b) "Mountain standard time" means the observed time assigned to the mountain time
30     zone in 15 U.S.C. Sec. 261.
31          (2) Utah exempts all areas of the state from standard time.
32          (3) The year-round observed time of the entire state and all of the state's political
33     subdivisions is mountain daylight time.
34          Section 2. Contingent effective date.
35          (1) As used in this section, "western state" means Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho,
36     Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, or Wyoming.
37          (2) This bill takes effect on the first Sunday of November following the day on which
38     both of the following have occurred:
39          (a) legislation, enacted by Congress, goes into effect to amend 15 U.S.C. Sec. 260a to
40     authorize states to observe daylight saving time year-round; and
41          (b) at least four western states, other than Utah, pass legislation to place all or a portion
42     of those states on year-round daylight time, regardless of the time zone.
43          (3) The lieutenant governor shall inform the legislative general counsel in writing of
44     the date this bill takes effect in accordance with this section.