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INVESTMENT FEES AMENDMENTS

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2021 GENERAL SESSION

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STATE OF UTAH

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Chief Sponsor: Adam Robertson

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Senate Sponsor: Curtis S. Bramble

6     Cosponsor:
7     Travis M. Seegmiller


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9     LONG TITLE
10     General Description:
11          This bill concerns the filing fee for certain notice filings with the Utah Division of
12     Securities.
13     Highlighted Provisions:
14          This bill:
15          ▸     waives the notice filing fee for the timely filing of United States Securities
16     Exchange Commission Form D when the total offering amount does not exceed
17     $500,000; and
18          ▸     makes technical changes.
19     Money Appropriated in this Bill:
20          None
21     Other Special Clauses:
22          None
23     Utah Code Sections Affected:
24     AMENDS:
25          61-1-15.5, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2020, Chapter 77
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27     Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
28          Section 1. Section 61-1-15.5 is amended to read:

29          61-1-15.5. Federal covered securities.
30          (1) The division by rule or order may require the filing of any of the following
31     documents with respect to a covered security under Section 18(b)(2) of the Securities Act of
32     1933:
33          (a) before the initial offer of federal covered security in this state, a notice form as
34     prescribed by the division or all documents that are part of a federal registration statement filed
35     with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, together with
36     a consent to service of process signed by the issuer and a filing fee as determined under Section
37     61-1-18.4;
38          (b) after the initial offer of such federal covered security in this state, all documents
39     that are part of an amendment to a federal registration statement filed with the U.S. Securities
40     and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, which shall be filed concurrently
41     with the division;
42          (c) a report of the value of federal covered securities offered or sold in this state,
43     together with a filing fee as determined under Section 61-1-18.4; and
44          (d) a notice filing under this section shall be effective for one year and shall be
45     renewed annually in order to continue to offer or sell the federal covered securities for which
46     the notice was filed.
47          (2) (a) With respect to a security that is a covered security under Section 18(b)(4)(F) of
48     the Securities Act of 1933, the division by rule or order may require the issuer to file a notice
49     on SEC Form D and a consent to service of process signed by the issuer no later than 15 days
50     after the [first sale of such] day on which the issuer sells the covered security in this state,
51     together with a filing fee as determined under Section 61-1-18.4.
52          (b) The division shall waive the filing fee described in Subsection (2)(a) if:
53          (i) the filing is timely; and
54          (ii) the total offering amount listed on SEC Form D does not exceed $500,000.
55          (3) The division by rule or order may require the filing of a document filed with the
56     Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, with respect to a

57     covered security under Securities Act of 1933, Section 18(b)(3) or (4), together with a filing fee
58     as determined under Section 61-1-18.4.
59          (4) With the concurrence of the commission, the director, by means of an adjudicative
60     proceeding conducted in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 4, Administrative Procedures Act,
61     may issue a stop order suspending the offer and sale of a federal covered security, except a
62     covered security under Section 18(b)(1) of the Securities Act of 1933, if the director finds that
63     the order is in the public interest and there is a failure to comply with any condition established
64     under this section.
65          (5) The division by rule or order may waive any or all of the provisions of this section.