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6 Cosponsors:
7 J. Stuart Adams
8 Jacob L. Anderegg
9 Curtis S. Bramble
10 David G. Buxton
11 Kirk A. Cullimore
12 Luz Escamilla
13 Lincoln Fillmore
14 Keith Grover
David P. Hinkins
Don L. Ipson
Jani Iwamoto
John D. Johnson
Michael S. Kennedy
Derek L. Kitchen
Karen Mayne
Ann Millner
Derrin R. Owens
Kathleen A. Riebe
Scott D. Sandall
Jerry W. Stevenson
Daniel W. Thatcher
Todd D. Weiler
Chris H. Wilson
Ronald M. Winterton
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16 LONG TITLE
17 General Description:
18 This bill amends provisions related to emergency powers and public health
19 emergencies.
20 Highlighted Provisions:
21 This bill:
22 ▸ defines terms;
23 ▸ limits Department of Health and local health department powers related to public
24 health emergency declarations and orders of constraint by:
25 • limiting the time period for which certain orders or declarations may remain in
26 place;
27 • requiring notification of certain elected officials before taking certain actions;
28 • allowing certain elected officials to terminate public health emergency
29 declarations or orders of constraint; and
30 • prohibiting declaration of a public health emergency after a previous declaration
31 for the same public health emergency expires;
32 ▸ limits emergency powers of the governor and chief executives of local governments
33 by:
34 • prohibiting the declaration of a state of emergency after a previous state of
35 emergency expires, absent exigent circumstances;
36 • clarifying how a declared state of emergency expires or is terminated; and
37 • allowing the Legislature and local legislative bodies to terminate an executive
38 order;
39 ▸ allows the governor to declare a new state of emergency based on the same disaster
40 or occurrence only when exigent circumstances warrant such a declaration;
41 ▸ provides a process for the Legislature to limit certain executive emergency powers
42 during a long-term state emergency;
43 ▸ creates an ad hoc legislative committee to review emergency circumstances that
44 could lead to a long-term state of emergency;
45 ▸ prohibits a restriction of a gathering of a religious institution that is more restrictive
46 than any other relevantly similar gathering during an emergency;
47 ▸ prohibits a government burden on the practice of religion unless the burden is the
48 least restrictive means available to accomplish a compelling government interest;
49 ▸ requires reasonable accommodations be provided for certain religious practices or
50 rites;
51 ▸ requires notification from the governor before taking certain executive actions
52 during a long-term state of emergency;
53 ▸ amends provisions related to the Administrative Rules Review Committee,
54 including:
55 • a requirement for certain information about rules made pursuant to emergency
56 rulemaking procedures be provided to the members of the Administrative Rules
57 Review Committee; and
58 • review of certain rules and executive orders made or issued during a state of
59 emergency or public health emergency; and
60 ▸ makes technical changes.
61 Money Appropriated in this Bill:
62 None
63 Other Special Clauses:
64 None
65 Utah Code Sections Affected:
66 AMENDS:
67 26-1-10, as enacted by Laws of Utah 1981, Chapter 126
68 26-1-30, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2019, Chapter 87
69 26-6-2, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2012, Chapter 150
70 26-6-3, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2019, Chapter 349
71 26-6b-3, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2015, Chapter 73
72 26-23-6, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2009, Chapter 347
73 26-23b-102, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2008, Chapter 3
74 26-23b-104, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2011, Chapter 297
75 26-23b-108, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2002, Chapter 155
76 26A-1-102, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2018, Chapter 68
77 26A-1-114, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2011, Chapters 14 and 177
78 26A-1-121, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2012, Chapter 307
79 53-2a-104, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2020, Chapter 85
80 53-2a-203, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2019, Chapter 136
81 53-2a-204, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2020, Fifth Special Session, Chapter 7
82 53-2a-205, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 2013, Chapter 295
83 53-2a-206, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 2013, Chapter 295
84 53-2a-208, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2015, Chapter 352
85 53-2a-209, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2016, Chapter 193
86 53-2a-215, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2020, Third Special Session, Chapter 13
87 53-2a-216, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2020, Third Special Session, Chapter 13
88 53-2a-217, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2020, Fifth Special Session, Chapter 7
89 53-2a-703, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2018, Chapter 202
90 63G-3-304, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2016, Chapter 193
91 63G-3-501, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2019, Chapter 454
92 63G-3-502, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 2008, Chapter 382
93 ENACTS:
94 53-2a-218, Utah Code Annotated 1953
95 53-2a-219, Utah Code Annotated 1953
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97 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
98 Section 1. Section 26-1-10 is amended to read:
99 26-1-10. Executive director -- Enforcement powers.
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101 issue orders to enforce state laws and rules established by the department except where the
102 enforcement power is given to a committee created pursuant to Section 26-1-7.
103 Section 2. Section 26-1-30 is amended to read:
104 26-1-30. Powers and duties of department.
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106 powers and duties, in addition to other powers and duties established in this chapter:
107 (1) enter into cooperative agreements with the Department of Environmental Quality to
108 delineate specific responsibilities to assure that assessment and management of risk to human
109 health from the environment are properly administered;
110 (2) consult with the Department of Environmental Quality and enter into cooperative
111 agreements, as needed, to ensure efficient use of resources and effective response to potential
112 health and safety threats from the environment, and to prevent gaps in protection from potential
113 risks from the environment to specific individuals or population groups;
114 (3) promote and protect the health and wellness of the people within the state;
115 (4) establish, maintain, and enforce rules necessary or desirable to carry out the
116 provisions and purposes of this title to promote and protect the public health or to prevent
117 disease and illness;
118 (5) investigate and control the causes of epidemic, infectious, communicable, and other
119 diseases affecting the public health;
120 (6) provide for the detection, reporting, prevention, and control of communicable,
121 infectious, acute, chronic, or any other disease or health hazard which the department considers
122 to be dangerous, important, or likely to affect the public health;
123 (7) collect and report information on causes of injury, sickness, death, and disability
124 and the risk factors that contribute to the causes of injury, sickness, death, and disability within
125 the state;
126 (8) collect, prepare, publish, and disseminate information to inform the public
127 concerning the health and wellness of the population, specific hazards, and risks that may affect
128 the health and wellness of the population and specific activities which may promote and protect
129 the health and wellness of the population;
130 (9) establish and operate programs necessary or desirable for the promotion or
131 protection of the public health and the control of disease or which may be necessary to
132 ameliorate the major causes of injury, sickness, death, and disability in the state, except that the
133 programs may not be established if adequate programs exist in the private sector;
134 (10) establish, maintain, and enforce isolation and quarantine, and for this purpose
135 only, exercise physical control over property and individuals as the department finds necessary
136 for the protection of the public health;
137 (11) close theaters, schools, and other public places and forbid gatherings of people
138 when necessary to protect the public health;
139 (12) abate nuisances when necessary to eliminate sources of filth and infectious and
140 communicable diseases affecting the public health;
141 (13) make necessary sanitary and health investigations and inspections in cooperation
142 with local health departments as to any matters affecting the public health;
143 (14) establish laboratory services necessary to support public health programs and
144 medical services in the state;
145 (15) establish and enforce standards for laboratory services which are provided by any
146 laboratory in the state when the purpose of the services is to protect the public health;
147 (16) cooperate with the Labor Commission to conduct studies of occupational health
148 hazards and occupational diseases arising in and out of employment in industry, and make
149 recommendations for elimination or reduction of the hazards;
150 (17) cooperate with the local health departments, the Department of Corrections, the
151 Administrative Office of the Courts, the Division of Juvenile Justice Services, and the Crime
152 Victim Reparations Board to conduct testing for HIV infection of alleged sexual offenders,
153 convicted sexual offenders, and any victims of a sexual offense;
154 (18) investigate the causes of maternal and infant mortality;
155 (19) establish, maintain, and enforce a procedure requiring the blood of adult
156 pedestrians and drivers of motor vehicles killed in highway accidents be examined for the
157 presence and concentration of alcohol;
158 (20) provide the Commissioner of Public Safety with monthly statistics reflecting the
159 results of the examinations provided for in Subsection (19) and provide safeguards so that
160 information derived from the examinations is not used for a purpose other than the compilation
161 of statistics authorized in this Subsection (20);
162 (21) establish qualifications for individuals permitted to draw blood pursuant to
163 Subsection 41-6a-523(1)(a)(vi), 53-10-405(2)(a)(vi), 72-10-502(5)(a)(vi), or
164 77-23-213(3)(a)(vi), and to issue permits to individuals it finds qualified, which permits may
165 be terminated or revoked by the department;
166 (22) establish a uniform public health program throughout the state which includes
167 continuous service, employment of qualified employees, and a basic program of disease
168 control, vital and health statistics, sanitation, public health nursing, and other preventive health
169 programs necessary or desirable for the protection of public health;
170 (23) adopt rules and enforce minimum sanitary standards for the operation and
171 maintenance of:
172 (a) orphanages;
173 (b) boarding homes;
174 (c) summer camps for children;
175 (d) lodging houses;
176 (e) hotels;
177 (f) restaurants and all other places where food is handled for commercial purposes,
178 sold, or served to the public;
179 (g) tourist and trailer camps;
180 (h) service stations;
181 (i) public conveyances and stations;
182 (j) public and private schools;
183 (k) factories;
184 (l) private sanatoria;
185 (m) barber shops;
186 (n) beauty shops;
187 (o) physician offices;
188 (p) dentist offices;
189 (q) workshops;
190 (r) industrial, labor, or construction camps;
191 (s) recreational resorts and camps;
192 (t) swimming pools, public baths, and bathing beaches;
193 (u) state, county, or municipal institutions, including hospitals and other buildings,
194 centers, and places used for public gatherings; and
195 (v) any other facilities in public buildings or on public grounds;
196 (24) conduct health planning for the state;
197 (25) monitor the costs of health care in the state and foster price competition in the
198 health care delivery system;
199 (26) adopt rules for the licensure of health facilities within the state pursuant to Title
200 26, Chapter 21, Health Care Facility Licensing and Inspection Act;
201 (27) license the provision of child care;
202 (28) accept contributions to and administer the funds contained in the Organ Donation
203 Contribution Fund created in Section 26-18b-101;
204 (29) serve as the collecting agent, on behalf of the state, for the nursing care facility
205 assessment fee imposed under Title 26, Chapter 35a, Nursing Care Facility Assessment Act,
206 and adopt rules for the enforcement and administration of the nursing facility assessment
207 consistent with the provisions of Title 26, Chapter 35a, Nursing Care Facility Assessment Act;
208 (30) establish methods or measures for health care providers, public health entities, and
209 health care insurers to coordinate among themselves to verify the identity of the individuals
210 they serve;
211 (31) (a) designate Alzheimer's disease and related dementia as a public health issue
212 and, within budgetary limitations, implement a state plan for Alzheimer's disease and related
213 dementia by incorporating the plan into the department's strategic planning and budgetary
214 process; and
215 (b) coordinate with other state agencies and other organizations to implement the state
216 plan for Alzheimer's disease and related dementia;
217 (32) ensure that any training or certification required of a public official or public
218 employee, as those terms are defined in Section 63G-22-102, complies with Title 63G, Chapter
219 22, State Training and Certification Requirements, if the training or certification is required:
220 (a) under this title;
221 (b) by the department; or
222 (c) by an agency or division within the department; and
223 (33) oversee public education vision screening as described in Section 53G-9-404.
224 Section 3. Section 26-6-2 is amended to read:
225 26-6-2. Definitions.
226 As used in this chapter:
227 (1) "Ambulatory surgical center" is as defined in Section 26-21-2.
228 (2) "Carrier" means an infected individual or animal who harbors a specific infectious
229 agent in the absence of discernible clinical disease and serves as a potential source of infection
230 for man. The carrier state may occur in an individual with an infection that is inapparent
231 throughout its course, commonly known as healthy or asymptomatic carrier, or during the
232 incubation period, convalescence, and postconvalescence of an individual with a clinically
233 recognizable disease, commonly known as incubatory carrier or convalescent carrier. Under
234 either circumstance the carrier state may be of short duration, as a temporary or transient
235 carrier, or long duration, as a chronic carrier.
236 (3) "Communicable disease" means illness due to a specific infectious agent or its toxic
237 products which arises through transmission of that agent or its products from a reservoir to a
238 susceptible host, either directly, as from an infected individual or animal, or indirectly, through
239 an intermediate plant or animal host, vector, or the inanimate environment.
240 (4) "Communicable period" means the time or times during which an infectious agent
241 may be transferred directly or indirectly from an infected individual to another individual, from
242 an infected animal to man, or from an infected man to an animal, including arthropods.
243 (5) "Contact" means an individual or animal having had association with an infected
244 individual, animal, or contaminated environment so as to have had an opportunity to acquire
245 the infection.
246 (6) "End stage renal disease facility" is as defined in Section 26-21-2.
247 (7) "Epidemic" means the occurrence or outbreak in a community or region of cases of
248 an illness clearly in excess of normal expectancy and derived from a common or propagated
249 source. The number of cases indicating an epidemic will vary according to the infectious
250 agent, size, and type of population exposed, previous experience or lack of exposure to the
251 disease, and time and place of occurrence. Epidemicity is considered to be relative to usual
252 frequency of the disease in the same area, among the specified population, at the same season
253 of the year.
254 (8) "General acute hospital" is as defined in Section 26-21-2.
255 (9) "Incubation period" means the time interval between exposure to an infectious
256 agent and appearance of the first sign or symptom of the disease in question.
257 (10) "Infected individual" means an individual who harbors an infectious agent and
258 who has manifest disease or inapparent infection. An infected individual is one from whom the
259 infectious agent can be naturally acquired.
260 (11) "Infection" means the entry and development or multiplication of an infectious
261 agent in the body of man or animals. Infection is not synonymous with infectious disease; the
262 result may be inapparent or manifest. The presence of living infectious agents on exterior
263 surfaces of the body, or upon articles of apparel or soiled articles, is not infection, but
264 contamination of such surfaces and articles.
265 (12) "Infectious agent" means an organism such as a virus, rickettsia, bacteria, fungus,
266 protozoan, or helminth that is capable of producing infection or infectious disease.
267 (13) "Infectious disease" means a disease of man or animals resulting from an
268 infection.
269 (14) "Isolation" means the separation, for the period of communicability, of infected
270 individuals or animals from others, in such places and under such conditions as to prevent the
271 direct or indirect conveyance of the infectious agent from those infected to those who are
272 susceptible or who may spread the agent to others.
273 (15) "Order of constraint" means the same as that term is defined in Section
274 26-23b-102.
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276 animals who have been exposed to a communicable disease during its period of
277 communicability to prevent disease transmission.
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279 unlicensed day care center, child care facility, family care home, headstart program,
280 kindergarten, elementary, or secondary school through grade 12.
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282 sexual intercourse or any other sexual contact.
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284 Section 4. Section 26-6-3 is amended to read:
285 26-6-3. Authority to investigate and control epidemic infections and
286 communicable disease.
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288 authority to investigate and control the causes of epidemic infections and communicable
289 disease, and shall provide for the detection, reporting, prevention, and control of communicable
290 diseases and epidemic infections or any other health hazard which may affect the public health.
291 (2) (a) As part of the requirements of Subsection (1), the department shall distribute to
292 the public and to health care professionals:
293 (i) medically accurate information about sexually transmitted diseases that may cause
294 infertility and sterility if left untreated, including descriptions of:
295 (A) the probable side effects resulting from an untreated sexually transmitted disease,
296 including infertility and sterility;
297 (B) medically accepted treatment for sexually transmitted diseases;
298 (C) the medical risks commonly associated with the medical treatment of sexually
299 transmitted diseases; and
300 (D) suggested screening by a private physician or physician assistant; and
301 (ii) information about:
302 (A) public services and agencies available to assist individuals with obtaining
303 treatment for the sexually transmitted disease;
304 (B) medical assistance benefits that may be available to the individual with the
305 sexually transmitted disease; and
306 (C) abstinence before marriage and fidelity after marriage being the surest prevention
307 of sexually transmitted disease.
308 (b) The information required by Subsection (2)(a):
309 (i) shall be distributed by the department and by local health departments free of
310 charge;
311 (ii) shall be relevant to the geographic location in which the information is distributed
312 by:
313 (A) listing addresses and telephone numbers for public clinics and agencies providing
314 services in the geographic area in which the information is distributed; and
315 (B) providing the information in English as well as other languages that may be
316 appropriate for the geographic area.
317 (c) (i) Except as provided in Subsection (2)(c)(ii), the department shall develop written
318 material that includes the information required by this Subsection (2).
319 (ii) In addition to the written materials required by Subsection (2)(c)(i), the department
320 may distribute the information required by this Subsection (2) by any other methods the
321 department determines is appropriate to educate the public, excluding public schools, including
322 websites, toll free telephone numbers, and the media.
323 (iii) If the information required by Subsection (2)(b)(ii)(A) is not included in the
324 written pamphlet developed by the department, the written material shall include either a
325 website, or a 24-hour toll free telephone number that the public may use to obtain that
326 information.
327 (3) (a) The Legislature may at any time terminate by joint resolution an order of
328 constraint issued by the department as described in this section in response to a declared public
329 health emergency.
330 (b) A county governing body may at any time terminate by majority vote an order of
331 constraint issued by the relevant local health department as described in this section in response
332 to a declared public health emergency.
333 Section 5. Section 26-6b-3 is amended to read:
334 26-6b-3. Order of restriction.
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336 location where an individual or a group of individuals who are subject to restriction are found
337 may:
338 (a) issue a written order of restriction for the individual or group of individuals
339 pursuant to Section 26-1-30 or Subsection 26A-1-114(1)(b) upon compliance with the
340 requirements of this chapter; and
341 (b) issue a verbal order of restriction for an individual or group of individuals pursuant
342 to Subsection (2)(c).
343 (2) (a) A department's determination to issue an order of restriction shall be based upon
344 the totality of circumstances reported to and known by the department, including:
345 (i) observation;
346 (ii) information that the department determines is credible and reliable information;
347 and
348 (iii) knowledge of current public health risks based on medically accepted guidelines as
349 may be established by the Department of Health by administrative rule.
350 (b) An order of restriction issued by a department shall:
351 (i) in the opinion of the public health official, be for the shortest reasonable period of
352 time necessary to protect the public health;
353 (ii) use the least intrusive method of restriction that, in the opinion of the department,
354 is reasonable based on the totality of circumstances known to the health department issuing the
355 order of restriction;
356 (iii) be in writing unless the provisions of Subsection (2)(c) apply; and
357 (iv) contain notice of an individual's rights as required in Section 26-6b-3.3.
358 (c) (i) A department may issue a verbal order of restriction, without prior notice to the
359 individual or group of individuals if the delay in imposing a written order of restriction would
360 significantly jeopardize the department's ability to prevent or limit:
361 (A) the transmission of a communicable or possibly communicable disease that poses a
362 threat to public health;
363 (B) the transmission of an infectious agent or possibly infectious agent that poses a
364 threat to public health;
365 (C) the exposure or possible exposure of a chemical or biological agent that poses a
366 threat to public health; or
367 (D) the exposure or transmission of a condition that poses a threat to public health.
368 (ii) A verbal order of restriction issued under the provisions of Subsection (2)(c)(i):
369 (A) is valid for 24 hours from the time the order of restriction is issued;
370 (B) may be verbally communicated to the individuals or group of individuals subject to
371 restriction by a first responder;
372 (C) may be enforced by the first responder until the department is able to establish and
373 maintain the place of restriction; and
374 (D) may only be continued beyond the initial 24 hours if a written order of restriction is
375 issued pursuant to the provisions of Section 26-6b-3.3.
376 (3) Pending issuance of a written order of restriction under Section 26-6b-3.3, or
377 judicial review of an order of restriction by the district court pursuant to Section 26-6b-6, an
378 individual who is subject to the order of restriction may be required to submit to involuntary
379 examination, quarantine, isolation, or treatment in the individual's home, a hospital, or any
380 other suitable facility under reasonable conditions prescribed by the department.
381 (4) The department that issued the order of restriction shall take reasonable measures,
382 including the provision of medical care, as may be necessary to assure proper care related to the
383 reason for the involuntary examination, treatment, isolation, or quarantine of an individual
384 ordered to submit to an order of restriction.
385 (5) (a) The Legislature may at any time terminate by joint resolution an order of
386 restriction issued by the department as described in this section in response to a declared public
387 health emergency.
388 (b) A county governing body may at any time terminate by majority vote an order of
389 restriction issued by the relevant local health department as described in this section issued in
390 response to a declared public health emergency.
391 Section 6. Section 26-23-6 is amended to read:
392 26-23-6. Criminal and civil penalties and liability for violations.
393 (1) (a) Any person, association, or corporation, or the officers of any of them, who
394 violates any provision of this chapter or lawful orders of the department or a local health
395 department in a criminal proceeding is guilty of a class B misdemeanor for the first violation,
396 and for any subsequent similar violation within two years, is guilty of a class A misdemeanor,
397 except this section does not establish the criminal penalty for violation of Section 26-23-5.5.
398 (b) Conviction in a criminal proceeding does not preclude the department or a local
399 health department from assessment of any civil penalty, administrative civil money penalty or
400 to deny, revoke, condition, or refuse to renew a permit, license, or certificate or to seek other
401 injunctive or equitable remedies.
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410 (2) (a) Subject to Subsections (2)(c) and (d), any association, or corporation, or the
411 officers of any of them, who violate any provision of this title or lawful orders of the
412 department or a local health department, or rules adopted under this title by the department:
413 (i) may be assessed, in a judicial civil proceeding, a penalty not to exceed the sum of
414 $5,000 per violation; or
415 (ii) may be assessed, in an administrative action in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter
416 4, Administrative Procedures Act, or similar procedures adopted by local or county
417 government, a penalty not to exceed the sum of $5,000 per violation.
418 (b) Subject to Subsections (2)(c) and (d), an individual who violates any provision of
419 this title or lawful orders of the department or a local health department, or rules adopted under
420 this title by the department:
421 (i) may be assessed, in a judicial civil proceeding, a penalty not to exceed the sum of
422 $150 per violation; or
423 (ii) may be assessed, in an administrative action in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter
424 4, Administrative Procedures Act, or similar procedures adopted by local or county
425 government, a penalty not to exceed the sum of $150 per violation.
426 (c) (i) Except as provided in Subsection (2)(c)(ii), a penalty described in Subsection
427 (2)(a) or (b) may only be assessed against the same individual, association, or corporation one
428 time in a calendar week.
429 (ii) Notwithstanding Subsection (2)(c)(i), an individual, an association, a corporation,
430 or the officers of any of them, that willfully disregard or recklessly violate a provision of this
431 title or lawful orders of the department or a local health department, or rules adopted under this
432 title by the department, may be assessed a penalty as described in Subsection (2)(a) for each
433 day of violation if it is determined that the violation is likely to result in a serious threat to
434 public health.
435 (d) Upon reasonable cause shown in judicial civil proceeding or an administrative
436 action, a penalty imposed under this Subsection (2) may be waived or reduced.
437 (3) Assessment of any civil penalty or administrative penalty does not preclude the
438 department or a local health department from seeking criminal penalties or to deny, revoke,
439 impose conditions on, or refuse to renew a permit, license, or certificate or to seek other
440 injunctive or equitable remedies.
441 (4) In addition to any penalties imposed under Subsection (1), the person, association,
442 or corporation, or the officers of any of them is liable for any expense incurred by the
443 department in removing or abating any health or sanitation violations, including any nuisance,
444 source of filth, cause of sickness, or dead animal.
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447 Section 7. Section 26-23b-102 is amended to read:
448 26-23b-102. Definitions.
449 As used in this chapter:
450 (1) "Bioterrorism" means:
451 (a) the intentional use of any microorganism, virus, infectious substance, or biological
452 product to cause death, disease, or other biological malfunction in a human, an animal, a plant,
453 or another living organism in order to influence, intimidate, or coerce the conduct of
454 government or a civilian population; and
455 (b) includes anthrax, botulism, small pox, plague, tularemia, and viral hemorrhagic
456 fevers.
457 (2) "Department" means the Department of Health created in Section 26-1-4 and a
458 local health department as defined in Section 26A-1-102.
459 (3) "Diagnostic information" means a clinical facility's record of individuals who
460 present for treatment, including the reason for the visit, chief complaint, presenting diagnosis,
461 final diagnosis, and any pertinent lab results.
462 (4) "Epidemic or pandemic disease":
463 (a) means the occurrence in a community or region of cases of an illness clearly in
464 excess of normal expectancy; and
465 (b) includes diseases designated by the Department of Health which have the potential
466 to cause serious illness or death.
467 (5) "Exigent circumstances" means a significant change in circumstances following the
468 expiration of a public health emergency declared in accordance with this title that:
469 (a) substantially increases the threat to public safety or health relative to the
470 circumstances in existence when the public health emergency expired;
471 (b) poses an imminent threat to public safety or health; and
472 (c) was not known or foreseen and could not have been known or foreseen at the time
473 the public health emergency expired.
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475 as that term is defined in Section 78B-3-403.
476 (7) "Legislative emergency response committee" means the same as that term is
477 defined in Section 53-2a-203.
478 (8) (a) "Order of constraint" means an order, rule, or regulation issued in response to a
479 declared public health emergency under this chapter, that:
480 (i) applies to all or substantially all:
481 (A) individuals or a certain group of individuals; or
482 (B) public places or certain types of public places; and
483 (ii) for the protection of the public health and in response to the declared public health
484 emergency:
485 (A) establishes, maintains, or enforces isolation or quarantine;
486 (B) establishes, maintains, or enforces a stay-at-home order;
487 (C) exercises physical control over property or individuals;
488 (D) requires an individual to perform a certain action or engage in certain behavior; or
489 (E) closes theaters, schools, or other public places or prohibits gatherings of people to
490 protect the public health.
491 (b) "Order of constraint" includes a stay-at-home order.
492 [
493 an illness or health condition, caused by bioterrorism, epidemic or pandemic disease, or novel
494 and highly fatal infectious agent or biological toxin, that poses a substantial risk of a significant
495 number of human fatalities or incidents of permanent or long-term disability. Such illness or
496 health condition includes an illness or health condition resulting from a natural disaster.
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498 conditions, or syndromes designated by the [
499 (11) "Stay-at-home order" means an order of constraint that:
500 (a) restricts movement of the general population to suppress or mitigate an epidemic or
501 pandemic disease by directing individuals within a defined geographic area to remain in their
502 respective residences; and
503 (b) may include exceptions for certain essential tasks.
504 Section 8. Section 26-23b-104 is amended to read:
505 26-23b-104. Authorization to report -- Declaration of a public health emergency
506 -- Termination of a public health emergency -- Order of constraint.
507 (1) A health care provider is authorized to report to the department any case of a
508 reportable emergency illness or health condition in any person when:
509 (a) the health care provider knows of a confirmed case; or
510 (b) the health care provider believes, based on the health care provider's professional
511 judgment that a person likely harbors a reportable emergency illness or health condition.
512 (2) A report pursuant to this section shall include, if known:
513 (a) the name of the facility submitting the report;
514 (b) a patient identifier that allows linkage with the patient's record for follow-up
515 investigation if needed;
516 (c) the date and time of visit;
517 (d) the patient's age and sex;
518 (e) the zip code of the patient's residence;
519 (f) the reportable illness or condition detected or suspected;
520 (g) diagnostic information and, if available, diagnostic codes assigned to the visit; and
521 (h) whether the patient was admitted to the hospital.
522 (3) (a) [
523 public health emergency exists, the department may, with the concurrence of the governor and
524 the executive director or in the absence of the executive director, the executive director's
525 designee, [
526 mandate reporting under this section for a limited reasonable period of time, as necessary to
527 respond to the public health emergency.
528 (b) (i) During a public health emergency that has been in effect for more than 30 days,
529 the department may not issue an order of constraint until the department has provided notice of
530 the proposed action to the legislative emergency response committee no later than 24 hours
531 before the department issues the order of constraint.
532 (ii) The department:
533 (A) shall provide the notice required by Subsection (3)(b)(i) using the best available
534 method under the circumstances as determined by the executive director;
535 (B) may provide the notice required by Subsection (3)(b)(i) in electronic format; and
536 (C) shall provide the notice in written form, if practicable.
537 [
538 than 90 days. [
539
540
541 (4) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (4)(b), a public health emergency declared by
542 the department as described in Subsection (3) expires at the earliest of:
543 (i) the day on which the department or the governor finds that the threat or danger has
544 passed or the public health emergency reduced to the extent that emergency conditions no
545 longer exist;
546 (ii) 30 days after the date on which the department declared the public health
547 emergency; or
548 (iii) the day on which the public health emergency is terminated by a joint resolution of
549 the Legislature.
550 (b) (i) The Legislature, by joint resolution, may extend a public health emergency for a
551 time period designated in the joint resolution.
552 (ii) If the Legislature extends a public health emergency as described in Subsection
553 (4)(b)(i), the public health emergency expires on the date designated by the Legislature.
554 (c) Except as provided in Subsection (4)(d), if a public health emergency declared by
555 the department expires as described in Subsection (4)(a) or (b), the department may not declare
556 a public health emergency for the same illness or occurrence that precipitated the previous
557 public health emergency declaration.
558 (d) (i) Notwithstanding Subsection (4)(c), subject to Subsection (4)(e), if the
559 department finds that exigent circumstances exist, after providing notice to the Legislature, the
560 department may declare a new public health emergency for the same illness or occurrence that
561 precipitated a previous public health emergency declaration.
562 (ii) A public health emergency declared as described in Subsection (4)(d)(i) expires in
563 accordance with Subsection (4)(a) or (b).
564 (e) If the Legislature terminates a public health emergency declared due to exigent
565 circumstances as described in Subsection (4)(d)(i), the department may not declare a new
566 public health emergency for the same illness, occurrence, or exigent circumstances.
567 (5) During a declared public health emergency declared under this title:
568 (a) the Legislature may:
569 (i) at any time by joint resolution terminate an order of constraint issued by the
570 department; or
571 (ii) by joint resolution terminate an order of constraint issued by a local health
572 department in response to a public health emergency that has been in effect for more than 30
573 days; and
574 (b) a county legislative body may at any time terminate an order of constraint issued by
575 a local health department in response to a declared public health emergency.
576 (6) (a) (i) If the department declares a public health emergency as described in this
577 chapter, and the department finds that the public health emergency conditions warrant an
578 extension of the public health emergency beyond the 30-day term or another date designated by
579 the Legislature as described in this section, the department shall provide written notice to the
580 speaker of the House of Representatives and the president of the Senate at least 10 days before
581 the expiration of the public health emergency.
582 (ii) If a local health department declares a public health emergency as described in this
583 chapter, and the local health department finds that the public health emergency conditions
584 warrant an extension of the public health emergency beyond the 30-day term or another date
585 designated by the county governing body as described in this section, the local health
586 department shall provide written notice to the county governing body at least 10 days before
587 the expiration of the public health emergency.
588 (b) If the department provides notice as described in Subsection (6)(a)(i) for a public
589 health emergency within the first 30 days from the initial declaration of the public health
590 emergency, the speaker of the House of Representatives and the president of the Senate:
591 (i) shall poll the members of their respective bodies to determine whether the
592 Legislature will extend the public health emergency; and
593 (ii) may jointly convene the committee created in Section 53-2a-218.
594 (c) If the department provides notice as described in Subsection (6)(a)(i) for a public
595 health emergency that has been extended beyond the 30 days from the initial declaration of the
596 public health emergency, the speaker of the House of Representatives and the president of the
597 Senate shall jointly convene the committee created in Section 53-2a-218.
598 (7) If the committee created in Section 53-2a-218 is convened as described in
599 Subsection (6), the committee shall conduct a public meeting to:
600 (a) discuss the nature of the public health emergency and conditions of the public
601 health emergency;
602 (b) evaluate options for public health emergency response;
603 (c) receive testimony from individuals with expertise relevant to the current public
604 health emergency;
605 (d) receive testimony from members of the public; and
606 (e) provide a recommendation to the Legislature whether to extend the public health
607 emergency by joint resolution.
608 (8) (a) During a public health emergency declared as described in this title:
609 (i) the department or a local health department may not impose an order of constraint
610 on a religious gathering that is more restrictive than an order of constraint that applies to any
611 other relevantly similar gathering; and
612 (ii) an individual, while acting or purporting to act within the course and scope of the
613 individual's official department or local health department capacity, may not:
614 (A) prevent a religious gathering that is held in a manner consistent with any order of
615 constraint issued pursuant to this title; or
616 (B) impose a penalty for a previous religious gathering that was held in a manner
617 consistent with any order of constraint issued pursuant to this title.
618 (b) Upon proper grounds, a court of competent jurisdiction may grant an injunction to
619 prevent the violation of this Subsection (8).
620 (c) During a public health emergency declared as described in this title, the department
621 or a local health department shall not issue a public health order or impose or implement a
622 regulation that substantially burdens an individual's exercise of religion unless the department
623 or local health department demonstrates that the application of the burden to the individual:
624 (i) is in furtherance of a compelling government interest; and
625 (ii) is the least restrictive means of furthering that compelling government interest.
626 (d) Notwithstanding Subsections (8)(a) and (c), the department or a local health
627 department shall allow reasonable accommodations for an individual to perform or participate
628 in a religious practice or rite.
629 [
630 subject to penalties for failing to submit a report under this section.
631 (b) If the provisions of Subsection (3) apply, a health care provider is subject to the
632 penalties of Subsection 26-23b-103(3) for failure to make a report under this section.
633 Section 9. Section 26-23b-108 is amended to read:
634 26-23b-108. Investigation of suspected bioterrorism and diseases -- Termination
635 of orders of constraint.
636 (1) [
637 (a) ascertain the existence of cases of an illness or condition caused by the factors
638 described in Subsections 26-23b-103(1) and 26-23b-104(1);
639 (b) investigate all such cases for sources of infection or exposure;
640 (c) ensure that any cases, suspected cases, and exposed persons are subject to proper
641 control measures; and
642 (d) define the distribution of the suspected illness or health condition.
643 (2) (a) Acting on information received from the reports required by this chapter, or
644 other reliable information, the department shall identify all individuals thought to have been
645 exposed to an illness or condition described in Subsection 26-23b-103(1).
646 (b) The department may request information from a health care provider concerning an
647 individual's identifying information as described in Subsection 26-23b-103(2)(b) when:
648 (i) the department is investigating a potential illness or condition described in
649 Subsection 26-23b-103(1) and the health care provider has not submitted a report to the
650 department with the information requested; or
651 (ii) the department has received a report from a pharmacist under Section 26-23b-105,
652 a medical laboratory under Section 26-23b-106, or another health care provider under
653 Subsection 26-23b-104(1) and the department believes that further investigation is necessary to
654 protect the public health.
655 (c) A health care provider shall submit the information requested under this section to
656 the department within 24 hours after receiving a request from the department.
657 (3) The department shall counsel and interview identified individuals as appropriate to:
658 (a) assist in the positive identification of other cases and exposed individuals;
659 (b) develop information relating to the source and spread of the illness or condition;
660 and
661 (c) obtain the names, addresses, phone numbers, or other identifying information of
662 any other person from whom the illness or health condition may have been contracted and to
663 whom the illness or condition may have spread.
664 (4) The department shall, for examination purposes, close, evacuate, or decontaminate
665 any facility when the department reasonably believes that such facility or material may
666 endanger the public health due to a condition or illness described in Subsection 26-23b-103(1).
667 (5) The department will destroy personally identifying health information about an
668 individual collected by the department as a result of a report under this chapter upon the earlier
669 of:
670 (a) the department's determination that the information is no longer necessary to carry
671 out an investigation under this chapter; or
672 (b) 180 days after the information is collected.
673 (6) (a) The Legislature may at any time terminate by joint resolution an order of
674 constraint issued by the department in response to a declared public health emergency.
675 (b) A county governing body may at any time terminate by majority vote an order of
676 constraint issued by the relevant local health department in response to a declared public health
677 emergency.
678 Section 10. Section 26A-1-102 is amended to read:
679 26A-1-102. Definitions.
680 As used in this part:
681 (1) "Board" means a local board of health established under Section 26A-1-109.
682 (2) "County governing body" means one of the types of county government provided
683 for in Title 17, Chapter 52a, Part 2, Forms of County Government.
684 (3) "County health department" means a local health department that serves a county
685 and municipalities located within that county.
686 (4) "Department" means the Department of Health created in Title 26, Chapter 1,
687 Department of Health Organization.
688 (5) "Local health department" means:
689 (a) a single county local health department;
690 (b) a multicounty local health department;
691 (c) a united local health department; or
692 (d) a multicounty united local health department.
693 (6) "Mental health authority" means a local mental health authority created in Section
694 17-43-301.
695 (7) "Multicounty local health department" means a local health department that is
696 formed under Section 26A-1-105 and that serves two or more contiguous counties and
697 municipalities within those counties.
698 (8) "Multicounty united local health department" means a united local health
699 department that is formed under Section 26A-1-105.5 and that serves two or more contiguous
700 counties and municipalities within those counties.
701 (9) (a) "Order of constraint" means an order, rule, or regulation issued by a local health
702 department in response to a declared public health emergency under this chapter that:
703 (i) applies to all or substantially all:
704 (A) individuals or a certain group of individuals; or
705 (B) public places or certain types of public places; and
706 (ii) for the protection of the public health and in response to the declared public health
707 emergency:
708 (A) establishes, maintains, or enforces isolation or quarantine;
709 (B) establishes, maintains, or enforces a stay-at-home order;
710 (C) exercises physical control over property or individuals;
711 (D) requires an individual to perform a certain action or engage in a certain behavior;
712 or
713 (E) closes theaters, schools, or other public places or prohibits gatherings of people to
714 protect the public health.
715 (b) "Order of constraint" includes a stay-at-home order.
716 (10) "Public health emergency" means the same as that term is defined in Section
717 26-23b-102.
718 [
719 is created by the governing body of one county to provide services to the county and the
720 municipalities within that county.
721 (12) "Stay-at-home order" means an order of constraint that:
722 (a) restricts movement of the general population to suppress or mitigate an epidemic or
723 pandemic disease by directing individuals within a defined geographic area to remain in their
724 respective residences; and
725 (b) may include exceptions for certain essential tasks.
726 [
727 created in Section 17-43-201.
728 [
729 (a) means a substance abuse authority, a mental health authority, and a local health
730 department that join together under Section 26A-1-105.5; and
731 (b) includes a multicounty united local health department.
732 Section 11. Section 26A-1-114 is amended to read:
733 26A-1-114. Powers and duties of departments.
734 (1) [
735 (a) subject to the provisions in Section 26A-1-108, enforce state laws, local ordinances,
736 department rules, and local health department standards and regulations relating to public
737 health and sanitation, including the plumbing code administered by the Division of
738 Occupational and Professional Licensing under Title 15A, Chapter 1, Part 2, State Construction
739 Code Administration Act, and under Title 26, Chapter 15a, Food Safety Manager Certification
740 Act, in all incorporated and unincorporated areas served by the local health department;
741 (b) establish, maintain, and enforce isolation and quarantine, and exercise physical
742 control over property and over individuals as the local health department finds necessary for
743 the protection of the public health;
744 (c) establish and maintain medical, environmental, occupational, and other laboratory
745 services considered necessary or proper for the protection of the public health;
746 (d) establish and operate reasonable health programs or measures not in conflict with
747 state law which:
748 (i) are necessary or desirable for the promotion or protection of the public health and
749 the control of disease; or
750 (ii) may be necessary to ameliorate the major risk factors associated with the major
751 causes of injury, sickness, death, and disability in the state;
752 (e) close theaters, schools, and other public places and prohibit gatherings of people
753 when necessary to protect the public health;
754 (f) abate nuisances or eliminate sources of filth and infectious and communicable
755 diseases affecting the public health and bill the owner or other person in charge of the premises
756 upon which this nuisance occurs for the cost of abatement;
757 (g) make necessary sanitary and health investigations and inspections on its own
758 initiative or in cooperation with the Department of Health or Environmental Quality, or both,
759 as to any matters affecting the public health;
760 (h) pursuant to county ordinance or interlocal agreement:
761 (i) establish and collect appropriate fees for the performance of services and operation
762 of authorized or required programs and duties;
763 (ii) accept, use, and administer all federal, state, or private donations or grants of funds,
764 property, services, or materials for public health purposes; and
765 (iii) make agreements not in conflict with state law which are conditional to receiving a
766 donation or grant;
767 (i) prepare, publish, and disseminate information necessary to inform and advise the
768 public concerning:
769 (i) the health and wellness of the population, specific hazards, and risk factors that may
770 adversely affect the health and wellness of the population; and
771 (ii) specific activities individuals and institutions can engage in to promote and protect
772 the health and wellness of the population;
773 (j) investigate the causes of morbidity and mortality;
774 (k) issue notices and orders necessary to carry out this part;
775 (l) conduct studies to identify injury problems, establish injury control systems,
776 develop standards for the correction and prevention of future occurrences, and provide public
777 information and instruction to special high risk groups;
778 (m) cooperate with boards created under Section 19-1-106 to enforce laws and rules
779 within the jurisdiction of the boards;
780 (n) cooperate with the state health department, the Department of Corrections, the
781 Administrative Office of the Courts, the Division of Juvenile Justice Services, and the Crime
782 Victim Reparations Board to conduct testing for HIV infection of alleged sexual offenders,
783 convicted sexual offenders, and any victims of a sexual offense;
784 (o) investigate suspected bioterrorism and disease pursuant to Section 26-23b-108; and
785 (p) provide public health assistance in response to a national, state, or local emergency,
786 a public health emergency as defined in Section 26-23b-102, or a declaration by the President
787 of the United States or other federal official requesting public health-related activities.
788 (2) The local health department shall:
789 (a) establish programs or measures to promote and protect the health and general
790 wellness of the people within the boundaries of the local health department;
791 (b) investigate infectious and other diseases of public health importance and implement
792 measures to control the causes of epidemic and communicable diseases and other conditions
793 significantly affecting the public health which may include involuntary testing of alleged sexual
794 offenders for the HIV infection pursuant to Section 76-5-502 and voluntary testing of victims
795 of sexual offenses for HIV infection pursuant to Section 76-5-503;
796 (c) cooperate with the department in matters pertaining to the public health and in the
797 administration of state health laws; and
798 (d) coordinate implementation of environmental programs to maximize efficient use of
799 resources by developing with the Department of Environmental Quality a Comprehensive
800 Environmental Service Delivery Plan which:
801 (i) recognizes that the Department of Environmental Quality and local health
802 departments are the foundation for providing environmental health programs in the state;
803 (ii) delineates the responsibilities of the department and each local health department
804 for the efficient delivery of environmental programs using federal, state, and local authorities,
805 responsibilities, and resources;
806 (iii) provides for the delegation of authority and pass through of funding to local health
807 departments for environmental programs, to the extent allowed by applicable law, identified in
808 the plan, and requested by the local health department; and
809 (iv) is reviewed and updated annually.
810 (3) The local health department has the following duties regarding public and private
811 schools within its boundaries:
812 (a) enforce all ordinances, standards, and regulations pertaining to the public health of
813 persons attending public and private schools;
814 (b) exclude from school attendance any person, including teachers, who is suffering
815 from any communicable or infectious disease, whether acute or chronic, if the person is likely
816 to convey the disease to those in attendance; and
817 (c) (i) make regular inspections of the health-related condition of all school buildings
818 and premises;
819 (ii) report the inspections on forms furnished by the department to those responsible for
820 the condition and provide instructions for correction of any conditions that impair or endanger
821 the health or life of those attending the schools; and
822 (iii) provide a copy of the report to the department at the time the report is made.
823 (4) If those responsible for the health-related condition of the school buildings and
824 premises do not carry out any instructions for corrections provided in a report in Subsection
825 (3)(c), the local health board shall cause the conditions to be corrected at the expense of the
826 persons responsible.
827 (5) The local health department may exercise incidental authority as necessary to carry
828 out the provisions and purposes of this part.
829 (6) Nothing in this part may be construed to authorize a local health department to
830 enforce an ordinance, rule, or regulation requiring the installation or maintenance of a carbon
831 monoxide detector in a residential dwelling against anyone other than the occupant of the
832 dwelling.
833 (7) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (7)(c), a local health department may not
834 declare a public health emergency or issue an order of constraint until the local health
835 department has provided notice of the proposed action to the chief executive officer of the
836 relevant county no later than 24 hours before the local health department issues the order or
837 declaration.
838 (b) The local health department:
839 (i) shall provide the notice required by Subsection (7)(a) using the best available
840 method under the circumstances as determined by the local health department;
841 (ii) may provide the notice required by Subsection (7)(a) in electronic format; and
842 (iii) shall provide the notice in written form, if practicable.
843 (c) (i) Notwithstanding Subsection (7)(a), a local health department may declare a
844 public health emergency or issue an order of constraint without approval of the chief executive
845 officer of the relevant county if the passage of time necessary to obtain approval of the chief
846 executive officer of the relevant county as required in Subsection (7)(a) would substantially
847 increase the likelihood of loss of life due to an imminent threat.
848 (ii) If a local health department declares a public health emergency or issues an order
849 of constraint as described in Subsection (7)(c)(i), the local health department shall notify the
850 chief executive officer of the relevant county before issuing the order of constraint.
851 (iii) The chief executive officer of the relevant county may terminate a declaration of a
852 public health emergency or an order of constraint issued as described in Subsection (7)(c)(i)
853 within 72 hours of declaration of the public health emergency or issuance of the order of
854 constraint.
855 (d) The relevant county governing body may at any time terminate a public health
856 emergency or an order of constraint issued by the local health department by majority vote of
857 the county governing body in response to a declared public health emergency.
858 (8) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (8)(b), a public health emergency declared by
859 a local health department expires at the earliest of:
860 (i) the local health department or the chief executive officer of the relevant county
861 finding that the threat or danger has passed or the public health emergency reduced to the
862 extent that emergency conditions no longer exist;
863 (ii) 30 days after the date on which the local health department declared the public
864 health emergency; or
865 (iii) the day on which the public health emergency is terminated by majority vote of the
866 county governing body.
867 (b) (i) The relevant county legislative body, by majority vote, may extend a public
868 health emergency for a time period designated by the county legislative body.
869 (ii) If the county legislative body extends a public health emergency as described in
870 Subsection (8)(b)(i), the public health emergency expires on the date designated by the county
871 legislative body.
872 (c) Except as provided in Subsection (8)(d), if a public health emergency declared by a
873 local health department expires as described in Subsection (8)(a), the local health department
874 may not declare a public health emergency for the same illness or occurrence that precipitated
875 the previous public health emergency declaration.
876 (d) (i) Notwithstanding Subsection (8)(c), subject to Subsection (8)(f), if the local
877 health department finds that exigent circumstances exist, after providing notice to the county
878 legislative body, the department may declare a new public health emergency for the same
879 illness or occurrence that precipitated a previous public health emergency declaration.
880 (ii) A public health emergency declared as described in Subsection (8)(d)(i) expires in
881 accordance with Subsection (8)(a) or (b).
882 (e) For a public health emergency declared by a local health department under this
883 chapter or under Title 26, Chapter 23b, Detection of Public Health Emergencies Act, the
884 Legislature may terminate by joint resolution a public health emergency that was declared
885 based on exigent circumstances or that has been in effect for more than 30 days.
886 (f) If the Legislature or county legislative body terminates a public health emergency
887 declared due to exigent circumstances as described in Subsection (8)(d)(i), the local health
888 department may not declare a new public health emergency for the same illness, occurrence, or
889 exigent circumstances.
890 (9) (a) During a public health emergency declared under this chapter or under Title 26,
891 Chapter 23b, Detection of Public Health Emergencies Act:
892 (i) except as provided in Subsection (9)(b), a local health department may not issue an
893 order of constraint without approval of the chief executive officer of the relevant county;
894 (ii) the Legislature may at any time terminate by joint resolution an order of constraint
895 issued by a local health department in response to a declared public health emergency that has
896 been in effect for more than 30 days; and
897 (iii) a county governing body may at any time terminate by majority vote of the
898 governing body an order of constraint issued by a local health department in response to a
899 declared public health emergency.
900 (b) (i) Notwithstanding Subsection (9)(a)(i), a local health department may issue an
901 order of constraint without approval of the chief executive officer of the relevant county if the
902 passage of time necessary to obtain approval of the chief executive officer of the relevant
903 county as required in Subsection (9)(a)(i) would substantially increase the likelihood of loss of
904 life due to an imminent threat.
905 (ii) If a local health department issues an order of constraint as described in Subsection
906 (9)(b), the local health department shall notify the chief executive officer of the relevant county
907 before issuing the order of constraint.
908 (iii) The chief executive officer of the relevant county may terminate an order of
909 constraint issued as described in Subsection (9)(b) within 72 hours of issuance of the order of
910 constraint.
911 (c) (i) For a local health department that serves more than one county, the approval
912 described in Subsection (9)(a)(i) is required for the chief executive officer for which the order
913 of constraint is applicable.
914 (ii) For a local health department that serves more than one county, a county governing
915 body may only terminate an order of constraint as described in Subsection (9)(a)(iii) for the
916 county served by the county governing body.
917 (10) (a) During a public health emergency declared as described in this title:
918 (i) the department or a local health department may not impose an order of constraint
919 on a religious gathering that is more restrictive than an order of constraint that applies to any
920 other relevantly similar gathering; and
921 (ii) an individual, while acting or purporting to act within the course and scope of the
922 individual's official department or local health department capacity, may not:
923 (A) prevent a religious gathering that is held in a manner consistent with any order of
924 constraint issued pursuant to this title; or
925 (B) impose a penalty for a previous religious gathering that was held in a manner
926 consistent with any order of constraint issued pursuant to this title.
927 (b) Upon proper grounds, a court of competent jurisdiction may grant an injunction to
928 prevent the violation of this Subsection (10).
929 (c) During a public health emergency declared as described in this title, the department
930 or a local health department shall not issue a public health order or impose or implement a
931 regulation that substantially burdens an individual's exercise of religion unless the department
932 or local health department demonstrates that the application of the burden to the individual:
933 (i) is in furtherance of a compelling government interest; and
934 (ii) is the least restrictive means of furthering that compelling government interest.
935 (d) Notwithstanding Subsections (8)(a) and (c), the department or a local health
936 department shall allow reasonable accommodations for an individual to perform or participate
937 in a religious practice or rite.
938 Section 12. Section 26A-1-121 is amended to read:
939 26A-1-121. Standards and regulations adopted by local board -- Local standards
940 not more stringent than federal or state standards -- Exceptions for written findings --
941 Administrative and judicial review of actions.
942 (1) (a) [
943 regulations:
944 (i) not in conflict with rules of the Departments of Health and Environmental Quality;
945 and
946 (ii) necessary for the promotion of public health, environmental health quality, injury
947 control, and the prevention of outbreaks and spread of communicable and infectious diseases.
948 (b) The standards and regulations under Subsection (1)(a):
949 (i) supersede existing local standards, regulations, and ordinances pertaining to similar
950 subject matter; and
951 (ii) except as provided under Subsection (1)(c) and except where specifically allowed
952 by federal law or state statute, may not be more stringent than those established by federal law,
953 state statute, or administrative rules adopted by the [
954 with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act.
955 (c) (i) The board may make standards and regulations more stringent than
956 corresponding federal law, state statute, or state administrative rules for the purposes described
957 in Subsection (1)(a), only if the board makes a written finding after public comment and
958 hearing and based on evidence in the record, that corresponding federal laws, state statutes, or
959 state administrative rules are not adequate to protect public health and the environment of the
960 state.
961 (ii) The findings shall address the public health information and studies contained in
962 the record, which form the basis for the board's conclusion.
963 (d) The board shall provide public hearings prior to the adoption of any regulation or
964 standard. Notice of any public hearing shall be published at least twice throughout the county
965 or counties served by the local health department. The publication may be in one or more
966 newspapers, if the notice is provided in accordance with this Subsection (1)(d).
967 (e) The hearings may be conducted by the board at a regular or special meeting, or the
968 board may appoint hearing officers who may conduct hearings in the name of the board at a
969 designated time and place.
970 (f) A record or summary of the proceedings of a hearing shall be taken and filed with
971 the board.
972 (g) (i) During a declared public health emergency declared under this chapter or under
973 Title 26, Chapter 23b, Detection of Public Health Emergencies Act:
974 (A) except as provided in Subsection (1)(h), a local health department may not issue an
975 order of constraint without approval of the chief executive officer of the relevant county;
976 (B) the Legislature may at any time terminate by joint resolution an order of constraint
977 issued by a local health department in response to a declared public health emergency that has
978 been in effect for more than 30 days; and
979 (C) a county governing body may at any time terminate, by majority vote of the
980 governing body, an order of constraint issued by a local health department in response to a
981 declared public health emergency.
982 (ii) (A) For a local health department that serves more than one county, the approval
983 described in Subsection (1)(g)(i)(A) is required for the chief executive officer for which the
984 order of constraint is applicable.
985 (B) For a local health department that serves more than one county, a county governing
986 body may only terminate an order of constraint as described in Subsection (1)(g)(i)(C) for the
987 county served by the county governing body.
988 (h) (i) Notwithstanding Subsection (1)(g)(i)(A), a local health department may issue an
989 order of constraint without approval of the chief executive officer of the relevant county if the
990 passage of time necessary to obtain approval of the chief executive officer of the relevant
991 county as required in Subsection (1)(g)(i)(A) would substantially increase the likelihood of loss
992 of life due to an imminent threat.
993 (ii) If a local health department issues an order of constraint as described in Subsection
994 (1)(h)(i), the local health department shall notify the chief executive officer of the relevant
995 county before issuing the order of constraint.
996 (iii) The chief executive officer of the relevant county may terminate an order of
997 constraint issued as described in Subsection (1)(h)(i) within 72 hours of issuance of the order
998 of constraint.
999 (i) (i) During a public health emergency declared as described in this title:
1000 (A) a local health department may not impose an order of constraint on a public
1001 gathering that applies to a religious gathering differently than the order of constraint applies to
1002 any other relevantly similar gathering; and
1003 (B) an individual, while acting or purporting to act within the course and scope of the
1004 individual's official local health department capacity, may not prevent a religious gathering that
1005 is held in a manner consistent with any order of constraint issued pursuant to this title, or
1006 impose a penalty for a previous religious gathering that was held in a manner consistent with
1007 any order of constraint issued pursuant to this title.
1008 (ii) Upon proper grounds, a court of competent jurisdiction may grant an injunction to
1009 prevent the violation of this Subsection (1)(i).
1010 (iii) During a public health emergency declared as described in this title, the
1011 department or a local health department shall not issue a public health order or impose or
1012 implement a regulation that substantially burdens an individual's exercise of religion unless the
1013 department or local health department demonstrates that the application of the burden to the
1014 individual:
1015 (A) is in furtherance of a compelling government interest; and
1016 (B) is the least restrictive means of furthering that compelling government interest.
1017 (iv) Notwithstanding Subsections (1)(i)(i) and (ii), the department or a local health
1018 department shall allow reasonable accommodations for an individual to perform or participate
1019 in a religious practice or rite.
1020 (j) If a local health department declares a public health emergency as described in this
1021 chapter, and the local health department finds that the public health emergency conditions
1022 warrant an extension of the public health emergency beyond the 30-day term or another date
1023 designated by the local legislative body, the local health department shall provide written
1024 notice to the local legislative body at least 10 days before the expiration of the public health
1025 emergency.
1026 (2) (a) A person aggrieved by an action or inaction of the local health department
1027 relating to the public health shall have an opportunity for a hearing with the local health officer
1028 or a designated representative of the local health department. The board shall grant a
1029 subsequent hearing to the person upon the person's written request.
1030 (b) In an adjudicative hearing, a member of the board or the hearing officer may
1031 administer oaths, examine witnesses, and issue notice of the hearings or subpoenas in the name
1032 of the board requiring the testimony of witnesses and the production of evidence relevant to a
1033 matter in the hearing. The local health department shall make a written record of the hearing,
1034 including findings of facts and conclusions of law.
1035 (c) Judicial review of a final determination of the local board may be secured by a
1036 person adversely affected by the final determination, or by the Departments of Health or
1037 Environmental Quality, by filing a petition in the district court within 30 days after receipt of
1038 notice of the board's final determination.
1039 (d) The petition shall be served upon the secretary of the board and shall state the
1040 grounds upon which review is sought.
1041 (e) The board's answer shall certify and file with the court all documents and papers
1042 and a transcript of all testimony taken in the matter together with the board's findings of fact,
1043 conclusions of law, and order.
1044 (f) The appellant and the board are parties to the appeal.
1045 (g) The Departments of Health and Environmental Quality may become a party by
1046 intervention as in a civil action upon showing cause.
1047 (h) A further appeal may be taken to the Court of Appeals under Section 78A-4-103.
1048 (3) Nothing in the provisions of Subsection (1)(b)(ii) or (c), shall limit the ability of a
1049 local health department board to make standards and regulations in accordance with Subsection
1050 (1)(a) for:
1051 (a) emergency rules made in accordance with Section 63G-3-304; or
1052 (b) items not regulated under federal law, state statute, or state administrative rule.
1053 Section 13. Section 53-2a-104 is amended to read:
1054 53-2a-104. Division duties -- Powers.
1055 (1) [
1056 53-2a-206(5), the division shall:
1057 (a) respond to the policies of the governor and the Legislature;
1058 (b) perform functions relating to emergency management as directed by the governor
1059 or by the commissioner, including:
1060 (i) coordinating with state agencies and local governments the use of personnel and
1061 other resources of these governmental entities as agents of the state during an interstate disaster
1062 in accordance with the Emergency Management Assistance Compact described in Section
1063 53-2a-402;
1064 (ii) coordinating the requesting, activating, and allocating of state resources during an
1065 intrastate disaster or a local state of emergency;
1066 (iii) receiving and disbursing federal resources provided to the state in a declared
1067 disaster;
1068 (iv) appointing a state coordinating officer who is the governor's representative and
1069 who shall work with a federal coordinating officer during a federally declared disaster; and
1070 (v) appointing a state recovery officer who is the governor's representative and who
1071 shall work with a federal recovery officer during a federally declared disaster;
1072 (c) prepare, implement, and maintain programs and plans to provide for:
1073 (i) prevention and minimization of injury and damage caused by disasters;
1074 (ii) prompt and effective response to and recovery from disasters;
1075 (iii) identification of areas particularly vulnerable to disasters;
1076 (iv) coordination of hazard mitigation and other preventive and preparedness measures
1077 designed to eliminate or reduce disasters;
1078 (v) assistance to local officials, state agencies, and the business and public sectors, in
1079 developing emergency action plans;
1080 (vi) coordination of federal, state, and local emergency activities;
1081 (vii) coordination of emergency operations plans with emergency plans of the federal
1082 government;
1083 (viii) coordination of urban search and rescue activities;
1084 (ix) coordination of rapid and efficient communications in times of emergency; and
1085 (x) other measures necessary, incidental, or appropriate to this part;
1086 (d) coordinate with local officials, state agencies, and the business and public sectors in
1087 developing, implementing, and maintaining a state energy emergency plan in accordance with
1088 Section 53-2a-902;
1089 (e) administer Part 6, Disaster Recovery Funding Act, in accordance with that part;
1090 (f) conduct outreach annually to agencies and officials who have access to IPAWS; and
1091 (g) coordinate with counties to ensure every county has the access and ability to send,
1092 or a plan to send, IPAWS messages, including Wireless Emergency Alerts and Emergency
1093 Alert System messages.
1094 (2) Every three years, organizations that have the ability to send IPAWS messages,
1095 including emergency service agencies, public safety answering points, and emergency
1096 managers shall send verification of Federal Emergency Management Agency training to the
1097 Division.
1098 (3) (a) The Department of Public Safety shall designate state geographical regions and
1099 allow the political subdivisions within each region to:
1100 (i) coordinate planning with other political subdivisions, tribal governments, and as
1101 appropriate, other entities within that region and with state agencies as appropriate, or as
1102 designated by the division;
1103 (ii) coordinate grant management and resource purchases; and
1104 (iii) organize joint emergency response training and exercises.
1105 (b) The political subdivisions within a region designated in Subsection (3)(a) may not
1106 establish the region as a new government entity in the emergency disaster declaration process
1107 under Section 53-2a-208.
1108 (4) The division may make rules in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah
1109 Administrative Rulemaking Act, to:
1110 (a) establish protocol for prevention, mitigation, preparedness, response, recovery, and
1111 the activities described in Subsection (3);
1112 (b) coordinate federal, state, and local resources in a declared disaster or local
1113 emergency; and
1114 (c) implement provisions of the Emergency Management Assistance Compact as
1115 provided in Section 53-2a-402 and Title 53, Chapter 2a, Part 3, Statewide Mutual Aid Act.
1116 (5) The division may consult with the Legislative Management Committee, the Judicial
1117 Council, and legislative and judicial staff offices to assist the division in preparing emergency
1118 succession plans and procedures under Title 53, Chapter 2a, Part 8, Emergency Interim
1119 Succession Act.
1120 (6) The division shall report annually in writing not later than October 31 to the Law
1121 Enforcement and Criminal Justice, and Political Subdivisions Interim Committees regarding
1122 the status of the emergency alert system in the state. The report shall include:
1123 (a) a status summary of the number of alerting authorities in Utah;
1124 (b) any changes in that number;
1125 (c) administrative actions taken; and
1126 (d) any other information considered necessary by the division.
1127 Section 14. Section 53-2a-203 is amended to read:
1128 53-2a-203. Definitions.
1129 As used in this part:
1130 (1) "Chief executive officer" means:
1131 (a) for a municipality:
1132 (i) the mayor for a municipality operating under all forms of municipal government
1133 except the council-manager form of government; or
1134 (ii) the city manager for a municipality operating under the council-manager form of
1135 government;
1136 (b) for a county:
1137 (i) the chair of the county commission for a county operating under the county
1138 commission or expanded county commission form of government;
1139 (ii) the county executive officer for a county operating under the county-executive
1140 council form of government; or
1141 (iii) the county manager for a county operating under the council-manager form of
1142 government; [
1143 (c) for a special service district:
1144 (i) the chief executive officer of the county or municipality that created the special
1145 service district if authority has not been delegated to an administrative control board as
1146 provided in Section 17D-1-301;
1147 (ii) the chair of the administrative control board to which authority has been delegated
1148 as provided in Section 17D-1-301; or
1149 (iii) the general manager or other officer or employee to whom authority has been
1150 delegated by the governing body of the special service district as provided in Section
1151 17D-1-301; or
1152 (d) for a local district:
1153 (i) the chair of the board of trustees selected as provided in Section 17B-1-309; or
1154 (ii) the general manager or other officer or employee to whom authority has been
1155 delegated by the board of trustees.
1156 (2) "Executive action" means any of the following actions by the governor during a
1157 state of emergency:
1158 (a) an order, a rule, or a regulation made by the governor as described in Section
1159 53-2a-209;
1160 (b) an action by the governor to suspend or modify a statute as described in Subsection
1161 53-2a-204(1)(j); or
1162 (c) an action by the governor to suspend the enforcement of a statute as described in
1163 Subsection 53-2a-209(4).
1164 (3) "Exigent circumstances" means a significant change in circumstances following the
1165 expiration of a state of emergency declared in accordance with this chapter that:
1166 (a) substantially increases the threat to public safety or health relative to the
1167 circumstances in existence when the state of emergency expired;
1168 (b) poses an imminent threat to public safety or health; and
1169 (c) was not known or foreseen and could not have been known or foreseen at the time
1170 the state of emergency expired.
1171 (4) "Legislative emergency response committee" means the Legislative Emergency
1172 Response Committee created in Section 53-2a-218.
1173 [
1174 state which requires that emergency assistance be provided by the affected municipality or
1175 county or another political subdivision to save lives and protect property within its jurisdiction
1176 in response to a disaster, or to avoid or reduce the threat of a disaster.
1177 (6) "Long-term state of emergency" means a state of emergency:
1178 (a) that lasts longer than 30 days; or
1179 (b) declared to respond to exigent circumstances as described in Subsection
1180 53-2a-206(3).
1181 [
1182 or local district.
1183 Section 15. Section 53-2a-204 is amended to read:
1184 53-2a-204. Authority of governor -- Federal assistance -- Fraud or willful
1185 misstatement in application for financial assistance -- Penalty.
1186 (1) In addition to any other authorities conferred upon the governor, if the governor
1187 issues an executive order declaring a state of emergency, subject to limitation by the
1188 Legislature as described in Subsection 53-2a-206(5), the governor may:
1189 (a) utilize all available resources of state government as reasonably necessary to cope
1190 with a state of emergency;
1191 (b) employ measures and give direction to state and local officers and agencies that are
1192 reasonable and necessary for the purpose of securing compliance with the provisions of this
1193 part and with orders, rules, and regulations made pursuant to this part;
1194 (c) recommend and advise the evacuation of all or part of the population from any
1195 stricken or threatened area within the state if necessary for the preservation of life;
1196 (d) recommend routes, modes of transportation, and destination in connection with
1197 evacuation;
1198 (e) in connection with evacuation, suspend or limit the sale, dispensing, or
1199 transportation of alcoholic beverages, explosives, and combustibles, not to include the lawful
1200 bearing of arms;
1201 (f) control ingress and egress to and from a disaster area, the movement of persons
1202 within the area, and recommend the occupancy or evacuation of premises in a disaster area;
1203 (g) clear or remove from publicly or privately owned land or water debris or wreckage
1204 that is an immediate threat to public health, public safety, or private property, including
1205 allowing an employee of a state department or agency designated by the governor to enter upon
1206 private land or waters and perform any tasks necessary for the removal or clearance operation if
1207 the political subdivision, corporation, organization, or individual that is affected by the removal
1208 of the debris or wreckage:
1209 (i) presents an unconditional authorization for removal of the debris or wreckage from
1210 private property; and
1211 (ii) agrees to indemnify the state against any claim arising from the removal of the
1212 debris or wreckage;
1213 (h) enter into agreement with any agency of the United States:
1214 (i) for temporary housing units to be occupied by victims of a state of emergency or
1215 persons who assist victims of a state of emergency; and
1216 (ii) to make the housing units described in Subsection (1)(h)(i) available to a political
1217 subdivision of this state;
1218 (i) assist any political subdivision of this state to acquire sites and utilities necessary for
1219 temporary housing units described in Subsection (1)(h)(i) by passing through any funds made
1220 available to the governor by an agency of the United States for this purpose;
1221 (j) subject to Sections 53-2a-209 and 53-2a-214, temporarily suspend or modify by
1222 executive order, during the state of emergency, any public health, safety, zoning, transportation,
1223 or other requirement of a statute or administrative rule within this state if such action is
1224 essential to provide temporary housing described in Subsection (1)(h)(i);
1225 (k) upon determination that a political subdivision of the state will suffer a substantial
1226 loss of tax and other revenues because of a state of emergency and the political subdivision so
1227 affected has demonstrated a need for financial assistance to perform its governmental
1228 functions, in accordance with Utah Constitution, Article XIV, Sections 3 and 4, and Section
1229 10-8-6:
1230 (i) apply to the federal government for a loan on behalf of the political subdivision if
1231 the amount of the loan that the governor applies for does not exceed 25% of the annual
1232 operating budget of the political subdivision for the fiscal year in which the state of emergency
1233 occurs; and
1234 (ii) receive and disburse the amount of the loan to the political subdivision;
1235 (l) accept funds from the federal government and make grants to any political
1236 subdivision for the purpose of removing debris or wreckage from publicly owned land or
1237 water;
1238 (m) subject to Section 53-2a-217, upon determination that financial assistance is
1239 essential to meet expenses related to a state of emergency of individuals or families adversely
1240 affected by the state of emergency that cannot be sufficiently met from other means of
1241 assistance, apply for, accept, and expend a grant by the federal government to fund the financial
1242 assistance, subject to the terms and conditions imposed upon the grant;
1243 (n) recommend to the Legislature other actions the governor considers to be necessary
1244 to address a state of emergency; or
1245 (o) authorize the use of all water sources as necessary for fire suppression.
1246 (2) A person who fraudulently or willfully makes a misstatement of fact in connection
1247 with an application for financial assistance under this section shall, upon conviction of each
1248 offense, be subject to a fine of not more than $5,000 or imprisonment for not more than one
1249 year, or both.
1250 Section 16. Section 53-2a-205 is amended to read:
1251 53-2a-205. Authority of chief executive officers of political subdivisions --
1252 Ordering of evacuations.
1253 (1) (a) In order to protect life and property when a state of emergency or local
1254 emergency has been declared, subject to limitation by the Legislature as described in
1255 Subsection 53-2a-206(5), and subject to Section 53-2a-216, the chief executive officer of each
1256 political subdivision of the state is authorized to:
1257 (i) carry out, in the chief executive officer's jurisdiction, the measures as may be
1258 ordered by the governor under this part; and
1259 (ii) take any additional measures the chief executive officer may consider necessary,
1260 subject to the limitations and provisions of this part.
1261 (b) The chief executive officer may not take an action that is inconsistent with any
1262 order, rule, regulation, or action of the governor.
1263 (2) [
1264 emergency is declared, the authority of the chief executive officer includes:
1265 (a) utilizing all available resources of the political subdivision as reasonably necessary
1266 to manage a state of emergency or local emergency;
1267 (b) employing measures and giving direction to local officers and agencies which are
1268 reasonable and necessary for the purpose of securing compliance with the provisions of this
1269 part and with orders, rules, and regulations made under this part;
1270 (c) if necessary for the preservation of life, issuing an order for the evacuation of all or
1271 part of the population from any stricken or threatened area within the political subdivision;
1272 (d) recommending routes, modes of transportation, and destinations in relation to an
1273 evacuation;
1274 (e) suspending or limiting the sale, dispensing, or transportation of alcoholic beverages,
1275 explosives, and combustibles in relation to an evacuation, except that the chief executive
1276 officer may not restrict the lawful bearing of arms;
1277 (f) controlling ingress and egress to and from a disaster area, controlling the movement
1278 of persons within a disaster area, and ordering the occupancy or evacuation of premises in a
1279 disaster area;
1280 (g) clearing or removing debris or wreckage that may threaten public health, public
1281 safety, or private property from publicly or privately owned land or waters, except that where
1282 there is no immediate threat to public health or safety, the chief executive officer shall not
1283 exercise this authority in relation to privately owned land or waters unless:
1284 (i) the owner authorizes the employees of designated local agencies to enter upon the
1285 private land or waters to perform any tasks necessary for the removal or clearance; and
1286 (ii) the owner provides an unconditional authorization for removal of the debris or
1287 wreckage and agrees to indemnify the local and state government against any claim arising
1288 from the removal; and
1289 (h) invoking the provisions of any mutual aid agreement entered into by the political
1290 subdivision.
1291 (3) (a) If the chief executive is unavailable to issue an order for evacuation under
1292 Subsection (2)(c), the chief law enforcement officer having jurisdiction for the area may issue
1293 an urgent order for evacuation, for a period not to exceed 36 hours, if the order is necessary for
1294 the preservation of life.
1295 (b) The chief executive officer may ratify, modify, or revoke the chief law enforcement
1296 officer's order.
1297 (4) Notice of an order or the ratification, modification, or revocation of an order issued
1298 under this section shall be:
1299 (a) given to the persons within the jurisdiction by the most effective and reasonable
1300 means available; and
1301 (b) filed in accordance with Subsection 53-2a-209(1).
1302 Section 17. Section 53-2a-206 is amended to read:
1303 53-2a-206. State of emergency -- Declaration -- Termination -- Commander in
1304 chief of military forces.
1305 (1) A state of emergency may be declared by executive order of the governor if the
1306 governor finds a disaster has occurred or the occurrence or threat of a disaster is imminent in
1307 any area of the state in which state government assistance is required to supplement the
1308 response and recovery efforts of the affected political subdivision or political subdivisions.
1309 [
1310
1311 [
1312
1313
1314 (2) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (2)(b), a state of emergency described in
1315 Subsection (1) expires at the earlier of:
1316 (i) the day on which the governor finds that the threat or danger has passed or the
1317 disaster reduced to the extent that emergency conditions no longer exist;
1318 (ii) 30 days after the date on which the governor declared the state of emergency; or
1319 (iii) the day on which the Legislature terminates the state of emergency by joint
1320 resolution.
1321 (b) (i) The Legislature may, by joint resolution, extend a state of emergency for a time
1322 period designated in the joint resolution.
1323 (ii) If the Legislature extends a state of emergency in accordance with this subsection,
1324 the state of emergency expires on the date designated in the joint resolution.
1325 (c) Except as provided in Subsection (3), if a state of emergency expires as described in
1326 Subsection (2), the governor may not declare a new state of emergency for the same disaster or
1327 occurrence as the expired state of emergency.
1328 (3) (a) After a state of emergency expires in accordance with Subsection (2), and
1329 subject to Subsection (4), the governor may declare a new state of emergency in response to the
1330 same disaster or occurrence as the expired state of emergency, if the governor finds that exigent
1331 circumstances exist.
1332 (b) A state of emergency declared in accordance with Subsection (3)(a) expires in
1333 accordance with Subsections (2)(a) and (b).
1334 (c) After a state of emergency declared in accordance with Subsection (3)(a) expires,
1335 the governor may not declare a new state of emergency in response to the same disaster or
1336 occurrence as the expired state of emergency, regardless of whether exigent circumstances
1337 exist.
1338 (4) (a) (i) If the Legislature finds that emergency conditions warrant the extension of a
1339 state of emergency beyond 30 days as described in Subsection (2)(b), the Legislature may
1340 extend the state of emergency and specify which emergency powers described in this part are
1341 necessary to respond to the emergency conditions present at the time of the extension of the
1342 state of emergency.
1343 (ii) Circumstances that may warrant the extension of a state of emergency with limited
1344 emergency powers include:
1345 (A) the imminent threat of the emergency has passed, but continued fiscal response
1346 remains necessary; or
1347 (B) emergency conditions warrant certain executive actions, but certain emergency
1348 powers such as suspension of enforcement of statute are not necessary.
1349 (b) For any state of emergency extended by the Legislature beyond 30 days as
1350 described in Subsection (2)(b), the Legislature may, by joint resolution:
1351 (i) extend the state of emergency and maintain all of the emergency powers described
1352 in this part; or
1353 (ii) limit or restrict certain emergency powers of:
1354 (A) the division as described in Section 53-2a-104;
1355 (B) the governor as described in Section 53-2a-204;
1356 (C) a chief executive officer of a political subdivision as described in Section
1357 53-2a-205; or
1358 (D) other executive emergency powers described in this chapter.
1359 (c) If the Legislature limits emergency powers as described in Subsection (4)(b), the
1360 Legislature shall:
1361 (i) include in the joint resolution findings describing the nature and current conditions
1362 of the emergency that warrant the continuation or limitation of certain emergency powers; and
1363 (ii) clearly enumerate and describe in the joint resolution which powers:
1364 (A) are being limited or restricted; or
1365 (B) shall remain in force.
1366 [
1367 governor shall issue an executive order ending the state of emergency on receipt of the
1368 Legislature's resolution.
1369 [
1370 shall state:
1371 (a) the nature of the state of emergency;
1372 (b) the area or areas threatened; and
1373 (c) the conditions creating such an emergency or those conditions allowing termination
1374 of the state of emergency.
1375 [
1376 in chief of the military forces of the state in accordance with Utah Constitution Article VII,
1377 Section 4, and Title 39, Chapter 1, State Militia.
1378 Section 18. Section 53-2a-208 is amended to read:
1379 53-2a-208. Local emergency -- Declarations -- Termination of a local emergency.
1380 [
1381
1382 [
1383
1384 [
1385
1386 (1) A chief executive officer of a municipality or county may declare by proclamation a
1387 state of emergency if the chief executive officer finds:
1388 (a) a disaster has occurred or the occurrence or threat of a disaster is imminent in an
1389 area of the municipality or county; and
1390 (b) the municipality or county requires additional assistance to supplement the
1391 response and recovery efforts of the municipality or county.
1392 (2) A declaration of a local emergency:
1393 (a) constitutes an official recognition that a disaster situation exists within the affected
1394 municipality or county;
1395 (b) provides a legal basis for requesting and obtaining mutual aid or disaster assistance
1396 from other political subdivisions or from the state or federal government;
1397 (c) activates the response and recovery aspects of any and all applicable local disaster
1398 emergency plans; and
1399 (d) authorizes the furnishing of aid and assistance in relation to the proclamation.
1400 (3) A local emergency proclamation issued under this section shall state:
1401 (a) the nature of the local emergency;
1402 (b) the area or areas that are affected or threatened; and
1403 (c) the conditions which caused the emergency.
1404 (4) The emergency declaration process within the state shall be as follows:
1405 (a) a city, town, or metro township shall declare to the county;
1406 (b) a county shall declare to the state;
1407 (c) the state shall declare to the federal government; and
1408 (d) a tribe, as defined in Section 23-13-12.5, shall declare as determined under the
1409 Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 5121 et seq.
1410 (5) Nothing in this part affects:
1411 (a) the governor's authority to declare a state of emergency under Section 53-2a-206; or
1412 (b) the duties, requests, reimbursements, or other actions taken by a political
1413 subdivision participating in the state-wide mutual aid system pursuant to Title 53, Chapter 2a,
1414 Part 3, Statewide Mutual Aid Act.
1415 (6) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (6)(b), a state of emergency described in
1416 Subsection (1) expires the earlier of:
1417 (i) the day on which the chief executive officer finds that:
1418 (A) the threat or danger has passed;
1419 (B) the disaster reduced to the extent that emergency conditions no longer exist; or
1420 (C) the municipality or county no longer requires state government assistance to
1421 supplement the response and recovery efforts of the municipality or county;
1422 (ii) 30 days after the day on which the chief executive officer declares the state of
1423 emergency; or
1424 (iii) the day on which the legislative body of the municipality or county terminates the
1425 state of emergency by majority vote.
1426 (b) (i) (A) The legislative body of a municipality may at any time terminate by majority
1427 vote a state of emergency declared by the chief executive officer of the municipality.
1428 (B) The legislative body of a county may at any time terminate by majority vote a state
1429 of emergency declared by the chief executive officer of the county.
1430 (ii) The legislative body of a municipality or county may by majority vote extend a
1431 state of emergency for a time period stated in the motion.
1432 (iii) If the legislative body of a municipality or county extends a state of emergency in
1433 accordance with this subsection, the state of emergency expires on the date designated by the
1434 legislative body in the motion.
1435 (c) Except as provided in Subsection (7), after a state of emergency expires in
1436 accordance with this Subsection (6), the chief executive officer may not declare a new state of
1437 emergency in response to the same disaster or occurrence as the expired state of emergency.
1438 (7) (a) After a state of emergency expires in accordance with Subsection (2), the chief
1439 executive officer may declare a new state of emergency in response to the same disaster or
1440 occurrence as the expired state of emergency, if the chief executive officer finds that exigent
1441 circumstances exist.
1442 (b) A state of emergency declared in accordance with Subsection (7)(a) expires in
1443 accordance with Subsections (6)(a) and (b).
1444 (c) After a state of emergency declared in accordance with Subsection (7)(a) expires,
1445 the chief executive officer may not declare a new state of emergency in response to the same
1446 disaster or occurrence as the expired state of emergency, regardless of whether exigent
1447 circumstances exist.
1448 Section 19. Section 53-2a-209 is amended to read:
1449 53-2a-209. Orders, rules, and regulations having force of law -- Filing
1450 requirements -- Suspension of state agency rules -- Suspension of enforcement of certain
1451 statutes during a state of emergency.
1452 (1) [
1453 by the governor, a municipality, a county, or other agency authorized by this part to make
1454 orders, rules, and regulations, not in conflict with existing laws except as specifically provided
1455 in this section, shall have the full force and effect of law during the state of emergency.
1456 (2) A copy of the order, rule, or regulation promulgated under Subsection (1) shall be
1457 filed as soon as practicable with:
1458 (a) the Office of Administrative Rules, if issued by the governor or a state agency; or
1459 (b) the office of the clerk of the municipality or county, if issued by the chief executive
1460 officer of a municipality or county.
1461 (3) The governor may suspend the provisions of any order, rule, or regulation of any
1462 state agency, if the strict compliance with the provisions of the order, rule, or regulation would
1463 substantially prevent, hinder, or delay necessary action in coping with the emergency or
1464 disaster.
1465 (4) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (4)(b) and subject to Subsections (4)(c) and
1466 (d), the governor may by executive order suspend the enforcement of a statute if:
1467 (i) the governor declares a state of emergency in accordance with Section 53-2a-206;
1468 (ii) the governor determines that suspending the enforcement of the statute is:
1469 (A) directly related to the state of emergency described in Subsection (4)(a)(i); and
1470 (B) necessary to address the state of emergency described in Subsection (4)(a)(i);
1471 (iii) the executive order:
1472 (A) describes how the suspension of the enforcement of the statute is:
1473 (I) directly related to the state of emergency described in Subsection (4)(a)(i); and
1474 (II) necessary to address the state of emergency described in Subsection (4)(a)(i); and
1475 (B) provides the citation of the statute that is the subject of suspended enforcement;
1476 (iv) the governor acts in good faith;
1477 (v) the governor provides notice of the suspension of the enforcement of the statute to
1478 the speaker of the House of Representatives and the president of the Senate no later than 24
1479 hours after suspending the enforcement of the statute; and
1480 (vi) the governor makes the report required by Section 53-2a-210.
1481 (b) (i) Except as provided in Subsection (4)(b)(ii), the governor may not suspend the
1482 enforcement of a criminal penalty created in statute.
1483 (ii) The governor may suspend the enforcement of a misdemeanor or infraction if:
1484 (A) the misdemeanor or infraction relates to food, health, or transportation; and
1485 (B) the requirements of Subsection (4)(a) are met.
1486 (c) A suspension described in this Subsection (4) terminates no later than the date the
1487 governor terminates the state of emergency in accordance with Section 53-2a-206 to which the
1488 suspension relates.
1489 (d) The governor:
1490 (i) shall provide the notice required by Subsection (4)(a)(v) using the best available
1491 method under the circumstances as determined by the governor;
1492 (ii) may provide the notice required by Subsection (4)(a)(v) in electronic format; and
1493 (iii) shall provide the notice in written form, if practicable.
1494 (e) If circumstances prevent the governor from providing notice to the speaker of the
1495 House of Representatives or the president of the Senate, notice shall be provided in the best
1496 available method to the presiding member of the respective body as is reasonable.
1497 Section 20. Section 53-2a-215 is amended to read:
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1531 and
1532 (C) shall provide the notice in written form, if practicable.
1533 (b) Except for any conflicting provision in this section, the governor shall comply with
1534 the requirements of this chapter to take an executive action in response to a long-term
1535 emergency.
1536 (c) If the governor takes executive action in response to [
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1538 required to provide:
1539 (i) the notice described in Subsection 53-2a-209(4)(a)(v); or
1540 (ii) the report described in Section 53-2a-210.
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1544 (i) there is an imminent threat of serious bodily injury, loss of life, or substantial harm
1545 to property; and
1546 (ii) compliance with Subsection [
1547 injury, loss of life, or substantial harm to property.
1548 (b) If the governor takes executive action in response to [
1549 long-term emergency without complying with the requirements of Subsection [
1550 governor shall provide in the executive action an explanation why the requirements of
1551 Subsection [
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1554 application or enforcement of this section.
1555 Section 21. Section 53-2a-216 is amended to read:
1556 53-2a-216. Termination of an executive action or directive.
1557 (1) The Legislature may at any time terminate by joint resolution:
1558 (a) an order, a rule, ordinance, or action by a chief executive officer of a county or
1559 municipality as described in Section 53-2a-205 in response to a state of emergency that has
1560 been in effect for more than 30 days;
1561 (b) a local declaration of emergency described in Section 53-2a-208 that has been in
1562 effect for more than 30 days;
1563 [
1564 or other agency as described in Section 53-2a-209;
1565 [
1566 in Subsection 53-2a-209(4); or
1567 [
1568 (2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the governor may not suspend the
1569 application or enforcement of this section.
1570 Section 22. Section 53-2a-217 is amended to read:
1571 53-2a-217. Procurement process during an epidemic or pandemic emergency.
1572 (1) As used in this section, "epidemic or pandemic disease" means the same as that
1573 term is defined in Section [
1574 (2) (a) During a state of emergency declared as described in Section 53-2a-206 that is
1575 in response or related to an epidemic or pandemic disease emergency, or during a national
1576 epidemic or pandemic emergency, the governor shall provide notice to the Legislature within
1577 24 hours after an expenditure or procurement, if the expenditure or procurement:
1578 (i) uses federal funds received as described in Subsection 53-2a-204(1)(m);
1579 (ii) totals more than $2,000,000 or includes a line item of more than $2,000,000; and
1580 (iii) is made using emergency procurement processes as described in Section
1581 63G-6a-803.
1582 (b) The governor may not divide an expenditure or procurement into multiple
1583 expenditures or procurements to fall below the $2,000,000 threshold described in Subsection
1584 (2)(a)(ii).
1585 Section 23. Section 53-2a-218 is enacted to read:
1586 53-2a-218. Legislative Emergency Response Committee.
1587 (1) There is created an ad hoc committee known as the Legislative Emergency
1588 Response Committee.
1589 (2) (a) The committee membership includes:
1590 (i) the same membership as the Executive Appropriations Committee as constituted at
1591 the time the committee is convened;
1592 (ii) between four and six additional members designated by the speaker of the House of
1593 Representatives, chosen from the following:
1594 (A) one or more members of the House of Representatives that serve as chair or
1595 vice-chair of a legislative committee with a subject matter focus relevant to the current
1596 emergency;
1597 (B) one or more members of the House of Representatives with relevant expertise or
1598 experience relevant to the current emergency; or
1599 (C) one or more members of the House of Representatives from a minority party that
1600 serves on a relevant legislative committee or that has expertise and experience relevant to the
1601 current emergency; and
1602 (iii) between four and six additional members designated by the president of the
1603 Senate, chosen from the following:
1604 (A) one or more members of the Senate that serve as chair or vice-chair of a legislative
1605 committee with a subject matter focus relevant to the current emergency;
1606 (B) one or more members of the Senate with relevant expertise or experience relevant
1607 to the current emergency; or
1608 (C) one or more members of the Senate from a minority party that serves on a relevant
1609 legislative committee or that has expertise and experience relevant to the current emergency.
1610 (b) The speaker of the House of Representatives and the president of the Senate shall
1611 coordinate to ensure they each appoint the same number of legislators as described under
1612 Subsections (2)(a)(ii) and (iii).
1613 (3) The speaker of the House of Representatives and the president of the Senate shall
1614 serve as chairs of the committee.
1615 (4) The Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel shall provide staff support
1616 to the committee.
1617 (5) (a) If the governor declares a state of emergency as described in this chapter, and
1618 the governor finds that the emergency conditions warrant an extension of the state of
1619 emergency beyond the 30-day term or another date designated by the Legislature as described
1620 in Section 53-2a-206, the governor shall provide written notice to the speaker of the House of
1621 Representatives and the president of the Senate at least 10 days before the expiration of the
1622 state of emergency.
1623 (b) If the speaker of the House of Representatives and the president of the Senate
1624 receive notice as described in Subsection (5)(a) for a state of emergency within the first 30 days
1625 from the initial declaration of the state of emergency, or from the Department of Health as
1626 described in Section 26-23b-104, or from a local health department as described in Section
1627 26A-1-121, the speaker of the House of Representatives and the president of the Senate:
1628 (i) shall poll the members of their respective bodies to determine whether the
1629 Legislature will extend the state of emergency; and
1630 (ii) may jointly convene the committee.
1631 (c) If the speaker of the House of Representatives and the president of the Senate
1632 receive notice as described in Subsection (5)(a) for a state of emergency that has been extended
1633 beyond 30 days from the initial declaration of a state of emergency, the speaker of the House of
1634 Representatives and the president of the Senate shall jointly convene the committee.
1635 (6) If the committee is convened as described in Subsection (5), the committee shall
1636 conduct a public meeting to:
1637 (a) discuss the nature of the emergency and conditions of the emergency;
1638 (b) evaluate options for emergency response;
1639 (c) receive testimony from individuals with expertise relevant to the current
1640 emergency;
1641 (d) receive testimony from members of the public; and
1642 (e) provide a recommendation to the Legislature whether to extend the state of
1643 emergency by joint resolution.
1644 Section 24. Section 53-2a-219 is enacted to read:
1645 53-2a-219. Religious practice during a state of emergency.
1646 (1) During a state of emergency declared as described in this chapter:
1647 (a) the governor or chief executive officer of a political subdivision may not impose a
1648 restriction on a religious gathering that is more restrictive than a restriction on any other
1649 relevantly similar gathering; and
1650 (b) an individual, while acting or purporting to act within the course and scope of the
1651 individual's official government capacity, may not:
1652 (i) prevent a religious gathering that is held in a manner consistent with any order or
1653 restriction issued pursuant to this part; or
1654 (ii) impose a penalty for a previous religious gathering that was held in a manner
1655 consistent with any order or restriction issued pursuant to this part.
1656 (2) Upon proper grounds, a court of competent jurisdiction may grant an injunction to
1657 prevent the violation of this section.
1658 (3) During a state of emergency declared as described in this title, the governor or the
1659 chief executive of a political subdivision shall not issue an executive order or impose or
1660 implement a regulation that substantially burdens an individual's exercise of religion unless the
1661 governor or chief executive officer of the political subdivision demonstrates that the
1662 application of the burden to the individual:
1663 (a) is in furtherance of a compelling government interest; and
1664 (b) is the least restrictive means of furthering that compelling government interest.
1665 (4) Notwithstanding Subsections (1) and (3), an executive order shall allow reasonable
1666 accommodations for an individual to perform or participate in a religious practice or rite.
1667 Section 25. Section 53-2a-703 is amended to read:
1668 53-2a-703. Hazardous materials emergency -- Recovery of expenses.
1669 (1) (a) The Hazardous Chemical Emergency Response Commission may recover from
1670 those persons whose negligent actions caused the hazardous materials emergency, expenses
1671 directly associated with a response to a hazardous materials emergency taken under authority of
1672 this part, Title 53, Chapter 2a, Part 1, Emergency Management Act, or Title 53, Chapter 2a,
1673 Part 2, Disaster Response and Recovery Act, that are incurred by:
1674 (i) a state agency;
1675 (ii) a political subdivision as defined in [
1676 or
1677 (iii) an interlocal entity, described in Section 11-13-203, providing emergency services
1678 to a political subdivision pursuant to written agreement.
1679 (b) The payment of expenses under this Subsection (1) is not an admission of liability
1680 or negligence in any legal action for damages.
1681 (c) The Hazardous Chemical Emergency Response Commission may obtain assistance
1682 from the attorney general or a county attorney of the affected jurisdiction to assist in recovering
1683 expenses and legal fees.
1684 (d) Any recovered costs shall be deposited in the General Fund as dedicated credits to
1685 be used by the division to reimburse an entity described in Subsection (1)(a) for costs incurred
1686 by the entity.
1687 (2) (a) If the cost directly associated with emergency response exceeds all available
1688 funds of the division within a given fiscal year, the division, with approval from the governor,
1689 may incur a deficit in its line item budget.
1690 (b) The Legislature shall provide a supplemental appropriation in the following year to
1691 cover the deficit.
1692 (c) The division shall deposit all costs associated with any emergency response that are
1693 collected in subsequent fiscal years into the General Fund.
1694 (3) Any political subdivision may enact local ordinances pursuant to existing statutory
1695 or constitutional authority to provide for the recovery of expenses incurred by the political
1696 subdivision.
1697 Section 26. Section 63G-3-304 is amended to read:
1698 63G-3-304. Emergency rulemaking procedure.
1699 (1) All agencies shall comply with the rulemaking procedures of Section 63G-3-301
1700 unless an agency finds that these procedures would:
1701 (a) cause an imminent peril to the public health, safety, or welfare;
1702 (b) cause an imminent budget reduction because of budget restraints or federal
1703 requirements; or
1704 (c) place the agency in violation of federal or state law.
1705 (2) (a) When finding that its rule is excepted from regular rulemaking procedures by
1706 this section, the agency shall file with the office and the members of the Administrative Rules
1707 Review Committee:
1708 (i) the text of the rule; and
1709 (ii) a rule analysis that includes the specific reasons and justifications for its findings.
1710 (b) The office shall publish the rule in the bulletin as provided in Subsection
1711 63G-3-301(4).
1712 (c) The agency shall notify interested persons as provided in Subsection
1713 63G-3-301(10).
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1715 not exceeding 120 days on the date of filing or any later date designated in the rule.
1716 (3) If the agency intends the rule to be effective beyond 120 days, the agency shall also
1717 comply with the procedures of Section 63G-3-301.
1718 Section 27. Section 63G-3-501 is amended to read:
1719 63G-3-501. Administrative Rules Review Committee.
1720 (1) (a) There is created an Administrative Rules Review Committee of the following
1721 10 permanent members:
1722 (i) five members of the Senate appointed by the president of the Senate, no more than
1723 three of whom may be from the same political party; and
1724 (ii) five members of the House of Representatives appointed by the speaker of the
1725 House of Representatives, no more than three of whom may be from the same political party.
1726 (b) Each permanent member shall serve:
1727 (i) for a two-year term; or
1728 (ii) until the permanent member's successor is appointed.
1729 (c) (i) A vacancy exists when a permanent member ceases to be a member of the
1730 Legislature, or when a permanent member resigns from the committee.
1731 (ii) When a vacancy exists:
1732 (A) if the departing member is a member of the Senate, the president of the Senate
1733 shall appoint a member of the Senate to fill the vacancy; or
1734 (B) if the departing member is a member of the House of Representatives, the speaker
1735 of the House of Representatives shall appoint a member of the House of Representatives to fill
1736 the vacancy.
1737 (iii) The newly appointed member shall serve the remainder of the departing member's
1738 unexpired term.
1739 (d) (i) The president of the Senate shall designate a member of the Senate appointed
1740 under Subsection (1)(a)(i) as a cochair of the committee.
1741 (ii) The speaker of the House of Representatives shall designate a member of the
1742 House of Representatives appointed under Subsection (1)(a)(ii) as a cochair of the committee.
1743 (e) Three representatives and three senators from the permanent members are a quorum
1744 for the transaction of business at any meeting.
1745 (f) (i) Subject to Subsection (1)(f)(ii), the committee shall meet at least once each
1746 month to review new agency rules, amendments to existing agency rules, and repeals of
1747 existing agency rules.
1748 (ii) The committee chairs may suspend the meeting requirement described in
1749 Subsection (1)(f)(i) at the committee chairs' discretion.
1750 (2) The office shall submit a copy of each issue of the bulletin to the committee.
1751 (3) (a) The committee shall exercise continuous oversight of the rulemaking process.
1752 (b) The committee shall examine each rule, including any rule made according to the
1753 emergency rulemaking procedure described in Section 63G-3-304, submitted by an agency to
1754 determine:
1755 (i) whether the rule is authorized by statute;
1756 (ii) whether the rule complies with legislative intent;
1757 (iii) the rule's impact on the economy and the government operations of the state and
1758 local political subdivisions;
1759 (iv) the rule's impact on affected persons;
1760 (v) the rule's total cost to entities regulated by the state;
1761 (vi) the rule's benefit to the citizens of the state; and
1762 (vii) whether adoption of the rule requires legislative review or approval.
1763 (c) The committee may examine and review:
1764 (i) any executive order issued pursuant to Title 53, Chapter 2a, Part 2, Disaster
1765 Response and Recovery Act; or
1766 (ii) any public health order issued during a public health emergency declared in
1767 accordance with Title 26, Utah Health Code, or Title 26A, Local Health Authorities.
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1769 the committee considers necessary.
1770 (ii) The committee may also notify and refer rules to the chairs of the interim
1771 committee that has jurisdiction over a particular agency when the committee determines that an
1772 issue involved in an agency's rules may be more appropriately addressed by that committee.
1773 [
1774 of statutory construction.
1775 (4) When the committee reviews an existing rule, the committee chairs shall invite the
1776 Senate and House chairs of the standing committee and of the appropriation subcommittee that
1777 have jurisdiction over the agency whose existing rule is being reviewed to participate as
1778 nonvoting, ex officio members with the committee.
1779 (5) The committee may request that the Office of the Legislative Fiscal Analyst prepare
1780 a fiscal note on any rule.
1781 (6) In order to accomplish the committee's functions described in this chapter, the
1782 committee has all the powers granted to legislative interim committees under Section 36-12-11.
1783 (7) (a) The committee may prepare written findings of the committee's review of a rule
1784 or policy and may include any recommendation, including legislative action.
1785 (b) When the committee reviews a rule, the committee shall provide to the agency that
1786 enacted the rule:
1787 (i) the committee's findings, if any; and
1788 (ii) a request that the agency notify the committee of any changes the agency makes to
1789 the rule.
1790 (c) The committee shall provide a copy of the committee's findings, if any, to:
1791 (i) any member of the Legislature, upon request;
1792 (ii) any person affected by the rule, upon request;
1793 (iii) the president of the Senate;
1794 (iv) the speaker of the House of Representatives;
1795 (v) the Senate and House chairs of the standing committee that has jurisdiction over the
1796 agency that made the rule; and
1797 (vi) the Senate and House chairs of the appropriation subcommittee that has
1798 jurisdiction over the agency that made the rule.
1799 (8) (a) (i) The committee may submit a report on the committee's review of state
1800 agency rules to each member of the Legislature at each regular session.
1801 (ii) The report shall include:
1802 (A) any finding or recommendation the committee made under Subsection (7);
1803 (B) any action an agency took in response to a committee recommendation; and
1804 (C) any recommendation by the committee for legislation.
1805 (b) If the committee receives a recommendation not to reauthorize a rule, as described
1806 in Subsection 63G-3-301(13)(b), and the committee recommends to the Legislature
1807 reauthorization of the rule, the committee shall submit a report to each member of the
1808 Legislature detailing the committee's decision.
1809 Section 28. Section 63G-3-502 is amended to read:
1810 63G-3-502. Legislative reauthorization of agency rules -- Extension of rules by
1811 governor.
1812 (1) All grants of rulemaking power from the Legislature to a state agency in any statute
1813 are made subject to the provisions of this section.
1814 (2) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (2)(b), every agency rule that is in effect on
1815 February 28 of any calendar year expires on May 1 of that year unless it has been reauthorized
1816 by the Legislature.
1817 (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection (2)(a), an agency's rules do not expire
1818 if:
1819 (i) the rule is explicitly mandated by a federal law or regulation; or
1820 (ii) a provision of Utah's constitution vests the agency with specific constitutional
1821 authority to regulate.
1822 (3) (a) The Administrative Rules Review Committee shall have omnibus legislation
1823 prepared for consideration by the Legislature during its annual general session.
1824 (b) The omnibus legislation shall be substantially in the following form: "All rules of
1825 Utah state agencies are reauthorized except for the following:".
1826 (c) Before sending the legislation to the governor for the governor's action, the
1827 Administrative Rules Review Committee may send a letter to the governor and to the agency
1828 explaining specifically why the committee believes any rule should not be reauthorized.
1829 (d) For the purpose of this section, the entire rule, a single section, or any complete
1830 paragraph of a rule may be excepted for reauthorization in the omnibus legislation considered
1831 by the Legislature.
1832 (4) (a) The Administrative Rules Review Committee may have legislation prepared for
1833 consideration by the Legislature in the annual general session or a special session regarding any
1834 rule made according to emergency rulemaking procedures described in Section 63G-3-304.
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1836 legislative approval of the rule, nor is it admissible in any proceeding as evidence of legislative
1837 intent.
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1839 Legislature or that will be allowed to expire should continue in full force and effect and is a
1840 rule within their authorized rulemaking power, the agency may seek the governor's declaration
1841 extending the rule beyond the expiration date.
1842 (b) In seeking the extension, the agency shall submit a petition to the governor that
1843 affirmatively states:
1844 (i) that the rule is necessary; and
1845 (ii) a citation to the source of its authority to make the rule.
1846 (c) (i) If the governor finds that the necessity does exist, and that the agency has the
1847 authority to make the rule, the governor may declare the rule to be extended by publishing that
1848 declaration in the Administrative Rules Bulletin on or before April 15 of that year.
1849 (ii) The declaration shall set forth the rule to be extended, the reasons the extension is
1850 necessary, and a citation to the source of the agency's authority to make the rule.
1851 (d) If the omnibus bill required by Subsection (3) fails to pass both houses of the
1852 Legislature or is found to have a technical legal defect preventing reauthorization of
1853 administrative rules intended to be reauthorized by the Legislature, the governor may declare
1854 all rules to be extended by publishing a single declaration in the Administrative Rules Bulletin
1855 on or before June 15 without meeting requirements of Subsections [