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DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY RESTRICTED

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ACCOUNT AMENDMENTS

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2022 GENERAL SESSION

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STATE OF UTAH

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Chief Sponsor: Cheryl K. Acton

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Senate Sponsor: ____________

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8     LONG TITLE
9     General Description:
10          This bill amends a provision related to the Department of Public Safety Restricted
11     Account and annual appropriations to the state medical examiner.
12     Highlighted Provisions:
13          This bill:
14          ▸     clarifies that the annual appropriation from the Department of Public Safety
15     Restricted Account to the state medical examiner is limited to $100,000 per year.
16     Money Appropriated in this Bill:
17          None
18     Other Special Clauses:
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20     Utah Code Sections Affected:
21     AMENDS:
22          53-3-106, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2018, Chapter 417
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24     Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
25          Section 1. Section 53-3-106 is amended to read:
26          53-3-106. Disposition of revenues under this chapter -- Restricted account created
27     -- Uses as provided by appropriation -- Nonlapsing.

28          (1) There is created within the Transportation Fund a restricted account known as the
29     "Department of Public Safety Restricted Account."
30          (2) The account consists of money generated from the following revenue sources:
31          (a) all money received under this chapter;
32          (b) administrative fees received according to the fee schedule authorized under this
33     chapter and Section 63J-1-504;
34          (c) beginning on January 1, 2013, money received in accordance with Section
35     41-1a-1201; and
36          (d) any appropriations made to the account by the Legislature.
37          (3) (a) The account shall earn interest.
38          (b) All interest earned on account money shall be deposited in the account.
39          (4) The expenses of the department in carrying out this chapter shall be provided for by
40     legislative appropriation from this account.
41          (5) The amount in excess of $45 of the fees collected under Subsection 53-3-105(25)
42     shall be appropriated by the Legislature from this account to the department to implement the
43     provisions of Section 53-1-117, except that of the amount in excess of $45, $100 shall be
44     deposited in the State Laboratory Drug Testing Account created in Section 26-1-34.
45          (6) All money received under Subsection 41-6a-1406(6)(b)(ii) shall be appropriated by
46     the Legislature from this account to the department to implement the provisions of Section
47     53-1-117.
48          (7) Beginning in fiscal year 2009-10, the Legislature shall appropriate a maximum of
49     $100,000 annually from the account to the state medical examiner appointed under Section
50     26-4-4 for use in carrying out duties related to highway crash deaths under Subsection
51     26-4-7(1).
52          (8) The division shall remit the fees collected under Subsection 53-3-105(31) to the
53     Bureau of Criminal Identification to cover the costs for the services the Bureau of Criminal
54     Identification provides under Section 53-3-205.5.
55          (9) (a) Beginning on January 1, 2013, the Legislature shall appropriate all money
56     received in the account under Section 41-1a-1201 to the Utah Highway Patrol Division for
57     field operations.
58          (b) The Legislature may appropriate additional money from the account to the Utah

59     Highway Patrol Division for law enforcement purposes.
60          (10) Appropriations to the department from the account are nonlapsing.
61          (11) The department shall report to the Department of Health, on or before December
62     31, the amount the department expects to collect under Subsection 53-3-105(25) in the next
63     fiscal year.