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7 LONG TITLE
8 General Description:
9 This bill creates the Missing Child Identification Program to be administered by the
10 attorney general.
11 Highlighted Provisions:
12 This bill:
13 ▸ creates the Missing Child Identification Program to be administered by the attorney
14 general to provide a fingerprint and DNA collection kit to a parent or legal guardian
15 of a child entering kindergarten.
16 Money Appropriated in this Bill:
17 None
18 Other Special Clauses:
19 This bill provides a special effective date.
20 Utah Code Sections Affected:
21 ENACTS:
22 67-5-38, Utah Code Annotated 1953
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24 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
25 Section 1. Section 67-5-38 is enacted to read:
26 67-5-38. Missing Child Identification Program.
27 (1) As used in this section:
28 (a) "Kit" means a fingerprint and DNA identification kit that may be used to collect
29 and store fingerprint and DNA information.
30 (b) "Program" means the Missing Child Identification Program created in this section.
31 (2) (a) There is created the Missing Child Identification Program to be administered by
32 the attorney general as described in this section.
33 (b) The purpose of the program is to provide a kit to a parent or legal guardian of a
34 kindergarten student, to be distributed by the student's elementary school, which the parent or
35 guardian may use to collect and store a child's fingerprint and DNA information for potential
36 use by law enforcement in the event that the child is missing.
37 (c) If the Legislature does not appropriate funds specifically for the program, the
38 attorney general may implement the program using other available appropriations.
39 (3) (a) The attorney general shall provide kits to each Utah elementary school to be
40 distributed to the parent or legal guardian of each student entering kindergarten in the
41 elementary school.
42 (b) The attorney general shall obtain the kits in compliance with Title 63G, Chapter 6a,
43 Utah Procurement Code.
44 (c) The kits described in Subsection (3)(a) may be delivered to an elementary school
45 directly through the supplier of the kits.
46 (d) The State Board of Education, or the State Board of Education's designee, shall
47 coordinate with the attorney general to determine how many kits are needed each year at each
48 elementary school.
49 (e) An elementary school that receives a supply of kits shall offer a kit to a parent or
50 legal guardian for a student entering kindergarten at the elementary school.
51 (4) The attorney general may make rules in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah
52 Administrative Rulemaking Act, to carry out the program.
53 Section 2. Effective date.
54 This bill takes effect on July 1, 2022.