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DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME MODIFICATIONS

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2022 GENERAL SESSION

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STATE OF UTAH

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Chief Sponsor: Daniel McCay

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House Sponsor: ____________

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7     LONG TITLE
8     General Description:
9          This bill amends provisions relating to daylight saving time.
10     Highlighted Provisions:
11          This bill:
12          ▸     defines terms;
13          ▸     exempts all areas of the state from standard time; and
14          ▸     provides that the year-round observed time of the entire state and all of the state's
15     political subdivisions is mountain daylight time.
16     Money Appropriated in this Bill:
17          None
18     Other Special Clauses:
19          None
20     Utah Code Sections Affected:
21     ENACTS:
22          63G-1-902, Utah Code Annotated 1953
23     REPEALS:
24          63G-1-901 (Contingently Effective), as enacted by Laws of Utah 2020, Chapter 247
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26     Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
27          Section 1. Section 63G-1-902 is enacted to read:

28          63G-1-902. Year-round daylight saving time.
29          (1) As used in this section:
30          (a) "Mountain daylight time" means the period during a year when mountain standard
31     time is advanced one hour in accordance with 15 U.S.C. Sec. 260a.
32          (b) "Mountain standard time" means the observed time assigned to the mountain time
33     zone in 15 U.S.C. Sec. 261.
34          (2) Utah exempts all areas of the state from standard time.
35          (3) The year-round observed time of the entire state and all of the state's political
36     subdivisions is mountain daylight time.
37          Section 2. Repealer.
38          This bill repeals:
39          Section 63G-1-901 (Contingently Effective), Year-round daylight saving time.