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Utah Code § 53E-6-607 — Utah Code / Title 53E / Chapter 53E-6 / § 53E-6-607
§ 53E-6-607. Policies for conducting hearings -- Standard of proof.
Status: in_force

(1) The state board and each local school board shall adopt policies for the conduct of hearings to ensure that requirements of due process are met. (2) An accused party shall be provided not less than 15 days before a hearing with: (a) notice of the hearing; (b) the law, rule, or policy alleged to have been violated; (c) sufficient information about the allegations and the evidence to be presented in support of the allegations to permit the accused party to prepare a meaningful defense; (d) a copy of the policies under which the hearing will be conducted; and (e) if the proceeding may result in suspension or revocation of a license: (i) a statement explaining the potential restrictions on employment and volunteer service under Section 53E-6-604.5; (ii) a statement of the circumstances under which the restrictions apply automatically; and (iii) a statement of the circumstances under which the restrictions require written findings by the state board. (3) If an accused party fails to request a hearing within 30 days after written notice is sent to the party's address as shown on the records of the local school board, for actions taken under the auspices of a local school board, or on the records of the state board, for actions taken under the auspices of the state board, then the accused party shall be considered to have waived the right to a hearing and the action may proceed without further delay. (4) Hearing fact finders shall use the preponderance of evidence standard in deciding all questions unless a higher standard is required by law. (5) Unless otherwise provided in this public education code, the decisions of state and local school boards are final determinations under this section, appealable to the appropriate court for review.
Utah Code § 31A-2-108 — Utah Code / Title 31A / Chapter 31A-2 / § 31A-2-108
§ 31A-2-108. Legal services.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided in Subsection (4), the commissioner shall call upon the attorney general for the legal counsel and assistance necessary to enforce this title. Upon the commissioner's request, or upon the attorney general's own initiative, the attorney general may hire special legal counsel under Section 67-5-5 to represent the department. (2) Upon the commissioner's request, or upon the commissioner's own initiative, the attorney general may aid in any investigation, hearing, or other procedure under this title and may institute, prosecute, and defend proceedings relating to the enforcement or interpretation of this title, including any proceeding to which the state, or the commissioner or any employee of the department in an official capacity, is a party or is interested. (3) The commissioner may refer such evidence as is available concerning violations of this title or of any rule or order under this title to the proper county attorney or district attorney, who may, with or without this reference, institute the appropriate criminal proceedings. (4) For proceedings authorized by Chapter 27a, Insurer Receivership Act, the commissioner may employ on a contract basis legal counsel other than the attorney general, with the fees, costs, and expenses of the counsel and the attorney general being a class one administrative expense under Section 31A-27a-701.
Utah Code § 31A-22-306 — Utah Code / Title 31A / Chapter 31A-22 / § 31A-22-306
§ 31A-22-306. Personal injury protection.
Status: in_force

Personal injury protection under Subsection 31A-22-302(2) provides the coverages and benefits described under Section 31A-22-307 to persons described under Section 31A-22-308, but is subject to the limitations, exclusions, and conditions set forth in Section 31A-22-309.
Utah Code § 53H-10-101 — Utah Code / Title 53H / Chapter 53H-10 / § 53H-10-101
§ 53H-10-101. General provisions -- Definitions.
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this chapter: (a) "Account agreement" means an agreement between an account owner and the Utah Educational Savings Plan entered into under this chapter. (b) "Account owner" means a person, estate, or trust, if that person, estate, or trust has entered into an account agreement under this chapter to save for the higher education costs on behalf of a beneficiary. (c) "Beneficiary" means the individual designated in an account agreement to benefit from the amount saved for higher education costs. (d) "Plan" means the Utah Educational Savings Plan created in Section 53H-10-202. (2) (a) The Legislature finds that the general welfare and well-being of the state are directly related to educational levels and skills of the citizens of the state. (b) Therefore, a vital and valid public purpose is served by the creation and implementation of programs which encourage and make possible the attainment of higher education by the greatest number of citizens of the state. (3) (a) The Legislature finds that the state has limited resources to provide additional programs for higher education funding and that the continued operation and maintenance of the state's public institutions of higher education and the general welfare of the citizens of the state will be enhanced by establishing a plan which allows citizens of the state to invest money in a public trust for future application to the payment of higher education costs. (b) The Legislature further finds that the plan described in Subsection (3)(a) serves a vital and valid public purpose. (4) (a) In order to make available to the citizens of the state an opportunity to fund future higher education needs, it is necessary that a public trust be established in which money may be invested for future educational use. (b) It may also be necessary to establish and create an endowment fund, which may be funded with public funds, among other sources, the income from which may be made available to account owners to enhance or encourage their savings invested for future higher education costs or for use in scholarship or other college savings incentive programs.
Utah Code § 78B-5-801 — Utah Code / Title 78B / Chapter 78B-5 / § 78B-5-801
§ 78B-5-801. Public and private statutes defined.
Status: in_force

Statutes are public and private. A private statute is one which concerns only certain designated individuals, and affects only their private rights. All other statutes are public, in which are included statutes creating or affecting corporations.
Utah Code § 31A-23a-604 — Utah Code / Title 31A / Chapter 31A-23a / § 31A-23a-604
§ 31A-23a-604. Examination authority.
Status: in_force

The acts of the managing general agent are considered to be the acts of the insurer on whose behalf it is acting. A managing general agent may be examined as if it were the insurer.
Utah Code § 31A-20-102 — Utah Code / Title 31A / Chapter 31A-20 / § 31A-20-102
§ 31A-20-102. Joint underwriting.
Status: in_force

(1) Every group, association, or other organization of insurers that engages in joint underwriting or joint reinsurance shall file with the commissioner: (a) a copy of its constitution, articles of incorporation, or agreement of association, and its bylaws or rules governing its activities, all certified by the custodian of the originals; (b) a list of its members; and (c) the name and address of its resident process agent. (2) Every group, association, or other organization shall promptly notify the commissioner of every change in its constitution, articles of incorporation, agreement of association, bylaws, rules, its list of members, and its resident process agent. (3) (a) If all members of a group of insurers under this section are authorized to do business in Utah, the business done by the group shall be allocated for regulatory purposes to individual members of the group. (b) The group itself is subject only to: (i) Chapter 1, General Provisions; (ii) Chapter 2, Administration of the Insurance Laws; (iii) Chapter 4, Insurers in General; (iv) Chapter 20, Underwriting Restrictions; (v) Chapter 21, Insurance Contracts in General; (vi) Chapter 22, Contracts in Specific Lines; (vii) Chapter 23a, Insurance Marketing - Licensing Producers, Consultants, and Reinsurance Intermediaries; and (viii) Chapter 26, Insurance Adjusters. (c) If any member of the group is not authorized to do business in Utah, the group shall obtain authorization to do business under Chapter 14, Foreign Insurers, and is subject to regulation under that chapter.
Utah Code § 26B-2-128 — Utah Code / Title 26B / Chapter 26B-2 / § 26B-2-128
§ 26B-2-128. Numerical limit of foster children in a foster home -- Limits on bedroom sharing.
Status: in_force

(1) (a) No more than four foster children may reside in the foster home of a licensed foster parent. (b) No more than three foster children may reside in the foster home of a certified foster parent. (2) When placing a child into a foster home, the limits under Subsection (1) may be exceeded: (a) to place a child into a foster home where a sibling of the child currently resides; or (b) to place a child in a foster home where the child previously resided. (3) The limits under Subsection (1) may be exceeded for: (a) placement of a sibling group in a foster home with no more than one other foster child placement; (b) placement of a child or sibling group in a foster home where the child or sibling group previously resided; or (c) placement of a child in a foster home where a sibling currently resides. (4) (a) A foster child may not share a bedroom with a child of the opposite biological sex unless: (i) each child sharing the bedroom is under two years old; (ii) (A) the department's client record identifies gender-specific rationale for sharing the bedroom; (B) sharing the bedroom is in the best interests of each child sharing the bedroom; and (C) all children sharing the bedroom are relatives; or (iii) (A) there is written caseworker approval for the bedroom assignment; (B) sharing the bedroom is in the best interests of each child sharing the bedroom; and (C) all children sharing the bedroom are relatives. (b) The Division of Child and Family Services shall approve a bedroom assignment by which a child has their own bedroom if: (i) there is a gender-specific or sexual-orientation specific rationale for the bedroom assignment; and (ii) the bedroom assignment is necessary to promote the child's best interest. (5) A foster parent's bedroom may only be shared with a foster child who is under the age of two years old. (6) A foster parent may not share a bed with any foster child.
Utah Code § 17B-1-1105 — Utah Code / Title 17B / Chapter 17B-1 / § 17B-1-1105
§ 17B-1-1105. Revenue bonds -- Requirement to impose rates and charges to cover revenue bonds -- Authority to make agreements and covenants to provide for bond repayment.
Status: in_force

(1) A special district intending to issue revenue bonds may, but is not required to, submit to district voters for their approval the issuance of the revenue bonds at an election held for that purpose as provided in Title 11, Chapter 14, Local Government Bonding Act. (2) Each special district that has issued revenue bonds shall impose rates and charges for the services or commodities it provides fully sufficient, along with other sources of district revenues, to carry out all undertakings of the district with respect to its revenue bonds. (3) A special district that issues revenue bonds may: (a) agree to pay operation and maintenance expenses of the district from the proceeds of the ad valorem taxes authorized in Subsection 17B-1-103(2)(g); and (b) for the benefit of bondholders, enter into covenants that: (i) are permitted by Title 11, Chapter 14, Local Government Bonding Act; and (ii) provide for other pertinent matters that the board of trustees considers proper to assure the marketability of the bonds.
Utah Code § 70C-7-205 — Utah Code / Title 70C / Chapter 70C-7 / § 70C-7-205
§ 70C-7-205. Statute of limitations.
Status: in_force

No action under this title may be brought more than one year after the date of the occurrence of the violation. This section does not bar a person from asserting a violation of this title in an action to collect the debt which is brought more than one year after the date of the occurrence of the violation as a matter of defense by recoupment or setoff to the extent of the outstanding balance of the debt.
Utah Code § 71A-8-105 — Utah Code / Title 71A / Chapter 71A-8 / § 71A-8-105
§ 71A-8-105. Reserve member of armed forces -- Leave of absence from employment -- Liability of employers.
Status: in_force

(1) Any member of a reserve component of the armed forces of the United States who, pursuant to military orders, enters active duty, active duty for training, inactive duty training, or state active duty shall, upon request, be granted a leave of absence from employment, but for no more than five years. (2) Members of the Utah National Guard or the State Defense Force, when ordered to state military service by the governor, have the same rights and protections as provided by federal law for activation to federal military service for the duration of their state service not to exceed five years. (3) General officers of the Utah National Guard or the State Defense Force or other officers appointed to a general officer position, when appointed to state employment by the governor or the adjutant general, have the same rights and protections as provided by federal law for activation to federal military service for the duration of their state appointment, even if the state appointment exceeds five years. (4) Upon satisfactory release from state or federal orders, or from hospitalization incidental to the orders, the member shall be permitted to return to the prior employment and have the same rights and protections as provided by federal law for activation to federal military service as it pertains to seniority, status, pay, and vacation the member would have had as an employee if the member had not been absent for military purposes. (5) Any employer who willfully deprives an employee who is absent as a member under this chapter of any of the benefits under this chapter or discriminates in hiring for any employment position, public or private, based on membership in any reserve component of the armed forces, is guilty of a class B misdemeanor.
Utah Code § 26B-1-209 — Utah Code / Title 26B / Chapter 26B-1 / § 26B-1-209
§ 26B-1-209. Fee schedule adopted by department.
Status: in_force

(1) The department may adopt a schedule of fees that may be assessed for services rendered by the department, provided that the fees are: (a) reasonable and fair; and (b) submitted to the Legislature as part of the department's annual appropriations request. (2) When the department submits a fee schedule to the Legislature, the Legislature, in accordance with Section 63J-1-504, may: (a) approve the fee; (b) increase or decrease and approve the fee; or (c) reject any fee submitted to it. (3) Fees approved by the Legislature under this section shall be paid into the state treasury.
Utah Code § 70A-2-102 — Utah Code / Title 70A / Chapter 70A-2 / § 70A-2-102
§ 70A-2-102. Scope -- Certain security and other transactions excluded from this chapter.
Status: in_force

(1) Unless the context otherwise requires, and except as provided in Subsection (3), this chapter applies to transactions in goods and, in the case of a hybrid transaction, this chapter applies to the extent provided in Subsection (2). (2) In a hybrid transaction: (a) if the sale-of-goods aspects do not predominate, only the provisions of this chapter which relate primarily to the sale-of-goods aspects of the transaction apply, and the provisions that relate primarily to the transaction as a whole do not apply; or (b) if the sale-of-goods aspects predominate, this chapter applies to the transaction but does not preclude application in appropriate circumstances of other law to aspects of the transaction which do not relate to the sale of goods. (3) This chapter does not: (a) apply to a transaction that, even though in the form of an unconditional contract to sell or present sale, operates only to create a security interest; or (b) impair or repeal a statute regulating sales to consumers, farmers, or other specified classes of buyers.
Utah Code § 78B-18a-101 — Utah Code / Title 78B / Chapter 78B-18a / § 78B-18a-101
§ 78B-18a-101. Title.
Status: in_force

This chapter is known as the "Uniform Unsworn Declarations Act."
Utah Code § 17E-2-405 — Utah Code / Title 17E / Chapter 17E-2 / § 17E-2-405
§ 17E-2-405. Enforcement of registration requirements for local substance abuse authority.
Status: in_force

The state auditor shall enforce the provisions of Section 17-77-205 in regard to the registration of a local substance abuse authority as a limited purpose entity.
Utah Code § 32B-1-103 — Utah Code / Title 32B / Chapter 32B-1 / § 32B-1-103
§ 32B-1-103. Policy.
Status: in_force

The policies of the state are as follows: (1) This title shall be administered in a manner that is nonpartisan and free of partisan political influence. (2) Alcoholic product control shall be operated as a public business using sound management principles and practices. This public business shall: (a) be governed by a commission; (b) be operated by a department; and (c) function with the intent of servicing the public demand for alcoholic products. (3) The commission and department may not promote or encourage the sale or consumption of alcoholic products. (4) The commission shall conduct, license, and regulate the sale of alcoholic products in a manner and at prices that: (a) reasonably satisfy the public demand and protect the public interest, including the rights of citizens who do not wish to be involved with alcoholic products; and (b) will promote the reduction of the harmful effects of: (i) overconsumption of alcoholic products by adults; and (ii) consumption of alcoholic products by minors.
Utah Code § 26B-3-904 — Utah Code / Title 26B / Chapter 26B-3 / § 26B-3-904
§ 26B-3-904. Program benefits.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided in Subsection (3), medical and dental program benefits shall be benchmarked, in accordance with 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1397cc, as follows: (a) medical program benefits, including behavioral health care benefits, shall be benchmarked effective July 1, 2019, and on July 1 every third year thereafter, to: (i) be substantially equal to a health benefit plan with the largest insured commercial enrollment offered by a health maintenance organization in the state; and (ii) comply with the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act, Pub. L. No. 110-343; and (b) dental program benefits shall be benchmarked effective July 1, 2019, and on July 1 every third year thereafter in accordance with the Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009, to be substantially equal to a dental benefit plan that has the largest insured, commercial, non-Medicaid enrollment of covered lives that is offered in the state, except that the utilization review mechanism for orthodontia shall be based on medical necessity. (2) On or before July 1 of each year, the department shall publish the benchmark for dental program benefits established under Subsection (1)(b). (3) The program benefits: (a) for enrollees who are at or below 100% of the federal poverty level are exempt from the benchmark requirements of Subsections (1) and (2); and (b) shall include treatment for autism spectrum disorder as defined in Section 31A-22-642, which: (i) shall include coverage for applied behavioral analysis; and (ii) if the benchmark described in Subsection (1)(a) does not include the coverage described in this Subsection (3)(b), the department shall exclude from the benchmark described in Subsection (1)(a) for any purpose other than providing benefits under the program.
Utah Code § 63G-1-201 — Utah Code / Title 63G / Chapter 63G-1 / § 63G-1-201
§ 63G-1-201. Official state language.
Status: in_force

English is declared to be the official language of Utah.
Utah Code § 70C-8-202 — Utah Code / Title 70C / Chapter 70C-8 / § 70C-8-202
§ 70C-8-202. Notification.
Status: in_force

(1) (a) A party who is subject to this part shall file notification with the department at least 30 days before commencing business in this state. (b) After filing the notification required by Subsection (1)(a), a party shall file a notification on or before December 31 of each year. (c) A notification required by this Subsection (1) shall: (i) state the name of the party; (ii) state the name in which the business is transacted if different from that required in Subsection (1)(c)(i); (iii) state the address of the party's principal office, which may be outside this state; (iv) state the address of: (A) each office or retail store, if any, in this state at which credit is offered or extended to a consumer; or (B) in the case of a party taking an assignment of an obligation, each office or place of business within this state at which business is transacted; (v) if credit is extended to a consumer other than at an office or retail store in this state, state a brief description of the manner in which the credit transaction occurs; (vi) state the name and address in this state of a designated agent upon whom service of process may be made; (vii) include evidence satisfactory to the commissioner that the party is authorized to conduct business in this state as a domestic or foreign entity pursuant to filings with the Division of Corporations and Commercial Code under Title 16, Corporations, or Title 48, Unincorporated Business Entity Act; (viii) include evidence satisfactory to the commissioner that the party is registered with the nationwide database; and (ix) include any other information considered pertinent by the department. (2) If information in a notification becomes inaccurate after filing, a party is not required to file further notification until required to renew the party's notification. (3) (a) A party who fails to file a notification or pay a fee required by this part may not extend credit to a consumer in this state until the party fully complies with this part. (b) A party who willfully violates this Subsection (3) is guilty of a class B misdemeanor.
Utah Code § 63G-2-108 — Utah Code / Title 63G / Chapter 63G-2 / § 63G-2-108
§ 63G-2-108. Certification of records officer.
Status: in_force

Each records officer of a governmental entity or political subdivision shall, on an annual basis, successfully complete online training and obtain certification from state archives in accordance with Section 63A-12-110.
Utah Code § 70C-7-203 — Utah Code / Title 70C / Chapter 70C-7 / § 70C-7-203
§ 70C-7-203. Refunds and penalties as setoff to obligation.
Status: in_force

Refunds or penalties to which the debtor is entitled under this part may be set off against the debtor's obligation and may be raised as a defense to a suit on the obligation without regard to the time limitations prescribed by this part.
Utah Code § 70A-9a-808 — Utah Code / Title 70A / Chapter 70A-9a / § 70A-9a-808
§ 70A-9a-808. Priority.
Status: in_force

Laws of Utah 2013, Chapter 225 determines the priority of conflicting claims to collateral. However, if the relative priorities of the claims were established before Laws of Utah 2013, Chapter 225 takes effect, this chapter as it existed before amendment determines priority.
Utah Code § 63A-16-901 — Utah Code / Title 63A / Chapter 63A-16 / § 63A-16-901
§ 63A-16-901. Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this part: (1) "Executive branch agency" means a department, division, or other agency within the executive branch of state government. (2) "Governor's budget office" means the Governor's Office of Planning and Budget, created in Section 63J-4-201. (3) "Review board" means the Architecture Review Board established within the department. (4) "Technology innovation" means a new information technology not previously in use or a substantial adaptation or modification of an existing information technology. (5) "Technology proposal" means a proposal to implement a technology innovation designed to result in a greater efficiency in a government process or a cost saving in the delivery of a government service, or both.