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Utah Code § 75A-9-107 — Utah Code / Title 75A / Chapter 75A-9 / § 75A-9-107
§ 75A-9-107. Power of attorney for health care.
Status: in_force

(1) An individual may create a power of attorney for health care to appoint an agent to make health care decisions for the individual. (2) An individual is disqualified from acting as agent for an individual who lacks capacity to make health care decisions if: (a) a court finds that the potential agent poses a danger to the individual's well-being, even if the court does not issue a protective order against the potential agent; or (b) the potential agent is an owner, operator, employee, or contractor of a nursing home or assisted living facility in which the individual resides or is receiving care, unless the owner, operator, employee, or contractor is a family member of the individual, the cohabitant of the individual, or a descendant of the cohabitant. (3) A health care decision made by an agent is effective without judicial approval. (4) A power of attorney for health care must be in a record, signed by the individual creating the power, and signed by an adult witness who: (a) reasonably believes the act of the individual to create the power of attorney is voluntary and knowing; (b) is not: (i) the agent appointed by the individual; (ii) the agent's spouse or cohabitant; or (iii) if the individual resides or is receiving care in a nursing home or assisted living facility, the owner, operator, employee, or contractor of the nursing home or assisted living facility; and (c) is present when the individual signs the power of attorney or when the individual represents that the power of attorney reflects the individual's wishes. (5) A witness under Subsection (4) is considered present if the witness and the individual are: (a) physically present in the same location; (b) using electronic means that allow for real time audio and visual transmission and communication in real time to the same extent as if the witness and the individual were physically present in the same location; or (c) able to speak to and hear each other in real time through audio connection if: (i) the identity of the individual is personally known to the witness; or (ii) the witness is able to authenticate the identity of the individual by receiving accurate answers from the individual that enable the authentication. (6) A power of attorney for health care may include a health care instruction.
Utah Code § 26B-1-504 — Utah Code / Title 26B / Chapter 26B-1 / § 26B-1-504
§ 26B-1-504. Fatality review committees for a resident of the Utah State Hospital or the Utah State Developmental Center.
Status: in_force

(1) If a qualified individual who is the subject of a formal review was a resident of the Utah State Hospital or the Utah State Developmental Center, the fatality review coordinator of that facility shall organize a fatality review committee to review the near fatality or the death. (2) Except as provided in Subsection (4), a committee described in Subsection (1) shall include the following members: (a) the fatality review coordinator for the facility, who shall serve as chair of the committee; (b) a member of the management staff of the facility; (c) a supervisor of a unit other than the one in which the qualified individual resided; (d) a physician; (e) a representative from the administration of the division that oversees the facility; (f) the department's fatality review coordinator; (g) a member of the department's risk management services; and (h) a citizen who is not an employee of the department. (3) A committee described in Subsection (1) may also include a person whose knowledge or expertise may significantly contribute to the formal review. (4) A committee described in this section may not include an individual who: (a) was involved in, or who supervises a person who was involved in, the near fatality or the death; or (b) has a conflict with the fatality review.
Utah Code § 53H-8-307 — Utah Code / Title 53H / Chapter 53H-8 / § 53H-8-307
§ 53H-8-307. Legislative audit.
Status: in_force

(1) Subject to prioritization of the Audit Subcommittee, the Office of the Legislative Auditor General established under Section 36-12-15 shall in any fiscal year: (a) conduct an audit of money appropriated for performance funding; and (b) prepare and submit a written report for an audit described in this section in accordance with Section 36-12-15. (2) An audit described in this section shall include: (a) an evaluation of the implementation of performance funding; and (b) the use of performance funding.
Utah Code § 63I-1-103 — Utah Code / Title 63I / Chapter 63I-1 / § 63I-1-103
§ 63I-1-103. Guidelines for conduct of review.
Status: in_force

(1) (a) Any statute or agency scheduled for termination may be reviewed by an interim committee at the direction of: (i) Legislative Management Committee; (ii) the chairs of an interim committee; or (iii) an interim committee as approved by motion and majority vote of its membership. (b) The review shall begin not later than one year before scheduled termination and end before January 1 of the year in which termination is scheduled. (2) In determining whether to reauthorize the statute or agency, the agency overseeing the statute or agency scheduled for termination shall clearly identify for the interim committee the public purpose and interest for which each statute or agency was originally created and clearly identify whether that public purpose and interest is still relevant. (3) The interim committee shall then consider: (a) the extent to which the statute or agency has operated in the public interest and any areas in which the statute or agency needs to improve its ability to operate in the public interest; (b) the extent to which existing statutes interfere with or assist the legitimate functions of the statute or agency, and any other circumstances including budgetary, resource, and personnel matters that have a bearing on the capacity of the statute or agency to serve the public interest; (c) the extent to which the public has been encouraged to participate in the adoption of the rules established in connection with the statute or agency; (d) the extent to which the statute's provisions or agency's programs and services are duplicative of those offered by other statutes or state agencies; (e) the extent to which the objectives of the statute or agency have been accomplished and their public benefit; (f) the adverse effect on the public of termination of the statute or agency; and (g) any other matter relevant to the review. (4) It is the responsibility of any agency scheduled for termination or any agency which has oversight responsibilities for a statute scheduled for termination to seek its reauthorization with the Legislature.
Utah Code § 63C-1-101 — Utah Code / Title 63C / Chapter 63C-1 / § 63C-1-101
§ 63C-1-101. Title.
Status: in_force

This title is known as the "State Commissions and Councils Code."
Utah Code § 63I-1-223 — Utah Code / Title 63I / Chapter 63I-1 / § 63I-1-223
§ 63I-1-223. Repeal dates: Title 23A.
Status: in_force

7/1/2026 (1) Section 23A-2-302, Wildlife Board Nominating Committee created, is repealed July 1, 2028. (2) Section 23A-2-303, Regional advisory councils created, is repealed July 1, 2028.
Utah Code § 31A-5-409 — Utah Code / Title 31A / Chapter 31A-5 / § 31A-5-409
§ 31A-5-409. Selection and removal of directors and officers of mutuals.
Status: in_force

(1) The articles or bylaws of a mutual shall state: (a) the number of directors of the mutual including the directors that are: (i) appointed as public directors under this Subsection (1) and Subsection (2); or (ii) elected under Subsection (3); (b) the number of directors of the mutual that may be appointed as public directors; and (c) the plan that specifies the manner in which: (i) a public director is to be appointed; and (ii) a director who is not a public director is to be elected. (2) (a) The plan for the appointment of public directors specified in Subsection (1) shall assure true public representation on the board. (b) A person appointed as a public director shall have insurance business or other business or professional experience that qualifies that person to serve responsibly and impartially as a director. (c) A public director may be an uncompensated member of the board of directors. (d) Notwithstanding Subsection (2)(c), a public director shall meet the qualifications of Subsection (2)(b). (3) (a) A director who is not a public director shall be elected by: (i) the policyholders; or (ii) voting members. (b) If the directors who are not public directors are divided into classes, one class shall be elected: (i) at least every four years; and (ii) for a term not exceeding six years. (4) A director may be removed from office for cause by an affirmative vote of a majority of the full board at a meeting of the board called for that purpose. (5) Subject to Subsections (1) through (4), Section 16-6a-810 applies to vacancies on the governing board.
Utah Code § 63L-12-101 — Utah Code / Title 63L / Chapter 63L-12 / § 63L-12-101
§ 63L-12-101. Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter: (1) "Governmental entity" means: (a) an agency, as that term is defined in Section 63G-10-102; (b) the School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration created in Section 53C-1-201; (c) the School and Institutional Trust Lands Board of Trustees created in Section 53C-1-202; or (d) a political subdivision, as that term is defined in Section 63L-11-102. (2) "Grant" means: (a) to convey, in whole or in part, with or without consideration; and (b) to contract or partner with an entity for the development of moderate income housing. (3) "Moderate income housing" means a dwelling that is: (a) offered for sale to an owner-occupier at a purchase price affordable to a household with a gross income of no more than 120% of the area median income for the county in which the residential unit is offered for sale and is deed restricted for no fewer than five years; or (b) offered for rent at a rental price affordable to a household with a gross income of no more than 80% of the area median income for the county in which the residential unit is offered for rent. (4) "Municipality" means the same as that term is defined in Section 10-1-104. (5) "Owner-occupier" means an individual who owns, solely or jointly, a housing unit in which the individual lives as the individual's primary residence.
Utah Code § 70A-8-503 — Utah Code / Title 70A / Chapter 70A-8 / § 70A-8-503
§ 70A-8-503. Property interest of entitlement holder in financial asset held by securities intermediary.
Status: in_force

(1) To the extent necessary for a securities intermediary to satisfy all security entitlements with respect to a particular financial asset, all interests in that financial asset held by the securities intermediary are held by the securities intermediary for the entitlement holders, are not property of the securities intermediary, and are not subject to claims of creditors of the securities intermediary, except as otherwise provided in Section 70A-8-511. (2) An entitlement holder's property interest with respect to a particular financial asset under Subsection (1) is a pro rata property interest in all interests in that financial asset held by the securities intermediary, without regard to the time the entitlement holder acquired the security entitlement or the time the securities intermediary acquired the interest in that financial asset. (3) An entitlement holder's property interest with respect to a particular financial asset under Subsection (1) may be enforced against the securities intermediary only by exercise of that entitlement holder's rights under Sections 70A-8-505 through 70A-8-508. (4) (a) An entitlement holder's property interest with respect to a particular financial asset under Subsection (1) may be enforced against a purchaser of the financial asset or interest therein only if: (i) insolvency proceedings have been initiated by or against the securities intermediary; (ii) the securities intermediary does not have sufficient interests in the financial asset to satisfy the security entitlements of all of its entitlement holders to that financial asset; (iii) the securities intermediary violated its obligations under Section 70A-8-504 by transferring the financial asset or interest therein to the purchaser; and (iv) the purchaser is not protected under Subsection (5). (b) The trustee or other liquidator, acting on behalf of all entitlement holders having security entitlements with respect to a particular financial asset, may recover the financial asset, or interest therein, from the purchaser. If the trustee or other liquidator elects not to pursue that right, an entitlement holder whose security entitlement remains unsatisfied has the right to recover its interest in the financial asset from the purchaser. (5) An action based on the entitlement holder's property interest with respect to a particular financial asset under Subsection (1), whether framed in conversion, replevin, constructive trust, equitable lien, or other theory, may not be asserted against any purchaser of a financial asset or interest therein who gives value, obtains control, and does not act in collusion with the securities intermediary in violating the securities intermediary's obligations under Section 70A-8-504.
Utah Code § 53G-4-304 — Utah Code / Title 53G / Chapter 53G-4 / § 53G-4-304
§ 53G-4-304. Other local school board officers.
Status: in_force

(1) A local school board may appoint other necessary officers who serve at the pleasure of the local school board. (2) These officers shall qualify by taking the constitutional oath of office before assuming office.
Utah Code § 70A-2-322 — Utah Code / Title 70A / Chapter 70A-2 / § 70A-2-322
§ 70A-2-322. Delivery "ex-ship."
Status: in_force

(1) Unless otherwise agreed a term for delivery of goods "ex-ship" (which means from the carrying vessel) or in equivalent language is not restricted to a particular ship and requires delivery from a ship which has reached a place at the named port of destination where goods of the kind are usually discharged. (2) Under such a term unless otherwise agreed (a) the seller must discharge all liens arising out of the carriage and furnish the buyer with a direction which puts the carrier under a duty to deliver the goods; and (b) the risk of loss does not pass to the buyer until the goods leave the ship's tackle or are otherwise properly unloaded.
Utah Code § 75A-5-506 — Utah Code / Title 75A / Chapter 75A-5 / § 75A-5-506
§ 75A-5-506. Income taxes.
Status: in_force

(1) A tax required to be paid by a fiduciary that is based on receipts allocated to income shall be paid from income. (2) A tax required to be paid by a fiduciary that is based on receipts allocated to principal shall be paid from principal, even if the tax is called an income tax by the taxing authority. (3) Subject to Subsection (4) and Sections 75A-5-504, 75A-5-505, and 75A-5-507, a tax required to be paid by a fiduciary on a share of an entity's taxable income in an accounting period shall be paid from: (a) income and principal proportionately to the allocation between income and principal of receipts from the entity in the period; and (b) principal, to the extent that the tax exceeds the receipts from the entity in the accounting period. (4) After applying Subsections (1) through (3), a fiduciary shall adjust income or principal receipts, to the extent that the taxes the fiduciary pays are reduced because of a deduction for a payment made to a beneficiary.
Utah Code § 32B-4-412 — Utah Code / Title 32B / Chapter 32B-4 / § 32B-4-412
§ 32B-4-412. Unlawful purchase by intoxicated person.
Status: in_force

A person may not purchase an alcoholic product if the person is intoxicated.
Utah Code § 53E-2-302 — Utah Code / Title 53E / Chapter 53E-2 / § 53E-2-302
§ 53E-2-302. Characteristics of public education system.
Status: in_force

The Legislature shall assist in maintaining a public education system that has the following characteristics: (1) assumes that all students have the ability to learn and that each student departing the system will be prepared to achieve success in productive employment, further education, or both; (2) provides a personalized education plan or personalized education occupation plan for each student, which involves the student, the student's parent, and school personnel in establishing the plan; (3) provides students with the knowledge and skills to take responsibility for their decisions and to make appropriate choices; (4) provides opportunities for students to exhibit the capacity to learn, think, reason, and work effectively, individually and in groups; (5) offers world-class core standards that enable students to successfully compete in a global society, and to succeed as citizens of a constitutional republic; (6) incorporates an information retrieval system that provides students, parents, and educators with reliable, useful, and timely data on the progress of each student; (7) attracts, prepares, inducts, and retains excellent teachers for every classroom in large part through collaborative efforts among the state board, the Utah Board of Higher Education, and school districts, provides effective ongoing professional development opportunities for teachers to improve their teaching skills, and provides recognition, rewards, and compensation for their excellence; (8) empowers each school district and public school to create its own vision and plan to achieve results consistent with the objectives outlined in this part; (9) uses technology to improve teaching and learning processes and for the delivery of educational services; (10) promotes ongoing research and development projects at the district and the school level that are directed at improving or enhancing public education; (11) offers a public school choice program, which gives students and their parents options to best meet the student's personalized education needs; (12) emphasizes the involvement of educators, parents, business partnerships, and the community at large in the educational process by allowing them to be involved in establishing and implementing educational goals and participating in decision-making at the school site; and (13) emphasizes competency-based standards and progress-based assessments, including tracking and measurement systems.
Utah Code § 78B-7-1206 — Utah Code / Title 78B / Chapter 78B-7 / § 78B-7-1206
§ 78B-7-1206. Other remedies.
Status: in_force

An individual who seeks a remedy under this part may seek other legal or equitable remedies.
Utah Code § 39A-5-223 — Utah Code / Title 39A / Chapter 39A-5 / § 39A-5-223
§ 39A-5-223. Vote necessary for conviction or other questions -- Tie votes.
Status: in_force

(1) The accused may not be convicted of any offense except by a unanimous verdict of the members of the court present at the time the vote is taken. (2) All other questions decided by the members of a military court are determined by a majority vote. A determination to reconsider a finding of guilty, to reconsider a sentence, or to decrease a sentence, may be made by any lesser vote which indicates that the reconsideration is not opposed by the number of votes required for that finding or sentence. (3) (a) A tie vote on a challenge disqualifies the member challenged. (b) A tie vote on a motion for a finding of not guilty or on a motion relating to the question of the accused's sanity is a determination against the accused. (c) A tie vote on any other question is a determination in favor of the accused.
Utah Code § 31A-2-310 — Utah Code / Title 31A / Chapter 31A-2 / § 31A-2-310
§ 31A-2-310. Procedure for service of process through state officer.
Status: in_force

(1) Service upon the commissioner or lieutenant governor under Section 31A-2-309 is service on the principal, if: (a) two copies of the process to be served and the required processing fee are delivered personally or to the office of the official designated in Section 31A-2-309; and (b) that official mails a copy of the process to the person to be served according to Subsection (2)(c)(i). (2) (a) Upon request, the commissioner or the lieutenant governor shall give a receipt for all process served through the commissioner or the lieutenant governor. (b) The commissioner or the lieutenant governor shall keep a record of process served through the commissioner or the lieutenant governor. (c) (i) The commissioner or the lieutenant governor shall send by certified mail a copy of the process the commissioner or the lieutenant governor receives to the person to be served at that person's last known principal place of business, residence, or post-office address. (ii) The commissioner or the lieutenant governor shall retain a copy of the process in a file. (d) No plaintiff or complainant may take a judgment by default in a proceeding in which process is served under this section and Section 31A-2-309 until the expiration of 40 days from the date of service of process under Subsection (2)(c)(i). (3) (a) The official designated in Section 31A-2-309 shall evidence proof of service by a certificate: (i) showing service made upon the official and mailing by the official; and (ii) that is attached to a copy of the process presented to the official for that purpose. (b) A person seeking evidence of proof of service shall: (i) prepare the certificate described in Subsection (3)(a); and (ii) obtain the signature of the official designated in Section 31A-2-309. (4) When process is served under this section, the words "twenty days" in the first sentence of Rule 12(a) of the Utah Rules of Civil Procedure shall be changed to read "forty days."
Utah Code § 63B-1b-301 — Utah Code / Title 63B / Chapter 63B-1b / § 63B-1b-301
§ 63B-1b-301. State treasurer may sell, assign, or liquidate agency bonds -- Marketing plan required.
Status: in_force

(1) One or more authorizing agencies may from time to time request the state treasurer to sell, assign, or liquidate agency bonds on behalf of the authorizing agencies as provided in Section 63B-1b-302. (2) (a) Agency bonds shall be sold, assigned, transferred, or liquidated by the state treasurer pursuant to a marketing plan provided by the state treasurer under Section 63B-1b-302. (b) The governor or the governor's designee and the appropriate authorizing agency shall approve the marketing plan, in writing.
Utah Code § 63B-1a-301 — Utah Code / Title 63B / Chapter 63B-1a / § 63B-1a-301
§ 63B-1a-301. Sinking fund -- Creation -- Investment of money.
Status: in_force

(1) For bonds authorized and issued as provided in this chapter, the commission shall create a sinking fund, to be administered by the state treasurer. (2) All money deposited in the sinking fund, from whatever source, shall be used to pay debt service on the bonds. (3) The commission or the state treasurer may create separate accounts within the sinking fund. (4) (a) The state treasurer may, by following the procedures and requirements of Title 51, Chapter 7, State Money Management Act, invest any money contained in the sinking fund until it is needed for the purposes for which the fund was created. (b) Unless otherwise provided in the resolution of the commission authorizing the issuance of bonds under this chapter, the treasurer: (i) shall deposit all income from the investment of any sinking fund money into the sinking fund; and (ii) may use it for the payment of debt service on the bonds.