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Utah Code § 53E-2-303 — Utah Code / Title 53E / Chapter 53E-2 / § 53E-2-303
§ 53E-2-303. Family participation in educational process -- Family engagement policy.
Status: in_force

(1) The Legislature recognizes the importance of parental participation in the educational process in order for students to achieve and maintain high levels of performance. (2) It is, therefore, the policy of the state to: (a) encourage parents to provide a home environment that values education and send their children to school prepared to learn; (b) rely upon school districts and schools to provide opportunities for parents of students to be involved in establishing and implementing educational goals for their respective schools and students; and (c) expect employers to recognize the need for parents and members of the community to participate in the public education system in order to help students achieve and maintain excellence. (3) (a) Each local school board shall adopt a policy on parental involvement in the schools of the district. (b) (i) The local school board shall design its policy to build consistent and effective communication among parents, teachers, and administrators. (ii) The policy described in Subsection (3)(b)(i): (A) shall include parents or family, when appropriate, of children learning English, regardless of prevalence of children learning English in the geographic area in which the LEA is located; and (B) may include assistance from community organizations to assist through a preferred method of communication. (c) The policy shall provide parents with the opportunity to be actively involved in their children's education and to be informed of: (i) the importance of the involvement of parents in directly affecting the success of their children's educational efforts; and (ii) groups and organizations that may provide instruction and training to parents to help improve their children's academic success and support their academic efforts.
Utah Code § 53C-2-301 — Utah Code / Title 53C / Chapter 53C-2 / § 53C-2-301
§ 53C-2-301. Illegal activities on trust lands -- Penalties.
Status: in_force

(1) A person is liable for the civil damages prescribed in Subsection (2) and is guilty of a criminal offense specified in Subsection (4) if the person intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly, and without written authorization from the director: (a) uses, commits waste, dumps refuse on, or occupies trust land; (b) interferes with the activities of an employee or agent of the administration on trust lands; or (c) interferes with activities of a lessee or other person that have been authorized by the administration, whether or not the trust land has been withdrawn from occupancy or use pursuant to Subsection 53C-2-105(1)(b). (2) A person who commits an act described in Subsection (1) is liable for damages in the amount of whichever of the following is greatest: (a) three times the value at the point of sale of the mineral or other resource removed, destroyed, or extracted; (b) three times the amount of damage committed; (c) three times the cost to cure the damage; (d) three times the value of any losses suffered as a result of interference with authorized activities; or (e) three times the consideration which would have been charged by the director for use of the land during the period of trespass. (3) In addition to the damages described in Subsection (2), a person found guilty of a criminal act under Subsection (1) is subject to the penalties provided in Title 76, Chapter 3, Punishments, as specified in Subsection (4). (4) A violation of this section is a: (a) second degree felony if the actor's conduct causes property injury or damage, or pecuniary loss equal to or in excess of $5,000 in value; (b) third degree felony if the actor's conduct causes property injury or damage, or pecuniary loss equal to or in excess of $1,500 but is less than $5,000 in value; (c) class A misdemeanor if the actor's conduct causes property injury or damage, or pecuniary loss equal to or in excess of $500 but is less than $1,500 in value; (d) class B misdemeanor if the actor's conduct causes property injury or damage, or pecuniary loss less than $500 in value; and (e) an infraction if the actor's conduct causes no property injury, damage, or pecuniary loss. (5) The director shall deposit money collected under this section in the fund in which like revenues from that land would be deposited. (6) The director may award a portion of any of the damages collected under this section in excess of actual damages to the general fund of the county in which the trespass occurred as a reward for county assistance in the apprehension and prosecution of the trespassing party.
Utah Code § 31A-6a-111 — Utah Code / Title 31A / Chapter 31A-6a / § 31A-6a-111
§ 31A-6a-111. Vehicle protection product warranty requirements.
Status: in_force

(1) A warrantor shall make a reimbursement promised under a vehicle protection product warranty as specified in the warranty, regardless of, and not contingent upon, the payment of a benefit provided for under the warranty holder's primary vehicle insurance or any other contract. (2) (a) If a vehicle protection product is represented as preventing the theft of a vehicle, the vehicle protection product warranty shall, at a minimum, provide for reimbursement of damage a theft causes to the motor vehicle up to $5,000, if the vehicle is recovered within the time period specified in the warranty following the theft of the vehicle, not to exceed 30 days after the day on which the vehicle is reported stolen. (b) If a vehicle protection product is represented as aiding in the recovery of a stolen vehicle, the vehicle protection product warranty shall provide for reimbursement of the vehicle up to $5,000, if the vehicle is not recovered within the time period specified in the warranty following the theft of the vehicle, not to exceed 30 days after the day on which the vehicle is reported stolen.
Utah Code § 70A-9a-517 — Utah Code / Title 70A / Chapter 70A-9a / § 70A-9a-517
§ 70A-9a-517. Effect of indexing errors.
Status: in_force

The failure of the filing office to index a record correctly does not affect the effectiveness of the filed record.
Utah Code § 26B-3-106 — Utah Code / Title 26B / Chapter 26B-3 / § 26B-3-106
§ 26B-3-106. Simplified enrollment and renewal process for Medicaid and other state medical programs -- Financial institutions.
Status: in_force

(1) The department may apply for grants and accept donations to make technology system improvements necessary to implement a simplified enrollment and renewal process for the Medicaid program, Utah Premium Partnership, and Primary Care Network Demonstration Project programs. (2) (a) The department may enter into an agreement with a financial institution doing business in the state to develop and operate a data match system to identify an applicant's or enrollee's assets that: (i) uses automated data exchanges to the maximum extent feasible; and (ii) requires a financial institution each month to provide the name, record address, Social Security number, other taxpayer identification number, or other identifying information for each applicant or enrollee who maintains an account at the financial institution. (b) The department may pay a reasonable fee to a financial institution for compliance with this Subsection (2), as provided in Section 7-1-1006. (c) A financial institution may not be liable under any federal or state law to any person for any disclosure of information or action taken in good faith under this Subsection (2). (d) The department may disclose a financial record obtained from a financial institution under this section only for the purpose of, and to the extent necessary in, verifying eligibility as provided in this section and Section 26B-3-903.
Utah Code § 53F-5-401 — Utah Code / Title 53F / Chapter 53F-5 / § 53F-5-401
§ 53F-5-401. Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this part: (1) "Eligible elementary school" or "eligible junior high school" means a district school or charter school that has at least 50% of the school's students with a family income at or below 185% of the federal poverty level. (2) "Eligible partnership" means a partnership that: (a) includes at least: (i) a local education agency that has designated an eligible school feeder pattern; (ii) a local nonprofit organization; (iii) a private business; (iv) a municipality or county in which the eligible school feeder pattern is located; (v) an institution of higher education within the state; (vi) a state or local government agency that provides services to students attending schools within the eligible school feeder pattern; (vii) a local philanthropic organization; and (viii) a local health care organization; and (b) has designated a local education agency or local nonprofit organization to act as lead applicant for a grant described in this part. (3) "Eligible school feeder pattern" means the succession of schools that a student enrolls in as the student progresses from kindergarten through grade 12 that includes, as designated by a local education agency: (a) a high school; (b) an eligible junior high school that: (i) is a district school within the geographic boundary of the high school described in Subsection (3)(a); or (ii) is a charter school that sends at least 50% of the charter school's students to the high school described in Subsection (3)(a); and (c) an eligible elementary school that: (i) is a district school within the geographic boundary of the high school described in Subsection (3)(a); or (ii) is a charter school that sends at least 50% of the charter school's students to the junior high school described in Subsection (3)(b). (4) "Local education agency" means a school district or charter school.
Utah Code § 17B-2a-813 — Utah Code / Title 17B / Chapter 17B-2a / § 17B-2a-813
§ 17B-2a-813. Rights, benefits, and protective conditions for employees of a public transit district -- Strike prohibited -- Employees of an acquired transit system.
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section: (a) (i) "Employee" means an individual employed by an employer. (ii) "Employee" does not include a person employed as a supervisor, managerial employee, or confidential employee. (b) "Employer" means a person that employs an employee. (2) The rights, benefits, and other employee protective conditions and remedies of Section 13(c) of the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964, 49 U.S.C. Sec. 5333(b), as determined by the Secretary of Labor, apply to a public transit district's establishment and operation of a public transit service or system. (3) (a) Employees of a public transit system established and operated by a public transit district have the right to: (i) self-organization; (ii) form, join, or assist labor organizations; and (iii) bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing. (b) Employees of a public transit district and labor organizations may not join in a strike against the public transit system operated by the public transit district. (c) Each public transit district shall: (i) recognize and bargain exclusively with any labor organization representing a majority of the district's employees in an appropriate unit with respect to wages, salaries, hours, working conditions, and welfare, pension, and retirement provisions; and (ii) upon reaching agreement with the labor organization, enter into and execute a written contract incorporating the agreement. (4) If a public transit district acquires an existing public transit system: (a) all employees of the acquired system who are necessary for the operation of the acquired system, except executive and administrative officers and employees, shall be: (i) transferred to and appointed employees of the acquiring public transit district; and (ii) given sick leave, seniority, vacation, and pension or retirement credits in accordance with the acquired system's records; (b) members and beneficiaries of a pension or retirement plan or other program of benefits that the acquired system has established shall continue to have rights, privileges, benefits, obligations, and status with respect to that established plan or program; and (c) the public transit district may establish, amend, or modify, by agreement with employees or their authorized representatives, the terms, conditions, and provisions of a pension or retirement plan or of an amendment or modification of a pension or retirement plan. (5) A pension administrator for a retirement plan sponsored by a public transit district or a person designated by the administrator shall maintain retirement records in accordance with Subsection 49-11-618(2).
Utah Code § 53H-7-502 — Utah Code / Title 53H / Chapter 53H-7 / § 53H-7-502
§ 53H-7-502. Code of conduct violation -- Report of sexual violence.
Status: in_force

An institution may not sanction a student for a code of conduct violation related to the use of drugs or alcohol if: (1) the student is: (a) a victim of an act of sexual violence; or (b) a witness to an act of sexual violence; (2) the student reports to the institution, in good faith, a covered allegation related to the act of sexual violence described in Subsection (1); and (3) the institution learns of the student's code of conduct violation due to the student's report described in Subsection (2).
Utah Code § 71A-7-101 — Utah Code / Title 71A / Chapter 71A-7 / § 71A-7-101
§ 71A-7-101. Memorials by cities and towns.
Status: in_force

(1) The boards of city commissioners, city councils, and town boards, respectively, may appropriate from any fund of the city or town available for general purposes amounts considered expedient for the purpose of erecting or contributing to the erection of a memorial to commemorate the achievements of uniformed service members and veterans of the state within their respective cities or towns. (2) The city commissioners, city council, or town board may, when authorized by the qualified electors of the city or town, issue general obligation bonds and devote the proceeds to the erection of memorials.
Utah Code § 53H-9-305 — Utah Code / Title 53H / Chapter 53H-9 / § 53H-9-305
§ 53H-9-305. Deposit of bond proceeds -- Division of Facilities Construction and Management responsibilities and approval.
Status: in_force

(1) The board treasurer or other fiscal officer, with the approval of the state treasurer, deposits the proceeds from the sale of bonds under this part into a special Construction Trust Fund Account established in compliance with Title 51, Chapter 7, State Money Management Act. (2) The proceeds are credited to the board on behalf of the institution of higher education for which the bonds were issued. (3) The proceeds are kept in a separate fund and used solely for the purpose for which they were authorized by the board. (4) The Division of Facilities Construction and Management makes all contracts and executes all instruments which it considers necessary to provide for the projects referred to in Section 53H-9-302. (5) The proceeds in the special Construction Trust Fund Account shall be disbursed only upon receipt of written statements supported by itemized estimates and claims presented to the Division of Facilities Construction and Management as provided in the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds.
Utah Code § 39A-4-112 — Utah Code / Title 39A / Chapter 39A-4 / § 39A-4-112
§ 39A-4-112. Governor may proclaim martial law.
Status: in_force

(1) Whenever the Defense Force or any portion of the Defense Force is called into active service, the governor may, by proclamation, declare all or any part of any county, city or town in which the troops are serving to be under martial law. (2) When the Defense Force is in active service, the commanding officer and his subordinates may cooperate with the civil authorities as directed by the adjutant general.
Utah Code § 31A-22-318 — Utah Code / Title 31A / Chapter 31A-22 / § 31A-22-318
§ 31A-22-318. Identification.
Status: in_force

(1) Any aftermarket crash part supplied by a nonoriginal equipment manufacturer for use in a motor vehicle in this state shall have the logo or name of the nonoriginal equipment manufacturer affixed or inscribed on the aftermarket crash part. (2) The nonoriginal equipment manufacturer's logo or name shall be visible after installation whenever practicable.
Utah Code § 20A-4-101 — Utah Code / Title 20A / Chapter 20A-4 / § 20A-4-101
§ 20A-4-101. Manual ballots cast at a polling place -- Counting manual ballots at polling place on day of election before polls close.
Status: in_force

(1) Each county legislative body, municipal legislative body, and each poll worker shall comply with the requirements of this section when counting manual ballots on the day of an election, if: (a) the ballots are cast at a polling place; and (b) the ballots are counted at the polling place before the polls close. (2) (a) Each county legislative body or municipal legislative body shall provide: (i) two sets of ballot boxes for all voting precincts where both receiving and counting judges have been appointed; and (ii) a counting room for the use of the poll workers counting the ballots during the day. (b) At any election in any voting precinct in which both receiving and counting judges have been appointed, when at least 20 votes have been cast, the receiving judges shall: (i) close the first ballot box and deliver it to the counting judges; and (ii) prepare and use another ballot box to receive voted ballots. (c) Except as provided in Subsection (2)(f), upon receipt of the ballot box, the counting judges shall: (i) take the ballot box to the counting room; (ii) count the votes on the regular ballots in the ballot box; (iii) place the provisional ballot envelopes in the envelope or container provided for them for return to the election officer; and (iv) when they have finished counting the votes in the ballot box, return the emptied box to the receiving judges. (d) (i) During the course of election day, whenever there are at least 20 ballots contained in a ballot box, the receiving judges shall deliver that ballot box to the counting judges for counting; and (ii) the counting judges shall immediately count the regular ballots and segregate the provisional ballots contained in that box. (e) The counting judges shall continue to exchange the ballot boxes and count ballots until the polls close. (f) (i) The director of elections within the Office of the Lieutenant Governor shall make rules in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, describing the procedures that a counting judge is required to follow for counting ballots in an instant runoff voting race under Part 6, Municipal Alternate Voting Methods Pilot Project. (ii) When counting ballots in an instant runoff voting race described in Part 6, Municipal Alternate Voting Methods Pilot Project, a counting judge shall comply with the procedures established under Subsection (2)(f)(i) and Part 6, Municipal Alternate Voting Methods Pilot Project. (3) To resolve questions that arise during the counting of ballots, a counting judge shall apply the standards and requirements of: (a) to the extent applicable, Section 20A-4-105; and (b) as applicable, for an instant runoff voting race under Part 6, Municipal Alternate Voting Methods Pilot Project, Subsections 20A-4-603(3) through (5).
Utah Code § 63B-2-106 — Utah Code / Title 63B / Chapter 63B-2 / § 63B-2-106
§ 63B-2-106. Constitutional debt limitation.
Status: in_force

(1) The commission may not issue bonds under this chapter in an amount that violates the limitation described in Article XIV, Sec. 1, Utah Constitution. (2) For purposes of applying the debt limitation contained in Article XIV, Sec. 1, Utah Constitution, the value of the taxable property in Utah is considered to be 100% of the fair market value of the taxable property of the state, as computed from the last assessment for state purposes previous to the issuance of the bonds.
Utah Code § 63L-7-103 — Utah Code / Title 63L / Chapter 63L-7 / § 63L-7-103
§ 63L-7-103. Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter: (1) "Acquisition date" means the day on which the state received title to land. (2) "Conservation area" means an area that potentially has wilderness characteristics. (3) "DNR" means the Department of Natural Resources. (4) "PLPCO" means the Public Lands Policy Coordination Office. (5) "Protected wilderness area" means an area of wilderness that has been designated under this chapter as part of the Utah wilderness preservation system. (6) "Road" means a road classified as either a class B road, as described in Section 72-3-103, or a class D road, as described in Section 72-3-105. (7) "Roadless area" means an area without a road, as defined in Subsection (6). (8) "Wilderness" means a roadless area of undeveloped state-owned land, other than land owned by the School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration, that: (a) is acquired by the state from the federal government through purchase, exchange, grant, or any other means of conveyance of title after May 13, 2014; (b) retains its primeval character and influence, without permanent improvements or human habitation; (c) generally appears to have been affected primarily by the forces of nature, with minimal human impact; (d) has at least 5,000 contiguous acres of land, or is of sufficient size as to make practicable its preservation and use in an unimpaired condition; (e) has outstanding opportunities for solitude, or a primitive and unconfined type of recreation; and (f) may contain ecological, geological, or other features of scientific, educational, scenic, or historical value.
Utah Code § 26B-5-362 — Utah Code / Title 26B / Chapter 26B-5 / § 26B-5-362
§ 26B-5-362. Commitment and care of criminally insane.
Status: in_force

Nothing contained in this part may be construed to alter or change the method presently employed for the commitment and care of the criminally insane as provided in Title 77, Chapter 15, Defendant's Competency to Proceed.
Utah Code § 31A-25-305 — Utah Code / Title 31A / Chapter 31A-25 / § 31A-25-305
§ 31A-25-305. Fiduciary requirements for third party administrators.
Status: in_force

(1) All money received by a third party administrator in that capacity shall be held by the third party administrator as a fiduciary. The money shall be paid in a timely manner to the persons entitled to it. While any money is being held by the third party administrator, it shall be deposited promptly in one or more fiduciary bank accounts maintained by the third party administrator pursuant to any rules the commissioner adopts to protect the integrity of the funds. (2) If premiums deposited in a fiduciary account have been collected on behalf of more than one insurer or more than one class of insureds, the third party administrator shall keep records clearly recording the deposits and withdrawals from the account by or for the benefit of persons beneficially entitled to them, if there are not separate accounts for that purpose. The third party administrator shall furnish the insurer or policyholder with copies of the records pertaining to deposits and withdrawals on behalf of the insurer or policyholder. (3) The third party administrator may not pay any claim by withdrawals from a fiduciary account. Withdrawals from the account may be made as provided in the written agreement between the third party administrator and the insurer, or between the third party administrator and the policyholders, as required under this chapter, for the following: (a) remittance to an insurer entitled to the remittance; (b) deposit in an account maintained in the name of the insurer; (c) transfer to and deposit in a claims-paying account, with claims to be paid as provided by Section 31A-25-306; (d) payment to a group policyholder for remittance to the insurer entitled to the remittance; (e) payment to the third party administrator of its commission, fees, or charges; or (f) remittance of return premiums to the persons entitled to them.