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Utah Code § 63B-1-320 — Utah Code / Title 63B / Chapter 63B-1 / § 63B-1-320
§ 63B-1-320. State to succeed to property of authority when encumbrances paid or authority dissolved.
Status: in_force

(1) Each facility shall immediately vest in and become the property of this state when the obligations encumbering it are paid. (2) If the authority is dissolved at any time, for any reason, all property of the authority shall immediately vest in and become the property of this state, which shall succeed to all rights of the authority and to any encumbrances which may then exist on any particular facilities, to the extent provided by this part.
Utah Code § 20A-11-904 — Utah Code / Title 20A / Chapter 20A-11 / § 20A-11-904
§ 20A-11-904. Contribution given in another's name prohibited.
Status: in_force

A person may not: (1) make a contribution in the name of another; (2) knowingly permit another to make a contribution in the person's name; or (3) knowingly accept a contribution made by one person in the name of another.
Utah Code § 78B-6-610 — Utah Code / Title 78B / Chapter 78B-6 / § 78B-6-610
§ 78B-6-610. Disobedience of writ -- Punishment.
Status: in_force

When a peremptory writ of mandate or writ of prohibition has been issued and directed to an inferior tribunal, corporation, board, or person, and the court determines that any member of the tribunal, corporation, board, or person upon whom the writ was personally served has, without just excuse, refused or neglected to obey the writ, the court may, upon motion, impose a fine not exceeding $500. In cases of persistence in a refusal of obedience, the court may order the party to be imprisoned until the writ is obeyed, and may make any orders necessary and proper for enforcement of the writ.
Utah Code § 53H-16-405 — Utah Code / Title 53H / Chapter 53H-16 / § 53H-16-405
§ 53H-16-405. Nucleus Fund investment committee chair -- Duties.
Status: in_force

7/1/2026 (1) The institute board shall appoint a chair of the investment committee. (2) The committee chair shall: (a) manage and execute the policies established by the institute board and the investment committee; (b) in consultation with the investment committee, manage qualified investments made by the Nucleus Fund; (c) annually submit to the institute: (i) a budget for the Nucleus Fund; and (ii) a financial plan for operations of the Nucleus Fund; (d) in accordance with generally accepted principles of fund accounting, establish a system to identify and account for Nucleus Fund assets; (e) maintain appropriate records of Nucleus Fund activities to enable auditors to conduct periodic audits as described in Section 53H-16-407; and (f) fulfill other duties as provided by the investment committee.
Utah Code § 53F-2-423 — Utah Code / Title 53F / Chapter 53F-2 / § 53F-2-423
§ 53F-2-423. School meal program.
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section: (a) "Education model health and wellness policy on nutrition" means state board policy emphasizing that an LEA promote efficient meal scheduling, provide adequate time for eating, and implement practices that help reduce food waste. (b) "Eligible student" means a student enrolled in kindergarten through grade 12 who qualifies for reduced-price meals based on household size and income levels under the National School Lunch Program. (c) "National School Lunch Program" means the same as that term is defined in 7 C.F.R. Sec. 210.2. (d) "Share table program" means a system in a school where a student may return unopened, uneaten food or beverages to a designated location for redistribution to other students. (2) An LEA participating in the National School Lunch Program shall provide lunch to an eligible student on a school day at no charge. (3) The state board: (a) shall: (i) subject to legislative appropriations, reimburse an LEA for each reimbursable lunch provided under this section in an amount equal to the difference between the federal reimbursement rates for a meal and a reduced-price meal, as determined annually by the United States Department of Agriculture; (ii) establish a reimbursement system where the board provides a monthly reimbursement to an LEA that provides a meal under Subsection (2); and (iii) accept private donations and grants for the purpose of funding the school meal program described in this section; and (b) may provide guidance and support to a school implementing the food waste prevention strategies described in Subsection (6). (4) An LEA may not: (a) publicly identify or stigmatize a student unable to pay for a meal; or (b) require a student to perform chores to pay for a meal unless the requirement applies equally to all students regardless of whether the student pays for the meal. (5) An LEA shall direct communications regarding a student's meal debt only to the student's parent. (6) An LEA participating in the National School Lunch Program shall consider, where feasible, reducing food waste by: (a) following the education model health and wellness policy on nutrition; and (b) establishing a share table program. (7) (a) Notwithstanding Subsection (3)(a)(i), if appropriations are insufficient to fully reimburse each LEA for the cost of a reimbursable lunch described in this section, the state board shall distribute the available funds in the fourth quarter of the fiscal year to each LEA on a pro rata basis, not exceeding the available funds. (b) An LEA may ask the parent of an eligible student to cover the remaining cost of a subsidized lunch under this section.
Utah Code § 34A-6-204 — Utah Code / Title 34A / Chapter 34A-6 / § 34A-6-204
§ 34A-6-204. State agencies and political subdivisions to establish programs.
Status: in_force

The head of each state agency and each political subdivision of the state shall establish and maintain an occupational safety and health program equivalent to the program for other employments in the state. The commission may not assess monetary penalties against any state agency or political subdivision under Section 34A-6-307.
Utah Code § 20A-2-503 — Utah Code / Title 20A / Chapter 20A-2 / § 20A-2-503
§ 20A-2-503. County clerk's responsibilities -- Updating voter registration.
Status: in_force

(1) (a) Each county clerk shall use the system to record or modify all voter registration records. (b) A county clerk shall: (i) at the time the county clerk enters a voter registration record into the system, run the system's voter identification verification tool in relation to the record; and (ii) in accordance with rules made under Section 20A-2-507, regularly report to the lieutenant governor the information described in Subsection 20A-2-502(4). (2) A county clerk who receives notification from the lieutenant governor, as provided in Subsection 20A-2-502(1)(e), of a change in a registered voter's principal place of residence or name may verify the change with the registered voter. (3) Unless the county clerk verifies that a change described in Subsection (2) is incorrect, the county clerk shall: (a) change the voter registration record to show the registered voter's current name and address; and (b) notify the registered voter of the change to the voter registration record. (4) A county clerk shall, in accordance with rules made under Section 20A-2-507: (a) on at least a monthly basis, run the duplicate voter utility and take the action required to resolve potential duplicate data identified by the utility; and (b) every December, run the annual maintenance utility. (5) (a) If a voter does not vote in any election during the period beginning on the date of any regular general election and ending on the day after the date of the next regular general election, and the county clerk has not sent the voter a notice described in Section 20A-2-505 during the period, the county clerk shall, within 14 calendar days after the day on which the county clerk runs the annual maintenance utility, send to the voter a preaddressed return form in substantially the following form:"VOTER REGISTRATION ADDRESS"To ensure the address on your voter registration is correct, please complete and return this form if your address has changed. What is your current street address?____________________________________________________________________________StreetCityCounty StateZIP___________________________Signature of Voter (b) The county clerk shall mail the form described in Subsection (5)(a) with a postal service that will notify the county clerk if the voter has changed the voter's address. (6) A county clerk shall comply with the procedures described in Subsections 20A-2-502(1)(f) and (g).
Utah Code § 31A-40-306 — Utah Code / Title 31A / Chapter 31A-40 / § 31A-40-306
§ 31A-40-306. Professional employer organization group.
Status: in_force

(1) Subject to Subsection (2), a professional employer organization that is a member of a professional employer organization group may comply with Section 31A-40-205 or Sections 31A-40-302 through 31A-40-305 on a combined or consolidated basis if each member of the professional employer organization group guarantees the obligations under this chapter of each other member of the professional employer organization group. (2) The controlling entity of a professional employer organization group shall guarantee the obligations of a professional employer organization under this chapter if the professional employer organization group files a combined or consolidated audited financial statement that includes a person that is not: (a) a professional employer organization; or (b) a member of the professional employer organization group.
Utah Code § 31A-9-205 — Utah Code / Title 31A / Chapter 31A-9 / § 31A-9-205
§ 31A-9-205. Organization permit and certificate of incorporation.
Status: in_force

(1) Section 31A-5-204 applies to fraternals except that the word "mutual" shall be read "fraternal" and "Section 31A-5-211" in Subsection 31A-5-204(5) shall be read "Section 31A-9-209." (2) The application for an organization permit shall include, in addition to those things required under Subsection 31A-5-204(2), a statement of the plan for fraternal activities and for the formation of a representative government under Section 31A-9-403.
Utah Code § 26B-7-124 — Utah Code / Title 26B / Chapter 26B-7 / § 26B-7-124
§ 26B-7-124. Rules for public cold baths.
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section, "public cold bath" means a tub or tank that: (a) is used by: (i) the general public, regardless of whether there is a charge or payment for use; and (ii) one bather at a time; (b) contains chilled water that is: (i) maintained at a temperature lower than 60 degrees Fahrenheit; (ii) no more than 180 gallons in volume; and (iii) at a depth that allows the bather to maintain the bather's head above the water while in a seated position; and (c) continuously filters and sanitizes the chilled water. (2) The department may not adopt a rule that restricts, limits, or imposes requirements on the operation of a public cold bath.
Utah Code § 53G-3-403 — Utah Code / Title 53G / Chapter 53G-3 / § 53G-3-403
§ 53G-3-403. School district consolidation -- State funding of consolidated districts.
Status: in_force

When districts consolidate, payments made by the state under Title 53F, Public Education System -- Funding, shall continue for a period of five years from the date of consolidation on the same basis as if no consolidation had occurred. At the end of the five-year period, the consolidated district shall receive funding as a single district.
Utah Code § 20A-7-212 — Utah Code / Title 20A / Chapter 20A-7 / § 20A-7-212
§ 20A-7-212. Effective date.
Status: in_force

(1) A proposed law submitted to the Legislature by initiative petition and passed by the Legislature takes effect 60 calendar days after the last day of the session of the Legislature in which the law passed, unless: (a) a later effective date is included in the proposed law; or (b) an earlier effective date is included in the proposed law and the proposed law passes the Legislature by a two-thirds vote of the members elected to each house of the Legislature. (2) A proposed law submitted to the people by initiative petition that is approved by the voters at an election takes effect: (a) except as provided in Subsections (2)(b) through (e), on the day that is 60 calendar days after the last day of the general session of the Legislature next following the election; (b) except as provided in Subsection (2)(d) or (e), if the proposed law effectuates a tax increase: (i) except as provided in Subsection (2)(b)(ii), January 1 of the year after the general session of the Legislature next following the election; or (ii) at the beginning of the applicable taxable year that begins on or after January 1 of the year after the general session of the Legislature next following the election, for a tax described in: (A) Title 59, Chapter 6, Mineral Production Tax Withholding; (B) Title 59, Chapter 7, Corporate Franchise and Income Taxes; (C) Title 59, Chapter 8, Gross Receipts Tax on Certain Corporations Not Required to Pay Corporate Franchise or Income Tax Act; or (D) Title 59, Chapter 10, Individual Income Tax Act; (c) except as provided in Subsection (2)(d) or (e), if the proposed law effectuates a tax decrease: (i) except as provided in Subsection (2)(c)(ii), April 1 immediately following the election; or (ii) for a tax described in Subsection (2)(b)(ii)(A) through (D), at the beginning of the applicable taxable year that begins on or after January 1 immediately following the election; (d) except as provided in Subsection (2)(e), January 1 of the year after the general session of the Legislature next following the election, if the proposed law effectuates a change in a tax described in: (i) Title 59, Chapter 2, Property Tax Act; (ii) Title 59, Chapter 3, Tax Equivalent Property Act; or (iii) Title 59, Chapter 4, Privilege Tax; or (e) if the proposed law specifies a special effective date that is after the otherwise applicable effective date described in Subsections (2)(a) through (d), the date specified in the proposed law. (3) (a) The governor may not veto a law adopted by the people. (b) The Legislature may amend any initiative approved by the people at any legislative session.
Utah Code § 78B-3-1008 — Utah Code / Title 78B / Chapter 78B-3 / § 78B-3-1008
§ 78B-3-1008. Severability.
Status: in_force

(1) If any provision of this chapter or the application of any provision to any person or circumstance is held invalid by a final decision of a court of competent jurisdiction, the remainder of this chapter shall be given effect without the invalid provision or application. (2) The provisions of this chapter are severable.
Utah Code § 20A-15-201 — Utah Code / Title 20A / Chapter 20A-15 / § 20A-15-201
§ 20A-15-201. Convening -- Vacancies -- Election of officers -- Journal of proceedings.
Status: in_force

(1) The delegates to the convention shall convene at the state capitol at noon on the 28th calendar day after the delegates' election to pass upon the question of whether the proposed amendment shall be ratified. (2) (a) If, at the time the convention convenes, there is a vacancy in the convention, the delegates from the group from which the delegate creating the vacancy was elected shall, by majority vote, appoint a person to fill the vacancy. (b) If the convention contains no other delegates from the group from which the delegate creating the vacancy was elected, the governor shall appoint a person to fill the vacancy. (3) The convention may: (a) elect a president, secretary, and other officers; and (b) adopt its own rules. (4) The convention shall: (a) keep a journal of its proceedings; (b) record in the journal the vote of each delegate on the question of ratification of the proposed amendment; and (c) file the journal with the lieutenant governor after the convention adjourns. (5) (a) Delegates to the ratification convention shall: (i) serve without pay; (ii) receive a per diem of $4 per day while the convention is in session; and (iii) receive mileage at the rate of 10 cents per mile for the distance necessarily traveled in going to and returning from the place of meeting by the most usual route. (b) The lieutenant governor shall pay the per diem and mileage, together with the necessary expenses of the convention for printing and stenographic services, from the state treasury.
Utah Code § 15A-5-205 — Utah Code / Title 15A / Chapter 15A-5 / § 15A-5-205
§ 15A-5-205. Amendments and additions to IFC related to means of egress and special processes and uses.
Status: in_force

7/1/2026 (1) IFC, Chapter 10, Section 1010.2.12.1, Delayed egress locking system, Item 9 is added after the existing Item 8 as follows: "9. The secure area or unit with delayed egress locks shall be located at the level of exit discharge in Type V construction." (2) IFC, Chapter 10, Section 1010.2.13, Controlled egress doors in Groups I-1 and I-2, after existing Item 8 add Item 9 as follows: "9. The secure area or unit with special egress locks shall be located at the level of exit discharge in Type V construction." (3) IFC, Chapter 10, Section [BE] 1011.5.2, Riser height and tread depth, Exception 3, is deleted and replaced with the following: "3. In Group R-3 occupancies, within dwelling units in Group R-2 occupancies, and in Group U occupancies that are accessory to a Group R-3 occupancy, or accessory to individual dwelling units in Group R-2 occupancies, the maximum riser height shall be 8 inches (203 mm) and the minimum tread depth shall be 9 inches (229 mm). The minimum winder tread depth at the walk line shall be 10 inches (254 mm), and the minimum winder tread depth shall be 6 inches (152 mm). A nosing not less than 0.75 inch (19.1 mm) but not more than 1.25 inches (32 mm) shall be provided on stairways with solid risers where the tread depth is less than 10 inches (254 mm)." (4) IFC, Chapter 10, Section [BE] 1011.11, Handrails, is amended to add the following exception: "6. In occupancies in Group R-3, as applicable in Section 1014 and in occupancies in Group U, which are accessory to an occupancy in Group R-3, as applicable in Section 1014, handrails shall be provided on at least one side of stairways consisting of four or more risers." (5) IFC, Chapter 10, Section 1032.2.1, Security devices and egress locks, is amended to add the following: On line three, after the word "fire," add the words "and building."
Utah Code § 71A-2-102 — Utah Code / Title 71A / Chapter 71A-2 / § 71A-2-102
§ 71A-2-102. Veterans preference.
Status: in_force

(1) Each government entity shall grant a veterans preference upon initial application to each preference eligible individual according to the procedures and requirements of this chapter. (2) The personnel or human resource officer of any government entity shall add to the score of a preference eligible who receives a passing score on an examination, or any rating or ranking mechanism used in selecting an individual for any career service position with the government entity: (a) 5% of the total possible score, if the preference eligible is a veteran or service member; (b) 10% of the total possible score, if the preference eligible is a veteran or service member with a disability or a purple heart recipient; or (c) in the case of a preference eligible spouse or surviving spouse, the same percentage the qualifying veteran or service member is, or would have been, entitled to. (3) A preference eligible who applies for a position that does not require an examination, or where examination results are other than a numeric score, shall be given preference in interviewing for the position. (4) Preference eligibility shall be added to a minimum of one step in the process. (5) The granting of a veterans preference by a government entity in accordance with this chapter is not a violation of: (a) Title 34A, Chapter 5, Utah Antidiscrimination Act; or (b) any other state or local equal employment opportunity law.
Utah Code § 53D-1-102 — Utah Code / Title 53D / Chapter 53D-1 / § 53D-1-102
§ 53D-1-102. Definitions.
Status: in_force

7/1/2026As used in this chapter: (1) "Account" means the School and Institutional Trust Fund Management Account, created in Section 53D-1-203. (2) "Advocacy office" means the School and Institutional Trust Beneficiaries' Advocacy Office, created in Section 53D-2-201. (3) "Advocacy office director" means the director of the School and Institutional Trust Beneficiaries' Advocacy Office, appointed under Section 53D-2-401. (4) "Beneficiaries": (a) means those listed in Subsection 53D-2-201(3) for whose benefit the trust fund is managed and preserved, consistent with the enabling act, the Utah Constitution, and state law; and (b) does not include other government institutions or agencies, the public at large, or the general welfare of the state. (5) "Board" means the board of trustees established in Section 53D-1-301. (6) "Director" means the director of the office. (7) "Enabling act" means the act of Congress, dated July 16, 1894, enabling the people of Utah to form a constitution and state government and to be admitted into the Union. (8) "Nominating committee" means the committee established under Section 53D-1-501. (9) "Office" means the School and Institutional Trust Fund Office, created in Section 53D-1-201. (10) "Trust fund" means money derived from: (a) the sale or use of land granted to the state under Sections 6, 8, and 12 of the Utah Enabling Act; (b) proceeds referred to in Section 9 of the enabling act from the sale of public land; and (c) revenue and assets referred to in Utah Constitution, Article X, Section 5, Subsections (1)(c), (e), and (f).
Utah Code § 70A-2a-518 — Utah Code / Title 70A / Chapter 70A-2a / § 70A-2a-518
§ 70A-2a-518. Cover -- Substitute goods.
Status: in_force

(1) After default by a lessor under the lease contract of the type described in Section 70A-2a-508, or if agreed after other default by the lessor, the lessee may cover by making any purchase or lease of or contract to purchase or lease goods in substitution for those due from the lessor. (2) Except as otherwise provided with respect to damages liquidated in the lease agreement as provided in Section 70A-2a-504 or otherwise determined pursuant to agreement of the parties as provided in Sections 70A-1a-302 and 70A-2a-503, if a lessee's cover is by lease agreement substantially similar to the original lease agreement and the lease agreement is made in good faith and in a commercially reasonable manner, the lessee may recover from the lessor as damages: (a) the present value, as of the date of the commencement of the term of the new lease agreement, of the rent under the new lease agreement applicable to that period of the new lease term that is comparable to the then remaining term of the original lease agreement, minus the present value as of the same date of the total rent for the then remaining lease term of the original lease agreement; and (b) any incidental or consequential damages less expenses saved in consequence of the lessor's default. (3) If a lessee's cover is by lease agreement that qualifies for treatment under Subsection (2), the lessee may elect to proceed under Subsection (2) or Section 70A-2a-519. If a lessee's cover is by lease agreement that for any reason does not qualify for treatment under Subsection (2), or is by purchase or otherwise, the lessee may recover from the lessor under Section 70A-2a-519 as if the lessee had elected not to cover.