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Utah Code § 53G-11-501.5 — Utah Code / Title 53G / Chapter 53G-11 / § 53G-11-501.5
§ 53G-11-501.5. Legislative findings.
Status: in_force

(1) The Legislature finds that the effectiveness of public educators can be improved and enhanced by providing specific feedback and support for improvement through a systematic, fair, and competent evaluation and remediation of public educators whose performance is inadequate. (2) The state board and each local school board shall implement Sections 53G-11-501, 53G-11-506, 53G-11-507, 53G-11-508, 53G-11-509, 53G-11-510, 53G-11-511, and 53G-11-520 in accordance with Subsections 53E-2-302(7) and 53E-6-103(2)(a) and (b), to: (a) allow the educator and the school district to promote the professional growth of the educator; and (b) identify and encourage quality instruction in order to improve student academic growth.
Utah Code § 26B-8-209 — Utah Code / Title 26B / Chapter 26B-8 / § 26B-8-209
§ 26B-8-209. Certification of cause of death.
Status: in_force

(1) (a) For a death under any of the circumstances described in Section 26B-8-205, only the medical examiner or the medical examiner's designee may certify the cause of death. (b) An individual who knowingly certifies the cause of death in violation of Subsection (1)(a) is guilty of a class B misdemeanor. (2) (a) For a death described in Section 26B-8-205, an individual may not knowingly give false information, with the intent to mislead, to the medical examiner or the medical examiner's designee. (b) A violation of Subsection (2)(a) is a class B misdemeanor.
Utah Code § 65A-1-9 — Utah Code / Title 65A / Chapter 65A-1 / § 65A-1-9
§ 65A-1-9. Application of Public Officers' and Employees' Ethics Act.
Status: in_force

Employees and agents of the division are subject to Title 67, Chapter 16, Utah Public Officers' and Employees' Ethics Act.
Utah Code § 70C-2-203 — Utah Code / Title 70C / Chapter 70C-2 / § 70C-2-203
§ 70C-2-203. Additional security in consumer leases prohibited.
Status: in_force

A lessor, in order to secure the debt arising from a consumer lease, may not take a security interest in the dwelling of the lessee. A security interest taken in violation of this section is void from its inception.
Utah Code § 75B-2-601 — Utah Code / Title 75B / Chapter 75B-2 / § 75B-2-601
§ 75B-2-601. Capacity of settlor of revocable trust.
Status: in_force

The capacity required to create, amend, revoke, or add property to a revocable trust, or to direct the actions of the trustee of a revocable trust, is the same as that required to make a will.
Utah Code § 23A-9-204 — Utah Code / Title 23A / Chapter 23A-9 / § 23A-9-204
§ 23A-9-204. Operation of aquaculture and fee fishing facilities.
Status: in_force

A person may engage in the following activities as provided by Title 4, Chapter 37, Aquaculture Act, and rules adopted under that chapter by the Department of Agriculture and Food and Wildlife Board: (1) acquisition, importation, or possession of aquatic animals intended for use in an aquaculture or fee fishing facility; (2) transportation of aquatic animals to or from an aquaculture facility or to a fee fishing facility; (3) stocking or propagation of aquatic animals in an aquaculture or fee fishing facility; and (4) harvest, transfer, or sale of aquatic animals from an aquaculture or fee fishing facility.
Utah Code § 78B-21-101 — Utah Code / Title 78B / Chapter 78B-21 / § 78B-21-101
§ 78B-21-101. Title.
Status: in_force

This chapter is known as the "Uniform Commercial Real Estate Receivership Act."
Utah Code § 70A-9a-522 — Utah Code / Title 70A / Chapter 70A-9a / § 70A-9a-522
§ 70A-9a-522. Maintenance and destruction of records.
Status: in_force

(1) The filing office shall maintain a record of the information provided in a filed financing statement for at least one year after the effectiveness of the financing statement has lapsed under Section 70A-9a-515 with respect to all secured parties of record. The record must be retrievable by using the name of the debtor and: (a) if the record was filed or recorded in the filing office described in Subsection 70A-9a-501(1)(a): (i) by using the entry number assigned to the initial financing statement to which the record relates and the book and page that the record was filed or recorded; or (ii) by the legal description of the real property; or (b) if the record was filed in the filing office described in Subsection 70A-9a-501(1)(b), by using the file number assigned to the initial financing statement to which the record relates. (2) Except to the extent that a statute governing disposition of public records provides otherwise, the filing office immediately may destroy any written record evidencing a financing statement. However, if the filing office destroys a written record, it shall maintain another record of the financing statement which complies with Subsection (1).
Utah Code § 26B-6-109 — Utah Code / Title 26B / Chapter 26B-6 / § 26B-6-109
§ 26B-6-109. Eligibility criteria.
Status: in_force

Eligibility for services provided by the division directly or through contractual arrangements shall be determined by criteria established by the division and approved by the board.
Utah Code § 75A-2-215 — Utah Code / Title 75A / Chapter 75A-2 / § 75A-2-215
§ 75A-2-215. Retirement plans.
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section, "retirement plan" means a plan or account created by an employer, the principal, or another individual to provide retirement benefits or deferred compensation of which the principal is a participant, beneficiary, or owner, including a plan or account under the following sections of the Internal Revenue Code: (a) an individual retirement account under Section 408, Internal Revenue Code; (b) a Roth individual retirement account under Section 408A, Internal Revenue Code; (c) a deemed individual retirement account under Section 408(q), Internal Revenue Code; (d) an annuity or mutual fund custodial account under Section 403(b), Internal Revenue Code; (e) a pension, profit-sharing, stock bonus, or other retirement plan qualified under Section 401(a), Internal Revenue Code; (f) a plan under Section 457(b), Internal Revenue Code; and (g) a nonqualified deferred compensation plan under Section 409A, Internal Revenue Code. (2) Unless the power of attorney otherwise provides, language in a power of attorney granting general authority with respect to retirement plans authorizes the agent to: (a) select the form and timing of payments under a retirement plan and withdraw benefits from a plan; (b) make a rollover, including a direct trustee-to-trustee rollover, of benefits from one retirement plan to another; (c) establish a retirement plan in the principal's name; (d) make contributions to a retirement plan; (e) exercise investment powers available under a retirement plan; and (f) borrow from, sell assets to, or purchase assets from a retirement plan.
Utah Code § 65A-8-302 — Utah Code / Title 65A / Chapter 65A-8 / § 65A-8-302
§ 65A-8-302. Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this part: (1) "Alter" means to change the configuration of a heritage tree by pruning, trimming, topping, cutting, or by any other means. (2) "Division" means the Division of Forestry, Fire, and State Lands. (3) "Heritage tree" means any tree or group of trees designated as such by the division, in accordance with the following criteria: (a) any live tree or group of trees indigenous to the state, or which has adapted exceptionally well to the climatic conditions of the state, or is one of a kind; (b) any tree or group of trees that has exceptional national, state, or local historic significance; (c) any tree or group of trees which has an exceptional size or exceptional form for its species; (d) any tree or group of trees which has an exceptional age for its species; or (e) any tree or group of trees in the state which is the sole representative of its species. (4) "Person" means any individual, partnership, corporation, or association.
Utah Code § 31A-9-106 — Utah Code / Title 31A / Chapter 31A-9 / § 31A-9-106
§ 31A-9-106. Miscellaneous provisions.
Status: in_force

Sections 31A-5-105 and 31A-5-106 apply to fraternals.
Utah Code § 23A-4-707 — Utah Code / Title 23A / Chapter 23A-4 / § 23A-4-707
§ 23A-4-707. Nonresident hunting license -- Use of fee.
Status: in_force

(1) A nonresident may obtain a hunting license after paying the fee established by the Wildlife Board. (2) A hunting license authorizes the licensee to, according to this title and the Wildlife Board's rules and proclamations: (a) take small game; (b) hunt or trap cougar during a period beginning on January 1 and ending on December 31; and (c) apply for or obtain a big game, bear, or turkey hunting permit. (3) (a) Up to 50 cents of the hunting license fee may be used for the upland game program to: (i) acquire pen-raised birds; or (ii) capture and transplant upland game species. (b) The hunting license fee revenue designated for the upland game program by Subsection (3)(a) is in addition to hunting license fee revenue that may be used for the upland game program as provided by Sections 23A-3-207 and 23A-3-208.
Utah Code § 26B-8-202 — Utah Code / Title 26B / Chapter 26B-8 / § 26B-8-202
§ 26B-8-202. Chief medical examiner -- Appointment -- Qualifications -- Authority.
Status: in_force

(1) The executive director shall appoint a chief medical examiner who shall be licensed to practice medicine in the state and shall meet the qualifications of a forensic pathologist, certified by the American Board of Pathology. (2) (a) The medical examiner shall serve at the will of the executive director. (b) The medical examiner has authority to: (i) employ medical, technical and clerical personnel as may be required to effectively administer this chapter, subject to the rules of the department and the state merit system; (ii) conduct investigations and pathological examinations; (iii) perform autopsies authorized in this title; (iv) conduct or authorize necessary examinations on dead bodies; and (v) notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection 26B-8-321(3), retain tissues and biological samples: (A) for scientific purposes; (B) where necessary to accurately certify the cause and manner of death; or (C) for tissue from an unclaimed body, subject to Section 26B-8-225, in order to donate the tissue or biological sample to an individual who is affiliated with an established search and rescue dog organization, for the purpose of training a dog to search for human remains. (c) In the case of an unidentified body, the medical examiner shall authorize or conduct investigations, tests and processes in order to determine its identity as well as the cause of death. (3) The medical examiner may appoint regional pathologists, each of whom shall be approved by the executive director.
Utah Code § 34A-1-103 — Utah Code / Title 34A / Chapter 34A-1 / § 34A-1-103
§ 34A-1-103. Labor Commission -- Creation -- Seal.
Status: in_force

(1) There is created the Labor Commission that has all of the policymaking functions, regulatory and enforcement powers, rights, duties, and responsibilities outlined in: (a) this title; and (b) unless otherwise specified, Title 34, Labor in General. (2) The commission may sue and be sued. (3) (a) The commission shall have an official seal for the authentication of its orders. A description and impression of the seal shall be filed with the Division of Archives. (b) A court in this state shall take judicial notice of the seal of the commission.
Utah Code § 20A-4-405 — Utah Code / Title 20A / Chapter 20A-4 / § 20A-4-405
§ 20A-4-405. Election contests -- Costs.
Status: in_force

(1) The court shall enter judgment for costs against the party contesting the election if: (a) the proceedings are dismissed for: (i) insufficiency of pleading or proof; or (ii) want of prosecution; or (b) the election is confirmed by the court. (2) The court shall enter judgment for costs against the party whose election was contested if the election is annulled and set aside. (3) (a) Each party is liable for the costs of the officers and witnesses that appeared on the party's behalf. (b) The party may pay, and the officers and witnesses may collect, those costs in the same manner as similar costs are paid and collected in other cases.
Utah Code § 53C-2-404 — Utah Code / Title 53C / Chapter 53C-2 / § 53C-2-404
§ 53C-2-404. Applicants for mineral leases -- Qualifications.
Status: in_force

Applicants for mineral leases must, throughout the application period and throughout the duration of the lease, be in full compliance with all of the laws of the state as to qualification to do business within the state and must not be in default under those laws or the rules of the administration.
Utah Code § 20A-12-305 — Utah Code / Title 20A / Chapter 20A-12 / § 20A-12-305
§ 20A-12-305. Judicial retention election candidates -- Financial reporting requirements -- Interim report.
Status: in_force

(1) The judge's personal campaign committee shall file an interim report with the lieutenant governor seven calendar days before the regular general election date. (2) Each interim report shall include the following information: (a) a detailed listing of each contribution received since the last financial statement; (b) for each nonmonetary contribution, the fair market value of the contribution; (c) a detailed listing of each expenditure made since the last summary report; (d) for each nonmonetary expenditure, the fair market value of the expenditure; and (e) a net balance for the year consisting of all contributions since the last summary report minus all expenditures since the last summary report. (3) (a) For all individual contributions of $50 or less, a single aggregate figure may be reported without separate detailed listings. (b) Two or more contributions from the same source that have an aggregate total of more than $50 may not be reported in the aggregate, but shall be reported separately. (4) In preparing each interim report, all contributions and expenditures shall be reported as of five calendar days before the required filing date of the report. (5) A negotiable instrument or check received by a judge or the judge's personal campaign committee more than five calendar days before the required filing date of a report required by this section shall be included in the interim report.
Utah Code § 17D-2-107 — Utah Code / Title 17D / Chapter 17D-2 / § 17D-2-107
§ 17D-2-107. Local building authority not subject to any state board, commission, or agency.
Status: in_force

Neither a local building authority nor a project is subject to the jurisdiction of any board, commission, or agency of the state, including the Public Service Commission.
Utah Code § 53G-7-801 — Utah Code / Title 53G / Chapter 53G-7 / § 53G-7-801
§ 53G-7-801. Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this part: (1) "Association" means an organization that governs or regulates a student's participation in an athletic activity. (2) "Athletic activity" means physical education instruction or a sports event that is: (a) sponsored or regulated by an association or educational organization; or (b) authorized to take place in an association's or educational organization's facilities. (3) "Athletic uniform" means clothing, headwear, shoes, or other items worn for participation in an athletic activity that are required to be: (a) a specified style, length, material, or color; (b) worn in a specified manner; or (c) worn with or without other items of clothing or headwear. (4) "Educational organization" means: (a) the state board; (b) an LEA; or (c) a school sports team. (5) "Principal" includes the chief administrator of a school that does not have a principal. (6) "School" means a public school, including a charter school. (7) "School official" means the principal of a school or the local school board for a school district. (8) "School sports team" means a team on which the student represents the student's school in competition against another school or in competition against other students within the same school. (9) "School uniform" means the same as that term is defined in Section 53G-7-501.
Utah Code § 63E-1-404 — Utah Code / Title 63E / Chapter 63E-1 / § 63E-1-404
§ 63E-1-404. Penalties for violation.
Status: in_force

(1) A person who knowingly violates this part: (a) is guilty of a third degree felony if the combined value of any compensation or assets received by the person as a result of the violation is equal to or greater than $10,000; or (b) is guilty of a class A misdemeanor if the combined value of any compensation or assets received by the person as a result of the violation is less than $10,000. (2) (a) In addition to any penalty imposed under Subsection (1), a person that violates this part shall return to the successor of the independent entity any compensation or assets received in violation of this part. (b) If the assets received by the person in violation of this part are no longer in the possession of the person, the person shall pay the successor of the independent entity an amount equal to the fair market value of the asset at the time the person received the asset. (3) Notwithstanding Subsection 36-11-401(3), if a lobbyist violates Subsection 63E-1-402(2)(b)(i), the lobbyist is guilty of the crime outlined in Subsection (1), which crime shall be determined by the value of compensation or assets received by the lobbyist.
Utah Code § 26B-5-307 — Utah Code / Title 26B / Chapter 26B-5 / § 26B-5-307
§ 26B-5-307. Additional powers of director -- Reports and records of division.
Status: in_force

(1) In addition to specific authority granted by other provisions of this part, the director has authority to prescribe the form of applications, records, reports, and medical certificates provided for under this part, and the information required to be contained therein, and to adopt rules that are not inconsistent with the provisions of this part that the director finds to be reasonably necessary for the proper and efficient commitment of persons with a mental illness. (2) The division shall require reports relating to the admission, examination, diagnosis, release, or discharge of any patient and investigate complaints made by any patient or by any person on behalf of a patient. (3) A local mental health authority shall keep a record of the names and current status of all persons involuntarily committed to it under this chapter.
Utah Code § 63B-3-114 — Utah Code / Title 63B / Chapter 63B-3 / § 63B-3-114
§ 63B-3-114. Tax exemption.
Status: in_force

The bonds issued under this chapter, any interest paid on the bonds, and any income from the bonds are not taxable in this state for any purpose, except for the corporate franchise tax.
Utah Code § 78A-2-401 — Utah Code / Title 78A / Chapter 78A-2 / § 78A-2-401
§ 78A-2-401. Title.
Status: in_force

This part is known as the "Court Reporter Act."
Utah Code § 35A-1-303 — Utah Code / Title 35A / Chapter 35A-1 / § 35A-1-303
§ 35A-1-303. Rulemaking.
Status: in_force

(1) (a) In accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, the department shall make rules governing adjudicative procedures including the forms of notices and the manner of serving notice in all claims. (b) Except as provided in this title and Title 63G, Chapter 4, Administrative Procedures Act, the rules made under this section are not required to conform to common law or statutory rules of evidence or other technical rules of procedure. (2) The rules made under this section shall include procedures to dispose of cases informally, or to expedite claims adjudication, narrow issues, and simplify the methods of proof at hearings. (3) Any rule made concerning proceedings before the Workforce Appeals Board shall be made in consultation with the Workforce Appeals Board.
Utah Code § 20A-11-1102 — Utah Code / Title 20A / Chapter 20A-11 / § 20A-11-1102
§ 20A-11-1102. Paid advertisements permitted.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided in Subsection (3), an owner, publisher, editor, reporter, agent, or employee of any newspaper or other periodical may not, directly or indirectly, solicit, receive, or accept any payment, promise, or compensation for influencing or attempting to influence any voting at any election or primary by means of any printed matter in that newspaper or periodical or through any means whatsoever. (2) Except as provided in Subsection (3), a person may not pay, promise to pay, or in any manner compensate any owner, publisher, editor, reporter, agent, or employee of a newspaper or other periodical, directly or indirectly, for influencing or attempting to influence any voting at any election or primary by means of any printed matter in that newspaper or periodical or through any means whatsoever. (3) The prohibitions contained in this section do not apply if: (a) the matter is inserted in the newspaper or periodical as a paid advertisement; (b) the matter is designated as a "paid advertisement" in the copy of the advertisement; and (c) the compensation paid to the newspaper or periodical for inserting the paid advertisement is not more than the regular rate charged by the newspaper or periodical for that service.
Utah Code § 15A-5-104 — Utah Code / Title 15A / Chapter 15A-5 / § 15A-5-104
§ 15A-5-104. Exemptions from State Fire Code.
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section, "remote yurt" means the same as that term is defined in Section 15A-1-202. (2) A remote yurt is exempt from the State Fire Code unless otherwise provided by ordinance in accordance with Subsection 15A-1-204(12)(b). (3) An owner of a remote yurt shall ensure that a fire extinguisher is in the remote yurt.
Utah Code § 53H-9-405 — Utah Code / Title 53H / Chapter 53H-9 / § 53H-9-405
§ 53H-9-405. Higher education student housing feasibility study.
Status: in_force

An employee of the governor's office who is an expert or advisor on housing strategy shall, in consultation with the commissioner of higher education: (1) complete a feasibility study that: (a) examines the impact of higher education student populations on home ownership in communities surrounding institutions of higher education, including the magnitude and costs; and (b) proposes opportunities for state and institutional mitigation of the impacts described in Subsection (1)(a), which may include: (i) a uniform statewide effort to create dedicated student, faculty, and staff housing on state- or institution-owned land; or (ii) state facilitation of negotiated development agreements with third-party developers for student housing; (2) ensure the involvement of presidents of institutions of higher education, the Utah Board of Higher Education, developers, municipalities in which an institution of higher education is located, and other interested parties in the process of completing the feasibility study; and (3) report to the Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee before November 1, 2026, regarding the outcome of the feasibility study described in Subsection (1).
Utah Code § 78B-8-604 — Utah Code / Title 78B / Chapter 78B-8 / § 78B-8-604
§ 78B-8-604. Enforcement.
Status: in_force

Any law enforcement officer specified in Section 53-13-103, or ranger, or special agent of the United States Forest Service or the United States Bureau of Land Management may: (1) stop any vehicle or means of conveyance, including common carriers, containing timber, forest products, or native vegetation upon any road or highway of this state for the purpose of making an inspection and investigation but may not unduly detain a driver of such vehicle or means of conveyance; (2) inspect the timber, forest product, or native vegetation in any vehicle, or other means of conveyance, including common carrier, to determine whether the provisions of this chapter have been complied with; (3) seize and hold any timber, forest product, or native vegetation harvested, removed, or transported in violation of this part; and (4) sell or dispose of the timber, forest product, or native vegetation as provided by rule by the appropriate agency.