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Utah Code § 53E-9-204 — Utah Code / Title 53E / Chapter 53E-9 / § 53E-9-204
§ 53E-9-204. Access to education records -- Training requirement -- Certification.
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section, "education record" means the same as that term is defined in the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, 20 U.S.C. Sec. 1232g. (2) A local school board or charter school governing board shall require each public school to: (a) create and maintain a list that includes the name and position of each school employee who the public school authorizes, in accordance with Subsection (4), to have access to an education record; and (b) provide the list described in Subsection (2)(a) to the school's local school board or charter school governing board. (3) A local school board or charter school governing board shall: (a) provide training on student privacy laws; and (b) require a school employee on the list described in Subsection (2) to: (i) complete the training described in Subsection (3)(a); and (ii) provide to the local school board or charter school governing board a certified statement, signed by the school employee, that certifies that the school employee completed the training described in Subsection (3)(a) and that the school employee understands student privacy requirements. (4) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (4)(b), a local school board, charter school governing board, public school, or school employee may only share an education record with a school employee if: (i) that school employee's name is on the list described in Subsection (2); and (ii) federal and state privacy laws authorize the education record to be shared with that school employee. (b) A local school board, charter school governing board, public school, or school employee may share an education record with a school employee if the board, school, or employee obtains written consent from: (i) the parent of the student to whom the education record relates, if the student is younger than 18 years old; or (ii) the student to whom the education record relates, if the student is 18 years old or older.
Utah Code § 78B-8-602 — Utah Code / Title 78B / Chapter 78B-8 / § 78B-8-602
§ 78B-8-602. Proof of ownership required to harvest or transport forest products or native vegetation -- Requirements for proof of ownership.
Status: in_force

(1) It is unlawful for any person, firm, company, partnership, corporation, or business to harvest or transport timber, forest products, or other native vegetation without proof of ownership. (2) Proof of ownership requires possession of: (a) a contract, permit, or other writing issued by the landowner or proper state or federal agency; (b) a bill of sale, or other sales receipt; (c) a bill of lading or product load receipt; (d) a ticket issued by the seller authorizing harvesting or removal; or (e) any other legal instrument. (3) The document required in Subsection (1) shall be issued by the landowner or proper state or federal agency and shall provide the following information: (a) date of execution; (b) name and address of person authorized to harvest or transport the products, if different from the purchaser; (c) a legal or other sufficient description of the property from which the products are harvested or removed; (d) the estimated amount or volume, species, and other pertinent information regarding the products harvested or transported; (e) the delivery or scaling point; (f) the name and address of the purchaser of the products; (g) the name and address of the landowner, agency, or vendor; and (h) an expiration date.
Utah Code § 53F-7-301 — Utah Code / Title 53F / Chapter 53F-7 / § 53F-7-301
§ 53F-7-301. Annual salary adjustments for Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind educators -- Legislative appropriation.
Status: in_force

Subject to future budget constraints, the Legislature shall annually appropriate money to the state board for the salary adjustments described in Section 53E-8-302, including step and lane changes.
Utah Code § 78B-5-409 — Utah Code / Title 78B / Chapter 78B-5 / § 78B-5-409
§ 78B-5-409. Conversions of foreign money in a distribution proceeding.
Status: in_force

The rate of exchange prevailing at or near the closing of business on the day the proceeding is initiated shall govern all exchanges of foreign money in a distribution proceeding. A foreign-money claimant in a distribution proceeding must assert its claim in the named foreign money and show the amount of United States dollars resulting from a conversion as of the date the proceeding was initiated.
Utah Code § 78B-6-604 — Utah Code / Title 78B / Chapter 78B-6 / § 78B-6-604
§ 78B-6-604. Refusing to exhibit authority for detention -- Penalty.
Status: in_force

A person who refuses to deliver a copy of the legal process by which the person detains the plaintiff in custody to anyone who demands a copy for the purpose of filing a writ of habeas corpus is liable to the plaintiff in an amount not to exceed $200.
Utah Code § 26B-8-321 — Utah Code / Title 26B / Chapter 26B-8 / § 26B-8-321
§ 26B-8-321. Cooperation between medical examiner and procurement organization.
Status: in_force

(1) A medical examiner shall cooperate with procurement organizations to maximize the opportunity to recover anatomical gifts for the purpose of transplantation, therapy, research, or education. (2) If a medical examiner receives notice from a procurement organization that an anatomical gift might be available or was made with respect to a decedent whose body is under the jurisdiction of the medical examiner and a postmortem examination is going to be performed, unless the medical examiner denies recovery in accordance with Section 26B-8-322, the medical examiner or designee shall conduct a postmortem examination of the body or the part in a manner and within a period compatible with its preservation for the purposes of the gift. (3) A part may not be removed from the body of a decedent under the jurisdiction of a medical examiner for transplantation, therapy, research, or education unless the part is the subject of an anatomical gift. The body of a decedent under the jurisdiction of the medical examiner may not be delivered to a person for research or education unless the body is the subject of an anatomical gift. This Subsection (3) does not preclude a medical examiner from performing the medicolegal investigation upon the body or parts of a decedent under the jurisdiction of the medical examiner.
Utah Code § 53D-2-204 — Utah Code / Title 53D / Chapter 53D-2 / § 53D-2-204
§ 53D-2-204. Land Trusts Protection and Advocacy Account -- Funding of advocacy office operations.
Status: in_force

7/1/2026 (1) As used in this section: (a) "Account" means the Land Trusts Protection and Advocacy Account created in this section. (b) "School and Institutional Trust Fund Office director" or "SITFO director" means the director of the School and Institutional Trust Fund Office, appointed under Section 53D-1-401. (c) "Trust fund" means the same as that term is defined in Section 53D-1-102. (d) "Trust fund earnings" means the same as that term is defined in Section 53D-1-203. (2) There is created an enterprise fund known as the Land Trusts Protection and Advocacy Account. (3) The account is funded by money deposited into the account as provided in Subsection (4). (4) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (4)(c), the SITFO director shall deposit into the account a total amount of money, taken proportionately from trust fund earnings according to the value of the various funds established for the trust beneficiaries, that is equal to the annual appropriation that the Legislature makes to the advocacy office. (b) The advocacy office may use money in the account to pay for the advocacy office's operating costs. (c) If the amount of money deposited into the account under Subsection (4)(a) in any fiscal year exceeds the amount required by the advocacy office during that fiscal year to fund advocacy office operations, the SITFO director shall, in the following fiscal year, reduce the amount deposited into the account under Subsection (4)(a) by the amount of the unspent appropriation.
Utah Code § 65A-17-102 — Utah Code / Title 65A / Chapter 65A-17 / § 65A-17-102
§ 65A-17-102. Legislative findings.
Status: in_force

The Legislature finds that: (1) under Section 65A-10-1 the division, as the manager of sovereign lands, has a duty to serve the public interest in managing the Great Salt Lake; (2) the Great Salt Lake is a critical resource owned and managed by the state; (3) the lake levels of the Great Salt Lake have reached historic lows, requiring action by the state to address significant risks and minimize dangers to protect the ecological integrity of the Great Salt Lake, the state's environment in general, and the welfare of the state's citizens; and (4) the management of the Great Salt Lake under this chapter, especially if the emergency trigger is reached, is reasonable and necessary to serve important public purposes and no reasonable alternative meets the interests described in Subsection (3).
Utah Code § 39A-5-235 — Utah Code / Title 39A / Chapter 39A-5 / § 39A-5-235
§ 39A-5-235. Second trial on an offense prohibited.
Status: in_force

(1) An individual may not, without the individual's written consent, be brought to trial a second time in any military or civilian court of the state for the same offense. (2) A proceeding in which an accused has been found guilty by a military court upon any charge or specification, is not a trial under this section until the finding of guilty has become final and the review of the case has been completed. (3) A proceeding that, after the introduction of evidence but before a finding, is dismissed or terminated by the convening authority or on motion of the prosecution for failure of available evidence or witnesses without any fault of the accused is a trial under this section.
Utah Code § 78B-22-201.5 — Utah Code / Title 78B / Chapter 78B-22 / § 78B-22-201.5
§ 78B-22-201.5. Affidavit of indigency.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided in Subsection (5), on or after January 1, 2022, an individual, who is seeking appointment of an indigent defense service provider, shall submit an affidavit of indigency described in Subsection (2) to the court. (2) An affidavit of indigency shall include the following information: (a) the individual's identifying information, including: (i) the individual's legal name and any known aliases; (ii) the individual's mobile or residential phone number; (iii) the individual's residential address; and (iv) the individual's date of birth; and (b) the individual's financial information, including: (i) any financial support or benefit that the individual receives from a state or federal government; (ii) the individual's monthly income, including any alimony or child support that contributes to the individual's monthly income; (iii) the individual's monthly expenses, including any alimony or child support obligation that the individual is responsible for paying; (iv) the individual's ownership of, or any interest in, personal or real property, including any savings or checking accounts or cash; (v) the number, ages, and relationships of any dependents; and (vi) any extraordinary financial conditions that would prevent the individual from retaining private counsel. (3) The affidavit of indigency shall: (a) require the signature of the individual; and (b) include a statement that: (i) by signing the affidavit the individual confirms that, to the best of the individual's knowledge, the information in the affidavit is true; (ii) the individual may be subject to a criminal penalty for a written false statement under Section 76-8-504; (iii) the individual authorizes an indigent defense system to contact or request information from the individual or a third party to verify whether an individual is indigent; and (iv) the individual may be ordered to pay the cost of the individual's indigent defense services if a court determines that the individual is not indigent. (4) The Judicial Council or Supreme Court shall adopt an affidavit of indigency form described in Subsection (2) to be distributed to an individual seeking the appointment of an indigent defense service provider. (5) This section does not apply to a minor, who is appointed an indigent defense service provider, or the minor's parent or legal guardian.
Utah Code § 63H-8-403 — Utah Code / Title 63H / Chapter 63H-8 / § 63H-8-403
§ 63H-8-403. Notes, bonds, other obligations -- Not a debt liability -- Expenses payable from funds provided -- Corporation without authority to incur liability on behalf of state -- Relationship to Governmental Immunity Act of Utah.
Status: in_force

(1) (a) (i) Notes, bonds, and other obligations issued under this chapter are not a debt or liability of the state or of a county, city, town, school district, or other political subdivision of the state. (ii) The notes, bonds, or other obligations do not constitute the loaning of credit of the state or of a county, city, town, school district, or other political subdivision of the state. (iii) The notes, bonds, or other obligations are not payable from money other than that of the corporation. (b) All notes, bonds, or other obligations shall contain on their face a statement to the effect that: (i) the corporation shall pay the note, bond, or obligation solely from the revenues or other money of the corporation; (ii) neither the state nor any of its political subdivisions are obligated to pay the note, bond, or obligation; and (iii) neither the faith and credit nor the taxing power of the state or any of its political subdivisions are pledged to the payment of principal, redemption price of, or the interest on, the notes, bonds, or other obligations. (2) All expenses incurred in carrying out this chapter are payable solely from funds provided under this chapter, and nothing in this chapter authorizes the corporation to incur indebtedness or liability on behalf of or payable by the state or any of its political subdivisions. (3) (a) Title 63G, Chapter 7, Governmental Immunity Act of Utah, applies to the corporation. (b) Notwithstanding Subsection (3)(a), a claim may not be brought against the state, a public official or employee of the state, another public entity, or a public official or employee of another public entity, based on or arising from: (i) a failure to fulfill a contractual obligation of the corporation; (ii) an act or failure to act by the corporation or its trustees, officers, employees, agents, or representatives; or (iii) failure of the corporation to comply with the requirements of any law or regulation. (c) The provisions of Subsection (3)(b) do not apply to a claim of a current or former officer or employee of the corporation for retirement or insurance benefits.
Utah Code § 63B-14-301 — Utah Code / Title 63B / Chapter 63B-14 / § 63B-14-301
§ 63B-14-301. Lease-purchase authorizations.
Status: in_force

It is the intent of the Legislature that the Mountainland Applied Technology Campus of the Utah College of Applied Technology may use existing funds to enter into a lease-purchase agreement for the development of an applied technology facility in Spanish Fork costing up to $3,250,000.
Utah Code § 17B-2a-205 — Utah Code / Title 17B / Chapter 17B-2a / § 17B-2a-205
§ 17B-2a-205. Additional drainage district powers.
Status: in_force

In addition to the powers conferred on a drainage district under Section 17B-1-103, a drainage district may: (1) enter upon land for the purpose of examining the land or making a survey; (2) locate a necessary drainage canal with any necessary branches on land that the district's board of trustees considers best; (3) issue bonds as provided in and subject to Chapter 1, Part 11, Special District Bonds, to carry out the purposes of the district; (4) after the payment or tender of compensation allowed, go upon land to construct proposed works, and thereafter enter upon that land to maintain or repair the works; (5) appropriate water for useful and beneficial purposes; (6) regulate and control, for the benefit of landholders within the district, all water developed, appropriated, or owned by the district; (7) appropriate, use, purchase, develop, sell, and convey water and water rights in the same manner and for the same use and purposes as a private person; (8) widen, straighten, deepen, enlarge, or remove any obstruction or rubbish from any watercourse, whether inside or outside the district; and (9) if necessary, straighten a watercourse by cutting a new channel upon land not already containing the watercourse, subject to the landowner receiving compensation for the land occupied by the new channel and for any damages, as provided under the law of eminent domain.
Utah Code § 63L-8-305 — Utah Code / Title 63L / Chapter 63L-8 / § 63L-8-305
§ 63L-8-305. Fees, charges, and commissions.
Status: in_force

(1) The director may establish reasonable filing and service fees with respect to applications and other documents relating to the public land, in accordance with Section 63J-1-504. (2) The director is authorized to require a deposit of any payments intended to reimburse the state for reasonable costs with respect to applications and other documents relating to such land. (3) The money received under this subsection shall be: (a) deposited in the Public Land Management Fund created in Section 63L-8-308; and (b) authorized to be appropriated and made available until expended. (4) (a) As used in this section "reasonable costs" include: (i) the costs of special studies; (ii) environmental reviews; (iii) monitoring construction, operation, maintenance, and termination of any authorized facility; or (iv) other special activities. (b) In determining whether costs are reasonable, the director may take into consideration: (i) actual costs, exclusive of management overhead; (ii) the monetary value of the rights or privileges sought by the applicant; (iii) the efficiency of the government processing involved; (iv) that portion of the cost incurred for the benefit of the general public interest rather than for the exclusive benefit of the applicant; (v) the public service provided; and (vi) other factors relevant to determining the reasonableness of the costs.
Utah Code § 70A-2-720 — Utah Code / Title 70A / Chapter 70A-2 / § 70A-2-720
§ 70A-2-720. Effect of "cancellation" or "rescission" on claims for antecedent breach.
Status: in_force

Unless the contrary intention clearly appears, expressions of "cancellation" or "rescission" of the contract or the like shall not be construed as a renunciation or discharge of any claim in damages for an antecedent breach.
Utah Code § 20A-3a-405 — Utah Code / Title 20A / Chapter 20A-3a / § 20A-3a-405
§ 20A-3a-405. Ballot statistics.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided in Subsection (3), an election officer shall post and update the data described in Subsection (2) on the election officer's website, on the following days, after the election officer finishes processing ballots on that day: (a) the day after the day of the election; (b) each Monday, Wednesday, and Friday after the day described in Subsection (1)(a), until the final posting described in Subsection (1)(c); and (c) the last day of the election canvass. (2) The data that an election officer is required to post under Subsection (1) includes: (a) the total number of active registered voters as of the Friday before the election; (b) an estimate of the total number of ballots received by the election officer; and (c) of the number described in Subsection (2)(b), a subtotal for each of the following: (i) the number of ballots counted; (ii) the number of ballots that have not been counted; (iii) the number of ballots the election officer rejected that are curable but have not yet been cured; and (iv) the number of ballots the election officer rejected because the ballots could not legally be cured. (3) An election officer is not required to post the data described in Subsection (2) on a day described in Subsection (1)(b) if the most recent data posted by the election officer on a day described in Subsection (1)(b) has not changed.
Utah Code § 70A-4-201 — Utah Code / Title 70A / Chapter 70A-4 / § 70A-4-201
§ 70A-4-201. Status of collecting bank as agent and provisional status of credits -- Applicability of chapter -- Item indorsed "pay any bank."
Status: in_force

(1) Unless a contrary intent clearly appears and before the time that a settlement given by a collecting bank for an item is or becomes final, the bank, with respect to the item, is an agent or subagent of the owner of the item and any settlement given for the item is provisional. This provision applies regardless of the form of indorsement or lack of indorsement and even though credit given for the item is subject to immediate withdrawal as of right or is in fact withdrawn; but the continuance of ownership of an item by its owner and any rights of the owner to proceeds of the item are subject to rights of a collecting bank, such as those resulting from outstanding advances on the item and rights of recoupment or setoff. If an item is handled by banks for purposes of presentment, payment, collection, or return, the relevant provisions of this chapter apply even though action of the parties clearly establishes that a particular bank has purchased the item and is the owner of it. (2) After an item has been indorsed with the words "pay any bank" or the like, only a bank may acquire the rights of a holder until the item has been: (a) returned to the customer initiating collection; or (b) specially indorsed by a bank to a person who is not a bank.
Utah Code § 53G-10-305 — Utah Code / Title 53G / Chapter 53G-10 / § 53G-10-305
§ 53G-10-305. Higher education savings information.
Status: in_force

A public school shall provide, to the parents of a kindergarten student during kindergarten enrollment, information about higher education savings options, including information about opening a Utah Educational Savings Plan account.
Utah Code § 78B-6-2301 — Utah Code / Title 78B / Chapter 78B-6 / § 78B-6-2301
§ 78B-6-2301. Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this part: (1) "Directive" means an ordinance, regulation, measure, rule, enactment, order, or policy issued, enacted, or required by a local or state governmental entity. (2) "Firearm" means the same as that term is defined in Section 53-5a-102.1. (3) "Legislative firearm preemption" means the preemption provided for in Section 53-5a-102. (4) "Local or state governmental entity" means: (a) a department, commission, board, council, agency, institution, officer, corporation, fund, division, office, committee, authority, laboratory, library, unit, bureau, panel, or other administrative unit of the state, including the Utah Board of Higher Education, each institution of higher education, and the boards of trustees of each higher education institution; or (b) a county, city, town, special district, local education agency, public school, school district, charter school, special service district under Title 17D, Chapter 1, Special Service District Act, an entity created by interlocal cooperation agreement under Title 11, Chapter 13, Interlocal Cooperation Act, or any other governmental entity designated in statute as a political subdivision of the state.
Utah Code § 23A-2-304 — Utah Code / Title 23A / Chapter 23A-2 / § 23A-2-304
§ 23A-2-304. Rules, proclamations, and orders of the Wildlife Board -- Judicial notice of proclamations.
Status: in_force

(1) The Wildlife Board shall exercise the Wildlife Board's powers by making rules and issuing proclamations and orders pursuant to this title. (2) A court shall take judicial notice of a proclamation published under the authority of this title.