Opinion ID: 2364229
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Heading: The Objectives of the Automatic Waiver Statute Are Legitimate

Text: ¶ 29 In determining whether legislative objectives are legitimate, we are not limited to considering those purposes that can be plainly shown to have been held by some or all legislators. We will sustain a classification if we can reasonably conceive of facts which would justify the distinctions. ... [I]t is enough that they may be reasonably imputed to the legislative body. Blue Cross & Blue Shield, 779 P.2d at 641 (internal quotation marks omitted). ¶ 30 While we need identify only one possible legitimate purpose behind the legislation at issue, in this case there are multiple legitimate objectives. The State suggests that the statute serves purposes of public safety, appropriate sanctions, and individual accountabilitythe first purposes mentioned in the Juvenile Court Act. See Utah Code Ann. § 78A-6-102(5)(a) (2008). This is not an exhaustive list of possible legitimate objectives behind the statute, but these purposes are clearly within the bounds of legitimate governmental concern.