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First Substitute S.B. 155

Senator D. Edgar Allen proposes to substitute the following bill:


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UNLAWFUL USE OF A LASER POINTER

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2000 GENERAL SESSION

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STATE OF UTAH

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Sponsor: D. Edgar Allen

             5      AN ACT RELATING TO THE UTAH CRIMINAL CODE; CREATING THE CRIME OF
             6      UNLAWFUL USE OF A LASER POINTER; ESTABLISHING PENALTIES; AND PROVIDING
             7      DEFINITIONS.
             8      This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
             9      ENACTS:
             10          76-10-2401, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             11      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             12          Section 1. Section 76-10-2401 is enacted to read:
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Part 24. Unlawful Use of a Laser Pointer

             14          76-10-2401. Unlawful use of a laser pointer.
             15          (1) As used in this section:
             16          (a) "Laser pointer" means any portable device that emits a visible beam of laser light that
             17      may be directed at a person.
             18          (b) "Law enforcement officer" means an officer under Section 53-13-103 .
             19          (2) A person is guilty of unlawful use of a laser pointer if the person directs a beam of laser
             20      light from a laser pointer at:
             21          (a) a moving motor vehicle or its occupants; or
             22          (b) one whom the person knows or has reason to know is a law enforcement officer.
             23          (3) It is an affirmative defense to a charge under Subsection (2)(b) that:
             24          (a) the law enforcement officer was not in uniform, not traveling in a vehicle identified as
             25      a law enforcement vehicle, and not otherwise engaged in an activity that would give the person

             26      reason to know him to be a law enforcement officer; and
             27          (b) the law enforcement officer was not otherwise known by the person to be a law
             28      enforcement officer.
             29          (4) Violation of Subsection (2)(a) is an infraction. Violation of Subsection (2)(b) is a class
             30      C misdemeanor.

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