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S.B. 164

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SECURE FACILITIES AMENDMENTS

             2     
2002 GENERAL SESSION

             3     
STATE OF UTAH

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Sponsor: David L. Gladwell

             5      This act modifies provisions related to security procedures at state institutions of higher
             6      education by authorizing the State Board of Regents to adopt and authorize institutions of
             7      higher education to adopt rules to provide for security in or about designated institutional
             8      hearing rooms or to establish a secure area as prescribed in Section 76-8-311.1. The act
             9      provides an effective date.
             10      This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
             11      AMENDS:
             12          53B-3-103, as last amended by Chapter 116, Laws of Utah 1997
             13      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             14          Section 1. Section 53B-3-103 is amended to read:
             15           53B-3-103. Power of board to adopt rules and enact regulations.
             16          (1) The board may enact regulations governing the conduct of university and college
             17      students, faculty, and employees.
             18          (2) The board may:
             19          (a) enact and authorize higher education institutions to enact traffic, parking, and related
             20      regulations governing all individuals on campuses and other facilities owned or controlled by the
             21      institutions or the board[.]; and
             22          (b) adopt and authorize higher education institutions to adopt rules to provide for security
             23      in or about designated institutional hearing rooms or to establish a secure area as prescribed in
             24      Section 76-8-311.1 .
             25          (3) The board and institutions may enforce these rules and regulations in any reasonable
             26      manner, including the assessment of fees, fines, and forfeitures, the collection of which may be by
             27      withholding from moneys owed the violator, the imposition of probation, suspension, or expulsion


             28      from the institution, the revocation of privileges, the refusal to issue certificates, degrees, and
             29      diplomas, through judicial process or any reasonable combination of these alternatives.
             30          Section 2. Effective date.
             31          If approved by two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, this act takes effect
             32      upon approval by the governor, or the day following the constitutional time limit of Utah
             33      Constitution Article VII, Section 8, without the governor's signature, or in the case of a veto, the
             34      date of veto override.




Legislative Review Note
    as of 1-31-02 4:27 PM


A limited legal review of this legislation raises no obvious constitutional or statutory concerns.

Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel


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