1st Substitute S.B. 138 passed during the last hours of the 2007 General Session, thanks to a substitute motion by the House sponsor. S.B. 138, entitled Administrative Rule Criminal and Civil Penalty Amendments, amends sections throughout the Utah Code. In some cases, sections that provided criminal penalties for violating rules were amended to provide for civil penalties. In other instances, provisions that had previously appeared in rule were incorporated into statute and the criminal penalty was maintained.
Pending the Governor’s signature, 1st Sub. S.B. 138 will go into effect on April 30, 2007. More information about 1st Sub. S.B. 138 is available on the Legislature’s web site at http://le.utah.gov/~2007/htmdoc/sbillhtm/sb0138s01.htm.