Rep. Norm Thurston — Voting Record

Bill

Number

H.B. 164 First Substitute (2023GS)

Sponsor

Rep. Cutler, P.

Final action

House/ filed 3/3/2023

Outcome

Failed / filed without passage

Summary

What it does

• This bill:
• requires a governmental agency that hires a law enforcement or correctional officer from another agency within a certain time period to reimburse the initial agency for certain costs.

Every vote on this bill

Bill text

LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING AMENDMENTS
GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Chief Sponsor: Paul Cutler
Senate Sponsor: 
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LONG TITLE
General Description:
This bill enacts provisions regarding the reimbursement of a law enforcement or
correctional officer's training costs.
Highlighted Provisions:
This bill:
▸ requires a governmental agency that hires a law enforcement or correctional officer
from another agency within a certain time period to reimburse the initial agency for
certain costs.
Money Appropriated in this Bill:
None
Other Special Clauses:
None
Utah Code Sections Affected:
ENACTS:
53-13-117
, Utah Code Annotated 1953
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1. Section 
53-13-117
 is enacted to read:
 53-13-117.
Reimbursement for training costs.
(1) As used in this section:
(a) "Correctional officer" means the same as that term is defined in Section 
53-13-104
.
(b) "Governmental entity" means the same as that term is defined in Section
63G-7-102
.
(c) "Initial agency" means a governmental entity that employs and pays an individual
during that individual's mandatory training to become a law enforcement officer or a
correctional officer.
(d) "Law enforcement officer" means the same as that term is defined in Section
53-13-103
.
(e) "Mandatory Training" means the time an officer spends, up to a total of six months,
participating in any combination of the following:
(i) training at a certified police academy within this state; or
(ii) training required for new employees provided by the initial agency.
(f) "Subsequent agency" means a governmental entity that hires a law enforcement
officer or a correctional officer that has completed mandatory training while being paid by an
initial hiring entity.
(2) Except as provided in Subsection (3) or (4), if a law enforcement officer or a
correctional officer satisfactorily completes mandatory training while employed by an initial
agency, and is hired by a subsequent agency as a law enforcement officer or correctional
officer, the subsequent agency shall reimburse the initial agency for:
(a) 100% of the retirement contributions and salary paid to the officer by the initial
agency during mandatory training if the officer is hired by the subsequent agency within one
year after the day on which the officer completed the training; or
(b) 50% of the retirement contributions and salary described in Subsection (2)(a) if the
officer is hired by the subsequent agency after the one-year period described in Subsection
(2)(a), but within two years after the day on which the officer completes mandatory training.
(3) An initial agency may waive the initial agency's right to all of, or a portion of, the
reimbursement required under Subsection (2).
(4) Subsection (2) does not apply if the initial agency:
(a) terminates the officer during or after completion of mandatory training and the
officer is hired by a subsequent agency; or
(b) contractually obligates the officer to pay any amount if the officer leaves
employment within a specified period of time after completing the mandatory training.