Rep. Norm Thurston — Voting Record

Bill

Number

H.B. 375 (2023GS)

Sponsor

Rep. Gricius, S.

Final action

Governor Signed 3/20/2023

Outcome

Became law — signed by Gov. Spencer J. Cox

Summary

What it does

• This bill:
• provides an exemption to a person who has received a citation related to a motor vehicle if the person provides evidence that the person was not the owner of the relevant vehicle at the time of the alleged violation; and
• allows a person to provide a bill of sale to the court clerk as evidence that the person was not the owner of the vehicle at the time of the alleged violation.

Every vote on this bill

Bill text

TRAFFIC VIOLATION EXEMPTIONS
GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Chief Sponsor: Stephanie Gricius
Senate Sponsor: 
Daniel McCay
LONG TITLE
General Description:
This bill provides an exemption to a person who has received a citation related to a
motor vehicle if the person provides evidence that the person was not the owner of the
relevant vehicle at the time of the alleged violation.
Highlighted Provisions:
This bill:
▸ provides an exemption to a person who has received a citation related to a motor
vehicle if the person provides evidence that the person was not the owner of the
relevant vehicle at the time of the alleged violation; and
▸ allows a person to provide a bill of sale to the court clerk as evidence that the person
was not the owner of the vehicle at the time of the alleged violation.
Money Appropriated in this Bill:
None
Other Special Clauses:
None
Utah Code Sections Affected:
AMENDS:
41-6a-202
, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2015, Chapter 412
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1. Section 
41-6a-202
 is amended to read:
41-6a-202.
Violations of chapter -- Penalties -- Acceptance of plea of guilty.
(1) As used in this section, "serious bodily injury" is as defined in Section 
41-6a-401.3
.
(2) A violation of any provision of this chapter is an infraction, unless otherwise
provided.
(3) A violation of any provision of Part 2, Applicability and Obedience to Traffic
Laws, Part 11, Bicycles and Other Vehicles, Regulation of Operation, Part 17, Miscellaneous
Rules, and Part 18, Motor Vehicle Safety Belt Usage Act, of this chapter is an infraction,
unless otherwise provided.
(4) (a) If a person has received a citation for a moving traffic violation under this
chapter that resulted in a collision and any person involved in the collision sustained serious
bodily injury or death as a proximate result of the collision, a court may not accept a plea of
guilty or no contest to a charge for the moving traffic violation unless the prosecutor agrees to
the plea:
(i) in open court;
(ii) in writing; or
(iii) by another means of communication which the court finds adequate to record the
prosecutor's agreement.
(b) A peace officer that issues a citation for a moving traffic violation under this
chapter shall record on the citation whether the moving traffic violation resulted in a collision
in which any person involved in the collision sustained serious bodily injury or death as a
proximate result of the traffic collision.
(5) (a) If a person receives a citation for a violation described in Subsection (5)(b), the
person is not guilty of an infraction and is not required to pay a fee or fine if the person
presents to the court clerk evidence that the person did not own the vehicle at the time of the
alleged violation.
(b) Subsection (5)(a) applies to a person accused of a violation under this chapter or a
violation of a traffic ordinance of a political subdivision for which the sole method of
identifying the person alleged to be responsible for the violation is through registration or title
records of the Division of Motor Vehicles.
(c) The court shall consider a bill of sale for the vehicle in question as evidence
described in Subsection (5)(a) if the bill of sale:
(i) is executed by both the buyer and the seller; and
(ii) indicates that the vehicle was sold on a date before the date of the citation
described in Subsection (5)(a).