Headline Roundup May 13, 2015
Nearly 400 New Laws
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Deseret News
Buckle up.
Starting Tuesday, police can pull over drivers who aren't wearing seat belts. A new Utah law makes failure to wear the safety strap a primary offense.
The bill allows officers to issue warnings on a first offense. On the second offense, an offender can be fined $45, but that can be waived if the driver completes a 30-minute safety cours
Police in Utah are required to use body cameras when using force to execute search warrants — one of nearly 400 new laws that take effect Tuesday.
The requirement — if the agency has the technology — is part of a measure that limits what police can do after they get a judge's approval to use force, if necessary, when serving a search warrant. The law is part of a larger set of police reforms in the state amid a flurry of officer-involved deaths across the U.S.
Since the legislative
ABC4 Utah
A slew of new laws went into effect for the state of Utah Tuesday including a law that makes not wearing a seat belt a primary offense.
House Bill 349, the new prison reform bill is among the state's new laws. It will get many drug addicts into treatment, instead of prison.
The firing squad is now an acceptable form of execution and the ban on powdered alcohol also goes into effect.
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