Current through the 2024 Fourth Special Session
Section 53-8-214 - [Effective 1/1/2025] Creation of the Motor Vehicle Safety Impact Restricted Account(1) There is created a restricted account within the General Fund known as the Motor Vehicle Safety Impact Restricted Account.(2) The account includes:(a) deposits made to the restricted account from registration fees as described in Subsection 41-1a-1201(7);(b) deposits into the account as described in Section 41-1a-1211;(c) donations or deposits made to the account; and(d) any interest earned on the account.(3) Upon appropriation, the division may use funds in the account to improve motor vehicle safety, mitigate impacts, and enforce safety provisions, including the following:(a) hiring new Highway Patrol troopers;(b) payment of overtime for Highway Patrol troopers; and(c) acquisition of equipment to improve motor vehicle safety impacts and enforcement.(4) The division shall annually report to the Executive Offices and Criminal Justice Appropriations Subcommittee to justify expenditures and use of funds in the account.Amended by Chapter 251, 2024 General Session ,§ 33, eff. 1/1/2025.Amended by Chapter 33, 2023 General Session ,§ 32, eff. 1/1/2024.Amended by Chapter 212, 2023 General Session ,§ 6, eff. 7/1/2023.Added by Chapter 406, 2017 General Session ,§ 16, eff. 1/1/2018.This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.