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2016FL-0087/005

EXEMPTION FROM DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME

2016 GENERAL SESSION

STATE OF UTAH

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LONG TITLE

General Description:

This bill enacts a provision that exempts Utah from the observance of daylight saving

time.

Highlighted Provisions:

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This bill:

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< exempts Utah from the observance of daylight saving time.

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Money Appropriated in this Bill:

None
Other Special Clauses:
None

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Utah Code Sections Affected:

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ENACTS:

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63M-1-208, Utah Code Annotated 1953

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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:

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Section 1. Section 63M-1-208 is enacted to read:

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63M-1-208. Daylight saving time exemption.

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(1) As used in this section, "daylight saving time" means the period during a year when

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the observed time is advanced one hour according to the provisions of 15 U.S.C. Sec. 260a.
(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary relating to the adoption

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of daylight saving time by all of the states, the state of Utah hereby exempts all areas of the

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state from the daylight saving time provisions contained in 15 U.S.C. Sec. 260a.

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(3) The state of Utah shall observe mountain standard time on a year-round basis,
without the observance of daylight saving time.

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Legislative Review Note

Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel

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