53-7-503 - Rulemaking authority -- Publicly accessible list of contraband lighters maintained by the state fire marshal -- Authority to seize and destroy novelty lighters. - Utah Statutes

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53-7-503. Rulemaking authority -- Publicly accessible list of contraband lightersmaintained by the state fire marshal -- Authority to seize and destroy novelty lighters.
(1) The Utah Fire Prevention Board, created in Section 53-7-203, may adopt rules inaccordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, to:
(a) identify lighters or classes or types of lighters that are novelty lighters; and
(b) provide for an informal adjudicative hearing, as provided in Section 63G-4-203, bythe board to hear appeals of decisions of the State Fire Marshal Division under this part.
(2) (a) The state fire marshal shall establish and maintain a list of lighters, or classes andtypes of lighters, that the state fire marshal has determined to be novelty lighters under this part.
(b) The state fire marshal shall make the list available on the website maintained by theDepartment of Public Safety.
(3) A lighter is a contraband item subject to seizure and destruction by the state firemarshal, a representative of the state fire marshal, a local fire enforcement official, or by a lawenforcement agency, if the lighter is:
(a) listed, or of a class or type listed, by the state fire marshal as a novelty lighter; and
(b) offered for sale, sold, or distributed in this state.
(4) (a) The state fire marshal, a representative of the state fire marshal, a local fireenforcement official, or a law enforcement agency may seize a novelty lighter that is notdescribed in Subsection (3).
(b) Upon finding that the person from whom the novelty lighter was seized is subject to acivil penalty under Section 53-7-504 for being an importer, wholesaler, seller, or distributor ofthe novelty lighter, the state fire marshal or a representative may order that the novelty lighter beforfeited and destroyed.

Enacted by Chapter 376, 2010 General Session

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Statutes > Utah > Title-53 > Chapter-07 > 53-7-503

53-7-503. Rulemaking authority -- Publicly accessible list of contraband lightersmaintained by the state fire marshal -- Authority to seize and destroy novelty lighters.
(1) The Utah Fire Prevention Board, created in Section 53-7-203, may adopt rules inaccordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, to:
(a) identify lighters or classes or types of lighters that are novelty lighters; and
(b) provide for an informal adjudicative hearing, as provided in Section 63G-4-203, bythe board to hear appeals of decisions of the State Fire Marshal Division under this part.
(2) (a) The state fire marshal shall establish and maintain a list of lighters, or classes andtypes of lighters, that the state fire marshal has determined to be novelty lighters under this part.
(b) The state fire marshal shall make the list available on the website maintained by theDepartment of Public Safety.
(3) A lighter is a contraband item subject to seizure and destruction by the state firemarshal, a representative of the state fire marshal, a local fire enforcement official, or by a lawenforcement agency, if the lighter is:
(a) listed, or of a class or type listed, by the state fire marshal as a novelty lighter; and
(b) offered for sale, sold, or distributed in this state.
(4) (a) The state fire marshal, a representative of the state fire marshal, a local fireenforcement official, or a law enforcement agency may seize a novelty lighter that is notdescribed in Subsection (3).
(b) Upon finding that the person from whom the novelty lighter was seized is subject to acivil penalty under Section 53-7-504 for being an importer, wholesaler, seller, or distributor ofthe novelty lighter, the state fire marshal or a representative may order that the novelty lighter beforfeited and destroyed.

Enacted by Chapter 376, 2010 General Session

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53-7-503. Rulemaking authority -- Publicly accessible list of contraband lightersmaintained by the state fire marshal -- Authority to seize and destroy novelty lighters.
(1) The Utah Fire Prevention Board, created in Section 53-7-203, may adopt rules inaccordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, to:
(a) identify lighters or classes or types of lighters that are novelty lighters; and
(b) provide for an informal adjudicative hearing, as provided in Section 63G-4-203, bythe board to hear appeals of decisions of the State Fire Marshal Division under this part.
(2) (a) The state fire marshal shall establish and maintain a list of lighters, or classes andtypes of lighters, that the state fire marshal has determined to be novelty lighters under this part.
(b) The state fire marshal shall make the list available on the website maintained by theDepartment of Public Safety.
(3) A lighter is a contraband item subject to seizure and destruction by the state firemarshal, a representative of the state fire marshal, a local fire enforcement official, or by a lawenforcement agency, if the lighter is:
(a) listed, or of a class or type listed, by the state fire marshal as a novelty lighter; and
(b) offered for sale, sold, or distributed in this state.
(4) (a) The state fire marshal, a representative of the state fire marshal, a local fireenforcement official, or a law enforcement agency may seize a novelty lighter that is notdescribed in Subsection (3).
(b) Upon finding that the person from whom the novelty lighter was seized is subject to acivil penalty under Section 53-7-504 for being an importer, wholesaler, seller, or distributor ofthe novelty lighter, the state fire marshal or a representative may order that the novelty lighter beforfeited and destroyed.

Enacted by Chapter 376, 2010 General Session