Effective 6/1/2022
62A-1-121. Tracking effects of abuse of alcoholic products.
62A-1-121. Tracking effects of abuse of alcoholic products.
- (1) There is created a committee within the department known as the “Alcohol Abuse Tracking Committee” that consists of:
- (a) the executive director or the executive director’s designee;
- (b) the executive director of the Department of Health or that executive director’s designee;
- (c) the commissioner of the Department of Public Safety or the commissioner’s designee;
- (d) the director of the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Services or that director’s designee;
- (e) the executive director of the Department of Workforce Services or that executive director’s designee;
- (f) the chair of the Utah Substance Use and Mental Health Advisory Council or the chair’s designee;
- (g) the state court administrator or the state court administrator’s designee; and
- (h) the director of the Division of Technology Services or that director’s designee.
- (2) The executive director or the executive director’s designee shall chair the committee.
- (3)
- (a) Four members of the committee constitute a quorum.
- (b) A vote of the majority of the committee members present when a quorum is present is an action of the committee.
- (4) The committee shall meet at the call of the chair, except that the chair shall call a meeting at least twice a year:
- (a) with one meeting held each year to develop the report required under Subsection (7); and
- (b) with one meeting held to review and finalize the report before the report is issued.
- (5) The committee may adopt additional procedures or requirements for:
- (a) voting, when there is a tie of the committee members;
- (b) how meetings are to be called; and
- (c) the frequency of meetings.
- (6) The committee shall establish a process to collect for each calendar year the following information:
- (a) the number of individuals statewide who are convicted of, plead guilty to, plead no contest to, plead guilty in a similar manner to, or resolve by diversion or its equivalent to a violation related to underage drinking of alcohol;
- (b) the number of individuals statewide who are convicted of, plead guilty to, plead no contest to, plead guilty in a similar manner to, or resolve by diversion or its equivalent to a violation related to driving under the influence of alcohol;
- (c) the number of violations statewide of Title 32B, Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, related to over-serving or over-consumption of an alcoholic product;
- (d) the cost of social services provided by the state related to abuse of alcohol, including services provided by the Division of Child and Family Services;
- (e) the location where the alcoholic products that result in the violations or costs described in Subsections (6)(a) through (d) are obtained; and
- (f) any information the committee determines can be collected and relates to the abuse of alcoholic products.
- (7) The committee shall report the information collected under Subsection (6) annually to the governor and the Legislature by no later than the July 1 immediately following the calendar year for which the information is collected.
Amended by Chapter 447, 2022 General Session