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Senate approves changes to Governmental Immunities Act to require clearer notice contacts for government-owned entities
Summary
First substitute Senate Bill 169 passed the Utah Senate unanimously (24–0, five absent). Sponsor said the bill requires governments to list doing-business-as names to ensure notice-of-claim rules under the Governmental Immunities Act are effective.
First substitute Senate Bill 169, an amendment addressing notice and transparency under the Governmental Immunities Act, passed the Utah Senate by voice and roll call with 24 yea votes, 0 nay and five absent.
Senator Wyler, the bill sponsor, told the chamber the measure is intended to increase transparency so members of the public and attorneys can determine where to send statutory notices of claim. He recounted a case involving the Utah…
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