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House concurs with Senate amendment to require ATM installations be reported, with emergency-shutdown exception
Summary
The House concurred with Senate amendments to second-substitute House Bill 5, requiring notice to the Department of Financial Institutions when ATMs are installed or removed and allowing short, temporary emergency shutdowns without penalty; the motion carried and the bill passed the House (63–0).
SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah House on Feb. 19 agreed to Senate amendments to the second substitute of House Bill 5, a bill concerning notice requirements for automated teller machines.
Floor discussion described the measure as an ATM bill that requires notice to the Department of Financial Institutions when new ATMs are installed or when ATM locations terminate. Sponsors explained the original bill did not account for temporary or emergency shutdowns of ATMs caused by circumstances beyond an operator’s control; the Senate amendment added an exception permitting brief emergency closures and limited fines tied to temporary shutdowns.
A floor mover summarized: notice must be given for new installations or terminations, and the Senate amendment allows temporary emergency shutdowns without constituting a violation so long as fines are short-term (under 30 days) and the outage is temporary in nature. The House placed the motion to concur and, seeing no debate, adopted it; the bill passed with 63 yes votes and 0 no votes and will be returned to the Senate for the president's signature.
The vote sends the amended second substitute back to the Senate under the usual concurrence process.
