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Senate approves funding change to sustain statewide warrant system
Summary
Senate Bill 17 designates the Bureau of Criminal Identification to manage the statewide warrant system and directs 1.88% of criminal surcharge revenue to fund system costs; senators debated resource sufficiency and whether to raise the percentage before approving the measure.
Senators on Jan. 17 approved Senate Bill 17, which assigns responsibility for Utah’s statewide warrant system to the Bureau of Criminal Identification (BCI) and establishes a funding mechanism to sustain system operations.
Sponsor Senator McMullen said the system has grown quickly since its 1989 start and that usage by agencies statewide produced unanticipated costs. The bill directs 1.88%…
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