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Senate approves Motor Vehicle Act recodification after reducing odometer tampering penalty
Summary
Lawmakers passed House Bill 51, a 283-page recodification of motor-vehicle statutes, after adopting an amendment that reduced the felony level for odometer tampering from second degree to third degree; sponsors said substantive challenges should be handled by a separate bill and committee hearings.
The Utah Senate moved House Bill 51 (Motor Vehicle Act recodification) forward after a high-profile floor exchange about a provision that treats intentional odometer tampering as a second-degree felony. Senator Finlayson, who had read the recodification text closely, said the existing language carried a “second degree felony” designation for odometer violations and urged the chamber to reduce the penalty to…
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