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Provo Council reclassifies ‘keep proper lookout’ to infraction, tweaks battery language; both measures pass unanimously
Summary
The Provo City Council unanimously approved two ordinance changes: reclassifying the duty to 'keep a proper lookout' from a class B misdemeanor to an infraction and amending the city battery ordinance to reduce overlap with state assault statutes. Council said state statutes still cover serious pedestrian incidents.
The Provo City Council on an otherwise short agenda unanimously approved two city-code changes intended to align local criminal provisions with state law and reduce duplicative charges.
Matthew Griffin of the city legal department told the council the first change would move the duty to keep a proper lookout from a class B…
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