Utah § 53-15-102 - Purpose.

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§ 53-15-102. Purpose.

53-15-102.  Purpose.
(1) The Legislature recognizes that children are often in dangerous situations that may be threatening or frightening to them and that there is a need for "safe homes" in our neighborhoods where a child may go for help.
(2) The Legislature also recognizes that along with the need for "safe homes" that children can recognize easily, there is needed a method by which these homes can be identified.
(3) The purpose of this chapter is to:
(a) provide and designate a recognizable symbol for those "safe homes" that children can readily identify; and
(b) establish a method by which local law enforcement agencies can identify and train volunteers who are willing to make their homes "safe homes".


Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 382, 2008 General Session

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