(1) The Department of Public Safety shall administer a program to reimburse a municipal or county law enforcement agency:
- (a) for the actual costs of an alcohol-related compliance check investigation conducted in accordance with Section 77-39-101 on the premises of an off-premise beer retailer;
- (b) for administrative costs associated with reporting the compliance check investigation described in Subsection (1)(a);
- (c) if the municipal or county law enforcement agency completes and submits to the Department of Public Safety a report within 90 days after the day on which the compliance check investigation described in Subsection (1)(a) occurs in a format required by the Department of Public Safety; and
- (d) in the order that the municipal or county law enforcement agency submits the report required by Subsection (1)(c) until the amount allocated by the Department of Public Safety to reimburse a municipal or county law enforcement agency is spent.
(2) By no later than October 1 of each year, the Department of Public Safety shall report to the Utah Behavioral Health Commission on the compliance check investigations:
- (a) funded during the previous fiscal year; and
- (b) reimbursed under Subsection (1).
Amended by Chapter 396, 2026 General Session