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                  HB 47
              DISCRETION IN PRESENTATION OF ACCUSATION
              1996 GENERAL SESSION
              STATE OF UTAH
              Sponsor: R. Lee Ellertson
          AN ACT RELATING TO THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE; MAKING TECHNICAL
          CORRECTIONS.
          This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
          AMENDS:
          77-6-4 , as last amended by Chapter 38, Laws of Utah 1993
          Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
              Section 1. Section 77-6-4 is amended to read:
              77-6-4. Presentation of accusation -- Service on defendant.
              (1) When the accusation is initiated by [(1)]:
              (a) a grand jury, [it] the foreperson shall [be presented] present the accusation to the court
          [by the foreman] in the presence of the grand jurors [and] which shall be filed with the clerk; or
          [(2)]
              (b) a taxpayer, the county attorney, district attorney, or the attorney general, [it] any of
          these persons shall [be presented] present the accusation to the presiding judge of the district court
          for filing with the clerk.
              (2) (a) Except when the accusation is initiated by the county attorney or district attorney,
          the court shall [cause] furnish a copy of the accusation [to be furnished] to the county attorney or,
          if within a prosecution district, the district attorney who shall investigate and may prosecute the
          accusation [and cause].
              (b) If the accusation is against the county or district attorney, the court shall furnish a copy
          of the accusation to the Office of the Attorney General, who shall investigate and may prosecute
          the accusation.
              (c) If prosecution is pursued, the county attorney, district attorney, or attorney general shall
          serve a copy of [it to be served] the accusation on the defendant[, together] with a summons which
          requires [him] the defendant to appear before the district court of the county in which [he] the
          county attorney or district attorney serves and to answer the accusation.
              (3) The time fixed for appearance [shall] may not be less than ten days from the date of
          service of summons. The service of the accusation [and], summons, and the return of service shall
          be made in the manner provided by law for service of civil process.

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