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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
As used in this chapter:
(1) “Airport” means the same as that term is defined in Section 72-10-102.
(2) “Authorized property” means:
(a) a building or part of a building owned or leased by a law enforcement agency or a correctional facility;
(b) critical infrastructure if owned or operated by a government entity;
(c) an elementary or secondary public or charter school;
(d) a courthouse; or
(e) an airport.
(3) “Biometric surveillance information” means the analysis of surveillance information using biometric software to identify an individual's identity or location using the individual's physical attributes or manner.
(4) “Critical infrastructure” means the same as that term is defined in Section 76-6-106.3.
(5)(a) “Government entity” means the state, a county, a municipality, a higher education institution, a special district, a special service district, charter school, or any other political subdivision of the state or an administrative subunit of a political subdivision.
(b) “Government entity” includes a law enforcement entity or any other investigative entity, agency, department, division, bureau, board, or commission, or an individual acting or purporting to act for or on behalf of a state or local agency.
(6) “Imaging surveillance device” means a device that uses radar, sonar, infrared, or other remote sensing or detection technology used by the individual operating the device to obtain information, not otherwise directly observable, about individuals, items, or activities within a closed structure.
(7) “Public safety threat” means a documented reasonable articulable suspicion of:
(a) a threat to commit a violent felony by a specific individual towards a person, a group of people, or a place; or
(b) a threat by a specific individual to commit an offense under Section 76-5-107, Threat of violence.
(8) “Surveillance information” means future, current, or historical information produced by the digital monitoring of an area that can be used to create biometric surveillance information.
(9) “Target” means a person or a structure upon which a government entity intentionally collects or attempts to collect information using an imaging surveillance device.
(10) “Violent felony” means the same as that term is defined in Section 76-3-203.5.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Utah Code Title 77. Utah Code of Criminal Procedure § 77-23d-102. Definitions - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ut/title-77-utah-code-of-criminal-procedure/ut-code-sect-77-23d-102/
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