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Title 10 - Utah Municipal Code
Chapter 8 - Powers and Duties of Municipalities
Section 85 - Prison labor and fines.
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UT Code § 10-8-85 (2025)
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Effective 5/1/2024
10-8-85. Prison labor and fines.
They may provide by ordinance that any person committed to the county or municipal jail or other place of incarceration as a punishment or in default of the payment of a fine, or fine and costs, shall be required to work for the city at such labor as the person's strength will permit not exceeding eight hours in each working day; and that a judgment that the defendant pay a fine or a fine and costs may also direct that the defendant be imprisoned until the amount thereof is satisfied, specifying the extent of imprisonment which cannot exceed one day for each $2 of such amount.
Amended by Chapter 365, 2024 General Session
10-8-85. Prison labor and fines.
They may provide by ordinance that any person committed to the county or municipal jail or other place of incarceration as a punishment or in default of the payment of a fine, or fine and costs, shall be required to work for the city at such labor as the person's strength will permit not exceeding eight hours in each working day; and that a judgment that the defendant pay a fine or a fine and costs may also direct that the defendant be imprisoned until the amount thereof is satisfied, specifying the extent of imprisonment which cannot exceed one day for each $2 of such amount.
Amended by Chapter 365, 2024 General Session
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