32B-3-206 (Effective 07/01/11) - Dishonored checks. - Utah Statutes

32B-3-206 (Effective 07/01/11). Dishonored checks.
(1) If a check issued in payment of a fee or cost authorized or required by this title isreturned to the department as dishonored:
(a) the department may assess a service charge in an amount set by commission ruleagainst the person on whose behalf the check was tendered;
(b) if the check that is returned to the department is from a package agent, licensee, orpermittee, the commission may:
(i) suspend or revoke the license or permit; or
(ii) suspend or terminate the operation of the package agency;
(c) the department may require that the person who payed with the dishonored checkonly pay money owed to the department under this title with cash for the time period determinedby the department; or
(d) the department or commission may take a combination of actions as provided in thisSubsection (1).
(2) (a) If a license or permit is revoked under this section, the commission may requirethe forfeiture of the bond of the licensee or permittee.
(b) Notwithstanding Subsection (2)(a), the department may make a claim against a bondposted by a licensee or permittee for money owed the department under this title without thecommission first revoking the license or permit.
(3) (a) If the operation of a package agency is terminated under this section and thedepartment has posted a bond for the package agency, the commission may require the forfeitureof the bond.
(b) Notwithstanding Subsection (3)(a), the department may make a claim against a bondposted for a package agency without the commission first terminating the operation of thepackage agency.

Enacted by Chapter 276, 2010 General Session