76-6-515 - Using or making slugs. - Utah Statutes

76-6-515. Using or making slugs.
(1) A person is guilty of a class B misdemeanor if:
(a) With a purpose to defraud the supplier of property or a service offered or sold bymeans of a coin machine, he inserts, deposits, or uses a slug in that machine; or
(b) He makes, possesses, or disposes of a slug with the purpose of enabling a person touse it fraudulently in a coin machine.
(2) As used in this section:
(a) "Coin machine" means any mechanical or electronic device or receptacle designed toreceive a coin or bill of a certain denomination, or a token made for the purpose, and, in return forthe insertion or deposit thereof, automatically to offer, provide, assist in providing or permit theacquisition of property or a public or private service.
(b) "Slug" means any object which, by virtue of its size, shape, or other quality, iscapable of being inserted, deposited, or otherwise used in a coin machine as an impropersubstitute for a genuine coin, bill, or token.

Enacted by Chapter 196, 1973 General Session