1983 Session: Bills 228-229

              SHOPPING  CART  RETRIEVAL  BUSINESS
1983
GENERAL  SESSION
Enrolled Copy
S.   B.   No.   228 By    Richard J.   Carling
AN     ACT     RELATING     TO     SHOPPING     CART     RETRIEVAL;      ESTABLISHING
REQUIREMENTS     FOR     PERSONS     ENGAGED        IN        SHOPPING        CART
RETRIEVAL        BUSINESS; AND       PROVIDING        A       PENALTY     FOR
VIOLATIONS.
Be   it enacted by the  Legislature of the  State  of Utah:
Section 1. As used in this section, "shopping cart
retrieval business" means the business of searching for,
gathering, and restoring possession to the merchant or owner,
for compensation or in expectation of compensation, of shopping
carts located outside the premises of a retail mercantile
establishment.
Section 2. Every person who engages in the shopping cart
retrieval business shall retain records, showing written
authorization from the merchant or owner to retrieve the carta
and to be in possession of those carts retrieved, and shall
maintain a copy of that authorization in any vehicle utilized
for that  retrieval.
Section 3. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 76-
6-606,   a violation of this  section is  a class A misdemeanor.
Section       4. Exempted    under    this    act    are    nonprofit
charitable organization.