Numerous new Utah laws now in effect

SALT LAKE CITY — Utahns have 338 new laws to obey this week.

Most of the bills passed by the 2010 Legislature and signed by Gov. Gary Herbert take effect 60 days after the general session ends.

That was May 11 this year.

You likely won't feel all of them.

Utahns who smoke won't see the Legislature's $1-per-pack tax hike until July 1, the start of the state's fiscal year.

And most of the new laws will affect a few, but not everyone. Still, each Legislature produces many more new laws and amendments than it repeals.

Here are a few of the new laws that could affect you:

Certain visitation days are given to noncustodial parents living more than 150 miles away from their children (HB16).

Tighter regulation of employee drug testing in the workplace (HB23).

Enhanced penalties for committing a violent crime in front of a child under 14 years of age (HB62).

A person with a concealed carry permit can legally "flash" his firearm or tell a threatening person that he or she is carrying a handgun (HB78).

A property owner is not liable for damages caused by a concealed weapons permit holder firing his gun on the owner's property (HB380).

Extended administrative, warrantless subpoena power into the areas of cyberstalking, child kidnapping and sex offenses involving minors (HB150).

Several abortion law revisions aimed at getting a pregnant woman to deliver the child rather than choose an abortion.

Minors can't buy various smoking paraphernalia, like a "bong" (HB206).

Low-speed vehicles no longer need a speedometer or brakes on all wheels (HB238).

If you leave the scene of an accident where a person suffers "serious bodily injury," you can be charged with a third-degree felony instead of a Class A misdemeanor (HB250).

You can be married by a part-time county clerk employee, not just a full-time employee (HB269).

To get more teenagers to call the cops or paramedics if one of their friends overdoses on drugs or alcohol, the calling teen's illegal use of that substance can be mitigated because he or she made the call (HB277).