53-15-102 - Purpose.
53-15-102. Purpose.
(1) The Legislature recognizes that children are often in dangerous situations that may bethreatening or frightening to them and that there is a need for "safe homes" in our neighborhoodswhere a child may go for help.
(2) The Legislature also recognizes that along with the need for "safe homes" thatchildren can recognize easily, there is needed a method by which these homes can be identified.
(3) The purpose of this chapter is to:
(a) provide and designate a recognizable symbol for those "safe homes" that children canreadily identify; and
(b) establish a method by which local law enforcement agencies can identify and trainvolunteers who are willing to make their homes "safe homes".
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 382, 2008 General Session