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Utah State Sen. Lyle Hillyard plans to introduce a bill in January that would delete from the law books what he described to CNET News.com as "cutting-edge legislation at the time." If his proposal passes, the repeal would take effect on May 1.

Enacted in 1996, the Utah Digital Signature Act was the first of its kind and went on to receive praise from groups like the National Association of State Chief Information Officers, which granted the state its 1997 e-commerce award a year later.

The law was intended to prevent e-commerce fraud and forged digital signatures. It required, among other things, for those issuing digital certificates to register with the government and to adhere to certain guidelines, to be subject to third-party audits, and to follow financial guidelines and international information security standards.

But several years have passed since anyone registered with the state's corporations office as a result of the law, Hillyard acknowledged, "so the consensus is to repeal it."
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