Section 44-15-102 - Purpose(1) Except as provided in subsection (2), the purpose of this part is to prohibit the use of facial recognition technology for continuous facial surveillance or facial identification by state and local government agencies and law enforcement agencies.(2) It is the intent of the legislature to provide state and local government agencies the guidelines to use, or contract with third parties to use on their behalf, facial verification and to provide law enforcement agencies the ability to use facial recognition technology for investigations of serious crimes.Added by Laws 2023, Ch. 781,Sec. 2, eff. 6/29/2023, and applicable retroactively, within the meaning of 1-2-109, to contracts for third-party facial recognition services signed or renewed by the department of corrections, the department of justice, and the department of labor and industry as of January 1, 2022.