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Utah Code § 53G-5-303 — Utah Code / Title 53G / Chapter 53G-5 / § 53G-5-303
§ 53G-5-303. Charter agreement -- Content -- Modification.
Status: in_force

As used in this section: (1) (a) "Innovation plan" means the same as that term is defined in Section 53G-7-221. (b) "Satellite charter school" means a charter school affiliated with an operating charter school, which has the same charter school governing board and a similar program of instruction, but has a different school number than the affiliated charter. (2) A charter agreement: (a) is a contract between the charter school applicant and the charter school authorizer; (b) shall describe the rights and responsibilities of each party; and (c) shall allow for the operation of the applicant's proposed charter school. (3) A charter agreement shall include: (a) the name of: (i) the charter school; and (ii) the entity with whom the charter school authorizer contracts; (b) the mission statement and purpose of the charter school; (c) the charter school's opening date; (d) the grade levels the charter school will serve; (e) (i) subject to Section 53G-6-504, the maximum number of students a charter school will serve; or (ii) for an operating charter school with satellite charter schools, the maximum number of students of all satellite charter schools collectively served by the operating charter school; (f) a description of the structure of the charter school governing board, including: (i) the number of charter school governing board members; (ii) how members of the charter school governing board are appointed; and (iii) charter school governing board members' terms of office; (g) assurances that: (i) the charter school governing board will comply with: (A) the charter school's bylaws; (B) the charter school's articles of incorporation; and (C) applicable federal law, state law, and state board rules; (ii) the charter school governing board will meet all reporting requirements described in Section 53G-5-404; and (iii) except as provided in Part 6, Charter School Credit Enhancement Program, neither the authorizer nor the state, including an agency of the state, is liable for the debts or financial obligations of the charter school or a person who operates the charter school; (h) which administrative rules the state board will waive for the charter school; (i) minimum financial standards for operating the charter school; (j) minimum performance standards; and (k) signatures of the charter school authorizer and the charter school governing board members. (4) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (4)(b), a charter agreement may not be modified except by mutual agreement between the charter school authorizer and the charter school governing board. (b) A charter school governing board may modify the charter school's charter agreement without the mutual agreement described in Subsection (4)(a) to: (i) include an enrollment preference as described in Subsection 53G-6-502(4)(h); or (ii) only as described in Subsection 53G-7-221(5), include or remove an innovation plan.
Utah Code § 31A-22-311 — Utah Code / Title 31A / Chapter 31A-22 / § 31A-22-311
§ 31A-22-311. Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in Sections 31A-22-312 and 31A-22-314: (1) "Authorized driver" means the person to whom the vehicle is rented and includes: (a) the spouse of the person renting the vehicle if the spouse is a licensed driver satisfying the rental company's minimum age requirement; (b) the employer or coworker of the person renting the vehicle if the employer or coworker is engaged in business activity with the renter and if the employer or coworker are licensed drivers satisfying the rental company's minimum age requirement; (c) any person who operates the vehicle during an emergency situation; (d) any person who operates the vehicle while parking the vehicle at a commercial establishment; or (e) any person expressly listed by the rental company on the rental agreement as an authorized driver. (2) "Damage" means any damage or loss to the rented vehicle resulting from a collision, including loss of use and any costs and expenses incident to the damage or loss. (3) "Rental agreement" means any written agreement stating the terms and conditions governing the use of a private passenger motor vehicle provided by a rental company. (4) "Rental company" means any person or organization in the business of providing private passenger motor vehicles to the public. (5) "Renter" means any person or organization obtaining the use of a private passenger motor vehicle from a rental company under the terms of a rental agreement.
Utah Code § 70A-8-504 — Utah Code / Title 70A / Chapter 70A-8 / § 70A-8-504
§ 70A-8-504. Duty of securities intermediary to maintain financial asset.
Status: in_force

(1) A securities intermediary shall promptly obtain and thereafter maintain a financial asset in a quantity corresponding to the aggregate of all security entitlements it has established in favor of its entitlement holders with respect to that financial asset. The securities intermediary may maintain those financial assets directly or through one or more other securities intermediaries. (2) Except to the extent otherwise agreed by its entitlement holder, a securities intermediary may not grant any security interests in a financial asset it is obligated to maintain pursuant to Subsection (1). (3) A securities intermediary satisfies the duty in Subsection (1) if: (a) the securities intermediary acts with respect to the duty as agreed upon by the entitlement holder and the securities intermediary; or (b) in the absence of agreement, the securities intermediary exercises due care in accordance with reasonable commercial standards to obtain and maintain the financial asset. (4) This section does not apply to a clearing corporation that is itself the obligor of an option or similar obligation to which its entitlement holders have security entitlements.
Utah Code § 75E-10-303 — Utah Code / Title 75E / Chapter 75E-10 / § 75E-10-303
§ 75E-10-303. Funding for indigent defense services.
Status: in_force

7/1/2026 (1) The office shall pay for indigent defense services for indigent inmates from the fund. (2) A contract under this chapter shall ensure that indigent defense services are provided in a manner consistent with the core principles described in Section 75E-9-104. (3) The county attorney or district attorney of a county of the third, fourth, fifth, or sixth class shall function as the prosecuting entity. (4) (a) A county of the third, fourth, fifth, or sixth class where a state prison is located may impose an additional property tax levy by ordinance at .0001 per dollar of taxable value in the county. (b) If the county governing body imposes the additional property tax levy by ordinance, the revenue shall be deposited into the fund as provided in Section 75E-10-302 to fund the purposes of this chapter. (c) Upon notification that the fund has reached the amount specified in Subsection 75E-10-302(6), a county shall deposit revenue derived from the property tax levy after the county receives the notice into a county account used exclusively to provide indigent defense services. (d) A county that chooses not to impose the additional levy by ordinance may not receive any benefit from the fund.
Utah Code § 70C-7-103 — Utah Code / Title 70C / Chapter 70C-7 / § 70C-7-103
§ 70C-7-103. Definitions -- Limitation on garnishment.
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this part: (a) "Disposable earnings" means that part of the earnings of an individual remaining after the deduction from those earnings of amounts required by law to be withheld. (b) "Education loan" means a loan subject to this title, or notwithstanding Subsection 70C-1-202(2)(h)(ii)(B)(II), made by a depository institution that: (i) is closed end; (ii) is a qualified education loan as defined in 26 U.S.C. Sec. 221(d); (iii) expressly states in the original loan documents that it is a qualified education loan or the proceeds will be used solely for qualified higher education expenses as defined in 26 U.S.C. Sec 221(d); and (iv) in a bankruptcy filing, the loan or any indebtedness relating to the loan is subject to the provisions of 11 U.S.C. Sec. 523(a)(8). (c) "Garnishment" means a legal or equitable procedure through which the earnings of an individual are required to be withheld for payment of a debt. (2) The maximum part of the aggregate disposable earnings of an individual for any pay period that is subjected to garnishment to enforce payment of a judgment arising from a consumer credit agreement may not exceed the lesser of: (a) 25% of the individual's disposable earnings for that pay period; (b) the amount by which the individual's disposable earnings for that pay period exceed 30 hours per week multiplied by the federal minimum hourly wage prescribed by Section 6(a)(1) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, 29 U.S.C. Sec. 206(a)(1), in effect at the time the earnings are payable; or (c) 15% of the individual's disposable earnings for that pay period if the judgment relates to an education loan. (3) A court may not make, execute, or enforce an order or process in violation of this section.
Utah Code § 31A-11-101 — Utah Code / Title 31A / Chapter 31A-11 / § 31A-11-101
§ 31A-11-101. Prohibition of unauthorized motor clubs.
Status: in_force

(1) No person may act as a motor club, except: (a) a corporation authorized under Chapter 5, Domestic Stock and Mutual Insurance Corporations, or Chapter 14, Foreign Insurers, which actually engages in the insurance of automobiles against liability, physical damage, or both; or (b) a corporation or division of a corporation authorized under this chapter. (2) No person is acting as a motor club merely by offering travel-related services that do not constitute insurance, or by arranging, through producers qualified under Chapter 23a, Insurance Marketing - Licensing Producers, Consultants, and Reinsurance Intermediaries, for insurance coverages underwritten by insurers authorized to do business in this state.
Utah Code § 17C-1-101 — Utah Code / Title 17C / Chapter 17C-1 / § 17C-1-101
§ 17C-1-101. Title.
Status: in_force

(1) This title is known as the "Limited Purpose Local Government Entities - Community Reinvestment Agency Act." (2) This chapter is known as "Agency Operations." (3) This part is known as "General Provisions."
Utah Code § 17C-4-103 — Utah Code / Title 17C / Chapter 17C-4 / § 17C-4-103
§ 17C-4-103. Community development project area plan requirements.
Status: in_force

Each community development project area plan and proposed project area plan shall: (1) describe the boundaries of the project area, subject to Section 17C-1-414, if applicable; (2) contain a general statement of the land uses, layout of principal streets, population densities, and building intensities of the project area and how they will be affected by the community development; (3) state the standards that will guide the project area development; (4) show how the purposes of this title will be attained by the project area development; (5) be consistent with the general plan of the community in which the project area is located and show that the project area development will conform to the community's general plan; (6) describe any specific project or projects that are the object of the proposed project area development; (7) identify how a participant will be selected to undertake the project area development and identify each participant currently involved in the project area development; (8) state the reasons for the selection of the project area; (9) describe the physical, social, and economic conditions existing in the project area; (10) describe any tax incentives offered private entities for facilities located in the project area; (11) include an analysis or description of the anticipated public benefit to be derived from the project area development, including: (a) the beneficial influences upon the tax base of the community; and (b) the associated business and economic activity likely to be stimulated; and (12) include other information that the agency determines to be necessary or advisable.
Utah Code § 63M-7-510 — Utah Code / Title 63M / Chapter 63M-7 / § 63M-7-510
§ 63M-7-510. Ineligible individuals -- Fraudulent reparations claims -- Penalties.
Status: in_force

7/1/2026 (1) The following individuals are not eligible to receive a reparations award: (a) an individual who does not meet all of the provisions set forth in Section 63M-7-509; (b) the offender; (c) an accomplice of the offender; (d) an individual whose receipt of a reparations award would unjustly benefit the offender, accomplice, or another individual reasonably suspected of participating in the offense; (e) the victim of a motor vehicle injury who was the owner or operator of the motor vehicle and was not at the time of the injury in compliance with the state motor vehicle insurance laws; (f) a convicted offender serving a sentence of imprisonment in any prison or jail or residing in any other correctional facility; (g) an individual who is on probation or parole if the circumstances surrounding the offense of which the individual is a victim is a violation of the individual's probation or parole; (h) an individual whose injuries are the result of criminally injurious conduct that occurred in a prison, jail, or another correctional facility while the individual was incarcerated; and (i) an individual who: (i) submits a fraudulent claim; or (ii) misrepresents a material fact in requesting a reparations award. (2) (a) An individual may not knowingly: (i) submit a fraudulent claim; or (ii) misrepresent a material fact in requesting a reparations award. (b) A violation of Subsection (2)(a) is: (i) a class B misdemeanor if: (A) the individual who violates Subsection (2)(a) does not receive a reparations award; or (B) the value of the reparations award received is less than $500; (ii) a class A misdemeanor if the value of the reparations award received is or exceeds $500 but is less than $1,500; (iii) a third degree felony if the value of the reparations award received is or exceeds $1,500 but is less than $5,000; and (iv) a second degree felony if the value of the reparations award received is or exceeds $5,000. (3) The state attorney general may prosecute violations under this section or may make arrangements with county or city attorneys for the prosecution of violations under this section when the attorney general cannot conveniently prosecute. (4) (a) A claimant who is not eligible to receive a reparations award under Subsection (1) but receives a reparations award shall reimburse the fund for the amount of the reparations award. (b) The office may bring a civil action against a victim who does not reimburse the fund for the amount of the reparations award in accordance with Subsection (4)(a).
Utah Code § 31A-23a-407 — Utah Code / Title 31A / Chapter 31A-23a / § 31A-23a-407
§ 31A-23a-407. Liability for acts of title insurance producers.
Status: in_force

(1) Subject to the other provisions in this section, a title insurer that has a contract with or appoints an individual title insurance producer or an agency title insurance producer is liable to a buyer, seller, borrower, lender, or third party that deposits money with the individual title insurance producer or agency title insurance producer for the receipt and disbursement of money deposited with the individual title insurance producer or agency title insurance producer for a transaction when a commitment for a policy of title insurance of that title insurer is ordered, issued, or distributed or a title insurance policy of that title insurer is issued, except that once a title insurer is named in an issued commitment only that title insurer is liable as a title insurer under this section. (2) The liability of a title insurer under Subsection (1) and the liability of an individual title insurance producer or agency title insurance producer for the receipt and disbursement of money deposited with the individual title insurance producer or agency title insurance producer is limited to the amount of money received and disbursed, not to exceed the amount of proposed insurance set forth in the commitment or title insurance policy described in Subsection (1) plus 10% of the amount of the proposed insurance. (3) The liability described in Subsection (1) does not modify, mitigate, impair, or affect the contractual obligations between an individual title insurance producer or agency title insurance producer and the title insurer. (4) The liability of a title insurer with respect to the condition of title to the real property that is the subject of a title insurance policy or a title insurance commitment for a title insurance policy is limited to the terms, conditions, and stipulations contained in the title insurance policy or title commitment.
Utah Code § 17D-2-105 — Utah Code / Title 17D / Chapter 17D-2 / § 17D-2-105
§ 17D-2-105. Action of a local entity's governing body or a local building authority's board of directors.
Status: in_force

(1) The governing body of a local entity or the authority board of a local building authority may take an action or proceeding under this chapter by resolution. (2) Except as specifically required under this chapter: (a) an ordinance, resolution, or proceeding with respect to a transaction under this chapter is not necessary; and (b) the publication of a resolution, proceeding, or notice relating to a transaction under this chapter is not necessary. (3) The governing body of a local entity or authority board of a local building authority may adopt a proceeding under this chapter on a single reading at a legally convened meeting of the governing body or authority board, as the case may be. (4) Except as specifically provided in this chapter, a resolution adopted or proceeding taken under this chapter is not subject to referendum.
Utah Code § 63B-1-314 — Utah Code / Title 63B / Chapter 63B-1 / § 63B-1-314
§ 63B-1-314. Person executing obligations not personally liable.
Status: in_force

No person executing any obligations issued under this part is subject to personal liability or accountability because of the issuance.
Utah Code § 78B-4-513 — Utah Code / Title 78B / Chapter 78B-4 / § 78B-4-513
§ 78B-4-513. Cause of action for defective construction.
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section: (a) "Condominium" means a single unit in a multiunit project together with an undivided interest in common in the common areas and facilities of the condominium building. (b) "Condominium developer" means a person that: (i) acquires the land for building a condominium; (ii) obtains financing for the construction of a condominium; (iii) oversees the construction of the condominium; and (iv) sells the condominium to a consumer. (2) Except as provided in Subsection (3), an action for defective design or construction is limited to breach of the contract, whether written or otherwise, including both express and implied warranties. (3) An action for defective design or construction may include damage to other property or physical personal injury if the damage or injury is caused by the defective design or construction. (4) For purposes of Subsection (3), property damage does not include: (a) the failure of construction to function as designed; or (b) diminution of the value of the constructed property because of the defective design or construction. (5) Except as provided in Subsections (3) and(7), only a person in privity of contract with the original contractor, architect, engineer, or the real estate developer may bring an action for defective design or construction. (6) If a person in privity of contract sues for defective design or construction under this section, nothing in this section precludes the person from bringing, in the same suit, another cause of action to which the person is entitled based on an intentional or willful breach of a duty existing in law. (7) Nothing in this section precludes: (a) a person from assigning a right under a contract to another person, including to a subsequent owner or a homeowners association; or (b) a government agency from bringing an enforcement action in accordance with any other statute for matters involving defective construction. (8) (a) Before bringing an action against a condominium developer for defective design or construction, a condominium owner shall provide written notice: (i) describing the defective design or construction; and (ii) requesting that the condominium developer make all necessary repairs to fix the defective design or construction. (b) A condominium developer, upon receiving a notice described in Subsection (8)(a), shall make all reasonable repairs requested in the notice. (c) If the condominium developer does not complete the repairs described in the notice in Subsection (8)(b) within nine months after the day on which the condominium owner provides the notice described in Subsection (8)(a), the condominium owner may bring an action against the condominium developer for defective design or construction. (9) A condominium owner may not bring an action against the condominium's developer for defective design or construction before the condominium owner provides the notice described in Subsection (8)(a) and the developer fails to comply with Subsection (8)(c).
Utah Code § 63A-14-602 — Utah Code / Title 63A / Chapter 63A-14 / § 63A-14-602
§ 63A-14-602. Review of ethics complaint by commission.
Status: in_force

(1) The scope of the commission's review of a complaint is limited to the alleged violations stated in the complaint. (2) Before holding a meeting for review of a complaint, the chair may schedule a separate meeting of the commission to: (a) review a complaint, with or without the attendance of the parties, to determine if the complaint should be dismissed in whole or in part, by means of a majority vote of the commission, because the complaint pleads facts or circumstances against an executive branch elected official that have already been reviewed by the commission; (b) hear motions or arguments from the parties, including hearing motions or arguments relating to dismissal of a complaint, admission of evidence, or procedures; or (c) hold a vote of the commission, with or without the attendance of the parties, on procedural or commission business matters relating to a complaint. (3) (a) The commission shall comply with the Utah Rules of Evidence except where the commission determines, by majority vote, that a rule is not compatible with the requirements of this chapter. (b) The chair shall make rulings on admissibility of evidence consistent with the provisions of Section 63A-14-703. (4) (a) The following individuals may be present during the presentation of testimony and evidence to the commission: (i) the complainants, except that no more than three complainants may be present at one time; (ii) the complainants' counsel, if applicable; (iii) the respondent; (iv) the respondent's counsel, if applicable; (v) members of the commission; (vi) staff to the commission; (vii) a witness, while testifying before the commission; and (viii) necessary security personnel. (b) The complainants, respondent, and counsel for a complainant or respondent may be excluded from a portion of the meeting when the commission discusses administrative, procedural, legal, or evidentiary issues by: (i) the order of the chair, subject to override as provided in Section 63A-14-703; or (ii) a majority vote of the commission. (c) When the commission deliberates at the conclusion of presentation of testimony and evidence, the commission shall ensure that those deliberations are closed to all persons except for the members of the commission and commission staff. (5) If a majority of the commission determines that a continuance is necessary to obtain further evidence and testimony, accommodate administrative needs, or accommodate the attendance of commission members, witnesses, or a party, the commission may: (a) after notice to the parties, adjourn and continue the meeting to a future date and time; and (b) establish that future date and time by majority vote.