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Utah Code § 20A-4-404 — Utah Code / Title 20A / Chapter 20A-4 / § 20A-4-404
§ 20A-4-404. Election contest -- Calendaring and disposition.
Status: in_force

(1) (a) Upon receipt of the petition, the clerk shall inform the chief judge of the court having jurisdiction. (b) The chief judge shall issue an order: (i) assigning the case to a district court judge, if the district court has jurisdiction; and (ii) setting a date and time, not less than 10 nor more than 30 days from the date the petition was filed to hear and determine the contest. (c) The clerk shall: (i) issue a subpoena for the person whose right to the office is contested to appear at the time and place specified in the order; and (ii) cause the subpoena to be served. (2) The court shall meet at the time and place designated to determine the contest. (3) (a) If it is necessary for the court to inspect the ballots of any voting precinct in order to determine any election contest the judge may order the proper officer to produce them. (b) The judge shall: (i) open and inspect the ballots in open court in the presence of the parties or their attorneys; and (ii) immediately after the inspection, seal them in an envelope and return them, by mail or otherwise, to their legal custodian. (4) (a) If the petition, response, or counterclaim alleges an error in the canvass sufficient to change the result, the court may order and conduct a recount of the ballots or vote tabulation. (b) The court may also require the production of any documents, records, and other evidence necessary to enable it to determine the legality or illegality of any vote cast or counted. (c) (i) After all the evidence in the contest is submitted, the court shall enter its judgment, either confirming the election result or annulling and setting aside the election. (ii) If the court determines that a person other than the one declared elected received the highest number of legal votes, the court shall declare that person elected.
Utah Code § 78A-6-211 — Utah Code / Title 78A / Chapter 78A-6 / § 78A-6-211
§ 78A-6-211. Courtrooms -- Physical facilities.
Status: in_force

(1) Suitable courtrooms and office space in each county shall be provided or made available to the juvenile court by the county for the hearing of cases, except in counties where the state has provided courtrooms and offices as needed. (2) Equipment and supplies for the use of the judges, officers, and employees of the juvenile court and the cost of maintaining the juvenile courts shall be paid from the General Fund or other funds for those purposes.
Utah Code § 78B-6-1245 — Utah Code / Title 78B / Chapter 78B-6 / § 78B-6-1245
§ 78B-6-1245. Lien for costs and expenses advanced by one for benefit of all.
Status: in_force

(1) The court shall allow expenses incurred, including attorney fees, in prosecuting or defending other actions or proceedings by any one of the tenants in common for the protection, confirmation or perfecting of the title, or setting the boundaries, or making a survey or surveys of the estate partitioned to be recovered by the party incurring the expenses. (2) The court shall determine the amounts with interest from the date the expenditures occurred. (3) The costs shall be: (a) pleaded and allowed by the court; (b) included in the final judgment; (c) a lien upon the share of each tenant, in proportion to the tenant's interest; and (d) enforced in the same manner as taxable costs of partition are taxed and collected.
Utah Code § 23A-1-204 — Utah Code / Title 23A / Chapter 23A-1 / § 23A-1-204
§ 23A-1-204. Night hunting of nonprotected wildlife -- County ordinances -- Permits.
Status: in_force

(1) (a) For purposes of a county ordinance enacted pursuant to this section, "motor vehicle" means the same as that term is defined in Section 41-6a-102. (b) For purposes of this section, "nonprotected wildlife" means the wildlife that is excluded from the definition of protected wildlife under Section 23A-1-101. (2) A person may engage in night hunting of nonprotected wildlife when allowed by a county ordinance enacted pursuant to this section. (3) The county ordinance shall provide that: (a) a hunter shall carry a light enhancement device used to locate nonprotected wildlife; (b) a motor vehicle headlight or light attached to or powered by a motor vehicle may not be used to locate nonprotected wildlife; and (c) while hunting with the use of a light enhancement device, the hunter may not occupy or operate a motor vehicle. (4) The county ordinance may specify: (a) the time of day and seasons when night hunting is permitted; (b) areas closed or open to night hunting within the unincorporated area of the county; (c) safety zones within which night hunting is prohibited; (d) the weapons permitted; and (e) penalties for violation of the county ordinance. (5) (a) A county may restrict the number of hunters engaging in night hunting by requiring a permit to night hunt and issuing a limited number of permits. (b) (i) A county may charge a fee for a night hunting permit. (ii) A county ordinance shall establish the permit fee. (iii) A county shall remit revenue generated by the permit fee to the division for deposit into the Wildlife Resources Account, except the Wildlife Board may allow a county that enacts an ordinance pursuant to this section to retain a reasonable amount to pay for the costs of administering and enforcing the county ordinance if the use of the permit revenues does not affect federal funds received by the state under Wildlife Restoration Act, 16 U.S.C. Sec. 669 et seq., and Sport Fish Restoration Act, 16 U.S.C. Sec. 777 et seq. (6) A county may require a hunter to notify the county sheriff of the time and place the hunter will be engaged in night hunting. (7) The requirement that a county enact an ordinance before a person may engage in night hunting to hunt nonprotected wildlife does not apply to: (a) a person or the person's agent who is lawfully acting to protect the person's crops or domestic animals from predation by those animals; or (b) an animal damage control agent acting in the agent's official capacity under a memorandum of agreement with the division.
Utah Code § 35A-8-427 — Utah Code / Title 35A / Chapter 35A-8 / § 35A-8-427
§ 35A-8-427. Public body may provide financial aid.
Status: in_force

In addition to other aids provided, a public body may provide financial aid to a housing authority by: (1) loan, donation, grant, contribution, and appropriation of money; (2) abatement or remission of taxes; (3) payments in lieu of taxes; (4) other charges; or (5) other means.
Utah Code § 70C-7-102 — Utah Code / Title 70C / Chapter 70C-7 / § 70C-7-102
§ 70C-7-102. No garnishment before judgment.
Status: in_force

Prior to entry of judgment in an action against a debtor relating to a consumer credit agreement, the creditor may not attach unpaid earnings of the debtor by garnishment or like proceedings.
Utah Code § 53G-10-602 — Utah Code / Title 53G / Chapter 53G-10 / § 53G-10-602
§ 53G-10-602. Establishment of innovation program -- LEA governing board approval -- Parental consent required -- Renewal of program.
Status: in_force

(1) An innovation program may be established for a K-12 class as provided in this part if the innovation program is approved by the LEA governing board for the LEA in which the proposed innovation program is to be implemented. (2) A public school teacher may submit an innovation program application to the LEA governing board for the LEA of the class or school in which the teacher proposes to implement an innovation program. (3) Before submitting an innovation program application, the public school teacher intending to submit the innovation program application shall obtain the written consent described in Section 53G-10-603. (4) An innovation program application shall be submitted no less than 60 days before the beginning of student registration for the school year for which the innovation program is proposed. (5) (a) An LEA governing board shall approve or deny an innovation program application within 45 days after the day on which the application is submitted. (b) An LEA governing board may approve an innovation program application subject to modifications or additional terms that the LEA governing board determines appropriate. (6) An innovation program may be renewed for another school year if: (a) the teacher in the opportunity class requests renewal; (b) the teacher submits with the renewal request the written consent described in Section 53G-10-603; and (c) the LEA governing board approves the renewal.
Utah Code § 53H-11-404 — Utah Code / Title 53H / Chapter 53H-11 / § 53H-11-404
§ 53H-11-404. Alumni legacy nonresident scholarships.
Status: in_force

(1) (a) In addition to other nonresident tuition scholarships, the president of an institution may waive an amount up to one academic school year's equivalent of the nonresident portion of tuition for alumni legacy nonresident scholarships. (b) The tuition waiver described in Subsection (1)(a) may only be given once and applied to a student's: (i) first full school year of non-residency status; (ii) first two semesters of non-residency status; or (iii) first four quarters of non-residency status. (2) The purposes of alumni legacy nonresident scholarships are to: (a) assist in maintaining an adequate level of service and related cost-effectiveness of auxiliary operations in institutions of higher education; (b) promote enrollment of nonresident students with high academic aptitudes; and (c) recognize the legacy of past graduates and promote a continued connection to the past graduates' alma mater. (3) To qualify for an alumni legacy scholarship, a student shall: (a) enroll at an institution for the first time; and (b) have at least one parent who graduated with an associate's degree or higher from the same institution in which the student is enrolling.
Utah Code § 31A-5-416 — Utah Code / Title 31A / Chapter 31A-5 / § 31A-5-416
§ 31A-5-416. Compensation of director, officer, employee, person with investment authority, or others.
Status: in_force

(1) Subject to this section, Subsections 16-10a-302(11) and (12) apply to: (a) a stock corporation; and (b) a mutual corporation. (2) Shareholders' approval is required: (a) of any benefit or payment to a director or officer for services rendered to a stock corporation more than 90 days before the agreement or decision to give the benefit or make the payment, unless the benefit or payment is made under a plan approved by the shareholders; and (b) for a new pension plan, profit-sharing plan, stock option plan, or an amendment to an existing plan which, so far as it pertains to any director or officer, substantially increases the financial burden on the stock corporation. (3) An action taken by the board of a mutual on the compensation of officers, directors, or employees, other than setting individual salaries or standards for salaries of classes of employees, shall be reported to the commissioner within 30 days. (4) The annual statement of a stock or mutual corporation shall include the amount of all direct and indirect remuneration for services, including retirement and other deferred compensation benefits and stock options paid each year: (a) for the benefit of each of the following whose remuneration exceeds an amount established by the commissioner by rule: (i) a director; (ii) an officer; or (iii) an employee; (b) for all directors and officers as a group; and (c) (i) for the five most highly compensated officers; (ii) for the five most highly compensated directors; and (iii) for the five most highly compensated employees. (5) An arrangement for compensation or other employment benefits for any director, officer, or employee with decision-making power may not be made if it would: (a) measure the compensation or other benefits in whole or in part by any criteria that would create a financial inducement to act contrary to the best interests of the stock or mutual corporation; or (b) have a tendency to make the stock or mutual corporation depend for continuance or soundness of operation upon the continuation of any director, officer, or employee in the person's position of director, officer, or employee. (6) Except for the insurer, a person having any authority in the investment or disposition of the funds of a domestic insurer may not: (a) accept any fee, brokerage, gift, or other emolument because of any investment, loan, deposit, purchase, sale, payment, or exchange made by or for the insurer; or (b) be financially interested in the investment or disposition of funds in any capacity. (7) Unless the commissioner, acting in the corporation's best interests, orders otherwise, if an order of rehabilitation or liquidation is issued under Section 31A-27a-301 or Section 31A-27a-401, the contractual obligations of the insurer for unperformed services of any director, principal officer, or person performing similar functions or having similar powers are terminated. This Subsection (7) does not apply to obligations vested before July 1, 1986.
Utah Code § 63A-14-708 — Utah Code / Title 63A / Chapter 63A-14 / § 63A-14-708
§ 63A-14-708. Attorney fees and costs.
Status: in_force

(1) A complainant: (a) may, but is not required to, retain legal representation during the complaint review process; and (b) is responsible for payment of the complainant's attorney fees and costs incurred. (2) A respondent: (a) may, but is not required to, retain legal representation during the complaint review process; and (b) except as provided in Subsection (3), is responsible for payment of the respondent's attorney fees and costs incurred. (3) (a) If the commission determines that all allegations in the complaint are without merit, the respondent may file a request with the Executive Appropriations Committee of the Legislature for the payment of reasonable attorney fees and costs for legal representation during the complaint review process. (b) If the Executive Appropriations Committee of the Legislature receives a request described in Subsection (3)(a), the Legislature may appropriate money to reimburse the respondent for some or all of the reasonable attorney fees and costs described in Subsection (3)(a). (4) An attorney who participates in a hearing before the commission shall comply with: (a) the Rules of Professional Conduct established by the Utah Supreme Court; (b) the procedures and requirements of this chapter; and (c) the directions of the chair and the commission. (5) A violation of Subsection (4) may constitute: (a) contempt of the commission under Section 63A-14-705; or (b) a violation of the Rules of Professional Conduct, subject to enforcement by the Utah State Bar.
Utah Code § 70A-2a-102 — Utah Code / Title 70A / Chapter 70A-2a / § 70A-2a-102
§ 70A-2a-102. Scope.
Status: in_force

(1) This chapter applies to any transaction, regardless of form, that creates a lease and, in the case of a hybrid lease, it applies to the extent provided in Subsection (2). (2) In a hybrid lease: (a) if the lease-of-goods aspects do not predominate: (i) only the provisions of this chapter which relate primarily to the lease-of-goods aspects of the transaction apply, and the provisions that relate primarily to the transaction as a whole do not apply; (ii) Section 70A-2a-209 applies if the lease is a finance lease; and (iii) Section 70A-2a-407 applies to the promises of the lessee in a finance lease to the extent the promises are consideration for the right to possession and use of the leased goods; and (b) if the lease-of-goods aspects predominate, this chapter applies to the transaction, but does not preclude application in appropriate circumstances of other law to aspects of the lease which do not relate to the lease of goods.
Utah Code § 78B-4-1002 — Utah Code / Title 78B / Chapter 78B-4 / § 78B-4-1002
§ 78B-4-1002. Affirmative defense -- Reliance on governmental authorization -- Civil actions.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided in Subsection (2) or (3)(c), a person has an affirmative defense in a civil action if: (a) the conduct, omission, or condition alleged to have caused the plaintiff harm was authorized or required by: (i) statute; (ii) ordinance; (iii) administrative rule; (iv) a permit, license, or order; or (v) another written instrument that has the force of law and is issued by a governmental entity; and (b) the authorization or requirement described in Subsection (1)(a) was in effect at the time the conduct, omission, or condition occurred, which is: (i) for conduct, when the conduct is undertaken; (ii) for an omission, when the omission occurs; and (iii) for a condition, when the condition initially arises. (2) The affirmative defense described in Subsection (1) does not apply if the plaintiff proves that the governmental entity that issued the authorization or requirement described in Subsection (1) has determined that: (a) the person materially failed to comply with the terms or conditions of the authorization or requirement; (b) the person's conduct exceeded the scope of the authorization or requirement; or (c) the person procured the authorization or requirement by fraud. (3) This section does not: (a) create a cause of action; (b) affect the availability of another defense in a civil action; (c) apply to a products liability action; or (d) abrogate, eliminate, or reduce any common law or statutory duty to exercise reasonable care under the circumstances. (4) Subject to Subsections (2) and (3), the affirmative defense described in this section applies to a civil action regardless of the theory of liability on which the action is based. (5) This section abrogates the common law to the extent the common law is inconsistent with this section. (6) If any provision of this section is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect any other provision of this section that can be given effect without the invalid provision.
Utah Code § 63H-8-204 — Utah Code / Title 63H / Chapter 63H-8 / § 63H-8-204
§ 63H-8-204. Relation to certain acts.
Status: in_force

(1) The corporation is exempt from: (a) Title 51, Chapter 5, Funds Consolidation Act; (b) Title 51, Chapter 7, State Money Management Act; (c) Title 63A, Utah Government Operations Code; (d) Title 63G, Chapter 6a, Utah Procurement Code; (e) Title 63J, Chapter 1, Budgetary Procedures Act; (f) Title 63J, Chapter 2, Revenue Procedures and Control Act; and (g) Title 63A, Chapter 17, Utah State Personnel Management Act. (2) The corporation shall comply with: (a) Title 52, Chapter 4, Open and Public Meetings Act; (b) Section 67-3-12; and (c) Title 63G, Chapter 2, Government Records Access and Management Act.
Utah Code § 20A-1-605 — Utah Code / Title 20A / Chapter 20A-1 / § 20A-1-605
§ 20A-1-605. Mutilating certificate of nomination -- Forging declination or resignation -- Tampering with ballots.
Status: in_force

(1) It is unlawful for any person to: (a) falsely mark or willfully deface or destroy: (i) any certificate of nomination or any part of a certificate of nomination; or (ii) any letter of declination or resignation; (b) file any certificate of nomination or letter of declination or resignation knowing it, or any part of it, to be falsely made; (c) suppress any certificate of nomination, or letter of declination or resignation, or any part of a certificate of nomination or letter of declination or resignation that has been legally filed; (d) forge any letter of declination or resignation; (e) falsely make the official endorsement on any ballot; (f) willfully destroy or deface any ballot; (g) willfully delay the delivery of any ballots; (h) examine any ballot offered or cast at the polls or found in any ballot box or ballot drop box for any purpose other than to determine which candidate was elected; and (i) make or place any mark or device on any ballot in order to determine the name of any person for whom the elector has voted. (2) In addition to the penalties established in Subsections 20A-1-609(2) and (3), any person convicted of any of the offenses established by this section is guilty of a class A misdemeanor.
Utah Code § 39A-5-218 — Utah Code / Title 39A / Chapter 39A-5 / § 39A-5-218
§ 39A-5-218. Contempt -- Penalty.
Status: in_force

(1) A military court may punish for contempt any individual who uses any menacing word, sign, or gesture in its presence, or who disturbs its proceedings by any disorderly conduct. (2) The punishment may not exceed confinement for three days in the county jail of the county where the proceedings are held, or a fine of $200, or both.
Utah Code § 53F-5-604 — Utah Code / Title 53F / Chapter 53F-5 / § 53F-5-604
§ 53F-5-604. Liaison -- Reporting -- Meeting.
Status: in_force

(1) Subject to budget constraints, the superintendent of public instruction appointed under Section 53E-3-301 shall appoint an individual as the American Indian-Alaska Native Public Education Liaison. (2) The liaison shall: (a) work under the direction of the superintendent in the development of the state plan and the implementation of the state plan through local plans created and implemented by LEAs, except that the local plans shall reflect the vision and mission provided in Section 53E-2-301; and (b) annually report to the Native American Legislative Liaison Committee regarding: (i) what entities receive a grant under this part; (ii) the effectiveness of the expenditures of grant money; (iii) implementation of the state plan; and (iv) recommendations, if any, for additional legislative action. (3) The Native American Legislative Liaison Committee shall annually schedule at least one meeting at which education is discussed with selected stakeholders.
Utah Code § 53D-1-604 — Utah Code / Title 53D / Chapter 53D-1 / § 53D-1-604
§ 53D-1-604. Compliance not determined by hindsight.
Status: in_force

Compliance with a provision of this part in making a decision or taking an action is determined in light of the facts and circumstances existing at the time a decision is made or an action is taken and not by hindsight.
Utah Code § 63A-14-102 — Utah Code / Title 63A / Chapter 63A-14 / § 63A-14-102
§ 63A-14-102. Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter: (1) "Commission" means the Independent Executive Branch Ethics Commission, created in Section 63A-14-202. (2) "Complainant" means an individual who files a complaint under Subsection 63A-14-402(1)(a). (3) "Executive branch elected official" means: (a) the governor; (b) the lieutenant governor; (c) the state auditor; (d) the state treasurer; or (e) the attorney general. (4) "Improper purpose" includes harassing a respondent, causing unwarranted harm to a respondent's reputation, or causing unnecessary expenditure of public funds. (5) "Malfeasance in office" means an intentional act or omission relating to the duties of an executive branch elected official that: (a) constitutes a crime; or (b) (i) constitutes a substantial breach of the trust imposed upon the executive branch elected official by the nature of the official's office; and (ii) is against commonly accepted standards of honesty and morality. (6) "Respondent" means the executive branch elected official against whom an ethics complaint described in Section 63A-14-402 is filed. (7) "Violation" means a high crime, a misdemeanor, or malfeasance in office.