Utah Code § 17-73-507 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-73 / § 17-73-507
§ 17-73-507. Final plats of local entity boundary actions -- County surveyor approval of final plat -- Plat requirements.
Status: in_force

(1) Upon request and in consultation with the county recorder, the county surveyor of each county in which property depicted on a plat is located shall determine whether the plat is a final local entity plat. (2) (a) If a county surveyor determines that a plat meets the requirements of Subsection (3), the county surveyor shall approve the plat as a final local entity plat. (b) The county surveyor shall indicate the approval of a plat as a final local entity plat on the face of the final local entity plat. (3) A plat may not be approved as a final local entity plat unless the plat: (a) contains a graphical illustration depicting: (i) in the case of a proposed creation or incorporation of a local entity, the boundary of the proposed local entity; (ii) in the case of a proposed annexation of an area into an existing local entity, the boundary of the area proposed to be annexed, which may include non-contiguous areas; (iii) in the case of a proposed adjustment of a boundary between local entities, the boundary of the area that the boundary adjustment proposes to move from inside the boundary of one local entity to inside the boundary of another local entity; (iv) in the case of a proposed withdrawal or disconnection of an area from a local entity, the boundary of the area that is proposed to be withdrawn or disconnected; (v) in the case of a proposed consolidation of multiple local entities, the boundary of the proposed consolidated local entity; and (vi) in the case of a proposed division of a local entity into multiple local entities, the boundary of each new local entity created by the proposed division; (b) is created on reproducible material that is: (i) permanent in nature; and (ii) the size and type specified by the county recorder; (c) is drawn to a scale so that all data are legible; (d) contains a map or complete and accurate boundary information, including, as appropriate, calls along existing boundary lines, sufficient to enable: (i) the county surveyor to establish the boundary on the ground, in the event of a dispute about the accurate location of the boundary; and (ii) the county recorder to identify, for tax purposes, each tract or parcel included within the boundary; (e) depicts a name for the plat, approved by the county recorder, that is sufficiently unique to distinguish the plat from all other recorded plats in the county; (f) contains: (i) the name of the local entity whose boundary is depicted on the plat; (ii) the name of each county within which any property depicted on the plat is located; (iii) the date that the plat was prepared; (iv) a north arrow and legend; (v) a signature block for: (A) the signatures of: (I) the professional land surveyor who prepared the plat; and (II) the local entity's approving authority; and (B) the approval of the county surveyor; and (vi) a three-inch by three-inch block in the lower right hand corner for the county recorder's use when recording the plat; (g) has been certified and signed by a professional land surveyor licensed under Title 58, Chapter 22, Professional Engineers and Professional Land Surveyors Licensing Act; and (h) has been reviewed and signed by the approving authority of the local entity whose boundary is depicted on the plat. (4) The county surveyor may charge and collect a reasonable fee for the costs associated with: (a) the process of determining whether a plat is a final local entity plat; and (b) the approval of a plat as a final local entity plat. (5) A county surveyor may charge a newly created political subdivision, and a newly created political subdivision shall pay, a fee described in Subsection (4) following the lieutenant governor's issuance of a certificate of incorporation for the new political subdivision: (a) for survey work the county surveyor completed that was required for or associated with the formation of the new political subdivision; and (b) even if the county surveyor conducted the survey work before the certificate of incorporation is issued.
Utah Code § 17-79-809 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-79 / § 17-79-809
§ 17-79-809. Identical plan review -- Process -- Indexing of plans -- Prohibitions.
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section: (a) "Business day" means Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday, unless the day falls on a federal, state, or county holiday. (b) "Nonidentical plan" means a plan that does not meet the definition of an identical plan in Section 17-79-102. (c) "Original plan" means the same as that term is defined in Section 10-20-908. (2) An applicant may submit, and a county shall review, an identical plan as described in this section. (3) At the time of submitting an identical plan for review to a county, an applicant shall: (a) mark the floor plan as "identical plans"; (b) identify in writing: (i) the building permit number the county issued for the original plan: (A) that was previously approved by the county; and (B) to which the submitted floor plan qualifies as an identical plan; or (ii) the identifying index number assigned by the county to the original plan, as described in Subsection (5)(b); and (c) identify the site on which the applicant intends to implement the identical plan. (4) Beginning May 7, 2025, an applicant that intends to submit an identical plan for review to a county shall: (a) indicate, at the time of submitting an original plan to the county for review and approval, that the applicant intends to use the original plan as the basis for submitting a future identical plan if the original plan is approved by the county; and (b) identify: (i) the name or other identifier of the original plan; and (ii) the zone the building will be located in, if the county approves the original plan. (5) Upon approving an original plan and receiving the information described in Subsection (4), a county shall: (a) file and index the original plan for future reference against an identical plan later submitted under Subsection (2); and (b) provide the applicant with an identifying index number for the original plan. (6) A county that receives a submission under Subsection (2) shall review and compare the submitted identical plan to the original plan to ensure: (a) the identical plan and original plan are substantially identical; and (b) no structural changes have been made from the original plan. (7) Nothing in this section prohibits a county from conducting a site review and requiring geological analysis of the proposed site identified by the applicant under Subsection (3)(c). (8) A county shall: (a) review a submitted identical plan for compliance with this section; and (b) approve or reject the identical plan within five business days after the day on which the identical plan was submitted under Subsection (2). (9) An applicant that submits a nonidentical plan to a county as an identical plan, with knowledge that the nonidentical plan does not qualify as an identical plan and with intent to deceive the county: (a) may be fined by the county receiving the submission of the nonidentical plan: (i) in an amount not to exceed three times the building permit fee, if the county approved the nonidentical plan as an identical plan before discovering the submission did not qualify as an identical plan; or (ii) in an amount equal to the building permit fee that would have been issued for the nonidentical plan, if the county did not approve the nonidentical plan before discovering the submission did not qualify as an identical plan; and (b) is prohibited from submitting an identical plan for review and approval under this section for a period of two years from the day on which the county discovers the nonidentical plan identified as an identical plan in the applicant's submission did not qualify as an identical plan. (10) A county may impose a criminal penalty, as described in Section 17-64-501, for an applicant that knowingly violates the prohibition described in Subsection (9)(b).
Utah Code § 17-76-401 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-76 / § 17-76-401
§ 17-76-401. Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this section: (1) "Commission" means the same as that term is defined in Sections 17-76-201 and 17-76-301. (2) "Nonexempt employee" means a county employee who is nonexempt under the requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1978, 29 U.S.C. Sec. 201 et seq. (3) "Overtime" means hours worked in excess of a nonexempt employee's work period. (4) "Regular hourly rate" means the hourly rate of pay a nonexempt employee receives for hours worked during a work period. (5) "Work period" means the maximum number of hours, within a specified number of consecutive days, that a nonexempt employee may work before the nonexempt employee is compensated for overtime.
Utah Code § 17-60-302 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-60 / § 17-60-302
§ 17-60-302. Initiating a petition to move a county seat -- Certification of petition signatures -- Removal of signature -- Limitation.
Status: in_force

(1) (a) A voter may file a petition to move the county seat with the county legislative body of the county in which the voter lives if the petition is signed by a majority of voters in the county, calculated by the number of active voters, as defined in Section 20A-7-501, in the county. (b) The first page of a petition described in this section shall include the following statement in at least the same size type as the majority of the other statements on the page:"WARNING TO SIGNERS WITH PRIVATE VOTER REGISTRATION RECORDSIf you sign this petition, your voter identification number and the date you signed may be publicly disclosed. This disclosure may occur even if you are an at-risk voter with a voter registration record that has been classified as a private record." (c) If the county legislative body receives a petition that complies with this section, the county legislative body shall submit the question of moving the county seat to the county's voters: (i) if the county legislative body receives the petition at least 180 days before the next general election, at the next general election; or (ii) if the county legislative body receives the petition fewer than 180 days before the next general election, at the general election following the next general election. (2) (a) Within three business days after the day on which a county legislative body receives a petition under Subsection (1), the county legislative body shall provide the petition to the county clerk. (b) Within 14 days after the day on which a county clerk receives a petition from the county legislative body under Subsection (2)(a), the county clerk shall: (i) use the procedures described in Section 20A-1-1002 to determine whether the petition satisfies the requirements of Subsection (1); (ii) certify on the petition whether each name is that of a registered voter in the county; and (iii) deliver the certified petition to the county legislative body. (3) (a) An individual who signs a petition under this section may have the individual's signature removed from the petition by, no later than three business days after the day on which the county legislative body provides the petition to the county clerk, submitting to the county clerk a statement requesting that the individual's signature be removed. (b) A statement described in Subsection (3)(a) shall comply with the requirements described in Subsection 20A-1-1003(2). (c) The county clerk shall use the procedures described in Subsection 20A-1-1003(3) to determine whether to remove an individual's signature from a petition after receiving a timely, valid statement requesting removal of the signature. (4) The election shall be conducted and the returns canvassed in all respects as provided by law for the conducting of general elections and canvassing the returns. (5) In accordance with Utah Constitution, Article XI, Section 2, a proposition to move the county seat may not be submitted in the same county more than once in four years, or within four years after the day on which a proposition to move the county seat is submitted to the voters.
Utah Code § 17-67-101 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-67 / § 17-67-101
§ 17-67-101. Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter: (1) "State-certified appraiser" means a state-certified general appraiser or state-certified residential appraiser as those terms are defined in Section 61-2g-102. (2) "State-licensed appraiser" means the same as that term is defined in Section 61-2g-102.
Utah Code § 17-79-1008 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-79 / § 17-79-1008
§ 17-79-1008. Final decision.
Status: in_force

(1) A decision of an appeal authority takes effect on the date when the appeal authority issues a written decision, or as otherwise provided by local ordinance. (2) A written decision, or other event as provided by ordinance, constitutes a final decision under Subsection 17-79-1009(2)(a) or a final action under Subsection 17-79-1009(4).
Utah Code § 17-71-101 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-71 / § 17-71-101
§ 17-71-101. Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter: (1) "Boundary action" means the same as that term is defined in Section 17-73-101. (2) "Land use authority" means: (a) a person, board, commission, agency, or body, including the local legislative body, designated by the local legislative body to act upon a land use application; or (b) if the local legislative body has not designated a person, board, commission, agency, or body, the local legislative body. (3) "Local entity" means the same as that term is defined in Section 67-1a-6.5. (4) "Personal information" means: (a) a signature; (b) the first five digits of a social security number; or (c) the month and day of the month of a birth date.
Utah Code § 17-79-210 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-79 / § 17-79-210
§ 17-79-210. Notice to county when a private institution of higher education is constructing student housing.
Status: in_force

(1) Each private institution of higher education that intends to construct student housing on property owned by the institution shall provide written notice of the intended construction, as provided in Subsection (2), before any funds are committed to the construction, if any of the proposed student housing buildings is within 300 feet of privately owned residential property. (2) Each notice under Subsection (1) shall be provided to the legislative body and, if applicable, the mayor of: (a) the county in whose unincorporated area or the mountainous planning district area the privately owned residential property is located; or (b) the municipality in whose boundaries the privately owned residential property is located. (3) At the request of a county or municipality that is entitled to notice under this section, the institution and the legislative body of the affected county or municipality shall jointly hold a public hearing to provide information to the public and receive input from the public about the proposed construction.
Utah Code § 17-79-604 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-79 / § 17-79-604
§ 17-79-604. Termination of a billboard and associated rights.
Status: in_force

(1) A county may only require termination of a billboard and associated rights through: (a) gift; (b) purchase; (c) agreement; (d) exchange; or (e) eminent domain. (2) A termination under Subsection (1)(a), (b), (c), or (d) requires the voluntary consent of the billboard owner. (3) A termination under Subsection (1)(e) requires the county to: (a) acquire the billboard and associated rights through eminent domain, in accordance with Title 78B, Chapter 6, Part 5, Eminent Domain, except as provided in Subsections 17-79-605(2)(f) and (h); and (b) after acquiring the rights under Subsection (3)(a), terminate the billboard and associated rights.
Utah Code § 17-70-510 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-70 / § 17-70-510
§ 17-70-510. Prohibitions -- Violations.
Status: in_force

(1) In addition to any penalty contained in any other provision of law, an individual who knowingly and intentionally violates this part: (a) is guilty of a class A misdemeanor; and (b) shall be dismissed from employment or removed from office. (2) No person shall induce or seek to induce an officer to violate any of the provisions of this part.
Utah Code § 17-73-104 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-73 / § 17-73-104
§ 17-73-104. County surveyor to use funds in Public Land Corner Preservation Fund.
Status: in_force

(1) If a county legislative body has established a public land corner preservation fund, as described in Section 17-63-710, the county surveyor may use money in the fund to pay expenses incurred to establish, reestablish, and maintain the corners of government surveys in accordance with the powers and duties provided under this chapter and Title 57, Chapter 10, Utah Coordinate System. (2) The county surveyor shall collect any fee established by ordinance or resolution for the filing of maps of survey in the county surveyor's office, as described in Section 17-73-504, and deposit collections with the county treasurer.
Utah Code § 17-79-306 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-79 / § 17-79-306
§ 17-79-306. State and federal property.
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section: (a) "Commuter rail" means the same as that term is defined in Section 63N-23-101. (b) (i) "Commuter rail facility" means a parking facility or maintenance facility related to commuter rail. (ii) "Commuter rail facility" does not include the rail or a station platform. (2) Unless otherwise provided by law, nothing contained in this chapter or Chapter 80, Counties and Housing Supply, may be construed as giving a county jurisdiction over: (a) real property or an interest in real property owned by the state or the United States; or (b) except as provided by Subsection (3), other real property necessary for the construction of a commuter rail project for which the Department of Transportation has oversight and supervision. (3) Upon completion of a commuter rail project described in Subsection (2), including any performance of work related to warranties and latent defects, a county retains the jurisdiction and land use authority provided by law over the completed commuter rail facilities.
Utah Code § 17-78-603 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-78 / § 17-78-603
§ 17-78-603. Activity outside a jurisdiction -- Constables to provide service to justice courts in certain circumstances -- Agent of governmental entity in certain circumstances.
Status: in_force

(1) (a) A constable who is serving process outside the county with which the constable holds a contract, as described in Section 17-78-601, shall contact the sheriff's office or police department of the jurisdiction before serving executions or seizing any property in the jurisdiction. (b) A constable shall notify the sheriff's office or police department of a jurisdiction before executing a warrant in the jurisdiction. (2) A county may require a contracted constable to: (a) attend the justice courts within the county; and (b) execute, serve, and return all process directed or delivered to the constable by a judge of the justice court serving the county, or by any competent authority within the limits of this section. (3) When acting under Subsection (1) or (2), or Section 17-78-605, the constable shall serve exclusively as an agent for: (a) the county that authorizes and directs the constable's action; or (b) the court authorizing or directing the constable's action. (4) Notwithstanding Subsection (3): (a) a county that contracts with a constable under this part may authorize residents of and businesses in the county to request the constable's services in civil matters, subject to fees described in Section 17-78-604; and (b) a constable may take any action in a civil matter: (i) that the constable is licensed to perform; (ii) for a private client; (iii) that is not prohibited by a contract described in Section 17-78-601; (iv) does not constitute a conflict of interest; and (v) does not interfere with the constable's duty to be accessible to the court and the public as described in Section 17-78-602.
Utah Code § 17-78-305 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-78 / § 17-78-305
§ 17-78-305. Clearing, improving, fencing, and construction of natural channels, sewers, and drains -- Enforcement of laws and regulations.
Status: in_force

(1) In anticipation of and to provide for the carrying away and the safe disposal of natural storm and flood waters, the county may: (a) remove any obstacle from any natural channels within the county and the incorporated municipalities in the county; and (b) plan for and construct new channels, storm sewers, and drains to serve as though they were natural channels. (2) The county may cause channels, storm sewers, and drains described in Subsection (1)(b) to be surveyed, and the county legislative body may, by ordinance, establish their location and dimensions. (3) (a) The county legislative body may promulgate regulations to prevent the destruction or obstruction of channels, storm sewers, and drains, and may provide for the enforcement of those regulations. (b) The county legislative body may also provide for the maintenance, improvement, and fencing of all such channels, including covering or replacement with buried conduits. (c) To implement the establishment, clearing, protection, and continued use of such channels, storm sewers, and drains, the county may acquire, by right of eminent domain necessary easements and rights-of-way. (4) All laws and sanitary regulations against the pollution of water in natural streams, canals, and lakes shall be enforced by: (a) the county officers; (b) the state, through the attorney general and in co-operation with the state board of health, state fish and game commission; and (c) the several county legislative bodies.
Utah Code § 17-78-707 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-78 / § 17-78-707
§ 17-78-707. Payment to Stay Another Day and Bounce Back Fund and Hotel Impact Mitigation Fund.
Status: in_force

A county in which a qualified hotel, as defined in Section 63N-2-502, is located shall: (1) make an annual payment to the Division of Finance: (a) for deposit into the Stay Another Day and Bounce Back Fund, established in Section 63N-2-511; (b) for any year in which the Governor's Office of Economic Development provides a convention incentive, as defined in Section 63N-2-502; and (c) in the amount of 5% of the state portion, as defined in Section 63N-2-502; and (2) make payments to the Division of Finance: (a) for deposit into the Hotel Impact Mitigation Fund, created in Section 63N-2-512; (b) for each year described in Subsection 63N-2-512(5) during which the balance of the Hotel Impact Mitigation Fund, defined in Section 63N-2-512, is less than $2,100,000 before any payment for that year under Subsection 63N-2-512(5); and (c) in the amount of the difference between $2,100,000 and the balance of the Hotel Impact Mitigation Fund, defined in Section 63N-2-512, before any payment for that year under Subsection 63N-2-512(5).
Utah Code § 17-78-701 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-78 / § 17-78-701
§ 17-78-701. Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this part: (1) "Airport" means the same as that term is defined in Section 72-10-102. (2) "Airport operator" means the same as that term is defined in Section 72-10-102. (3) "Establishing and promoting" means an activity or related expense to encourage, solicit, advertise, or market in order to attract or enhance transient guest spending in a county for a purpose described in Subsection 17-78-702(2)(a). (4) "Mitigation" means activity to address the direct impacts of tourism, recreation related to tourism, or conventions in a county, specifically sanitation and solid waste disposal, emergency medical services, search and rescue services, law enforcement, road repair, and road upgrades. (5) "Transient room tax" means a tax at a rate not to exceed the relevant rate authorized by Section 59-12-301.
Utah Code § 17-79-207 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-79 / § 17-79-207
§ 17-79-207. Notice for an amendment to a subdivision -- Notice for vacation of or change to street.
Status: in_force

(1) (a) For an amendment to a subdivision, each county shall provide notice of the date, time, and place of at least one public meeting, as provided in Subsection (1)(b). (b) At least 10 calendar days before the public meeting, the notice required under Subsection (1)(a) shall be: (i) mailed and addressed to the record owner of each parcel within specified parameters of that property; or (ii) posted on the property proposed for subdivision, in a visible location, with a sign of sufficient size, durability, and print quality that is reasonably calculated to give notice to passers-by. (2) Each county shall provide notice as required by Section 17-79-208 for a subdivision that involves a vacation, alteration, or amendment of a street.
Utah Code § 17-66-501 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-66 / § 17-66-501
§ 17-66-501. Applicability.
Status: in_force

(1) This part applies to members of the county legislative body and the county executive. (2) The definition of appointed officer in Section 17-75-101 does not have the effect of making an appointed individual or employee a county officer.
Utah Code § 17-60-402 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-60 / § 17-60-402
§ 17-60-402. Payment or rejection of claims.
Status: in_force

(1) If the county executive finds that any claim presented to the county is not payable by the county or is not a proper county charge, the county executive shall reject the claim. (2) (a) If the claim is found to be a proper county charge, but greater in amount than is justly due, the county executive may allow the claim in part and may order a warrant drawn for the portion allowed. (b) If the claimant is unwilling to receive the amount in full payment, the county executive may again consider the claim. (3) No claim may be paid if paying the claim would exceed the current unencumbered funds.
Utah Code § 17-77-305 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-77 / § 17-77-305
§ 17-77-305. Fees for mental health services -- Responsibility for cost of services to nonresident -- Authority may receive funds from other sources.
Status: in_force

(1) Each local mental health authority shall charge a fee for mental health services, except that mental health services may not be refused to any individual because of inability to pay. (2) If a local mental health authority, through a designated provider, provides a service described in Section 17-77-301 to an individual who resides within the jurisdiction of another local mental health authority, the local mental health authority in whose jurisdiction the individual resides is responsible for the cost of that service if that local mental health authority's designated provider has authorized the provision of the service. (3) A local mental health authority, and entities that contract with a local mental health authority to provide mental health services, may receive funds made available by federal, state, or local health, substance use, mental health, education, welfare, or other agencies, in accordance with the provisions of this part and Title 26B, Chapter 5, Health Care - Substance Use and Mental Health.
Utah Code § 17-76-507 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-76 / § 17-76-507
§ 17-76-507. Appointment of county fire department personnel -- Volunteers.
Status: in_force

(1) (a) Except for the chief and deputy chief of a county fire department, all firefighter positions in county fire departments shall be filled by individuals appointed from a certified county fire civil service register. (b) County fire civil service registers for employment and promotion shall be prepared by the executive director according to the requirements of this part and civil service policies. (2) (a) The chief and the deputy chief of any county fire department may be appointed from either the certified county fire civil service register or from qualified applicants outside of the county civil service system. (b) The positions of chief and deputy chief are exempt from civil service status. (c) A chief or deputy chief who is appointed from the certified county fire civil service register shall be returned to the civil service status that the individual held before the individual's appointment after the individual's appointment expires or terminates. (3) (a) All individuals employed as firefighters, emergency medical technicians, or a combination of firefighter and emergency medical technician: (i) are subject to this part; and (ii) shall be members of the County Fire Civil Service System. (b) Other fire department employees who do not provide firefighter services are not considered subject to this part and are subject to the merit system described in Chapter 75, General County Personnel Management. (4) (a) A volunteer firefighter or paid-call firefighter is not subject to this part and is not a merit employee subject to the County Fire Civil Service System. (b) (i) Except as provided in Subsection (4)(b)(ii), a volunteer or paid-call firefighter may not work more than 1,040 hours per calendar year. (ii) Notwithstanding Subsection (4)(b)(i), a wildland firefighter may work more than 1,040 hours per calendar year if approved by the county legislative body. (iii) For purposes of this Subsection (4)(b), "wildland firefighter" means a seasonally employed firefighter who does not receive the same employment benefits as a full-time employee and who is hired to suppress wildland fires in areas outside of inhabited, urban areas.
Utah Code § 17-68-504 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-68 / § 17-68-504
§ 17-68-504. Appeals.
Status: in_force

(1) A public prosecutor shall assist and cooperate, as required by the attorney general, in a case that may be appealed to the Court of Appeals or Utah Supreme Court regarding a criminal violation of state statute. (2) A public prosecutor shall appear and prosecute all appeals, in the appropriate court, for a crime charged as a misdemeanor in district court or as a violation of a county criminal ordinance.
Utah Code § 17-79-201 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-79 / § 17-79-201
§ 17-79-201. Required notice.
Status: in_force

(1) At a minimum, each county shall provide actual notice or the notice required by this part. (2) A county may by ordinance require greater notice than required under this part.
Utah Code § 17-71-601 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-71 / § 17-71-601
§ 17-71-601. Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this part: (1) "Commission" means the Utah Electronic Recording Commission established in Section 17-21a-302. (2) "Document" means information that is: (a) inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form; and (b) eligible to be recorded in the land records maintained by the county recorder. (3) "Electronic" means relating to technology having electrical, digital, magnetic, wireless, optical, electromagnetic, or similar capabilities. (4) "Electronic document" means a document that is received by the county recorder in an electronic form. (5) "Electronic signature" means an electronic sound, symbol, or process attached to or logically associated with a document and executed or adopted by a person with the intent to sign the document. (6) "Person" means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, public corporation, government, or governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, or any other legal or commercial entity. (7) "State" means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.
Utah Code § 17-79-902 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-79 / § 17-79-902
§ 17-79-902. Penalties -- Notice.
Status: in_force

(1) The county may, by ordinance, establish civil penalties for violations of any of the provisions of this chapter or of any ordinances adopted under the authority of this chapter. (2) Violation of any of the provisions of this chapter or of any ordinances adopted under the authority of this chapter is punishable as a class C misdemeanor upon conviction either: (a) as a class C misdemeanor; or (b) by imposing the appropriate civil penalty adopted under the authority of this section. (3) Before imposing upon an owner of record a civil penalty established by ordinance under authority of this chapter, a county shall provide: (a) written notice, by mail or hand delivery, of each ordinance violation to the address of the: (i) owner of record on file in the office of the county recorder; or (ii) person designated, in writing, by the owner of record as the owner's agent for the purpose of receiving notice of an ordinance violation; (b) the owner of record a reasonable opportunity to cure a noticed violation; and (c) a schedule of the civil penalties that may be imposed upon the expiration of a time certain.
Utah Code § 17-76-201 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-76 / § 17-76-201
§ 17-76-201. Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this part: (1) "Appointing authority" means the sheriff of a county having jurisdiction over any peace officer. (2) "Commission" means the merit system commission consisting of three individuals appointed in accordance with Section 17-76-203 and having the duty, power, and responsibility for the discharge of the functions of this chapter. (3) "Department of Public Safety" means the department created in Section 53-1-103. (4) "Eligible register" means the list made by a commission described in Subsection 17-76-209(1) that contains the names of all applicants that took the examination and that received a passing grade. (5) "Examination" means the competitive examination for employment as a peace officer described in Section 17-76-207. (6) "Member" means an individual appointed to the merit commission in accordance with Section 17-76-203. (7) "Merit system officer" means a peace officer who has merit status as defined in this part. (8) "Peace officer" means any paid deputy sheriff, other than a chief deputy designated by the sheriff, who is in the continuous employ of a county. (9) "Police interlocal entity" means an interlocal entity, as defined in Section 11-13-103, that is created: (a) under Title 11, Chapter 13, Interlocal Cooperation Act, by an agreement to which a county of the first class is a party; and (b) to provide law enforcement service to an area that includes the unincorporated part of the county. (10) "Police special district" means a special district, as defined in Section 17B-1-102: (a) whose creation was initiated by the adoption of a resolution under Section 17B-1-203 by the legislative body of a county of the first class, alone or with one or more other county legislative bodies; and (b) that is created to provide law enforcement service to an area that includes the unincorporated part of the county.
Utah Code § 17-68-402 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-68 / § 17-68-402
§ 17-68-402. Multicounty prosecution district.
Status: in_force

(1) (a) Subject to Subsection (2), two or more counties, whether contiguous, may enter into an agreement in accordance with Title 11, Chapter 13, Interlocal Cooperation Act, to create and maintain a prosecution district. (b) A prosecution district described in Subsection (1)(a) shall include all of the area within the boundaries of each county party to the agreement. (2) A county may not enter into an agreement to create a multicounty prosecution district unless each county entering into the agreement is located within a single judicial district, as described in Section 78A-1-102, with the other party counties.
Utah Code § 17-78-804 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-78 / § 17-78-804
§ 17-78-804. Delegation of management and control authority to directors by county executive body -- Contract or lease with private entity for management -- Deposit of money collected -- Expenditures -- Recommendations by directors to county executive body.
Status: in_force

(1) (a) Upon the appointment of a planetarium board of directors, the county executive may delegate to the board of directors the authority to manage and control the functions, activities, operations, maintenance, and repair of any county planetarium, and shall include in its delegation the authority to approve and control all expenditures from the county planetarium fund. (b) Any delegation of authority made to the board of directors under this section shall at all times be subject to the ultimate authority and responsibility of the county executive for the management and control of all county funds and properties as conferred upon that board by general law applicable to counties. (2) (a) Upon the recommendation of the board of directors, the county may enter into a contract or lease agreement with a private organization or entity for partial or full management, operation and maintenance of any county planetarium and for other planetarium services, which may include providing the physical facilities and equipment for the operation of a planetarium. (b) A contract or lease for the purposes described in Subsection (2)(a) may not extend for more than a four-year period and shall be subject to annual review by the board of directors to determine if performance is in conformance with the terms of the contract or lease and to establish the level of the subsequent funding in accordance with the contract or lease. (3) (a) All money collected from a county planetarium tax levy shall be deposited in the county treasury to the credit of the county planetarium fund. (b) All money collected from operations of or from donations to any planetarium owned and operated by the county shall also be deposited in the county treasury to the credit of the planetarium fund. (c) Any money collected from operations of a planetarium by a contracting party or lessee shall be used or deposited as the contract or lease may provide. (d) Income or proceeds from any investment by the county treasurer of county planetarium funds shall be credited to the county planetarium fund and used only for planetarium purposes. (4) (a) Expenditures from the county planetarium fund shall be drawn upon by the authorized officers of the county upon presentation of properly authenticated vouchers or documentation of the board of directors or other appropriate planetarium official. (b) The county planetarium fund may not be used for any purpose other than to pay the costs of acquiring, constructing, operating, managing, equipping, furnishing, maintaining or repairing a planetarium, including appropriate, reasonable and proportionate costs allocated by the county for support of the planetarium, or to pay the cost of financing and funding a contract or lease agreement for facilities, equipment, management, operation, and maintenance of a planetarium. (5) The planetarium board of directors shall provide recommendations to the county executive with respect to the purchase, lease, exchange, construction, erection, or other acquisition of land, real property improvements, and fixtures or the sale, lease, exchange, or other disposition of land, real property improvements, and fixtures for the use or benefit of a county planetarium.
Utah Code § 17-79-102 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-79 / § 17-79-102
§ 17-79-102. Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter: (1) "Accessory dwelling unit" means a habitable living unit added to, created within, or detached from a primary single-family dwelling and contained on one lot. (2) "Adversely affected party" means a person other than a land use applicant who: (a) owns real property adjoining the property that is the subject of a land use application or land use decision; or (b) will suffer a damage different in kind than, or an injury distinct from, that of the general community as a result of the land use decision. (3) "Affected entity" means a county, municipality, special district, special service district under Title 17D, Chapter 1, Special Service District Act, school district, interlocal cooperation entity established under Title 11, Chapter 13, Interlocal Cooperation Act, specified property owner, property owner's association, public utility, or the Department of Transportation, if: (a) the entity's services or facilities are likely to require expansion or significant modification because of an intended use of land; (b) the entity has filed with the county a copy of the entity's general or long-range plan; or (c) the entity has filed with the county a request for notice during the same calendar year and before the county provides notice to an affected entity in compliance with a requirement imposed under this chapter. (4) "Affected owner" means the owner of real property that is: (a) a single project; and (b) the subject of a land use approval that: (i) sponsors of a referendum timely challenged in accordance with Subsection 20A-7-601(6); and (ii) is determined to be legally referable under Section 20A-7-602.8. (5) "Appeal authority" means the person, board, commission, agency, or other body designated by ordinance to decide an appeal of a decision of a land use application or a variance. (6) "Billboard" means a freestanding ground sign located on industrial, commercial, or residential property if the sign is designed or intended to direct attention to a business, product, or service that is not sold, offered, or existing on the property where the sign is located. (7) (a) "Boundary adjustment" means an agreement between adjoining property owners to relocate a common boundary that results in a conveyance of property between the adjoining lots, adjoining parcels, or adjoining lots and parcels. (b) "Boundary adjustment" does not mean a modification of a lot or parcel boundary that: (i) creates an additional lot or parcel; or (ii) is made by the Department of Transportation. (8) (a) "Boundary establishment" means an agreement between adjoining property owners to clarify the location of an ambiguous, uncertain, or disputed common boundary. (b) "Boundary establishment" does not mean a modification of a lot or parcel boundary that: (i) creates an additional lot or parcel; or (ii) is made by the Department of Transportation. (9) "Building code adoption cycle" means the period of time beginning the day on which a specific edition of a construction code from a nationally recognized code authority is adopted and effective in Title 15A, State Construction and Fire Codes Act, until the day before a new edition of a construction code is adopted and effective in Title 15A, State Construction and Fire Codes Act. (10) (a) "Charter school" means: (i) an operating charter school; (ii) a charter school applicant that a charter school authorizer approves in accordance with Title 53G, Chapter 5, Part 3, Charter School Authorization; or (iii) an entity that is working on behalf of a charter school or approved charter applicant to develop or construct a charter school building. (b) "Charter school" does not include a therapeutic school. (11) "Chief executive officer" means the person or body that exercises the executive powers of the county. (12) "Conditional use" means a land use that, because of the unique characteristics or potential detrimental impact of the land use on the county, surrounding neighbors, or adjacent land uses, may not be compatible in some areas or may be compatible only if certain conditions are required that mitigate or eliminate the detrimental impacts. (13) "Constitutional taking" means a governmental action that results in a taking of private property where compensation to the property owner is required by the: (a) Fifth or Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States; or (b) Utah Constitution, Article I, Section 22. (14) "Conveyance document" means an instrument that: (a) meets the definition of "document" in Section 57-1-1; and (b) meets the requirements of Section 57-1-45.5. (15) "Conveyance of property" means the transfer of ownership of any portion of real property from one person to another person. (16) "County utility easement" means an easement that: (a) a plat recorded in a county recorder's office described as a county utility easement or otherwise as a utility easement; (b) is not a protected utility easement or a public utility easement as defined in Section 54-3-27; (c) the county or the county's affiliated governmental entity owns or creates; and (d) (i) either: (A) no person uses or occupies; or (B) the county or the county's affiliated governmental entity uses and occupies to provide a utility service, including sanitary sewer, culinary water, electrical, storm water, or communications or data lines; or (ii) a person uses or occupies with or without an authorized franchise or other agreement with the county. (17) "Culinary water authority" means the department, agency, or public entity with responsibility to review and approve the feasibility of the culinary water system and sources for the subject property. (18) "Department of Transportation" means the entity created in Section 72-1-201. (19) "Development activity" means: (a) any construction or expansion of a building, structure, or use that creates additional demand and need for public facilities; (b) any change in use of a building or structure that creates additional demand and need for public facilities; or (c) any change in the use of land that creates additional demand and need for public facilities. (20) (a) "Development agreement" means a written agreement or amendment to a written agreement between a county and one or more parties that regulates or controls the use or development of a specific area of land. (b) "Development agreement" does not include an improvement completion assurance. (21) (a) "Disability" means a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more of a person's major life activities, including a person having a record of such an impairment or being regarded as having such an impairment. (b) "Disability" does not include current illegal use of, or addiction to, any federally controlled substance, as defined in Section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act, 21 U.S.C. Sec. 802. (22) "Document" means the same as that term is defined in Section 57-1-1. (23) "Educational facility": (a) means: (i) a school district's building at which pupils assemble to receive instruction in a program for any combination of grades from preschool through grade 12, including kindergarten and a program for children with disabilities; (ii) a structure or facility: (A) located on the same property as a building described in Subsection (23)(a)(i); and (B) used in support of the use of that building; and (iii) a building to provide office and related space to a school district's administrative personnel; and (b) does not include: (i) land or a structure, including land or a structure for inventory storage, equipment storage, food processing or preparing, vehicle storage or maintenance, or similar use that is: (A) not located on the same property as a building described in Subsection (23)(a)(i); and (B) used in support of the purposes of a building described in Subsection (23)(a)(i); or (ii) a therapeutic school. (24) "Establishment document" means an instrument that: (a) meets the definition of "document" in Section 57-1-1; and (b) meets the requirements of Section 57-1-45. (25) "Fire authority" means the department, agency, or public entity with responsibility to review and approve the feasibility of fire protection and suppression services for the subject property. (26) "Flood plain" means land that: (a) is within the 100-year flood plain designated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency; or (b) has not been studied or designated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency but presents a likelihood of experiencing chronic flooding or a catastrophic flood event because the land has characteristics that are similar to those of a 100-year flood plain designated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. (27) "Full boundary adjustment" means a boundary adjustment that is not a simple boundary adjustment. (28) "Gas corporation" has the same meaning as defined in Section 54-2-1. (29) "General plan" means a document that a county adopts that sets forth general guidelines for proposed future development of: (a) the unincorporated land within the county; or (b) for a mountainous planning district, the land within the mountainous planning district. (30) "Geologic hazard" means: (a) a surface fault rupture; (b) shallow groundwater; (c) liquefaction; (d) a landslide; (e) a debris flow; (f) unstable soil; (g) a rock fall; or (h) any other geologic condition that presents a risk: (i) to life; (ii) of substantial loss of real property; or (iii) of substantial damage to real property. (31) "Home-based microschool" means the same as that term is defined in Section 53G-6-201. (32) "Hookup fee" means a fee for the installation and inspection of any pipe, line, meter, or appurtenance to connect to a county water, sewer, storm water, power, or other utility system. (33) (a) "Identical plans" means floor plans submitted to a county that: (i) are submitted within the same building code adoption cycle as floor plans that were previously approved by the county; (ii) have no structural differences from floor plans that were previously approved by the county; and (iii) describe a building that: (A) is located on land zoned the same as the land on which the building described in the previously approved plans is located; (B) has a substantially identical floor plan to a floor plan previously approved by the county; and (C) does not require any engineering or analysis beyond a review to confirm the submitted floor plans are substantially identical to a floor plan previously approved by the county or a review of the site plan and associated geotechnical reports for the site. (b) "Identical plans" include floor plans that are oriented differently as the floor plan that was previously approved by the county. (34) "Impact fee" means a payment of money imposed under Title 11, Chapter 36a, Impact Fees Act. (35) "Improvement completion assurance" means a surety bond, letter of credit, financial institution bond, cash, assignment of rights, lien, or other equivalent security required by a county to guaranty the proper completion of landscaping or an infrastructure improvement required as a condition precedent to: (a) recording a subdivision plat; or (b) development of a commercial, industrial, mixed use, or multifamily project. (36) "Improvement warranty" means an applicant's unconditional warranty that the applicant's installed and accepted landscaping or infrastructure improvement: (a) complies with the county's written standards for design, materials, and workmanship; and (b) will not fail in any material respect, as a result of poor workmanship or materials, within the improvement warranty period. (37) "Improvement warranty period" means a period: (a) no later than one year after a county's acceptance of required public landscaping; or (b) no later than one year after a county's acceptance of required infrastructure, unless the county: (i) determines, based on accepted industry standards and for good cause, that a one-year period would be inadequate to protect the public health, safety, and welfare; and (ii) has substantial evidence, on record: (A) of prior poor performance by the applicant; or (B) that the area upon which the infrastructure will be constructed contains suspect soil and the county has not otherwise required the applicant to mitigate the suspect soil. (38) "Infrastructure improvement" means permanent infrastructure that is essential for the public health and safety or that: (a) is required for human consumption; and (b) an applicant shall install: (i) in accordance with published installation and inspection specifications for public improvements; and (ii) as a condition of: (A) recording a subdivision plat; (B) obtaining a building permit; or (C) developing a commercial, industrial, mixed use, condominium, or multifamily project. (39) "Internal lot restriction" means a platted note, platted demarcation, or platted designation that: (a) runs with the land; and (b) (i) creates a restriction that is enclosed within the perimeter of a lot described on the plat; or (ii) designates a development condition that is enclosed within the perimeter of a lot described on the plat. (40) "Interstate pipeline company" means a person or entity engaged in natural gas transportation subject to the jurisdiction of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission under the Natural Gas Act, 15 U.S.C. Sec. 717 et seq. (41) "Intrastate pipeline company" means a person or entity engaged in natural gas transportation that is not subject to the jurisdiction of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission under the Natural Gas Act, 15 U.S.C. Sec. 717 et seq. (42) "Land use applicant" means a property owner, or the property owner's designee, who submits a land use application regarding the property owner's land. (43) "Land use application": (a) means an application that is: (i) required by a county; and (ii) submitted by a land use applicant to obtain a land use decision; and (b) does not mean an application to enact, amend, or repeal a land use regulation. (44) "Land use authority" means: (a) a person, board, commission, agency, or body, including the local legislative body, designated by the local legislative body to act upon a land use application; or (b) if the local legislative body has not designated a person, board, commission, agency, or body, the local legislative body. (45) "Land use decision" means an administrative decision of a land use authority or appeal authority regarding: (a) a land use permit; (b) a land use application; or (c) the enforcement of a land use regulation, land use permit, or development agreement. (46) "Land use permit" means a permit issued by a land use authority. (47) "Land use regulation": (a) means a legislative decision enacted by ordinance, law, code, map, resolution, engineering or development standard, specification for public improvement, fee, or rule that governs the use or development of land; (b) includes the adoption or amendment of a zoning map or the text of the zoning code; and (c) does not include: (i) a land use decision of the legislative body acting as the land use authority, even if the decision is expressed in a resolution or ordinance; or (ii) a temporary revision to an engineering specification that does not materially: (A) increase a land use applicant's cost of development compared to the existing specification; or (B) impact a land use applicant's use of land. (48) "Legislative body" means the county legislative body, or for a county that has adopted an alternative form of government, the body exercising legislative powers. (49) "Lot" means a tract of land, regardless of any label, that is created by and shown on a subdivision plat that has been recorded in the office of the county recorder. (50) "Major transit investment corridor" means public transit service that uses or occupies: (a) public transit rail right-of-way; (b) dedicated road right-of-way for the use of public transit, such as bus rapid transit; or (c) fixed-route bus corridors subject to an interlocal agreement or contract between a municipality or county and: (i) a public transit district as defined in Section 17B-2a-802; or (ii) an eligible political subdivision as defined in Section 59-12-2202. (51) "Micro-education entity" means the same as that term is defined in Section 53G-6-201. (52) "Moderate income housing" means housing occupied or reserved for occupancy by households with a gross household income equal to or less than 80% of the median gross income for households of the same size in the county in which the housing is located. (53) "Mountainous planning district" means an area designated by a county legislative body in accordance with Section 17-79-408. (54) "Nominal fee" means a fee that reasonably reimburses a county only for time spent and expenses incurred in: (a) verifying that building plans are identical plans; and (b) reviewing and approving those minor aspects of identical plans that differ from the previously reviewed and approved building plans. (55) "Noncomplying structure" means a structure that: (a) legally existed before the structure's current land use designation; and (b) because of one or more subsequent land use ordinance changes, does not conform to the setback, height restrictions, or other regulations, excluding those regulations that govern the use of land. (56) "Nonconforming use" means a use of land that: (a) legally existed before the land's current land use designation; (b) has been maintained continuously since the time the land use ordinance regulation governing the land changed; and (c) because of one or more subsequent land use ordinance changes, does not conform to the regulations that now govern the use of the land. (57) "Official map" means a map drawn by county authorities and recorded in the county recorder's office that: (a) shows actual and proposed rights-of-way, centerline alignments, and setbacks for highways and other transportation facilities; (b) provides a basis for restricting development in designated rights-of-way or between designated setbacks to allow the government authorities time to purchase or otherwise reserve the land; and (c) has been adopted as an element of the county's general plan. (58) "Parcel" means any real property that is not a lot. (59) "Person" means an individual, corporation, partnership, organization, association, trust, governmental agency, or any other legal entity. (60) "Plan for moderate income housing" means a written document adopted by a county legislative body that includes: (a) an estimate of the existing supply of moderate income housing located within the county; (b) an estimate of the need for moderate income housing in the county for the next five years; (c) a survey of total residential land use; (d) an evaluation of how existing land uses and zones affect opportunities for moderate income housing; and (e) a description of the county's program to encourage an adequate supply of moderate income housing. (61) "Planning advisory area" means a contiguous, geographically defined portion of the unincorporated area of a county established under this part with planning and zoning functions as exercised through the planning advisory area planning commission, as provided in this chapter, but with no legal or political identity separate from the county and no taxing authority. (62) "Plat" means an instrument subdividing property into lots as depicted on a map or other graphical representation of lands that a licensed professional land surveyor makes and prepares in accordance with Section 17-79-703 or 57-8-13. (63) "Potential geologic hazard area" means an area that: (a) is designated by a Utah Geological Survey map, county geologist map, or other relevant map or report as needing further study to determine the area's potential for geologic hazard; or (b) has not been studied by the Utah Geological Survey or a county geologist but presents the potential of geologic hazard because the area has characteristics similar to those of a designated geologic hazard area. (64) "Property owner" means a person that holds legal title in real property. (65) "Public agency" means: (a) the federal government; (b) the state; (c) a county, municipality, school district, special district, special service district, or other political subdivision of the state; or (d) a charter school. (66) "Public hearing" means a hearing at which members of the public are provided a reasonable opportunity to comment on the subject of the hearing. (67) "Public meeting" means a meeting that is required to be open to the public under Title 52, Chapter 4, Open and Public Meetings Act. (68) "Public street" means a public right-of-way, including a public highway, public avenue, public boulevard, public parkway, public road, public lane, public alley, public viaduct, public subway, public tunnel, public bridge, public byway, other public transportation easement, or other public way. (69) "Receiving zone" means an unincorporated area that a county designates, by ordinance, as an area in which an owner of land may receive a transferable development right. (70) "Record of survey map" means a map of a survey of land prepared in accordance with Section 17-73-504. (71) "Residential facility for persons with a disability" means a residence: (a) in which more than one person with a disability resides; and (b) which is licensed or certified by the Department of Health and Human Services under: (i) Title 26B, Chapter 2, Part 1, Human Services Programs and Facilities; or (ii) Title 26B, Chapter 2, Part 2, Health Care Facility Licensing and Inspection. (72) "Residential roadway" means a public local residential road that: (a) will serve primarily to provide access to adjacent primarily residential areas and property; (b) is designed to accommodate minimal traffic volumes or vehicular traffic; (c) is not identified as a supplementary to a collector or other higher system classified street in an approved municipal street or transportation master plan; (d) has a posted speed limit of 25 miles per hour or less; (e) does not have higher traffic volumes resulting from connecting previously separated areas of the municipal road network; (f) cannot have a primary access, but can have a secondary access, and does not abut lots intended for high volume traffic or community centers, including schools, recreation centers, sports complexes, or libraries; and (g) primarily serves traffic within a neighborhood or limited residential area and is not necessarily continuous through several residential areas. (73) "Rules of order and procedure" means a set of rules that govern and prescribe in a public meeting: (a) parliamentary order and procedure; (b) ethical behavior; and (c) civil discourse. (74) "Sanitary sewer authority" means the department, agency, or public entity with responsibility to review and approve the feasibility of sanitary sewer services or onsite wastewater systems. (75) "Sending zone" means an unincorporated area that a county designates, by ordinance, as an area from which an owner of land may transfer a transferable development right. (76) "Simple boundary adjustment" means a boundary adjustment that does not: (a) affect a public right-of-way, county utility easement, or other public property; (b) affect an existing easement, onsite wastewater system, or an internal lot restriction; or (c) result in a lot or parcel out of conformity with land use regulations. (77) "Site plan" means a document or map that may be required by a county during a preliminary review before the issuance of a building permit to demonstrate that an owner's or developer's proposed development activity meets a land use requirement. (78) (a) "Special district" means an entity under Title 17B, Limited Purpose Local Government Entities - Special Districts. (b) "Special district" includes a governmental or quasi-governmental entity that is not a county, municipality, school district, or the state. (79) "Specific land use law" means a requirement or restriction on the use of a specific parcel in a development agreement that a legislative body approves with the consent of an affected property owner. (80) "Specified public agency" means: (a) the state; (b) a school district; or (c) a charter school. (81) "Specified public utility" means an electrical corporation, gas corporation, or telephone corporation, as those terms are defined in Section 54-2-1. (82) "State" includes any department, division, or agency of the state. (83) (a) "Subdivision" means any land that is divided, resubdivided, or proposed to be divided into two or more lots or other division of land for the purpose, whether immediate or future, for offer, sale, lease, or development either on the installment plan or upon any and all other plans, terms, and conditions. (b) "Subdivision" includes: (i) the division or development of land, whether by deed, metes and bounds description, devise and testacy, map, plat, or other recorded instrument, regardless of whether the division includes all or a portion of a parcel or lot; and (ii) except as provided in Subsection (83)(c), divisions of land for residential and nonresidential uses, including land used or to be used for commercial, agricultural, and industrial purposes. (c) "Subdivision" does not include: (i) a bona fide division or partition of agricultural land for agricultural purposes; (ii) a recorded conveyance document: (A) consolidating multiple lots or parcels into one legal description encompassing all lots by reference to a recorded plat and all parcels by metes and bounds description; or (B) joining a lot to a parcel; (iii) a bona fide division or partition of land in a county other than a first class county for the purpose of siting, on one or more of the resulting separate parcels: (A) an electrical transmission line or a substation; (B) a natural gas pipeline or a regulation station; or (C) an unmanned telecommunications, microwave, fiber optic, electrical, or other utility service regeneration, transformation, retransmission, or amplification facility; (iv) a bona fide division of land by deed or other instrument if the deed or other instrument states in writing that the division: (A) is in anticipation of future land use approvals on the parcel or parcels; (B) does not confer any land use approvals; and (C) has not been approved by the land use authority; (v) a boundary adjustment; (vi) a boundary establishment; (vii) a road, street, or highway dedication plat; (viii) a deed or easement for a road, street, or highway purpose; or (ix) any other division of land authorized by law. (84) (a) "Subdivision amendment" means an amendment to a recorded subdivision in accordance with Section 17-79-711 that: (i) vacates all or a portion of the subdivision; (ii) increases the number of lots within the subdivision; (iii) alters a public right-of-way, a public easement, or public infrastructure within the subdivision; or (iv) alters a common area or other common amenity within the subdivision. (b) "Subdivision amendment" does not include a simple boundary adjustment. (85) "Substantial evidence" means evidence that: (a) is beyond a scintilla; and (b) a reasonable mind would accept as adequate to support a conclusion. (86) "Suspect soil" means soil that has: (a) a high susceptibility for volumetric change, typically clay rich, having more than a 3% swell potential; (b) bedrock units with high shrink or swell susceptibility; or (c) gypsiferous silt and clay, gypsum, or bedrock units containing abundant gypsum commonly associated with dissolution and collapse features. (87) "Therapeutic school" means a residential group living facility: (a) for four or more individuals who are not related to: (i) the owner of the facility; or (ii) the primary service provider of the facility; (b) that serves students who have a history of failing to function: (i) at home; (ii) in a public school; or (iii) in a nonresidential private school; and (c) that offers: (i) room and board; and (ii) an academic education integrated with: (A) specialized structure and supervision; or (B) services or treatment related to a disability, an emotional development, a behavioral development, a familial development, or a social development. (88) "Transferable development right" means a right to develop and use land that originates by an ordinance that authorizes a property owner in a designated sending zone to transfer land use rights from a designated sending zone to a designated receiving zone. (89) "Unincorporated" means the area outside of the incorporated area of a municipality. (90) "Water interest" means any right to the beneficial use of water, including: (a) each of the rights listed in Section 73-1-11; and (b) an ownership interest in the right to the beneficial use of water represented by: (i) a contract; or (ii) a share in a water company, as defined in Section 73-3-3.5. (91) "Zoning map" means a map, adopted as part of a land use ordinance, that depicts land use zones, overlays, or districts.
Utah Code § 17-79-704 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-79 / § 17-79-704
§ 17-79-704. Subdivision plat approval procedure -- Effect of not complying.
Status: in_force

(1) A person may not submit a subdivision plat to the county recorder's office for recording unless: (a) the person has complied with the requirements of Subsection 17-79-703(6)(a); (b) the plat has been approved by: (i) the land use authority of the: (A) county in whose unincorporated area the land described in the plat is located; or (B) mountainous planning district in whose area the land described in the plat is located; and (ii) other officers that the county designates in its ordinance; (c) all approvals described in Subsection (1)(b) are entered in writing on the plat by designated officers; and (d) if the person submitting the plat intends the plat to be or if the plat is part of a community association subject to Title 57, Chapter 8a, Community Association Act, the plat includes language conveying to the association, as that term is defined in Section 57-8a-102, all common areas, as that term is defined in Section 57-8a-102. (2) An owner of a platted lot is the owner of record sufficient to re-subdivide the lot if the owner's platted lot is not part of a community association subject to Title 57, Chapter 8a, Community Association Act. (3) A plat recorded without the signatures required under this section is void. (4) A transfer of land pursuant to a void plat is voidable by the land use authority.
Utah Code § 17-77-304 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-77 / § 17-77-304
§ 17-77-304. Contracts for mental health services provided by local mental health authorities.
Status: in_force

If a local mental health authority has established a plan to provide services authorized by this part, and those services meet standards fixed by rules of the division, the local mental health authority may enter into a contract with the division for mental health services to be furnished by that local mental health authority for an agreed compensation to be paid by the division.
Utah Code § 17-78-1104 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-78 / § 17-78-1104
§ 17-78-1104. Easement for utility use -- Realignment at property owner's expense.
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section, "utility easement" means an easement acquired by a county through the use of eminent domain to provide utility services to the county's residents. (2) The owner of a servient estate subject to a utility easement may realign the easement at the servient estate owner's expense unless the alignment cannot be reasonably changed because of engineering or safety requirements.
Utah Code § 17-71-406 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-71 / § 17-71-406
§ 17-71-406. Redacting personal information.
Status: in_force

(1) (a) An individual may request, in accordance with Subsection (2), to have the county recorder create a redacted version of a previously recorded instrument. (b) The redacted version of a previously recorded instrument will, in accordance with this section, reflect redactions of the individual's personal information. (2) A request under Subsection (1)(a) shall: (a) be in writing; (b) include payment of the fee described in Subsection (5); and (c) identify the location of the personal information in the county recorder's records by: (i) entry number and page number; or (ii) book and page number. (3) If an individual makes a request in accordance with Subsection (2), the county recorder shall: (a) create a copy of the originally recorded instrument of record for the purpose of creating a redacted version of the originally recorded instrument; (b) on the copy of the originally recorded instrument created under Subsection (3)(a): (i) redact the personal information, ensuring that the originally recorded instrument is not altered or changed; (ii) indicate: (A) the date and time that the redaction occurred; and (B) that the originally recorded instrument remains on file with the county recorder's office; and (c) make the redacted copy of the originally recorded instrument accessible and available for inspection. (4) The county recorder shall produce or provide access to the originally recorded instrument of record if: (a) the individual requesting a copy of the originally recorded instrument is: (i) the individual whose personal information was redacted on the copy of the originally recorded instrument; (ii) if the instrument is a trust deed, a beneficiary of the trust deed; (iii) acting on behalf of a title company that has a valid business license issued by the state or a political subdivision of the state; or (iv) an attorney that has a valid license from the Utah State Bar; (b) the county recorder is responding to a valid subpoena; (c) the county recorder is responding to a valid request under Title 63G, Chapter 2, Government Records Access and Management Act; or (d) a court of competent jurisdiction orders the county recorder to produce the originally recorded instrument. (5) The county recorder may charge a fee, in accordance with Section 17-71-407, for costs related to redacting personal information.
Utah Code § 17-77-203 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-77 / § 17-77-203
§ 17-77-203. Use and oversight of public funds.
Status: in_force

(1) (a) Each local substance abuse authority is responsible for overseeing all public funds the local substance abuse authority receives, to determine that public funds are utilized in accordance with: (i) federal and state law; (ii) the rules and policies of the department; and (iii) any contract between the local substance abuse authority and the department or a private provider. (b) Local substance abuse authority oversight includes requiring that neither a private provider that contracts with the local substance abuse authority to provide comprehensive substance abuse programs or services for the local substance abuse authority, nor any of the private provider's employees: (i) violate any applicable federal or state criminal law; (ii) knowingly violate: (A) any applicable department rule or policy ; or (B) any provision of a contract between the local substance abuse authority and the department or the private provider; (iii) knowingly: (A) keep any false account; or (B) make any false entry or erasure in any account of or relating to the public funds; (iv) fraudulently alter, falsify, conceal, destroy, or obliterate any account of or relating to public funds; (v) fail to ensure competent oversight for lawful disbursement of public funds; (vi) appropriate public funds for an unlawful use or for a use that does not comply with contract provisions; or (vii) knowingly or intentionally use public funds: (A) unlawfully; (B) in violation of a governmental contract provision; or (C) in violation of state policy. (2) A local substance abuse authority that knows or reasonably should know of any of the circumstances described in Subsection (1), and that fails or refuses to take timely corrective action in good faith shall, in addition to any other penalties provided by law, be required to make full and complete repayment to the state of all public funds improperly used or expended. (3) Any public funds required to be repaid to the state by a local substance abuse authority under Subsection (2), based upon the actions or failure of the contract provider, may be recovered by the local substance abuse authority from the contract provider, in addition to the local substance abuse authority's costs and attorney fees.
Utah Code § 17-76-202 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-76 / § 17-76-202
§ 17-76-202. Applicability.
Status: in_force

(1) This chapter does not apply to a county of the first class or an interlocal entity, as defined in Section 11-13-103, in which a county of the first class is a party to an interlocal agreement to provide law enforcement service. (2) The sheriff of each county with a population of 20,000 people or more who regularly employs one or more peace officers shall: (a) appoint peace officers and fill vacant positions for peace officers: (i) with the advice and consent of the county legislative body; (ii) subject to the rules of the merit service commission; and (iii) from the classified merit service list furnished by the merit service commission; and (b) promote, transfer, demote, suspend or remove peace officers in accordance with this part. (3) Every peace officer who is serving as such upon the effective date of this part is considered: (a) fully qualified for such position without examination or test; and (b) to have been appointed and to hold the position of peace officer in accordance with this part. (4) Counties with a population of less than 20,000 people may implement a deputy sheriff merit system if: (a) the county legislative body approves the deputy sheriff merit system; or (b) the people of the county through referendum or initiative approve the deputy sheriff merit system.
Utah Code § 17-72-703 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-72 / § 17-72-703
§ 17-72-703. Return of process -- Prima facie evidence.
Status: in_force

(1) When process or notice is returnable, the sheriff may enclose such process or notice in an envelope addressed to the officer or person from whom the same emanated, and deposit it in the post office, prepaying the postage. (2) The return of the sheriff upon process or notice is prima facie evidence of the facts in such return stated.
Utah Code § 17-63-202 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-63 / § 17-63-202
§ 17-63-202. Counties to utilize uniform system of fiscal procedures.
Status: in_force

(1) The state auditor shall prescribe a uniform system of fiscal procedures, as described in Section 17E-2-401, for counties. (2) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (2)(b), a county may expand the uniform system prescribed by the state auditor to serve better the county's needs. (b) A county may not deviate from or alter the basic prescribed classification system for the identity of funds and accounts.
Utah Code § 17-79-211 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-79 / § 17-79-211
§ 17-79-211. Canal owner or operator -- Notice to county.
Status: in_force

(1) A canal company or a canal operator shall ensure that each county in which the canal company or canal operator owns or operates a canal has on file, regarding the canal company or canal operator: (a) a current mailing address and phone number; (b) a contact name; and (c) a general description of the location of each canal owned or operated by the canal owner or canal operator. (2) If the information described in Subsection (1) changes after a canal company or a canal operator has provided the information to the county, the canal company or canal operator shall provide the correct information to the county within 30 days of the day on which the information changes.
Utah Code § 17-52a-204 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-62 / § 17-52a-204
§ 17-52a-204. Council-manager form of county government -- Establishment of voting districts.
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section, "district" means a geographic area within the boundaries of a county with a council-manager form of government that is represented only by one council member who: (a) resides in the district; (b) represents only the district where the member resides; and (c) is elected only by voters who reside in the same district as the district where the member resides, and that the member represents. (2) (a) The following shall govern a county operating under the form of government known as the "council-manager" form: (i) an elected county council; (ii) a county manager appointed by the council; and (iii) other officers and employees authorized by law. (b) The optional plan shall provide for the qualifications, time and manner of appointment subject to Subsections (7) and (8), term of office, compensation, and removal of the county manager. (3) The county manager is the administrative head of the county government and has the powers, functions, and duties of a county executive, except: (a) as the county legislative body otherwise provides by ordinance; and (b) that the county manager may not veto any ordinances enacted by the council. (4) (a) An individual member of the council may not directly or indirectly, by suggestion or otherwise: (i) attempt to influence or coerce the manager in: (A) making any appointment; (B) removing any officer or employee; or (C) purchasing supplies; (ii) attempt to exact any promise relative to any appointment from any candidate for manager; or (iii) discuss directly or indirectly with the manager the matter of specific appointments to any county office or employment. (b) (i) A member of the county council who violates the provisions of this Subsection (4) shall forfeit the member's county council office. (ii) Nothing in this section shall be construed, however, as prohibiting the council from fully and freely discussing with or suggesting to the manager anything pertaining to county affairs or the interests of the county. (iii) The county manager may not take part in securing, or contributing any money toward, the nomination or election of any candidate for a county office. (iv) The optional plan may provide procedures for implementing this Subsection (4). (5) In the council-manager form of county government: (a) the legislative powers of the county are vested in the county council; and (b) the executive powers of the county are vested in the county manager. (6) A reference in statute or state rule to the "governing body" or the "board of county commissioners" of the county, in the council-manager form of county government, means: (a) the county council, with respect to legislative functions, duties, and powers; and (b) the county manager, with respect to executive functions, duties, and powers. (7) (a) As used in this Subsection (7), "interim vacancy period" means the period of time that: (i) begins on the day on which a general election described in Section 17-66-202 is held to elect a council member; and (ii) ends on the day on which the council member-elect begins the council member's term. (b) (i) The county council may not appoint a county manager during an interim vacancy period. (ii) Notwithstanding Subsection (7)(b)(i): (A) the county council may appoint an interim county manager during an interim vacancy period; and (B) the interim county manager's term shall expire once a new county manager is appointed by the new administration after the interim vacancy period has ended. (c) Subsection (7)(b) does not apply if all the county council members who held office on the day of the county general election whose term of office was vacant for the election are re-elected to the council for the following term. (8) A county council that appoints a county manager in accordance with this section may not enter into an employment contract that contains an automatic renewal provision with the county manager. (9) (a) Except as provided in Subsections (9)(b) and (10), beginning on May 7, 2025, a county with a council-manager form of government shall ensure that each council member: (i) represents a single district, rather than being elected at-large; (ii) is elected by a majority vote of voters residing within the member's district; and (iii) except as provided in Subsections (12)(a)(iii) and (12)(b), resides in the district the council member represents. (b) A county with a council-manager form of government where at least 65% of county council members meet the qualifications of Subsection (9)(a) on and after May 7, 2025, may continue to have one or more county council members elected at-large. (c) A county that adopts a council-manager form of government after May 7, 2025, shall ensure that all county council members meet the qualifications described in Subsection (9)(a). (10) For a county with a council-manager form of government that does not comply with Subsection (9)(a) on May 7, 2025, and to which the exception in Subsection (9)(b) does not apply, the county council shall: (a) on or before June 1, 2025, establish a districting commission in accordance with Subsection (11); (b) by October 15, 2025, hold a public meeting at which: (i) the county council shall adopt the proposed district map submitted as described in Subsection (11)(d); and (ii) the county clerk shall designate a current council member to represent each district for the remainder of the county council member's term of office in accordance with Subsection (12); and (c) implement the district map adopted under Subsection (10)(b)(i) for the next county council election. (11) A county districting commission established under Subsection (10) shall: (a) consist of: (i) one representative from each municipality located wholly within the county, who is either the municipality's mayor or a municipal resident whom the mayor appoints; (ii) one representative who resides in an unincorporated area of the county, appointed by the county council; and (iii) the county clerk, or the county clerk's designee, as a non-voting member; (b) select by majority vote the chair of the districting commission from among the membership of the districting commission; (c) divide the county into districts by: (i) using the total population enumeration of the most recent decennial census to ensure that there is less than 10% total population deviation between each district; (ii) ensuring that each district is contiguous and reasonably compact; (iii) drawing district boundary lines that, to the extent practicable, do not divide existing voting precincts; and (iv) complying with the United States Constitution; and (d) by no later than October 1, 2025, submit a proposed district map to the county council that: (i) is recommended by a majority of districting commission members; and (ii) complies with the requirements of Subsection (11)(c). (12) (a) For a county council that adopts a district map described in Subsection (10)(b), the county clerk shall designate one current county council member to serve each district for the remainder of the county council member's term as follows: (i) if only one county council member lives in a district in an adopted district map, the county clerk shall assign that county council member to represent that district; (ii) if more than one county council member lives in a district in an adopted district map, the county clerk shall draw lots and assign one county council member to represent the district; and (iii) if no county council members live in a district in an adopted district map, the county clerk shall draw lots and assign from the county council members not already assigned under Subsections (12)(a)(i) and (ii) one county council member to represent each district. (b) For a county council member assigned under Subsection (12)(a)(iii) to represent a district in which the county council member does not live, the county council member is eligible to hold the county council member's seat in the assigned district until the end of the term that the county council member was in on October 15, 2025, unless earlier disqualified by another provision of law. (13) (a) After a county implements a district map for the election of county council members, a county may not redistrict until: (i) an official decennial census publicly releases population data for the county, unless otherwise required by law; or (ii) population growth in the county results in greater than 10% population deviation between districts. (b) Each time a county conducts redistricting for the county council districts, the county council shall redistrict by: (i) adjusting districts in a proposed district map by: (A) using the total population enumeration of the most recent decennial census to ensure that there is less than 10% total population deviation between each district; (B) ensuring that each district is contiguous and reasonably compact; (C) drawing district boundary lines that, to the extent practicable, do not divide existing voting precincts; and (D) complying with the United States Constitution; and (ii) after drawing a proposed district map, holding a public meeting, at which the county council shall: (A) adopt the map as proposed; or (B) revise the map and, if the revised map fulfills the requirements of Subsection (13)(b)(i), adopt the revised map. (14) (a) A voter in a county that fails to comply with the requirements of Subsections (9) through (13) may commence suit in a court of competent jurisdiction to compel compliance with, or enjoin a violation of, Subsections (9) through (13). (b) The court may award reasonable attorney fees and court costs to a successful plaintiff. (15) Beginning January 1, 2026, for a county that fails to comply with the requirements of Subsections (9) through (13), in addition to the remedies described in Subsection (14), the state tax commission may suspend disbursements of transient room tax revenue to the county until the county establishes that the county is in compliance with Subsections (9) through (13).
Utah Code § 17-79-501 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-79 / § 17-79-501
§ 17-79-501. Enactment of land use regulation.
Status: in_force

(1) Only a legislative body, as the body authorized to weigh policy considerations, may enact a land use regulation. (2) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (2)(b), a legislative body may enact a land use regulation only by ordinance. (b) A legislative body may, by ordinance or resolution, enact a land use regulation that imposes a fee. (3) A land use regulation shall be consistent with the purposes of this chapter. (4) (a) A legislative body shall adopt a land use regulation to: (i) create or amend a zoning district under Subsection 17-79-503(1)(a); and (ii) designate general uses allowed in each zoning district. (b) A land use authority may establish or modify other restrictions or requirements other than those described in Subsection (4)(a), including the configuration or modification of uses or density, through a land use decision that applies criteria or policy elements that a land use regulation establishes or describes. (5) (a) A county shall publish on the county's website: (i) all of the county's land use regulations; and (ii) a fee schedule that lists all of the county's fees related to a land use application, land use permit, or land use regulation, including development review fees and impact fees. (b) A county may comply with Subsection (5)(a) by: (i) posting a link on the county's website to a separate webpage or third-party website where the land use regulations or fee schedule described in Subsection (5)(a) are posted; and (ii) submitting a new or modified land use regulation or fee schedule described in Subsection (5)(a) to the third-party website within six months after the day on which the legislative body adopts the new or modified land use regulation or fee schedule. (6) A county may not adopt a land use regulation or development agreement, or make a land use decision that restricts the type of crop that may be grown in an area that is: (a) zoned agricultural; or (b) assessed under Title 59, Chapter 2, Part 5, Farmland Assessment Act. (7) A county land use regulation pertaining to an airport or an airport influence area, as that term is defined in Section 72-10-401, is subject to Title 72, Chapter 10, Part 4, Airport Zoning Act.
Utah Code § 17-64-305 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-64 / § 17-64-305
§ 17-64-305. Rules and regulations governing legislative body and transaction of business -- Expulsion of members prohibited -- Exception for disorderly conduct.
Status: in_force

(1) The legislative body may make and enforce regulations for: (a) the government of the legislative body; (b) the preservation of order; and (c) the transaction of business . (2) Except as provided in Subsection (3), the legislative body may not expel a member from an open public meeting or prohibit the member from attending an open public meeting. (3) Except as provided in Subsection (4), following a two-thirds vote of the members, the legislative body may fine or expel a member of the legislative body for: (a) disorderly conduct at the open public meeting; (b) a member's direct or indirect financial conflict of interest regarding an issue discussed at or action proposed to be taken at the open public meeting; or (c) a commission of a crime during the open public meeting. (4) A legislative body may adopt ordinances that expand the reasons or establish more restrictive procedures for the expulsion of a member from a public meeting.
Utah Code § 17-63-803 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-63 / § 17-63-803
§ 17-63-803. Reserve fund for capital improvements -- Creation -- Purpose -- Limitation.
Status: in_force

(1) The legislative body of any county may establish and maintain, by ordinance, a cumulative reserve fund to be accumulated by levy for the purpose of financing the purchase of real property and the cost of planning, constructing or rehabilitating public buildings or other public works and capital improvements. (2) (a) Before a reserve fund under Subsection (1) may be established, the county legislative body shall designate by ordinance the specific purpose for which the fund is established. (b) Except as provided in Section 17-63-805, all funds in a reserve fund under Subsection (1) shall be expended for the designated purposes.
Utah Code § 17-68-603 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-68 / § 17-68-603
§ 17-68-603. Civil violation of county ordinance.
Status: in_force

The civil counsel shall enforce and prosecute, in the appropriate court, civil violations of a county ordinance.
Utah Code § 17-81-402 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-81 / § 17-81-402
§ 17-81-402. Rights of a mine operator with a vested mining use -- Expanding vested mining use.
Status: in_force

(1) Notwithstanding a political subdivision's prohibition, restriction, or other limitation on a mining use adopted after the establishment of the mining use, the rights of a mine operator with a vested mining use include the rights to: (a) progress, extend, enlarge, grow, or expand the vested mining use to any surface or subsurface land or mineral estate that the mine operator owns or controls; (b) expand the vested mining use to any new land that: (i) is contiguous and related in mineralization to surface or subsurface land or a mineral estate that the mine operator already owns or controls; (ii) contains minerals that are part of the same mineral trend as the minerals that the mine operator already owns or controls; or (iii) is a geologic offshoot to surface or subsurface land or a mineral estate that the mine operator already owns or controls; (c) use, operate, construct, reconstruct, restore, extend, expand, maintain, repair, alter, substitute, modernize, upgrade, and replace equipment, processes, facilities, and buildings on any surface or subsurface land or mineral estate that the mine operator owns or controls; (d) increase production or volume, alter the method of mining or processing, and mine or process a different or additional mineral than previously mined or owned on any surface or subsurface land or mineral estate that the mine operator owns or controls; and (e) discontinue, suspend, terminate, deactivate, or continue and reactivate, temporarily or permanently, all or any part of the mining use. (2) (a) As used in this Subsection (2), "applicable legislative body" means the legislative body of each: (i) county in whose unincorporated area the new land to be included in the vested mining use is located; and (ii) municipality in which the new land to be included in the vested mining use is located. (b) A mine operator with a vested mining use is presumed to have a right to expand the vested mining use to new land. (c) Before expanding a vested mining use to new land, a mine operator shall provide written notice: (i) of the mine operator's intent to expand the vested mining use; and (ii) to each applicable legislative body. (d) (i) An applicable legislative body shall: (A) hold a public meeting or hearing at its next available meeting that is more than 10 days after receiving the notice under Subsection (2)(c); and (B) provide reasonable, advance, written notice: (I) of: (Aa) the intended expansion of the vested mining use; and (Bb) the public meeting or hearing; and (II) to each owner of the surface estate of the new land. (ii) A public meeting or hearing under Subsection (2)(d)(i) serves to provide sufficient public notice of the mine operator's intent to expand the vested mining use to the new land. (e) After the public meeting or hearing under Subsection (2)(d)(ii), a mine operator may expand a vested mining use to new land without any action by an applicable legislative body, unless the applicable legislative body finds that there is clear and convincing evidence in the record that the expansion to new land will imminently endanger the public health, safety, and welfare. If the applicable legislative body makes the finding of endangerment described in this Subsection (2)(e), Subsection (4) applies. (3) If a mine operator expands a vested mining use to new land, as authorized under this section: (a) the mine operator's rights under the vested mining use with respect to land on which the vested mining use occurs apply with equal force after the expansion to the new land; and (b) the mining protection area that includes land on which the vested mining use occurs is expanded to include the new land. (4) (a) If the applicable legislative body makes the finding of endangerment described in Subsection (2)(e): (i) the mining operator shall submit to the applicable legislative body the mining operator's plan for expansion under this section; (ii) by no later than 30 days after receipt of the plan for expansion described in Subsection (4)(a)(i), the applicable legislative body shall notify the operator of: (A) evidence that the expansion to new land will endanger the public health, safety, and welfare; and (B) proposed measures to mitigate the endangerment of the public health, safety, and welfare; and (iii) the applicable legislative body shall hold a public hearing by no later than 30 days after the date the applicable legislative body complies with Subsection (4)(a)(ii) to present mitigation measures proposed under Subsection (4)(a)(ii). (b) The applicable legislative body may impose mitigation measures under this Subsection (4) that are reasonable and do not exceed requirements imposed by permits issued by a state agency such as an air quality permit. (c) A political subdivision may not prohibit the expansion of a vested mining use if the mining operator agrees to comply with the mitigation measures described in Subsection (4)(b). (d) The process under this Subsection (4) is not a land use application or conditional use application under Title Title 10, Chapter 20, Municipal Land Use, Development, and Management Act, or Chapter 79, County Land Use, Development, and Management Act.
Utah Code § 17-76-208 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-76 / § 17-76-208
§ 17-76-208. Disqualification of applicant for examination -- Appeal to commission.
Status: in_force

(1) The commission shall disqualify an applicant from taking an examination who: (a) does not meet advertised qualifications for peace officer; (b) has been convicted of a criminal offense inimical to the public service, or involving moral turpitude; (c) has practiced or attempted deception or fraud in the applicant's application or examination, or in securing eligibility for appointment; or (d) is not: (i) a citizen of the United States; or (ii) a lawful permanent resident of the United States who: (A) has been in the United States legally for the five years immediately before the day on which the application is made; and (B) has legal authorization to work in the United States. (2) If the commission disqualifies an applicant in accordance with Subsection (1), the commission shall notify the applicant by mail at the applicant's last known address. (3) At any time before the day on which the examination is held, an applicant may: (a) correct a defect in the applicant's application; or (b) appeal in writing to the commission the commission's decision to disqualify the applicant.
Utah Code § 17-70-402 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-70 / § 17-70-402
§ 17-70-402. Personal use expenditure -- Authorized and prohibited uses of campaign funds -- Enforcement -- Penalties.
Status: in_force

(1) A county office candidate, county officer, local school board candidate, or local school board member may not use money deposited into the separate bank account required under Section 17-70-403 for: (a) a personal use expenditure; or (b) an expenditure prohibited by law. (2) (a) A county clerk shall enforce this section prohibiting a personal use expenditure by: (i) evaluating a financial statement to identify a personal use expenditure; and (ii) commencing an adjudicative proceeding in accordance with applicable county ordinance or policy if the county clerk has probable cause to believe a county office candidate, county officer, local school board candidate, or local school board member has made a personal use expenditure. (b) Following the adjudicative proceeding described in Subsection (2)(a)(ii), the county clerk may issue a signed order requiring a county office candidate, county officer, local school board candidate, or local school board member who has made a personal use expenditure to: (i) remit an administrative penalty of an amount equal to 50% of the personal use expenditure to the county clerk; and (ii) deposit the amount of the personal use expenditure in the campaign account from which the personal use expenditure was disbursed. (c) The county clerk shall deposit money received under Subsection (2)(b)(i) into the county's general fund.
Utah Code § 17-60-103 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-60 / § 17-60-103
§ 17-60-103. Relationship to special districts -- Use of "county" prohibited -- Legal action to compel compliance.
Status: in_force

(1) For purposes of this section, "special district" means the same as that term is defined in Section 17B-1-102. (2) The county legislative body's statutory authority to appoint members to the governing body of a special district does not alone make the special district subject to the direction and control of that county. (3) A local entity may not use the word "county" in the local entity's name unless the county whose name is used by the local entity gives or has given the local entity the county's written consent. (4) A county with a name similar to the name of a local entity in violation of this section may bring legal action in a court with jurisdiction under Title 78A, Judiciary and Judicial Administration, to compel compliance with this section.
Utah Code § 17-79-805 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-79 / § 17-79-805
§ 17-79-805. Review for application completeness -- Substantive application review -- Reasonable diligence required for determination of whether improvements or warranty work meets standards -- Money damages claim prohibited.
Status: in_force

(1) (a) Each county shall, in a timely manner, determine whether a land use application is complete for the purposes of subsequent, substantive land use authority review. (b) After a reasonable period of time to allow the county diligently to evaluate whether all objective ordinance-based application criteria have been met, if application fees have been paid, the applicant may in writing request that the county provide a written determination either that the application is: (i) complete for the purposes of allowing subsequent, substantive land use authority review; or (ii) deficient with respect to a specific, objective, ordinance-based application requirement. (c) Within 30 days of receipt of an applicant's request under this section, the county shall either: (i) mail a written notice to the applicant advising that the application is deficient with respect to a specified, objective, ordinance-based criterion, and stating that the application must be supplemented by specific additional information identified in the notice; or (ii) accept the application as complete for the purposes of further substantive processing by the land use authority. (d) If the notice required by Subsection (1)(c)(i) is not timely mailed, the application shall be considered complete, for purposes of further substantive land use authority review. (e) (i) The applicant may raise and resolve in a single appeal any determination made under this Subsection (1) to the appeal authority, including an allegation that a reasonable period of time has elapsed under Subsection (1)(a). (ii) The appeal authority shall issue a written decision for any appeal requested under this Subsection (1)(e). (f) (i) The applicant may appeal to district court the decision of the appeal authority made under Subsection (1)(e). (ii) Each appeal under Subsection (1)(f)(i) shall be made within 30 days of the date of the written decision. (2) (a) Each land use authority shall substantively review a complete application and an application considered complete under Subsection (1)(d), and shall approve or deny each application with reasonable diligence. (b) After a reasonable period of time to allow the land use authority to consider an application, the applicant may in writing request that the land use authority take final action within 45 days from date of service of the written request. (c) Within 45 days from the date of service of the written request described in Subsection (2)(b): (i) except as provided in Subsection (2)(c)(ii), the land use authority shall take final action, approving or denying the application; and (ii) if a landowner petitions for a land use regulation, a legislative body shall take final action by approving or denying the petition. (d) If the land use authority denies an application processed under the mandates of Subsection (2)(b), or if the applicant has requested a written decision in the application, the land use authority shall include its reasons for denial in writing, on the record, which may include the official minutes of the meeting in which the decision was rendered. (e) If the land use authority fails to comply with Subsection (2)(c), the applicant may appeal this failure to district court within 30 days of the date on which the land use authority should have taken final action under Subsection (2)(c). (3) (a) As used in this Subsection (3), an "infrastructure improvement category" includes a: (i) culinary water system; (ii) sanitary sewer system; (iii) storm water system; (iv) transportation system; (v) secondary and irrigation water system; (vi) public landscaping; or (vii) public parks, trails, or open space. (b) With reasonable diligence, each land use authority shall determine whether the installation of required subdivision improvements or the performance of warranty work meets the county's adopted standards. (c) (i) An applicant may in writing request the land use authority to accept or reject the applicant's installation of required subdivision improvements or performance of warranty work. (ii) The land use authority shall accept or reject subdivision improvements within 15 days after receiving an applicant's written request under Subsection (3)(c)(i), or as soon as practicable after that 15-day period if inspection of the subdivision improvements is impeded by winter weather conditions. (iii) Except as provided in Subsection (3)(c)(iv), (3)(d), or (3)(e), the land use authority shall accept or reject the performance of warranty work within: (A) for a county of the first, second, or third class, 15 days after the day on which the land use authority receives an applicant's written request under Subsection (3)(c)(i); and (B) for a county of the fourth, fifth, or sixth class, 30 days after the day on which the land use authority receives an applicant's written request under Subsection (3)(c)(i). (iv) If winter weather conditions do not reasonably permit a full and complete inspection of warranty work within the time periods described in Subsection (3)(c)(iii)(A) or (3)(c)(iii)(B) so the land use authority is able to accept or reject the warranty work, the land use authority shall: (A) notify the applicant in writing before the end of the applicable time period described in Subsection (3)(c)(iii)(A) or (3)(c)(iii)(B) that, because of winter weather conditions, the land use authority will require additional time to accept or reject the performance of warranty work; and (B) complete the inspection of the performance of warranty work and provide the applicant with an acceptance or rejection as soon as practicable. (d) If a land use authority rejects an applicant's performance of warranty work three times, the county may take 15 days in addition to the relevant time period described in Subsection (3)(c)(iii) for subsequent inspections of the applicant's warranty work. (e) (i) If extraordinary circumstances do not permit a land use authority to complete inspection of warranty work within the relevant time period described in Subsection (3)(c)(iii)(A) or (3)(c)(iii)(B) so the land use authority is able to accept or reject the warranty work, the land use authority shall: (A) notify the applicant in writing before the end of the applicable time period described in Subsection (3)(c)(iii)(A) or (3)(c)(iii)(B) that, because of the extraordinary circumstances, the land use authority will require additional time to accept or reject the performance of warranty work; and (B) complete the inspection of the performance of warranty work and provide the applicant with an acceptance or rejection within 30 days after the day on which the relevant time period described in Subsection (3)(c)(iii)(A) or (3)(c)(iii)(B) ends. (ii) The following situations constitute extraordinary circumstances for purposes of Subsection (3)(e)(i): (A) the land use authority is processing a request for inspection that substantially exceeds the normal scope of inspection the county is customarily required to perform; (B) the applicant has provided two or more written requests described in Subsection (3)(c)(i) within the same 30-day time period; or (C) the land use authority is processing an unusually large number of written requests described in Subsection (3)(c)(i) to accept or reject subdivision improvements or performance of warranty work. (f) (i) If a land use authority determines that the installation of required subdivision improvements or the performance of warranty work does not meet the county's adopted standards, the land use authority shall, within 15 days of the day on which the land use authority makes the determination, comprehensively and with specificity list the reasons for the land use authority's determination. (ii) If the land use authority fails to provide an applicant with the list described in Subsection (3)(f)(i) within the required time period: (A) the applicant may send written notice to the land use authority requesting the list within five days; and (B) if the applicant does not receive the list within five days from the day on which the applicant provides the land use authority with written notice as described in Subsection (3)(f)(ii)(A), the applicant may demand, and the land use authority shall provide, a reimbursement equal to 20% of the applicant's improvement completion assurance or security for the warranty work within each infrastructure improvement category. (g) Subject to the provisions of Section 17-79-707: (i) within 15 days of the day on which the land use authority determines that an infrastructure improvement within a certain infrastructure improvement category, as described in Subsection (3)(a), meets the county's adopted standards for that category of infrastructure improvement and an applicant submits complete as-built drawings to the land use authority, whichever occurs later, the land use authority shall return to the applicant 90% of the applicant's improvement completion assurance allocated toward that infrastructure improvement category; and (ii) within 15 days of the day on which the warranty period expires and the land use authority determines that an infrastructure improvement within a certain infrastructure improvement category, as described in Subsection (3)(a), meets the county's adopted standards for that category of infrastructure improvement, the land use authority shall return to the applicant the remaining 10% of the applicant's improvement completion assurance allocated toward that infrastructure improvement category, plus any remaining portion of a bond described in Subsection 17-79-707(5)(b). (h) The following acts under this Subsection (3) are administrative acts: (i) a county's return of an applicant's improvement completion assurance, or any portion of an improvement completion assurance, within a category of infrastructure improvements, to the applicant; and (ii) a county's return of an applicant's security for an improvement warranty, or any portion of security for an improvement warranty, within a category of infrastructure improvements, to the applicant. (4) Subject to Section 17-79-803, nothing in this section and no action or inaction of the land use authority relieves an applicant's duty to comply with all applicable substantive ordinances and regulations. (5) There shall be no money damages remedy arising from a claim under this section.
Utah Code § 17-77-308 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-77 / § 17-77-308
§ 17-77-308. Registration as a limited purpose entity.
Status: in_force

(1) Each local mental health authority shall register and maintain the local mental health authority's registration as a limited purpose entity, in accordance with Section 67-1a-15. (2) A local mental health authority that fails to comply with Subsection (1) or Section 67-1a-15 is subject to enforcement by the state auditor, in accordance with Section 67-3-1.
Utah Code § 17-78-806 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-78 / § 17-78-806
§ 17-78-806. Rules and regulations -- Use of planetarium by nonresidents.
Status: in_force

(1) The planetarium board of directors shall adopt regulations for the use and operations of any planetarium acquired and established by the county. (2) A person visiting or using the planetarium shall be subject to the regulations adopted by the board. (3) The board may exclude from the use of the planetarium any and all persons who willfully violate the regulations. (4) The board may extend the privileges and use of the planetarium to persons residing outside of the county upon such terms and conditions as may be prescribed by the board's regulations.
Utah Code § 17-78-307 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-78 / § 17-78-307
§ 17-78-307. Declaration of drought emergency -- Appropriation -- Tax levy.
Status: in_force

(1) The county legislative body of each county may at any regular meeting or at a special meeting called for such purpose, declare that an emergency drought exists in said county. (2) (a) After a declaration of drought in a county, the county legislative body may appropriate from the money not otherwise appropriated in the county general fund such funds as shall be necessary for the gathering of information upon, and aiding in any program for increased precipitation within said county or in conjunction with any other county or counties. (b) If there are not sufficient funds available in the county general fund for the purpose described in Subsection (2)(a), the county legislative body may assess, levy, and direct the county to collect annually to aid in any program of increased precipitation. (3) The provisions of Chapter 69, County Auditor, relating to budgeting do not apply to appropriations necessitated by an emergency described in this section.
Utah Code § 17-81-302 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-81 / § 17-81-302
§ 17-81-302. Limitations on local regulations.
Status: in_force

(1) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (1)(b), a political subdivision within which an agriculture protection area, industrial protection area, or critical infrastructure materials protection area is created or with a mining protection area within the political subdivision's boundary shall encourage the continuity, development, and viability of agriculture use, industrial use, critical infrastructure materials operations, or mining use, within the relevant protection area by not enacting a local law, ordinance, or regulation that would unreasonably restrict: (i) in the case of an agriculture protection area, a farm structure or farm practice; (ii) in the case of an industrial protection area, an industrial use of the land within the area; (iii) in the case of a critical infrastructure materials protection area, critical infrastructure materials operations; or (iv) in the case of a mining protection area, a mining use within the protection area. (b) Subsection (1)(a) does not restrict the ability of a political subdivision to enact a local law, ordinance, or regulation that bears a direct relationship to public health or safety. (2) A political subdivision may not change the zoning designation of or a zoning regulation affecting land within an agriculture protection area unless the political subdivision receives written approval for the change from all the landowners within the agriculture protection area affected by the change. (3) Except as provided by Section 19-4-113, a political subdivision may not change the zoning designation of or a zoning regulation affecting land within an industrial protection area unless the political subdivision receives written approval for the change from all the landowners within the industrial protection area affected by the change. (4) A political subdivision may not change the zoning designation of or a zoning regulation affecting land within a critical infrastructure materials protection area unless the political subdivision receives written approval for the change from each critical infrastructure materials operator within the relevant area. (5) A political subdivision may not change the zoning designation of or a zoning regulation affecting land within a mining protection area unless the political subdivision receives written approval for the change from each mine operator within the area. (6) A county, city, or town may not: (a) adopt, enact, or amend an existing land use regulation, ordinance, or regulation that would prohibit, restrict, regulate, or otherwise limit critical infrastructure materials operations with a vested critical infrastructure materials use as defined in Section 10-20-701 or 17-81-101; or (b) initiate proceedings to amend the county's, city's, or town's land use ordinances as described in Subsection 10-20-902(1)(a)(ii) or 17-79-803(1)(a)(ii) as the land use ordinance regards the rights of a critical infrastructure materials operator with a vested critical infrastructure materials use.
Utah Code § 17-79-1004 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-79 / § 17-79-1004
§ 17-79-1004. Time to appeal.
Status: in_force

(1) The county shall enact an ordinance establishing a reasonable time of not less than 10 days to appeal to an appeal authority a written decision issued by a land use authority. (2) In the absence of an ordinance establishing a reasonable time to appeal, a land use applicant or adversely affected party shall have 10 calendar days to appeal to an appeal authority a written decision issued by a land use authority.
Utah Code § 17-75-604 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-75 / § 17-75-604
§ 17-75-604. Certification of eligibility by director -- Power of director to examine payrolls.
Status: in_force

(1) The director, or the director's designee, shall certify: (a) a new county employee hired to a position covered by this chapter; and (b) a change in a county employee's compensation, title, or status. (2) The director, or the director's designee, shall certify an employee as eligible to be paid under this chapter, or personnel rules made under this chapter. (3) The director may examine payrolls at any time to determine conformity with this chapter and the personnel rules.
Utah Code § 17-77-103 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-77 / § 17-77-103
§ 17-77-103. Mental health and substance use services.
Status: in_force

Each county shall provide mental health and substance use services in accordance with Title 26B, Chapter 5, Health Care - Substance Use and Mental Health.
Utah Code § 17-66-503 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-66 / § 17-66-503
§ 17-66-503. Appointment of legal counsel by county executive and county legislative body.
Status: in_force

(1) (a) An elected county executive in a county that has adopted a county executive-council form of county government under Chapter 62, Forms of County Government, may appoint an attorney to advise and represent the county executive. (b) An attorney appointed under Subsection (1)(a): (i) serves at the pleasure of the county executive; and (ii) may not perform any of the functions of a county attorney or district attorney under Chapter 68, County and District Attorney, except as provided in this section. (c) An attorney appointed under this Subsection (1) may represent the county executive in cases and controversies before courts and administrative agencies and tribunals when a conflict exists that precludes the county or district attorney from representing the county executive. (2) (a) The legislative body of a county that has adopted a county executive-council form of county government under Chapter 62, Forms of County Government, may appoint an attorney to advise and represent the county legislative body. (b) An attorney appointed under Subsection (2)(a): (i) serves at the pleasure of the county legislative body; and (ii) may not perform any of the functions of a county attorney or district attorney under this title, except as provided in this section. (c) An attorney appointed under this Subsection (2) may represent the county legislative body in cases and controversies before courts and administrative agencies and tribunals when a conflict exists that precludes the county or district attorney from representing the county legislative body.
Utah Code § 17-68-503 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-68 / § 17-68-503
§ 17-68-503. Pretrial responsibilities.
Status: in_force

(1) (a) A public prosecutor shall: (i) institute proceedings before the proper court: (A) for the arrest of a person charged with a public offense; or (B) if the prosecutor has probable cause to believe that a public offense has been committed and a grand jury has been convened by a court; (ii) draw all indictments and information for offenses against: (A) the laws of the state occurring within the county; and (B) the criminal ordinances of the county; (iii) cause all persons under indictment or informed against to be speedily arraigned for crimes charged; and (iv) issue subpoenas for all witnesses for the state or for the county in the prosecution of a criminal ordinance. (b) A public prosecutor described in Subsection (1)(a)(i)(B) shall: (i) assist and attend the deliberations of the grand jury; and (ii) prepare all necessary indictments and arrange for the subpoena of witnesses to appear before the grand jury. (2) The public prosecutor may: (a) examine as to the sufficiency of an appearance bond that may be tendered to the court; and (b) upon a court order: (i) institute proceedings for the recovery upon forfeiture of a bond running to the state or county; and (ii) enforce the collection of a bond described in Subsection (2)(b)(i). (3) The public prosecutor is authorized to grant transactional immunity to a witness for violation of a state statute or county criminal ordinance.
Utah Code § 17-79-609 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-79 / § 17-79-609
§ 17-79-609. Refineries.
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section, "develop" or "development" means: (a) the construction, alteration, or improvement of land, including any related moving, demolition, or excavation outside of a refinery property boundary; (b) the subdivision of land for a non-industrial use; or (c) the construction of a non-industrial structure on a parcel that is not subject to the subdivision process. (2) Before a legislative body may adopt a non-industrial zoning change to permit development within 500 feet of a refinery boundary, the legislative body shall consult with the refinery to determine whether the proposed change is compatible with the refinery. (3) Before a land use authority may approve an application to develop within 500 feet of a refinery boundary, the land use authority shall consult with the refinery to determine whether the development is compatible with the refinery. (4) A legislative body described in Subsection (2), or a land use authority described in Subsection (3), may not request from the refinery: (a) proprietary information; (b) information, if made public, that would create a security or safety risk to the refinery or the public; (c) information that is restricted from public disclosure under federal or state law; or (d) information that is available in public record. (5) (a) This section does not grant authority to a legislative body described in Subsection (2), or a land use authority described in Subsection (3), to require a refinery to undertake or cease an action. (b) This section does not create a cause of action against a refinery. (c) Except as expressly provided in this section, this section does not alter or remove any legal right or obligation of a refinery.
Utah Code § 17-69-401 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-69 / § 17-69-401
§ 17-69-401. Accounting services.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided in Subsections (2) and (3), the county auditor shall provide accounting services for the county. (2) For a county operating under the county executive-council form of government as described in Section 17-62-203, the county council may, by ordinance, delegate accounting services provided for or executed on behalf of the entire county: (a) to the county executive; or (b) to a county office's or department's officer or director. (3) For a county operating under the council-manager form of county government as described in Section 17-62-204, the county council may delegate accounting services provided for or executed on behalf of the entire county: (a) to the county manager; or (b) to a county office's or department's officer or director. (4) If a county council delegates the provision of accounting services to a finance officer in accordance with Subsection (2) or (3): (a) the county council shall make the delegation in accordance with good management practice to foster: (i) effectiveness; (ii) efficiency; and (iii) the adequate protection of a county asset; (b) the county council shall make the delegation by considering appropriate checks and balances within county government; (c) the county entity that is selected to provide accounting services shall prepare the tentative budget as provided in Chapter 63, Fiscal Authority and Processes; and (d) the county auditor is not required to fulfill an accounting obligation described by statute unless the statute explicitly states that the county auditor shall provide an accounting obligation.
Utah Code § 17-77-303 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-77 / § 17-77-303
§ 17-77-303. Use and oversight of public funds.
Status: in_force

(1) (a) Each local mental health authority is responsible for overseeing all public funds the local mental health authority receives, to determine that those public funds are utilized in accordance with: (i) federal and state law; (ii) the rules and policies of the department; and (iii) any contract between the local mental health authority and the department or a private provider. (b) The local mental health authority oversight includes requiring that neither a private provider that contracts with the local mental health authority to provide comprehensive mental health programs or services for the local mental health authority, nor any of the private provider's employees: (i) violate any applicable federal or state criminal law; (ii) knowingly violate: (A) any applicable department rule or policy; or (B) any provision of contract between the local mental health authority and the department or the private provider; (iii) knowingly keep any false account or make any false entry or erasure in any account of or relating to the public funds; (iv) fraudulently alter, falsify, conceal, destroy, or obliterate any account of or relating to public funds; (v) fail to ensure competent oversight for lawful disbursement of public funds; (vi) appropriate public funds for an unlawful use or for a use that is not in compliance with contract provisions; or (vii) knowingly or intentionally use public funds: (A) unlawfully; (B) in violation of a governmental contract provision; or (C) in violation of state policy. (2) A local mental health authority that knew or reasonably should have known of any of the circumstances described in Subsection (1), and that fails or refuses to take timely corrective action in good faith shall, in addition to any other penalties provided by law, be required to make full and complete repayment to the state of all public funds improperly used or expended. (3) Any public funds required to be repaid to the state by a local mental health authority in accordance with Subsection (2), based upon the actions or failure of the contract provider, may be recovered by the local mental health authority from its contract provider, in addition to the local mental health authority's costs and attorney fees.
Utah Code § 17-72-302 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-72 / § 17-72-302
§ 17-72-302. Primary law enforcement authority.
Status: in_force

The sheriff is the primary law enforcement authority of state law on federal land except as otherwise assigned by law to the authority of a state or municipal law enforcement agency.
Utah Code § 17-60-501 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-60 / § 17-60-501
§ 17-60-501. Implements of husbandry tracking debris onto county roads.
Status: in_force

A county may not prohibit or punish the tracking of dirt, mud, or other debris onto county roads resulting from the operation of an implement of husbandry if the operation of the implement of husbandry is consistent with accepted agricultural practices.
Utah Code § 17-71-603 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-71 / § 17-71-603
§ 17-71-603. Recording of documents.
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section, "paper document" means a document that is received by the county recorder in a form that is not electronic. (2) A county recorder: (a) may receive, index, store, archive, and transmit electronic documents; (b) may provide for access to, and for search and retrieval of, documents and information by electronic means; (c) who accepts electronic documents for recording shall continue to accept paper documents as authorized by state law and shall place entries for both types of documents in the same index; (d) may convert paper documents accepted for recording into electronic form; (e) may convert into electronic form information recorded before the county recorder began to record electronic documents; (f) may accept electronically any fee that the county recorder is authorized to collect; and (g) may agree with other officials of a state or a political subdivision thereof, or of the United States, on procedures or processes to facilitate the electronic satisfaction of prior approvals and conditions precedent to recording and the electronic payment of fees.
Utah Code § 17-60-503 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-60 / § 17-60-503
§ 17-60-503. Right to breast feed.
Status: in_force

The county legislative body may not prohibit a woman's breast feeding in any location where she otherwise may rightfully be, irrespective of whether the breast is uncovered during or incidental to the breast feeding.
Utah Code § 17-78-703 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-78 / § 17-78-703
§ 17-78-703. General powers and duties of a county legislative body related to the transient room tax.
Status: in_force

(1) The legislative body of each county that imposes a transient room tax in accordance with Section 17-78-702: (a) shall, except as provided in Subsection (2), at least annually consider the priorities and recommendations of the county's tourism tax advisory board created under Subsection 17-78-706(1)(a) or the substantially similar body as described in Subsection 17-78-706(1)(b) in one or more public meetings before finalizing decisions on expenditures of revenue from the transient room tax in each fiscal year; (b) shall prepare and provide the annual written report for each fiscal year as described in Section 17-78-704; and (c) may do and perform any and all other acts and things necessary, desirable, or appropriate to carry out the provisions of this chapter. (2) Subsection (1)(a) does not apply to the legislative body of a county if: (a) the legislative body of the county has entered into a written contract with a substantially similar body to a tourism tax advisory board as described in Subsection 17-78-706(1)(b); and (b) the written contract described in Subsection (2)(a) clearly delineates how the expenditures of revenue from the transient room tax are to be spent.