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Utah Code § 63A-20-601 — Utah Code / Title 63A / Chapter 63A-20 / § 63A-20-601
§ 63A-20-601. Requirements for relying parties.
Status: in_force

(1) A relying party shall: (a) incorporate state-of-the-art safeguards for protecting an individual's identity in the verification process; (b) comply with the requirements of this part through technological means where possible; (c) process an individual's identity attributes in a secure manner; (d) process only the minimum identity attributes reasonably necessary to achieve a specified purpose; and (e) accept a presentation of a state-endorsed digital identity by a digital guardian. (2) A relying party may only process an individual's identity attributes from a state digital identity if: (a) authorized by the holder; (b) the processing is necessary for a specified purpose; (c) the holder has received conspicuous notice of: (i) what identity attributes are collected; (ii) how the identity attributes are used; (iii) the purpose for which the identity attributes are processed; and (iv) how long the identity attributes are retained; and (d) the holder consents to the processing of the identity attributes. (3) A relying party may not require a holder to surrender the holder's secure electronic device in the course of a presentation. (4) A relying party may accept a state-endorsed digital identity as proof of an individual's identity or identity attributes unless a different method of proof is required by law. (5) Nothing in this section relieves a relying party from complying with the requirements of Title 13, Chapter 44, Protection of Personal Information Act, or Title 13, Chapter 61, Utah Consumer Privacy Act.
Utah Code § 78A-11-112 — Utah Code / Title 78A / Chapter 78A-11 / § 78A-11-112
§ 78A-11-112. Confidentiality.
Status: in_force

(1) The transmission, production, or disclosure of any complaints, papers, or testimony in the course of proceedings before the commission, the masters appointed under Section 78A-11-110, or the Supreme Court may not be introduced in any civil action. (2) The transmission, production, or disclosure of any complaints, papers, or testimony in the course of proceedings before the commission or the masters appointed under Section 78A-11-110 may be introduced in any criminal action, consistent with the Utah Rules of Evidence. This information shall be shared with the prosecutor conducting a criminal investigation or prosecution of a judge as provided in Section 78A-11-106. (3) Complaints, papers, testimony, or the record of the commission's confidential hearing may not be disclosed by the commission, masters, or any court until the Supreme Court has entered its final order in accordance with this section, except: (a) upon order of the Supreme Court; (b) upon the request of the judge who is the subject of the complaint; (c) as provided in Subsection (4); (d) to aid in a criminal investigation or prosecution as provided in Section 78A-11-106; or (e) this information is subject to audit by the Office of Legislative Auditor General, and any records released to the Office of Legislative Auditor General shall be maintained as confidential, except: (i) for information that has already been made public; and (ii) the final written and oral audit report of the Legislative Auditor General may present information about the commission as long as it contains no specific information that would easily identify a judge, witness, or complainant. (4) If the Senate Judicial Confirmation Committee requests Judicial Conduct Commission records, the commission shall disclose the information to the Senate Judicial Confirmation Committee or its staff if the chair of the Senate Judicial Confirmation Committee certifies in writing that the committee will limit the disclosure of any information received to the minimum amount necessary to allow the Senate to evaluate the candidate's fitness for office. (5) Upon the dismissal of a complaint or allegation against a judge, the dismissal shall be disclosed without consent of the judge to the person who filed the complaint.
Utah Code § 63N-24-310 — Utah Code / Title 63N / Chapter 63N-24 / § 63N-24-310
§ 63N-24-310. Economic Revitalization and Investment Fund.
Status: in_force

7/1/2026 (1) There is created an enterprise fund known as the "Economic Revitalization and Investment Fund." (2) The Economic Revitalization and Investment Fund consists of money from the following: (a) money appropriated to the account by the Legislature; (b) private contributions; (c) donations or grants from public or private entities; and (d) money returned to the division under Section 63N-24-314. (3) The Economic Revitalization and Investment Fund shall earn interest, which shall be deposited into the Economic Revitalization and Investment Fund. (4) The housing coordinator may distribute money from the Economic Revitalization and Investment Fund to one or more projects that: (a) include affordable housing units for households whose income is no more than 30% of the area median income for households of the same size in the county or municipality where the project is located; and (b) have been approved by the board in accordance with Section 63N-24-312. (5) (a) A housing sponsor may apply to the division to receive a distribution in accordance with Subsection (4). (b) The application shall include: (i) the location of the project; (ii) the number, size, and tenant income requirements of affordable housing units described in Subsection (4)(a) that will be included in the project; and (iii) a written commitment to enter into a deed restriction that reserves for a period of 30 years the affordable housing units described in Subsection (5)(b)(ii) or the affordable housing unit equivalent for occupancy by households that meet the income requirements described in Subsection (5)(b)(ii). (c) The commitment in Subsection (5)(b)(iii) shall be considered met if a housing unit is: (i) occupied or reserved for occupancy by a household whose income is no more than 30% of the area median income for households of the same size in the county or municipality where the project is located; or (ii) occupied by a household whose income is no more than 60% of the area median income for households of the same size in the county or municipality where the project is located if that household met the income requirement described in Subsection (4)(a) when the household originally entered into the lease agreement for the housing unit. (d) In accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, the division may make additional rules providing procedures for a person to apply to the division to receive a distribution described in Subsection (4). (6) The housing coordinator may expend up to 3% of the revenues of the Economic Revitalization and Investment Fund, including any appropriation to the Economic Revitalization and Investment Fund, to offset division or board administrative expenses.
Utah Code § 31A-44-301 — Utah Code / Title 31A / Chapter 31A-44 / § 31A-44-301
§ 31A-44-301. Precontractual recording requirements.
Status: in_force

(1) A provider shall file with the department a current disclosure statement that meets the requirements of this part. (2) A provider shall comply with Subsection (1) before the provider: (a) contracts to provide continuing care to a resident in this state; (b) extends the term of an existing continuing care contract with a resident in this state that requires a person to pay an entrance fee, regardless of whether the extended continuing care contract requires an entrance fee; or (c) solicits or offers, or directs another person to solicit or offer, a continuing care contract to a resident of the state. (3) A provider solicits or offers a contract under Subsection (2)(c), if, after 12 months before the day on which a party to a continuing care contract signs or accepts a continuing care contract, the provider or a person acting on behalf of the provider gives information concerning the facility or the availability of a continuing care contract for the facility: (a) in a direct communication to an individual in the state; or (b) in a paid advertisement published in or broadcast from the state, except for a paid advertisement in a publication with more than two-thirds of the publication's circulation outside of the state.
Utah Code § 53H-14-202 — Utah Code / Title 53H / Chapter 53H-14 / § 53H-14-202
§ 53H-14-202. Records that may be classified as restricted.
Status: in_force

An institution may classify only the following records as restricted: (1) that portion of a technology transfer record or sponsored research record to which access must be restricted for the purpose of securing and maintaining proprietary protection of intellectual property rights, including but not limited to patents, copyrights, trademarks, and trade secrets; or (2) that portion of a technology transfer record or sponsored research record to which access is restricted for competitive or proprietary purposes, as a condition of actual or potential participation in a sponsored research or technology transfer agreement; provided, however, that upon receipt of a written request for a reasonably identifiable record, the institution shall disclose: (a) prior to a memorandum of intent to contract or an agreement in principle between the parties: (i) the names of the parties, or, if the disclosure of names would cause competitive harm, a general description of the type of parties negotiating the technology transfer or sponsored research agreement; and (ii) a general description of the nature of the technology transfer or sponsored research under consideration, excluding proprietary or competitive information; or (b) after a memorandum of intent to contract or an agreement in principle between the parties: (i) the names of the parties involved in the technology transfer or sponsored research; (ii) a general description of the nature of the technology transfer or sponsored research to be conducted, excluding proprietary or competitive information; and (iii) records of the technology transfer or sponsored research to be conducted, excluding those portions of records to which access is limited under this part or Title 63G, Chapter 2, Government Records Access and Management Act.
Utah Code § 17B-1-1402 — Utah Code / Title 17B / Chapter 17B-1 / § 17B-1-1402
§ 17B-1-1402. Board of trustees of a basic special district.
Status: in_force

(1) As specified in a petition under Subsection 17B-1-203(1)(a) or (b) or a resolution under Subsection 17B-1-203(1)(e) or (f), and except as provided in Subsection (2), the members of a board of trustees of a basic special district may be: (a) (i) elected by registered voters; or (ii) appointed by the responsible body, as defined in Section 17B-1-201; or (b) if the area of the special district contains less than one residential dwelling unit per 50 acres of land at the time the resolution is adopted or the petition is filed, elected by the owners of real property within the special district based on: (i) the amount of acreage owned by property owners; (ii) the assessed value of property owned by property owners; or (iii) water rights: (A) relating to the real property within the special district; (B) that the real property owner: (I) owns; or (II) has transferred to the special district. (2) As specified in a groundwater right owner petition under Subsection 17B-1-203(1)(c) or a resolution under Subsection 17B-1-203(1)(e) or (f), the members of a board of trustees of a basic special district created to manage groundwater rights the district acquires or assesses under Section 17B-1-202 shall be: (a) subject to Section 17B-1-104.5, elected by the owners of groundwater rights that are diverted within the special district; (b) appointed by the responsible body, as defined in Section 17B-1-201; or (c) elected or appointed as provided in Subsection (3). (3) A petition under Subsection 17B-1-203(1)(a) or (b) and a resolution under Subsection 17B-1-203(1)(e) or (f) may provide for a transition from one or more methods of election or appointment under Subsection (1) or (2) to one or more other methods of election or appointment based upon milestones or events that the petition or resolution identifies.
Utah Code § 78B-18a-102 — Utah Code / Title 78B / Chapter 78B-18a / § 78B-18a-102
§ 78B-18a-102. Definitions.
Status: in_force

In this chapter: (1) "Law" includes a statute, judicial decision or order, rule of court, executive order, and administrative rule, regulation, or order. (2) "Record" means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form. (3) "Sign" means, with present intent to authenticate or adopt a record: (a) to execute or adopt a tangible symbol; or (b) to attach to or logically associate with the record an electronic symbol, sound, or process. (4) (a) "Sworn declaration" means a declaration in a signed record given under oath. (b) "Sworn declaration" includes a sworn statement, verification, certificate, and affidavit. (5) "Unsworn declaration" means a declaration in a signed record not given under oath but given under penalty of Title 76, Chapter 8, Part 5, Falsification in Official Matters.
Utah Code § 53G-7-1301 — Utah Code / Title 53G / Chapter 53G-7 / § 53G-7-1301
§ 53G-7-1301. Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this part: (1) "LEA distribution" means the money distributed by the state board to an LEA as described in Section 53G-7-1303. (2) "LEA governing board student success framework" means an LEA governing board student success framework described in Section 53G-7-1304. (3) "Principal" means the chief administrator at a school, including: (a) a school principal; (b) a charter school director; or (c) the superintendent of the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind. (4) "School allocation" means the amount of money allocated to a school or the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind by an LEA governing board, as described in Section 53G-7-1304. (5) "School personnel" means an individual who: (a) is employed by an LEA; and (b) in an academic role, works directly with and supports students in a school. (6) "Statewide accountability system" means the statewide school accountability system described in Title 53E, Chapter 5, Part 2, School Accountability System. (7) "Teaching Self-Government Skills for Success, Classroom Communication, and Discipline Framework Pilot Program" or "pilot program" means the pilot program created in Section 53G-7-1307. (8) "Teacher and student success plan" or "success plan" means a school performance and student academic achievement improvement plan described in Section 53G-7-1305. (9) "Teacher and Student Success Program" or "program" means the Teacher and Student Success Program described in this part.
Utah Code § 78A-2-201 — Utah Code / Title 78A / Chapter 78A-2 / § 78A-2-201
§ 78A-2-201. Powers of every court.
Status: in_force

Every court has authority to: (1) preserve and enforce order in its immediate presence; (2) enforce order in the proceedings before it, or before a person authorized to conduct a judicial investigation under its authority; (3) provide for the orderly conduct of proceedings before it or its officers; (4) compel obedience to its judgments, orders, and process, and to the orders of a judge out of court, in a pending action or proceeding; (5) control in furtherance of justice the conduct of its ministerial officers, and of all other persons in any manner connected with a judicial proceeding before it in every matter; (6) compel the attendance of persons to testify in a pending action or proceeding, as provided by law; (7) administer oaths in a pending action or proceeding, and in all other cases where necessary in the exercise of its authority and duties; (8) amend and control its process and orders to conform to law and justice; (9) devise and make new process and forms of proceedings, consistent with law, necessary to carry into effect its authority and jurisdiction; and (10) enforce rules of the Supreme Court and Judicial Council.
Utah Code § 63G-6a-302 — Utah Code / Title 63G / Chapter 63G-6a / § 63G-6a-302
§ 63G-6a-302. Chief procurement officer -- Qualifications -- Authority.
Status: in_force

(1) The chief procurement officer shall: (a) have a minimum of eight years' experience: (i) (A) in the large-scale procurement of supplies, services, or construction; or (B) negotiating contract terms and conditions; and (ii) at least five years of which shall have been in public or comparable private procurement within 12 years preceding the date of appointment; and (b) be a person with demonstrated executive and organizational ability. (2) The chief procurement officer is also the director of the Division of Purchasing and General Services. (3) The chief procurement officer has authority over a procurement by a procurement unit, except: (a) an independent procurement unit; or (b) as otherwise expressly provided in this chapter.
Utah Code § 63B-7-404 — Utah Code / Title 63B / Chapter 63B-7 / § 63B-7-404
§ 63B-7-404. Manner of issuance -- Amounts, interest, and maturity.
Status: in_force

(1) Bonds issued under this chapter may be authorized, sold, and issued at times and in a manner determined by the commission by resolution. (2) Bonds may be issued in one or more series, in amounts, and shall bear dates, interest rate or rates, including a variable rate, and maturity dates as the commission determines by resolution. (3) A bond issued may not mature later than 20 years after the date of final passage of this chapter.
Utah Code § 63L-8-506 — Utah Code / Title 63L / Chapter 63L-8 / § 63L-8-506
§ 63L-8-506. Right-of-way corridors -- Criteria and procedures applicable for designation.
Status: in_force

(1) Utilization of a right-of-way in common is suggested to the extent practical in order to minimize adverse environmental impacts and the proliferation of separate rights-of-way. (2) In designating a right-of-way corridor, the director shall take into consideration: (a) national, state, and local land use policies; (b) environmental quality; (c) economic efficiency; (d) national security; (e) safety; (f) good engineering and technological practices; and (g) wildlife and wildlife habitat impacts. (3) The director shall issue rules in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, containing the criteria and procedures the DLM shall use in designating such a corridor. (4) An existing transportation or utility corridor may be designated as a transportation or utility corridor without further review.
Utah Code § 63A-5b-1206 — Utah Code / Title 63A / Chapter 63A-5b / § 63A-5b-1206
§ 63A-5b-1206. Mandatory technical compliance requirements.
Status: in_force

7/1/2026 (1) The division shall establish and enforce specific technical standards including: (a) fire wall construction and continuity requirements as described in International Building Code, Chapter 7; (b) accessibility compliance verification procedures as described in International Code Council A117.1; (c) energy code inspection protocols with mandatory R-value verification; (d) mechanical, plumbing, and electrical system review depth requirements; (e) special inspection requirements for both structural and nonstructural elements; and (f) structural observation reporting mandates for Risk Category III buildings as defined in the International Building Code adopted under Section 15A-1-204. (2) The division may not issue a construction permit without verified compliance with Subsection (1). (3) The division shall use qualified plan reviewers and inspectors from the roster established under Section 63A-5b-1220 for all plan review and inspection activities. (4) Requirements related to safety and security standards established under Section 53-22-102 shall be coordinated through the school construction liaison as provided in Subsection 63A-5b-1202(6). (5) A school district may appeal technical compliance determinations under this section to the appeals panel established under Section 63A-5b-1221.
Utah Code § 70A-2a-208 — Utah Code / Title 70A / Chapter 70A-2a / § 70A-2a-208
§ 70A-2a-208. Modification, rescission, and waiver.
Status: in_force

(1) An agreement modifying a lease contract needs no consideration to be binding. (2) A signed lease agreement that excludes modification or rescission except by a signed record may not be otherwise modified or rescinded. (3) Although an attempt at modification or rescission does not satisfy the requirements of Subsection (2), it may operate as a waiver. (4) A party who has made a waiver affecting an executory portion of a lease contract may retract the waiver by reasonable notification received by the other party that strict performance will be required of any term waived, unless the retraction would be unjust in view of a material change of position in reliance on the waiver.
Utah Code § 31A-27a-203 — Utah Code / Title 31A / Chapter 31A-27a / § 31A-27a-203
§ 31A-27a-203. Return of summons and summary hearing.
Status: in_force

(1) The receivership court shall hold a summary hearing at the time and date for the return of summons on a petition to commence a formal delinquency proceeding. (2) If a person is not served with summons on a petition to commence a formal delinquency proceeding and fails to appear for the summary hearing, the receivership court shall: (a) continue the summary hearing not more than 10 days; (b) provide for alternative service of summons upon the person; and (c) extend any restraining order. (3) Upon a showing of good faith efforts to effect personal service upon a person who fails to appear for a continued summary hearing, the receivership court shall order notice of the petition to commence a formal delinquency proceeding to be published. The order and notice shall specify: (a) a return date not less than 10 nor more than 20 days after the day on which notice is published; and (b) that the restraining order is extended to the continued hearing date. (4) If a person fails to appear for a summary hearing on a petition to commence a formal delinquency proceeding after service of summons, the receivership court shall enter judgment in favor of the commissioner against that person. (5) (a) A person who appears for the summary hearing on a petition to commence a formal delinquency proceeding shall file its answer at the hearing and the receivership court shall: (i) determine whether to extend any temporary restraining order pending final judgment; and (ii) set the case for trial on a date not more than 10 days from the day on which the summary hearing is held. (b) The receivership court may not grant a continuance for filing an answer.