Utah Code § 67-18-1 — Utah Code / Title 67 / Chapter 67-18 / § 67-18-1
§ 67-18-1. Right to examine and copy documents.
Status: in_force

It is the purpose of this act to provide public employees in the state with the right to examine and make copies of documents in their own personnel files.
Utah Code § 67-4a-304 — Utah Code / Title 67 / Chapter 67-4a / § 67-4a-304
§ 67-4a-304. Holder domiciled in this state.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as in Subsection (2) or Section 67-4a-302 or 67-4a-303, the administrator may take custody of property presumed abandoned, whether located in this state, another state, or a foreign country, if the holder is domiciled in this state or is this state or a governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality of this state, and: (a) another state or foreign country is not entitled to the property because there is no last known address of the apparent owner or other person entitled to the property in the records of the holder; or (b) the state or foreign country of the last known address of the apparent owner or other person entitled to the property does not provide for custodial taking of the property. (2) Property is not subject to custody of the administrator under Subsection (1) if the property is specifically exempt from custodial taking under the law of this state or the state or foreign country of the last known address of the apparent owner. (3) If a holder's state of domicile has changed since the time property was presumed abandoned, the holder's state of domicile in this section is considered to be the state where the holder was domiciled at the time the property was presumed abandoned.
Utah Code § 67-4a-1502 — Utah Code / Title 67 / Chapter 67-4a / § 67-4a-1502
§ 67-4a-1502. Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act.
Status: in_force

This chapter modifies, limits, or supersedes the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, 15 U.S.C. Sec. 7001 et seq., except this chapter does not: (1) modify, limit, or supersede Section 101(c) of that act, 15 U.S.C. Sec. 7001(c); or (2) authorize electronic delivery of any of the notices described in Section 103(b) of that act, 15 U.S.C. Sec. 7003(b).
Utah Code § 67-3-5 — Utah Code / Title 67 / Chapter 67-3 / § 67-3-5
§ 67-3-5. Right of visitation and examination.
Status: in_force

For the purpose of carrying out the duties of the state auditor, the state auditor shall have access to all offices of public entities during business hours for the inspection of their records, regardless of any general limitation on access to records provided in an entity's individual statute.
Utah Code § 67-1a-1 — Utah Code / Title 67 / Chapter 67-1a / § 67-1a-1
§ 67-1a-1. Intent of Legislature.
Status: in_force

It is the intent of the Legislature to emphasize the significant responsibilities and duties assigned to the lieutenant governor of the state. As the second highest official of the state, the lieutenant governor is next in command of the executive department in the event of death, removal, resignation, or disability of the governor. The assignment of important responsibilities to the lieutenant governor is essential to the continuity of state government and for the effective use of funds appropriated to the office of lieutenant governor.
Utah Code § 67-21-4 — Utah Code / Title 67 / Chapter 67-21 / § 67-21-4
§ 67-21-4. Choice of forum -- Remedies for employee bringing action -- Proof required.
Status: in_force

(1) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (1)(b) or (d), and subject to Subsections (1)(d) through (e), an employee who alleges a violation of this chapter may bring a civil action for appropriate injunctive relief, damages, or both, within 180 days after the occurrence of the alleged violation of this chapter. (b) Except as provided in Subsection (1)(d): (i) an employee of a political subdivision that has adopted an ordinance described in Section 67-21-3.6: (A) may bring a civil action described in Subsection (1)(a) within 180 days after the day on which the employee has exhausted administrative remedies; and (B) may not bring a civil action described in Subsection (1)(a) until the employee has exhausted administrative remedies; and (ii) an employee of an institution of higher education: (A) may bring a civil action described in Subsection (1)(a) within 180 days after the day on which the employee has exhausted administrative remedies; and (B) may not bring a civil action described in Subsection (1)(a) until the employee has exhausted administrative remedies. (c) Except as provided in Subsection (1)(d), a public entity employee who is not a legislative employee or a judicial employee may bring a claim of retaliatory action by selecting one of the following methods: (i) filing a grievance with the Career Service Review Office in accordance with Section 67-19a-402.5; or (ii) bringing a civil action for appropriate injunctive relief, damages, or both, within 180 days after the occurrence of the alleged violation of this chapter. (d) (i) A claimant may bring an action after the 180-day limit described in this Subsection (1) if: (A) the claimant originally brought the action within the 180-day time limit; (B) the action described in Subsection (1)(d)(i)(A) failed or was dismissed for a reason other than on the merits; and (C) the claimant brings the new action within 180 days after the day on which the claimant originally brought the action under Subsection (1)(d)(i)(A). (ii) A claimant may commence a new action under this Subsection (1)(d) only once. (e) A public entity employee who files a grievance under Subsection (1)(d)(i): (i) may not, at any time, bring a civil action in relation to the subject matter of the grievance; (ii) may seek a remedy described in Subsection 67-21-3.5(2); and (iii) waives the right to seek a remedy or a type of damages not included in Subsection 67-21-3.5(2). (f) A public entity employee who files a civil action under Subsection (1)(d)(ii) may not, at any time, file a grievance with the Career Service Review Office in relation to the subject matter of the civil action. (2) An employee who brings a civil action under this section shall bring the action in the district court for the county where the alleged violation occurred, the county where the complainant resides, or the county where the person against whom the civil complaint is filed resides or has the person's principal place of business. (3) (a) An employee who brings an action under this section has the burden of proving by a preponderance of the evidence that the employee, in good faith, engaged in protected reporting and suffered a retaliatory action. (b) If the employee satisfies the burden described in Subsection (3)(a), the employer has the burden of proving by substantial evidence that the employer's action was justified. (c) If the employer satisfies the burden described in Subsection (3)(b), the employee has the burden of proving by a preponderance of the evidence that the employer's justification is pretextual.
Utah Code § 67-4a-901 — Utah Code / Title 67 / Chapter 67-4a / § 67-4a-901
§ 67-4a-901. Claim of another state to recover property.
Status: in_force

(1) If the administrator knows that property held by the administrator under this chapter is subject to a superior claim of another state, the administrator shall: (a) report and pay or deliver the property to the other state; or (b) return the property to the holder so that the holder may pay or deliver the property to the other state. (2) The administrator is not required to enter into an agreement to transfer property to the other state under Subsection (1).
Utah Code § 67-21-6 — Utah Code / Title 67 / Chapter 67-21 / § 67-21-6
§ 67-21-6. Civil fine.
Status: in_force

(1) (a) A person who violates this chapter is liable for a civil fine of not more than $500. (b) The person who takes a retaliatory action against an employee in violation of this chapter, and not the public body that employs the employee, shall, after receiving notice and an opportunity to be heard, pay the civil fine under this Subsection (1). (c) If a person is ordered to pay a civil fine under this Subsection (1), the employer may dismiss the person who took the retaliatory action in violation of this chapter. (2) A civil fine ordered under this chapter shall be submitted to the state treasurer for deposit in the General Fund. (3) The civil fine described in this section may be imposed if a violation of this chapter is found by: (a) an independent personnel board described in Subsection 67-21-3.6(1)(a) or 67-21-3.7(1)(a); (b) the Career Service Review Office; or (c) a court.
Utah Code § 67-5-11 — Utah Code / Title 67 / Chapter 67-5 / § 67-5-11
§ 67-5-11. Employee accepting appointment to state position exempt from merit provisions -- Reinstatement in career status.
Status: in_force

(1) An employee in a career status accepting appointment to a position in state government which is exempt from the merit provisions of Title 63A, Chapter 17, Utah State Personnel Management Act, shall notify the attorney general in writing. Upon termination of the appointment, unless discharged for cause, the employee, through written request of reinstatement made to the attorney general within 30 days from the effective date of termination from the appointment, shall be reinstated in a career status in the attorney general's office at a salary not less than that which he was receiving at the time of his appointment, and the time spent in the other position shall be credited toward seniority in the career service. Reinstatement shall be made no later than 60 days after the written notification required by this Subsection (1) or 60 days after the effective date of termination from the employee's appointive position, whichever is later. The position and assignment to which the employee shall return shall be determined by the attorney general. (2) (a) The Office of the Attorney General shall establish and maintain a separate seniority list for each employee category, which categories may include attorneys, investigators, paralegals, secretaries, and others. (b) An employee of the Office of the Attorney General with less seniority than an employee in the same category entitled to be reinstated under this section holds his position subject to any reinstatement provided by Subsection (1).
Utah Code § 67-4a-1404 — Utah Code / Title 67 / Chapter 67-4a / § 67-4a-1404
§ 67-4a-1404. Confidentiality agreement.
Status: in_force

A person to be examined under Section 67-4a-1002 may require, as a condition of disclosure of the records of the person to be examined, that each person having access to the records disclosed in the examination execute and deliver to the person to be examined a confidentiality agreement that: (1) is in a form that is reasonably satisfactory to the administrator; and (2) requires the person having access to the records to comply with the provisions of this part applicable to the person.
Utah Code § 67-27-108 — Utah Code / Title 67 / Chapter 67-27 / § 67-27-108
§ 67-27-108. Prohibition on the use of certain training by governmental employers -- Exceptions.
Status: in_force

7/1/2026 (1) As used in this section: (a) "Governmental employer" means the same as that term is defined in Section 67-27-107. (b) (i) "Prohibited training" means a mandatory instructional program that: (A) a governmental employer requires the governmental employer's current or prospective employees to attend; and (B) promotes a prohibited discriminatory practice as that term is defined in Section 53H-1-504. (ii) "Prohibited training" includes an in-person or online seminar, discussion group, workshop, other program, or related materials. (2) A governmental employer may not require prohibited training. (3) Nothing in this section limits or prohibits a governmental employer's authority to establish policies that are necessary to comply with state or federal law, including laws relating to prohibited discrimination or harassment.
Utah Code § 67-1a-8 — Utah Code / Title 67 / Chapter 67-1a / § 67-1a-8
§ 67-1a-8. Form and contents of great seal.
Status: in_force

The Great Seal of the State of Utah shall be 2-1/2 inches in diameter, and of the following device: the center a shield and perched thereon an American eagle with outstretching wings; the top of the shield pierced by six arrows crosswise; under the arrows the motto "Industry"; beneath the motto a beehive, on either side growing sego lilies; below the beehive the figures "1847"; and on each side of the shield an American flag; encircling all, near the outer edge of the seal, beginning at the lower left-hand portion, the words "The Great Seal of the State of Utah," with the figures "1896" at the base.
Utah Code § 67-5-34 — Utah Code / Title 67 / Chapter 67-5 / § 67-5-34
§ 67-5-34. Rate committee -- Membership -- Duties.
Status: in_force

(1) (a) There is created a rate committee that consists of: (i) the executive director of the Governor's Office of Planning and Budget, or the executive director's designee; and (ii) the executive directors of six state agencies that use or are likely to use services and pay rates to the Office of the Attorney General's internal service fund, appointed by the governor for a two-year term, or the executive directors' designees. (b) The rate committee shall elect a chair from the rate committee's members. (2) Each member of the rate committee who is a state government employee and does not receive salary, per diem, or expenses from the member's agency for the member's service on the rate committee shall receive no compensation, benefits, per diem, or expenses for the member's service on the rate committee. (3) The Office of the Attorney General shall provide staff services to the rate committee. (4) The Office of the Attorney General shall submit to the rate committee a proposed rate and fee schedule for legal services rendered by the Office of the Attorney General to an agency. (5) (a) The rate committee shall: (i) conduct meetings in accordance with Title 52, Chapter 4, Open and Public Meetings Act; (ii) review the proposed rate and fee schedules and, at the rate committee's discretion, approve, increase, or decrease the rate and fee schedules; (iii) recommend a proposed rate and fee schedule for the internal service fund to: (A) the Governor's Office of Planning and Budget; and (B) each legislative appropriations subcommittee that, in accordance with Section 63J-1-410, approves the internal service fund rates, fees, and budget; and (iv) review and approve, increase or decrease an interim rate, fee, or amount when the office begins a new service or introduces a new product between annual general sessions of the Legislature. (b) The committee may, in accordance with Subsection 63J-1-410(4), decrease a rate, fee, or amount that has been approved by the Legislature.
Utah Code § 67-1b-102 — Utah Code / Title 67 / Chapter 67-1b / § 67-1b-102
§ 67-1b-102. Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter: (1) "Board of canvassers" means the state board of canvassers created in Section 20A-4-306. (2) (a) "Executive branch" means: (i) the governor, the governor's staff, and the governor's appointed advisors; (ii) the lieutenant governor and lieutenant governor's staff; (iii) cabinet level officials; (iv) except as provided in Subsection (2)(b), an agency, board, department, division, committee, commission, council, office, or other administrative subunit of the executive branch of state government; (v) except as provided in Subsection (2)(b), a cabinet officer, elected official, executive director, or board or commission vested with: (A) policy making and oversight responsibility for a state executive branch agency; or (B) authority to appoint and remove the director of a state executive branch agency; (vi) executive ministerial officers; (vii) each gubernatorial appointee to a state board, committee, commission, council, or authority; (viii) each executive branch management position, as defined in Section 67-1-1.5; (ix) each executive branch policy position, as defined in Section 67-1-1.5; and (x) the military forces of the state. (b) "Executive branch" does not include: (i) the legislative branch; (ii) the judicial branch; (iii) the State Board of Education; (iv) the Utah Board of Higher Education; (v) institutions of higher education; (vi) independent entities as defined in Section 63E-1-102; (vii) elective constitutional offices of the executive department, including the state auditor, the state treasurer, and the attorney general; (viii) a county, municipality, school district, special district, or special service district; or (ix) an administrative subdivision of a county, municipality, school district, special district, or special service district. (3) "Governor-elect" means, during a transition period, an individual whom the board of canvassers determines to be the successful candidate for governor after a general election for the office of governor, if that successful candidate is an individual other than the incumbent governor. (4) "Governor-elect's staff" means: (a) an individual that a governor-elect intends to nominate as a department head; (b) an individual that a governor-elect intends to appoint to a key position in the executive branch; (c) an individual hired by a governor-elect under Subsection 67-1b-105(1)(c); and (d) any other individual expressly engaged by the governor-elect to assist with the governor-elect's transition into the office of governor. (5) "Governor's Office of Planning and Budget" means the office created in Section 63J-4-201. (6) "Incoming gubernatorial administration" means a governor-elect, a governor-elect's staff, a lieutenant governor-elect, and a lieutenant governor-elect's staff. (7) "Lieutenant governor-elect" means, during a transition period, an individual whom the board of canvassers determines to be the successful candidate for lieutenant governor after a general election for the office of lieutenant governor, if that successful candidate is an individual other than the incumbent lieutenant governor. (8) "Lieutenant governor-elect's staff" means: (a) an individual hired by a lieutenant governor-elect under Subsection 67-1b-105(1)(c); and (b) any other individual expressly engaged by the lieutenant governor-elect to assist with the lieutenant governor-elect's transition into the office of lieutenant governor. (9) "Office of the Legislative Fiscal Analyst" means the office created in Section 36-12-13. (10) "Record" means the same as that term is defined in Section 63G-2-103. (11) "Transition period" means the period of time beginning the day after the meeting of the board of canvassers under Section 20A-4-306 in a year in which the board of canvassers determines that the successful candidate for governor is an individual other than the incumbent governor, and ending on the first Monday of the next January.
Utah Code § 67-4a-604 — Utah Code / Title 67 / Chapter 67-4a / § 67-4a-604
§ 67-4a-604. Effect of payment or delivery of property to administrator.
Status: in_force

(1) On payment or delivery of property to the administrator under this chapter, the administrator as agent for the state assumes custody and responsibility for safekeeping the property. (2) A holder that pays or delivers property to the administrator in good faith and substantially complies with Sections 67-4a-501 and 67-4a-502 is relieved of all liability that thereafter may arise or be made in respect to the property to the extent of the value of the property so paid or delivered. (3) (a) In the event legal proceedings are instituted by any other state or states in any state or federal court with respect to unclaimed funds or abandoned property previously paid or delivered to the administrator, the holder shall give written notification to the administrator and the attorney general of this state of the proceedings within 10 days after service of process, or in the alternative at least 10 days before the return date or date on which an answer or similar pleading is due or any extension thereof secured by the holder. (b) The attorney general may take such action as considered necessary or expedient to protect the interests of the state of Utah. (c) The attorney general, by written notice before the return date or date on which an answer or similar pleading is due or any extension thereof secured by the holder, but in any event in reasonably sufficient time for the holder to comply with the directions received, shall either direct the holder: (i) to actively defend in the proceedings; or (ii) that no defense need be entered in the proceedings. (d) (i) If a direction is received from the attorney general that the holder need not make a defense under Subsection (3)(c)(ii), the holder is not precluded from entering a defense in the holder's own name. (ii) If a defense is made by the holder on the holder's own initiative, the holder is not entitled to reimbursement for legal fees, costs, and other expenses as provided in this section for defenses made pursuant to the directions of the attorney general. (e) If, after the holder has actively defended in the proceedings pursuant to a direction of the attorney general or has been notified in writing by the attorney general that no defense need be made with respect to the funds, a judgment is entered against the holder for any amount paid to the administrator under this chapter, the administrator shall, upon being furnished with proof of payment in satisfaction of the judgment, reimburse the holder the amount paid. (f) The administrator shall also reimburse the holder for any legal fees, costs, and other directly related expenses incurred in legal proceedings undertaken pursuant to the direction of the attorney general.
Utah Code § 67-5-29 — Utah Code / Title 67 / Chapter 67-5 / § 67-5-29
§ 67-5-29. Duty to file legal actions.
Status: in_force

(1) The attorney general may file an action to enforce the Utah Enabling Act, Section 9. (2) In accordance with Title 78B, Chapter 6, Particular Proceedings, the attorney general shall file an eminent domain action or quiet title action on property possessed by the federal government: (a) (i) that facilitates the state's ability to manage the school and institutional trust lands consistent with the state's fiduciary responsibilities towards the beneficiaries of the trust lands; and (ii) (A) that provides access to school and institutional trust lands; or (B) that increases the profitability of the school and institutional trust lands; or (b) for a public use that increases the ability of the state to generate revenue. (3) The attorney general shall file, by no later than July 1, 2011, an eminent domain action or quiet title action described in Subsection (2) on property possessed by the federal government for: (a) a highway on Spring Creek Road located in the western half of section 3, township 38 south, range 12 west to provide access to section 2, township 38 south, range 12 west; (b) a highway off of Old Canyon Road located in the northeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section 5, township 10 north, range 5 east to provide access to the southeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section 32, township 11 north, range 5 east; or (c) the purposes described in Subsection (2).
Utah Code § 67-4a-1301 — Utah Code / Title 67 / Chapter 67-4a / § 67-4a-1301
§ 67-4a-1301. When agreement to locate property enforceable.
Status: in_force

An agreement by an apparent owner and another person, the primary purpose of which is to locate, deliver, recover, or assist in the location, delivery, or recovery of property held by the administrator, is enforceable only if the agreement: (1) is in a record that clearly states the nature of the property and the services to be provided; (2) is signed by or on behalf of the apparent owner; and (3) states the amount or value of the property reasonably expected to be recovered, computed before and after a fee or other compensation to be paid to the person has been deducted.
Utah Code § 67-11-1 — Utah Code / Title 67 / Chapter 67-11 / § 67-11-1
§ 67-11-1. Declaration of policy.
Status: in_force

In order to extend to employees of the state and its political subdivisions and to the dependents and survivors of such employees, the basic protection accorded to others by the old-age and survivors insurance system embodied in the Social Security Act, it is hereby declared to be the policy of the Legislature, subject to the limitations of this act, that such steps be taken as to provide such protection to employees of the state and its political subdivisions within the limitations permitted under the Social Security Act.
Utah Code § 67-20-3 — Utah Code / Title 67 / Chapter 67-20 / § 67-20-3
§ 67-20-3. Purposes for which a volunteer is considered a government employee -- Limitations of liability for volunteer facilitators.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided in Subsection (2) or (3), a volunteer is considered a government employee for purposes of: (a) receiving workers' compensation medical benefits, which shall be the exclusive remedy for all injuries and occupational diseases as provided under Title 34A, Chapter 2, Workers' Compensation Act, and Chapter 3, Utah Occupational Disease Act; (b) the operation of a motor vehicle or equipment if the volunteer is properly licensed and authorized to do so; and (c) liability protection and indemnification normally afforded a paid government employee. (2) (a) A supervising agency shall provide workers' compensation benefits for a volunteer safety officer as provided in Section 67-20-7. (b) A volunteer safety officer is considered an employee of the supervising agency of the volunteer safety officer for purposes of Subsections (1)(b) and (c). (3) (a) The county of a county sheriff that certifies and supervises a volunteer search and rescue team member shall provide workers' compensation benefits for the volunteer search and rescue team member as provided in Section 67-20-7.5. (b) For purposes of Subsections (1)(b) and (c), a volunteer search and rescue team member is considered an employee of the county of the county sheriff that certifies and supervises the volunteer search and rescue team member. (4) A volunteer facilitator is immune from liability for damages or injuries arising out of or related to the volunteer service of a volunteer provided by the volunteer facilitator to an agency, unless: (a) an action or omission of the volunteer facilitator is grossly negligent, not made in good faith, or made maliciously, and causes harm to a person or property; or (b) the volunteer facilitator fails to exercise due diligence in determining the fitness of a volunteer to provide voluntary service to the agency under circumstances that make the volunteer facilitator's failure to exercise due diligence grossly negligent, not in good faith, or malicious.
Utah Code § 67-4a-1303 — Utah Code / Title 67 / Chapter 67-4a / § 67-4a-1303
§ 67-4a-1303. Right of agent of apparent owner to recover property held by administrator.
Status: in_force

(1) (a) An apparent owner that contracts with another person to locate, deliver, recover, or assist in the location, delivery, or recovery of property of the apparent owner that is held by the administrator may designate the person as the agent of the apparent owner. (b) The designation under Subsection (1)(a) shall be in a record signed by the apparent owner. (2) The administrator shall give the agent of the apparent owner all information concerning the property that the apparent owner is entitled to receive, including information that otherwise is confidential information under Section 67-4a-1402. (3) If authorized by the apparent owner, the agent of the apparent owner may bring an action against the administrator on behalf of and in the name of the apparent owner.
Utah Code § 67-5-16 — Utah Code / Title 67 / Chapter 67-5 / § 67-5-16
§ 67-5-16. Child protective services investigators within attorney general's office -- Authority -- Training.
Status: in_force

(1) The attorney general may employ, with the consent of the Division of Child and Family Services within the Department of Health and Human Services, and in accordance with Section 80-2-703, child protective services investigators to investigate alleged instances of abuse or neglect of a child that occur while a child is in the custody of the Division of Child and Family Services. Those investigators may also investigate reports of abuse or neglect of a child by an employee of the Department of Health and Human Services, or involving a person or entity licensed to provide substitute care for children in the custody of the Division of Child and Family Services. (2) Attorneys who represent the Division of Child and Family Services under Section 67-5-17, and child protective services investigators employed by the attorney general under Subsection (1), shall be trained on and implement into practice the following items, in order of preference and priority: (a) the priority of maintaining a child safely in the child's home, whenever possible; (b) the importance of: (i) kinship placement, in the event the child is removed from the home; and (ii) keeping sibling groups together, whenever practicable and in the best interests of the children; (c) the preference for kinship adoption over nonkinship adoption, if the parent-child relationship is legally terminated; (d) the potential for a guardianship placement if the parent-child relationship is legally terminated and no appropriate adoption placement is available; and (e) the use of an individualized permanency goal, only as a last resort.
Utah Code § 67-4a-1202 — Utah Code / Title 67 / Chapter 67-4a / § 67-4a-1202
§ 67-4a-1202. Interstate and international agreement -- Cooperation.
Status: in_force

(1) Subject to Subsection (2), the administrator may: (a) exchange information with another state or foreign country relating to property presumed abandoned or relating to the possible existence of property presumed abandoned; and (b) authorize in a record another state or foreign country or a person acting on behalf of the other state or foreign country to examine the other state or foreign country's records of a putative holder as provided in Part 10, Verified Report of Property and Examination of Records. (2) An exchange or examination under Subsection (1) may be done only if the state or foreign country has confidentiality and security requirements substantially equivalent to those in Part 14, Confidentiality and Security of Information, or agrees in a record to be bound by this state's confidentiality and security requirements.
Utah Code § 67-16-7 — Utah Code / Title 67 / Chapter 67-16 / § 67-16-7
§ 67-16-7. Disclosure of substantial interest in regulated business -- Exceptions.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided in Subsection (5), a public officer or public employee who is an officer, director, agent, employee, or owner of a substantial interest in any business entity that is subject to the regulation of the agency by which the public officer or public employee is employed shall disclose a position held in the entity and the precise nature and value of the public officer's or public employee's interest in the entity: (a) upon first becoming a public officer or public employee; (b) whenever the public officer's or public employee's position in the business entity changes significantly; and (c) if the value of the public officer's or public employee's interest in the entity increases significantly. (2) The disclosure required under Subsection (1) shall be made in a sworn statement filed with: (a) for a public officer or a public employee of the state, the attorney general; (b) for a public officer or a public employee of a political subdivision, the chief governing body of the political subdivision; (c) the head of the agency with which the public officer or public employee is affiliated; (d) for a public employee, the public employee's immediate supervisor; and (e) for a public officer who is a special public officer, the filing clerk of the board or trustees, governing body, or local school board, as applicable, of which the special public officer is an elected or appointed member. (3) A filing clerk who receives the sworn statement described in Subsection (1) shall: (a) post a copy of the special public officer's sworn statement on, as applicable, the special district's, special service district's, or school district's website; and (b) ensure that the sworn statement remains posted on the website described in Subsection (3)(a) until the special public officer leaves office. (4) (a) This section does not apply to instances where the total value of the substantial interest does not exceed $5,000. (b) A life insurance policy or an annuity is not required to be considered in determining the value of a substantial interest under this section. (5) A disclosure made under this section is a public record and a person with whom a disclosure is filed under Subsection (2) shall make the disclosure available for public inspection. (6) A public officer is not required to file a disclosure under this section if the public officer files a disclosure under Section 20A-11-1604.
Utah Code § 67-4-3 — Utah Code / Title 67 / Chapter 67-4 / § 67-4-3
§ 67-4-3. Warrants upon state treasurer -- Legislative policy.
Status: in_force

It is the legislative purpose in the enactment of this measure to make uniform the laws of the state of Utah with respect to the preparation, issuance and drawing of warrants upon the state treasurer.
Utah Code § 67-5a-4 — Utah Code / Title 67 / Chapter 67-5a / § 67-5a-4
§ 67-5a-4. Holding public employment.
Status: in_force

A member of the council may not be disqualified as a member by holding any public office or employment, and does not forfeit any office or employment due to membership on the council. This section takes precedence over any conflicting state law, local ordinance, or city charter.
Utah Code § 67-16-5.6 — Utah Code / Title 67 / Chapter 67-16 / § 67-16-5.6
§ 67-16-5.6. Offering donation, payment, or service to government agency in exchange for approval -- When prohibited.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided in Subsection (3), it is an offense for any person to donate or offer to donate personal property, money, or services to any agency on the condition that the agency or any other agency approve any application or request for a permit, approval, or other authorization. (2) (a) Subsection (1) does not apply to any donation of property, funds, or services to an agency that is: (i) otherwise expressly required by statute, ordinance, or agency rule; (ii) mutually agreed to between the applicant and the entity issuing the permit, approval, or other authorization; (iii) a condition of a consent decree, settlement agreement, or other binding instrument entered into to resolve, in whole or in part, an actual or threatened agency enforcement action; or (iv) made without condition. (b) The person making the donation of property, funds, or services shall include with the donation a signed written statement certifying that the donation is made without condition. (c) The agency receiving the donation shall place the signed written statement in its files. (3) This section does not apply to a person who engages in conduct that constitutes a violation of this section to the extent that the person is chargeable, for the same conduct, under Section 63G-6a-2404 or Section 76-8-105.
Utah Code § 67-4a-302 — Utah Code / Title 67 / Chapter 67-4a / § 67-4a-302
§ 67-4a-302. Address of apparent owner in this state.
Status: in_force

The administrator may take custody of property that is presumed abandoned, whether located in this state, another state, or a foreign country if: (1) the last known address of the apparent owner in the records of the holder is in this state; or (2) the records of the holder do not reflect the identity or last known address of the apparent owner, but the administrator has determined that the last known address of the apparent owner is in this state.
Utah Code § 67-4a-201 — Utah Code / Title 67 / Chapter 67-4a / § 67-4a-201
§ 67-4a-201. When property presumed abandoned.
Status: in_force

Subject to Section 67-4a-208, the following property is presumed abandoned if the property is unclaimed by the apparent owner during the period specified below: (1) a traveler's check, 15 years after issuance; (2) a money order, seven years after issuance; (3) the unredeemed balance of a stored-value card sold or issued on or after May 8, 2018, three years after the date of the last indication of interest in the property by the apparent owner; (4) a state or municipal bond, bearer bond, or original-issue-discount bond, three years after the earliest of the date the bond matures or is called or the obligation to pay the principal of the bond arises; (5) a debt of a business association, three years after the obligation to pay arises; (6) a demand, savings, or time deposit, including a deposit that is automatically renewable, three years after the earlier of maturity or the date of the last indication of interest in the property by the apparent owner, except a deposit that is automatically renewable is considered matured on the deposit's initial date of maturity unless the apparent owner consented in a record on file with the holder to renewal at or about the time of the renewal; (7) money or a credit owed to a customer as a result of a retail business transaction, other than in-store credit for returned merchandise, three years after the obligation arose; (8) an amount owed by an insurance company on a life or endowment insurance policy or an annuity contract that has matured or terminated, three years after the obligation to pay arose under the terms of the policy or contract or, if a policy or contract for which an amount is owed on proof of death has not matured, by proof of the death of the insured or annuitant, as follows: (a) with respect to an amount owed on a life or endowment insurance policy, the earlier of: (i) three years after the policy insurer validates knowledge of the death of the insured; or (ii) three years after the insured has attained, or would have attained if living, the limiting age under the mortality table on which the reserve for the policy is based; and (b) with respect to an amount owed on an annuity contract, three years after the date the annuity contract insurer validates knowledge of the death of the annuitant; (9) property distributable by a business association in the course of dissolution, one year after the property becomes distributable; (10) property held by a court, including property received as proceeds of a class action, one year after the property becomes distributable; (11) property held by a government or governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, including municipal bond interest and unredeemed principal under the administration of a paying agent or indenture trustee, one year after the property becomes distributable; (12) wages, commissions, bonuses, or reimbursements to which an employee is entitled, or other compensation for personal services, one year after the amount becomes payable; (13) a deposit or refund owed to a subscriber by a utility, one year after the deposit or refund becomes payable; and (14) property not specified in this section or Sections 67-2a-201.5 through 67-4a-206, the earlier of three years after the owner first has a right to demand the property or the obligation to pay or distribute the property arises.
Utah Code § 67-4a-1504 — Utah Code / Title 67 / Chapter 67-4a / § 67-4a-1504
§ 67-4a-1504. Severability.
Status: in_force

If any provision of this chapter or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of this chapter that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this chapter are severable.
Utah Code § 67-5-39 — Utah Code / Title 67 / Chapter 67-5 / § 67-5-39
§ 67-5-39. Sheriff Node Program.
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section: (a) "Blockchain" means the same as that term is defined in Section 78B-3-112. (b) "Reversible blockchain" means the same as that term is defined in Section 78B-3-112. (c) "Sheriff node" means a computer that: (i) is connected to a reversible blockchain; (ii) is administered by the Office of the Attorney General; and (iii) allows the Office of the Attorney General to reverse a mistaken or fraudulent transaction upon receipt of: (A) a court order issued under Section 78B-3-112; or (B) an award issued in a valid and binding arbitration. (d) "Transaction" means the same as that term is defined in Section 78B-3-112. (2) (a) There is created a program known as the "Sheriff Node Program" within the Office of the Attorney General to operate a sheriff node on a reversible blockchain. (b) The attorney general shall administer the program with funds available for this purpose. (3) The attorney general shall operate the program only to reverse a transaction on a reversible blockchain upon receipt of: (a) a court order issued under Section 78B-3-112; or (b) an award issued in a valid and binding arbitration. (4) The attorney general may make rules in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, to carry out the program, including to: (a) establish the number of reversible blockchains for which the attorney general may administer a sheriff node; (b) charge and assess fees and costs for the operation of a sheriff node on a reversible blockchain; (c) establish criteria for determining the validity of an arbitration award; and (d) establish other rules reasonably necessary to efficiently carry out the sheriff node program.
Utah Code § 67-5a-7 — Utah Code / Title 67 / Chapter 67-5a / § 67-5a-7
§ 67-5a-7. Responsibilities of the director.
Status: in_force

Under the general supervision of the council and within the policies established by the council, the director has the responsibility to: (1) assign, supervise, and direct the staff of the council; (2) implement the standards, policies, rules, and guidelines of the council; (3) prepare and administer the budget of the council and comply with the Utah Budgetary Procedures Act; (4) maintain liaison with governmental and other public and private groups having an interest in prosecution; (5) organize and administer a program of training and continuing legal education for prosecutors in the state, including establishing training standards for prosecutors; (6) ensure all statutory required training occurs; and (7) perform other duties as assigned by the council.
Utah Code § 67-4a-504 — Utah Code / Title 67 / Chapter 67-4a / § 67-4a-504
§ 67-4a-504. Cooperation among state officers and agencies to locate apparent owner.
Status: in_force

(1) Unless prohibited by law of this state other than this chapter, on request of the administrator, each officer, agency, board, commission, division, and department of this state, any body politic and corporate created by this state for a public purpose, and each political subdivision of this state shall: (a) make books and records available to the administrator; and (b) cooperate with the administrator to determine the current address of an apparent owner of property held by the administrator under this chapter. (2) At the administrator's discretion, the administrator may also enter into data sharing agreements to enable other governmental agencies to provide an additional notice to apparent owners of property held by the administrator.
Utah Code § 67-5b-104 — Utah Code / Title 67 / Chapter 67-5b / § 67-5b-104
§ 67-5b-104. Requirements of a memorandum of understanding.
Status: in_force

(1) Before a center may be established, a memorandum of understanding regarding participation in operation of the center shall be executed among: (a) the contracting county designated to oversee the operation and accountability of the center, including the budget, costs, personnel, and management pursuant to Title 51, Chapter 2a, Accounting Reports from Political Subdivisions, Interlocal Organizations, and Other Local Entities Act; (b) the Office of the Attorney General; (c) at least one representative of a county or municipal law enforcement agency that investigates child abuse in the area to be served by the center; (d) the division of Child and Family Services; (e) the county or district attorney who routinely prosecutes child abuse cases in the area to be served by the center; and (f) at least one representative of any other governmental entity that participates in child abuse investigations or offers services to child abuse victims that desires to participate in the operation of the center. (2) A memorandum of understanding executed under this section shall include the agreement of each public agency, or its representative, described in Subsection (1) to cooperate in: (a) developing a comprehensive and cooperative multidisciplinary team approach to investigating child abuse; (b) reducing, to the greatest extent possible, the number of interviews required of a victim of child abuse to minimize the negative impact of the investigation on the child; and (c) developing, maintaining, and supporting, through the center, an environment that emphasizes the best interests of children.
Utah Code § 67-5-1.2 — Utah Code / Title 67 / Chapter 67-5 / § 67-5-1.2
§ 67-5-1.2. Local investigation assistance.
Status: in_force

The attorney general may: (1) assist or intervene in a local investigation only if: (a) the local law enforcement agency requests assistance; or (b) the county or district attorney requests assistance; and (2) provide Rapid DNA assistance for a local investigation in accordance with Section 53-10-403.6 upon request of and as authorized by, both the investigating agency and the county or district attorney.
Utah Code § 67-1b-106 — Utah Code / Title 67 / Chapter 67-1b / § 67-1b-106
§ 67-1b-106. Governor's budget.
Status: in_force

(1) During a transition period: (a) the governor-elect is entitled to participate in all executive branch budget meetings; (b) subject to Title 63G, Chapter 2, Government Records Access and Management Act, the executive branch shall make records and information related to the preparation of the governor's confidential draft proposed budget available to the governor-elect; and (c) the incumbent governor shall consider any proposed additions or changes from the governor-elect in preparing the governor's confidential draft proposed budget recommendations to be submitted to the Office of Legislative Fiscal Analyst in accordance with Section 63J-1-201. (2) (a) If the governor-elect proposes additions or changes to the governor that are not adopted by the governor in preparing the governor's confidential draft proposed budget recommendations, the governor-elect may prepare confidential proposed additions or changes and submit them to the Office of the Legislative Fiscal Analyst concurrent with the governor's confidential draft proposed budget recommendations. (b) The Governor's Office of Planning and Budget shall, at the request of the governor-elect, assist the governor-elect in preparing confidential proposed additions or changes to the incumbent governor's draft proposed budget recommendations for submission to the Office of the Legislative Fiscal Analyst. (3) (a) After the incumbent governor's confidential draft proposed budget recommendations are submitted to the Office of the Legislative Fiscal Analyst, the governor-elect is responsible for preparing the proposed budget to be submitted to the presiding officers of each house of the Legislature in accordance with Section 63J-1-201, and shall submit the proposed budget to the presiding officers of each house of the Legislature after assuming the office of governor. (b) The executive branch shall provide the governor-elect with any assistance reasonably requested by the governor-elect to prepare the proposed budget to be submitted to the presiding officers of each house of the Legislature. (c) A governor whose term ends following a transition period may not submit a proposed budget to the presiding officers of each house of the Legislature.
Utah Code § 67-16-1 — Utah Code / Title 67 / Chapter 67-16 / § 67-16-1
§ 67-16-1. Short title.
Status: in_force

This chapter is known as the "Utah Public Officers' and Employees' Ethics Act."
Utah Code § 67-22-2 — Utah Code / Title 67 / Chapter 67-22 / § 67-22-2
§ 67-22-2. Compensation -- Other state officers.
Status: in_force

7/1/2026 (1) As used in this section: (a) "Appointed executive" means the: (i) commissioner of the Department of Agriculture and Food; (ii) commissioner of the Insurance Department; (iii) commissioner of the Labor Commission; (iv) director, Department of Alcoholic Beverage Services; (v) commissioner of the Department of Financial Institutions; (vi) executive director, Department of Commerce; (vii) executive director, State Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice; (viii) adjutant general; (ix) executive director, Department of Cultural and Community Engagement; (x) executive director, Department of Corrections; (xi) commissioner, Department of Public Safety; (xii) executive director, Department of Natural Resources; (xiii) executive director, Governor's Office of Planning and Budget; (xiv) executive director, Department of Government Operations; (xv) executive director, Department of Environmental Quality; (xvi) executive director, Governor's Office of Economic Development; (xvii) executive director, Department of Workforce Services; (xviii) executive director, Department of Health and Human Services, Nonphysician; (xix) executive director, Department of Transportation; (xx) executive director, Department of Veterans and Military Affairs; (xxi) advisor, Public Lands Policy Coordinating Office, created in Section 63L-11-201; (xxii) Great Salt Lake commissioner, appointed under Section 73-32-201; (xxiii) Utah water agent, appointed under Section 73-10g-702; and (xxiv) a local district executive. (b) "Board or commission executive" means: (i) members, Board of Pardons and Parole; (ii) chair, State Tax Commission; (iii) commissioners, State Tax Commission; (iv) executive director, State Tax Commission; (v) chair, Public Service Commission; and (vi) commissioners, Public Service Commission. (c) "Deputy" means the person who acts as the appointed executive's second in command as determined by the Division of Human Resource Management. (d) "Local district executive" means the executive director of a large public transit district, as defined in Section 17B-2a-802. (2) (a) (i) The director of the Division of Human Resource Management shall: (A) before October 31 of each year, recommend to the governor a compensation plan for the appointed executives and the board or commission executives; and (B) base those recommendations on market salary studies conducted by the Division of Human Resource Management. (ii) For a market salary study described in Subsection (2)(a)(i)(B) for a local district executive, the Division of Human Resource Management shall include a salary comparison with executives of public transit districts of similar size and sophistication in other states. (b) (i) The Division of Human Resource Management shall determine the salary range for the appointed executives by: (A) identifying the salary range assigned to the appointed executive's deputy; (B) designating the lowest minimum salary from those deputies' salary ranges as the minimum salary for the appointed executives' salary range; and (C) designating 105% of the highest maximum salary range from those deputies' salary ranges as the maximum salary for the appointed executives' salary range. (ii) If the deputy is a medical doctor, the Division of Human Resource Management may not consider that deputy's salary range in designating the salary range for appointed executives. (c) (i) Except as provided in Subsection (2)(c)(ii), in establishing the salary ranges for board or commission executives, the Division of Human Resource Management shall set the maximum salary in the salary range for each of those positions at 90% of the salary for district judges as established in the annual appropriation act under Section 67-8-2. (ii) In establishing the salary ranges for an individual described in Subsection (1)(b)(ii), (1)(b)(iii), or (1)(b)(iv), the Division of Human Resource Management shall set the maximum salary in the salary range for each of those positions at 100% of the salary for district judges as established in the annual appropriation act under Section 67-8-2. (3) (a) (i) Except as provided in Subsection (3)(a)(ii) or Subsection (3)(d), the governor shall establish a specific salary for each appointed executive within the range established under Subsection (2)(b). (ii) If the executive director of the Department of Health and Human Services is a physician, the governor shall establish a salary within the highest physician salary range established by the Division of Human Resource Management. (iii) The governor may provide salary increases for appointed executives within the range established by Subsection (2)(b) and identified in Subsection (3)(a)(ii). (b) The governor shall apply the same overtime regulations applicable to other FLSA exempt positions. (c) The governor may develop standards and criteria for reviewing the appointed executives. (d) If under Section 73-10g-702 the governor appoints an individual who is serving in an appointed executive branch position to be the Utah water agent, the governor shall adjust the salary of the Utah water agent to account for salary received for the appointed executive branch position. (4) Salaries for other Schedule A employees, as defined in Section 63A-17-301, that are not provided for in this chapter, or in Title 67, Chapter 8, Utah Elected Official and Judicial Salary Act, shall be established in accordance with Section 63A-17-301. (5) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (5)(c), the Legislature fixes benefits for the appointed executives and the board or commission executives as follows: (i) the option of participating in a state retirement system established by Title 49, Utah State Retirement and Insurance Benefit Act, or in a deferred compensation plan administered by the State Retirement Office in accordance with the Internal Revenue Code and the Internal Revenue Code's accompanying rules and regulations; (ii) health insurance; (iii) dental insurance; (iv) basic life insurance; (v) unemployment compensation; (vi) workers' compensation; (vii) required employer contribution to social security; (viii) long-term disability income insurance; (ix) the same additional state-paid life insurance available to other noncareer service employees; (x) the same severance pay available to other noncareer service employees; (xi) the same leave, holidays, and allowances granted to Schedule B state employees as follows: (A) sick leave; (B) converted sick leave if accrued before January 1, 2014; (C) educational allowances; (D) holidays; (E) annual leave except that annual leave shall be accrued at the maximum rate provided to Schedule B state employees; and (F) paid time off; (xii) the option to convert accumulated sick leave to cash or insurance benefits as provided by law or rule upon resignation or retirement according to the same criteria and procedures applied to Schedule B state employees; (xiii) the option to purchase additional life insurance at group insurance rates according to the same criteria and procedures applied to Schedule B state employees; and (xiv) professional memberships if being a member of the professional organization is a requirement of the position. (b) Each department shall pay the cost of additional state-paid life insurance for the department's executive director from the department's existing budget. (c) Subject to Subsection 17B-2a-811.1(2)(b), the transit commission of a large public transit district, as defined in Section 17B-2a-802, shall fix the benefits for the executive director of a large public transit district similar to benefits for other employees of the large public transit district. (6) The Legislature fixes the following additional benefits: (a) for the executive director of the Department of Transportation a vehicle for official and personal use; (b) for the executive director of the Department of Natural Resources a vehicle for commute and official use; (c) for the commissioner of Public Safety: (i) an accidental death insurance policy if POST certified; and (ii) a public safety vehicle for official and personal use; (d) for the executive director of the Department of Corrections: (i) an accidental death insurance policy if POST certified; and (ii) a public safety vehicle for official and personal use; (e) for the adjutant general a vehicle for official and personal use; (f) for each member of the Board of Pardons and Parole a vehicle for commute and official use; and (g) for the executive director of the Department of Veterans and Military Affairs a vehicle for commute and official use.7/1/2026 (1) As used in this section: (a) "Appointed executive" means the: (i) commissioner of the Department of Agriculture and Food; (ii) commissioner of the Insurance Department; (iii) commissioner of the Labor Commission; (iv) director, Department of Alcoholic Beverage Services; (v) commissioner of the Department of Financial Institutions; (vi) executive director, Department of Commerce; (vii) executive director, State Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice; (viii) adjutant general; (ix) executive director, Department of Cultural and Community Engagement; (x) executive director, Department of Corrections; (xi) commissioner, Department of Public Safety; (xii) executive director, Department of Natural Resources; (xiii) executive director, Governor's Office of Planning and Budget; (xiv) executive director, Department of Government Operations; (xv) executive director, Department of Environmental Quality; (xvi) executive director, Governor's Office of Economic Development; (xvii) executive director, Department of Workforce Services; (xviii) executive director, Department of Health and Human Services, Nonphysician; (xix) executive director, Department of Transportation; (xx) executive director, Department of Veterans and Military Affairs; (xxi) advisor, Public Lands Policy Coordinating Office, created in Section 63L-11-201; (xxii) Great Salt Lake commissioner, appointed under Section 73-32-201; (xxiii) Utah water agent, appointed under Section 73-10g-702; and (xxiv) a local district executive. (b) "Board or commission executive" means: (i) members, Board of Pardons and Parole; (ii) chair, State Tax Commission; (iii) commissioners, State Tax Commission; (iv) executive director, State Tax Commission; (v) chair, Public Service Commission; and (vi) commissioners, Public Service Commission. (c) "Deputy" means the person who acts as the appointed executive's second in command as determined by the Division of Human Resource Management. (d) "Local district executive" means the executive director of a large public transit district, as defined in Section 17B-2a-802. (2) (a) (i) The director of the Division of Human Resource Management shall: (A) before October 31 of each year, recommend to the governor a compensation plan for the appointed executives and the board or commission executives; and (B) base those recommendations on market salary studies conducted by the Division of Human Resource Management. (ii) For a market salary study described in Subsection (2)(a)(i)(B) for a local district executive, the Division of Human Resource Management shall include a salary comparison with executives of public transit districts of similar size and sophistication in other states. (b) (i) The Division of Human Resource Management shall determine the salary range for the appointed executives by: (A) identifying the salary range assigned to the appointed executive's deputy; (B) designating the lowest minimum salary from those deputies' salary ranges as the minimum salary for the appointed executives' salary range; and (C) designating 105% of the highest maximum salary range from those deputies' salary ranges as the maximum salary for the appointed executives' salary range. (ii) If the deputy is a medical doctor, the Division of Human Resource Management may not consider that deputy's salary range in designating the salary range for appointed executives. (c) (i) Except as provided in Subsection (2)(c)(ii), in establishing the salary ranges for board or commission executives, the Division of Human Resource Management shall set the maximum salary in the salary range for each of those positions at 90% of the salary for district judges as established in the annual appropriation act under Section 67-8-2. (ii) In establishing the salary ranges for an individual described in Subsection (1)(b)(ii), (1)(b)(iii), or (1)(b)(iv), the Division of Human Resource Management shall set the maximum salary in the salary range for each of those positions at 100% of the salary for district judges as established in the annual appropriation act under Section 67-8-2. (3) (a) (i) Except as provided in Subsection (3)(a)(ii) or Subsection (3)(d), the governor shall establish a specific salary for each appointed executive within the range established under Subsection (2)(b). (ii) If the executive director of the Department of Health and Human Services is a physician, the governor shall establish a salary within the highest physician salary range established by the Division of Human Resource Management. (iii) The governor may provide salary increases for appointed executives within the range established by Subsection (2)(b) and identified in Subsection (3)(a)(ii). (b) The governor shall apply the same overtime regulations applicable to other FLSA exempt positions. (c) The governor may develop standards and criteria for reviewing the appointed executives. (d) If under Section 73-10g-702 the governor appoints an individual who is serving in an appointed executive branch position to be the Utah water agent, the governor shall adjust the salary of the Utah water agent to account for salary received for the appointed executive branch position. (4) Salaries for other Schedule A employees, as defined in Section 63A-17-301, that are not provided for in this chapter, or in Title 67, Chapter 8, Utah Elected Official and Judicial Salary Act, shall be established in accordance with Section 63A-17-301. (5) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (5)(c), the Legislature fixes benefits for the appointed executives and the board or commission executives as follows: (i) the option of participating in a state retirement system established by Title 49, Utah State Retirement and Insurance Benefit Act, or in a deferred compensation plan administered by the State Retirement Office in accordance with the Internal Revenue Code and the Internal Revenue Code's accompanying rules and regulations; (ii) health insurance; (iii) dental insurance; (iv) basic life insurance; (v) unemployment compensation; (vi) workers' compensation; (vii) required employer contribution to social security; (viii) long-term disability income insurance; (ix) the same additional state-paid life insurance available to other noncareer service employees; (x) the same severance pay available to other noncareer service employees; (xi) the same leave, holidays, and allowances granted to Schedule B state employees as follows: (A) sick leave; (B) converted sick leave if accrued before January 1, 2014; (C) educational allowances; (D) holidays; (E) annual leave except that annual leave shall be accrued at the maximum rate provided to Schedule B state employees; and (F) paid time off; (xii) the option to convert accumulated sick leave to cash or insurance benefits as provided by law or rule upon resignation or retirement according to the same criteria and procedures applied to Schedule B state employees; (xiii) the option to purchase additional life insurance at group insurance rates according to the same criteria and procedures applied to Schedule B state employees; and (xiv) professional memberships if being a member of the professional organization is a requirement of the position. (b) Each department shall pay the cost of additional state-paid life insurance for the department's executive director from the department's existing budget. (c) Subject to Subsection 17B-2a-811.1(2)(b), the transit commission of a large public transit district, as defined in Section 17B-2a-802, shall fix the benefits for the executive director of a large public transit district similar to benefits for other employees of the large public transit district. (6) The Legislature fixes the following additional benefits: (a) for the executive director of the Department of Transportation a vehicle for official and personal use; (b) for the executive director of the Department of Natural Resources a vehicle for commute and official use; (c) for the commissioner of Public Safety: (i) an accidental death insurance policy if POST certified; and (ii) a public safety vehicle for official and personal use; (d) for the executive director of the Department of Corrections: (i) an accidental death insurance policy if POST certified; and (ii) a public safety vehicle for official and personal use; (e) for the adjutant general a vehicle for official and personal use; (f) for each member of the Board of Pardons and Parole a vehicle for commute and official use; and (g) for the executive director of the Department of Veterans and Military Affairs a vehicle for commute and official use.
Utah Code § 67-4a-1405 — Utah Code / Title 67 / Chapter 67-4a / § 67-4a-1405
§ 67-4a-1405. No confidential information in notice.
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided in Sections 67-4a-501 and 67-4a-502, a holder is not required under this chapter to include confidential information in a notice the holder is required to provide to an apparent owner under this chapter.
Utah Code § 67-19a-102 — Utah Code / Title 67 / Chapter 67-19a / § 67-19a-102
§ 67-19a-102. Work environment policy.
Status: in_force

As recognized and provided in Section 67-26-201, it is the policy of the state of Utah to provide and maintain a work environment free from abusive conduct.
Utah Code § 67-5-31 — Utah Code / Title 67 / Chapter 67-5 / § 67-5-31
§ 67-5-31. Mortgage and Financial Fraud Investigation and Prosecution Restricted Account.
Status: in_force

(1) There is created a restricted account within the General Fund known as the "Mortgage and Financial Fraud Investigation and Prosecution Restricted Account." (2) The restricted account includes: (a) $2,000,000 of deposits from the foreclosure fraud settlement agreement between the United States Justice Department, United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, and a bipartisan group of state attorneys general, including Utah's attorney general, Bank of America, Citi, JP Morgan Chase, GMAC, and Wells Fargo announced in February 2012; and (b) any other amount appropriated by the Legislature. (3) Money from the restricted account shall be used by the attorney general to: (a) investigate and prosecute mortgage and financial fraud throughout the state; and (b) fund mortgage and financial fraud investigation and prosecution staff.
Utah Code § 67-4-17 — Utah Code / Title 67 / Chapter 67-4 / § 67-4-17
§ 67-4-17. Federal/state cash transfers.
Status: in_force

(1) (a) The state treasurer and the Division of Finance shall enter into an agreement with the United States Secretary of the Treasury that establishes procedures and requirements for implementing the United States Cash Management Improvement Act of 1990. (b) The agreement shall stipulate that: (i) the time elapsed between the transfer of funds from the United States Treasury and the redemption of warrants shall be minimized; and (ii) if the state: (A) deposits federal funds before the time funds are paid out of the state treasury for the redemption of warrants issued for federal programs, the Division of Finance may pay to the United States Treasury, out of interest earnings on the funds, an interest amount as required by federal regulation; or (B) disburses its own funds for federal programs, the Division of Finance shall bill the federal government for interest from the time state funds are paid out to redeem warrants until the federal funds are received. (2) To the degree allowed by federal regulation, all direct costs of calculating the interest may be: (a) deducted from any interest payments made to the United States Treasury; or (b) included in any billings to the United States Treasury.
Utah Code § 67-16-8 — Utah Code / Title 67 / Chapter 67-16 / § 67-16-8
§ 67-16-8. Participation in transaction involving business as to which public officer or employee has interest -- Exceptions.
Status: in_force

(1) A public officer or public employee may not, in the public officer's or public employee's official capacity, participate in, or receive compensation as a result of, a transaction between the state or a state agency and a business entity of which the public officer or public employee is an officer, director, agent, employee, or owner of a substantial interest, unless the public officer or public employee has disclosed the public officer's or public employee's relationship to the business entity in accordance with Section 67-16-7 or 20A-11-1604. (2) A concession contract between an agency, political subdivision, or the state and a certified professional golf association member who is a public employee or officer does not violate the provisions of Subsection (1) or Title 10, Chapter 3, Part 13, Municipal Officers' and Employees' Ethics Act.
Utah Code § 67-4-19 — Utah Code / Title 67 / Chapter 67-4 / § 67-4-19
§ 67-4-19. Investments of public funds in precious metals by state treasurer -- Precious metals study and report to Legislature.
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section, "precious metal" means the same as that term is defined in Section 61-1-13. (2) (a) Subject to Subsection (2)(b), the state treasurer may invest a portion of public funds in the following accounts in precious metals: (i) the State Disaster Recovery Restricted Account, created in Section 53-2a-603; (ii) the General Fund Budget Reserve Account, created in Section 63J-1-312; (iii) the Income Tax Fund Budget Reserve Account, created in Section 63J-1-313; and (iv) the Medicaid Growth Reduction and Budget Stabilization Account, created in Section 63J-1-315. (b) (i) The amount of public funds that the state treasurer may invest in precious metals in an account described in Subsection (2)(a) may not, at the time the investment is made, exceed 10% of the total amount of public funds in that account. (ii) The requirements of Subsections 51-7-14(2) and (3) apply to the state treasurer's investments in precious metals under Subsection (2)(a). (iii) Any public funds in an account described in Subsection (2)(a) not invested by the state treasurer in precious metals under this Subsection (2) shall be invested as provided in Title 51, Chapter 7, State Money Management Act. (3) The state treasurer may deduct any administrative costs incurred by investing in precious metals under Subsection (2)(a), including delivery and vaulting costs, from earnings generated by the investments in the funds described in Subsections (2)(a)(i) through (iv). (4) In calendar years 2026 and 2027, the state treasurer shall: (a) conduct an annual study analyzing the role of precious metals in augmenting, stabilizing, and ensuring the economic security and prosperity of the state, the families and residents of the state, and businesses in the state; and (b) submit any legislative recommendations resulting from the study described in Subsection (4)(a) to the Revenue and Taxation Interim Committee on or before the committee's October interim committee meeting.
Utah Code § 67-5-30 — Utah Code / Title 67 / Chapter 67-5 / § 67-5-30
§ 67-5-30. Mortgage and Financial Fraud Unit creation -- Duties -- Employment of staff.
Status: in_force

(1) The attorney general may assist in efforts to prevent, investigate, and prosecute mortgage fraud, as described in Section 76-6-1203, and other financial fraud, including working with other agencies of state and local government. (2) There is created within the Office of the Attorney General the Mortgage and Financial Fraud Unit to investigate and prosecute cases of mortgage fraud and other financial fraud. (3) The Mortgage and Financial Fraud Unit shall focus its efforts on detecting, investigating, deterring, and prosecuting mortgage fraud and other major financial fraud crimes. (4) The attorney general may employ investigators, prosecutors, and necessary support staff for the unit created under Subsection (2).
Utah Code § 67-28-101 — Utah Code / Title 67 / Chapter 67-28 / § 67-28-101
§ 67-28-101. Definitions.
Status: in_force

7/1/2026As used in this chapter: (1) "Criminal offense" means an act or omission that may result in a felony, misdemeanor, or infraction. (2) "Department" means the Department of Criminal Justice created in Section 75E-2-102. (3) (a) "State agency" means a department, division, board, council, committee, institution, office, bureau, or other similar administrative unit of the executive branch of state government. (b) "State agency" does not include the attorney general.
Utah Code § 67-24-102 — Utah Code / Title 67 / Chapter 67-24 / § 67-24-102
§ 67-24-102. Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter: (1) "Lobbying" is as defined in Section 36-11-102. (2) "Lobbyist" is as defined in Section 36-11-102. (3) "State official" means: (a) a member of the Legislature; (b) the governor; (c) the lieutenant governor; (d) the state auditor; (e) the state treasurer; and (f) the attorney general.
Utah Code § 67-4a-702.5 — Utah Code / Title 67 / Chapter 67-4a / § 67-4a-702.5
§ 67-4a-702.5. Disposal of digital assets -- Liquidation before filing -- Recovery of digital assets or value by owner.
Status: in_force

(1) The administrator may not sell or otherwise liquidate a digital asset until three years after: (a) the administrator's designated custodian receives the digital asset; and (b) the administrator provides notice to the apparent owner under Section 67-4a-503 that the administrator holds the digital asset. (2) The administrator may not sell a digital asset listed on an established exchange for less than the price prevailing on the exchange at the time of sale. (3) The administrator may sell a digital asset not listed on an established exchange by any commercially reasonable method. (4) (a) Notwithstanding Subsection (1), the administrator may direct a digital asset holder to liquidate a digital asset before the date on which the filing of a report under Section 67-4a-401 for the digital currency is due. (b) A digital asset holder to whom the administrator directs to liquidate a digital asset under this Subsection (4) may transfer the digital asset to a state-owned account maintained by the digital asset holder before the liquidation. (c) If a digital asset holder subject to this Subsection (4) reasonably believes the digital asset cannot be liquidated or otherwise cause the digital asset to be liquidated, the digital asset holder shall promptly send to the administrator a written notice that provides an explanation as to why the digital asset cannot be liquidated. (d) Upon receiving written notice from a digital asset holder under Subsection (4)(c), the administrator shall direct the digital asset holder concerning an alternative disposition of the digital asset. (5) The administrator or a digital asset holder may not be held liable for any loss or gain in the value that a digital asset would have obtained had the digital asset been held instead of being sold. (6) Upon approval of a claim, the claimant may request the administrator to dispose of a digital asset by sale and remit the net proceeds to the claimant. (7) Upon disapproval of a claim, the administrator may dispose of the digital asset by sale.
Utah Code § 67-5-23 — Utah Code / Title 67 / Chapter 67-5 / § 67-5-23
§ 67-5-23. Use of state vehicles for law enforcement officers.
Status: in_force

Subject to rules adopted by the Division of Fleet Operations under Section 63A-9-401, the attorney general may authorize a law enforcement officer, as defined in Section 53-13-103, who is an employee of the Office of the Attorney General to use a state issued vehicle for official and personal use.
Utah Code § 67-5-40 — Utah Code / Title 67 / Chapter 67-5 / § 67-5-40
§ 67-5-40. Attorney General Litigation Fund.
Status: in_force

(1) (a) There is created an expendable special revenue fund known as the Attorney General Litigation Fund for the purpose of providing funds to pay for: (i) costs and expenses incurred by the state attorney general in relation to actions under state or federal antitrust, criminal laws, or civil proceedings under Title 13, Chapter 44, Protection of Personal Information Act; and (ii) citizen education and outreach related to any item described in Subsection (1)(a)(i). (b) The funds described in Subsection (1)(a) are in addition to other funds as may be appropriated by the Legislature to the attorney general for the administration and enforcement of the laws of this state. (c) At the close of any fiscal year, any balance in the fund in excess of $4,000,000 shall be transferred to the General Fund. (d) The attorney general may expend money from the Attorney General Litigation Fund for the purposes in Subsection (1)(a). (2) (a) All money received by the state or the state's agencies by reason of a judgment, settlement, or compromise as the result of an action commenced, investigated, or prosecuted by the attorney general, after payment of any fines, restitution, payments, costs, or fees allocated by the court, shall be deposited into the Attorney General Litigation Fund, except as provided in Subsection (2)(b). (b) (i) Any expenses advanced by the attorney general in any of the actions under Subsection (1)(a) shall be credited to the Attorney General Litigation Fund. (ii) Any money recovered by the attorney general on behalf of a private person or public body other than the state shall be paid to those persons or bodies from funds remaining after payment of expenses under Subsection (2)(b)(i).
Utah Code § 67-4a-1206 — Utah Code / Title 67 / Chapter 67-4a / § 67-4a-1206
§ 67-4a-1206. Waiver of interest and penalty.
Status: in_force

The administrator: (1) may waive, in whole or in part, interest under Subsection 67-4a-1204(1) and penalties under Subsection 67-4a-1204(2) or Section 67-4a-1205; and (2) may waive a penalty under Subsection 67-4a-1204(2) if the administrator determines that the holder acted in good faith and without negligence.
Utah Code § 67-1-6 — Utah Code / Title 67 / Chapter 67-1 / § 67-1-6
§ 67-1-6. Acting governor -- Powers and duties.
Status: in_force

Every provision of law relating to the powers and duties of the governor, and relating to acts and duties to be performed by others toward the governor, extends to the person performing, for the time being, the duties of governor.
Utah Code § 67-4a-1401 — Utah Code / Title 67 / Chapter 67-4a / § 67-4a-1401
§ 67-4a-1401. Definitions -- Applicability.
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this part, "personal information" means: (a) information that identifies or reasonably can be used to identify an individual, such as first and last name in combination with the individual's: (i) social security number or other government-issued number or identifier; (ii) date of birth; (iii) home or physical address; (iv) electronic mail address or other online contact information or Internet provider address; (v) financial account number or credit or debit card number; (vi) biometric data, health or medical data, or insurance information; or (vii) passwords or other credentials that permit access to an online or other account; (b) personally identifiable financial or insurance information, including nonpublic personal information defined by applicable federal law; and (c) any combination of data that, if accessed, disclosed, modified, or destroyed without authorization of the owner of the data, or if lost or misused, would require notice or reporting under Section 13-44-202 and federal privacy and data security law, regardless of whether the administrator or the administrator's agent is subject to the law. (2) A provision of this part that applies to the administrator or the administrator's records applies to an administrator's agent.
Utah Code § 67-4a-305 — Utah Code / Title 67 / Chapter 67-4a / § 67-4a-305
§ 67-4a-305. Custody if transaction took place in this state.
Status: in_force

Except as in Section 67-4a-302, 67-4a-303, or 67-4a-304, the administrator may take custody of property presumed abandoned whether located in this state or another state if: (1) the transaction out of which the property arose took place in this state; (2) the holder is domiciled in a state that does not provide for the custodial taking of the property, except that if the property is specifically exempt from custodial taking under the law of the state of the holder's domicile, the property is not subject to the custody of the administrator; and (3) the last known address of the apparent owner or other person entitled to the property is unknown or in a state that does not provide for the custodial taking of the property, except that if the property is specifically exempt from custodial taking under the law of the state of the last known address, the property is not subject to the custody of the administrator.
Utah Code § 67-1-9 — Utah Code / Title 67 / Chapter 67-1 / § 67-1-9
§ 67-1-9. Governor's residence -- Sources of funds.
Status: in_force

(1) The Kearns' mansion shall be the official residence of the governor. (2) The Division of Facilities Construction and Management may apply for, accept and expend funds from federal and other sources for carrying out the purposes of Section 67-1-8.1 and this section.
Utah Code § 67-26-201 — Utah Code / Title 67 / Chapter 67-26 / § 67-26-201
§ 67-26-201. State policy on abusive conduct.
Status: in_force

It is the policy of the state to provide and maintain a work environment free from abusive conduct.
Utah Code § 67-4a-208 — Utah Code / Title 67 / Chapter 67-4a / § 67-4a-208
§ 67-4a-208. Indication of apparent owner interest in property.
Status: in_force

(1) The period after which property is presumed abandoned is measured from the later of: (a) the date the property is presumed abandoned under this part; or (b) the latest indication of interest by the apparent owner in the property. (2) Under this chapter, an indication of an apparent owner's interest in property includes: (a) a record communicated by the apparent owner to the holder or agent of the holder concerning the property or the account in which the property is held; (b) an oral communication by the apparent owner to the holder or agent of the holder concerning the property or the account in which the property is held, if the holder or the holder's agent contemporaneously makes and preserves a record of the fact of the apparent owner's communication; (c) presentment of a check or other instrument of payment of a dividend, interest payment, or other distribution, or evidence of receipt of a distribution made by electronic or similar means, with respect to an account, underlying security, or interest in a business association; (d) activity directed by an apparent owner in the account in which the property is held, including accessing the account or information concerning the account, or a direction by the apparent owner to increase, decrease, or otherwise change the amount or type of property held in the account; (e) a deposit into or withdrawal from an account at a banking organization or financial organization, including an automatic deposit or withdrawal previously authorized by the apparent owner other than an automatic reinvestment of dividends or interest; (f) any other action by the apparent owner which reasonably demonstrates to the holder that the apparent owner knows that the account exists; and (g) subject to Subsection (5), payment of a premium on an insurance policy. (3) An action by an agent or other representative of an apparent owner, other than the holder acting as the apparent owner's agent, is presumed to be an action on behalf of the apparent owner. (4) A communication with an apparent owner by a person other than the holder or the holder's representative is not an indication of interest in the property by the apparent owner unless a record of the communication evidences the apparent owner's knowledge of a right to the property. (5) If the insured dies or the insured or beneficiary of an insurance policy otherwise becomes entitled to the proceeds before depletion of the cash surrender value of the policy by operation of an automatic premium loan provision or other nonforfeiture provision contained in the policy, the operation does not prevent the policy from maturing or terminating.
Utah Code § 67-19a-203 — Utah Code / Title 67 / Chapter 67-19a / § 67-19a-203
§ 67-19a-203. Rulemaking authority.
Status: in_force

(1) In accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, the administrator may make rules governing: (a) definitions of terms, phrases, and words used in the grievance process established by this chapter; (b) what matters constitute excusable neglect for purposes of the waiver of time limits established by this chapter; (c) the application for and service of subpoenas, the service and filing of pleadings, and the issuance of rulings, orders, determinations, summary judgments, transcripts, and other legal documents necessary in grievance proceedings; (d) the use, calling, attendance, participation, and fees of witnesses in grievance proceedings; (e) continuances of grievance proceedings; (f) procedures in hearings, unless governed by Title 63G, Chapter 4, Administrative Procedures Act; (g) the presence of media representatives at grievance proceedings; (h) procedures for sealing files or making data pertaining to a grievance unavailable to the public; and (i) motions that will assist the parties in meeting the 150-day time limit. (2) The rule made under Subsection (1)(i) shall: (a) prohibit a party from filing a dispositive motion under Utah Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 12(b)(6) or Rule 56 before an evidentiary hearing; and (b) authorize a party to file a motion before an evidentiary hearing to: (i) dismiss for lack of authority to review the grievance under Utah Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 12(b)(1) or Rule 12(b)(2); or (ii) limit the introduction of evidence.
Utah Code § 67-19a-205 — Utah Code / Title 67 / Chapter 67-19a / § 67-19a-205
§ 67-19a-205. Employment transfer.
Status: in_force

At any point during the grievance process, the employer and the employee may mutually agree to a transfer of the employee to another equivalent position, if and to the extent that such a position is available, in accordance with division rules for transfer and reassignment.
Utah Code § 67-4-22 — Utah Code / Title 67 / Chapter 67-4 / § 67-4-22
§ 67-4-22. State Treasurer Investment Management Account.
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section, "account" means the State Treasurer Investment Management Account created in this section. (2) There is created within the General Fund a restricted account known as the State Treasurer Investment Management Account. (3) Money in the account is solely to pay for the state treasurer's costs of managing the state's and local governments' investments. (4) (a) Subject to Subsection (4)(b), the account shall consist of a portion of investment earnings on: (i) the funds listed in Subsection 51-7-2(1) and managed by the state treasurer; and (ii) the Public Treasurers' Investment Fund created in Section 51-7-3. (b) The total annual amount deposited into the account for a given fiscal year may not exceed the amount appropriated from the account for that fiscal year. (5) The state treasurer shall deposit investment earnings into the account quarterly, based on the annually appropriated amount described in Subsection (4)(b). (6) Appropriations from the account reduce General Fund revenue and Income Tax Fund revenue proportional to those funds' share of total investments. (7) Beginning in 2026, after July 1 and before December 1 each calendar year, the state treasurer shall report to the Executive Appropriations Committee the portion of the deposits into the account during the previous fiscal year that was General Fund revenue and the portion that was Income Tax Fund revenue. (8) The Division of Finance shall lapse any balances in the account at the close of a fiscal year to the General Fund and Income Tax Fund proportional to those funds' share of total deposits.
Utah Code § 67-1a-6 — Utah Code / Title 67 / Chapter 67-1a / § 67-1a-6
§ 67-1a-6. Designation as secretary of state -- Duties.
Status: in_force

(1) When required by local, state, federal, or international law, the lieutenant governor is hereby designated the secretary of state of Utah and shall perform the duties and functions required by such laws, including attesting or certifying documents, recording or filing laws, documents, and other papers; and receiving appointments for service of legal process as provided by law. (2) Any reference in the laws of the state to the office of the secretary of state is a reference to the office of lieutenant governor.
Utah Code § 67-4a-904 — Utah Code / Title 67 / Chapter 67-4a / § 67-4a-904
§ 67-4a-904. When administrator shall honor claim for property.
Status: in_force

(1) (a) The administrator shall pay or deliver property to a claimant under Subsection 67-4a-903(1) if the administrator receives evidence sufficient to establish to the satisfaction of the administrator that the claimant is the owner of the property. (b) The administrator shall pay or deliver property to a claimant under Subsection 67-4a-903(3) if the administrator receives the documents described in Subsection 67-4a-903(3)(b). (2) Not later than 90 days after a claim is filed under Subsection 67-4a-903(1) or (3), the administrator shall allow or deny the claim and give the claimant notice in a record of the decision. (3) If the claim is denied under Subsection (2): (a) the administrator shall inform the claimant or claimants of the reason for the denial and specify what additional evidence, if any, is required for the claim to be allowed; (b) the claimant or claimants may file an amended claim with the administrator or commence an action under Section 67-4a-906; and (c) the administrator shall consider an amended claim filed under Subsection (3)(b) as an initial claim. (4) If the administrator does not take action on a claim during the 90-day period following the filing of a claim under Subsection 67-4a-903(1) or (3), the claim is considered denied. (5) The state, the administrator, and the state's agents, officers, and employees may not be held liable to an owner for any loss arising from the administrator's payment or delivery of property in accordance with Subsection (1)(b), including a claimant's failure to equitably distribute property to an owner after payment or delivery is made.
Utah Code § 67-4a-203 — Utah Code / Title 67 / Chapter 67-4a / § 67-4a-203
§ 67-4a-203. When other tax-deferred and tax-exempt accounts presumed abandoned.
Status: in_force

Subject to Section 67-4a-208 and except for property described in Section 67-4a-202 and property held in a plan described in Section 529A, Internal Revenue Code, property held in an account or plan, including a health savings account, that qualifies for tax deferral or tax exemption under the income tax laws of the United States is presumed abandoned if the property is unclaimed by the apparent owner three years after the earlier of: (1) the date, if determinable by the holder, specified in the income tax laws and regulations of the United States by which distribution of the property must begin to avoid a tax penalty, with no distribution having been made; or (2) 30 years after the date the account was opened.
Utah Code § 67-16-12 — Utah Code / Title 67 / Chapter 67-16 / § 67-16-12
§ 67-16-12. Penalties for violation -- Removal from office or dismissal from employment.
Status: in_force

In addition to any penalty contained in any other provision of law: (1) any public officer or public employee who knowingly and intentionally violates this chapter, with the exception of Sections 67-16-6 and 67-16-7, shall be dismissed from employment or removed from office as provided by law, rule, or policy within the agency; and (2) any public officer, public employee, or person who knowingly and intentionally violates this chapter, with the exception of Sections 67-16-6 and 67-16-7, shall be punished as follows: (a) as a felony of the second degree if the total value of the compensation, conflict of interest, or assistance exceeds $1,000; (b) as a felony of the third degree if: (i) the total value of the compensation, conflict of interest, or assistance is more than $250 but not more than $1,000; or (ii) the public officer or public employee has been twice before convicted of violation of this chapter and the value of the conflict of interest, compensation, or assistance was $250 or less; (c) as a class A misdemeanor if the value of the compensation or assistance was more than $100 but does not exceed $250; or (d) as a class B misdemeanor if the value of the compensation or assistance was $100 or less.
Utah Code § 67-4a-1408 — Utah Code / Title 67 / Chapter 67-4a / § 67-4a-1408
§ 67-4a-1408. Indemnification for breach.
Status: in_force

(1) If a claim is made or action commenced arising out of an event described in Subsection 67-4a-1407(1) relating to confidential information possessed by the administrator, this state shall indemnify, defend, and hold harmless a holder and the holder's affiliates, officers, directors, employees, and agents as to: (a) any claim or action; and (b) a liability, obligation, loss, damage, cost, fee, penalty, fine, settlement, charge, or other expense, including reasonable attorney fees and costs, established by the claim or action. (2) If a claim is made or action commenced arising out of an event described in Subsection 67-4a-1407(1) relating to confidential information possessed by an administrator's agent, the administrator's agent shall indemnify, defend, and hold harmless a holder and the holder's affiliates, officers, directors, employees, and agents as to: (a) any claim or action; and (b) a liability, obligation, loss, damage, cost, fee, penalty, fine, settlement, charge, or other expense, including reasonable attorney fees and costs, established by the claim or action. (3) The administrator shall require the administrator's agent that will receive confidential information required under this chapter to maintain adequate insurance for indemnification obligations of the administrator's agent under Subsection (2). (4) The agent required to maintain the insurance shall provide evidence of the insurance to: (a) the administrator not less frequently than annually; and (b) the holder on commencement of an examination and annually thereafter until all confidential information is returned or destroyed under Subsection 67-4a-1406(5).
Utah Code § 67-5-7 — Utah Code / Title 67 / Chapter 67-5 / § 67-5-7
§ 67-5-7. Establishment of career service system.
Status: in_force

(1) The purpose of this chapter is to establish a career service system for employees of the Office of the Attorney General that will attract and retain employees of proven ability and experience who will devote their full time to the service of the state. (2) The Office of the Attorney General may adopt policies necessary to implement this chapter, including personnel and work policies different from those made by the Division of Human Resource Management.
Utah Code § 67-5b-103 — Utah Code / Title 67 / Chapter 67-5b / § 67-5b-103
§ 67-5b-103. Appropriation and funding.
Status: in_force

(1) Funding for centers under this section is intended to be broad-based, provided by a line item appropriation by the Legislature to the attorney general, and is intended to include federal grant money, local government money, and private donations. (2) The money appropriated shall be used to contract with the county responsible for the operation and accountability of a center in accordance with Section 67-5b-102. (3) The money appropriated may be used by the program to provide resources and contract as needed to support the development of the program and the implementation of evidence-based practices and requirements.
Utah Code § 67-4a-503 — Utah Code / Title 67 / Chapter 67-4a / § 67-4a-503
§ 67-4a-503. Notice by administrator.
Status: in_force

(1) The administrator shall give notice to an apparent owner that property presumed abandoned and that appears to be owned by the apparent owner is held by the administrator under this chapter. (2) In providing notice under Subsection (1), the administrator shall: (a) except as otherwise provided in Subsection (2)(b), send written notice by first-class United States mail to each apparent owner of property valued at $50 or more held by the administrator, unless the administrator determines that a mailing by first-class United States mail would not be received by the apparent owner, and, in the case of a security held in an account for which the apparent owner had consented to receiving electronic mail from the holder, send notice by electronic mail if the electronic mail address of the apparent owner is known to the administrator instead of by first-class United States mail; or (b) send the notice to the apparent owner's electronic mail address if the administrator does not have a valid United States mail address for an apparent owner, but has an electronic mail address that the administrator does not know to be invalid. (3) In addition to the notice under Subsection (2), the administrator shall publish every 12 months in at least one English language newspaper of general circulation in this state notice of property held by the administrator, which shall include: (a) the total value of property received by the administrator during the preceding 12-month period, taken from the reports under Section 67-4a-401; (b) the total value of claims paid by the administrator during the preceding 12-month period; (c) the Internet web address of the unclaimed property website maintained by the administrator; (d) a telephone number and electronic mail address to contact the administrator to inquire about or claim property; and (e) a statement that a person may access the Internet by a computer to search for unclaimed property, and a computer may be available as a service to the public at a local public library. (4) (a) The administrator shall maintain a website accessible by the public and electronically searchable that contains the names reported to the administrator of apparent owners for whom property is being held by the administrator. (b) The administrator is not required to list property on the website if: (i) no owner name was reported; (ii) a claim has been initiated or is pending for the property; (iii) the Office of the State Treasurer has made direct contact with the apparent owner of the property; or (iv) the administrator reasonably believes exclusion of the property is in the best interests of both the state and the owner of the property. (5) The website or database maintained under Subsection (4) shall include instructions for filing with the administrator a claim to property and a printable claim form with instructions. (6) (a) At least annually, the administrator shall notify the State Tax Commission of the names and social security numbers or federal identification numbers of any persons appearing to be owners of abandoned property under this chapter. (b) The State Tax Commission shall: (i) determine if any person under Subsection (6)(a) has filed a Utah income tax return in that year; and (ii) provide notice to a person described in Subsection (6)(b)(i) that directs the person to access the website described in Subsection (4) for information on property that may be held by the administrator in that person's name. (c) Subject to Subsection (7), in order to facilitate the return of property under this Subsection (6), the administrator and the State Tax Commission may enter into an interagency agreement concerning protection of confidential information, data match rules, and other issues. (7) If the administrator and the State Tax Commission enter into an interagency agreement under Subsection (6)(c), for each person that is owed property that has a value of $2,000 or less: (a) the administrator shall deliver the property or pay the amount owed to the person in the manner provided under Section 67-4a-905; and (b) the person is not required to file a claim under Section 67-4a-903. (8) The administrator may use publicly and commercially available databases to find and update or add information for apparent owners of property held by the administrator. (9) The State Tax Commission may bill the administrator to recover the State Tax Commission's costs for providing the service under this section. (10) In addition to giving notice under Subsection (2), publishing the information under Subsection (3), and maintaining the website or database under Subsection (4), the administrator may use other printed publication, telecommunication, the Internet, or other media to inform the public of the existence of unclaimed property held by the administrator.
Utah Code § 67-20-7 — Utah Code / Title 67 / Chapter 67-20 / § 67-20-7
§ 67-20-7. Workers' compensation benefits for a volunteer safety officer.
Status: in_force

(1) A volunteer safety officer is considered an employee of an agency that supervises the volunteer safety officer for the purpose of receiving workers' compensation benefits under: (a) Title 34A, Chapter 2, Workers' Compensation Act; and (b) Title 34A, Chapter 3, Utah Occupational Disease Act. (2) (a) In accordance with Section 34A-2-105, the workers' compensation benefits described in Subsection (1) are the exclusive remedy against the supervising agency, or an officer, agent, or employee of the supervising agency, for all injuries and occupational diseases resulting from the volunteer safety officer's services for the supervising agency as a volunteer safety officer. (b) For purposes of Subsection (2)(a), the supervising agency for whom the volunteer safety officer provides services as a volunteer safety officer is considered an employer of the volunteer safety officer. (3) To compute the workers' compensation benefits for a volunteer safety officer described in Subsection (1), the average weekly wage of the volunteer safety officer shall be the state's average weekly wage at the time of the industrial accident or occupational disease that is the basis for the volunteer safety officer's worker's compensation claim.
Utah Code § 67-1a-2.2 — Utah Code / Title 67 / Chapter 67-1a / § 67-1a-2.2
§ 67-1a-2.2. Residences in more than one district -- Lieutenant governor to resolve.
Status: in_force

(1) If, in reviewing a map generated from a redistricting block assignment file, the lieutenant governor determines that a single-family or multi-family residence is within more than one Congressional, Senate, House, or State Board of Education district, the lieutenant governor may, by January 31, 2012, and in consultation with the Utah Geospatial Resource Center, determine the district to which the residence is assigned. (2) In order to make the determination required by Subsection (1), the lieutenant governor shall review the block assignment file and other Bureau of the Census data and obtain and review other relevant data such as aerial photography or other data about the area. (3) Upon making the determination authorized by this section, the lieutenant governor shall notify county clerks affected by the determination and the Utah Geospatial Resource Center created under Section 63A-16-505.
Utah Code § 67-21-3.6 — Utah Code / Title 67 / Chapter 67-21 / § 67-21-3.6
§ 67-21-3.6. Administrative review for political subdivision employees.
Status: in_force

(1) (a) A political subdivision may adopt an ordinance to establish an independent personnel board to hear and take action on a complaint alleging retaliatory action. (b) The ordinance described in Subsection (1)(a) shall include: (i) procedures for filing a complaint and conducting a hearing; and (ii) a burden of proof on the employer to establish by substantial evidence that the employer's action was justified by reasons unrelated to the employee's good faith actions under Section 67-21-3. (2) If a political subdivision adopts an ordinance described in Subsection (1), a political subdivision employee may file a complaint with the independent personnel board alleging retaliatory action. (3) If an independent personnel board finds that retaliatory action is taken in violation of the ordinance described in Subsection (1)(a), the independent personnel board may order: (a) reinstatement of the employee at the same level as before the retaliatory action; (b) the payment of back wages; (c) full reinstatement of fringe benefits; (d) full reinstatement of seniority rights; or (e) if the retaliatory action includes failure to promote, as described in Subsection 67-19a-101(11)(d), a pay raise that results in the employee receiving the pay that the employee would have received if the person had been promoted.
Utah Code § 67-16-11 — Utah Code / Title 67 / Chapter 67-16 / § 67-16-11
§ 67-16-11. Applicability of provisions.
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section, "government position" means the position of a legislator, public officer, or public employee. (2) The provisions of this chapter: (a) apply to all public officers and public employees; and (b) do not apply to a conflict of interest that exists between two or more government positions held by the same individual, unless the conflict of interest is also due to a personal interest of the individual that is not shared by the general public.
Utah Code § 67-5-9 — Utah Code / Title 67 / Chapter 67-5 / § 67-5-9
§ 67-5-9. Reassignment of career status employees -- Additional compensation for managerial assignments -- Employment of special assistant attorneys general -- Termination of employees -- Salary increases.
Status: in_force

This chapter does not affect the authority of the attorney general to: (1) assign and reassign employees in a career status to different positions on his staff. The salary of an employee reassigned to a different position shall not be decreased by reason of reassignment; except that if the employee reassigned occupies the position of chief deputy attorney general, the salary may be reduced by not more than 15% upon the assignment to a different position; (2) develop a plan for additional compensation for career status employees who accept managerial assignments within the office. The provisions of Subsection (1) notwithstanding, the attorney general may discontinue any additional compensation if the employee no longer holds a managerial assignment. Additional compensation provided under this section shall be determined by the attorney general pursuant to the plan developed by the Office of the Attorney General. If the employee no longer holds a managerial assignment, and the attorney general decides to discontinue any additional compensation, the reduction may not place the employee at a salary below where the employee would be through normal salary increases if the employee had not been in a managerial position; (3) employ special assistant attorneys general, who shall not be subject to this chapter, to represent the state in particular lawsuits or to handle particular legal matters for the state; (4) terminate the employment of any employee of the Office of the Attorney General who is not in a career service status; or (5) establish the salary or determine salary increases of any employee under this chapter.
Utah Code § 67-4a-610 — Utah Code / Title 67 / Chapter 67-4a / § 67-4a-610
§ 67-4a-610. Periods of limitation and repose.
Status: in_force

(1) Expiration, before, on, or after the effective date of this chapter, of a period of limitation on an owner's right to receive or recover property, whether specified by contract, statute, or court order, does not prevent the property from being presumed abandoned or affect the duty of a holder under this chapter to file a report or pay or deliver property to the administrator. (2) An action or proceeding may not be maintained by the administrator to enforce this chapter in regard to the reporting, delivery, or payment of property more than five years after the holder: (a) (i) filed a nonfraudlent report under Section 67-4a-401 with the administrator; and (ii) specifically identified the property in the report filed with the administrator under Subsection (2)(a); or (b) gave express notice to the administrator of a dispute regarding the property. (3) (a) In the absence of a report or other express notice under Subsection (2), the period of limitation is tolled. (b) The period of limitation is also tolled by the filing of a report that is fraudulent. (4) The administrator may not commence an action, proceeding, or examination regarding the duty of a holder under this chapter on a day that is more than 10 years after the day on which the duty arises.
Utah Code § 67-3-12 — Utah Code / Title 67 / Chapter 67-3 / § 67-3-12
§ 67-3-12. Utah Public Finance Website -- Establishment and administration -- Records disclosure -- Exceptions.
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section: (a) (i) Subject to Subsections (1)(a)(ii) and (iii), "independent entity" means the same as that term is defined in Section 63E-1-102. (ii) "Independent entity" includes an entity that is part of an independent entity described in Subsection (1)(a)(i), if the entity is considered a component unit of the independent entity under the governmental accounting standards issued by the Governmental Accounting Standards Board. (iii) "Independent entity" does not include the Utah State Retirement Office created in Section 49-11-201. (b) "Local education agency" means a school district or charter school. (c) "Participating local entity" means: (i) a county; (ii) a municipality; (iii) the State Fair Park Authority, created in Section 11-68-201; (iv) a special district under Title 17B, Limited Purpose Local Government Entities - Special Districts; (v) a special service district under Title 17D, Chapter 1, Special Service District Act; (vi) a housing authority under Title 35A, Chapter 8, Part 4, Housing Authorities; (vii) a public transit district under Title 17B, Chapter 2a, Part 8, Public Transit District Act; (viii) except for a taxed interlocal entity as defined in Section 11-13-602: (A) an interlocal entity as defined in Section 11-13-103; (B) a joint or cooperative undertaking as defined in Section 11-13-103; or (C) any project, program, or undertaking entered into by interlocal agreement in accordance with Title 11, Chapter 13, Interlocal Cooperation Act; (ix) except for a taxed interlocal entity as defined in Section 11-13-602, an entity that is part of an entity described in Subsections (1)(c)(i) through (viii), if the entity is considered a component unit of the entity described in Subsections (1)(c)(i) through (viii) under the governmental accounting standards issued by the Governmental Accounting Standards Board; (x) a conservation district under Title 17D, Chapter 3, Conservation District Act; or (xi) a governmental nonprofit corporation under Title 11, Chapter 13a, Governmental Nonprofit Corporations Act. (d) (i) "Participating state entity" means the state of Utah, including its executive, legislative, and judicial branches, its departments, divisions, agencies, boards, commissions, councils, committees, and institutions. (ii) "Participating state entity" includes an entity that is part of an entity described in Subsection (1)(d)(i), if the entity is considered a component unit of the entity described in Subsection (1)(d)(i) under the governmental accounting standards issued by the Governmental Accounting Standards Board. (e) "Public finance website" or "website" means the website established by the state auditor in accordance with this section. (f) "Public financial information" means each record that is required under this section or by rule made by the Office of the State Auditor under Subsection (9) to be made available on the public finance website, a participating local entity's website, or an independent entity's website. (g) "Qualifying entity" means: (i) an independent entity; (ii) a participating local entity; (iii) a participating state entity; (iv) a local education agency; (v) an institution of higher education as defined in Section 53H-1-101; (vi) the Utah Educational Savings Plan created in Section 53H-10-202; (vii) the Utah Housing Corporation created in Section 63H-8-201; (viii) the School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration created in Section 53C-1-201; (ix) the Utah Capital Investment Corporation created in Section 63N-6-301; or (x) a URS-participating employer. (h) (i) "URS-participating employer" means an entity that: (A) is a participating employer, as that term is defined in Section 49-11-102; and (B) is not required to report public financial information under this section as a qualifying entity described in Subsections (1)(g)(i) through (ix). (ii) "URS-participating employer" does not include: (A) the Utah State Retirement Office created in Section 49-11-201; (B) an insurer that is subject to the disclosure requirements of Section 31A-4-113; (C) a private nonprofit organization that is not a public employees' association; or (D) a withdrawing entity. (i) (i) "Withdrawing entity" means: (A) an entity that elects to withdraw from participation in a system or plan under Title 49, Chapter 11, Part 6, Procedures and Records; (B) until the date determined under Subsection 49-11-626(2)(a), a public employees' association that provides the notice of intent described in Subsection 49-11-626(2)(b); and (C) beginning on the date determined under Subsection 49-11-626(2)(a), a public employees' association that makes an election described in Subsection 49-11-626(3). (ii) "Withdrawing entity" includes a withdrawing entity, as that term is defined in Sections 49-11-623 and 49-11-624. (2) The state auditor shall establish and maintain a public finance website in accordance with this section. (3) The website shall: (a) permit Utah taxpayers to: (i) view, understand, and track the use of taxpayer dollars by making public financial information available on the Internet for participating state entities, independent entities, participating local entities, and URS-participating employers, using the website; and (ii) link to websites administered by participating local entities, independent entities, or URS-participating employers that do not use the website for the purpose of providing public financial information as required by this section and by rule made under Subsection (9); (b) allow a person that has Internet access to use the website without paying a fee; (c) allow the public to search public financial information on the website; (d) provide access to financial reports, financial audits, budgets, or other financial documents that are used to allocate, appropriate, spend, and account for government funds, as may be established by rule made in accordance with Subsection (9); (e) have a unique and simplified website address; (f) be guided by the principles described in Subsection 63A-16-202(2); (g) include other links, features, or functionality that will assist the public in obtaining and reviewing public financial information, as may be established by rule made under Subsection (9); and (h) include a link to school report cards published on the State Board of Education's website under Section 53E-5-211. (4) The state auditor shall: (a) establish and maintain the website, including the provision of equipment, resources, and personnel as necessary; (b) maintain an archive of all information posted to the website; (c) coordinate and process the receipt and posting of public financial information from participating state entities; and (d) coordinate and regulate the posting of public financial information by participating local entities and independent entities. (5) A qualifying entity shall permit the public to view the qualifying entity's public financial information by posting the public financial information to the public finance website in accordance with rules made under Subsection (9). (6) The content of the public financial information posted to the public finance website is the responsibility of the qualifying entity posting the public financial information. (7) A URS-participating employer shall provide employee compensation information for each fiscal year ending on or after June 30, 2022: (a) to the state auditor for posting on the Utah Public Finance Website; or (b) (i) through the URS-participating employer's own website; and (ii) via a link to the website described in Subsection (7)(b)(i), submitted to the state auditor for posting on the Utah Public Finance Website. (8) (a) A qualifying entity may not post financial information that is classified as private, controlled, or protected under Title 63G, Chapter 2, Government Records Access and Management Act, to the public finance website. (b) An individual who negligently discloses financial information that is classified as private, protected, or controlled by Title 63G, Chapter 2, Government Records Access and Management Act, is not criminally or civilly liable for an improper disclosure of the financial information if the financial information is disclosed solely as a result of the preparation or publication of the website. (9) In accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, the Office of the State Auditor: (a) shall make rules to: (i) establish which records a qualifying entity is required to post to the public finance website; and (ii) establish procedures for obtaining, submitting, reporting, storing, and posting public financial information on the public finance website; and (b) may make rules: (i) governing when a qualifying entity is required to disclose an expenditure made by a person under contract with the qualifying entity, including the form and content of the disclosure; and (ii) allowing for the inclusion of financial data provided by a participating local entity to be included on the Utah Public Finance Website in a uniform manner. (10) The rules made under Subsection (9) shall only require a URS-participating employer to provide employee compensation information for each fiscal year ending on or after June 30, 2022: (a) to the state auditor for posting on the public finance website; or (b) (i) through the URS-participating employer's own website; and (ii) via a link to the website described in Subsection (10)(b)(i), submitted to the state auditor for posting on the public finance website.
Utah Code § 67-1-2.5 — Utah Code / Title 67 / Chapter 67-1 / § 67-1-2.5
§ 67-1-2.5. Executive boards -- Database -- Governor's review of new boards -- Creation of boards and commissions -- Inactive boards.
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section: (a) "Administrator" means the boards and commissions administrator designated under Subsection (3). (b) "Executive board" means an executive branch board, commission, council, committee, working group, task force, study group, advisory group, or other body: (i) with a defined limited membership; (ii) that is created by the constitution, by statute, by executive order, by the governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, state auditor, or state treasurer or by the head of a department, division, or other administrative subunit of the executive branch of state government; and (iii) that is created to operate for more than six months. (c) "Inactive board" means a board that does not need to function at the present time, but may need to function in the future. (d) "Interim committee" means the same as that term is defined in Legislative Joint Rules, Title 7, Chapter 1, Part 2, Creation and Organization of Legislative Committees. (2) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (2)(c), before August 1 of the calendar year following the year in which a new executive board is created in statute, the governor shall: (i) review the executive board to evaluate: (A) whether the executive board accomplishes a substantial governmental interest; and (B) whether it is necessary for the executive board tocontinue to exist; (ii) in the governor's review described in Subsection (2)(a)(i), consider: (A) the funding required for the executive board; (B) the staffing resources required for the executive board; (C) the time members of the executive board are required to commit to serve on the executive board; and (D) whether the responsibilities of the executive board could reasonably be accomplished through an existing entity or without statutory direction; and (iii) submit a report to the Government Operations Interim Committee recommending that the Legislature: (A) repeal the executive board; (B) add a sunset provision or future repeal date to the executive board; (C) make other changes to make the executive board more efficient; or (D) make no changes to the executive board. (b) In conducting the evaluation described in Subsection (2)(a), the governor shall give deference to: (i) reducing the size of government; and (ii) making governmental programs more efficient and effective. (c) The governor is not required to conduct the review or submit the report described in Subsection (2)(a) for an executive board that is scheduled for repeal under Title 63I, Chapter 1, Legislative Oversight and Sunset Act, or Title 63I, Chapter 2, Repeal Dates by Title Act. (3) (a) The governor shall designate a board and commissions administrator from the governor's staff to maintain a computerized database containing information about all executive boards. (b) The administrator shall ensure that the database contains: (i) the name of each executive board; (ii) the current statutory or constitutional authority for the creation of the executive board; (iii) the sunset date on which each executive board's statutory authority expires; (iv) the state officer or department and division of state government under whose jurisdiction the executive board operates or with which the executive board is affiliated, if any; (v) the name, address, gender, telephone number, and county of each individual currently serving on the executive board, along with a notation of all vacant or unfilled positions; (vi) the title of the position held by the person who appointed each member of the executive board; (vii) the length of the term to which each member of the executive board was appointed and the month and year that each executive board member's term expires; (viii) whether members appointed to the executive board require the advice and consent of the Senate; (ix) the organization, interest group, profession, local government entity, or geographic area that an individual appointed to an executive board represents, if any; (x) the party affiliation of an individual appointed to an executive board, if the statute or executive order creating the position requires representation from political parties; (xi) whether each executive board is a policy board or an advisory board; (xii) whether the executive board has or exercises rulemaking authority, or is a rulemaking board as defined in Section 63G-24-102; and (xiii) any compensation and expense reimbursement that members of the executive board are authorized to receive. (4) The administrator shall ensure the governor's website includes: (a) the information contained in the database, except for an individual's: (i) physical address; (ii) email address; and (iii) telephone number; (b) a portal, accessible on each executive board's web page within the governor's website, through which a member of the public may provide input on: (i) an individual appointed to serve on the executive board; or (ii) a sitting member of the executive board; (c) each report the administrator receives under Subsection (5); and (d) the summary report described in Subsection (6). (5) (a) Before August 1, in each even-numbered year, each executive board shall prepare and submit to the administrator a report that includes: (i) the name of the executive board; (ii) a description of the executive board's official function and purpose; (iii) a description of the actions taken by the executive board since the last report the executive board submitted to the administrator under this Subsection (5); (iv) recommendations on whether any statutory, rule, or other changes are needed to make the executive board more effective; and (v) an indication of whether the executive board should continue to exist. (b) The administrator shall compile and post the reports described in Subsection (5)(a) to the governor's website before September 1 of a calendar year in which the administrator receives a report described in Subsection (5)(a). (6) (a) Before September 1 of a calendar year in which the administrator receives a report described in Subsection (5)(a), the administrator shall prepare a report that includes: (i) as of July 1 of that year, the total number of executive boards that exist; (ii) a summary of the reports submitted to the administrator under Subsection (5), including: (A) a list of each executive board that submitted a report under Subsection (5); (B) a list of each executive board that failed to timely submit a report under Subsection (5); (C) an indication of any recommendations made under Subsection (5)(a)(iv); (D) a list of any executive boards that indicated under Subsection (5)(a)(v) that the executive board should no longer exist; and (E) a recommendation regarding whether the administrator recommends the executive board should continue to exist; and (iii) a list of each executive board, identified and reported by the Division of Archives and Record Services under Section 63A-16-601, that did not post a notice of a public meeting on the Utah Public Notice Website during the previous fiscal year. (b) On or before September 1 of a calendar year in which the administrator prepares a report described in Subsection (6)(a), in accordance with Section 68-3-14, the administrator shall submit the report to: (i) the president of the Senate; (ii) the speaker of the House of Representatives; and (iii) the Government Operations Interim Committee. (c) (i) Within 60 days after the day on which an executive board fails to timely submit a report under Subsection (5), a legislative interim committee shall conduct a review to determine whether to recommend repeal of the executive board. (ii) The Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel shall notify the chairs of an interim committee whose subject area most closely relates to an executive board described in Subsection (6)(c)(i) of: (A) the name of the board; (B) information regarding the function of the board; and (C) the deadline by which the interim committee is required to conduct a review described in Subsection (6)(c)(i). (iii) If there is not an interim committee with a subject area relating to the executive board, or if the interim committee described in Subsection (6)(c)(ii) is unable to timely conduct the review described in Subsection (6)(c), the Government Operations Interim Committee shall conduct the review. (iv) If an interim committee recommends that an executive board described in Subsection (6)(c)(i) be repealed, the Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel shall draft a bill repealing the executive board. (7) The Legislature may not create an executive board except through a bill that receives a favorable recommendation by unanimous vote of an interim committee. (8) Except for an executive board created by the Utah Constitution, an interim committee may determine that an executive board is an inactive board and recommend that the governor deactivate the executive board. (9) Except for an executive board created by the Utah Constitution, an interim committee may recommend that the governor reactivate a deactivated executive board. (10) If an interim committee recommends that the governor deactivate or reactivate an executive board, the chairs of the interim committee shall submit a written notice identifying the name of the executive board and the reason for the recommendation to: (a) the governor; (b) the chairs of the Legislative Management Committee; (c) the administrator, as defined in Section 67-1-2.5; and (d) the executive branch agency that oversees the board. (11) Except for an executive board created by the Utah Constitution, the Legislature may deactivate or reactivate an executive board by concurrent resolution. (12) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (12)(c), the governor may determine that an executive board is an inactive board: (i) in response to the recommendation of an interim committee; or (ii) based on the governor's own determination. (b) Except as provided in Subsection (12)(c), if the governor determines that an executive board is an inactive board, the governor may deactivate the executive board. (c) The governor may not deactivate an executive board if: (i) the executive board is created by the Utah Constitution; (ii) within the previous one-year period, the Legislature created the executive board, reauthorized the executive board, or, by concurrent resolution, reactivated the executive board; or (iii) the board is created by a statute that expressly prohibits the governor from deactivating the executive board. (d) An executive board that the governor deactivates under Subsection (12)(b), or that the Legislature deactivates by concurrent resolution, may not take an action or fulfill a duty that the executive board is otherwise statutorily authorized to take or fulfill. (13) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (13)(c), the governor may determine that a deactivated executive board should be reactivated. (b) Except as provided in Subsection (13)(c), if the governor determines that a deactivated executive board should be reactivated, the governor may reactivate the executive board. (c) The governor may not reactivate an executive board if: (i) within the previous one-year period, the Legislature deactivated the executive board by concurrent resolution; or (ii) the board is created by a statute that expressly prohibits the governor from reactivating the executive board. (d) An executive board that the governor reactivates under Subsection (13)(b), or that the Legislature reactivates by concurrent resolution, may take an action or fulfill a duty that the executive board is statutorily authorized to take or fulfill. (14) Before the governor deactivates or reactivates an executive board under this section, the governor shall submit a written notice identifying the name of the board and the reason the governor has determined to deactivate or reactivate the executive board to: (a) the chairs of the Legislative Management Committee; (b) the chairs of the Government Operations Interim Committee; (c) the administrator, as defined in Section 67-1-2.5; and (d) the executive branch agency that oversees the board.
Utah Code § 67-19d-301 — Utah Code / Title 67 / Chapter 67-19d / § 67-19d-301
§ 67-19d-301. Investment of State Post-Retirement Benefits Trust Fund.
Status: in_force

(1) The state treasurer shall invest the assets of the State Post-Retirement Benefits Trust Fund created under Section 67-19d-201 and the Elected Official Post-Retirement Benefits Trust Fund created under Section 67-19d-201.5 with the primary goal of providing for the stability, income, and growth of the principal. (2) Nothing in this section requires a specific outcome in investing. (3) The state treasurer may deduct any administrative costs incurred in managing trust fund assets from earnings before distributing them. (4) (a) The state treasurer may employ professional asset managers to assist in the investment of assets of the trust fund. (b) The treasurer may only provide compensation to asset managers from earnings generated by the trust fund's investments.
Utah Code § 67-4a-602 — Utah Code / Title 67 / Chapter 67-4a / § 67-4a-602
§ 67-4a-602. Dormancy charge.
Status: in_force

(1) A holder may deduct a dormancy charge from property required to be paid or delivered to the administrator if: (a) a valid contract between the holder and the apparent owner authorizes imposition of the charge for the apparent owner's failure to claim the property within a specified time; and (b) the holder regularly imposes the charge and regularly does not reverse or otherwise cancel the charge. (2) The amount of the deduction under Subsection (1) is limited to an amount that is not unconscionable considering all relevant factors, including: (a) the marginal transactional costs incurred by the holder in maintaining the apparent owner's property; and (b) any services received by the apparent owner.
Utah Code § 67-16-16 — Utah Code / Title 67 / Chapter 67-16 / § 67-16-16
§ 67-16-16. Special public officer -- Annual conflict of interest disclosure statement -- Exception -- Penalties.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided in Subsection (7), a special public officer shall, no sooner than January 1 and no later than January 31 of each year during which the special public officer holds elected or appointed office: (a) prepare a written conflict of interest disclosure statement that contains a response to each item of information described in Subsection 20A-11-1604(6); and (b) submit the written disclosure statement to the filing clerk. (2) (a) No later than 10 business days after the day on which a special public officer submits the written disclosure statement described in Subsection (1) to the filing clerk, the filing clerk shall: (i) post an electronic copy of the written disclosure statement on, as applicable, the special district's, special service district's, or school district's website; and (ii) provide the lieutenant governor with a link to the electronic posting described in Subsection (2)(a)(i). (b) The filing clerk shall ensure that the special public officer's written disclosure statement remains posted on the website described in Subsection (2)(a)(i) until the special public officer leaves office. (3) The filing clerk shall take the action described in Subsection (4) if: (a) a special public officer fails to timely submit a written disclosure statement; or (b) a submitted written disclosure statement does not comply with the requirements of Subsection 20A-11-1604(6). (4) If a circumstance described in Subsection (3) occurs, the filing clerk shall, within five days after the day on which the filing clerk determines that a violation occurred, notify the special public officer of the violation and direct the special public officer to submit an amended report correcting the problem. (5) (a) It is unlawful for a special public officer to fail to submit or amend a written disclosure statement within seven days after the day on which the special public officer receives the notice described in Subsection (4). (b) A special public officer who violates Subsection (5)(a) is guilty of a class B misdemeanor. (c) The filing clerk shall report a violation of Subsection (5)(a) to the attorney general. (d) In addition to the criminal penalty described in Subsection (5)(b), the filing clerk shall impose a civil fine of $100 against a special public officer who violates Subsection (5)(a). (6) The filing clerk shall deposit a fine collected under this section into the, as applicable, special district's, special service district's, or school district's general fund as a dedicated credit to pay for the costs of administering this section. (7) For a special public officer who is also a state legislator, a member of the legislative body of a county or municipality, or who is otherwise required to make the written disclosure statement described in Subsection (1) under another provision of law: (a) Subsection (1) does not apply; and (b) the filing clerk shall, instead: (i) post an electronic link on the website described in Subsection (2)(a)(i) to the written disclosure statement the special public officer made in the special public officer's capacity as: (A) a state legislator, under Title 20A, Chapter 11, Part 16, Conflict of Interest Disclosures; (B) an elected officer of a county, under Section 17-70-509; (C) an elected officer of a municipality, under Section 10-3-1313; or (D) an individual who is otherwise required to make the written disclosure statement described in Subsection (1) under another provision of law; and (ii) provide the lieutenant governor with a link to the electronic posting described in Subsection (7)(b)(i).
Utah Code § 67-27-109 — Utah Code / Title 67 / Chapter 67-27 / § 67-27-109
§ 67-27-109. Prohibited discriminatory practices -- Restrictions -- Reporting.
Status: in_force

7/1/2026 (1) As used in this section: (a) "Executive agency director" means the executive agency director of an executive department agency who, at the direction of the governor, carries out state business. (b) "Governmental employer" means the same as that term is defined in Section 67-27-107. (c) "Personal identity characteristic" means the same as that term is defined in Section 53H-1-504. (d) "Prohibited discriminatory practice" means the same as that term is defined in Section 53H-1-504. (2) (a) This section does not apply to a federal grant or program that would otherwise require a governmental employer to engage in a prohibited discriminatory practice if the grant or program has been reviewed and approved by the governmental employer's executive director, legislative body, or governing body, as that term is defined in Section 10-1-104. (b) A governmental employer's executive director, legislative body, or governing body shall report the reviewed and approved federal grant or program under Subsection (2)(a) to the Executive Appropriations Committee. (3) A governmental employer may not engage in a prohibited discriminatory practice. (4) Nothing in this section limits or prohibits a governmental employer from: (a) as required or permitted by state law: (i) establishing or maintaining an office, division, or employment position to implement, develop, plan, or promote practices relating to a personal identity characteristic if the office, division, or employment position is not engaging in a prohibited discriminatory practice; or (ii) employing or assigning an employee or a third-party whose duties include coordinating, creating, developing, designing, implementing, organizing, planning, or promoting policies, programming, training, practices, activities, and procedures relating to a personal identity characteristic if the employee or the third-party is not engaging in a prohibited discriminatory practice; (b) establishing policies that are necessary to comply with state or federal law, including laws relating to prohibited discrimination or harassment; or (c) establishing policies that are necessary to comply with state law enacted on or before July 1, 2024. (5) Each executive agency director shall report on the compliance of agency programs and offices under this section to the Legislative Management Committee upon request.7/1/2026 (1) As used in this section: (a) "Executive agency director" means the executive agency director of an executive department agency who, at the direction of the governor, carries out state business. (b) "Governmental employer" means the same as that term is defined in Section 67-27-107. (c) "Personal identity characteristic" means the same as that term is defined in Section 53H-1-504. (d) "Prohibited discriminatory practice" means the same as that term is defined in Section 53H-1-504. (2) (a) This section does not apply to a federal grant or program that would otherwise require a governmental employer to engage in a prohibited discriminatory practice if the grant or program has been reviewed and approved by the governmental employer's executive director, legislative body, or governing body, as that term is defined in Section 10-1-104. (b) A governmental employer's executive director, legislative body, or governing body shall report the reviewed and approved federal grant or program under Subsection (2)(a) to the Executive Appropriations Committee. (3) A governmental employer may not engage in a prohibited discriminatory practice. (4) Nothing in this section limits or prohibits a governmental employer from: (a) as required or permitted by state law: (i) establishing or maintaining an office, division, or employment position to implement, develop, plan, or promote practices relating to a personal identity characteristic if the office, division, or employment position is not engaging in a prohibited discriminatory practice; or (ii) employing or assigning an employee or a third-party whose duties include coordinating, creating, developing, designing, implementing, organizing, planning, or promoting policies, programming, training, practices, activities, and procedures relating to a personal identity characteristic if the employee or the third-party is not engaging in a prohibited discriminatory practice; (b) establishing policies that are necessary to comply with state or federal law, including laws relating to prohibited discrimination or harassment; or (c) establishing policies that are necessary to comply with state law enacted on or before July 1, 2024. (5) Each executive agency director shall report on the compliance of agency programs and offices under this section to the Legislative Management Committee upon request.
Utah Code § 67-4a-1104 — Utah Code / Title 67 / Chapter 67-4a / § 67-4a-1104
§ 67-4a-1104. Judicial remedy.
Status: in_force

(1) Not later than 90 days after receiving notice of the administrator's determination under Section 67-4a-1011, the putative holder may: (a) file an action against the administrator in the district court challenging the administrator's determination of liability and seeking a declaration that the determination is unenforceable, in whole or in part; or (b) pay the amount or deliver the property determined by the administrator to be paid or delivered to the administrator and, not later than six months after payment or delivery, file an action against the administrator in the district court for a refund of all or part of the amount paid or return of all or part of the property delivered. (2) If a putative holder pays or delivers property the administrator determined shall be paid or delivered to the administrator at any time after the putative holder files an action under Subsection (1)(a), the court shall continue the action as if the action had been filed originally as an action for a refund or return of property under Subsection (1)(b). (3) On the final determination of an action filed under Subsection (1), the court may, on application, award to the prevailing party the prevailing party's reasonable attorney fees, costs, and expenses of litigation. (4) A putative holder that is the prevailing party in an action under this section for refund of money paid to the administrator is entitled to interest on the amount refunded, at the same rate a holder is required to pay to the administrator under Subsection 67-4a-1204(1), from the date paid to the administrator until the date of the refund.
Utah Code § 67-4a-1406 — Utah Code / Title 67 / Chapter 67-4a / § 67-4a-1406
§ 67-4a-1406. Security of information.
Status: in_force

(1) If a holder is required to include confidential information in a report to the administrator, the information shall be provided by a secure means. (2) If confidential information in a record is provided to and maintained by the administrator or the administrator's agent as required by this chapter, the administrator or the administrator's agent shall: (a) implement administrative, technical, and physical safeguards to protect the security, confidentiality, and integrity of the information required by Section 13-44-202 and federal privacy and data security law regardless of whether the administrator or the administrator's agent is subject to the law; (b) protect against reasonably anticipated threats or hazards to the security, confidentiality, or integrity of the information; and (c) protect against unauthorized access to or use of the information that could result in substantial harm or inconvenience to a holder or the holder's customers, including insureds, annuitants, and policy or contract owners and the insureds', annuitants', and policy or contract owners' beneficiaries. (3) The administrator: (a) after notice and comment, shall adopt and implement a security plan that identifies and assesses reasonably foreseeable internal and external risks to confidential information in the administrator's possession and seeks to mitigate the risks; and (b) shall ensure that an administrator's agent adopts and implements a similar plan with respect to confidential information in the administrator's agent's possession. (4) The administrator and the administrator's agent shall educate and train the administrator's and the administrator's agent's employees regarding the plan adopted under Subsection (3). (5) The administrator and the administrator's agent shall in a secure manner return or destroy all confidential information no longer reasonably needed under this chapter.
Utah Code § 67-3-1.5 — Utah Code / Title 67 / Chapter 67-3 / § 67-3-1.5
§ 67-3-1.5. Fees of state auditor.
Status: in_force

The state auditor shall receive the following fees:For a copy of any paper filed or recorded in his office, 20 cents per folio.For affixing certificate, with or without seal, $1.For filing any paper not otherwise provided for, $1.
Utah Code § 67-1b-101 — Utah Code / Title 67 / Chapter 67-1b / § 67-1b-101
§ 67-1b-101. Title.
Status: in_force

This chapter is known as "Transition to New Gubernatorial Administration."
Utah Code § 67-5-32 — Utah Code / Title 67 / Chapter 67-5 / § 67-5-32
§ 67-5-32. Rulemaking authority regarding the procurement of outside counsel, expert witnesses, and other litigation support services.
Status: in_force

(1) The attorney general shall, in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, make rules to establish public disclosure, transparency, accountability, reasonable fees and limits on fees, and reporting in relation to the procurement of outside counsel, expert witnesses, and other litigation support services. (2) The rules described in Subsection (1) shall: (a) ensure that a procurement for outside counsel is supported by a determination by the attorney general that the procurement is in the best interests of the state, in light of available resources of the attorney general's office; (b) provide for the fair and equitable treatment of all potential providers of outside counsel, expert witnesses, and other litigation support services; (c) ensure a competitive process, to the greatest extent possible, for the procurement of outside counsel, expert witnesses, and other litigation support services; (d) ensure that fees for outside counsel, whether based on an hourly rate, contingency fee, or other arrangement, are reasonable and consistent with industry standards; (e) ensure that contingency fee arrangements do not encourage high risk litigation that is not in the best interests of the citizens of the state; (f) provide for oversight and control, by the attorney general's office, in relation to outside counsel, regardless of the type of fee arrangement under which outside counsel is hired; (g) prohibit outside counsel from adding a party to a lawsuit or causing a new party to be served with process without the express written authorization of the attorney general's office; (h) establish for transparency regarding the procurement of outside counsel, expert witnesses, and other litigation support services, subject to: (i) Title 63G, Chapter 2, Government Records Access and Management Act; and (ii) other applicable provisions of law and the Utah Rules of Professional Conduct; (i) establish standard contractual terms for the procurement of outside counsel, expert witnesses, and other litigation support services; and (j) provide for the retention of records relating to the procurement of outside counsel, expert witnesses, and other litigation support services.
Utah Code § 67-27-107 — Utah Code / Title 67 / Chapter 67-27 / § 67-27-107
§ 67-27-107. Prohibition on the use of certain submissions by governmental employers -- Exceptions.
Status: in_force

7/1/2026 (1) As used in this section: (a) (i) "Governmental employer" means any department, division, agency, commission, board, council, committee, authority, municipality, county, political subdivision, or any other institution of the state. (ii) "Governmental employer" does not mean a local education agency or institution of higher education. (b) "Prohibited submission" means the same as that term is defined in Section 53H-1-502. (2) Except as provided in Subsection (4), a governmental employer may not require, request, solicit, or compel a prohibited submission as a certification or condition before taking action with respect to: (a) employment, including decisions regarding: (i) hiring; (ii) terms of employment; (iii) benefits; (iv) compensation; (v) seniority status; (vi) tenure or continuing status; (vii) promotion; (viii) performance reviews; (ix) transfer; (x) termination; or (xi) appointment; or (b) admissions and aid, including: (i) admission to any state program or course; (ii) financial or other forms of state-administered aid or assistance; or (iii) other benefits from the governmental employer for which an individual is eligible. (3) A governmental employer may not grant any form of preferential consideration to an individual who, with or without solicitation from the governmental employer, provides a prohibited submission for any action described in Subsection (2). (4) If federal law requires a governmental employer to accept or require a prohibited submission, the governmental employer: (a) may accept the prohibited submission only to the extent required under federal law; and (b) shall limit consideration of the information contained in the prohibited submission to the extent necessary to satisfy the requirement under federal law. (5) Nothing in this section limits or prohibits a governmental employer's authority to establish policies that are necessary to comply with state or federal law, including laws relating to prohibited discrimination or harassment.7/1/2026 (1) As used in this section: (a) (i) "Governmental employer" means any department, division, agency, commission, board, council, committee, authority, municipality, county, political subdivision, or any other institution of the state. (ii) "Governmental employer" does not mean a local education agency or institution of higher education. (b) "Prohibited submission" means the same as that term is defined in Section 53H-1-502. (2) Except as provided in Subsection (4), a governmental employer may not require, request, solicit, or compel a prohibited submission as a certification or condition before taking action with respect to: (a) employment, including decisions regarding: (i) hiring; (ii) terms of employment; (iii) benefits; (iv) compensation; (v) seniority status; (vi) tenure or continuing status; (vii) promotion; (viii) performance reviews; (ix) transfer; (x) termination; or (xi) appointment; or (b) admissions and aid, including: (i) admission to any state program or course; (ii) financial or other forms of state-administered aid or assistance; or (iii) other benefits from the governmental employer for which an individual is eligible. (3) A governmental employer may not grant any form of preferential consideration to an individual who, with or without solicitation from the governmental employer, provides a prohibited submission for any action described in Subsection (2). (4) If federal law requires a governmental employer to accept or require a prohibited submission, the governmental employer: (a) may accept the prohibited submission only to the extent required under federal law; and (b) shall limit consideration of the information contained in the prohibited submission to the extent necessary to satisfy the requirement under federal law. (5) Nothing in this section limits or prohibits a governmental employer's authority to establish policies that are necessary to comply with state or federal law, including laws relating to prohibited discrimination or harassment.
Utah Code § 67-1a-2 — Utah Code / Title 67 / Chapter 67-1a / § 67-1a-2
§ 67-1a-2. Duties enumerated.
Status: in_force

(1) The lieutenant governor shall: (a) perform duties delegated by the governor, including assignments to serve in any of the following capacities: (i) as the head of any one department, if so qualified, with the advice and consent of the Senate, and, upon appointment at the pleasure of the governor and without additional compensation; (ii) as the chairperson of any cabinet group organized by the governor or authorized by law for the purpose of advising the governor or coordinating intergovernmental or interdepartmental policies or programs; (iii) as liaison between the governor and the state Legislature to coordinate and facilitate the governor's programs and budget requests; (iv) as liaison between the governor and other officials of local, state, federal, and international governments or any other political entities to coordinate, facilitate, and protect the interests of the state; (v) as personal advisor to the governor, including advice on policies, programs, administrative and personnel matters, and fiscal or budgetary matters; and (vi) as chairperson or member of any temporary or permanent boards, councils, commissions, committees, task forces, or other group appointed by the governor; (b) serve on all boards and commissions in lieu of the governor, whenever so designated by the governor; (c) serve as the chief election officer of the state as required by Subsection (2); (d) keep custody of the Great Seal of the State of Utah; (e) keep a register of, and attest, the official acts of the governor; (f) affix the Great Seal, with an attestation, to all official documents and instruments to which the official signature of the governor is required; and (g) furnish a certified copy of all or any part of any law, record, or other instrument filed, deposited, or recorded in the office of the lieutenant governor to any person who requests it and pays the fee. (2) (a) As the chief election officer, the lieutenant governor shall: (i) exercise oversight, and general supervisory authority, over all elections; (ii) exercise direct authority over the conduct of elections for federal, state, and multicounty officers and statewide or multicounty ballot propositions and any recounts involving those races; (iii) establish uniformity in the election ballot; (iv) (A) prepare election information for the public as required by law and as determined appropriate by the lieutenant governor; and (B) make the information described in Subsection (2)(a)(iv)(A) available to the public and to news media, on the Internet, and in other forms as required by law and as determined appropriate by the lieutenant governor; (v) receive and answer election questions and maintain an election file on opinions received from the attorney general; (vi) maintain a current list of registered political parties as defined in Section 20A-8-101; (vii) maintain election returns and statistics; (viii) certify to the governor the names of individuals nominated to run for, or elected to, office; (ix) ensure that all voting equipment purchased by the state complies with the requirements of Sections 20A-5-802, 20A-5-802.5, 20A-5-803, and 20A-5-805; (x) during a declared emergency, to the extent that the lieutenant governor determines it warranted, designate, as provided in Section 20A-1-308, a different method, time, or location relating to: (A) voting on election day; (B) early voting; (C) the transmittal or voting of an absentee ballot or military-overseas ballot; (D) the counting of an absentee ballot or military-overseas ballot; or (E) the canvassing of election returns; and (xi) exercise all other election authority, and perform other election duties, as provided in Title 20A, Election Code. (b) As chief election officer, the lieutenant governor: (i) shall oversee all elections, and functions relating to elections, in the state; (ii) shall, in accordance with Section 20A-1-105, take action to enforce compliance by an election officer with legal requirements relating to elections; and (iii) may not assume the responsibilities assigned to the county clerks, city recorders, town clerks, or other local election officials by Title 20A, Election Code. (3) (a) The lieutenant governor shall: (i) determine a new municipality's classification under Section 10-2-301 upon the city's incorporation under Title 10, Chapter 2a, Part 2, Incorporation of a Municipality, based on the municipality's population using the population estimate from the Utah Population Committee; and (ii) (A) prepare a certificate indicating the class in which the new municipality belongs based on the municipality's population; and (B) within 10 days after preparing the certificate, deliver a copy of the certificate to the municipality's legislative body. (b) The lieutenant governor shall: (i) determine the classification under Section 10-2-301 of a consolidated municipality upon the consolidation of multiple municipalities under Title 10, Chapter 2, Part 6, Consolidation of Municipalities, using population information for each municipality from: (A) the estimate of the Utah Population Committee created in Section 63C-20-103; or (B) if the Utah Population Committee estimate is not available, the census or census estimate of the United States Bureau of the Census; and (ii) (A) prepare a certificate indicating the class in which the consolidated municipality belongs based on the municipality's population; and (B) within 10 days after preparing the certificate, deliver a copy of the certificate to the consolidated municipality's legislative body. (c) The lieutenant governor shall monitor the population of each municipality using population information from: (i) the estimate of the Utah Population Committee created in Section 63C-20-103; or (ii) if the Utah Population Committee estimate is not available, the census or census estimate of the United States Bureau of the Census. (d) If the applicable population figure under Subsection (3)(b) or (c) indicates that a municipality's population has increased beyond the population for its current class, the lieutenant governor shall: (i) prepare a certificate indicating the class in which the municipality belongs based on the increased population figure; and (ii) within 10 days after preparing the certificate, deliver a copy of the certificate to the legislative body of the municipality whose class has changed. (e) (i) If the applicable population figure under Subsection (3)(b) or (c) indicates that a municipality's population has decreased below the population for its current class, the lieutenant governor shall send written notification of that fact to the municipality's legislative body. (ii) Upon receipt of a petition under Subsection 10-2-302(2) from a municipality whose population has decreased below the population for its current class, the lieutenant governor shall: (A) prepare a certificate indicating the class in which the municipality belongs based on the decreased population figure; and (B) within 10 days after preparing the certificate, deliver a copy of the certificate to the legislative body of the municipality whose class has changed.
Utah Code § 67-5-4 — Utah Code / Title 67 / Chapter 67-5 / § 67-5-4
§ 67-5-4. Interaccount billings included in budget -- Payment of staff members.
Status: in_force

(1) The attorney general shall include in his annual budget all interaccount billings and pay directly out of his funds all members of his staff, whether housed in his offices or not. (2) The attorney general may operate the Office of the Attorney General or any portion of the Office of the Attorney General as an internal service fund agency in accordance with Section 63J-1-410 for legal services that the Office of the Attorney General provides.
Utah Code § 67-1-15 — Utah Code / Title 67 / Chapter 67-1 / § 67-1-15
§ 67-1-15. Approval of international trade agreement -- Consultation with Utah International Relations and Trade Commission.
Status: in_force

Before binding the state or giving the federal government consent to bind the state to an international trade agreement the Governor shall consult with the Utah International Relations and Trade Commission.
Utah Code § 67-4a-703 — Utah Code / Title 67 / Chapter 67-4a / § 67-4a-703
§ 67-4a-703. Recovery of securities or value by owner.
Status: in_force

(1) The administrator may not be held liable for any loss or gain in the value that the financial instrument would have obtained had the financial instrument been held instead of being sold. (2) Upon approval of a claim, the owner, heir, or agent may request the administrator to dispose of the securities by sale and remit the net proceeds to the owner, heir, or agent. (3) Upon disapproval of the claim, the administrator may dispose of the securities by sale.
Utah Code § 67-4a-1007 — Utah Code / Title 67 / Chapter 67-4a / § 67-4a-1007
§ 67-4a-1007. Report to person whose records were examined.
Status: in_force

At the conclusion of an examination under Section 67-4a-1002, unless waived in writing by the person being examined, the administrator shall provide to the person whose records were examined a report that specifies: (1) the work performed; (2) the property types reviewed; (3) the methodology of any estimation technique, extrapolation, or statistical sampling used in conducting the examination; (4) each calculation showing the value of property determined to be due; and (5) the findings of the person conducting the examination.
Utah Code § 67-4a-609 — Utah Code / Title 67 / Chapter 67-4a / § 67-4a-609
§ 67-4a-609. Disposition of property having no substantial value -- Immunity from liability.
Status: in_force

(1) If the administrator takes custody of property delivered under this chapter and later determines that the property has no substantial commercial value or that the cost of disposing of the property will exceed the value of the property, the administrator may return the property to the holder or destroy or otherwise dispose of the property. (2) An action or proceeding may not be commenced against the state, an agency of the state, the administrator, another officer, employee, or agent of the state, or a holder for or because of an act of the administrator under this section, except for intentional misconduct or malfeasance.
Utah Code § 67-3-13 — Utah Code / Title 67 / Chapter 67-3 / § 67-3-13
§ 67-3-13. State auditor data privacy responsibilities.
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section: (a) "Governmental entity" means the same as that term is defined in Section 63G-2-103. (b) "Personal data" means the same as that term is defined in Section 63A-19-101. (c) "Privacy practice" means the same as that term is defined in Section 63A-19-101. (d) "State agency" means the same as that term is defined in Section 63A-19-101. (2) The state auditor shall: (a) compile information about the privacy practices of governmental entities; (b) make public and maintain information about the privacy practices of governmental entities on the state auditor's website; (c) provide governmental entities with guidance and training regarding the data privacy auditing standards developed by the state auditor; (d) implement a process to analyze and respond to requests from individuals for the state auditor to audit a governmental entity's privacy practice; (e) identify annually which governmental entities' privacy practices pose the greatest risk to individual privacy and prioritize those privacy practices to be audited; (f) audit each year, in as timely a manner as possible, the privacy practices that the state auditor identifies under Subsection (2)(d) or (2)(e) as posing the greatest risk to individuals' privacy; (g) when auditing a governmental entity's privacy practice under Subsection (2)(f), analyze: (i) details about the technology or the policy and the technology's or the policy's application; (ii) information about the type of personal data being used; (iii) information about how the personal data is obtained, stored, shared, secured, and disposed; (iv) information about the governmental entity's sharing or selling of personal data; (v) information about whether an individual can or should be able to opt out of the retention, selling, and sharing of the individual's personal data; (vi) information about how the governmental entity de-identifies or anonymizes personal data; (vii) a determination about the existence of alternative technology or improved practices to protect privacy; and (viii) a finding of whether the governmental entity's current privacy practices adequately protect individual privacy; and (h) after completing an audit described in Subsections (2)(f) and (g), determine: (i) each governmental entity's use of personal data, including the governmental entity's privacy practices regarding personal data: (A) acquisition; (B) storage; (C) disposal; (D) protection; and (E) sharing; (ii) the adequacy of the governmental entity's practices in each of the areas described in Subsection (2)(h)(i); and (iii) for each of the areas described in Subsection (2)(h)(i) that the state auditor determines to require reform, provide recommendations for reform to the governmental entity and the legislative body charged with regulating the governmental entity. (3) (a) The legislative body charged with regulating a governmental entity that receives a recommendation described in Subsection (2)(h)(iii) shall hold a public hearing on the proposed reforms: (i) with a quorum of the legislative body present; and (ii) within 90 days after the day on which the legislative body receives the recommendation. (b) (i) The legislative body shall provide notice of the hearing described in Subsection (3)(a). (ii) Notice of the public hearing and the recommendations to be discussed shall be posted for the jurisdiction of the governmental entity, as a class A notice under Section 63G-30-102, for at least 30 days before the day on which the legislative body will hold the public hearing. (iii) Each notice required under Subsection (3)(b)(i) shall: (A) identify the recommendations to be discussed; and (B) state the date, time, and location of the public hearing. (c) During the hearing described in Subsection (3)(a), the legislative body shall: (i) provide the public the opportunity to ask questions and obtain further information about the recommendations; and (ii) provide any interested person an opportunity to address the legislative body with concerns about the recommendations. (d) At the conclusion of the hearing, the legislative body shall determine whether the legislative body shall adopt reforms to address the recommendations and any concerns raised during the public hearing. (4) Subsection (3) does not apply to: (a) a state agency; (b) the legislative branch; (c) the judicial branch; (d) an executive branch agency within the Office of the Attorney General, the state auditor, the state treasurer, or the State Board of Education; or (e) an independent entity. (5) The state auditor shall: (a) quarterly report, to the Utah Privacy Commission: (i) recommendations for privacy practices for the commission to review; and (ii) the information provided in Subsection (2)(h); and (b) annually, on or before October 1, report to the Judiciary Interim Committee: (i) the results of any audits described in Subsection (2)(f), if any audits have been completed; (ii) reforms, to the extent that the state auditor is aware of any reforms, that the governmental entity made in response to any audits described in Subsection (2)(f); (iii) the information described in Subsection (2)(h); and (iv) recommendations for legislation based on any results of an audit described in Subsection (2)(f).
Utah Code § 67-27-102 — Utah Code / Title 67 / Chapter 67-27 / § 67-27-102
§ 67-27-102. Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter: (1) "Career service employee" means the same as that term is defined in Section 63A-17-102. (2) "Executive branch elected official" means: (a) the governor; (b) the lieutenant governor; (c) the attorney general; (d) the state treasurer; or (e) the state auditor. (3) "Executive branch official" means an individual who: (a) is a management level employee of an executive branch elected official; and (b) is not a career service employee. (4) "State agency" means a department, division, board, council, committee, institution, office, bureau, or other similar administrative unit of the executive branch of state government.