Utah Code § 17-63-806 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-63 / § 17-63-806
§ 17-63-806. Establishment of tax stability and trust fund -- Increase in tax levy -- Deposit or investment of funds -- Use of interest or other income.
Status: in_force

(1) (a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in statute, the legislative body of any county may by ordinance establish and maintain a tax stability and trust fund, for the purpose of preserving funds during years with favorable tax revenues for use during years with less favorable tax revenues. (b) Each fund under Subsection (1)(a) shall be subject to all of the limitations and restrictions imposed by this section and Section 17-63-807. (c) The principal of the fund shall consist of all sums transferred to it in accordance with Subsection (2) and interest or other income retained in the fund under Subsection (4)(a). (2) (a) After establishing a tax stability and trust fund as provided in Subsection (1), the legislative body, in establishing the levy for the property tax levied by the county under Section 59-2-908, may establish the levy at a level not to exceed .0001 per dollar of taxable value of taxable property increase per year that will permit the county to receive during that fiscal year sums in excess of what may be required to provide for the purposes of the county. (b) Any excess sums so received are to be transferred from the county general fund into the tax stability and trust fund. (3) (a) All amounts in the tax stability and trust fund established by a county under this section may be deposited or invested as provided in Section 51-7-11. (b) The amounts described in Subsection (3)(a) may also be transferred by the county treasurer to the Public Treasurers' Investment Fund, as defined in Section 51-7-3, for the treasurer's management and control under Title 51, Chapter 7, State Money Management Act. (4) (a) The interest or other income realized from amounts in the tax stability and trust fund shall be returned to the county general fund during the fiscal year in which the income or interest is paid to the extent the interest or income is required by the county to provide for county purposes during that fiscal year. (b) An amount returned in accordance with Subsection (4)(a) may be used for all purposes as other amounts in the county general fund. (c) Any interest or income that is not returned to the county general fund in accordance with Subsection (4)(a) shall be added to the principal of that county's tax stability and trust fund.
Utah Code § 17-79-621 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-79 / § 17-79-621
§ 17-79-621. Structure height.
Status: in_force

(1) A county may regulate: (a) the number of habitable stories that a structure may contain; and (b) the overall height of a structure. (2) If a land use authority approved a land use application for a commercial lodging structure on or before September 1, 2025, and the land use application is subject to land use regulations described in Subsection (1) that conflict, the land use authority may not limit the number of above-ground habitable stories the land use applicant builds within the maximum overall height that the land use authority approved for the structure.
Utah Code § 17-63-708 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-63 / § 17-63-708
§ 17-63-708. Special assessment.
Status: in_force

(1) A county may make a special assessment. (2) Money received by the county treasurer from any special assessment shall be: (a) applied toward payment of the improvement for which the assessment was approved; and (b) used exclusively for the payment of the principal and interest on the bonds or other indebtedness incurred to finance such improvements, except as provided in Section 17-63-808.
Utah Code § 17-66-304 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-66 / § 17-66-304
§ 17-66-304. Rewards for information that assists with law enforcement.
Status: in_force

(1) (a) A county legislative body may appropriate funds from the county treasury for the offering and payment of rewards for information which directly assists in the enforcement of law and protection of county property. (b) The offering and payment of rewards shall be made under conditions and limitations as established by the county legislative body. (2) With the prior approval of the county legislative body, any county officer or county agency may offer rewards to the same extent and for the same purposes authorized by Subsection (1).
Utah Code § 17-77-302 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-77 / § 17-77-302
§ 17-77-302. Requirements for distributing public funds.
Status: in_force

(1) Each local mental health authority shall award all public funds in accordance with this section and in compliance with: (a) the requirements of Title 63G, Chapter 6a, Utah Procurement Code; or (b) a county procurement ordinance adopted under Section 17-63-506. (2) (a) If the local mental health authority rejects all initial bids on the project, the local mental health authority shall publish a new invitation to bid in the manner specified in this section. (b) If the local mental health authority does not receive a satisfactory bid when the bids received from the second invitation are opened, the local mental health authority may execute a contract without requiring competitive bidding. (3) The local mental health authority is not required to comply with the procurement provisions of this section when the local mental health authority disburses public funds to: (a) another political subdivision of the state; or (b) an institution of higher education of the state. (4) (a) Each contract awarded by a local mental health authority shall be for a fixed amount and limited period. (b) A contract may be modified due to changes in available funding for the same contract purpose without competition.
Utah Code § 17-79-703 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-79 / § 17-79-703
§ 17-79-703. Plat required when land is subdivided -- Approval of plat -- Owner acknowledgment, surveyor certification, and verification of plat -- Recording plat.
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section: (a) (i) "Facility owner" means the same as that term is defined in Section 73-1-15.5. (ii) "Facility owner" includes a canal owner or associated canal operator contact described in: (A) Section 17-79-211; (B) Subsection 73-5-7(3); or (C) Subsection (6)(c). (b) "Local health department" means the same as that term is defined in Section 26A-1-102. (c) "State engineer's inventory of canals" means the state engineer's inventory of water conveyance systems established in Section 73-5-7. (d) "Underground facility" means the same as that term is defined in Section 54-8a-2. (e) "Water conveyance facility" means the same as that term is defined in Section 73-1-15.5. (2) Unless exempt under Section 17-79-708 or excluded from the definition of subdivision under Section 17-79-102, whenever any land is laid out and platted, the owner of the land shall provide to the county in which the land is located an accurate plat that describes or specifies: (a) a subdivision name that is distinct from any subdivision name on a plat recorded in the county recorder's office; (b) the boundaries, course, and dimensions of all of the parcels of ground divided, by their boundaries, course, and extent, whether the owner proposes that any parcel of ground is intended to be used as a street or for any other public use, and whether any such area is reserved or proposed for dedication for a public purpose; (c) the lot or unit reference, block or building reference, street or site address, street name or coordinate address, acreage or square footage for all parcels, units, or lots, and length and width of the blocks and lots intended for sale; (d) every existing right-of-way and recorded easement located within the plat for: (i) an underground facility; (ii) a water conveyance facility; or (iii) any other utility facility; and (e) any water conveyance facility located, entirely or partially, within the plat that: (i) is not recorded; and (ii) of which the owner of the land has actual or constructive knowledge, including from information made available to the owner of the land: (A) in the state engineer's inventory of canals; or (B) from a surveyor under Subsection (6)(c). (3) (a) Subject to Subsections (4), (6), and (7), if the plat conforms to the county's ordinances and this part and has been approved by the culinary water authority, the sanitary sewer authority, and the local health department, if the local health department and the county consider the local health department's approval necessary, the county shall approve the plat. (b) Counties are encouraged to receive a recommendation from the fire authority and the public safety answering point before approving a plat. (c) A county may not require that a plat be approved or signed by a person or entity who: (i) is not an employee or agent of the county; or (ii) does not: (A) have a legal or equitable interest in the property within the proposed subdivision; (B) provide a utility or other service directly to a lot within the subdivision; (C) own an easement or right-of-way adjacent to the proposed subdivision who signs for the purpose of confirming the accuracy of the location of the easement or right-of-way in relation to the plat; or (D) provide culinary public water service whose source protection zone designated as provided in Section 19-4-113 is included, in whole or in part, within the proposed subdivision. (d) A county shall: (i) within 20 days after the day on which an owner of land submits to the county a complete subdivision plat land use application, mail written notice of the proposed subdivision to the facility owner of any water conveyance facility located, entirely or partially, within 100 feet of the subdivision plat, as determined using information made available to the county: (A) from the facility owner under Section 17-79-211, using mapping-grade global positioning satellite units or digitized data from the most recent aerial photo available to the facility owner; (B) in the state engineer's inventory of canals; or (C) from a surveyor under Subsection (6)(c); and (ii) not approve the subdivision plat for at least 20 days after the day on which the county mails to each facility owner the notice under Subsection (3)(d)(i) in order to receive any comments from each facility owner regarding: (A) access to the water conveyance facility; (B) maintenance of the water conveyance facility; (C) protection of the water conveyance facility integrity; (D) safety of the water conveyance facility; or (E) any other issue related to water conveyance facility operations. (e) When applicable, the owner of the land seeking subdivision plat approval shall comply with Section 73-1-15.5. (f) A facility owner's failure to provide comments to a county in accordance with Subsection (3)(d)(ii) does not affect or impair the county's authority to approve the subdivision plat. (4) The county may withhold an otherwise valid plat approval until the owner of the land provides the legislative body with a tax clearance indicating that all taxes, interest, and penalties owing on the land have been paid. (5) (a) Within 30 days after approving a final plat under this section, a county shall submit to the Utah Geospatial Resource Center, created in Section 63A-16-505, for inclusion in the unified statewide 911 emergency service database described in Subsection 63H-7a-304(4)(b): (i) an electronic copy of the approved final plat; or (ii) preliminary geospatial data that depict any new streets and situs addresses proposed for construction within the bounds of the approved plat. (b) If requested by the Utah Geospatial Resource Center, a county that approves a final plat under this section shall: (i) coordinate with the Utah Geospatial Resource Center to validate the information described in Subsection (5)(a); and (ii) assist the Utah Geospatial Resource Center in creating electronic files that contain the information described in Subsection (5)(a) for inclusion in the unified statewide 911 emergency service database. (6) (a) A county recorder may not record a plat unless, subject to Subsection 17-79-704(1): (i) before recordation, the county has approved and signed the plat; (ii) each owner of record of land described on the plat has signed the owner's dedication as shown on the plat; and (iii) the signature of each owner described in Subsection (6)(a)(ii) is acknowledged as provided by law. (b) A surveyor who prepares the plat shall certify that the surveyor: (i) holds a license in accordance with Title 58, Chapter 22, Professional Engineers and Professional Land Surveyors Licensing Act; (ii) (A) has completed a survey of the property described on the plat in accordance with Section 17-73-504 and has verified all measurements; or (B) has referenced a record of survey map of the existing property boundaries shown on the plat and verified the locations of the boundaries; and (iii) has placed monuments as represented on the plat. (c) (i) To the extent possible, the surveyor shall consult with the owner or operator, or a representative designated by the owner or operator, of an existing water conveyance facility located within the proposed subdivision, or an existing or proposed underground facility or utility facility located within the proposed subdivision, to verify the accuracy of the surveyor's depiction of the: (A) boundary, course, dimensions, and intended use of the public rights-of-way, a public or private easement, or grants of record; (B) location of the existing water conveyance facility, or the existing or proposed underground facility or utility facility; and (C) physical restrictions governing the location of the existing or proposed underground facility or utility facility. (ii) The cooperation of an owner or operator of a water conveyance facility, underground facility, or utility facility under Subsection (6)(c)(i): (A) indicates only that the plat approximates the location of the existing facilities but does not warrant or verify their precise location; and (B) does not affect a right that the owner or operator has under Title 54, Chapter 8a, Damage to Underground Utility Facilities, a recorded easement or right-of-way, the law applicable to prescriptive rights, or any other provision of law. (7) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (6)(c), after the plat has been acknowledged, certified, and approved, the owner of the land seeking to record the plat shall, within the time period and manner designated by ordinance, record the plat in the county recorder's office in the county in which the lands platted and laid out are situated. (b) A failure to record a plat within the time period designated by ordinance renders the plat voidable by the county. (8) A county acting as a land use authority shall approve a condominium plat that complies with the requirements of Section 57-8-13 unless the condominium plat violates a land use regulation of the county.
Utah Code § 17-76-210 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-76 / § 17-76-210
§ 17-76-210. Vacancies -- Positions requiring special qualifications -- Competition suspended -- Promotion -- Promotion register.
Status: in_force

(1) (a) When there is a vacancy in a position requiring peculiar and exceptional qualifications of a scientific, professional, or expert character, the commission may, after public hearing and by unanimous vote of the commission, suspend competition regarding the position upon satisfactory evidence that: (i) competitive hiring is impracticable; and (ii) the position can best be filled by the selection of an individual of recognized attainments. (b) When the commission suspends competitive hiring, the commission shall report the reason for suspending competitive hiring in the commission's annual reports. (2) (a) The appointing authority shall fill vacancies occurring in the merit system classification by promotion if possible. (b) A promotion shall be made only after an examination, with admission to the examination limited to merit system officers. (c) An examination for a promotion shall include an average of service ratings for the next preceding year, a rating of seniority, and test the merit system officer's competence to perform the duties required in the position for which application is made. (d) An examination for a promotion shall not combine the weights of service rating and seniority to more than 40% of the whole examination. (e) The appointing authority shall fill subsequent vacancies by promotion until the lowest grade is reached, which grade shall then be filled from the eligible list in accordance with this part. (f) (i) After an examination for a promotion, the commission shall prepare a promotion register that takes precedence over an eligible register. (ii) The commission shall make the promotion register in the same manner as it makes an eligible register.
Utah Code § 17-72-101 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-72 / § 17-72-101
§ 17-72-101. Definitions.
Status: in_force

7/1/2026As used in this chapter: (1) "Commissary account" means an account from which a prisoner may withdraw money, deposited by the prisoner or another individual, to purchase discretionary items for sale by a correctional facility. (2) "Commissary purchase" means a transaction initiated by a prisoner by which the prisoner obtains an item or items offered for sale by the correctional facility in exchange for money withdrawn from the prisoner's commissary account. (3) "Correctional facility" means the same as that term is defined in Section 77-16b-102. (4) "County inmate" means an inmate who is sentenced to a county jail. (5) "Cross-sex hormone treatment" means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-4-1001. (6) "Department" means the Department of Criminal Justice created in Section 75E-2-102. (7) (a) "In-custody death" means a prisoner death that occurs while the prisoner is in the custody of a county jail. (b) "In-custody death" includes a prisoner death that occurs while the prisoner is: (i) being transported for health care; or (ii) receiving health care outside of a county jail. (8) "Inmate" means a prisoner who is in the custody of a correctional facility following a criminal conviction. (9) "Medication assisted treatment plan" means a prescription plan to use prescribed medication approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration, such as buprenorphine, methadone, or naltrexone to treat substance use withdrawal symptoms or an opioid use disorder. (10) "Notice" means all papers and orders, except process, required to be served in any proceeding before any court, board, commission, or officer, or when required by law to be served independently of a court proceeding. (11) "Opiate" means the same as that term is defined in Section 58-37-101. (12) "Primary sex characteristic surgical procedure" means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-4-1001. (13) "Prisoner" means an individual who is: (a) in custody of a peace officer in accordance with a lawful arrest; or (b) confined in a county jail. (14) "Police interlocal entity" means the same as that term is defined in Sections 17-76-201 and 17-76-301. (15) "Police special district" means the same as that term is defined in Section 17-76-201. (16) "Probationer" means an individual on probation under the supervision of the county sheriff. (17) "Process" means all writs, warrants, summonses and orders of the courts of justice or judicial officers. (18) (a) "Qualifying domestic violence offense" means, except as provided in Subsection (18)(b), the same as that term is defined in Section 77-36-1.1. (b) "Qualifying domestic violence offense" does not include criminal mischief as that term is defined in Section 76-6-106. (19) "State inmate" means an inmate who is sentenced to the Department of Corrections, created in Section 64-13-2, even if the inmate is in the custody of a county jail. (20) "Secondary sex characteristic surgical procedure" means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-4-1001. (21) "Violent felony" means the same as that term is defined in Section 76-3-203.5.7/1/2026As used in this chapter: (1) "Commissary account" means an account from which a prisoner may withdraw money, deposited by the prisoner or another individual, to purchase discretionary items for sale by a correctional facility. (2) "Commissary purchase" means a transaction initiated by a prisoner by which the prisoner obtains an item or items offered for sale by the correctional facility in exchange for money withdrawn from the prisoner's commissary account. (3) "Correctional facility" means the same as that term is defined in Section 77-16b-102. (4) "County inmate" means an inmate who is sentenced to a county jail. (5) "Cross-sex hormone treatment" means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-4-1001. (6) "Department" means the Department of Criminal Justice created in Section 75E-2-102. (7) (a) "In-custody death" means a prisoner death that occurs while the prisoner is in the custody of a county jail. (b) "In-custody death" includes a prisoner death that occurs while the prisoner is: (i) being transported for health care; or (ii) receiving health care outside of a county jail. (8) "Inmate" means a prisoner who is in the custody of a correctional facility following a criminal conviction. (9) "Medication assisted treatment plan" means a prescription plan to use prescribed medication approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration, such as buprenorphine, methadone, or naltrexone to treat substance use withdrawal symptoms or an opioid use disorder. (10) "Notice" means all papers and orders, except process, required to be served in any proceeding before any court, board, commission, or officer, or when required by law to be served independently of a court proceeding. (11) "Opiate" means the same as that term is defined in Section 58-37-101. (12) "Primary sex characteristic surgical procedure" means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-4-1001. (13) "Prisoner" means an individual who is: (a) in custody of a peace officer in accordance with a lawful arrest; or (b) confined in a county jail. (14) "Police interlocal entity" means the same as that term is defined in Sections 17-76-201 and 17-76-301. (15) "Police special district" means the same as that term is defined in Section 17-76-201. (16) "Probationer" means an individual on probation under the supervision of the county sheriff. (17) "Process" means all writs, warrants, summonses and orders of the courts of justice or judicial officers. (18) (a) "Qualifying domestic violence offense" means, except as provided in Subsection (18)(b), the same as that term is defined in Section 77-36-1.1. (b) "Qualifying domestic violence offense" does not include criminal mischief as that term is defined in Section 76-6-106. (19) "State inmate" means an inmate who is sentenced to the Department of Corrections, created in Section 64-13-2, even if the inmate is in the custody of a county jail. (20) "Secondary sex characteristic surgical procedure" means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-4-1001. (21) "Violent felony" means the same as that term is defined in Section 76-3-203.5.
Utah Code § 17-68-506 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-68 / § 17-68-506
§ 17-68-506. Civil responsibilities of public prosecutors.
Status: in_force

A public prosecutor may act as legal counsel to the state, county, government agency, or government entity regarding the following matters of civil law: (1) bail bond forfeiture actions; (2) actions for the forfeiture of property or contraband, as provided in Title 77, Chapter 11b, Forfeiture of Seized Property; (3) civil actions incidental to or appropriate to supplement a public prosecutor's duties, including an injunction, a habeas corpus, a declaratory action, or an extraordinary writ action, in which the interests of the state may be affected; and (4) any other civil duties related to criminal prosecution that are otherwise provided by statute.
Utah Code § 17-70-507 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-70 / § 17-70-507
§ 17-70-507. Investment creating conflict of interest with duties -- Disclosure.
Status: in_force

An officer who has a personal interest or investment that creates a potential or actual conflict between the officer's personal interests and the officer's public duties shall disclose the conflict in the manner described in Section 17-70-505.
Utah Code § 17-60-203 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-60 / § 17-60-203
§ 17-60-203. County may borrow in anticipation of revenues -- Assistance to nonprofit and private entities -- Notice requirements -- County prohibited from lending credit.
Status: in_force

(1) (a) A county may borrow money in anticipation of the collection of taxes and other county revenues in the manner and subject to the conditions of Title 11, Chapter 14, Local Government Bonding Act. (b) A county may incur indebtedness under Subsection (1)(a) for any purpose for which funds of the county may be expended. (2) A county may not: (a) give or lend county credit to or in aid of any person or corporation; or (b) except as provided in Subsection (3), appropriate money in aid of any private enterprise. (3) (a) A county may appropriate money to or provide nonmonetary assistance to a nonprofit entity, or waive fees required to be paid by a nonprofit entity, if, in the judgment of the county legislative body, the assistance contributes to the safety, health, prosperity, moral well-being, peace, order, comfort, or convenience of county residents. (b) A county may appropriate money to a nonprofit entity from the county's own funds or from funds the county receives from the state or any other source. (4) (a) As used in this Subsection (4): (i) "Private enterprise" means a person that engages in an activity for profit. (ii) "Project" means an activity engaged in by a private enterprise. (b) A county may appropriate money in aid of a private enterprise project if: (i) subject to Subsection (4)(c), the county receives value in return for the money appropriated; and (ii) in the judgment of the county legislative body, the private enterprise project provides for the safety, health, prosperity, moral well-being, peace, order, comfort, or convenience of the county residents. (c) The county shall measure the net value received by the county for money appropriated by the county to a private entity on a project-by-project basis over the life of the project. (d) (i) Before a county legislative body may appropriate funds in aid of a private enterprise project under this Subsection (4), the county legislative body shall: (A) adopt by ordinance criteria to determine what value, if any, the county will receive in return for money appropriated under this Subsection (4); (B) conduct a study as described in Subsection (4)(e) on the proposed appropriation and private enterprise project; and (C) post notice, subject to Subsection (4)(f), and hold a public hearing on the proposed appropriation and the private enterprise project. (ii) The county legislative body may consider an intangible benefit as a value received by the county. (e) (i) Before publishing or posting notice in accordance with Subsection (4)(f), the county shall study: (A) any value the county will receive in return for money or resources appropriated to a private entity; (B) the county's purpose for the appropriation, including an analysis of the way the appropriation will be used to enhance the safety, health, prosperity, moral well-being, peace, order, comfort, or convenience of the county residents; and (C) whether the appropriation is necessary and appropriate to accomplish the reasonable goals and objectives of the county in the area of economic development, job creation, affordable housing, elimination of a development impediment, as defined in Section 17C-1-102, job preservation, the preservation of historic structures, analyzing and improving county government structure or property, or any other public purpose. (ii) The county shall: (A) prepare a written report of the results of the study; and (B) make the report available to the public at least 14 days immediately before the scheduled day of the public hearing described in Subsection (4)(d)(i)(C). (f) The county shall publish notice of the public hearing required in Subsection (4)(d)(i)(C) for the county, as a class A notice under Section 63G-30-102, for at least 14 days before the day of the public hearing. (g) (i) A person may appeal the decision of the county legislative body to appropriate funds under this Subsection (4). (ii) A person shall file an appeal with the district court within 30 days after the day on which the legislative body adopts an ordinance or approves a budget to appropriate the funds. (iii) A court shall: (A) presume that an ordinance adopted or appropriation made under this Subsection (4) is valid; and (B) determine only whether the ordinance or appropriation is arbitrary, capricious, or illegal. (iv) A determination of illegality requires a determination that the decision or ordinance violates a law, statute, or ordinance in effect at the time the decision was made or the ordinance was adopted. (v) The district court's review is limited to: (A) a review of the criteria adopted by the county legislative body under Subsection (4)(d)(i)(A); (B) the record created by the county legislative body at the public hearing described in Subsection (4)(d)(i)(C); and (C) the record created by the county in preparation of the study and the study itself as described in Subsection (4)(e). (vi) If there is no record, the court may call witnesses and take evidence. (h) This section applies only to an appropriation not otherwise approved in accordance with Chapter 63, Fiscal Authority and Processes.
Utah Code § 17-70-101 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-70 / § 17-70-101
§ 17-70-101. Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter, "finance officer" means the same as that term is defined in Section 17-66-101.
Utah Code § 17-69-102 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-69 / § 17-69-102
§ 17-69-102. Seal.
Status: in_force

(1) The county legislative body shall furnish the county auditor a seal in accordance with Subsection (2). (2) The seal shall contain or be impressed with: (a) the name of the county; and (b) "State of Utah, County Auditor."
Utah Code § 17-79-1001 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-79 / § 17-79-1001
§ 17-79-1001. Appeal authority required -- Condition precedent to judicial review -- Appeal authority duties.
Status: in_force

(1) (a) Subject to Subsection (1)(d), each county adopting a land use ordinance shall, by ordinance, establish one or more appeal authorities. (b) An appeal authority shall hear and decide: (i) requests for a variance from a land use ordinance; (ii) appeals from a land use decision applying a land use ordinance; and (iii) appeals from a fee charged in accordance with Section 17-79-802. (c) An appeal authority may not hear an appeal from the enactment of a land use regulation. (d) Beginning on July 1, 2026, a county described in Subsection 17-79-302(5)(a)(i) may not designate the county's legislative body as an appeal authority. (e) Notwithstanding Subsection (1)(d), a legislative body shall continue to be the appeal authority for an appeal if: (i) a land use ordinance designated the legislative body as the appeal authority when the appellant filed the appeal: and (ii) the appellant filed the appeal on or before June 30, 2026. (2) As a condition precedent to judicial review, each adversely affected party or land use applicant shall timely and specifically challenge a land use authority's land use decision, in accordance with local ordinance. (3) An appeal authority described in Subsection (1)(a): (a) shall: (i) act in a quasi-judicial manner; and (ii) serve as the final arbiter of issues involving the interpretation or application of a land use ordinance; and (b) may not entertain an appeal of a matter in which the appeal authority, or any participating member, had first acted as the land use authority. (4) By ordinance, a county may: (a) designate a separate appeal authority to hear requests for variances than the appeal authority the county designates to hear appeals; (b) designate one or more separate appeal authorities to hear distinct types of appeals of land use authority decisions; (c) require an adversely affected party to present to an appeal authority every theory of relief that the adversely affected party can raise in district court; and (d) provide that specified types of land use decisions may be appealed directly to the district court. (5) A county may not: (a) require a public hearing for a request for a variance or land use appeal; or (b) require a land use applicant or adversely affected party to pursue successive appeals before the same or separate appeal authorities as a condition of an appealing party's duty to exhaust administrative remedies. (6) If the county establishes or, before May 2, 2005, has established a multiperson board, body, or panel to act as an appeal authority, at a minimum the board, body, or panel shall: (a) notify each of the members of the board, body, or panel of any meeting or hearing of the board, body, or panel; (b) provide each of the members of the board, body, or panel with the same information and access to municipal resources as any other member; (c) convene only if a quorum of the members of the board, body, or panel is present; and (d) act only upon the vote of a majority of the convened members of the board, body, or panel.
Utah Code § 17-72-507 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-72 / § 17-72-507
§ 17-72-507. Escapes -- Sheriff's liability -- Defenses.
Status: in_force

(1) A sheriff who suffers the escape of an individual arrested in a civil action, without the consent or connivance of the party in whose behalf the arrest or imprisonment is made, may be liable as follows: (a) when the arrest is upon an order to hold to bail or upon a surrender in exoneration of bail before judgment, the sheriff is liable to the plaintiff as bail; (b) when the arrest is on an execution or commitment to enforce the payment of money, the sheriff is liable for the amount expressed in the execution or commitment; and (c) when the arrest is on an execution or commitment other than to enforce the payment of money, the sheriff is liable for the actual damages sustained. (2) Upon being sued for damages for an escape or rescue, the sheriff may introduce evidence in mitigation and exculpation. (3) A person cannot maintain an action against the sheriff for a rescue or for an escape of a prisoner arrested upon an execution or commitment, if after that prisoner's rescue or escape and before the commencement of the action, the prisoner returns to the jail or is retaken by the sheriff or by any other person.
Utah Code § 17-60-202 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-60 / § 17-60-202
§ 17-60-202. Counties authorized to levy and collect taxes, sue and be sued, and acquire property.
Status: in_force

(1) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (1)(b), a county may: (i) as prescribed by statute: (A) levy a tax; (B) perform an assessment; (C) collect a tax; (D) borrow money; or (E) levy and collect a special assessment for a conferred benefit; or (ii) provide a service, exercise a power, or perform a function that is reasonably related to the safety, health, morals, and welfare of county inhabitants. (b) A county or a governmental instrumentality of a county may not perform an action described in Subsection (1)(a)(i) or provide a service, exercise a power, or perform a function described in Subsection (1)(a)(ii) in another county or a municipality within the other county without first entering into an agreement under Title 11, Chapter 13, Interlocal Cooperation Act, or other contract with the other county to perform the action, provide the service, exercise the power, or perform the function. (2) A county may: (a) sue and be sued; (b) (i) subject to Subsection (4), acquire real property by tax sale, purchase, lease, contract, or gift; and (ii) hold the real property acquired under Subsection (2)(b)(i) as necessary and proper for county purposes; (c) (i) subject to Subsection (3), acquire real property by condemnation, as provided in Title 78B, Chapter 6, Part 5, Eminent Domain; and (ii) hold the real property acquired under Subsection (2)(c)(i) as necessary and proper for county purposes; (d) as may be necessary to the exercise of its powers, acquire personal property by purchase, lease, contract, or gift, and hold such personal property; and (e) manage and dispose of its property as the interests of its inhabitants may require. (3) (a) For purposes of Subsection (2)(c), water rights that are not appurtenant to land do not constitute real property that may be acquired by the county through condemnation. (b) Nothing in Subsection (2)(c) may be construed to authorize a county to acquire by condemnation the rights to water unless the land to which those water rights are appurtenant is acquired by condemnation. (4) Except as provided in Subsection (6) and subject to Section 17-78-103, each county intending to acquire real property for the purpose of expanding the county's infrastructure or other facilities used for providing services that the county offers or intends to offer shall provide written notice of the county's intent to acquire the property if: (a) the property is located: (i) outside the boundaries of the unincorporated area of the county; and (ii) in a county of the first or second class; and (b) the intended use of the property is contrary to: (i) the anticipated use of the property under the general plan of the county in whose unincorporated area or the municipality in whose boundaries the property is located; or (ii) the property's current zoning designation. (5) (a) Each notice under Subsection (4) shall: (i) indicate that the county intends to acquire real property; (ii) identify the real property; and (iii) be sent to: (A) each county in whose unincorporated area and each municipality in whose boundaries the property is located; and (B) each affected entity. (b) A notice under Subsection (4) is a protected record as provided in Subsection 63G-2-305(8). (6) The notice requirement of Subsection (4) does not apply if the county previously provided notice under Section 17-79-203 identifying the general location within the municipality or unincorporated part of the county where the property to be acquired is located. (7) If a county is not required to comply with the notice requirement of Subsection (4) because of application of Subsection (6), the county shall provide the notice specified in Subsection (4) as soon as practicable after the county's acquisition of the real property.
Utah Code § 17-78-1002 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-78 / § 17-78-1002
§ 17-78-1002. Regulation of drive-through facilities.
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section: (a) "Business" means a private enterprise carried on for the purpose of gain or economic profit. (b) (i) "Business lobby" means a public area, including a lobby, dining area, or other area accessible to the public where business is conducted within a place of business. (ii) "Business lobby" does not include the area of a business where drive-through service is conducted. (c) "Land use application" means the same as that term is defined in Section 17-27a-103. (d) (i) "Motor vehicle" means a self-propelled vehicle, including a motorcycle, intended primarily for use and operation on the highways. (ii) "Motor vehicle" does not include an off-highway vehicle. (e) "Motorcycle" means a motor vehicle having a saddle for the use of the operator and designed to travel on not more than two tires. (f) "Off-highway vehicle" means any snowmobile, all-terrain type I vehicle, all-terrain type II vehicle, or all-terrain type III vehicle. (2) A county may not withhold a business license, deny a land use application, or otherwise require a business that has a drive-through service as a component of its business operations to: (a) allow a person other than a person in a motorized vehicle to use the drive-through service; or (b) offer designated hours of the day that a customer is accommodated and business is conducted in the business lobby that are the same as or exceed the hours of the day that a customer is accommodated and business is conducted in the drive-through service.
Utah Code § 17-80-102 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-80 / § 17-80-102
§ 17-80-102. Applicability.
Status: in_force

(1) The provisions of Chapter 79, County Land Use, Development, and Management Act, apply to this chapter. (2) The definitions in Section 17-80-101 are in addition to the definitions in Section 17-79-102, except that if there is any conflict between a definition in this chapter and a definition in Chapter 79, County Land Use, Development, and Management Act, the definition in this chapter prevails in regard to the provisions of this chapter.
Utah Code § 17-78-605 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-78 / § 17-78-605
§ 17-78-605. Constables in criminal actions -- Fees for constables.
Status: in_force

(1) (a) A constable may only take action in a criminal matter: (i) at the direction of a county with which the constable holds a contract; (ii) according to the terms of the contract between the constable and the county; and (iii) after January 1, 2027, if the constable is licensed. (b) For purposes of Subsection (1)(a)(i), taking action at the direction of a county includes acting at the direction or request of: (i) the county attorney for the county; (ii) the district attorney for the county; (iii) the county sheriff; (iv) a justice court judge in the county; or (v) an individual designated in the contract between the county and the constable as an individual able to direct or request the constable's action in a criminal matter. (2) (a) Except as provided in Subsections (4) and (7), a county shall pay a contracted constable in criminal matters for each copy of a summons, subpoena, notice, court order, or other criminal paper as follows: (i) $5 for each defendant served; and (ii) (A) mileage of $1 per mile for each mile necessarily traveled in going only, to be computed from either the courthouse, or when transmitted by mail, from the post office where received; or (B) mileage for each mile necessarily traveled, at a rate and in a manner to be computed as described in the contract between the constable and the county. (b) If more than one trip is necessary to serve, or diligently attempt to serve, service of process, a constable may collect mileage charges for more than two trips only if the party requesting the service of process has approved the additional mileage charges. (c) A constable shall individually document each charge under this Subsection (2) on the affidavit of return of service. (3) If a constable serves process in a county other than the county where the process originated, travel expenses may not exceed the fee that would be charged if served by the sheriff of that county under Chapter 72, County Sheriff. (4) (a) A contracted constable acting under this chapter may charge a county a fee of $1 for each mile traveled for the purpose of serving, or to diligently attempt service of, a warrant of arrest, both in going to and returning from the defendant's address. (b) If more than one trip is necessary to serve, or diligently attempt to serve, a warrant of arrest, a constable may collect no more than two additional mileage charges. (c) A constable shall individually document each charge under this Subsection (4) on the affidavit of return of service. (5) For arresting an individual and bringing the individual into court, or otherwise satisfying a warrant, a constable may charge the county a fee of $15. (6) (a) Constables shall bill the county for services in criminal cases according to the terms of the constable's contract and this section. (b) Upon receipt of a bill from a constable, the county attorney or district attorney shall: (i) certify the bill if the bill is correct; and (ii) provide the certified bill to the county auditor or finance officer. (c) The county legislative body may reject constable bills in all causes or proceedings in which the county attorney or district attorney has not authorized the issuance of the warrant of arrest in writing. (7) A county may, in the contract described in Section 17-78-601, establish different fees for services than the fees described in this section.
Utah Code § 17-63-201 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-63 / § 17-63-201
§ 17-63-201. Fiscal period -- Annual or biennial.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided in Subsection (2), the fiscal period for each county is an annual period beginning on January 1 of each year and ending December 31 of the same calendar year. (2) (a) Notwithstanding Subsection (1), a county legislative body may, by ordinance, adopt for the county a fiscal period that is a biennial period beginning January 1 and ending December 31 of the following calendar year. (b) Each legislative body adopting an ordinance under Subsection (2)(a) shall separately specify in the county budget the amount of ad valorem property tax the county intends to levy and collect during both the first half and the second half of the budget period. (c) Each county that adopts a fiscal period that is a biennial period under Subsection (2)(a) shall: (i) comply with Sections 59-2-912 through 59-2-926 as if the county had adopted a fiscal period that is an annual period; and (ii) allocate budgeted revenues and expenditures to each of the two annual periods in the biennial budget. (d) The legislative body of each county that adopts a fiscal period that is a biennial period under Subsection (2)(a) shall, within 10 days after the adoption of the ordinance adopting the biennial period, deliver a copy of the ordinance to the state auditor.
Utah Code § 17-76-301 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-76 / § 17-76-301
§ 17-76-301. Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this part: (1) "Appointing authority" means the county sheriff or the chief executive officer of a police interlocal entity. (2) "Commission" means the merit system commission consisting of three individuals appointed in accordance with Section 17-76-304. (3) "Department" means a county sheriff's office or a police interlocal entity. (4) "Eligible appointment register" means the list made by a commission described in Section 17-76-310 that contains the names of all applicants that took the examination and that received a passing grade. (5) "Examination" means the competitive examination to determine the qualification of an applicant for a position as a peace officer described in Section 17-76-307. (6) "Legislative body" means the county legislative body or the governing body of the police interlocal entity. (7) "Merit system officer" means a peace officer who has merit status as defined in this part. (8) "Peace officer" means a paid deputy sheriff or law enforcement officer, other than a chief deputy or other exempt appointed officer designated by the appointing authority, who is in the continuous employ of the appointing authority. (9) "Police interlocal entity" means an interlocal entity, as defined in Section 11-13-103, created: (a) under Title 11, Chapter 13, Interlocal Cooperation Act, by an agreement to which a county of the first class is a party; and (b) to provide law enforcement service to an area that includes the unincorporated part of the county.
Utah Code § 17-75-103 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-75 / § 17-75-103
§ 17-75-103. Training requirements.
Status: in_force

A county shall ensure that any training that the county requires of a county officer or employee complies with Title 63G, Chapter 22, State Training and Certification Requirements.
Utah Code § 17-79-205 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-79 / § 17-79-205
§ 17-79-205. Notice of public hearings and public meetings on adoption or modification of land use regulation.
Status: in_force

(1) Each county shall give: (a) notice of the date, time, and place of the first public hearing to consider the adoption or modification of a land use regulation; and (b) notice of each public meeting on the subject. (2) Each notice of a public hearing under Subsection (1)(a) shall be: (a) mailed to each affected entity at least 10 calendar days before the public hearing; and (b) (i) provided for the area affected by the land use ordinance changes, as a class B notice under Section 63G-30-102, for at least 10 calendar days before the day of the public hearing; or (ii) if the proposed land use ordinance adoption or modification is ministerial in nature, as described in Subsections (6)(a) and (b), provided as a class A notice under Section 63G-30-102 for at least 10 calendar days before the day of the public hearing. (3) In addition to the notice requirements described in Subsections (1) and (2), for any proposed modification to the text of a zoning code, the notice posted in accordance with Subsection (2) shall: (a) include: (i) a summary of the effect of the proposed modifications to the text of the zoning code designed to be understood by a lay person; or (ii) a direct link to the county's webpage where a person can find a summary of the effect of the proposed modifications to the text of the zoning code designed to be understood by a lay person; and (b) be provided to any person upon written request. (4) Each notice of a public meeting under Subsection (1)(b) shall be at least 24 hours before the hearing and shall be published for the county, as a class A notice under Section 63G-30-102, for at least 24 hours. (5) (a) A county shall send a courtesy notice to each owner of private real property whose property is located entirely or partially within the proposed zoning map enactment or amendment at least 10 days before the scheduled day of the public hearing. (b) The notice shall: (i) identify with specificity each owner of record of real property that will be affected by the proposed zoning map or map amendments; (ii) state the current zone in which the real property is located; (iii) state the proposed new zone for the real property; (iv) provide information regarding or a reference to the proposed regulations, prohibitions, and permitted uses that the property will be subject to if the zoning map or map amendment is adopted; (v) state that the owner of real property may no later than 10 days after the day of the first public hearing file a written objection to the inclusion of the owner's property in the proposed zoning map or map amendment; (vi) state the address where the property owner should file the protest; (vii) notify the property owner that each written objection filed with the county will be provided to the county legislative body; and (viii) state the location, date, and time of the public hearing described in Section 17-79-502. (c) If a county mails notice to a property owner under Subsection (2)(b)(i) for a public hearing on a zoning map or map amendment, the notice required in this Subsection (5) may be included in or part of the notice described in Subsection (2)(b)(i) rather than sent separately. (6) (a) For purposes of the notice requirements in Subsection (2)(b) only, a proposed land use ordinance is ministerial in nature if the proposed land use ordinance change is to: (i) bring the county's land use ordinances into compliance with a state or federal law; (ii) adopt a county land use update that affects: (A) an entire zoning district; or (B) multiple zoning districts; (iii) adopt a non-substantive, clerical text amendment to an existing land use ordinance; (iv) recodify the county's existing land use ordinances; or (v) designate or define an affected area for purposes of a boundary adjustment or annexation. (b) A proposed land use ordinance may include more than one of the purposes described in Subsection (6)(a) and remain ministerial in nature. (c) If a proposed land use ordinance includes an adoption or modification not described in Subsection (6)(a): (i) the proposed land use ordinance is not ministerial in nature, even if the proposed land use ordinance also includes a change or modification described in Subsection (6)(a); and (ii) the notice requirements of Subsection (2)(b)(i) apply.
Utah Code § 17-66-403 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-66 / § 17-66-403
§ 17-66-403. Salaries in case of consolidated offices.
Status: in_force

(1) Whenever the county legislative body consolidates the duties of any county officers, as described in Section 17-66-104, the salary of the individual discharging the duties of the consolidated offices shall be fixed at a sum not exceeding the highest salary paid to either of the county officers whose offices are so consolidated, plus: (a) an amount not exceeding one-half of the salary fixed for the second county officer, when only two offices are consolidated; or (b) when more than two county offices are consolidated, one-third of the combined salaries of the other county officers. (2) Notwithstanding Subsection (1), a county described in Section 17-70-103 may compensate a county clerk serving as ex officio county auditor as described in Section 17-70-103.
Utah Code § 17-72-503 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-72 / § 17-72-503
§ 17-72-503. Sheriff's classification of prisoners -- Classification criteria -- Alternative incarceration programs -- Limitation.
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section, "living area" means the same as that term is defined in Section 64-13-7. (2) (a) Except as provided in Subsections (5) and (6), the sheriff shall adopt and implement written policies: (i) for admission of prisoners to the county jail; and (ii) for the classification of prisoners that provide for the separation of prisoners by gender and by other factors as may reasonably provide for the safety and well-being of prisoners and the community. (b) To the extent authorized by law, any written admission policies adopted and implemented under this Subsection (2) shall be applied equally to all entities using the county correctional facilities. (3) Except as provided in Subsections (5) and (6), each county sheriff shall assign prisoners to a facility or section of a facility based on classification criteria that the sheriff develops and maintains. (4) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (6), a county sheriff may develop and implement alternative incarceration programs that may involve housing a prisoner in a jail facility. (b) A prisoner housed under an alternative incarceration program under Subsection (4)(a) shall be considered to be in the full custody and control of the sheriff for purposes of Sections 76-8-309 and 76-8-309.1. (c) A prisoner may not be placed in an alternative incarceration program under Subsection (4)(a) unless: (i) the county jail is at maximum operating capacity, as established under Section 17-72-402; or (ii) ordered by the court. (5) A jail facility shall comply with the same requirements as the Department of Corrections described in Subsections 64-13-7(4), (5), and (6) when assigning a prisoner to a living area, including the reporting requirements in Subsections 64-13-45(2)(f) and (g). (6) This section does not authorize a sheriff to modify provisions of a contract with the Department of Corrections to house state inmates in a county jail.
Utah Code § 17-71-306 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-71 / § 17-71-306
§ 17-71-306. Establishment of county recorder appeal authority.
Status: in_force

(1) On or before July 1, 2023, a county legislative body shall, by ordinance, establish an appeal authority to hear and decide appeals from a county recorder's application of rules made by the County Recorder Standards Board under Section 63C-30-201. (2) This section: (a) does not preclude an individual who seeks an appeal from a county recorder's decision from pursuing any other available remedy; and (b) may not be construed as requiring an individual to exhaust administrative remedies with an appeal authority established under Subsection (1) before seeking any other available remedy.
Utah Code § 17-69-301 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-69 / § 17-69-301
§ 17-69-301. Duties and services.
Status: in_force

(1) A county auditor shall perform: (a) in accordance with Section 17-69-401, an accounting duty or service described in this chapter; (b) an auditing duty or service described in this chapter; and (c) other duties as may be required by law. (2) A county auditor shall provide to the county legislative body a statement of county debt in accordance with Section 17-63-702. (3) A county auditor may conduct, in relation to any county officer or county office, department, division, court, or entity, as the county auditor considers necessary, the following duties and services: (a) financial audits; (b) attestation-level examinations, reviews, and agreed-upon procedures, engagements, or reviews of financial statements; (c) subject to Section 17-69-303, performance audits; (d) subject to Section 17-69-401, accounting services; and (e) other duties as required by law. (4) In a county of the first class, the county auditor shall conduct the services under Subsections (3)(a) through (c) in accordance with generally accepted government auditing standards. (5) A county legislative body may change the title of county auditor to county controller for a county auditor's office that predominantly performs accounting services. (6) The county auditor may not conduct the services described in Subsections (3)(a) through (c) with respect to the auditor's own office, accounts, or financial records. (7) Nothing in this chapter limits a county legislative body's authority under Section 17-64-404 or a county executive's authority under Section 17-65-304.
Utah Code § 17-72-508 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-72 / § 17-72-508
§ 17-72-508. Recovery housing pod authorized.
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section: (a) "Local substance abuse authority" means a local substance abuse authority described in Section 17-77-201. (b) "Qualifying individual" means an individual who: (i) is incarcerated in the county jail; and (ii) has a substance use disorder as determined by a screening administered in accordance with Subsection 17-72-501(2)(e). (c) "Recovery housing pod" means a designated unit or number of beds within a county jail dedicated to qualifying individuals who participate in a structured substance use treatment program. (2) A sheriff may establish a recovery housing pod in a county jail. (3) Subject to the provisions of Subsection (5): (a) the local substance abuse authority shall approve a recovery housing pod; and (b) before approving a recovery housing pod, the local substance abuse authority shall make a determination that the structured substance use treatment program is based on best practices. (4) A recovery housing pod that is established on or before May 5, 2026, is not subject to the requirements of this section until July 1, 2029. (5) (a) A local substance abuse authority may develop model standards and operational guidelines for a structured substance use treatment program in a recovery housing pod in a county jail based on best practices. (b) A structured substance use treatment program that follows model standards and operational guidelines that a local substance abuse authority develops as described in Subsection (5)(a), is presumed to be based on best practices for purposes of the determination described in Subsection (3)(b). (6) A structured substance use treatment program may include: (a) a structured daily routine including requiring qualifying individuals to: (i) have assigned responsibilities; (ii) attend group meetings; (iii) complete work assignments; (iv) attend educational programs; and (v) participate in recovery-oriented programming; (b) peer programming, including requiring qualifying participants to help lead, manage, and maintain the culture and physical space of the recovery housing pod with the guidance of staff; (c) behavioral accountability where positive behavior is rewarded and negative behavior is addressed through corrective feedback from peers and staff; (d) promotion of self-discipline and mutual support where qualifying participants uphold standards of conduct and support one another in personal development; (e) phased progress in which qualifying participants advance through levels of responsibility and opportunity based on merit and demonstrated behavioral growth; and (f) practical skill building, which may include: (i) job training; (ii) personal finance skill training; (iii) interpersonal communication education; and (iv) reentry planning. (7) (a) Participation in a recovery housing pod is voluntary. (b) A qualifying individual who participates in a recovery pod shall sign a written agreement acknowledging the qualifying individual's commitment to the recovery housing pod's structured substance use treatment program. (8) A local substance abuse authority may contract with a third party to deliver the substance use treatment program approved under this section.
Utah Code § 17-77-204 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-77 / § 17-77-204
§ 17-77-204. Fees for substance abuse services -- Responsibility for cost of service to nonresident -- Funds from other sources.
Status: in_force

(1) Each local substance abuse authority shall charge a fee for substance use services, except that substance use services may not be refused to any individual because of inability to pay. (2) If a local substance abuse authority, through a designated provider, provides a service described in Section 17-77-201 to an individual who resides within the jurisdiction of another local substance abuse authority, the local substance abuse authority in whose jurisdiction the individual resides is responsible for the cost of that service if that local substance abuse authority's designated provider has authorized the provision of the service. (3) A local substance abuse authority, and entities that contract with a local substance abuse authority to provide substance use services, may receive funds made available by federal, state, or local health, substance use, mental health, education, welfare, or other agencies, in accordance with the provisions of this part and Title 26B, Chapter 5, Health Care - Substance Use and Mental Health.
Utah Code § 17-78-901 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-78 / § 17-78-901
§ 17-78-901. Tax levy for establishment of zoo.
Status: in_force

(1) A county may levy annually a tax not exceeding .0002 of taxable value of taxable property in the county for the establishment and maintenance of a public zoo. (2) The tax described in Subsection (1) is in addition to all taxes levied by counties and is not limited by the levy limitation imposed on counties by law. (3) The taxes described in this section shall be levied and collected in the same manner as other general taxes of the county and shall be deposited in a fund to be known as a County Zoo Fund.
Utah Code § 17-81-303 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-81 / § 17-81-303
§ 17-81-303. Limits on political subdivisions with respect to a vested mining use -- Exception.
Status: in_force

(1) A political subdivision may not: (a) terminate a vested mining use, whether by amortization, the exercise of police power, or otherwise; (b) prohibit, restrict, or otherwise limit a mine operator with a vested mining use from exercising the rights permitted under this chapter; (c) require, for a vested mining use: (i) a variance; (ii) a conditional use permit; (iii) a special exception; (iv) the establishment or determination of a nonconforming use right; or (v) any other type of zoning or land use permit; or (d) prohibit, restrict, limit, or otherwise regulate a vested mining use under a variance, conditional use permit, special exception, or other zoning or land use permit issued before May 12, 2009. (2) Subsection (1) does not prohibit a political subdivision from requiring a vested mining use to comply with the generally applicable, reasonable health and safety regulations and building code adopted by the political subdivision including a drinking water protection zone as defined and limited to Subsections 19-4-113(5)(a) and (b).
Utah Code § 17-79-811 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-79 / § 17-79-811
§ 17-79-811. Provisions applicable to a provider of culinary or secondary water.
Status: in_force

A provider of culinary or secondary water that commits to provide a water service required by a land use application process is subject to the following provisions the same as if the provider were a county: (1) Subsections 17-79-804(5) and (6); (2) Section 17-79-805; (3) Section 17-79-812; and (4) Section 17-79-813.
Utah Code § 17-63-1001 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-63 / § 17-63-1001
§ 17-63-1001. Disposition of coal land revenue.
Status: in_force

(1) Eighty percent of all money received by the state of Utah from the treasurer of the United States, as bonuses, royalties, and rentals upon United States coal lands located in this state shall be allocated to the county or counties out of or from which is taken the coal from which such bonuses, royalties, and rentals are derived. (2) A county that receives money under Subsection (1) shall only use the money for: (a) the construction and maintenance of roads; and (b) the support and maintenance of public schools in the county.
Utah Code § 17-78-802 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-78 / § 17-78-802
§ 17-78-802. Planetarium board of directors -- Establishment -- Expenses.
Status: in_force

(1) Upon the establishment of a county planetarium under the provisions of this part, or upon the determination of the county executive to contract for planetarium facilities and equipment and other planetarium services, the county executive shall: (a) with the advice and consent of the county legislative body, appoint a planetarium board of directors, chosen at large based upon fitness for the office; and (b) determine the number of people to serve as the board of directors. (2) Members of the county legislative body may serve on the board of directors, but not more than one member of the county legislative body may be a member of the board at any one time. (3) (a) A director shall serve without compensation. (b) A director's actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of the director's official duties may be paid from the county planetarium fund.
Utah Code § 17-70-102 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-70 / § 17-70-102
§ 17-70-102. Seal.
Status: in_force

(1) The county legislative body shall furnish the county clerk a seal in accordance with Subsection (2). (2) The seal shall contain or be impressed with: (a) the name of the county; and (b) "State of Utah, County Clerk."
Utah Code § 17-79-507 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-79 / § 17-79-507
§ 17-79-507. Classification of new and unlisted business uses.
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section: (a) "Classification request" means a request to determine whether a proposed business use aligns with an existing land use specified in a county's land use ordinances. (b) "New or unlisted business use" means a business activity that does not align with an existing land use specified in a county's land use ordinances. (2) (a) Each county shall incorporate into the county's land use ordinances a process for reviewing and approving a new or unlisted business use and designating an appropriate zone or zones for an approved use. (b) The process described in Subsection (2)(a) shall: (i) detail how an applicant may submit a classification request; (ii) establish a procedure for the county to review a classification request, including: (A) providing a land use authority with criteria to determine whether a proposed use aligns with an existing use; (B) allowing an applicant to proceed under the regulations of an existing use if a land use authority determines a proposed use aligns with that existing use; and (C) providing the applicant an opportunity to appeal a land use authority's decision to the land use appeal authority; (iii) provide that if a use is determined to be a new or unlisted business use: (A) the applicant shall submit to the legislative body for review an application requesting that the legislative body adopt a land use ordinance that permits the new or unlisted business as a permitted or conditional use; (B) notwithstanding Subsection 17-79-503(2) or (3), the legislative body shall consider and approve or deny the application described in Subsection (2)(b)(iii)(A); and (C) the legislative body shall approve or deny the application described in Subsection (2)(b)(iii)(A), within a time frame the legislative body establishes by ordinance, if the applicant responds to requests for additional information within a time frame established by the county and appears at required hearings; (iv) provide that if the legislative body approves the application described in Subsection (2)(b)(iii)(A), the legislative body shall designate an appropriate zone or zones for the approved use; and (v) provide that if the legislative body denies the application described in Subsection (2)(b)(iii)(A), or if an applicant disagrees with a land use authority's classification of the proposed use, the legislative body shall: (A) notify the applicant in writing of each reason for the classification or denial; and (B) notify the applicant of the process for appealing the legislative body's decision in accordance with Section 17-79-1009. (c) A county may not require an applicant who submits an application described in Subsection (2)(b)(iii)(A) to submit the application to the planning commission for consideration, review, or approval. (3) Each county shall amend each land use ordinance that contains a list of approved or prohibited business uses to include a reference to the process for petitioning to approve a new or unlisted business use, as described in Subsection (2).
Utah Code § 17-76-509 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-76 / § 17-76-509
§ 17-76-509. Eligible appointees -- Certification of eligible appointees -- Probationary period.
Status: in_force

(1) The fire chief of each fire department of counties subject to the provisions of this part shall, subject to the policies of the council, appoint from the certified county fire civil service register, all individuals necessary to fill all firefighter civil service positions in the county fire department. (2) (a) The fire chief of each county fire department shall notify the executive director of all positions to be filled in the department when the need arises. (b) After receiving the notice described in Subsection (2)(a), the executive director shall, as soon as possible, certify from the certified county fire civil service register to the head of the fire department the appropriate number of persons, consistent with adopted rules. (3) Appointments from the certified register shall be placed on probation under conditions and for a period as prescribed by council rules.
Utah Code § 17-78-406 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-78 / § 17-78-406
§ 17-78-406. Prohibition against spending certain transportation funds.
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section: (a) "Apportioned" means divided or assigned among the states based on a prescribed formula established in 23 U.S.C. (b) "Authorization act" means an act of Congress enacted after July 1, 2009, that authorizes transportation programs from the Highway Trust Fund established in 26 U.S.C. Sec. 9503. (2) A county may not spend project-specific funds that are allocated through an authorization act for a transportation-related project that is eligible for funds apportioned to the state in support of the statewide transportation improvement program unless the specified project is included on the statewide transportation improvement program.
Utah Code § 17-75-603 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-75 / § 17-75-603
§ 17-75-603. Functions of county office of personnel management -- Personnel functions of county agencies, departments, or offices.
Status: in_force

(1) (a) The county office of personnel management shall perform the functions required by this Subsection (1). (b) The county executive, county legislative body, and county office of personnel management may not delegate the functions described by this section to a separate county agency, office, or department. (c) The county office of personnel management shall: (i) design and administer a county pay plan that includes: (A) salaries; (B) wages; (C) incentives; (D) bonuses; (E) leave; (F) insurance; (G) retirement; and (H) other benefits; (ii) design and administer the county classification plan and grade allocation system, including: (A) final decisions on position classification; and (B) final decisions on grade allocation; (iii) conduct position classification studies, including periodic desk audits, except that an agency, department, or office may submit classification recommendations to the county office of personnel management; (iv) maintain registers of: (A) publicly recruited applicants; and (B) certification of top-ranking eligible applicants; (v) monitor county agency, department, or office personnel practices to determine compliance with equal opportunity and affirmative action guidelines; and (vi) maintain central personnel records. (d) The county legislative body may approve, amend, or reject the pay plan. (2) County agencies, departments, or offices shall: (a) establish initial job descriptions; (b) recommend position classifications and grade allocations; (c) make final selections for appointments and promotions to vacant positions; (d) conduct performance evaluations; (e) discipline employees; and (f) perform other functions approved by the county executive, and agreed to by the county agency, office, or department.
Utah Code § 17-74-401 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-74 / § 17-74-401
§ 17-74-401. Reports to county executive or legislative body.
Status: in_force

(1) Each county treasurer shall make a detailed report whenever required so to do by the county executive or by the legislative body of: (a) all money received by the treasurer; (b) all disbursements of money received by the treasurer; and (c) all other proceedings in the county treasurer's office so that the receipts into the treasury and the amount of disbursements shall clearly and distinctly appear. (2) A report described in Subsection (1) may be made at a regular or special meeting of the legislative body.
Utah Code § 17-64-503 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-64 / § 17-64-503
§ 17-64-503. Duty of county legislative body to provide for operation and functioning of county personnel -- Conflicts with state or federal law.
Status: in_force

(1) It is the duty of the legislative body to provide for the operation and functioning of any activity within the purpose and spirit of Chapter 75, General County Personnel Management, and Chapter 76, County Emergency Personnel Management, which is necessary and expedient. (2) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, a legislative body may not adopt an ordinance or resolution that would deprive the county or any county departments, agencies, or institutions of state or federal grants or other forms of financial assistance.
Utah Code § 17-81-401 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-81 / § 17-81-401
§ 17-81-401. Vested mining use -- Conclusive presumption.
Status: in_force

(1) (a) A mining use is conclusively presumed to be a vested mining use if the mining use existed or was conducted or otherwise engaged in before a political subdivision prohibits, restricts, or otherwise limits the mining use. (b) Anyone claiming that a vested mining use has not been established has the burden of proof to show by clear and convincing evidence that the vested mining use has not been established. (2) A vested mining use: (a) runs with the land; and (b) may be changed to another mining use without losing its status as a vested mining use. (3) The present or future boundary described in the large mine permit of a mine operator with a vested mining use does not limit: (a) the scope of the mine operator's rights under this chapter; or (b) the protection that this chapter provides for a mining protection area. (4) (a) A mine operator with a vested mining use shall file a declaration for recording in the office of the recorder of the county in which the vested mining use is located. (b) A declaration under Subsection (4)(a) shall: (i) contain a legal description of the land included within the vested mining use; and (ii) provide notice of the vested mining use.
Utah Code § 17-63-404 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-63 / § 17-63-404
§ 17-63-404. Emergency expenditures -- Deficit.
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section: (a) "Fiscal emergency" means a major disruption in county operations or services caused by the unforeseen and sudden significant decrease or elimination of funding from the United States government or Legislature that was appropriated in the county's current budget. (b) "Natural disaster" means widespread damage within a county caused by: (i) an explosion; (ii) fire; (iii) a flood; (iv) a storm; (v) a tornado; (vi) winds; (vii) an earthquake; (viii) lightning; or (ix) any other adverse weather event. (2) (a) Subject to Subsection (2)(b), if the governing body determines that a natural disaster or fiscal emergency exists, and that the expenditure of money in excess of the county general fund budget is necessary to respond to the natural disaster or fiscal emergency, the county legislative body may make expenditures and incur deficits that are reasonably necessary to meet the natural disaster or fiscal emergency. (b) (i) A county may not take an action in response to a natural disaster or fiscal emergency in accordance with Subsection (2)(a) or (3) unless the action: (A) is for the current budget year only and the current budget year is the year in which the natural disaster or fiscal emergency occurs; and (B) is approved by a majority of the elected members of the county legislative body. (ii) If a fiscal emergency occurs, the county may take an action described in Subsection (2)(a) or (3) only if the state or federal funding that was significantly decreased or eliminated was: (A) ongoing funding appropriated by the county to a county program or service; and (B) repeatedly relied on by the county for that program or service rather than a one-time or limited-time funding source. (3) (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 17-63-401, 17-63-402, 17-63-403, and 17-63-502, and subject to Subsections (3)(b) and (c), the county legislative body may respond to a natural disaster or fiscal emergency by: (i) transferring, increasing, or decreasing an appropriation in a county budget or fund; or (ii) making or directing the making of an expenditure in excess of a budget or fund. (b) An action by the county legislative body described in Subsection (3)(a)(i) or (ii) may not result in an expenditure or change in an appropriation that exceeds the total unencumbered county budget. (c) If a county legislative body takes an action described in Subsection (3)(a)(i) or (ii), the county legislative body shall, as soon as possible, conduct a public hearing on the action and affirm the emergency action by adopting a resolution. (4) Except to the extent provided for in Title 53, Chapter 2a, Part 6, Disaster Recovery Funding Act, the governing body of the county may not expend money in the county's local fund for an emergency, if the county creates a local fund under Title 53, Chapter 2a, Part 6, Disaster Recovery Funding Act.
Utah Code § 17-72-410 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-72 / § 17-72-410
§ 17-72-410. Correctional facility telephone service.
Status: in_force

A county sheriff shall comply with Section 17E-6-301.
Utah Code § 17-76-505 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-76 / § 17-76-505
§ 17-76-505. Duties of executive director -- Duties of secretary.
Status: in_force

(1) (a) Within each county subject to this part, there is created the office of executive director of county fire civil service, who shall be appointed by the county executive. (b) The executive director shall: (i) be an individual with proven experience in personnel management; and (ii) be accountable to the county executive for the executive director's performance in office. (c) The position of executive director shall be a merit position under Chapter 75, General County Personnel Management, and shall be recruited and selected in the same manner as the holders of other career service merit positions, with the concurrence of the council. (2) An executive director shall: (a) exercise, on behalf of the county, executive or administrative duties regarding the management and administration of the County Fire Civil Service System, including the management and administration of examinations, classification of duties, preparation of hiring registers, recommendations regarding civil service regulations and policies, and other duties provided in this part; (b) classify individuals successfully passing examinations in the order of each individual's ascertained merit and prepare a list of the individuals; (c) make certification of classifications when required; (d) make, publish, and distribute necessary rules relative to examinations, classifications, and certifications as may be proper and desirable in the administration of this part; (e) establish and maintain records of employees in the County Fire Civil Service System setting forth as to each employee class, title, pay, status, and other relevant data; (f) make necessary and proper reports to the council, the fire chief, or the county executive; (g) apply and carry out this part and the policies and rules adopted under this part; and (h) perform other lawful acts that may be necessary or desirable to carry out the purposes of this part. (3) An executive director shall appoint the members of and act as chair to a County Fire Civil Service Advisory Committee which shall assist the executive director in making recommendations to the county executive regarding County Fire Civil Service System rules and policies. (4) A secretary of a council shall: (a) keep a record of all council meetings, work, and official acts; (b) have custody of the council's books and records; and (c) perform other service as required by the council. (5) Each executive director shall: (a) each December, make an annual report to the county executive and the county legislative body; and (b) make other reports as required by the county executive regarding the activities of the council and County Fire Civil Service System.
Utah Code § 17-63-710 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-63 / § 17-63-710
§ 17-63-710. County permitted to establish Public Land Corner Preservation Fund -- Use of fund -- Fee schedule for filing maps.
Status: in_force

(1) The county legislative body may establish by ordinance a fund to be known as the Public Land Corner Preservation Fund. (2) (a) The county legislative body may by ordinance establish a fee schedule for filing maps in the county surveyor's office of surveys filed under Section 17-73-504, subdivisions, road dedication plats, and other property plats. (b) The county surveyor shall collect a fee authorized under Subsection (2)(a) as described in Section 17-73-104. (c) The county treasurer shall deposit funds received from the county surveyor as described in Section 17-74-501. (d) Money in the Public Land Corner Preservation Fund shall be used by the county surveyor as described in Section 17-73-104.
Utah Code § 17-79-602 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-79 / § 17-79-602
§ 17-79-602. Private maintenance of public access amenities prohibited.
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section: (a) "Public access amenity" means a physical feature like a trail or recreation area that a municipality designates for public access and use. (b) "Retail water line" means the same as that term is defined in Section 11-8-4. (c) "Sewer lateral" means the same as that term is defined in Section 11-8-4. (d) (i) "Water utility" means a main line or other integral part of a sewer or water utility service. (ii) "Water utility" does not include a retail water line or sewer lateral. (2) A county may not require a private individual or entity, including a community association or homeowners association, to maintain and be responsible for a public access amenity or water utility in perpetuity unless: (a) the public access amenity is the property located adjacent to the private property owned by the private individual or entity to the curb line of the street, including park strips and sidewalks; or (b) the private individual or entity agreed to maintain or be responsible for the public access amenity or water utility in perpetuity in a covenant, utility service agreement, development agreement, or other agreement between the county and the private individual or entity.
Utah Code § 17-79-711 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-79 / § 17-79-711
§ 17-79-711. Subdivision amendments.
Status: in_force

(1) (a) A fee owner of a lot, as shown on the last county assessment roll, in a plat that has been laid out and platted as provided in this part may file a petition with the land use authority to request a subdivision amendment. (b) Upon filing a petition to request a subdivision amendment under Subsection (1)(a), the owner shall prepare and, if approved by the land use authority, record a plat in accordance with Section 17-79-703 that: (i) depicts only the portion of the subdivision that is proposed to be amended; (ii) includes a plat name distinguishing the amended plat from the original plat; (iii) describes the differences between the amended plat and the original plat; and (iv) includes references to the original plat. (c) (i) The land use authority shall provide notice of a petition filed under Subsection (1)(a) by mail or email to: (A) each affected entity that provides a service to a property owner of record of the portion of the plat that is being amended; and (B) each property owner of record within the portion of the subdivision that is proposed to be amended. (ii) The notice described in Subsection (1)(c)(i)(B) shall include a deadline by which written objections to the petition are due to the land use authority, but no earlier than 10 calendar days after the day on which the land use authority sends the notice. (d) The land use authority shall hold a public hearing within 45 days after the day on which a petition is filed under Subsection (1)(a) if: (i) any property owner within the subdivision that is proposed to be amended notifies the county of the owner's objection in writing by the deadline for objections, as described in Subsection (1)(c)(ii); or (ii) a county ordinance requires a public hearing if all of the owners within the portion of the subdivision proposed to be amended have not signed the proposed amended plat. (e) A land use authority may approve a petition for subdivision amendment no earlier than: (i) the day after the day on which written objections were due to the land authority, as described in Subsection (1)(c)(ii); or (ii) if a public hearing is required as described in Subsection (1)(d), the day on which the public hearing takes place. (f) A land use authority may not approve a petition for a subdivision amendment under this section unless the amendment identifies and preserves any easements owned by a culinary water authority and sanitary sewer authority for existing facilities located within the subdivision. (2) The public hearing requirement of Subsection (1)(d) does not apply and a land use authority may consider at a public meeting an owner's petition for a subdivision amendment if: (a) the petition seeks to: (i) join two or more of the petitioning fee owner's contiguous lots; (ii) subdivide one or more of the petitioning fee owner's lots, if the subdivision will not result in a violation of a land use ordinance or a development condition; (iii) on a lot owned by the petitioning fee owner, adjust an internal lot restriction imposed by the local political subdivision; or (iv) alter the plat in a manner that does not change existing boundaries or other attributes of lots within the subdivision that are not: (A) owned by the petitioner; or (B) designated as a common area; and (b) notice has been given to adjoining property owners in accordance with any applicable local ordinance. (3) A petition under Subsection (1)(a) that contains a request to amend a public street or county utility easement is also subject to Section 17-79-713. (4) A petition under Subsection (1)(a) that contains a request to amend an entire plat or a portion of a plat shall include: (a) the name and address of each owner of record of the land contained in: (i) the entire plat; or (ii) that portion of the plan described in the petition; and (b) the signature of each owner who consents to the petition. (5) A surveyor preparing an amended plat under this section shall certify that the surveyor: (a) holds a license in accordance with Title 58, Chapter 22, Professional Engineers and Professional Land Surveyors Licensing Act; (b) (i) has completed a survey of the property described on the plat in accordance with Section 17-73-504 and has verified all measurements; (ii) has referenced a record of survey map of the existing property boundaries shown on the plat and verified the locations of the boundaries; or (iii) has referenced the original plat that created the lot boundaries being amended; and (c) has placed monuments as represented on the plat.
Utah Code § 17-79-1009 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-79 / § 17-79-1009
§ 17-79-1009. No district court review until administrative remedies exhausted -- Time for filing -- Tolling of time -- Standards governing court review -- Record on review -- Staying of decision.
Status: in_force

(1) A person may challenge in district court a land use decision if the person has exhausted the person's administrative remedies as provided in this part, if applicable. (2) (a) Subject to Subsection (1), a land use applicant or adversely affected party may file a petition for review of a land use decision with the district court within 30 days after the decision is final. (b) (i) The time under Subsection (2)(a) to file a petition is tolled from the date a property owner files a request for arbitration of a constitutional taking issue with the property rights ombudsman under Section 13-43-204 until 30 days after: (A) the arbitrator issues a final award; or (B) the property rights ombudsman issues a written statement under Subsection 13-43-204(3)(b) declining to arbitrate or to appoint an arbitrator. (ii) A tolling under Subsection (2)(b)(i) operates only as to the specific constitutional taking issue that is the subject of the request for arbitration filed with the property rights ombudsman by a property owner. (iii) A request for arbitration filed with the property rights ombudsman after the time under Subsection (2)(a) to file a petition has expired does not affect the time to file a petition. (3) (a) A court shall: (i) presume that a land use regulation properly enacted under the authority of this chapter is valid; and (ii) determine only whether: (A) the land use regulation is expressly preempted by, or was enacted contrary to, state or federal law; and (B) it is reasonably debatable that the land use regulation is consistent with this chapter. (b) A court shall presume that a final land use decision of a land use authority or an appeal authority is valid unless the land use decision is: (i) arbitrary and capricious; or (ii) illegal. (c) (i) A land use decision is arbitrary and capricious if the land use decision is not supported by substantial evidence in the record. (ii) A land use decision is illegal if the land use decision: (A) is based on an incorrect interpretation of a land use regulation; (B) conflicts with the authority granted by this title; or (C) is contrary to law. (d) (i) A court may affirm or reverse a land use decision. (ii) If the court reverses a land use decision, the court shall remand the matter to the land use authority with instructions to issue a land use decision consistent with the court's decision. (4) The provisions of Subsection (2)(a) apply from the date on which the county takes final action on a land use application, if the county conformed with the notice provisions of Part 2, Notice, or for any person who had actual notice of the pending land use decision. (5) If the county has complied with Section 17-79-205, a challenge to the enactment of a land use regulation, general plan, or specified land use law may not be filed with the district court more than 30 days after the enactment. (6) A challenge to a land use decision is barred unless the challenge is filed within 30 days after the land use decision is final. (7) (a) The land use authority or appeal authority, as the case may be, shall transmit to the reviewing court the record of the proceedings of the land use authority or appeal authority, including the minutes, findings, orders and, if available, a true and correct transcript of the proceedings. (b) If the proceeding was recorded, a transcript of that recording is a true and correct transcript for purposes of this Subsection (7). (8) (a) (i) If there is a record, the district court's review is limited to the record provided by the land use authority or appeal authority, as the case may be. (ii) The court may not accept or consider any evidence outside the record of the land use authority or appeal authority, as the case may be, unless that evidence was offered to the land use authority or appeal authority, respectively, and the court determines that the evidence was improperly excluded. (b) If there is no record, the court may call witnesses and take evidence. (9) (a) The filing of a petition does not stay the land use decision of the land use authority or appeal authority, as the case may be. (b) (i) Before filing a petition under this section or a request for mediation or arbitration of a constitutional taking issue under Section 13-43-204, a land use applicant may petition the appeal authority to stay the appeal authority's decision. (ii) Upon receipt of a petition to stay, the appeal authority may order the appeal authority's decision stayed pending district court review if the appeal authority finds the order to be in the best interest of the county. (iii) After a petition is filed under this section or a request for mediation or arbitration of a constitutional taking issue is filed under Section 13-43-204, the petitioner may seek an injunction staying the appeal authority's land use decision. (10) If the court determines that a party initiated or pursued a challenge to a land use decision on a land use application in bad faith, the court may award attorney fees.
Utah Code § 17-69-202 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-69 / § 17-69-202
§ 17-69-202. Qualifications for a county auditor in a county of the first class.
Status: in_force

(1) In a county of the first class, in addition to the requirements described in Section 17-66-201, an individual filing a declaration of candidacy for the office of county auditor, an individual elected to the office of county auditor, or an interim replacement appointed under Subsection 20A-1-508(3), shall have one or more of the following professional certifications active and in good standing: (a) certified public accountant; (b) certified internal auditor; (c) certified fraud examiner; (d) certified management accountant; or (e) certified information systems auditor. (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to any other position within an auditor's office, except that a chief deputy or other individual filling the vacancy of an elected auditor in a county of the first class may not be appointed as an interim replacement under Subsection 20A-1-508(3) unless the individual meets the qualifications of Subsection (1) and Section 17-66-201.
Utah Code § 17-65-302 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-65 / § 17-65-302
§ 17-65-302. Specific duties.
Status: in_force

Each county executive shall: (1) exercise supervisory control over all functions of the executive branch of county government; (2) direct and organize the management of the county in a manner consistent with state law, county ordinance, and the county's optional plan of county government; (3) (a) carry out programs and policies established by the county legislative body; and (b) ensure that all departments of county government comply with programs and policies established by the county legislative body; (4) faithfully ensure compliance with all applicable laws and county ordinances; (5) exercise supervisory and coordinating control over all departments of county government; (6) except as otherwise vested in the county legislative body by state law or by the optional plan of county government, and subject to Section 17-65-308, appoint, suspend, and remove the directors of all county departments and all appointive officers of boards and commissions; (7) except as otherwise delegated by statute to another county officer, exercise administrative and auditing control over all county funds and assets, tangible and intangible; (8) except as otherwise delegated by statute to another county officer, supervise and direct the county's centralized budgeting, accounting, personnel management, purchasing, and other service functions; (9) conduct planning studies and make recommendations to the county legislative body relating to county government financial, administrative, procedural, and operational plans, programs, and improvements; (10) maintain a continuing review of expenditures and of the effectiveness of county departmental budgetary controls; (11) develop systems and procedures, not inconsistent with statute, for planning, programming, budgeting, and accounting for all county activities; (12) if the county executive is an elected county executive, exercise a power of veto over the county legislative body's legislative enactments, which are defined as county ordinances and budget appropriations, and include an item veto upon budget appropriations, in the manner provided by the optional plan of county government; (13) review, negotiate, approve, and execute contracts for the county, unless otherwise provided by statute; (14) perform all other functions and duties required of the executive by state law, county ordinance, and the optional plan of county government; and (15) sign on behalf of the county all deeds that convey county property.
Utah Code § 17-66-205 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-66 / § 17-66-205
§ 17-66-205. Candidates to comply with conflict of interest disclosures.
Status: in_force

A candidate for county office or local school board office shall comply with the requirements of Section 17-70-304.
Utah Code § 17-66-203 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-66 / § 17-66-203
§ 17-66-203. Business to be finished before expiration of term -- Vacancy in a county office.
Status: in_force

(1) It shall be the duty of all county officers to complete the business of the county officer's respective office to the time of the expiration of the county officer's respective term. (2) If a county officer, at the close of the county officer's term, leaves to the county officer's successor official labor to be performed for which the preceding county officer has received compensation or which it was the preceding county officer's duty to perform, the preceding county officer shall be liable to pay the county the full value of the service. (3) Except as provided in Section 17-68-203, a vacancy in a county office shall be filled as provided in Section 20A-1-508.
Utah Code § 17-76-311 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-76 / § 17-76-311
§ 17-76-311. Vacancies -- Positions requiring special qualifications -- Competition suspended -- Promotion -- Promotion register.
Status: in_force

(1) When there is a vacancy in a position requiring peculiar and exceptional qualifications of a scientific, professional, or expert character, the commission may, after a public hearing and unanimous vote by the commission, suspend competition regarding the position upon satisfactory evidence that: (a) competitive hiring is impracticable; and (b) the position can best be filled by the selection of an individual of recognized attainments. (2) The commission shall report a suspension under Subsection (1) in the commission minutes, together with the reason for suspension. (3) With the exception of an appointment made in accordance with a commission rule adopted under Subsection 17-76-305(1)(b)(i)(H), a department shall fill a supervisor vacancy in the merit system classification by promotion insofar as possible. (4) (a) A department shall make a promotion only after an open competitive examination, admission to which shall be limited to merit system officers. (b) A promotion examination process described in Subsection (4)(a) shall include consideration of the seniority and competence of the merit system officer to perform the duties required in the position for which application is made. (c) The seniority element of the promotion examination may not exceed 40% of the entire examination score. (5) (a) After a promotional examination, the commission shall prepare a promotional eligible appointment register that shall take precedence over any previously existing eligible appointment register. (b) The certified promotional eligible appointment register shall consist of three names for the initial vacancy and one more name for each additional vacancy, ranked in the order of the examination score, beginning with the highest scoring applicant.
Utah Code § 17-60-406 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-60 / § 17-60-406
§ 17-60-406. Officers not to advocate claims -- Right to oppose claims.
Status: in_force

(1) No county officer may, except for the officer's own services, present any claim, account, or demand for allowance against the county or in any way advocate the relief asked in the claim or demand made by any other person. (2) Notwithstanding Subsection (1), a county officer may forward to the county executive a claim made by another and may endorse on the claim the county officer's recommendation to the county executive regarding payment of the claim. (3) Any person may appear before the county executive and oppose the allowance of any claim or demand made against the county.
Utah Code § 17-68-401 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-68 / § 17-68-401
§ 17-68-401. Creation of a prosecution district.
Status: in_force

A county legislative body may, by ordinance, create a countywide prosecution district.
Utah Code § 17-63-704 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-63 / § 17-63-704
§ 17-63-704. Property tax levy -- Amount.
Status: in_force

(1) (a) Before June 22 of each year, the county legislative body shall levy a tax on the taxable real and personal property within the county. (b) In the legislative body's computation of the total levy subject to Sections 59-2-908 and 59-2-911, the legislative body shall determine the requirements for each fund and specify the amount of the levy apportioned to each fund. (2) The proceeds of the tax apportioned for purposes of the county general fund shall be credited in the county general fund. (3) The proceeds of the tax apportioned for utility and other special fund purposes shall be credited to the appropriate accounts in the utility or other special funds. (4) For the first calendar year in which a county imposes a levy under Section 11-46-104, the county shall reduce the levy imposed under this section for general tax purposes by the amount necessary to offset the revenue described in Subsection 11-46-104(5)(c)(ii).
Utah Code § 17-71-407 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-71 / § 17-71-407
§ 17-71-407. Fees -- Fees paid in advance.
Status: in_force

(1) The county recorder may not record any instrument, furnish any copies, or provide any service connected with the office of the county recorder until the relevant fees described in this section or established by county ordinance or resolution have been: (a) paid; or (b) authorized to be paid electronically. (2) A county legislative body may set by ordinance or resolution reasonable fees for the services of the county recorder not described in Subsections (3) and (4), including for: (a) copies of any record or document; and (b) a subscription service described in Subsection (7). (3) (a) Subject to Subsection (3)(b), a county recorder shall charge and receive the following fees: (i) for recording any instrument, not otherwise provided for, other than bonds of public officers, $40; (ii) (A) for recording any instrument, including those provided for under Title 70A, Uniform Commercial Code, other than bonds of public officers, and not otherwise provided for, $40; and (B) if an instrument contains more than 10 descriptions, $2 for each additional description; (iii) for recording mining location notices and affidavits of labor affecting mining claims, $40; (iv) for an affidavit or proof of labor that contains more than 10 mining claims, $2 for each additional mining claim; (v) for redacting personal information in accordance with Section 17-71-406, $5; (vi) for recording any plat, $50 for each sheet and $2 for each lot or unit designation; (vii) for recording any license issued by the Division of Professional Licensing, $40; (viii) for recording a federal tax lien, $40; and (ix) for recording the discharge of a federal tax lien, $40. (b) A county of the second, third, fourth, fifth, or sixth class, as classified under Section 17-60-104, shall charge and receive an additional $5 for each service described in Subsection (3)(a), other than for the additional $2 for each additional description or mining claim as described in Subsections (3)(a)(ii)(B) and (iv), unless the county has a balance in the restricted account into which recording fees are deposited. (4) (a) Each county recorder shall record the mining rules of the several mining districts in each county without a fee. (b) Certified copies of these records shall be received in all tribunals and before all officers of this state as prima facie evidence of the rules. (5) If a county legislative body does not set a different fee by ordinance or resolution for a service, as described in Subsection (2), the county recorder shall charge and receive the following fees: (a) for each certificate under seal, $5; and (b) for taking and certifying acknowledgments, including seal, $5 for one name and $2 for each additional name. (6) A county recorder may not charge more than one recording fee for each instrument, regardless of whether the instrument bears multiple descriptive titles or includes one or more attachments as part of the instrument. (7) A county recorder may provide records or information within records to a requesting entity on a subscription basis. (8) A county recorder may not be required to collect a fee for services that are unrelated to the county recorder's office.
Utah Code § 17-64-501 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-64 / § 17-64-501
§ 17-64-501. Ordinances -- Power to enact -- Penalty for violation.
Status: in_force

(1) A legislative body may: (a) pass ordinances: (i) necessary for carrying into effect or discharging the powers and duties conferred by this title; and (ii) as are necessary and proper to provide for the safety, and preserve the health, promote the prosperity, improve the morals, peace, and good order, comfort, and convenience of the county and county inhabitants, and for the protection of property in the county; (b) enforce obedience to ordinances with fines or penalties as the legislative body considers proper; (c) pass ordinances to control air pollution; (d) pass resolutions; and (e) make or adopt policies that conform with a county ordinance, county resolution, or provision of state or federal law. (2) (a) Except for an ordinance described in Subsection 17-64-502(6), a legislative body shall, before passing an ordinance under Subsection (1), consider the impact the proposed ordinance may have on family health, stability, and formation. (b) Failure to comply with Subsection (2)(a) does not: (i) invalidate an ordinance enacted by the legislative body; or (ii) create a cause of action against the county or the legislative body. (3) (a) (i) Punishment imposed under Subsection (1)(b) shall be by fine, imprisonment, or both fine and imprisonment. (ii) A fine imposed under Subsection (3)(a)(i) may not exceed the maximum fine for a class B misdemeanor under Section 76-3-301. (b) Notwithstanding Subsection (3)(a), a county may not impose a criminal penalty greater than an infraction for a violation pertaining to an individual's pet, as defined in Section 4-12-102, or an individual's use of the individual's residence unless: (i) the violation: (A) is a private nuisance as described in Section 78B-6a-101; and (B) threatens the health, safety, or welfare of the individual or an identifiable third party; or (ii) the county has imposed a fine on the individual for a violation that involves the same residence or pet on three previous occasions within the past 12 months. (c) Subsection (3)(b) does not apply to county enforcement of a building code or fire code ordinance in accordance with Title 15A, State Construction and Fire Codes Act. (d) When a penalty for a violation of an ordinance includes any possibility of imprisonment, the legislative body shall include in the ordinance a statement that the county is required, under Section 78B-22-301, to provide for indigent defense services, as that term is defined in Section 78B-22-102. (e) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the following may issue a criminal citation for a violation that is punished as a misdemeanor if the violation threatens the health and safety of an animal or the public: (i) a fire officer described in Section 53-7-102; (ii) a law enforcement officer described in Section 53-13-103; or (iii) an animal control officer described in Section 11-46-102. (4) (a) Except as specifically authorized by statute, the legislative body may not impose a civil penalty for the violation of a county traffic ordinance. (b) Subsection (4)(a) does not apply to an ordinance regulating the parking of vehicles on a highway. (5) A county may not issue more than one infraction within a 14-day period for a violation described in Subsection (3)(b) that is ongoing.
Utah Code § 17-76-502 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-76 / § 17-76-502
§ 17-76-502. County fire civil service councils created.
Status: in_force

(1) There is created in each of the counties of this state having and maintaining a regularly organized fire department in which there are regularly employed four or more paid firefighters, a county fire civil service council consisting of three members to be appointed by the county executive. (2) Each member of the council shall serve for a term of three years except that the county executive shall appoint the original council members as follows: (a) one member for a period of one year; (b) one member for a period of two years; and (c) one member for a period of three years.
Utah Code § 17-66-206 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-66 / § 17-66-206
§ 17-66-206. Qualifications not exhaustive.
Status: in_force

The qualifications for a county office described in this part are not exhaustive.
Utah Code § 17-78-803 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-78 / § 17-78-803
§ 17-78-803. Appointment of directors -- Terms -- Removal of directors -- Vacancies.
Status: in_force

(1) A planetarium director shall be appointed for a three-year term, or until the director's successor is appointed. (2) Initially, appointments shall be made for one-, two-, and three-year terms. (3) Annually thereafter, the county executive, with the advice and consent of the county legislative body shall, before the first day of July of each year, appoint for a three-year term, directors to take the place of the retiring directors. (4) Directors shall serve not more than two full terms in succession. (5) Following appointments, the directors shall meet and select a chair and any other officers, as the directors determine necessary, for one-year terms. (6) The county executive may remove any director for misconduct or neglect of duty. (7) Vacancies in the board of directors, occasioned by removals, resignations, or otherwise, shall be filled for the unexpired terms in the same manner as original appointments.
Utah Code § 17-72-504 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-72 / § 17-72-504
§ 17-72-504. Service of process on prisoners -- Penalty.
Status: in_force

(1) A sheriff who receives a paper in a judicial proceeding directed to a prisoner in the sheriff's custody shall forthwith deliver the paper to the prisoner, with a note of the time of the paper's service. (2) A sheriff who neglects to comply with Subsection (1) is liable to the prisoner for all damages occasioned by that neglect.
Utah Code § 17-63-401 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-63 / § 17-63-401
§ 17-63-401. Budget appropriation reduction.
Status: in_force

(1) A county governing body may reduce a budget appropriation for any department for any purpose other than to transfer funds to another department by resolution, if: (a) five days' notice of the proposed reduction is given to all members of the governing body and to the director of the affected department; and (b) the director of the affected department is permitted to be heard on the proposed reduction. (2) The notice requirements of Subsection (1) may be waived in writing by the affected department or by any member of the governing body.
Utah Code § 17-72-401 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-72 / § 17-72-401
§ 17-72-401. County jails -- Sheriff as keeper -- Contracting with private contractor.
Status: in_force

(1) The county jail shall be kept by the sheriff and shall be used for: (a) the detention of an individual committed to jail to secure the individual's attendance as a witness in a criminal case; (b) the detention of prisoners charged with crime and committed for trial; (c) the confinement of prisoners committed for contempt, or upon civil process, or by other authority of law; and (d) the confinement of inmates sentenced to imprisonment upon conviction of crime. (2) If the county executive contracts with a private contractor to manage, maintain, operate, or construct county jail facilities, the sheriff shall perform whatever obligations are imposed upon the sheriff by that contract.
Utah Code § 17-72-506 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-72 / § 17-72-506
§ 17-72-506. Prisoners under civil process.
Status: in_force

(1) Whenever an individual is committed upon process in a civil action or proceeding, except when the state is a party thereto, the sheriff is not bound: (a) to receive the individual unless security is given on the part of the party at whose instance the process is issued, by deposit of money, to meet the expenses of necessary food, clothing, and bedding for the committed person; or (b) to detain the individual for any longer than the expenses described in Subsection (1)(a) are provided for. (2) This section does not apply to cases where a party is committed as a punishment for disobedience to the mandates, process, writs or orders of court.
Utah Code § 17-80-302 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-80 / § 17-80-302
§ 17-80-302. Manufactured homes.
Status: in_force

(1) For purposes of this section, a manufactured home means the same as that term is defined in Section 15A-1-302, except that the manufactured home shall be attached to a permanent foundation in accordance with plans providing for vertical loads, uplift, and lateral forces and frost protection in compliance with the applicable building code. All appendages, including carports, garages, storage buildings, additions, or alterations shall be built in compliance with the applicable building code. (2) A manufactured home may not be excluded from any land use zone or area in which a single-family residence would be permitted, provided the manufactured home complies with all local land use ordinances, building codes, and any restrictive covenants, applicable to a single-family residence within that zone or area. (3) A county may not: (a) adopt or enforce an ordinance or regulation that treats a proposed development that includes manufactured homes differently than one that does not include manufactured homes; or (b) reject a development plan based on the fact that the development is expected to contain manufactured homes.
Utah Code § 17-79-612 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-79 / § 17-79-612
§ 17-79-612. Utility service connections.
Status: in_force

(1) A county may not enact an ordinance, a resolution, or a policy that prohibits, or has the effect of prohibiting, the connection or reconnection of an energy utility service provided by a public utility as that term is defined in Section 54-2-1. (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to: (a) an incentive offered by a county; or (b) a building owned by a county.
Utah Code § 17-80-202 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-80 / § 17-80-202
§ 17-80-202. Moderate income housing report -- Contents -- Prioritization for funds or projects -- Ineligibility for funds after noncompliance -- Civil actions.
Status: in_force

7/1/2026 (1) (a) The legislative body of a specified county shall annually submit an initial report to the division. (b) (i) This Subsection (1)(b) applies to a county that is not a specified county as of January 1, 2023. (ii) As of January 1, if a county changes from one class to another or grows in population to qualify as a specified county, the county shall submit an initial plan to the division on or before August 1 of the first calendar year beginning on January 1 in which the county qualifies as a specified county. (c) The initial report shall: (i) identify each moderate income housing strategy selected by the specified county for continued, ongoing, or one-time implementation, using the exact language used to describe the moderate income housing strategy; and (ii) include an implementation plan. (d) For reporting year 2026: (i) a specified county complies with the reporting requirements described in this section if the specified county satisfied the reporting requirements in 2025; and (ii) a specified county qualifies for priority consideration under Subsection (5)(a) if the specified county qualified for priority consideration in 2025. (2) (a) After the division approves a specified county's initial report under this section, the specified county shall, as an administrative act, annually submit to the division a subsequent progress report on or before August 1 of each year after the year in which the specified county is required to submit the initial report. (b) The subsequent progress report shall include: (i) subject to Subsection (2)(c), a description of each action, whether one-time or ongoing, taken by the specified county during the previous 12-month period to implement the moderate income housing strategies identified in the initial report for implementation; (ii) a description of each land use regulation or land use decision made by the specified county during the previous 12-month period to implement the moderate income housing strategies, including an explanation of how the land use regulation or land use decision supports the specified county's efforts to implement the moderate income housing strategies; (iii) a description of any barriers encountered by the specified county in the previous 12-month period in implementing the moderate income housing strategies; (iv) the number of residential dwelling units that have been entitled that have not received a building permit as of the submission date of the progress report; (v) shapefiles, or website links if shapefiles are not available, to current maps and tables related to zoning; (vi) information regarding the number of internal and external or detached accessory dwelling units located within the specified county for which the specified county: (A) issued a building permit to construct; or (B) issued a business license or comparable license or permit to rent; (vii) a description of how the market has responded to the selected moderate income housing strategies, including the number of entitled moderate income housing units or other relevant data; and (viii) any recommendations on how the state can support the specified county in implementing the moderate income housing strategies. (c) For purposes of describing actions taken by a specified county under Subsection (2)(b)(i), the specified county may include an ongoing action taken by the specified county before the 12-month reporting period applicable to the subsequent progress report if the specified county: (i) has already adopted an ordinance, approved a land use application, made an investment, or approved an agreement or financing that substantially promotes the implementation of a moderate income housing strategy identified in the initial report; and (ii) demonstrates in the subsequent progress report that the action taken under Subsection (2)(b)(i) is relevant to making meaningful progress towards the specified county's implementation plan. (d) A specified county's report shall be in a form: (i) approved by the division; and (ii) made available by the division on or before May 1 of the year in which the report is required. (3) Within 90 days after the day on which the division receives a specified county's report, the division shall: (a) post the report on the division's website; (b) send a copy of the report to the Department of Transportation, the Governor's Office of Planning and Budget, the association of governments in which the specified county is located, and, if the unincorporated area of the specified county is located within the boundaries of a metropolitan planning organization, the appropriate metropolitan planning organization; and (c) subject to Subsection (4), review the report to determine compliance with this section. (4) (a) An initial report complies with this section if the report: (i) includes the information required under Subsection (1)(c); (ii) demonstrates to the division that the specified county made plans to implement three or more moderate income housing strategies described in Subsections 17-80-201(3)(a)(ii)(A) through (V) or at least one moderate income housing strategy described in Subsections 17-80-201(3)(a)(ii)(W) through (BB); and (iii) is in a form approved by the division. (b) A subsequent progress report complies with this section if the report: (i) demonstrates to the division that the specified county made plans to implement or is implementing three or more moderate income housing strategies described in Subsections 17-80-201(3)(a)(ii)(A) though (V) or at least one moderate income housing strategy described in Subsections 17-80-201(3)(a)(ii)(W) through (BB); (ii) is in a form approved by the division; and (iii) provides sufficient information for the division to: (A) assess the specified county's progress in implementing the moderate income housing strategies; (B) monitor compliance with the specified county's implementation plan; (C) identify a clear correlation between the specified county's land use decisions and efforts to implement the moderate income housing strategies; (D) identify how the market has responded to the specified county's selected moderate income housing strategies; and (E) identify any barriers encountered by the specified county in implementing the selected moderate income housing strategies. (c) If a specified county initial report or subsequent progress report demonstrates the county plans to implement or is implementing at least one moderate income housing strategy described in Subsections 17-80-201(3)(a)(ii)(W) through (BB), the division shall also consider the specified county compliant with the reporting requirement described in this section for: (i) the year in which the specified county submits the report; and (ii) two subsequent reporting years. (5) (a) A specified county qualifies for priority consideration under this Subsection (5) if the specified county's report: (i) complies with this section; and (ii) demonstrates to the division that the specified county made plans to implement five or more moderate income housing strategies. (b) The Transportation Commission may, in accordance with Subsection 72-1-304(3)(c), give priority consideration to transportation projects located within the unincorporated areas of a specified county described in Subsection (5)(a) until the Department of Transportation receives notice from the division under Subsection (5)(e). (c) Upon determining that a specified county qualifies for priority consideration under this Subsection (5), the division shall send a notice of prioritization to the legislative body of the specified county and the Department of Transportation. (d) The notice described in Subsection (5)(c) shall: (i) name the specified county that qualifies for priority consideration; (ii) describe the funds or projects for which the specified county qualifies to receive priority consideration; and (iii) state the basis for the division's determination that the specified county qualifies for priority consideration. (e) The division shall notify the legislative body of a specified county and the Department of Transportation in writing if the division determines that the specified county no longer qualifies for priority consideration under this Subsection (5). (6) (a) If the division, after reviewing a specified county's report, determines that the report does not comply with this section, the division shall send a notice of noncompliance to the legislative body of the specified county. (b) A specified county that receives a notice of noncompliance may: (i) cure each deficiency in the report within 90 days after the day on which the notice of noncompliance is sent; or (ii) request an appeal of the division's determination of noncompliance within 10 days after the day on which the notice of noncompliance is sent. (c) The notice described in Subsection (6)(a) shall: (i) describe each deficiency in the report and the actions needed to cure each deficiency; (ii) state that the specified county has an opportunity to: (A) submit to the division a corrected report that cures each deficiency in the report within 90 days after the day on which the notice of noncompliance is sent; or (B) submit to the division a request for an appeal of the division's determination of noncompliance within 10 days after the day on which the notice of noncompliance is sent; and (iii) state that failure to take action under Subsection (6)(c)(ii) will result in the specified county's ineligibility for funds and fees owed under Subsection (8). (d) For purposes of curing the deficiencies in a report under this Subsection (6), if the action needed to cure the deficiency as described by the division requires the specified county to make a legislative change, the specified county may cure the deficiency by making that legislative change within the 90-day cure period. (e) (i) If a specified county submits to the division a corrected report in accordance with Subsection (6)(b)(i), and the division determines that the corrected report does not comply with this section, the division shall send a second notice of noncompliance to the legislative body of the specified county. (ii) A specified county that receives a second notice of noncompliance may request an appeal of the division's determination of noncompliance within 10 days after the day on which the second notice of noncompliance is sent. (iii) The notice described in Subsection (6)(e)(i) shall: (A) state that the specified county has an opportunity to submit to the division a request for an appeal of the division's determination of noncompliance within 10 days after the day on which the second notice of noncompliance is sent; and (B) state that failure to take action under Subsection (6)(e)(iii)(A) will result in the specified county's ineligibility for funds under Subsection (8). (7) (a) A specified county that receives a notice of noncompliance under Subsection (6)(a) or (6)(e)(i) may request an appeal of the division's determination of noncompliance within 10 days after the day on which the notice of noncompliance is sent. (b) Within 90 days after the day on which the division receives a request for an appeal, an appeal board consisting of the following three members shall review and issue a written decision on the appeal: (i) one individual appointed by the Utah Association of Counties; (ii) one individual appointed by the Utah Homebuilders Association; and (iii) one individual appointed by the presiding member of the association of governments, established in accordance with an interlocal agreement under Title 11, Chapter 13, Interlocal Cooperation Act, of which the specified county is a member. (c) The written decision of the appeal board shall either uphold or reverse the division's determination of noncompliance. (d) The appeal board's written decision on the appeal is final. (8) (a) A specified county is ineligible for funds and owes a fee under this Subsection (8) if: (i) the specified county fails to submit a report to the division; (ii) after submitting a report to the division, the division determines that the report does not comply with this section and the specified county fails to: (A) cure each deficiency in the report within 90 days after the day on which the notice of noncompliance is sent; or (B) request an appeal of the division's determination of noncompliance within 10 days after the day on which the notice of noncompliance is sent; (iii) after submitting to the division a corrected report to cure the deficiencies in a previously submitted report, the division determines that the corrected report does not comply with this section and the specified county fails to request an appeal of the division's determination of noncompliance within 10 days after the day on which the second notice of noncompliance is sent; or (iv) after submitting a request for an appeal under Subsection (7), the appeal board issues a written decision upholding the division's determination of noncompliance. (b) The following apply to a specified county described in Subsection (8)(a) until the division provides notice under Subsection (8)(e): (i) the executive director of the Department of Transportation may not program funds from the Transportation Investment Fund of 2005, including the Transit Transportation Investment Fund, to projects located within the unincorporated areas of the specified county in accordance with Subsection 72-2-124(6); (ii) beginning with the report submitted in 2024, the specified county shall pay a fee to the Olene Walker Housing Loan Fund in the amount of $250 per day that the specified county: (A) fails to submit the report to the division in accordance with this section, beginning the day after the day on which the report was due; or (B) fails to cure the deficiencies in the report, beginning the day after the day by which the cure was required to occur as described in the notice of noncompliance under Subsection (6); and (iii) beginning with the report submitted in 2025, the specified county shall pay a fee to the Olene Walker Housing Loan Fund in the amount of $500 per day that the specified county, for a consecutive year: (A) fails to submit the report to the division in accordance with this section, beginning the day after the day on which the report was due; or (B) fails to cure the deficiencies in the report, beginning the day after the day by which the cure was required to occur as described in the notice of noncompliance under Subsection (6). (c) Upon determining that a specified county is ineligible for funds under this Subsection (8), and is required to pay a fee under Subsection (8)(b), if applicable, the division shall send a notice of ineligibility to the legislative body of the specified county, the Department of Transportation, the State Tax Commission, and the Governor's Office of Planning and Budget. (d) The notice described in Subsection (8)(c) shall: (i) name the specified county that is ineligible for funds; (ii) describe the funds for which the specified county is ineligible to receive; (iii) describe the fee the specified county is required to pay under Subsection (8)(b), if applicable; and (iv) state the basis for the division's determination that the specified county is ineligible for funds. (e) The division shall notify the legislative body of a specified county and the Department of Transportation in writing if the division determines that the provisions of this Subsection (8) no longer apply to the specified county. (f) The division may not determine that a specified county that is required to pay a fee under Subsection (8)(b) is in compliance with the reporting requirements of this section until the specified county pays all outstanding fees required under Subsection (8)(b) to the Olene Walker Housing Loan Fund, created in Section 63N-24-302. (9) In a civil action seeking enforcement or claiming a violation of this section or of Subsection 17-79-404(5)(c), a plaintiff may not recover damages but may be awarded only injunctive or other equitable relief.7/1/2026 (1) (a) The legislative body of a specified county shall annually submit an initial report to the division. (b) (i) This Subsection (1)(b) applies to a county that is not a specified county as of January 1, 2023. (ii) As of January 1, if a county changes from one class to another or grows in population to qualify as a specified county, the county shall submit an initial plan to the division on or before August 1 of the first calendar year beginning on January 1 in which the county qualifies as a specified county. (c) The initial report shall: (i) identify each moderate income housing strategy selected by the specified county for continued, ongoing, or one-time implementation, using the exact language used to describe the moderate income housing strategy; and (ii) include an implementation plan. (d) For reporting year 2026: (i) a specified county complies with the reporting requirements described in this section if the specified county satisfied the reporting requirements in 2025; and (ii) a specified county qualifies for priority consideration under Subsection (5)(a) if the specified county qualified for priority consideration in 2025. (2) (a) After the division approves a specified county's initial report under this section, the specified county shall, as an administrative act, annually submit to the division a subsequent progress report on or before August 1 of each year after the year in which the specified county is required to submit the initial report. (b) The subsequent progress report shall include: (i) subject to Subsection (2)(c), a description of each action, whether one-time or ongoing, taken by the specified county during the previous 12-month period to implement the moderate income housing strategies identified in the initial report for implementation; (ii) a description of each land use regulation or land use decision made by the specified county during the previous 12-month period to implement the moderate income housing strategies, including an explanation of how the land use regulation or land use decision supports the specified county's efforts to implement the moderate income housing strategies; (iii) a description of any barriers encountered by the specified county in the previous 12-month period in implementing the moderate income housing strategies; (iv) the number of residential dwelling units that have been entitled that have not received a building permit as of the submission date of the progress report; (v) shapefiles, or website links if shapefiles are not available, to current maps and tables related to zoning; (vi) information regarding the number of internal and external or detached accessory dwelling units located within the specified county for which the specified county: (A) issued a building permit to construct; or (B) issued a business license or comparable license or permit to rent; (vii) a description of how the market has responded to the selected moderate income housing strategies, including the number of entitled moderate income housing units or other relevant data; and (viii) any recommendations on how the state can support the specified county in implementing the moderate income housing strategies. (c) For purposes of describing actions taken by a specified county under Subsection (2)(b)(i), the specified county may include an ongoing action taken by the specified county before the 12-month reporting period applicable to the subsequent progress report if the specified county: (i) has already adopted an ordinance, approved a land use application, made an investment, or approved an agreement or financing that substantially promotes the implementation of a moderate income housing strategy identified in the initial report; and (ii) demonstrates in the subsequent progress report that the action taken under Subsection (2)(b)(i) is relevant to making meaningful progress towards the specified county's implementation plan. (d) A specified county's report shall be in a form: (i) approved by the division; and (ii) made available by the division on or before May 1 of the year in which the report is required. (3) Within 90 days after the day on which the division receives a specified county's report, the division shall: (a) post the report on the division's website; (b) send a copy of the report to the Department of Transportation, the Governor's Office of Planning and Budget, the association of governments in which the specified county is located, and, if the unincorporated area of the specified county is located within the boundaries of a metropolitan planning organization, the appropriate metropolitan planning organization; and (c) subject to Subsection (4), review the report to determine compliance with this section. (4) (a) An initial report complies with this section if the report: (i) includes the information required under Subsection (1)(c); (ii) demonstrates to the division that the specified county made plans to implement three or more moderate income housing strategies described in Subsections 17-80-201(3)(a)(ii)(A) through (V) or at least one moderate income housing strategy described in Subsections 17-80-201(3)(a)(ii)(W) through (BB); and (iii) is in a form approved by the division. (b) A subsequent progress report complies with this section if the report: (i) demonstrates to the division that the specified county made plans to implement or is implementing three or more moderate income housing strategies described in Subsections 17-80-201(3)(a)(ii)(A) though (V) or at least one moderate income housing strategy described in Subsections 17-80-201(3)(a)(ii)(W) through (BB); (ii) is in a form approved by the division; and (iii) provides sufficient information for the division to: (A) assess the specified county's progress in implementing the moderate income housing strategies; (B) monitor compliance with the specified county's implementation plan; (C) identify a clear correlation between the specified county's land use decisions and efforts to implement the moderate income housing strategies; (D) identify how the market has responded to the specified county's selected moderate income housing strategies; and (E) identify any barriers encountered by the specified county in implementing the selected moderate income housing strategies. (c) If a specified county initial report or subsequent progress report demonstrates the county plans to implement or is implementing at least one moderate income housing strategy described in Subsections 17-80-201(3)(a)(ii)(W) through (BB), the division shall also consider the specified county compliant with the reporting requirement described in this section for: (i) the year in which the specified county submits the report; and (ii) two subsequent reporting years. (5) (a) A specified county qualifies for priority consideration under this Subsection (5) if the specified county's report: (i) complies with this section; and (ii) demonstrates to the division that the specified county made plans to implement five or more moderate income housing strategies. (b) The Transportation Commission may, in accordance with Subsection 72-1-304(3)(c), give priority consideration to transportation projects located within the unincorporated areas of a specified county described in Subsection (5)(a) until the Department of Transportation receives notice from the division under Subsection (5)(e). (c) Upon determining that a specified county qualifies for priority consideration under this Subsection (5), the division shall send a notice of prioritization to the legislative body of the specified county and the Department of Transportation. (d) The notice described in Subsection (5)(c) shall: (i) name the specified county that qualifies for priority consideration; (ii) describe the funds or projects for which the specified county qualifies to receive priority consideration; and (iii) state the basis for the division's determination that the specified county qualifies for priority consideration. (e) The division shall notify the legislative body of a specified county and the Department of Transportation in writing if the division determines that the specified county no longer qualifies for priority consideration under this Subsection (5). (6) (a) If the division, after reviewing a specified county's report, determines that the report does not comply with this section, the division shall send a notice of noncompliance to the legislative body of the specified county. (b) A specified county that receives a notice of noncompliance may: (i) cure each deficiency in the report within 90 days after the day on which the notice of noncompliance is sent; or (ii) request an appeal of the division's determination of noncompliance within 10 days after the day on which the notice of noncompliance is sent. (c) The notice described in Subsection (6)(a) shall: (i) describe each deficiency in the report and the actions needed to cure each deficiency; (ii) state that the specified county has an opportunity to: (A) submit to the division a corrected report that cures each deficiency in the report within 90 days after the day on which the notice of noncompliance is sent; or (B) submit to the division a request for an appeal of the division's determination of noncompliance within 10 days after the day on which the notice of noncompliance is sent; and (iii) state that failure to take action under Subsection (6)(c)(ii) will result in the specified county's ineligibility for funds and fees owed under Subsection (8). (d) For purposes of curing the deficiencies in a report under this Subsection (6), if the action needed to cure the deficiency as described by the division requires the specified county to make a legislative change, the specified county may cure the deficiency by making that legislative change within the 90-day cure period. (e) (i) If a specified county submits to the division a corrected report in accordance with Subsection (6)(b)(i), and the division determines that the corrected report does not comply with this section, the division shall send a second notice of noncompliance to the legislative body of the specified county. (ii) A specified county that receives a second notice of noncompliance may request an appeal of the division's determination of noncompliance within 10 days after the day on which the second notice of noncompliance is sent. (iii) The notice described in Subsection (6)(e)(i) shall: (A) state that the specified county has an opportunity to submit to the division a request for an appeal of the division's determination of noncompliance within 10 days after the day on which the second notice of noncompliance is sent; and (B) state that failure to take action under Subsection (6)(e)(iii)(A) will result in the specified county's ineligibility for funds under Subsection (8). (7) (a) A specified county that receives a notice of noncompliance under Subsection (6)(a) or (6)(e)(i) may request an appeal of the division's determination of noncompliance within 10 days after the day on which the notice of noncompliance is sent. (b) Within 90 days after the day on which the division receives a request for an appeal, an appeal board consisting of the following three members shall review and issue a written decision on the appeal: (i) one individual appointed by the Utah Association of Counties; (ii) one individual appointed by the Utah Homebuilders Association; and (iii) one individual appointed by the presiding member of the association of governments, established in accordance with an interlocal agreement under Title 11, Chapter 13, Interlocal Cooperation Act, of which the specified county is a member. (c) The written decision of the appeal board shall either uphold or reverse the division's determination of noncompliance. (d) The appeal board's written decision on the appeal is final. (8) (a) A specified county is ineligible for funds and owes a fee under this Subsection (8) if: (i) the specified county fails to submit a report to the division; (ii) after submitting a report to the division, the division determines that the report does not comply with this section and the specified county fails to: (A) cure each deficiency in the report within 90 days after the day on which the notice of noncompliance is sent; or (B) request an appeal of the division's determination of noncompliance within 10 days after the day on which the notice of noncompliance is sent; (iii) after submitting to the division a corrected report to cure the deficiencies in a previously submitted report, the division determines that the corrected report does not comply with this section and the specified county fails to request an appeal of the division's determination of noncompliance within 10 days after the day on which the second notice of noncompliance is sent; or (iv) after submitting a request for an appeal under Subsection (7), the appeal board issues a written decision upholding the division's determination of noncompliance. (b) The following apply to a specified county described in Subsection (8)(a) until the division provides notice under Subsection (8)(e): (i) the executive director of the Department of Transportation may not program funds from the Transportation Investment Fund of 2005, including the Transit Transportation Investment Fund, to projects located within the unincorporated areas of the specified county in accordance with Subsection 72-2-124(6); (ii) beginning with the report submitted in 2024, the specified county shall pay a fee to the Olene Walker Housing Loan Fund in the amount of $250 per day that the specified county: (A) fails to submit the report to the division in accordance with this section, beginning the day after the day on which the report was due; or (B) fails to cure the deficiencies in the report, beginning the day after the day by which the cure was required to occur as described in the notice of noncompliance under Subsection (6); and (iii) beginning with the report submitted in 2025, the specified county shall pay a fee to the Olene Walker Housing Loan Fund in the amount of $500 per day that the specified county, for a consecutive year: (A) fails to submit the report to the division in accordance with this section, beginning the day after the day on which the report was due; or (B) fails to cure the deficiencies in the report, beginning the day after the day by which the cure was required to occur as described in the notice of noncompliance under Subsection (6). (c) Upon determining that a specified county is ineligible for funds under this Subsection (8), and is required to pay a fee under Subsection (8)(b), if applicable, the division shall send a notice of ineligibility to the legislative body of the specified county, the Department of Transportation, the State Tax Commission, and the Governor's Office of Planning and Budget. (d) The notice described in Subsection (8)(c) shall: (i) name the specified county that is ineligible for funds; (ii) describe the funds for which the specified county is ineligible to receive; (iii) describe the fee the specified county is required to pay under Subsection (8)(b), if applicable; and (iv) state the basis for the division's determination that the specified county is ineligible for funds. (e) The division shall notify the legislative body of a specified county and the Department of Transportation in writing if the division determines that the provisions of this Subsection (8) no longer apply to the specified county. (f) The division may not determine that a specified county that is required to pay a fee under Subsection (8)(b) is in compliance with the reporting requirements of this section until the specified county pays all outstanding fees required under Subsection (8)(b) to the Olene Walker Housing Loan Fund, created in Section 63N-24-302. (9) In a civil action seeking enforcement or claiming a violation of this section or of Subsection 17-79-404(5)(c), a plaintiff may not recover damages but may be awarded only injunctive or other equitable relief.
Utah Code § 17-60-101 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-60 / § 17-60-101
§ 17-60-101. Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this title: (1) "County" means a unit of local government that is a body corporate and politic and a legal subdivision of the state, with: (a) geographic boundaries as described in Section 17-61-102; and (b) powers as provided in Part 2, County Powers Generally. (2) "Executive," when used to describe the powers, duties, or functions of an individual or body elected as the county executive or an individual appointed as the county manager, refers to: (a) the power and duty to carry laws and ordinances into effect and secure the due observance of laws and ordinances; and (b) those powers, duties, and functions that, under constitutional and statutory provisions and through long usage and accepted practice and custom at the federal and state level, have come to be regarded as belonging to the executive branch of government. (3) "Legislative," when used to describe the powers, duties, or functions of a county commission or county council, refers to: (a) the power and duty to enact ordinances, levy taxes, and establish budgets; and (b) those powers, duties, and functions that, under constitutional and statutory provisions and through long usage and accepted practice and custom at the federal and state level, have come to be regarded as belonging to the legislative branch of government. (4) "Voter" means an individual who is registered to vote in this state.
Utah Code § 17-75-302 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-75 / § 17-75-302
§ 17-75-302. Bereavement leave following miscarriage or stillbirth.
Status: in_force

Personnel rules shall provide for at least three work days of paid bereavement leave for a county employee: (1) following the end of the county employee's pregnancy by way of miscarriage or stillbirth; or (2) following the end of another individual's pregnancy by way of a miscarriage or stillbirth, if: (a) the county employee is the individual's spouse or partner; (b) (i) the county employee is the individual's former spouse or partner; and (ii) the county employee would have been a biological parent of a child born as a result of the pregnancy; (c) the county employee provides documentation to show that the individual intended for the employee to be an adoptive parent, as that term is defined in Section 81-13-101, of a child born as a result of the pregnancy; or (d) under a valid gestational agreement in accordance with Title 81, Chapter 5, Part 8, Gestational Agreement, the county employee would have been a parent of a child born as a result of the pregnancy.
Utah Code § 17-63-707 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-63 / § 17-63-707
§ 17-63-707. Fees for services -- Exceptions.
Status: in_force

The legislative body of each county shall adopt an ordinance or resolution that establishes fees for services provided by each county officer, except: (1) fees for the recorder described in Chapter 71, County Recorder; (2) fees for the county sheriff described in Chapter 72, County Sheriff; (3) fees for county constables described in Chapter 78, Part 6, Constables; and (4) fees established by statute.
Utah Code § 17-68-303 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-68 / § 17-68-303
§ 17-68-303. District attorney powers and functions.
Status: in_force

In a county that is located within a prosecution district, the district attorney: (1) is a public prosecutor for the county; and (2) shall perform each public prosecutor duty in accordance with this chapter or as otherwise required by law.
Utah Code § 17-61-403 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-61 / § 17-61-403
§ 17-61-403. County seat, selection by election -- First officers -- Election.
Status: in_force

(1) When a new county is created under the provisions of this chapter, the county legislative body of the seceding county from which the greatest portion of territory is taken to create the new county shall provide for an election to: (a) select a county seat for the new county; and (b) elect officers for the new county. (2) If a new county is created during a year when no general election is scheduled to be held, the seceding county from which the greatest portion of territory was taken shall call a special election to select a county seat and county officers for the new county: (a) to be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November following; and (b) to be conducted under the laws providing for general elections. (3) The county clerk of the seceding county from which the greatest portion of territory is taken shall ensure that only voters who are residents of the new county vote in an election or special election described in this section. (4) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (4)(c), in an election or special election to select a county seat for the new county, the county clerk of the seceding county described in Subsection (2) shall: (i) list all cities and towns located in the new county on a ballot for a new county seat; or (ii) list the five most populous cities and towns located in the new county, if there are at least five cities and towns located in the new county, on a ballot for a new county seat. (b) The city or town in the new county receiving the largest number of votes for designation as county seat shall be the county seat of the new county. (c) If the county seat of a seceding county is included in the new county created under this part: (i) the county seat of the seceding county shall be the county seat of the new county; and (ii) a new county seat of the seceding county shall be chosen in accordance with the requirements of Utah Constitution, Article XI, Section 2. (5) In an election for county officers for the new county, the county clerk of the seceding county described in Subsection (2) shall: (a) accept candidates for county officers for the new county in the same manner as described in Title 20A, Election Code; and (b) ensure that all candidates who meet the requirements established by law for county office are listed on the ballot for the election or special election of county officers for the new county. (6) The new county shall reimburse the seceding county described in Subsection (2) for the expenses of an election or special election held under this section within one year from the day on which the election or special election is held.
Utah Code § 17-62-502 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-62 / § 17-62-502
§ 17-62-502. Voter information pamphlet.
Status: in_force

(1) In anticipation of an election under Section 17-62-501, the county clerk shall prepare a voter information pamphlet to inform the public of the proposed optional plan in accordance with the provisions of Title 20A, Chapter 7, Part 7, Voter Information Pamphlet. (2) In preparing a voter information pamphlet under this section, the county clerk shall: (a) allow proponents and opponents of the proposed optional plan to provide written statements to be included in the pamphlet; and (b) ensure each written statement described in Subsection (2)(a) is printed in the same font style and point size. (3) A county clerk shall cause the publication and distribution of the pamphlet in a manner that the county clerk determines is adequate.
Utah Code § 17-63-303 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-63 / § 17-63-303
§ 17-63-303. Preparation of tentative budget.
Status: in_force

(1) (a) On or before November 1, the finance officer shall prepare for the next budget period and file with the governing body a tentative budget for each fund for which a budget is required. (b) During the preparation of a tentative budget described in Subsection (1)(a), the following may participate in the creation of the tentative budget: (i) for a county commission or expanded county commission form of county government, the county commission; (ii) for a county executive-council form of county government, the county council and the county executive; and (iii) for a council-manager form of county government, the county council and the county manager. (2) (a) A department for which county funds are appropriated shall file with the finance officer not less than three months before the commencement of each fiscal year on forms furnished by the finance officer a detailed estimate and statement of the revenue and necessary expenditures of the department for the next budget year. (b) The estimate and statement described in Subsection (2)(a) shall include: (i) the number of persons to be regularly employed; (ii) the kinds of service the department will perform; (iii) the salaries and wages the department expects to pay; (iv) the kind of work the department will perform and the improvements the department expects to make; and (v) the estimated cost of the service, work, and improvements. (c) The finance officer shall make the estimate and statement described in Subsection (2)(a) available to: (i) for a county commission or expanded county commission form of county government, the county commission; (ii) for a county executive-council form of county government, the county council and the county executive; and (iii) for a council-manager form of county government, the county council and the county manager. (d) The statement shall also record performance data expressed in work units, unit costs, personnel hours, and personnel years sufficient in detail, content, and scope to permit the finance officer to prepare and process the county budget. (3) In the preparation of the budget, the finance officer and all other county officers are subject to the provisions of this chapter and the uniform system of fiscal procedures established under Section 17E-2-401. (4) In the tentative budget, the finance officer shall set forth in tabular form: (a) actual revenues and expenditures in the last completed fiscal period; (b) estimated total revenues and expenditures for the current fiscal period; (c) the estimated available revenues and expenditures for the ensuing budget period computed by determining: (i) the estimated expenditure for each fund after review of each departmental budget request; and (ii) the total revenue requirements of the fund, including: (A) the part of the total revenue that will be derived from revenue sources other than property tax; and (B) the part of the total revenue that will be derived from property taxes; and (d) if required by the governing body, actual performance experience to the extent available in work units, unit costs, personnel hours, and personnel years for each budgeted fund that includes an appropriation for salaries or wages for the last completed fiscal period and the first eight months of the current fiscal period if the county is on an annual fiscal period, or the first 20 months of the current fiscal period if the county is on a biennial fiscal period, together with the total estimated performance data of like character for the current fiscal period and for the ensuing budget period. (5) The finance officer may recommend modification of any departmental budget request under Subsection (4)(c)(i) before the budget request is filed with the governing body, if each department head has been given an opportunity to be heard concerning the modification. (6) (a) A tentative budget shall contain the estimates of expenditures submitted by any department together with specific work programs and other supportive data as the governing body requests. (b) The finance officer shall include with the tentative budget a supplementary estimate of all capital projects or planned capital projects within the budget period and within the next three succeeding years. (7) (a) A finance officer that submits a tentative budget in a county with a population of more than 25,000 shall include with the tentative budget an explanation of the budget. (b) The explanation described in Subsection (7)(a) shall: (i) include an outline of the proposed financial policies of the county for the budget period; (ii) describe the important features of the budgetary plan; (iii) state the reasons for changes from the previous fiscal period in appropriation and revenue items; and (iv) explain any major changes in financial policy. (c) A finance officer of a county with a population of less than 25,000 may prepare a budget message in explanation of the tentative budget. (8) (a) The governing body shall review, consider, and adopt a tentative budget in a regular or special meeting called for that purpose. (b) (i) Subject to Subsection (8)(b)(ii), the governing body may thereafter amend or revise the tentative budget before public hearings on the tentative budget. (ii) A governing body may not: (A) reduce below the required minimum an appropriation required for debt retirement and interest; or (B) reduce, in accordance with Section 17-63-305, an existing deficit.
Utah Code § 17-76-307 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-76 / § 17-76-307
§ 17-76-307. Examinations -- How prepared, conducted, and graded -- Notice.
Status: in_force

(1) (a) If necessary, the commission shall give a competitive examination to determine the qualification of an applicant for a position as a merit system officer. (b) The commission shall ensure that an examination: (i) is practical in character; and (ii) relates to matters that fairly test the mental and physical ability and knowledge of an applicant to discharge the duties of the position. (c) (i) Except as provided in Subsection (1)(c)(ii), the commission shall direct the preparation, administration, and grading of the examination. (ii) The commission may direct an impartial special examiner to prepare, administer, and grade the examination on behalf of the commission. (2) (a) The commission shall publish notice of an examination internally and to the public. (b) (i) The commission shall design the notice described in Subsection (2)(a) to encourage an applicant to participate in competitive appointments. (ii) The notice shall describe minimum qualifications, pay scale, physical and educational requirements, and passing grades. (c) The commission or the commission's designee shall promptly notify an applicant of the applicant's final grade.
Utah Code § 17-81-201 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-81 / § 17-81-201
§ 17-81-201. Proposal for creation of a protection area.
Status: in_force

(1) (a) A proposal to create an agriculture protection area, an industrial protection area, or critical infrastructure materials protection area may be filed with the legislative body of the county in which the area is located, if the area is within the unincorporated part of a county. (b) (i) A proposal to create a critical infrastructure protection area can only be initiated by the legislative body of the municipality or county. (ii) Creation of a critical infrastructure materials protection area is a legislative act. (c) (i) To be accepted for processing by the legislative body, a proposal under Subsection (1)(a) shall be signed by a majority in number of all owners of real property and the owners of a majority of the land area in agricultural production, industrial use, or critical infrastructure materials operations within the proposed relevant protection area. (ii) For purposes of Subsection (1)(c)(i), the owners of real property shall be determined by the records of the county recorder. (2) The proposal shall identify: (a) the boundaries of the land proposed to become part of the relevant protection area; (b) any limits on the types of agriculture production, industrial use, or critical infrastructure materials operations to be allowed within the relevant protection area; and (c) for each parcel of land: (i) the names of the owners of record of the land proposed to be included within the relevant protection area; (ii) the tax parcel number or account number identifying each parcel; and (iii) the number of acres of each parcel. (3) An agriculture protection area, industrial protection area, or critical infrastructure materials protection area may include within the protection area boundaries land used for a roadway, dwelling site, park, or other nonagricultural use, in the case of an industrial protection area, nonindustrial use, or in the case of a critical infrastructure materials protection area, use unrelated to critical infrastructure materials operations, if that land constitutes a minority of the total acreage within the relevant protection area. (4) An agricultural protection area may include within the boundaries of the agricultural protection area an agritourism activity, as defined in Section 78B-4-512. (5) A county legislative body may establish: (a) the manner and form for submission of proposals for the creation of a protection area; and (b) reasonable fees for accepting and processing the proposal for the creation of a protection area. (6) A legislative body shall establish the minimum number of continuous acres that shall be included in an agriculture protection area, industrial protection area, or critical infrastructure materials protection area for the legislative body to approve a proposal filed with the legislative body under this section.
Utah Code § 17-78-405 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-78 / § 17-78-405
§ 17-78-405. Regulation of use of roads.
Status: in_force

A county may enact ordinances and make regulations not in conflict with law for the control, construction, alteration, repair, and use of all public roads and highways in the county outside of cities and towns.
Utah Code § 17-76-501 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-76 / § 17-76-501
§ 17-76-501. Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this section: (1) "Council" means a county fire civil service council created in accordance with Section 17-76-502. (2) "Executive director" means a council fire civil service executive director appointed in accordance with Section 17-76-505.
Utah Code § 17-60-201 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-60 / § 17-60-201
§ 17-60-201. Exercise of county powers.
Status: in_force

The powers of a county may be exercised only by the following individuals or bodies, or designees of the following individuals or bodies, operating under the authority of law: (1) the county executive; (2) the county legislative body; and (3) a county officer.
Utah Code § 17-73-101 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-73 / § 17-73-101
§ 17-73-101. Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter: (1) (a) "Accessory to a corner" means any exclusively identifiable physical object whose spatial relationship to the corner is recorded. (b) "Accessory to a corner" may include a bearing tree, bearing object, monument, reference monument, line tree, pit, mound, charcoal-filled bottle, steel or wooden stake, or another object. (2) "Approving authority" means the person required under applicable statute to submit to the lieutenant governor a notice of an impending boundary action, as defined in Section 67-1a-6.5. (3) (a) "Boundary action" means any action that establishes, modifies, or eliminates the boundary of a local entity, including incorporation or creation, annexation, withdrawal or disconnection, consolidation, division, boundary adjustment, and dissolution. (b) "Boundary action" does not include the determination of the true location of a county boundary under Section 17-61-102. (4) (a) "Construction" means: (i) the preparation of an area for a building or structure, including demolition, site clearance, exploration, drilling, boring, and excavation; and (ii) the carrying out of any building, civil engineering, or engineering work for the assembly or maintenance of any building or structure. (b) "Construction" does not mean normal maintenance of a roadway and related infrastructure that does not require construction drawings. (5) "Corner," unless otherwise qualified, means a property corner, a property controlling corner, a public land survey corner, or any combination of these. (6) "County surveyor" means: (a) the individual elected to the county office of county surveyor; or (b) in a county where there is no elected county surveyor: (i) for purposes of the retention and management of county survey records, the county recorder; or (ii) a licensed land surveyor under contract with the county to perform county surveyor duties. (7) "Federal survey" means a survey conducted under the authority of the United States. (8) "Final local entity plat" means a plat that meets the requirements to be approved in Section 17-73-507. (9) (a) "Geographic coordinates" means mathematical values that designate a position on the earth relative to a given reference system. (b) "Geographic coordinates" shall be established in accordance with Title 57, Chapter 10, Utah Coordinate System. (10) "Government survey monument" means a monument that: (a) a government entity maintains; or (b) the county surveyor sets in accordance with Section 17-73-501. (11) "Local entity" means the same as that term is defined in Section 67-1a-6.5. (12) "Monument" means an accessory that is presumed to occupy the exact position of a corner. (13) "Professional land surveyor" means an individual who is licensed to practice land surveying in Utah in accordance with Title 58, Chapter 22, Professional Engineers and Professional Land Surveyors Licensing Act. (14) "Property controlling corner" means a public land survey corner or any property corner which does not lie on a property line of the property in question, but which controls the location of one or more of the property corners of the property in question. (15) "Property corner" means a geographic point of known geographic coordinates on the surface of the earth, and is on, a part of, and controls a property line. (16) "Public land survey corner" means any corner actually established and monumented in an original survey or resurvey used as a basis of legal descriptions for issuing a patent for the land to a private person from the United States government. (17) "Public land survey government corner" means: (a) a corner that the county surveyor establishes or reestablishes under Section 17-73-201; (b) a section corner, quarter section corner, or other corner that a government survey establishes; or (c) a public land survey corner as that term is defined in Section 17-73-505. (18) "Reference monument" means a special monument that does not occupy the same geographical position as the corner itself, but whose spatial relationship to the corner is recorded and which serves to witness the corner. (19) "Structure" means any organization of parts, production, or pieces artificially built up or joined together to preserve or alter any natural feature, including roads, railways, tunnels, bridges, underground or overground pipelines or cables, river works, drainage works, earthworks, retaining walls, walls, dams, tanks, towers, and fences. (20) "Township" means a term used in the context of identifying a geographic area in common surveyor practice.
Utah Code § 17-81-602 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-81 / § 17-81-602
§ 17-81-602. County adoption of a county large concentrated animal feeding operation land use ordinance.
Status: in_force

(1) (a) The legislative body of a county desiring to restrict siting of large concentrated animal feeding operations shall adopt a county large concentrated animal feeding operation land use ordinance in accordance with this part by no later than February 1, 2022. (b) A county may consider an application to locate large concentrated animal feeding operations in the county before the county adopts the county large concentrated animal feeding operation land use ordinance under this part. (2) A county large concentrated animal feeding operation land use ordinance described in Subsection (1) shall: (a) designate geographic areas of sufficient size to support large concentrated animal feeding operations, including state trust lands described in Subsection 53C-1-103(8) and private property within the county, including adopting a map described in Section 17-81-603; (b) establish requirements and procedures for applying for a land use decision that provides a reasonable opportunity to operate large concentrated animal feeding operations within the geographic area described in Subsection (2)(a); (c) disclose fees imposed to apply for the land use decision described in Subsection (2)(b); (d) disclose any requirements in addition to fees described in Subsection (2)(c) to be imposed by the county; and (e) provide for administrative remedies consistent with this chapter. (3) (a) This part does not authorize a county to regulate the operation of large concentrated animal feeding operations in any way that conflicts with state or federal statutes or regulations. (b) Nothing in this part supersedes or authorizes enactment of an ordinance that infringes on Chapter 41, Agriculture, Industrial, or Critical Infrastructure Materials Protection Areas, or Title 4, Chapter 44, Agricultural Operations Nuisances Act.
Utah Code § 17-79-812 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-79 / § 17-79-812
§ 17-79-812. Exactions -- Requirement to offer to original owner property acquired by exaction -- Exaction for right-of-way improvements -- Improvement completion assurance requirements.
Status: in_force

(1) A county may impose an exaction or exactions on development proposed in a land use application, including, subject to Section 17-79-813, an exaction for a water interest, if: (a) an essential link exists between a legitimate governmental interest and each exaction; and (b) each exaction is roughly proportionate, both in nature and extent, to the impact of the proposed development. (2) If a land use authority imposes an exaction for another governmental entity: (a) the governmental entity shall request the exaction; and (b) the land use authority shall transfer the exaction to the governmental entity for which it was exacted. (3) (a) If a county plans to dispose of surplus real property under Section 17-78-103 that was acquired under this section and has been owned by the county for less than 15 years, the county shall first offer to reconvey the property, without receiving additional consideration, to the person who granted the property to the county. (b) A person to whom a county offers to reconvey property under Subsection (3)(a) has 90 days to accept or reject the county's offer. (c) If a person to whom a county offers to reconvey property declines the offer, the county may offer the property for sale in accordance with the requirements of Title 11, Chapter 1, Part 2, Disposal of Public Property. (d) Subsection (3)(a) does not apply to the disposal of property acquired by exaction by a community development or urban renewal agency. (4) (a) A county may not, as part of an infrastructure improvement, require the installation of pavement on a residential roadway at a width in excess of 32 feet. (b) Subsection (4)(a) does not apply if a county requires the installation of pavement in excess of 32 feet: (i) in a vehicle turnaround area; (ii) in a cul-de-sac; (iii) to address specific traffic flow constraints at an intersection, mid-block crossings, or other areas; (iv) to address an applicable general or master plan improvement, including transportation, bicycle lanes, trails, or other similar improvements that are not included within an impact fee area; (v) to address traffic flow constraints for service to or abutting higher density developments or uses that generate higher traffic volumes, including community centers, schools, and other similar uses; (vi) as needed for the installation or location of a utility which is maintained by the county and is considered a transmission line or requires additional roadway width; (vii) for third-party utility lines that have an easement preventing the installation of utilities maintained by the county within the roadway; (viii) for utilities over 12 feet in depth; (ix) for roadways with a design speed that exceeds 25 miles per hour; (x) as needed for flood and stormwater routing; (xi) as needed to meet fire code requirements for parking and hydrants; or (xii) as needed to accommodate street parking. (c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent a county from approving a road cross section with a pavement width less than 32 feet. (d) (i) A land use applicant may appeal a municipal requirement for pavement in excess of 32 feet on a residential roadway. (ii) A land use applicant that has appealed a municipal specification for a residential roadway pavement width in excess of 32 feet may request that the county assemble a panel of qualified experts to serve as the appeal authority for purposes of determining the technical aspects of the appeal. (iii) Unless otherwise agreed by the applicant and the county, the panel described in Subsection (4)(d)(ii) shall consist of the following three experts: (A) one licensed engineer, designated by the county; (B) one licensed engineer, designated by the land use applicant; and (C) one licensed engineer, agreed upon and designated by the two designated engineers under Subsections (4)(d)(iii)(A) and (B). (iv) A member of the panel assembled by the county under Subsection (4)(d)(ii) may not have an interest in the application that is the subject of the appeal. (v) The land use applicant shall pay: (A) 50% of the cost of the panel; and (B) the county's published appeal fee. (vi) The decision of the panel is a final decision, subject to a petition for review under Subsection (4)(d)(vii). (vii) In accordance with Section 17-79-1009, a land use applicant or the county may file a petition for review of the decision with the district court within 30 days after the date that the decision is final.
Utah Code § 17-79-706 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-79 / § 17-79-706
§ 17-79-706. Review of subdivision  applications and subdivision improvement plans.
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section: (a) "Review cycle" means the occurrence of: (i) the applicant's submittal of a complete subdivision application; (ii) the county's review of that subdivision application; (iii) the county's response to that subdivision application, in accordance with this section; and (iv) the applicant's reply to the county's response that addresses each of the county's required modifications or requests for additional information. (b) "Subdivision application" means a land use application for the subdivision of land located within the unincorporated area of a county. (c) "Subdivision improvement plans" means the civil engineering plans associated with required infrastructure improvements and county-controlled utilities required for a subdivision. (d) "Subdivision ordinance review" means review by a county to verify that a subdivision application meets the criteria of the county's ordinances. (e) "Subdivision plan review" means a review of the applicant's subdivision improvement plans and other aspects of the subdivision application to verify that the application complies with county ordinances and applicable installation standards and inspection specifications for infrastructure improvements. (2) The review cycle restrictions and requirements of this section do not apply to the review of subdivision applications affecting property within identified geological hazard areas. (3) (a) A county may require a subdivision improvement plan to be submitted with a subdivision application. (b) A county may not require a subdivision improvement plan to be submitted with both a preliminary subdivision application and a final subdivision application. (4) (a) The review cycle requirements of this section apply: (i) to the review of a preliminary subdivision application, if the county requires a subdivision improvement plan to be submitted with a preliminary subdivision application; or (ii) to the review of a final subdivision application, if the county requires a subdivision improvement plan to be submitted with a final subdivision application. (b) A county may not, outside the review cycle, engage in a substantive review of required infrastructure improvements or a county controlled utility. (5) (a) A county shall complete the initial review of a complete subdivision application submitted for ordinance review for a residential subdivision for single-family dwellings, two-family dwellings, or town homes: (i) no later than 15 business days after the complete subdivision application is submitted, if the county has a population over 5,000; or (ii) no later than 30 business days after the complete subdivision application is submitted, if the county has a population of 5,000 or less. (b) A county shall maintain and publish a list of the items comprising the complete subdivision application, including: (i) the application; (ii) the owner's affidavit; (iii) an electronic copy of all plans in PDF format; (iv) the preliminary subdivision plat drawings; and (v) a breakdown of fees due upon approval of the application. (6) A county shall publish a list of the items that comprise a complete subdivision land use application. (7) A county shall complete a subdivision plan review of a subdivision improvement plan that is submitted with a complete subdivision application for a residential subdivision for single-family dwellings, two-family dwellings, or town homes: (a) within 20 business days after the complete subdivision application is submitted, if the county has a population over 5,000; or (b) within 40 business days after the complete subdivision application is submitted, if the county has a population of 5,000 or less. (8) (a) In reviewing a subdivision application, a county may require: (i) additional information relating to an applicant's plans to ensure compliance with county ordinances and approved standards and specifications for construction of public improvements; and (ii) modifications to plans that do not meet current ordinances, applicable standards, or specifications or do not contain complete information. (b) A county's request for additional information or modifications to plans under Subsection (8)(a)(i) or (ii) shall be specific and include citations to ordinances, standards, or specifications that require the modifications to subdivision improvement plans, and shall be logged in an index of requested modifications or additions. (c) A county may not require more than four review cycles for a subdivision improvement plan review. (d) (i) Subject to Subsection (8)(d)(ii), unless the change or correction is necessitated by the applicant's adjustment to a subdivision improvement plan or an update to a phasing plan that adjusts the infrastructure needed for the specific development, a change or correction not addressed or referenced in a county's subdivision improvement plan review is waived. (ii) A modification or correction necessary to protect public health and safety or to enforce state or federal law may not be waived. (iii) If an applicant makes a material change to a subdivision improvement plan, the county has the discretion to restart the review process at the first review of the subdivision improvement plan review, but only with respect to the portion of the subdivision improvement plan that the material change substantively affects. (e) (i) This Subsection (8) applies if an applicant does not submit a revised subdivision improvement plan within: (A) 20 business days after the county requires a modification or correction, if the county has a population over 5,000; or (B) 40 business days after the county requires a modification or correction, if the county has a population of 5,000 or less. (ii) If an applicant does not submit a revised subdivision improvement plan within the time specified in Subsection (8)(e)(i), a county has an additional 20 business days after the time specified in Subsection (7) to respond to a revised subdivision improvement plan. (9) After the applicant has responded to the final review cycle, and the applicant has complied with each modification requested in the county's previous review cycle, the county may not require additional revisions if the applicant has not materially changed the plan, other than changes that were in response to requested modifications or corrections. (10) (a) In addition to revised plans, an applicant shall provide a written explanation in response to the county's review comments, identifying and explaining the applicant's revisions and reasons for declining to make revisions, if any. (b) The applicant's written explanation shall be comprehensive and specific, including citations to applicable standards and ordinances for the design and an index of requested revisions or additions for each required correction. (c) If an applicant fails to address a review comment in the response, the review cycle is not complete and the subsequent review cycle may not begin until all comments are addressed. (11) If, on the fourth or final review, a county fails to respond within 20 business days, the county shall, upon request of the property owner, and within 10 business days after the day on which the request is received: (a) for a dispute arising from the subdivision improvement plans, assemble an appeal panel in accordance with Subsection 17-79-812(4)(d) to review and approve or deny the final revised set of plans; or (b) for a dispute arising from the subdivision ordinance review, advise the applicant, in writing, of the deficiency in the application and of the right to appeal the determination to a designated appeal authority.
Utah Code § 17-68-202 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-68 / § 17-68-202
§ 17-68-202. Qualifications.
Status: in_force

(1) An individual filing a declaration of candidacy for the office of county or district attorney shall be: (a) a United States citizen; (b) an attorney licensed to practice law in the state; (c) an active member of the Utah State Bar in good standing; (d) except as provided in Subsection (2), a registered voter in the county or prosecution district in which the attorney is elected to office; and (e) except as provided in Subsection (2), as of the date of election, a resident for at least one year of the county or prosecution district in which the individual seeks office. (2) An individual appointed to the office of county or district attorney in accordance with Section 20A-1-509.2 shall be: (a) a United States citizen; (b) an attorney licensed to practice law in the state; and (c) an active member of the Utah State Bar in good standing.
Utah Code § 17-66-204 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-66 / § 17-66-204
§ 17-66-204. Failure to perform duties constitutes malfeasance in office -- Felony charges arising from official duties -- Paid administrative leave -- Reassignment of duties.
Status: in_force

(1) The failure of a county officer or prosecution district officer, as described in Chapter 68, County and District Attorney, to substantially perform the officer's official duties constitutes malfeasance in office under Section 77-6-1. (2) (a) If a county officer or prosecution district officer is charged with the commission of a felony arising from conduct related to the county officer's or district officer's official duties, the officer shall be placed on paid administrative leave by the county legislative body until: (i) the charges are dismissed or the officer is acquitted, at which time the officer shall be entitled to return to office, unless the officer's term of office has in the meantime expired; or (ii) the officer is convicted of a felony or attempt to commit a felony arising from conduct related to the officer's official duties, in which case the sentencing judge shall order the officer removed from office. (b) A conviction or a plea of guilty or nolo contendere, relating to a felony charge described in Subsection (2)(a), constitutes malfeasance in office for purposes of Section 77-6-1. (c) Entry of a plea in abeyance is the equivalent of a conviction for purposes of Subsection (2)(a)(ii), even if the charge is later dismissed pursuant to a plea in abeyance agreement. (d) The provisions under this Subsection (2) for the removal of a county or prosecution district officer are in addition to and do not replace or supersede the removal provisions under Title 77, Chapter 6, Removal by Judicial Proceedings. (3) (a) During the time that a county officer or prosecution district officer is on paid administrative leave under Subsection (2), the officer's duties may, except as provided in Subsection (3)(c), be temporarily: (i) reassigned to another officer by the county legislative body; or (ii) performed by an individual employed for the purpose of fulfilling the officer's duties while the officer is on paid administrative leave. (b) For purposes of Subsection (3)(a) with respect to a prosecution district officer in a multi-county prosecution district, "county legislative body" means the legislative bodies of all counties included in the prosecution district. (c) A reassignment under Subsection (3)(a) may not result in the same individual exercising the duties of: (i) both a county legislative body member or county treasurer and county auditor; or (ii) both a county executive and county auditor.
Utah Code § 17-78-604 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-78 / § 17-78-604
§ 17-78-604. Constables in civil actions -- Fees for constables.
Status: in_force

(1) A constable who holds a county contract described in Section 17-78-601 may, for the constable's own use, collect as compensation in civil matters the same fees as those specified for sheriffs in Section 17-72-304. (2) Constable fees that exceed the amounts in Section 17-72-304 are recoverable: (a) by the constable only if the constable receives prior approval for the increased fee from the party requesting the service; and (b) by a prevailing party as a cost of the action, if the court finds the service and increased fee are justifiable. (3) (a) A county may, by resolution or ordinance, establish fees for constable services in addition to or in excess of the fees described in Section 17-72-304. (b) A county may: (i) charge and collect a fee for constable services in a civil matter directly from the county resident who requests the services and remit the fee to the constable; or (ii) authorize the constable to directly charge and collect a fee for constable services in a civil matter, in accordance with this section and any fees established by the county under Subsection (3)(a). (4) Nothing in this section prohibits a constable from charging a private client a fee in a civil matter in which the county is not involved according to mutually agreed upon terms between the constable and the private client, unless the fee is prohibited by another provision of law.
Utah Code § 17-75-202 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-75 / § 17-75-202
§ 17-75-202. Compensation for deputies.
Status: in_force

If a county officer has a deputy or other assistant, the salary of the deputy or assistant shall be: (1) fixed by the county legislative body; and (2) a county charge.
Utah Code § 17-63-701 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-63 / § 17-63-701
§ 17-63-701. Authorized taxes -- List nonexhaustive.
Status: in_force

(1) In addition to taxes described in this chapter, a county may implement the following local taxes: (a) taxes to support the provision of municipal-type services, as described in Chapter 78, Part 5, Provision of Municipal-Type Services to Unincorporated Areas; (b) a transient room tax, as described in Section 17-78-702; (c) a tax levy for the establishment of a planetarium, as described in Section 17-78-801; and (d) a tax levy for the establishment of a zoo, as described in Section 17-78-901. (2) (a) A county legislative body may annually at the public meeting at which the annual tax levy for county purposes is fixed and levied, assess and levy a tax for: (i) the care, maintenance, and relief of the indigent sick or dependent poor individuals lawfully residing in the county; (ii) the temporary relief of indigent individuals not having a lawful residence in the county; (iii) the burial of indigent individuals who die within the county; (iv) the erection and maintenance of hospitals, infirmaries, and farms in connection with Subsections (2)(a)(i) and (ii); (v) the employment of a superintendent for county hospitals and infirmaries described in Subsection (2)(a)(iv) and any other necessary employees; and (vi) the salary of a county physician for attending the indigent sick or dependent poor. (b) The taxes authorized under Subsection (2)(a) shall be assessed, levied, and collected in the same manner as other county taxes are assessed, levied, and collected. (3) A county legislative body may levy a special tax on the taxable property within the county for the purpose of: (a) creating a fund to be used for collecting, preparing, and maintaining an exhibit of the products and industries of the county at any domestic or foreign exposition, fair, or livestock show that encourages immigration and increases trade in the products of the state; (b) maintaining, conducting, and furnishing facilities for livestock or other exhibitions; or (c) promoting and making water surveys, collecting data relating to the supply, distribution and use of water or the necessity for drainage or other reclamation work and the compilation of data or information to encourage the conservation of water for the reclamation of lands within the county or counties of the state. (4) The taxes enumerated in this section are nonexhaustive.
Utah Code § 17-78-202 — Utah Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17-78 / § 17-78-202
§ 17-78-202. Preservation of historical areas and sites.
Status: in_force

A county may: (1) expend public funds to preserve, protect, or enhance an historical area or site; (2) acquire an historical area or site by direct purchase, contract, lease, trade, or gift; (3) obtain an easement or right-of-way across public or private property to ensure access or proper development of an historical area or site; (4) protect an historical area or site; (5) ensure proper development and utilization of land or an area adjacent to an historical area or site; and (6) enter into an agreement with a private individual for the right to purchase an historical area or site if and when the private individual elects to sell or dispose of the owner's property.