UT Code § 52-4-205 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 52 - Public Officers|Chapter 4 - Open and Public Meetings Act|Part 2 - Meetings|Section 205 - Purposes of closed meetings -- Certain issues prohibited in closed meetings.

 Effective 3/16/2021  52-4-205. Purposes of closed meetings -- Certain issues prohibited in closed meetings.    (1) A closed meeting described under Section 52-4-204 may only be held for:   (a) except as provided in Subsection (3), discussion of the character, professional competence, or physical or mental health of an individual;     (b) strategy sessions to discuss collective bargaining;     (c) strategy sessions to discuss pending or reasonably imminent litigation;     (d) strategy sessions to discuss the purchase, exchange, or lease of real property, including any form of a water right or water shares, if public discussion of the transaction would:   (i) disclose the appraisal or estimated value of the property under consideration; or     (ii) prevent the public body from completing the transaction on the best possible terms;       (e) strategy sessions to discuss the sale of real property, including any form of a water right or water shares, if:   (i) public discussion of the transaction would:   (A) disclose the appraisal or estimated value of the property under consideration; or     (B) prevent the public body from completing the transaction on the best possible terms;       (ii) the public body previously gave public notice that the property would be offered for sale; and     (iii) the terms of the sale are publicly disclosed before the public body approves the sale;       (f) discussion regarding deployment of security personnel, devices, or systems;     (g) investigative proceedings regarding allegations of criminal misconduct;     (h) as relates to the Independent Legislative Ethics Commission, conducting business relating to the receipt or review of ethics complaints;     (i) as relates to an ethics committee of the Legislature, a purpose permitted under Subsection 52-4-204(1)(a)(iii)(C);     (j) as relates to the Independent Executive Branch Ethics Commission created in Section 63A-14-202, conducting business relating to an ethics complaint;     (k) as relates to a county legislative body, discussing commercial information as defined in Section 59-1-404;     (l) as relates to the Utah Higher Education Assistance Authority and its appointed board of directors, discussing fiduciary or commercial information as defined in Section 53B-12-102;     (m) deliberations, not including any information gathering activities, of a public body acting in the capacity of:   (i) an evaluation committee under Title 63G, Chapter 6a, Utah Procurement Code, during the process of evaluating responses to a solicitation, as defined in Section 63G-6a-103;     (ii) a protest officer, defined in Section 63G-6a-103, during the process of making a decision on a protest under Title 63G, Chapter 6a, Part 16, Protests; or     (iii) a procurement appeals panel under Title 63G, Chapter 6a, Utah Procurement Code, during the process of deciding an appeal under Title 63G, Chapter 6a, Part 17, Procurement Appeals Board;       (n) the purpose of considering information that is designated as a trade secret, as defined in Section 13-24-2, if the public body's consideration of the information is necessary in order to properly conduct a procurement under Title 63G, Chapter 6a, Utah Procurement Code;     (o) the purpose of discussing information provided to the public body during the procurement process under Title 63G, Chapter 6a, Utah Procurement Code, if, at the time of the meeting:   (i) the information may not, under Title 63G, Chapter 6a, Utah Procurement Code, be disclosed to a member of the public or to a participant in the procurement process; and     (ii) the public body needs to review or discuss the information in order to properly fulfill its role and responsibilities in the procurement process;       (p) as relates to the governing board of a governmental nonprofit corporation, as that term is defined in Section 11-13a-102, the purpose of discussing information that is designated as a trade secret, as that term is defined in Section 13-24-2, if:   (i) public knowledge of the discussion would reasonably be expected to result in injury to the owner of the trade secret; and     (ii) discussion of the information is necessary for the governing board to properly discharge the board's duties and conduct the board's business; or       (q) a purpose for which a meeting is required to be closed under Subsection (2).       (2) The following meetings shall be closed:   (a) a meeting of the Health and Human Services Interim Committee to review a report described in Subsection 62A-16-301(1)(a), and the responses to the report described in Subsections 62A-16-301(2) and (4);     (b) a meeting of the Child Welfare Legislative Oversight Panel to:   (i) review a report described in Subsection 62A-16-301(1)(a), and the responses to the report described in Subsections 62A-16-301(2) and (4); or     (ii) review and discuss an individual case, as described in Subsection 62A-4a-207(5);       (c) a meeting of the Opioid and Overdose Fatality Review Committee, created in Section 26-7-13, to review and discuss an individual case, as described in Subsection 26-7-13(10);     (d) a meeting of a conservation district as defined in Section 17D-3-102 for the purpose of advising the Natural Resource Conservation Service of the United States Department of Agriculture on a farm improvement project if the discussed information is protected information under federal law;     (e) a meeting of the Compassionate Use Board established in Section 26-61a-105 for the purpose of reviewing petitions for a medical cannabis card in accordance with Section 26-61a-105; and     (f) a meeting of the Colorado River Authority of Utah if:   (i) the purpose of the meeting is to discuss an interstate claim to the use of the water in the Colorado River system; and     (ii) failing to close the meeting would:   (A) reveal the contents of a record classified as protected under Subsection 63G-2-305(82);     (B) reveal a legal strategy relating to the state's claim to the use of the water in the Colorado River system;     (C) harm the ability of the Colorado River Authority of Utah or river commissioner to negotiate the best terms and conditions regarding the use of water in the Colorado River system; or     (D) give an advantage to another state or to the federal government in negotiations regarding the use of water in the Colorado River system.           (3) In a closed meeting, a public body may not:   (a) interview a person applying to fill an elected position;     (b) discuss filling a midterm vacancy or temporary absence governed by Title 20A, Chapter 1, Part 5, Candidate Vacancy and Vacancy and Temporary Absence in Elected Office; or     (c) discuss the character, professional competence, or physical or mental health of the person whose name was submitted for consideration to fill a midterm vacancy or temporary absence governed by Title 20A, Chapter 1, Part 5, Candidate Vacancy and Vacancy and Temporary Absence in Elected Office.      Amended by Chapter 179, 2021 General SessionAmended by Chapter 231, 2021 General Session