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UT Code § 16-15-106 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 16 - Corporations|Chapter 15 - Utah Business Trust Registration Act|Section 106 - Powers.

16-15-106. Powers.    (1) A business trust registered under this chapter may in its trust name:   (a) sue;     (b) subject to the limitations in the declaration of trust, acquire title, lease, mortgage, convey or otherwise deal with real and personal property, or any interest in real and personal property.       (2)   (a) A business trust may not maintain any action, suit, or proceeding in this state unless the business trust is registered under this chapter.     (b) A business trust may be sued whether or not the business trust is registered under this chapter.      Enacted by Chapter 310, 1995 General Session
UT Code § 16-15-107 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 16 - Corporations|Chapter 15 - Utah Business Trust Registration Act|Section 107 - Expiration of filing -- Notice.

16-15-107. Expiration of filing -- Notice.    (1) A filing under this chapter shall be effective for a period of three years from the date of filing plus the notice period provided in Subsection (2).     (2)   (a) If no new filing is made by or on behalf of the trust who made the original filing within three years of the date of filing, the division shall send a notice by regular mail, postage prepaid, to the address shown for the registered office in the filing indicating that it will expire 30 days after the division mailed the notice.     (b) If no new filing is made within 30 days after the date of the division mailing the notice, the business trust's registration expires.       (3) If the registration of a business trust has expired or has been canceled for failure to maintain a registered agent, the business trust may not conduct business in this state until it has newly registered with the division under this chapter.     (4) The division may charge a fee in accordance with Section 63J-1-504 for the renewal of a registration.    Amended by Chapter 183, 2009 General Session
UT Code § 16-15-108 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 16 - Corporations|Chapter 15 - Utah Business Trust Registration Act|Section 108 - When amendments are required.

16-15-108. When amendments are required.    (1) An amended certificate shall be filed with the division not later than 30 days after any change in:   (a) any person acting as a trustee of the trust, or the address of any trustee;     (b) the registered agent of the trust;     (c) the registered office of the business trust; or     (d) in any information required to be filed with the division under this chapter.       (2) The amended certificate shall be signed by each trustee of the business trust and filed in the same manner as a certificate of registration under Section 16-15-105.     (3) The division may charge a fee in accordance with Section 63J-1-504 for amending a certificate of registration.    Amended by Chapter 183, 2009 General Session
UT Code § 16-15-109 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 16 - Corporations|Chapter 15 - Utah Business Trust Registration Act|Section 109 - Registered agent.

16-15-109. Registered agent.    (1) A business trust shall continuously maintain an agent in this state for service of process on the business trust.     (2) The agent of the business trust shall be a person residing or authorized to do business in this state.     (3) If a business trust fails to maintain a registered agent in this state, the division may cancel the business trust's registration.     (4)   (a) The registered agent of a business trust may resign by filing an original and one copy of a signed written notice of resignation with the division. The division shall mail a copy of the notice of resignation to the registered office of the business trust at the street address in the business trust's certificate of registration.     (b) The appointment of the registered agent ends 30 days after the division receives notice of the resignation.       (5) Service may be effected on a business trust in the same manner prescribed for a corporation in Sections 16-10a-1511 and 16-10a-1521.    Amended by Chapter 364, 2008 General Session
UT Code § 16-15-110 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 16 - Corporations|Chapter 15 - Utah Business Trust Registration Act|Section 110 - Trustee and beneficiary governed by declaration of trust -- Common law.

16-15-110. Trustee and beneficiary governed by declaration of trust -- Common law.    (1) A trustee or beneficiary of a business trust shall be governed by all the provisions of the declaration of trust of the business trust.     (2) This chapter neither affects nor alters in any way the rights, powers, and obligations, of a trustee or beneficiary of a business trust under common law.    Enacted by Chapter 310, 1995 General Session
UT Code § 17-3-1 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 17 - Counties|Chapter 3 - Creating New Counties|Section 1 - By petition -- Election -- Ballots.

17-3-1. By petition -- Election -- Ballots.  Whenever any number of the qualified electors of any portion of any county desire to have the territory within which they reside created into a new county they may file a petition for the creation of a new county with the county legislative body of the county in which they reside. The petition shall be signed by at least one-fourth of the qualified electors as shown by the registration list of the last preceding general election, residing in that portion of the county to be created into a new county, and by not less than one-fourth of the qualified electors residing in the remaining portion of the county. The petition shall be presented on or before the first Monday in May of any year, and shall propose the name and define the boundaries of the new county. The county legislative body shall cause the proposition to be submitted to the legal voters residing in the county at a special election to be held according to the dates established in Section 20A-1-204, first causing 30 days' notice of the election to be given in the manner provided by law for giving notice of general elections. The election shall be held, the result canvassed, and returns made under the provisions of the general election laws. The form of ballot to be used at such election shall be: For the creation of (supplying the name proposed) county. Against the creation of (supplying the name proposed) county.  Amended by Chapter 297, 2011 General Session
UT Code § 17-3-4 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 17 - Counties|Chapter 3 - Creating New Counties|Section 4 - County seat, selection by election -- First officers -- Election.

17-3-4. County seat, selection by election -- First officers -- Election.  Whenever a new county shall have been created under the provisions of this chapter, the county legislative body of the county from which territory has been taken to create such new county shall provide for an election to select a county seat therefor and to elect officers for the new county; provided, that whenever the petitions provided for in this chapter shall be presented to any county legislative body during a year when no general election is held they shall call a special election to select a county seat and county officers for such new county, such election to be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November following and to be conducted under the laws providing for general elections. The city or town receiving the largest number of votes therefor shall be the county seat of the new county.  Amended by Chapter 227, 1993 General Session
UT Code § 17-3-6 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 17 - Counties|Chapter 3 - Creating New Counties|Section 6 - Effect on precincts and school and other districts -- Indebtedness.

17-3-6. Effect on precincts and school and other districts -- Indebtedness.  All precincts, school districts, road districts, and election districts, as they existed prior to the creation of such new county, shall continue and become precincts, school districts, road districts, and election districts of such new county, and the respective officers thereof shall hold office until the expiration of the several terms for which they were elected or appointed; provided, that wherever pursuant to the provisions of this chapter any precinct, school district, road district, or election district shall be divided the same shall be by reason thereof disorganized, and the property and territory embraced therein shall be subject to the action of the county legislative body of the respective counties as to reorganization thereof or adding the same to other like subdivisions already organized; provided further, that any bonded or other indebtedness of any such school district so divided shall attach to and become the obligation of the district that shall be created out of the territory that shall retain the buildings and other property of the original district or to the district to which the same may be added; and all bonded or other indebtedness of the county from which territory is taken shall attach to and become the obligation of such county.  Amended by Chapter 227, 1993 General Session
UT Code § 17-3-7 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 17 - Counties|Chapter 3 - Creating New Counties|Section 7 - Pending civil and criminal actions.

17-3-7. Pending civil and criminal actions.  All civil and criminal actions which shall be pending in the territory embraced in such new county shall be prosecuted to judgment and execution therein, and all actions pending in the district court in any county shall be prosecuted to judgment and execution in the county in which the same are pending, subject to change of venue as provided by law.  No Change Since 1953
UT Code § 17-3-8 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 17 - Counties|Chapter 3 - Creating New Counties|Section 8 - Prior offenses.

17-3-8. Prior offenses.  An offense, for which prosecution has not commenced, that was committed within the boundaries of a new county before the new county was created, may be prosecuted to judgment and execution in the new county.  Amended by Chapter 297, 2011 General Session
UT Code § 17-3-9 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 17 - Counties|Chapter 3 - Creating New Counties|Section 9 - Division of taxes.

17-3-9. Division of taxes.  Whenever a new county shall be created under the provisions of this chapter and the officers thereof shall have duly qualified the county treasurer of the county from which territory has been taken to create such new county shall furnish to the county treasurer of such new county a certified list of all taxes collected by him for the preceding year upon the property located within such portion of his county as has become a part of such new county, together with the entire amount of such county, district school or other special taxes by him collected for such preceding year, less the pro rata cost of assessing and collecting the same and the entire cost of making said certified lists.  No Change Since 1953
UT Code § 17-8-1 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 17 - Counties|Chapter 8 - Flood Control Projects and Drought Emergencies|Section 1 - Powers of county -- Contracts with United States -- Construction of flood control project.

17-8-1. Powers of county -- Contracts with United States -- Construction of flood control project.  A county may contract with the United States of America, or any agency thereof, for the construction of any flood control project within the county designed to abate or control flood waters or any excessive or unusual accumulation of water in any natural or artificial basin, stream, or body of water or for the protection of life and property against the danger, menace, injury or damage resulting from said waters.  Amended by Chapter 227, 1993 General Session
UT Code § 17-8-2 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 17 - Counties|Chapter 8 - Flood Control Projects and Drought Emergencies|Section 2 - Maintenance of project -- Acquisition of property.

17-8-2. Maintenance of project -- Acquisition of property.  A county may contract to maintain such flood control projects after the construction work is completed, which maintenance may be without expense to the United States of America, and may contract to and acquire easements and rights of way to relocate public roads or bridges when the replacement shall be rendered necessary by the construction of any flood control project and may give satisfactory assurance to the United States of America, or any agency thereof, that the location, relocation, building or rebuilding of such roads, rights of way, or bridges shall be done without expense to the United States of America or any agency thereof.  Amended by Chapter 227, 1993 General Session
UT Code § 17-8-3 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 17 - Counties|Chapter 8 - Flood Control Projects and Drought Emergencies|Section 3 - Distribution of waters -- Operation of projects.

17-8-3. Distribution of waters -- Operation of projects.  The duty of distributing the waters of and operating the flood control project when completed shall rest upon the state engineer of the state of Utah provided, that the cost of such distribution and operation of the project by the state engineer shall be borne by the county entering into the cooperative contract with the United States of America for the construction and the operation of the flood control project.  No Change Since 1953
UT Code § 17-8-4 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 17 - Counties|Chapter 8 - Flood Control Projects and Drought Emergencies|Section 4 - Joint action of two or more counties.

17-8-4. Joint action of two or more counties.  Whenever the construction of a flood control project, as hereinabove provided, shall be for the mutual benefit of two or more counties, the boards of commissioners of counties may jointly enter into such co-operative contracts with the United States of America, or any agency thereof, for the construction of such flood control project.  No Change Since 1953
UT Code § 17-8-5 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 17 - Counties|Chapter 8 - Flood Control Projects and Drought Emergencies|Section 5 - Clearing, improving, fencing, and construction of natural channels, sewers, and drains -- Enforcement of laws and regulations.

17-8-5. Clearing, improving, fencing, and construction of natural channels, sewers, and drains -- Enforcement of laws and regulations.  In anticipation of and to provide for the carrying away and the safe disposal of natural storm and flood waters, the county may remove any obstacle from any natural channels within the county and the incorporated municipalities in the county. For the same purpose the county may plan for and construct new channels, storm sewers, and drains to serve as though they were natural channels. The county may cause such channels, storm sewers, and drains to be surveyed, and the county legislative body may, by ordinance, establish their location and dimensions. The county legislative body may promulgate regulations to prevent the destruction or obstruction of these channels, storm sewers, and drains, and may provide for the enforcement of those regulations. The county legislative body may also provide for the maintenance, improvement, and fencing of all such channels, including covering or replacement with buried conduits. To implement the establishment, clearing, protection, and continued use of such channels, storm sewers, and drains, the county may acquire, by right of eminent domain necessary easements and rights of way. All laws and sanitary regulations against the pollution of water in natural streams, canals, and lakes shall be enforced by the county executives in their respective counties, or, by the state, through the attorney general and in co-operation with the state board of health, state fish and game commission, and the several county legislative bodies.  Amended by Chapter 227, 1993 General Session
UT Code § 17-8-5.5 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 17 - Counties|Chapter 8 - Flood Control Projects and Drought Emergencies|Section 5.5 - Protection of channels and flood plains -- Acquisition of land.

17-8-5.5. Protection of channels and flood plains -- Acquisition of land.  The county legislative body may also provide by ordinance for the protection and use of flood channels and present flood plains on rivers, streams, and canals located within the county and the incorporated municipalities in the county and may establish by ordinance the boundaries of these flood channels and present flood plains. The county may acquire and hold by gift or purchase, such lands, rights of way, easements, or other interests in property within the established boundaries of these flood channels and present flood plains. Flood plain as used herein means the lands along the course of the river or stream which is periodically flooded and for which flood control protective works would normally be provided or desirable.  Amended by Chapter 227, 1993 General Session
UT Code § 17-8-6 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 17 - Counties|Chapter 8 - Flood Control Projects and Drought Emergencies|Section 6 - Taxation by counties.

17-8-6. Taxation by counties.  Counties are authorized to levy a tax on real and personal property therein.  Amended by Chapter 30, 1961 General Session
UT Code § 17-8-7 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 17 - Counties|Chapter 8 - Flood Control Projects and Drought Emergencies|Section 7 - Declaration of drought emergency -- Appropriation -- Tax levy.

 Effective 1/1/2015  17-8-7. Declaration of drought emergency -- Appropriation -- Tax levy.    (1) The county legislative body of each county may at any regular meeting or at a special meeting called for such purpose, declare that an emergency drought exists in said county; and thereupon may appropriate from the money not otherwise appropriated in the county general fund such funds as shall be necessary for the gathering of information upon, and aiding in any program for increased precipitation within said county or in conjunction with any other county or counties, or that if there are not sufficient funds available in the county general fund for such purpose, the county legislative body may, during any such emergency so declared by them, assess, levy, and direct the county to collect annually to aid in any program of increased precipitation.     (2) The provisions of Chapter 19a, County Auditor, relating to budgeting do not apply to appropriations necessitated by such an emergency.    Amended by Chapter 17, 2012 General Session
UT Code § 17-11-1 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 17 - Counties|Chapter 11 - Removal of County Seats|Section 1 - Election to determine.

17-11-1. Election to determine.  The county seats of the several counties of this state as now fixed by law are hereby recognized as such. No county seat shall be removed unless two-thirds of the qualified electors of the county, voting on the proposition at a general election, shall vote in favor of such removal, and two-thirds of the votes cast on the proposition shall be required to relocate a county seat.  No Change Since 1953
UT Code § 17-11-2 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 17 - Counties|Chapter 11 - Removal of County Seats|Section 2 - Initiating petitions -- Limitation.

17-11-2. Initiating petitions -- Limitation.  Whenever there is presented to the county legislative body of any county a petition signed by qualified electors of the county, in number equal to a majority of the votes cast at the preceding general election, praying for the submission of the question of the removal of the county seat, it shall be the duty of the county legislative body to submit the question of the removal at the next general election to the qualified electors of the county; and the election shall be conducted and the returns canvassed in all respects as provided by law for the conducting of general elections and canvassing the returns. A proposition of removal of the county seat may not be submitted in the same county more than once in four years, or within four years after the day on which a proposition of removal of the county seat is submitted.  Amended by Chapter 297, 2011 General Session
UT Code § 17-12-1 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 17 - Counties|Chapter 12 - Creating Bonded Indebtedness|Section 1 - Authority and applicable procedure for issuance of bonds -- Application of proceeds -- Debt limit.

17-12-1. Authority and applicable procedure for issuance of bonds -- Application of proceeds -- Debt limit.  Except as otherwise provided under Section 17-50-303, the county legislative body may contract a bonded indebtedness in the manner and subject to the conditions provided under Title 11, Chapter 14, Local Government Bonding Act. The revenue derived from the sale of bonds shall be applied only to the purpose or purposes specified in the order of the county legislative body. If there is any surplus, it shall be applied to the payment of the bonds. In no event may any county become so indebted to an amount, including existing indebtedness, exceeding 2% of the fair market value, as defined under Section 59-2-102, of the taxable property in the county as computed from the last equalized assessment roll for county purposes prior to the incurring of the indebtedness.  Amended by Chapter 105, 2005 General Session
UT Code § 17-12-2 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 17 - Counties|Chapter 12 - Creating Bonded Indebtedness|Section 2 - Bond elections -- Consolidating voting districts and precincts -- Voting places.

17-12-2. Bond elections -- Consolidating voting districts and precincts -- Voting places.  The county legislative body may in any bond election consolidate voting districts and precincts and may select for the purposes of such election any voting places which it considers desirable, without regard to regularly established voting precincts and the voting places therefor.  Amended by Chapter 227, 1993 General Session
UT Code § 17-12-3 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 17 - Counties|Chapter 12 - Creating Bonded Indebtedness|Section 3 - Additional purposes for which bonds may be issued -- Joint ownership of facilities authorized.

17-12-3. Additional purposes for which bonds may be issued -- Joint ownership of facilities authorized.  In addition to other purposes for which bonds may be issued, bonds may be issued for the purpose of acquiring, improving or extending systems for the collection, retention and disposition of storm and flood waters, for the acquisition, improvement or extension of public libraries, including equipment, furnishings and books therefor, acquiring or improving facilities for the collection, disposal or incineration of garbage and trash, acquiring, improving, extending, furnishing and equipping auditoriums, sports arenas, stadiums, convention centers and all properties and facilities ordinarily forming part of a so-called convention complex, or any part thereof and for acquiring, improving, extending, furnishing or equipping any improvement or facility which the county is authorized by law to own. Bonds may be issued for the county's share of any such facility to be owned jointly with any municipality or taxing district in the county and such joint ownership is expressly authorized.  Enacted by Chapter 27, 1963 General Session
UT Code § 17-14-2 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 17 - Counties|Chapter 14 - Support of Poor by Relatives|Section 2 - Order in which relatives are liable.

17-14-2. Order in which relatives are liable.  Children shall first be called upon to support their parents, if they are of sufficient ability; if there are none of sufficient ability, the parents of such poor person shall be next called upon; if there are neither parents nor children, the brothers and sisters shall next be called upon; and if there are neither brothers nor sisters, the grandchildren of such poor person shall next be called upon, and then the grandparents.  Amended by Chapter 140, 1977 General Session