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2023 Utah Code › Title 17 - Counties › Chapter 30a - Peace Officer Merit System in Counties of the First Class Act › Part 3 - Merit Officer Conditions of Employment › Section 313 - Vacation, sick leave, and other benefits.

Effective 5/13/2014
17-30a-313.
Vacation, sick leave, and other benefits.
For merit system officers, provisions regarding vacation, sick, other leave, or any other employment condition or benefit not covered by this chapter shall be established by:
(1) applicable law;
(2) county ordinance or regulation; or
(3) police interlocal entity rule or regulation.
Enacted by Chapter 366, 2014 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 17 - Counties › Chapter 30a - Peace Officer Merit System in Counties of the First Class Act › Part 3 - Merit Officer Conditions of Employment › Section 314 - Prohibitions against political activities -- Penalties.

Effective 5/13/2014
17-30a-314.
Prohibitions against political activities -- Penalties.
(1)
(a) An officer, employee, or member of a governing body of a county or a police interlocal entity, whether elected or appointed, may not directly or indirectly coerce, command, or advise a merit system officer to pay, lend, or contribute part of the officer's salary or compensation or anything else of value to a party, committee, organization, agency, or person for political purpose.
(b) A county or police interlocal entity officer, employee, or member of a governing body, whether elected or appointed, may not make or attempt to make a merit system officer's personnel status dependent upon the officer's support or lack of support for a political party, committee, organization, agency, or person engaged in a political activity.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to political speeches or use of mass communications media for political purposes by a person where a merit system officer is present, unless the purpose and intent of the speaker is to violate this section with direct respect to those merit system officers.
(3)
(a) Except as provided in Subsection (3)(b), a merit system officer may not engage in a political activity or solicit political contributions from merit system officers during the hours of employment, or use employer resources at any time for political purposes.
(b) Subsection (3)(a) does not preclude a voluntary contribution by a merit system officer to the party or candidate of the officer's choice.
Enacted by Chapter 366, 2014 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 17 - Counties › Chapter 30a - Peace Officer Merit System in Counties of the First Class Act › Part 4 - Disciplinary Actions and Appeals › Section 402 - Disciplinary charges -- Grounds -- Process.

Effective 5/13/2014
17-30a-402.
Disciplinary charges -- Grounds -- Process.
(1) An appointing authority may demote, suspend, discharge, or reduce a merit system officer's pay for:
(a) neglect of duty;
(b) disobedience of a reasonable order;
(c) misconduct;
(d) inefficiency or inability to satisfactorily perform assigned duties; or
(e) an act inimical to public service.
(2) A department may not suspend a merit system officer for more than 176 work hours at one time or for more than 352 work hours in one year.
(3) The appointing authority shall order the demotion, reduction in pay, suspension, or discharge of a merit system officer.
Enacted by Chapter 366, 2014 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 17 - Counties › Chapter 30a - Peace Officer Merit System in Counties of the First Class Act › Part 4 - Disciplinary Actions and Appeals › Section 403 - Disciplinary charges -- Appeal to commission -- Hearing -- Findings.

Effective 5/5/2021
17-30a-403.
Disciplinary charges -- Appeal to commission -- Hearing -- Findings.
(1) The appointing authority:
(a) may impose disciplinary charges in accordance with a rule, policy, ordinance, or law; and
(b) shall serve the merit system officer to be disciplined with a copy of the written charges.
(2)
(a) A disciplined merit system officer may file an appeal of the disciplinary charges with the department, which shall conduct the appeal internally.
(b) The department shall conduct an appeal in accordance with rules or policies adopted by the appointing authority.
(3) If the disciplinary charges are sustained on internal appeal, the merit system officer may appeal to the commission in accordance with the provisions of this section and commission rule.
(4)
(a) A merit system officer disciplined in accordance with Subsection (1) may, within 10 calendar days after the internal department appeal decision described in Subsection (2), make an appeal in writing to the commission.
(b) If the merit system officer fails to make an internal appeal of the disciplinary action, the officer may not appeal to the commission.
(5) The commission may hear appeals regarding demotion, reduction in pay, suspension, or discharge of a merit system officer for any cause provided in Section 17-30a-402.
(6)
(a) The commission shall:
(i) fix a time and place for a hearing on the appeal; and
(ii) give notice of the hearing to the parties.
(b)
(i) Except as provided in Subsection (6)(b)(ii), the commission shall hold a hearing under this Subsection (6) no less than 10 and no more than 90 days after an appeal is filed.
(ii) The commission may hold a hearing more than 90 days after an appeal is filed if:
(A) the parties agree; or
(B) the commission finds that the delay is for good cause.
(7)
(a) The commission shall hold the hearing in accordance with Title 52, Chapter 4, Open and Public Meetings Act.
(b) Notwithstanding Subsection (7)(a), if the commission proposes to and is authorized to close the hearing to the public in accordance with Title 52, Chapter 4, Open and Public Meetings Act, the commission shall open the meeting to the public if the aggrieved officer requests that the commission open the hearing.
(8) The parties may be represented by counsel at the hearing.
(9) The commission, on its own motion or at the request of the appointing authority, may dismiss an appeal for unjustified delay, removal to a court or other venue, or for other good cause shown.
(10) In resolving an appeal, the commission may sustain, modify, or vacate a decision of the appointing authority.
(11) After the hearing, the commission shall publish a written decision, including findings of fact and conclusions of law, and shall notify each party.
Amended by Chapter 349, 2021 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 17 - Counties › Chapter 30a - Peace Officer Merit System in Counties of the First Class Act › Part 4 - Disciplinary Actions and Appeals › Section 404 - Appeal to Court of Appeals -- Scope of review.

Effective 5/13/2014
17-30a-404.
Appeal to Court of Appeals -- Scope of review.
(1) A person may appeal a final action or order of the commission to the Court of Appeals for review.
(2) A person shall file a notice of appeal within 30 days of the issuance of the final action or order of the commission.
(3) The Court of Appeals shall base its review on the record of the commission and for the purpose of determining if the commission has abused its discretion or exceeded its authority.
Enacted by Chapter 366, 2014 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 17 - Counties › Chapter 30a - Peace Officer Merit System in Counties of the First Class Act › Part 5 - Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 502 - More than one chief deputy in larger county departments.

Effective 5/13/2014
17-30a-502.
More than one chief deputy in larger county departments.
The sheriff, with the consent of the commission and the county legislative body, may appoint more than one chief deputy, deputy chief, or undersheriff.
Enacted by Chapter 366, 2014 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 17 - Counties › Chapter 31 - Recreational, Tourist, and Convention Bureaus › Section 3 - Reserve fund authorized -- Use of collected funds -- Limitation on surplus in fund.

Effective 7/1/2022
17-31-3.
Reserve fund authorized -- Use of collected funds -- Limitation on surplus in fund.
(1) The county legislative body may create a reserve fund.
(2)
(a) Subject to Subsections (2)(b) and (c), a county legislative body shall retain any transient room tax funds collected but not expended during any fiscal year in the reserve fund to be used in accordance with Sections 17-31-2 through 17-31-5.
(b) Except as described in Subsection (2)(c), accumulated unappropriated surplus in the reserve fund, as determined before the county's adoption of a tentative budget, may not exceed 50% of the total transient room tax revenue for the current fiscal year.
(c) For a fiscal year beginning on or after July 1, 2019, and ending on or before July 1, 2023:
(i) if a county receives more than 150% of total transient room tax revenue in the fiscal year compared to the total transient room tax revenue received in the previous fiscal year, accumulated unappropriated surplus in the reserve fund, as determined before the county's adoption of a tentative budget, may not exceed 50% of the total transient room tax revenue for the previous fiscal year plus an amount equal to the total transient room tax revenue that is more than 100% of total transient room tax revenue from the previous fiscal year; and
(ii) if a county adds to the county's reserve fund an amount equal to the total transient room tax revenue that is more than 100% of total transient room tax revenue from the previous fiscal year as authorized in Subsection (2)(c)(i), the county may expend that additional reserve fund money for visitor management and destination development subject to the requirements described in Subsections 17-31-2(6)(a)(ii)(A) and (B).
Amended by Chapter 360, 2022 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 17 - Counties › Chapter 31 - Recreational, Tourist, and Convention Bureaus › Section 5 - General powers and duties of a county legislative body related to the transient room tax.

Effective 7/1/2022
17-31-5.
General powers and duties of a county legislative body related to the transient room tax.
(1) The legislative body of each county that imposes a transient room tax in accordance with Section 17-31-2:
(a) shall, except as provided in Subsection (2), at least annually consider the priorities and recommendations of the county's tourism tax advisory board created under Subsection 17-31-8(1)(a) or the substantially similar body as described in Subsection 17-31-8(1)(b) in one or more public meetings before finalizing decisions on expenditures of revenue from the transient room tax in each fiscal year;
(b) shall prepare and provide the annual written report for each fiscal year as described in Section 17-31-5.5; and
(c) may do and perform any and all other acts and things necessary, convenient, desirable, or appropriate to carry out the provisions of Sections 17-31-2 through 17-31-5.5.
(2) Subsection (1)(a) does not apply to the legislative body of a county if:
(a) the legislative body of the county has entered into a written contract with a substantially similar body to a tourism tax advisory board as described in Subsection 17-31-8(1)(b); and
(b) the written contract described in Subsection (2)(a) clearly delineates how the expenditures of revenue from the transient room tax are to be spent.
Amended by Chapter 360, 2022 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 17 - Counties › Chapter 31 - Recreational, Tourist, and Convention Bureaus › Section 5.5 - Report by county legislative body -- Content.

Effective 7/1/2023
17-31-5.5.
Report by county legislative body -- Content.
(1) The legislative body of each county that imposes a transient room tax under Section 59-12-301 or a tourism, recreation, cultural, convention, and airport facilities tax under Section 59-12-603 shall prepare annually a written report in accordance with Subsection (2).
(2) The report described in Subsection (1) shall include a breakdown of expenditures into the following categories:
(a) for the transient room tax, identification of expenditures for:
(i) establishing and promoting:
(A) recreation;
(B) tourism;
(C) film production; and
(D) conventions;
(ii) acquiring, leasing, constructing, furnishing, or operating:
(A) convention meeting rooms;
(B) exhibit halls;
(C) visitor information centers;
(D) museums; and
(E) related facilities;
(iii) acquiring or leasing land required for or related to the purposes listed in Subsection (2)(a)(ii);
(iv) mitigation costs as identified in Subsection 17-31-2(2)(d); and
(v) making the annual payment of principal, interest, premiums, and necessary reserves for any or the aggregate of bonds issued to pay for costs referred to in Subsections 17-31-2(2)(e) and (5)(a); and
(b) for the tourism, recreation, cultural, convention, and airport facilities tax, identification of expenditures for:
(i) financing tourism promotion, which means an activity to develop, encourage, solicit, or market tourism that attracts transient guests to the county, including planning, product development, and advertising;
(ii) the development, operation, and maintenance of the following facilities as defined in Section 59-12-602:
(A) an airport facility;
(B) a convention facility;
(C) a cultural facility;
(D) a recreation facility; and
(E) a tourist facility;
(iii) mitigation costs as identified in Subsection 59-12-603(2)(b); and
(iv) a pledge as security for evidences of indebtedness under Subsection 59-12-603(3).
(3) For the transient room tax, the report described in Subsection (1) shall include a breakdown of each expenditure described in Subsection (2)(a)(i), including:
(a) whether the expenditure was used for in-state and out-of-state promotion efforts;
(b) an explanation of how the expenditure targeted a cost created by tourism; and
(c) an accounting of the expenditure showing that the expenditure was used only for costs directly related to a cost created by tourism.
(4) On or before October 1, the county legislative body shall provide a copy of the annual written report described in Subsection (1) for the previous fiscal year to:
(a) the Utah Office of Tourism within the Governor's Office of Economic Opportunity;
(b) the county's tourism tax advisory board; and
(c) the Office of the Legislative Fiscal Analyst.
Amended by Chapter 479, 2023 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 17 - Counties › Chapter 31 - Recreational, Tourist, and Convention Bureaus › Section 8 - Tourism tax advisory boards.

Effective 3/15/2018
17-31-8.
Tourism tax advisory boards.
(1)
(a) Except as provided in Subsection (1)(b), any county that collects the following taxes shall operate a tourism tax advisory board:
(i) the tax allowed under Section 59-12-301; or
(ii) the tax allowed under Section 59-12-603.
(b) Notwithstanding Subsection (1)(a), a county is exempt from Subsection (1)(a) if the county has an existing board, council, committee, convention visitor's bureau, or body that substantially conforms with Subsections (2), (3), and (4).
(2) A tourism tax advisory board created under Subsection (1) shall consist of at least five members.
(3) A tourism tax advisory board shall be composed of the following members that are residents of the county:
(a) a majority of the members shall be current employees of entities in the county that are subject to the taxes referred to in Section 59-12-301 or 59-12-603; and
(b) the balance of the board's membership shall be employees of recreational facilities, convention facilities, museums, cultural attractions, or other tourism related industries located within the county.
(4)
(a) Each tourism tax advisory board shall advise the county legislative body on the best use of revenues collected from the tax allowed under Section 59-12-301 by providing the legislative body with a priority listing for proposed expenditures based on projected available tax revenues supplied to the board by the county legislative body on an annual basis.
(b) Each tourism tax advisory board in a county operating under the county commission form of government under Section 17-52a-201 or the expanded county commission form under Section 17-52a-202 shall advise the county legislative body on the best use of revenues collected from the tax allowed under Section 59-12-603 by providing the legislative body with a priority listing for proposed expenditures based on projected available tax revenues supplied to the board by the county legislative body on an annual basis.
(5) A member of any county tourism tax advisory board:
(a) may not receive compensation or benefits for the member's services; and
(b) may receive per diem and travel expenses incurred in the performance of the member's official duties, in accordance with Section 11-55-103.
Amended by Chapter 68, 2018 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 17 - Counties › Chapter 31 - Recreational, Tourist, and Convention Bureaus › Section 9 - Payment to Stay Another Day and Bounce Back Fund and Hotel Impact Mitigation Fund.

Effective 7/1/2021
17-31-9.
Payment to Stay Another Day and Bounce Back Fund and Hotel Impact Mitigation Fund.
A county in which a qualified hotel, as defined in Section 63N-2-502, is located shall:
(1) make an annual payment to the Division of Finance:
(a) for deposit into the Stay Another Day and Bounce Back Fund, established in Section 63N-2-511;
(b) for any year in which the Governor's Office of Economic Opportunity provides a convention incentive, as defined in Section 63N-2-502; and
(c) in the amount of 5% of the state portion, as defined in Section 63N-2-502; and
(2) make payments to the Division of Finance:
(a) for deposit into the Hotel Impact Mitigation Fund, created in Section 63N-2-512;
(b) for each year described in Subsection 63N-2-512(5)(a)(ii) during which the balance of the Hotel Impact Mitigation Fund, defined in Section 63N-2-512, is less than $2,100,000 before any payment for that year under Subsection 63N-2-512(5)(a); and
(c) in the amount of the difference between $2,100,000 and the balance of the Hotel Impact Mitigation Fund, defined in Section 63N-2-512, before any payment for that year under Subsection 63N-2-512(5)(a).
Amended by Chapter 282, 2021 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 17 - Counties › Chapter 33 - County Personnel Management Act › Section 1 - Title -- Establishment of merit system -- Separate systems for peace officers and firemen recognized -- Options of small counties.

Effective 5/13/2014
17-33-1.
Title -- Establishment of merit system -- Separate systems for peace officers and firemen recognized -- Options of small counties.
(1) This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "County Personnel Management Act."
(2) A merit system of personnel administration for the counties of the state of Utah, their departments, offices, and agencies, except as otherwise specifically provided, is established.
(3) This chapter recognizes the existence of the merit systems for peace officers of the several counties as provided for in Chapter 30, Deputy Sheriffs - Merit System, and Chapter 30a, Peace Officer Merit System in Counties of the First Class Act, and for firemen of the several counties as provided for in Chapter 28, Firemen's Civil Service Commission, and is intended to give county commissions the option of using the provisions of this chapter as a single merit system for all county employees or in combination with these existing systems for firemen and peace officers.
(4) On or after May 6, 2002, any county that has fewer than 200 employees not covered by other merit systems or not exempt under Subsections 17-33-8(1)(b)(i) through (vii) may, at its option, comply with the provisions of this chapter.
(5) Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection (4), any county which was in compliance with the provisions of this chapter prior to May 6, 2002, shall continue to comply with the provisions of this chapter even though the county may not thereafter meet or exceed the threshold requirements of Subsection (4).
Amended by Chapter 366, 2014 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 17 - Counties › Chapter 33 - County Personnel Management Act › Section 2 - Definitions.

17-33-2.
Definitions.
As used in this chapter:
(1) "Career service position" means any position in the county service except those exempted under Section 17-33-8.
(2) "Council" means the career service council, a three-member appeals and personnel advisory board.
(3) "Director" means the director of personnel management.
(4) "Eligible applicant" means any applicant that meets the job related minimum requirements established for a position in the career service.
(5) "Eligible list" means a list of eligible applicants ranked in order of relative knowledge, skill, ability and merit.
(6) "Exempt positions" means those positions which are not in the career service as specified in Section 17-33-8.
(7) "Merit system" means a system of personnel administration based on the principles set forth in Section 17-33-3.
(8) "Position classification" means a grouping of positions under the same title which are sufficiently similar to be compensated at the same salary range and to which the same tests of ability can be applied.
(9) "Provisional appointment" means an appointment to fill a position pending the establishment of a register for such position.
Amended by Chapter 182, 1999 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 17 - Counties › Chapter 33 - County Personnel Management Act › Section 3 - Merit principles.

17-33-3.
Merit principles.
It is the policy of this state that each county may establish a personnel system administered in a manner that will provide for the effective implementation of the following merit principles:
(1) recruiting, selecting, and advancing employees on the basis of their relative ability, knowledge, and skills, including open consideration of qualified applicants for initial appointment;
(2) provision of equitable and adequate compensation;
(3) training of employees as needed to assure high-quality performance;
(4) retention of employees on the basis of the adequacy of their performance, and separation of employees whose inadequate performance cannot be corrected;
(5) fair treatment of applicants and employees in all aspects of personnel administration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, political affiliation, age, or disability, and with proper regard for their privacy and constitutional rights as citizens;
(6) provision of information to employees regarding their political rights and prohibited practices under the Hatch Act; and
(7) provision of a formal procedure for processing the appeals and grievances of employees without discrimination, coercion, restraint, or reprisal.
Amended by Chapter 73, 2001 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 17 - Counties › Chapter 33 - County Personnel Management Act › Section 4.5 - Council may refer an appeal to an administrative law judge for a recommendation -- Council action on recommendation.

Effective 5/10/2016
17-33-4.5.
Council may refer an appeal to an administrative law judge for a recommendation -- Council action on recommendation.
(1)
(a) A county legislative body may appoint one or more administrative law judges to hear appeals referred by a career service council under this section.
(b) Each administrative law judge shall be trained and experienced in personnel matters.
(2)
(a) A career service council may refer an appeal to an administrative law judge appointed under Subsection (1) if the career service council determines that the referral is in the parties' best interest.
(b) After holding a hearing on an appeal described in Subsection (2)(a), the administrative law judge shall make findings of fact and a recommendation to the career service council.
(c) After receiving the administrative law judge's recommendation, the career service council may request the administrative law judge to hold a further factual hearing before the career service council issues a decision.
(d) The career service council may adopt or reject the administrative law judge's recommendation, whether before or after a further hearing under Subsection (2)(c).
(3)
(a) A career service council shall refer an appeal to an administrative law judge appointed under Subsection (1) if the county employee or county official assigned by the governing body to manage personnel functions requests that the appeal be referred.
(b) In an appeal described in Subsection (3)(a), the administrative law judge, not the career service council, shall issue a final decision.
Amended by Chapter 145, 2016 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 17 - Counties › Chapter 33 - County Personnel Management Act › Section 6 - Certification of eligibility by director -- Power of director to examine payrolls.

17-33-6.
Certification of eligibility by director -- Power of director to examine payrolls.
No new employee shall be hired in a position covered by this chapter, and no employee shall be changed in pay, title, or status, nor shall any employee be paid, unless certified by the director as eligible under the provisions of, or regulations promulgated under, this chapter. The director of personnel management may examine payrolls at any time to determine conformity with this chapter and the county rules.
Enacted by Chapter 81, 1981 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 17 - Counties › Chapter 33 - County Personnel Management Act › Section 7 - Functions of county office of personnel management -- Personnel functions of county agencies, departments, or offices.

17-33-7.
Functions of county office of personnel management -- Personnel functions of county agencies, departments, or offices.
(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 those functions 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 salaries, wages, incentives, bonuses, leave, insurance, retirement, and other benefits;
(ii) design and administer the county classification plan and grade allocation system, including final decisions on position classification and 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 publicly recruited applicants and 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.
Amended by Chapter 241, 2001 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 17 - Counties › Chapter 33 - County Personnel Management Act › Section 9 - Acceptance of exempt position by career service employee -- Reappointment register.

17-33-9.
Acceptance of exempt position by career service employee -- Reappointment register.
(1) Any career service employee accepting an appointment to an exempt position who is not retained by the appointing officer, unless discharged for cause as provided by this act or by regulation, shall:
(a) be appointed to any career service position for which the employee qualifies in a pay grade comparable to the employee's last position in the career service provided an opening exists; or
(b) be appointed to any lesser career service position for which the employee qualifies pending the opening of a position described in Subsection (1) of this section.
(2) The director shall maintain a reappointment register to facilitate the operation of this section, which shall have precedence over other registers.
Enacted by Chapter 81, 1981 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 17 - Counties › Chapter 33 - County Personnel Management Act › Section 10 - Grievance and appeals procedure -- Employees' complaints of discriminatory employment practice.

17-33-10.
Grievance and appeals procedure -- Employees' complaints of discriminatory employment practice.
(1) Any county to which the provisions of this act apply shall establish in its personnel rules and regulations a grievance and appeals procedure. The procedure shall be used to resolve disputes arising from grievances as defined in the rules and regulations, including acts of discrimination. The procedure may also be used by employees in the event of dismissal, demotion, suspension, or transfer.
(2) Any charge by a county career service employee of discriminatory or prohibited employment practice as prohibited by Section 34A-5-106, can be filed with the Division of Antidiscrimination and Labor within the Labor Commission. Complaints shall be filed within 30 days of the issuance of a written decision of the county career service council.
Amended by Chapter 297, 2011 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 17 - Counties › Chapter 33 - County Personnel Management Act › Section 11 - Political activities of employees.

17-33-11.
Political activities of employees.
Except as otherwise provided by law or by rules and regulations promulgated under this chapter for federally aided programs, county employees may voluntarily participate in political activity subject to the following provisions:
(1) No person shall be denied the opportunity to become an applicant for a position under the merit system in any covered department by virtue of political opinion or affiliation.
(2) No person employed by the county under the merit system may be dismissed from service as a result of political opinion or affiliation.
(3) A county career service employee may voluntarily contribute funds to political groups and become a candidate for public office.
(4) No county officer or employee, whether elected or appointed, may directly or indirectly coerce, command, or advise any officer or employee covered under the merit system to pay, lend, or contribute part of his or her salary or compensation or anything else of value to any party, committee, organization, agency, or person for political purposes. No county officer or employee, whether elected or appointed, may attempt to make any officer's or employee's personnel status dependent upon the employee's support or lack of support for any political party, committee, organization, agency, or person engaged in a political activity.
(5) No officer or employee may engage in any political activity during the hours of employment nor shall any person solicit political contributions from county employees during hours of employment for political purposes, but nothing in this section shall preclude voluntary contribution by a county employee to the party or candidate of the employee's choice.
(6) Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to permit partisan political activity of any county employee who is prevented or restricted from engaging in such political activity by the provision of the federal Hatch Act.
Amended by Chapter 65, 1983 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 17 - Counties › Chapter 33 - County Personnel Management Act › Section 12 - Reciprocal agreements for benefit of system -- Cooperation by director with other governmental agencies.

17-33-12.
Reciprocal agreements for benefit of system -- Cooperation by director with other governmental agencies.
(1) The county may enter into reciprocal agreements, upon such terms as may be agreed upon, for the use of equipment, materials, facilities, and services with any public agency or body for purposes deemed of benefit to the public personnel system.
(2) The director may cooperate with other governmental agencies charged with public personnel administration in conducting personnel tests, recruiting personnel, training personnel, establishing lists from which eligibles shall be certified for appointment and for the interchange of personnel and their benefits.
Enacted by Chapter 81, 1981 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 17 - Counties › Chapter 33 - County Personnel Management Act › Section 13 - Prohibited actions.

17-33-13.
Prohibited actions.
(1) It is an offense for a person to make any false statement, certificate, mark, rating, or report with regard to any test, certification, or appointment made under any provision of this law or in any manner commit or attempt to commit any fraud preventing the impartial execution of this chapter.
(2) It is an offense for a person, under circumstances not amounting to a violation of Section 76-8-103 or 76-8-105, to directly or indirectly, give, render, pay, offer, solicit, or accept any money, service, or other valuable consideration for any appointment, proposed appointment, promotion, or proposed promotion to, or for any advantage in, a position in the career service.
(3) It is an offense for any employee of the personnel department, examiner, or other person to:
(a) defeat, deceive, or obstruct any person in his or her right to examination, eligibility, certification, or appointment under this chapter; or
(b) furnish to any person any special or secret information for the purpose of affecting the rights or prospects of any person with respect to employment in the career service.
Amended by Chapter 92, 1998 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 17 - Counties › Chapter 33 - County Personnel Management Act › Section 14 - Violations -- Misdemeanor -- Ineligibility for employment and forfeiture of position.

17-33-14.
Violations -- Misdemeanor -- Ineligibility for employment and forfeiture of position.
(1) Any person who willfully violates any provision of this chapter or the rules and regulations promulgated under it is guilty of a class A misdemeanor.
(2) Any person who has been adjudged guilty of violating any of the provisions of this chapter or the rules and regulations promulgated under it shall, for a period of five years, in addition to the sanctions of Subsection (1), be ineligible for appointment to or employment in a position in the county service, and if an officer or employee of the county, shall forfeit that office or position.
Amended by Chapter 241, 1991 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 17 - Counties › Chapter 33 - County Personnel Management Act › Section 15 - Duty of county legislative body to provide rules or regulations -- Conflicts with state or federal law.

17-33-15.
Duty of county legislative body to provide rules or regulations -- Conflicts with state or federal law.
(1) It shall be the duty of the county legislative body to provide by rule or regulation for the operation and functioning of any activity within the purpose and spirit of the act which is necessary and expedient.
(2) If any provision of this act or the application thereof is found to be in conflict with any state or federal law, conflict with which would impair funding otherwise receivable from the state or federal government, the conflicting part is hereby declared to be inoperative solely to the extent of the conflict and with respect to the department, agency, or institution of the county directly affected, but such finding does not affect the operation of the remainder of this act in any of its applications.
(3) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, no rule or regulation shall be adopted by the county legislative body which would deprive the county or any of its departments, agencies, or institutions of state or federal grants or other forms of financial assistance.
Amended by Chapter 297, 2011 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 17 - Counties › Chapter 33 - County Personnel Management Act › Section 16 - Appointment of more than one chief deputy or undersheriff.

17-33-16.
Appointment of more than one chief deputy or undersheriff.
A sheriff in a county employing more than 100 full-time uniformed peace officers may, with the consent of the council and the county legislative body, appoint more than one chief deputy or undersheriff.
Enacted by Chapter 172, 2008 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 17 - Counties › Chapter 34 - Municipal-Type Services to Unincorporated Areas › Section 3 - Taxes or service charges.

Effective 2/27/2023
17-34-3.
Taxes or service charges.
(1)
(a) If a county furnishes the municipal-type services and functions described in Section 17-34-1 to areas of the county outside the limits of incorporated cities or towns, the entire cost of the services or functions so furnished shall be defrayed from funds that the county has derived from:
(i) taxes that the county may lawfully levy or impose outside the limits of incorporated towns or cities;
(ii) service charges or fees the county may impose upon the persons benefited in any way by the services or functions; or
(iii) a combination of these sources.
(b) As the taxes or service charges or fees are levied and collected, they shall be placed in a special revenue fund of the county and shall be disbursed only for the rendering of the services or functions established in Section 17-34-1 within the unincorporated areas of the county or as provided in Subsection 10-2a-219(2).
(2)
(a) For the purpose of levying taxes, service charges, or fees provided in this section, the county legislative body may establish a district or districts in the unincorporated areas of the county.
(b) A district established by a county as provided in Subsection (2)(a) may be reorganized as a special district in accordance with the procedures set forth in Sections 17D-1-601, 17D-1-603, and 17D-1-604.
(3) Nothing contained in this chapter may be construed to authorize counties to impose or levy taxes not otherwise allowed by law.
(4) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a county providing fire, paramedic, and police protection services in a designated recreational area, as provided in Subsection 17-34-1(5), may fund those services from the county general fund with revenues derived from both inside and outside the limits of cities and towns, and the funding of those services is not limited to unincorporated area revenues.
Amended by Chapter 15, 2023 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 17 - Counties › Chapter 34 - Municipal-Type Services to Unincorporated Areas › Section 4 - Contracts under Interlocal Cooperation Act.

17-34-4.
Contracts under Interlocal Cooperation Act.
This chapter may not be construed to prevent counties, cities, and towns from entering into contracts covering the furnishing by one to the other of all or any of the municipal services listed in Section 17-34-1 under Title 11, Chapter 13, Interlocal Cooperation Act, except that where incorporated cities or towns perform one or more of the municipal services set forth in Section 17-34-1 for unincorporated areas of a county, payment shall be made from the special revenue fund.
Amended by Chapter 199, 2000 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 17 - Counties › Chapter 34 - Municipal-Type Services to Unincorporated Areas › Section 5 - Budgeting, accounting for, and disbursing of funds -- Annual audit.

17-34-5.
Budgeting, accounting for, and disbursing of funds -- Annual audit.
(1)
(a) With respect to the budgeting, accounting for, and disbursing of funds to furnish the municipal-type services and functions described in Section 17-34-1 to areas of the county outside the limits of incorporated towns and cities, including levying of taxes and imposition of fees and charges under Section 17-34-3, each county legislative body shall separately budget and strictly account for and apportion to the costs of providing municipal-type services and functions the following:
(i) the salaries of each county commissioner and the salaries and wages of all other elected and appointed county officials and employees;
(ii) the operation and maintenance costs of each municipal-type service or function provided, set forth separately as line items in the Municipal Services Fund budget;
(iii) the cost of renting or otherwise using capital facilities for the purposes of providing municipal-type services or functions; and
(iv) all other costs including administrative costs associated, directly or indirectly, with the costs of providing municipal-type services or functions.
(b) At all times these funds and any expenditures from these funds shall be separately accounted for and utilized only for the purposes of providing municipal-type services and functions to areas of the county outside the limits of incorporated towns or cities.
(2) To implement Subsection (1):
(a) a budget shall be adopted and administered in the same manner as the budget for general purposes of the county which furnishes the municipal-type services and functions is adopted and administered, either as a part of the general budget or separate from it;
(b) funds for the purposes of furnishing municipal-type services and functions under this chapter shall be collected, held, and administered in the same manner as other funds of the county are collected, held, and administered, but shall be segregated and separately maintained, except that where, in the judgment of the county legislative body, advantages inure to the fund from coinvestment of these funds and other funds also subject to control by the county legislative body, the county legislative body may direct this coinvestment, but in no event may the funds to furnish municipal-type services and functions or the income from their investment be used for purposes other than those described in Section 17-34-1;
(c) expenditures shall be made in the same manner as other expenditures of the county are made; and
(d) any taxes levied under this chapter shall be levied at the same time and in the same manner as other taxes of the county are levied.
(3) An annual audit of the budgeting, accounting for, and disbursing of funds used to furnish municipal-type services and functions, shall be conducted by an independent certified public accountant.
Amended by Chapter 297, 2011 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 17 - Counties › Chapter 34 - Municipal-Type Services to Unincorporated Areas › Section 6 - State to indemnify county regarding refusal to site nuclear waste -- Terms and conditions.

Effective 5/12/2015
17-34-6.
State to indemnify county regarding refusal to site nuclear waste -- Terms and conditions.
If a county is challenged in a court of law regarding its decision to deny siting of a storage or transfer facility for the placement of high-level nuclear waste or greater than class C radioactive waste or its refusal to provide municipal-type services regarding the operation of the storage or transfer facility, the state shall indemnify, defend, and hold the county harmless from any claims or damages, including court costs and attorney fees that are assessed as a result of the county's action, if:
(1) the county has complied with the provisions of Subsection 17-27a-401(4)(b) by adopting an ordinance rejecting all proposals for the siting of a storage or transfer facility for the placement of high-level nuclear waste or greater than class C radioactive waste wholly or partially within the boundaries of the county;
(2) the county has complied with Subsection 17-34-1(3) regarding refusal to provide municipal-type services; and
(3) the court challenge against the county addresses the county's actions in compliance with Subsection 17-27a-401(4)(b) or 17-34-1(3).
Amended by Chapter 310, 2015 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 17 - Counties › Chapter 36 - Uniform Fiscal Procedures Act for Counties › Section 2 - Purpose of chapter.

17-36-2.
Purpose of chapter.
The purpose of this act is to codify and revise the law relating to county fiscal procedures in order to establish uniform accounting, budgeting, and financial reporting procedures for all counties. The act provides for the establishment of uniform procedures for the adoption and administration of fiscal and optional performance budgets.
The act is intended to enable counties to make financial plans for both current and capital expenditures, to ensure that executive staffs administer their respective functions in accordance with adopted budgets, and to provide taxpayers and investors with information about the financial policies and administration of the county in which they are interested.
Amended by Chapter 73, 1983 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 17 - Counties › Chapter 36 - Uniform Fiscal Procedures Act for Counties › Section 3.5 - Fiscal period -- Annual or biennial.

17-36-3.5.
Fiscal period -- Annual or biennial.
(1) Except as provided in Subsection (2), the fiscal period for each county shall be an annual period beginning on January 1 of each year and ending December 31 of the same calendar year.
(2)
(a) Notwithstanding Subsection (1), the legislative body of a county 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 county adopting an ordinance under Subsection (2)(a) shall separately specify in its budget the amount of ad valorem property tax it 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 it 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.
Enacted by Chapter 300, 1999 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 17 - Counties › Chapter 36 - Uniform Fiscal Procedures Act for Counties › Section 4 - State auditor -- Duties.

Effective 5/4/2022
17-36-4.
State auditor -- Duties.
(1) The state auditor shall:
(a) prescribe a uniform system of fiscal procedures for the several counties;
(b) conduct a constant review and modification of such procedures to improve them;
(c) prepare and supply each county finance officer with suitable budget forms; and
(d) prepare instructional materials, conduct training programs, and render other services deemed necessary to assist counties in implementing the uniform system.
(2) The uniform system of procedure may include reasonable exceptions and modifications applicable to counties with a population of 25,000 or less, such population to be determined by the Utah Population Committee. Counties may expand the uniform system to serve better their needs. Deviations from or alterations to the basic prescribed classification system for the identity of funds and accounts should not be made.
Amended by Chapter 288, 2022 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 17 - Counties › Chapter 36 - Uniform Fiscal Procedures Act for Counties › Section 6 - Required funds and accounts.

Effective 5/4/2022
17-36-6.
Required funds and accounts.
(1) In its system of accounts, each county shall maintain the following funds or account groups that are appropriate to its needs:
(a) a county general fund;
(b) special revenue funds;
(c) debt service funds to account for the retirement of general obligation bonds or other long-term indebtedness including the payment of interest;
(d) capital project funds, as required to account for the application of proceeds from the sale of general obligation bonds or other general long-term debt, or funds derived from other sources, to the specific purposes for which they are authorized;
(e) a separate fund for each utility or enterprise such as an airport fund, a sewer fund, a water fund, or other similar funds;
(f) intragovernmental service funds;
(g) fiduciary funds such as a cemetery perpetual-care fund or a retirement fund;
(h) a separate fund for each special improvement district, which shall be known as a special assessment fund;
(i) a ledger or group of accounts to record the details relating to the general fixed assets of the county;
(j) a ledger or group of accounts to record the details relating to the general obligation bonds or other long-term indebtedness of the county;
(k) municipal services fund as required in Section 17-36-9; and
(l) any other funds for special purposes required or established under the uniform system of budgeting, accounting, and reporting.
(2) The county shall classify the funds and account groups established under the authority of this section according to the uniform procedures established by this chapter.
Amended by Chapter 451, 2022 General Session