2023 Utah Code › Title 10 - Utah Municipal Code › Chapter 2a - Municipal Incorporation › Part 4 - Incorporation of Metro Townships and Unincorporated Islands in a County of the First Class on and after May 12, 2015 › Section 410 - Determination of metro township districts -- Determination of metro township or city initial officer terms -- Adoption of proposed districts -- Notice.

Effective 5/3/2023
10-2a-410.
Determination of metro township districts -- Determination of metro township or city initial officer terms -- Adoption of proposed districts -- Notice.
(1)
(a) If a metro township with a population of 10,000 or more is incorporated in accordance with an election held under Section 10-2a-404:
(i) each of the five metro township council members shall be elected by district; and
(ii) the boundaries of the five council districts for election and the terms of office shall be designated and determined in accordance with this section.
(b) If a metro township with a population of less than 10,000 or a town is incorporated at an election held in accordance with Section 10-2a-404, the five council members shall be elected at-large for terms as designated and determined in accordance with this section.
(c) If a city is incorporated at an election held in accordance with Section 10-2a-404:
(i)
(A) the four members of the council district who are not the mayor shall be elected by district; and
(B) the boundaries of the four council districts for election and the term of office shall be designated and determined in accordance with this section; and
(ii) the mayor shall be elected at-large for a term designated and determined in accordance with this section.
(2)
(a) No later than 90 days after the election day on which the metro township, city, or town is successfully incorporated under this part, the legislative body of the county in which the metro township, city, or town is located shall adopt by resolution:
(i) subject to Subsection (2)(b), for each incorporated metro township, city, or town, the council terms for a length of time in accordance with this section; and
(ii)
(A) for a metro township with a population of 10,000 or more, the boundaries of the five council districts; and
(B) for a city, the boundaries of the four council districts.
(b)
(i) For each metro township, city, or town, the county legislative body shall set the initial terms of the members of the metro township council, city council, or town council so that:
(A) except as provided in Subsection (2)(b)(ii), approximately half the members of the council, including the mayor in the case of a city, are elected to serve an initial term, of no less than one year, that allows their successors to serve a full four-year term that coincides with the schedule established in Subsection 10-3-205(1); and
(B) the remaining members of the council are elected to serve an initial term, of no less than one year, that allows their successors to serve a full four-year term that coincides with the schedule established in Subsection 10-3-205(2).
(ii) For a city that incorporated in a county of the first class in 2016, the term of office for the office of mayor is:
(A) three years for the initial term of office; and
(B) four years for each subsequent term of office.
(iii) For a metro township with a population of 10,000 or more, the county legislative body shall divide the metro township into five council districts that comply with Section 10-3-205.5.
(iv) For a city, the county legislative body shall divide the city into four council districts that comply with Section 10-3-205.5.
(3)
(a) Within 20 days of the county legislative body's adoption of a resolution under Subsection (2), the county clerk shall provide a notice, in accordance with Subsection (3)(b), containing:
(i) if applicable, a description of the boundaries, as designated in the resolution, of:
(A) for a metro township with a population of 10,000 or more, the metro township council districts; or
(B) the city council districts;
(ii) information about the deadline for filing a declaration of candidacy for those seeking to become candidates for metro township council, city council, town council, or city mayor, respectively; and
(iii) information about the length of the initial term of city mayor or each of the metro township, city, or town council offices, as described in the resolution.
(b) The county clerk shall provide the notice required under Subsection (3)(a) for the future metro township, as a class A notice under Section 63G-30-102, for at least seven days before the deadline for filing a declaration of candidacy under Subsection (4).
(c) The notice under Subsection (3)(b) shall contain the information required under Subsection (3)(a).
(4) A person seeking to become a candidate for metro township, city, or town council or city mayor shall, in accordance with Section 20A-9-202, file a declaration of candidacy with the clerk of the county in which the metro township, city, or town is located for an election described in Section 10-2a-411.
Amended by Chapter 435, 2023 General Session