First Substitute S.B. 251

Senator Lyle W. Hillyard proposes to substitute the following bill:

1 PROHIBITING EMPLOYMENT OF RELATIVES
2 - AMENDMENTS
3 2001 GENERAL SESSION
4 STATE OF UTAH
5 Sponsor: Lyle W. Hillyard
6 This act modifies provisions governing employment of relatives by prohibiting elected
7 officials in first class counties from employing, appointing, voting for, or recommending the
8 appointment of, a relative of another member of the elected body in which the official serves
9 when the relative's remuneration is paid from public funds.
10 This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
11 ENACTS:
12 52-3-1.5, Utah Code Annotated 1953
13 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
14 Section 1. Section 52-3-1.5 is enacted to read:
15 52-3-1.5. Employment of relatives prohibited -- Exceptions.
16 (1) As used in this section:
17 (a) "Public officer" means a person who holds a position that is compensated by public
18 funds.
19 (b) "Relative" means a father, mother, husband, wife, son, daughter, sister, brother, uncle,
20 aunt, nephew, niece, first cousin, mother-in-law, father-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law,
21 son-in-law, or daughter-in-law.
22 (2) If the salary, wages, pay, or compensation of the employee in a first class county will
23 be paid from public funds, an elected public officer may not:
24 (a) knowingly employ, appoint, or vote for the relative of another member of the same
25 elected body in which the public officer serves; or

26 (b) recommend the appointment of a relative of another member of the same elected body
27 in which the public officer serves to any position of employment within the jurisdiction where the
28 elected public officer serves.