H.B. 228 Enrolled

LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS
AMENDMENTS
2003 GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Sponsor: Mike Thompson
This act modifies the Utah Municipal Code and provisions relating to counties. The act
authorizes county legislative bodies to compel the attendance of its own members at
meetings and modifies the designation of the municipal body that is authorized to compel
attendance at meetings. The act also makes technical changes.
This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
AMENDS:
10-3-505, as enacted by Chapter 48, Laws of Utah 1977
17-53-206, as renumbered and amended by Chapter 133, Laws of Utah 2000
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1. Section 10-3-505 is amended to read:
10-3-505. Compelling attendance at meetings of legislative body.
The [governing] legislative body [shall have the power to] of a municipality may
compel the attendance of its own members at its meetings and provide [such] penalties [as] it
[deems] considers necessary for the failure to comply [therewith] with an exercise of the
authority to compel attendance.
Section 2. Section 17-53-206 is amended to read:
17-53-206. Meetings to comply with open meetings law -- Records and minutes --
Compelling attendance at meetings of legislative body.
(1) Each meeting of the county legislative body shall comply with Title 52, Chapter 4,
Open and Public Meetings.
(2) The chair and clerk of the county legislative body shall sign the records and
minutes of the county legislative body.
(3) The legislative body of a county may compel the attendance of its own members at
its meetings and provide penalties it considers necessary for the failure to comply with an

exercise of the authority to compel attendance.

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