S.B. 190 Enrolled

COUNTY OFFICER AMENDMENTS
2005 GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Chief Sponsor: Curtis S. Bramble
House Sponsor: Jeff Alexander

LONG TITLE
General Description:
This bill modifies a provision relating to the consolidation of county offices.
Highlighted Provisions:
This bill:
. prohibits the consolidation of the offices of county assessor and county treasurer;
and
. requires county legislative bodies to separate those two offices if they are
consolidated and to provide notice that the offices will be filled at a general
election.
Monies Appropriated in this Bill:
None
Other Special Clauses:
None
Utah Code Sections Affected:
AMENDS:
17-16-3, as last amended by Chapters 46 and 146, Laws of Utah 1994

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1. Section 17-16-3 is amended to read:
17-16-3. Consolidation of offices.
(1) The county legislative body may, unless prohibited by Subsection (2), pass an
ordinance that:

(a) consolidates county offices and establishes the duties of those consolidated offices;
(b) separates any previously consolidated offices and reconsolidates them; or
(c) separates any previously consolidated offices without reconsolidating them.
(2) The county legislative body may not:
(a) consolidate the offices of county commissioner, county council member, or county
treasurer with the office of county auditor;
(b) consolidate the office of county executive with the office of county auditor, unless a
referendum approving that consolidation passes; or
(c) consolidate the offices of county commissioner, county council member, county
executive, county assessor, or county auditor with the office of county treasurer.
(3) The county legislative body shall ensure that any ordinance consolidating or
separating county offices:
(a) is enacted before the February 1 of the year in which county officers are elected; and
(b) takes effect on the first Monday in January after the year in which county officers are
elected.
(4) Each county legislative body shall:
(a) [separate] enact an ordinance by February 1, 2006, separating any county offices that
are prohibited from consolidation by this section [by March 1, 1994]; and
(b) publish, by [March 7, 1994] February 15, 2006, a notice once in a newspaper of
general circulation in the county identifying the county offices that will be filled in the
November[, 1994] 2006 election.