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H.B. 434

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COUNTY AMENDMENTS

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2011 GENERAL SESSION

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STATE OF UTAH

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Chief Sponsor: Melvin R. Brown

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Senate Sponsor: Ralph Okerlund

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             7      LONG TITLE
             8      General Description:
             9          This bill amends provisions related to a township planning commission.
             10      Highlighted Provisions:
             11          This bill:
             12          .    requires that on or before January 1, 2012, a county enact an ordinance providing
             13      for the election of at least three members of a township planning commission;
             14          .    provides for the appointment of a township planning commission member in certain
             15      circumstances;
             16          .    requires that on or before January 1, 2012, a county enact an ordinance designating
             17      the elected seats of a township planning commission; and
             18          .    makes technical corrections.
             19      Money Appropriated in this Bill:
             20          None
             21      Other Special Clauses:
             22          None
             23      Utah Code Sections Affected:
             24      AMENDS:
             25          17-27a-301, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2008, Chapter 250
             26     
             27      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:


             28          Section 1. Section 17-27a-301 is amended to read:
             29           17-27a-301. Ordinance establishing planning commission required -- Exception --
             30      Ordinance requirements -- Township planning commission -- Compensation.
             31          (1) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (1)(b), each county shall enact an ordinance
             32      establishing a countywide planning commission for the unincorporated areas of the county not
             33      within a township.
             34          (b) Subsection (1)(a) does not apply if all of the county is included within any
             35      combination of:
             36          (i) municipalities; and
             37          (ii) townships with their own planning commissions.
             38          (2) The ordinance shall define:
             39          (a) the number and terms of the members and, if the county chooses, alternate
             40      members;
             41          (b) the mode of appointment;
             42          (c) the procedures for filling vacancies and removal from office;
             43          (d) the authority of the planning commission; and
             44          (e) other details relating to the organization and procedures of the planning
             45      commission.
             46          (3) (a) If the county establishes a township planning commission, the county legislative
             47      body shall enact an ordinance defining appointment procedures, procedures for filling
             48      vacancies and removing members from office, and other details relating to the organization and
             49      procedures of each township planning commission.
             50          (b) The planning commission for each township shall consist of seven members who,
             51      except as provided in Subsection [(3)(e)] (4), shall be appointed by:
             52          (i) in a county operating under a form of government in which the executive and
             53      legislative functions of the governing body are separated, the county executive with the advice
             54      and consent of the county legislative body; or
             55          (ii) in a county operating under a form of government in which the executive and
             56      legislative functions of the governing body are not separated, the county legislative body.
             57          (c) (i) Members shall serve four-year terms and until their successors are appointed or,
             58      as provided in Subsection [(3)(e)] (4), elected and qualified.


             59          (ii) Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection (3)(c)(i) and except as provided in
             60      Subsection [(3)(e)] (4), members of the first planning commissions shall be appointed so that,
             61      for each commission, the terms of at least one member and no more than two members expire
             62      each year.
             63          (d) (i) Except as provided in Subsection (3)(d)(ii), each member of a township
             64      planning commission shall be a registered voter residing within the township.
             65          (ii) (A) Notwithstanding Subsection (3)(d)(i), one member of a planning commission
             66      of a township reconstituted under Laws of Utah 1997, Chapter 389, or reinstated or established
             67      under Subsection 17-27a-306 (1)(k)(i) may be an appointed member who is a registered voter
             68      residing outside the township if that member:
             69          (I) is an owner of real property located within the township; and
             70          (II) resides within the county in which the township is located.
             71          (B) (I) Each appointee under Subsection (3)(d)(ii)(A) shall be chosen by the township
             72      planning commission from a list of three persons submitted by the county legislative body.
             73          (II) If the township planning commission has not notified the county legislative body of
             74      its choice under Subsection (3)(d)(ii)(B)(I) within 60 days of the township planning
             75      commission's receipt of the list, the county legislative body may appoint one of the three
             76      persons on the list or a registered voter residing within the township as a member of the
             77      township planning commission.
             78          [(e) (i)] (4) (a) The legislative body of each county in which a township reconstituted
             79      under Laws of Utah 1997, Chapter 389, or reinstated or established under Subsection
             80      17-27a-306 (1)(e)(i) is located shall on or before January 1, 2012, enact an ordinance that
             81      provides for the election of at least three members of the planning commission of that
             82      township.
             83          [(ii)] (b) (i) The election of planning commission members under Subsection [(3)(e)(i)]
             84      (4)(a) shall coincide with the election of other county officers during even-numbered years.
             85          (ii) Approximately half the elected planning commission members shall be elected
             86      every four years during elections held on even-numbered years, and the remaining elected
             87      members shall be elected every four years on alternating even-numbered years.
             88          [(f) (i) (A) The legislative body of each county in which a township reconstituted under
             89      Laws of Utah 1997, Chapter 389, or reinstated or established under Subsection


             90      17-27a-306 (1)(e)(i) is located shall enact an ordinance appointing each elected]
             91          (c) If no person files a declaration of candidacy in accordance with Section 20A-9-202
             92      for an open township planning commission member position:
             93          (i) the position may be appointed in accordance with Subsection (3)(b); and
             94          (ii) a person appointed under Subsection (4)(c)(i) may not serve for a period of time
             95      that exceeds the elected term for which there was no candidate.
             96          (5) (a) A legislative body described in Subsection (4)(a) shall on or before January 1,
             97      2012, enact an ordinance that:
             98          (i) designates the seats to be elected; and
             99          (ii) subject to Subsection (6)(b), appoints a member of the planning and zoning board
             100      of the former township, established under Laws of Utah 1996, Chapter 308, as a member of the
             101      planning commission of the reconstituted or reinstated township. [Each]
             102          (b) A member appointed under [this subsection shall be] Subsection (5)(a) is
             103      considered an elected member.
             104          [(B) (I)] (6) (a) Except as provided in Subsection [(3)(f)(i)(B)(II)] (6)(b), the term of
             105      each member appointed under Subsection [(3)(f)(i)(A)] (5)(a) shall continue until the time that
             106      the member's term as an elected member of the former township planning and zoning board
             107      would have expired.
             108          [(II)] (b) (i) Notwithstanding Subsection [(3)(f)(i)(B)(I)] (6)(a), the county legislative
             109      body may adjust the terms of the members appointed under Subsection [(3)(f)(i)(A)] (5)(a) so
             110      that the terms of those members coincide with the schedule under Subsection [(3)(e)(ii)] (4)(b)
             111      for elected members.
             112          (ii) Subject to Subsection [(3)(f)(iii)] (6)(b)(iii), the legislative body of a county in
             113      which a township reconstituted under Laws of Utah 1997, Chapter 389, or reinstated or
             114      established under Subsection 17-27a-306 (1)(e)(i) is located may enact an ordinance allowing
             115      each appointed member of the planning and zoning board of the former township, established
             116      under Laws of Utah 1996, Chapter 308, to continue to hold office as a member of the planning
             117      commission of the reconstituted or reinstated township until the time that the member's term as
             118      a member of the former township's planning and zoning board would have expired.
             119          (iii) If a planning commission of a township reconstituted under Laws of Utah 1997,
             120      Chapter 389, or reinstated or established under Subsection 17-27a-306 (1)(e)(i) has more than


             121      one appointed member who resides outside the township, the legislative body of the county in
             122      which that township is located shall, within 15 days of the effective date of this Subsection
             123      [(3)(f)(iii)] (6)(b)(iii), dismiss all but one of the appointed members who reside outside the
             124      township, and a new member shall be appointed under Subsection (3)(b) no later than August
             125      16, 1997, to fill the position of each dismissed member.
             126          [(g) (i)] (7) (a) Except as provided in Subsection [(3)(g)(ii)] (7)(b), upon the
             127      appointment or election of all members of a township planning commission, each township
             128      planning commission under this section shall begin to exercise the powers and perform the
             129      duties provided in Section 17-27a-302 with respect to all matters then pending that previously
             130      had been under the jurisdiction of the countywide planning commission or township planning
             131      and zoning board.
             132          [(ii)] (b) Notwithstanding Subsection [(3)(g)(i)] (7)(a), if the members of a former
             133      township planning and zoning board continue to hold office as members of the planning
             134      commission of the township planning district under an ordinance enacted under Subsection
             135      [(3)(f)] (5)(a), the township planning commission shall immediately begin to exercise the
             136      powers and perform the duties provided in Section 17-27a-302 with respect to all matters then
             137      pending that had previously been under the jurisdiction of the township planning and zoning
             138      board.
             139          [(4)] (8) The legislative body may fix per diem compensation for the members of the
             140      planning commission, based on necessary and reasonable expenses and on meetings actually
             141      attended.




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