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H.B. 220

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CLASSIFICATION OF COUNTIES

             2     
2012 GENERAL SESSION

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STATE OF UTAH

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Chief Sponsor: Ronda Rudd Menlove

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Senate Sponsor: Peter C. Knudson

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             7      LONG TITLE
             8      General Description:
             9          This bill enacts language related to the classification of urban and rural counties.
             10      Highlighted Provisions:
             11          This bill:
             12          .    classifies counties as urban or rural;
             13          .    requires the Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Interim Committee
             14      to:
             15              .    review the classification of counties; and
             16              .    consider whether to draft legislation on the classification of counties as urban or
             17      rural; 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          17-50-501, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2004, Chapter 269
             26          17-50-502, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2000, Chapter 318
             27     


             28      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             29          Section 1. Section 17-50-501 is amended to read:
             30           17-50-501. Classification of counties -- Population classification -- Urban and
             31      rural classification -- Review of classification.
             32          (1) Each county shall be classified according to its population.
             33          (2) (a) A county with a population of 700,000 or more is a county of the first class.
             34          (b) A county with a population of 125,000 or more but less than 700,000 is a county of
             35      the second class.
             36          (c) A county with a population of 31,000 or more but less than 125,000 is a county of
             37      the third class.
             38          (d) A county with a population of 11,000 or more but less than 31,000 is a county of
             39      the fourth class.
             40          (e) A county with a population of 4,000 or more but less than 11,000 is a county of the
             41      fifth class.
             42          (f) A county with a population less than 4,000 is a county of the sixth class.
             43          (3) The following are rural counties:
             44          (a) Beaver County;
             45          (b) Box Elder County;
             46          (c) Cache County;
             47          (d) Carbon County;
             48          (e) Daggett County;
             49          (f) Duchesne County;
             50          (g) Emery County;
             51          (h) Garfield County;
             52          (i) Grand County;
             53          (j) Iron County;
             54          (k) Juab County;
             55          (l) Kane County;
             56          (m) Millard County;
             57          (n) Morgan County;
             58          (o) Piute County;


             59          (p) Rich County;
             60          (q) San Juan County;
             61          (r) Sanpete County;
             62          (s) Sevier County;
             63          (t) Summit County;
             64          (u) Tooele County;
             65          (v) Uintah County;
             66          (w) Wasatch County;
             67          (x) Washington County; and
             68          (y) Wayne County.
             69          (4) The following are urban counties:
             70          (a) Davis County;
             71          (b) Salt Lake County;
             72          (c) Utah County; and
             73          (d) Weber County.
             74          (5) The Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Interim Committee shall on
             75      or before November 1, 2012:
             76          (a) review the classifications described in Subsections (3) and (4); and
             77          (b) consider whether to draft legislation on the classification of counties as urban or
             78      rural.
             79          Section 2. Section 17-50-502 is amended to read:
             80           17-50-502. Change of class of county.
             81          (1) Each county shall retain its classification under [Section] Subsection 17-50-501 (2)
             82      until changed as provided in this section.
             83          (2) The lieutenant governor shall monitor the population figure for each county as
             84      shown on:
             85          (a) each official census or census estimate of the United States Bureau of the Census;
             86      or
             87          (b) if the population figure for a county is not available from the United States Bureau
             88      of the Census, the population estimate from the Utah Population Estimates Committee.
             89          (3) If the applicable population figure under Subsection (2) indicates that a county's


             90      population has increased beyond the limit for its current class, the lieutenant governor shall:
             91          (a) prepare a certificate indicating the class in which the county belongs based on the
             92      increased population figure; and
             93          (b) within 10 days after preparing the certificate, deliver a copy of the certificate to the
             94      legislative body and, if the county has an executive that is separate from the legislative body,
             95      the executive of the county whose class was changed.
             96          (4) A county's change in class is effective on the date of the lieutenant governor's
             97      certificate under Subsection (3).




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