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7 LONG TITLE
8 General Description:
9 This bill modifies provisions relating to public notices.
10 Highlighted Provisions:
11 This bill:
12 ▸ eliminates some requirements to publish certain notices in a newspaper and on a
13 specified legal notice website;
14 ▸ requires certain notices to be posted on the Utah Public Notice Website;
15 ▸ requires the Division of Archives and Records Service to allow newspapers to
16 request and automatically receive a feed of postings to the Utah Public Notice
17 Website; and
18 ▸ makes technical changes.
19 Money Appropriated in this Bill:
20 None
21 Other Special Clauses:
22 None
23 Utah Code Sections Affected:
24 AMENDS:
25 8-5-6, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2009, Chapter 388
26 10-2-406, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2019, Chapter 255
27 10-2-407, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2019, Chapter 255
28 10-2-415, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2020, Chapter 22
29 10-2-418, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2020, Sixth Special Session, Chapter 7
30 10-2-419, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2019, Chapter 255
31 10-2-502.5, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2019, Chapter 255
32 10-2-607, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2019, Chapter 255
33 10-2-703, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2019, Chapter 255
34 10-2-708, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2020, Chapter 22
35 10-2a-207, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2019, Chapters 165, 255 and last amended
36 by Coordination Clause, Laws of Utah 2019, Chapter 165
37 10-2a-210, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2020, Chapter 22
38 10-2a-213, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2020, Chapter 22
39 10-2a-214, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2020, Chapter 22
40 10-2a-215, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2020, Chapter 22
41 10-2a-404, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2015, Chapter 352
42 10-2a-405, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2016, Chapter 176
43 10-2a-410, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2017, Chapter 158
44 10-3-301, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2020, Chapter 95
45 10-3-711, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2004, Chapter 202
46 10-5-108, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2017, Chapter 193
47 10-6-113, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2017, Chapter 193
48 10-6-152, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2009, Chapter 388
49 10-7-16, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2009, Chapter 388
50 10-7-19, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2019, Chapter 255
51 10-8-2, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2019, Chapter 376
52 10-8-15, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2019, Chapter 413
53 10-9a-204, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapter 90
54 10-18-203, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapter 90
55 10-18-302, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2014, Chapter 176
56 10-18-303, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2009, Chapter 388
57 11-13-219, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2015, Chapter 265
58 11-14-202, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2020, Chapter 31
59 11-14-315, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapter 378
60 11-14-318, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2009, First Special Session, Chapter 5
61 11-14a-1, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2009, Chapter 388
62 11-30-5, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2009, Chapter 388
63 11-39-103, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2014, Chapter 196
64 11-42-202, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2020, Chapter 282
65 11-42-301, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2017, Chapter 470
66 11-42-402, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2015, Chapter 396
67 11-42-404, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2015, Chapter 396
68 11-42a-201, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2018, Chapters 197 and 431
69 17-27a-204, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapter 90
70 17-27a-205, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2017, Chapter 84
71 17-27a-306, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2015, Chapter 352
72 17-27a-404, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2020, Chapter 434
73 17-41-302, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2019, Chapter 227
74 17-41-304, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2019, Chapter 227
75 17-41-405, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2019, Chapter 227
76 17B-1-111, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2011, Chapter 47
77 17B-1-211, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2013, Chapter 265
78 17B-1-304, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2017, Chapter 112
79 17B-1-306, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2020, Chapter 31
80 17B-1-313, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2009, Chapter 388
81 17B-1-417, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapter 90
82 17B-1-505.5, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2017, Chapter 404
83 17B-1-609, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2015, Chapter 436
84 17B-1-643, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2016, Chapter 273
85 17B-1-1204, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapter 90
86 17B-1-1307, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapter 90
87 17B-2a-705, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2019, Chapter 255
88 17B-2a-1007, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2018, Chapter 197
89 17B-2a-1110, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2016, Chapter 176
90 17C-1-601.5, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2018, Chapter 101
91 17C-1-701.5, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 2016, Chapter 350
92 17C-1-806, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2018, Chapter 364
93 17C-2-108, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2016, Chapter 350
94 17C-3-107, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2016, Chapter 350
95 17C-4-106, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2016, Chapter 350
96 17C-4-202, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2016, Chapter 350
97 17C-5-110, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2016, Chapter 350
98 17C-5-205, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2019, Chapter 376
99 20A-1-206, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2019, Chapter 255
100 20A-3a-604, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 2020, Chapter 31
101 20A-4-104, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2020, Chapter 31
102 20A-4-304, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2019, Chapters 255 and 433
103 20A-5-101, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2019, Chapter 255
104 20A-5-403.5, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2020, Chapter 31
105 20A-5-405, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2020, Chapter 31
106 20A-9-203, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2020, Chapter 22
107 26-8a-405.3, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2012, Chapters 91, 347 and last
108 amended by Coordination Clause, Laws of Utah 2012, Chapter 347
109 38-8-3, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2013, Chapter 163
110 54-8-10, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapter 90
111 54-8-16, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapter 90
112 54-8-23, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2009, Chapter 388
113 57-13a-104, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2013, Chapter 267
114 59-12-402, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2017, Chapter 422
115 59-12-2208, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapter 263
116 63F-1-701, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2020, Chapter 154
117 63G-6a-112, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2020, Chapter 257
118 72-5-105, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2017, First Special Session, Chapter 2
119 72-6-108, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2012, Chapter 347
120 76-8-809, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2009, Chapter 388
121 78A-7-202, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2015, Chapters 99 and 352
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123 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
124 Section 1. Section 8-5-6 is amended to read:
125 8-5-6. Alternative council or board procedures for notice -- Termination of
126 rights.
127 (1) As an alternative to the procedures set forth in Sections 8-5-1 through 8-5-4, a
128 municipal council or cemetery maintenance district board may pass a resolution demanding
129 that the owner of a lot, site, or portion of the cemetery, which has been unused for burial
130 purposes for more than 60 years, file with the county recorder, city recorder, or town clerk
131 notice of any claim to the lot, site, or portion of the cemetery.
132 (2) The municipal council or cemetery maintenance district board shall then cause a
133 copy of the resolution to be personally served on the owner in the same manner as personal
134 service of process in a civil action. The resolution shall notify the owner that the owner shall,
135 within 60 days after service of the resolution on the owner, express interest in maintaining the
136 cemetery lot, site, or portion of the cemetery and submit satisfactory evidence of an intention to
137 use the lot, site, or portion of the cemetery for a burial.
138 (3) If the owner cannot be personally served with the resolution of the municipal
139 council or cemetery maintenance district board as required in Subsection (2), the municipal
140 council or cemetery maintenance district board shall:
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146 (b) mail a copy of the resolution within 14 days after the publication to the owner's last
147 known address, if available.
148 (4) If, for 30 days after the last date of service or publication of the municipal council's
149 or cemetery maintenance district board's resolution, the owner or person with a legal interest in
150 the cemetery lot fails to state a valid interest in the use of the cemetery lot, site, or portion of
151 the cemetery for burial purposes, the owner's rights are terminated and that portion of the
152 cemetery shall be vested in the municipality or cemetery maintenance district.
153 Section 2. Section 10-2-406 is amended to read:
154 10-2-406. Notice of certification -- Publishing and providing notice of petition.
155 (1) After receipt of the notice of certification from the city recorder or town clerk under
156 Subsection 10-2-405(2)(c)(i), the municipal legislative body shall publish notice:
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163 than 10 days after the day on which the municipal legislative body receives the notice of
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165 (i) by posting one notice, and at least one additional notice per 2,000 population within
166 the combined area, in places within the combined area that are most likely to give notice to the
167 residents within, and the owners of real property located within, the combined area; or
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170 (ii) by mailing the notice to each residence within, and to each owner of real property
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175 weeks, beginning no later than 10 days after the day on which the municipal legislative body
176 receives the notice of certification;
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178 the notice of certification, by mailing written notice to each affected entity; and
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180 of time described in Subsection (1)[
181 (2) The notice described in Subsection (1) shall:
182 (a) state that a petition has been filed with the municipality proposing the annexation of
183 an area to the municipality;
184 (b) state the date of the municipal legislative body's receipt of the notice of certification
185 under Subsection 10-2-405(2)(c)(i);
186 (c) describe the area proposed for annexation in the annexation petition;
187 (d) state that the complete annexation petition is available for inspection and copying at
188 the office of the city recorder or town clerk;
189 (e) state in conspicuous and plain terms that the municipality may grant the petition
190 and annex the area described in the petition unless, within the time required under Subsection
191 10-2-407(2)(a)(i), a written protest to the annexation petition is filed with the commission and
192 a copy of the protest delivered to the city recorder or town clerk of the proposed annexing
193 municipality;
194 (f) state the address of the commission or, if a commission has not yet been created in
195 the county, the county clerk, where a protest to the annexation petition may be filed;
196 (g) state that the area proposed for annexation to the municipality will also
197 automatically be annexed to a local district providing fire protection, paramedic, and
198 emergency services or a local district providing law enforcement service, as the case may be, as
199 provided in Section 17B-1-416, if:
200 (i) the proposed annexing municipality is entirely within the boundaries of a local
201 district:
202 (A) that provides fire protection, paramedic, and emergency services or law
203 enforcement service, respectively; and
204 (B) in the creation of which an election was not required because of Subsection
205 17B-1-214(3)(c); and
206 (ii) the area proposed to be annexed to the municipality is not already within the
207 boundaries of the local district; and
208 (h) state that the area proposed for annexation to the municipality will be automatically
209 withdrawn from a local district providing fire protection, paramedic, and emergency services or
210 a local district providing law enforcement service, as the case may be, as provided in
211 Subsection 17B-1-502(2), if:
212 (i) the petition proposes the annexation of an area that is within the boundaries of a
213 local district:
214 (A) that provides fire protection, paramedic, and emergency services or law
215 enforcement service, respectively; and
216 (B) in the creation of which an election was not required because of Subsection
217 17B-1-214(3)(c); and
218 (ii) the proposed annexing municipality is not within the boundaries of the local
219 district.
220 (3) (a) The statement required by Subsection (2)(e) shall state the deadline for filing a
221 written protest in terms of the actual date rather than by reference to the statutory citation.
222 (b) In addition to the requirements under Subsection (2), a notice under Subsection (1)
223 for a proposed annexation of an area within a county of the first class shall include a statement
224 that a protest to the annexation petition may be filed with the commission by property owners if
225 it contains the signatures of the owners of private real property that:
226 (i) is located in the unincorporated area within 1/2 mile of the area proposed for
227 annexation;
228 (ii) covers at least 25% of the private land area located in the unincorporated area
229 within 1/2 mile of the area proposed for annexation; and
230 (iii) is equal in value to at least 15% of all real property located in the unincorporated
231 area within 1/2 mile of the area proposed for annexation.
232 Section 3. Section 10-2-407 is amended to read:
233 10-2-407. Protest to annexation petition -- Planning advisory area planning
234 commission recommendation -- Petition requirements -- Disposition of petition if no
235 protest filed.
236 (1) A protest to an annexation petition under Section 10-2-403 may be filed by:
237 (a) the legislative body or governing board of an affected entity;
238 (b) the owner of rural real property as defined in Section 17B-2a-1107; or
239 (c) for a proposed annexation of an area within a county of the first class, the owners of
240 private real property that:
241 (i) is located in the unincorporated area within 1/2 mile of the area proposed for
242 annexation;
243 (ii) covers at least 25% of the private land area located in the unincorporated area
244 within 1/2 mile of the area proposed for annexation; and
245 (iii) is equal in value to at least 15% of all real property located in the unincorporated
246 area within 1/2 mile of the area proposed for annexation.
247 (2) Each protest under Subsection (1) shall:
248 (a) be filed:
249 (i) no later than 30 days after the municipal legislative body's receipt of the notice of
250 certification under Subsection 10-2-405(2)(c)(i); and
251 (ii) (A) in a county that has already created a commission under Section 10-2-409, with
252 the commission; or
253 (B) in a county that has not yet created a commission under Section 10-2-409, with the
254 clerk of the county in which the area proposed for annexation is located;
255 (b) state each reason for the protest of the annexation petition and, if the area proposed
256 to be annexed is located in a specified county, justification for the protest under the standards
257 established in this chapter;
258 (c) if the area proposed to be annexed is located in a specified county, contain other
259 information that the commission by rule requires or that the party filing the protest considers
260 pertinent; and
261 (d) contain the name and address of a contact person who is to receive notices sent by
262 the commission with respect to the protest proceedings.
263 (3) The party filing a protest under this section shall on the same date deliver or mail a
264 copy of the protest to the city recorder or town clerk of the proposed annexing municipality.
265 (4) Each clerk who receives a protest under Subsection (2)(a)(ii)(B) shall:
266 (a) immediately notify the county legislative body of the protest; and
267 (b) deliver the protest to the boundary commission within five days after:
268 (i) receipt of the protest, if the boundary commission has previously been created; or
269 (ii) creation of the boundary commission under Subsection 10-2-409(1)(b), if the
270 boundary commission has not previously been created.
271 (5) (a) If a protest is filed under this section:
272 (i) the municipal legislative body may, at its next regular meeting after expiration of
273 the deadline under Subsection (2)(a)(i), deny the annexation petition; or
274 (ii) if the municipal legislative body does not deny the annexation petition under
275 Subsection (5)(a)(i), the municipal legislative body may take no further action on the
276 annexation petition until after receipt of the commission's notice of its decision on the protest
277 under Section 10-2-416.
278 (b) If a municipal legislative body denies an annexation petition under Subsection
279 (5)(a)(i), the municipal legislative body shall, within five days after the denial, send notice of
280 the denial in writing to:
281 (i) the contact sponsor of the annexation petition;
282 (ii) the commission; and
283 (iii) each entity that filed a protest.
284 (6) If no timely protest is filed under this section, the municipal legislative body may,
285 subject to Subsection (7), approve the petition.
286 (7) Before approving an annexation petition under Subsection (6), the municipal
287 legislative body shall hold a public hearing and publish notice of the public hearing:
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295 likely to give notice to the residents within, and the owners of real property located within, the
296 combined area; or
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298 each residence within, and to each owner of real property located within, the combined area
299 described in Subsection (7)(a)(i);
300 (b) on the Utah Public Notice Website created in Section 63F-1-701, for seven days
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305 before the day of the public hearing.
306 Section 4. Section 10-2-415 is amended to read:
307 10-2-415. Public hearing -- Notice.
308 (1) (a) If the results of the feasibility study or supplemental feasibility study meet the
309 requirements of Subsection 10-2-416(3) with respect to a proposed annexation of an area
310 located in a county of the first class, the commission shall hold a public hearing within 30 days
311 after the day on which the commission receives the feasibility study or supplemental feasibility
312 study results.
313 (b) At the public hearing described in Subsection (1)(a), the commission shall:
314 (i) require the feasibility consultant to present the results of the feasibility study and, if
315 applicable, the supplemental feasibility study;
316 (ii) allow those present to ask questions of the feasibility consultant regarding the study
317 results; and
318 (iii) allow those present to speak to the issue of annexation.
319 (2) The commission shall publish notice of the public hearing described in Subsection
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322 mile of unincorporated area, and the proposed annexing municipality[
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325 (a) (i) at least two weeks before the day of the public hearing, by posting one notice,
326 and at least one additional notice per 2,000 population within the combined area, in places
327 within the combined area that are most likely to give notice of the public hearing to the
328 residents within, and the owners of real property located within, the combined area; or
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331 (b) on the Utah Public Notice Website created in Section 63F-1-701, for two weeks
332 before the day of the public hearing;
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336 body of the proposed annexing municipality, the contact sponsor on the annexation petition,
337 each entity that filed a protest, and, if a protest was filed under Subsection 10-2-407(1)(c), the
338 contact person;
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342 (3) The notice described in Subsection (2) shall:
343 (a) be entitled, "notice of annexation hearing";
344 (b) state the name of the annexing municipality;
345 (c) describe the area proposed for annexation; and
346 (d) specify the following sources where an individual may obtain a copy of the
347 feasibility study conducted in relation to the proposed annexation:
348 (i) if the municipality has a website, the municipality's website;
349 (ii) a municipality's physical address; and
350 (iii) a mailing address and telephone number.
351 (4) Within 30 days after the time under Subsection 10-2-407(2) for filing a protest has
352 expired with respect to a proposed annexation of an area located in a specified county, the
353 boundary commission shall hold a hearing on all protests that were filed with respect to the
354 proposed annexation.
355 (5) At least 14 days before the date of a hearing described in Subsection (4), the
356 commission chair shall publish notice of the hearing:
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360 (a) (i) by posting one notice, and at least one additional notice per 2,000 population
361 within the area proposed for annexation, in places within the area that are most likely to give
362 notice of the hearing to the residents within, and the owners of real property located within, the
363 area; or
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365 located within, the area proposed for annexation;
366 (b) on the Utah Public Notice Website created in Section 63F-1-701, for 14 days before
367 the day of the hearing;
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370 before the day of the public hearing; and
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372 (6) Each notice described in Subsection (5) shall:
373 (a) state the date, time, and place of the hearing;
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376 (7) The commission may continue a hearing under Subsection (4) from time to time,
377 but no continued hearing may be held later than 60 days after the original hearing date.
378 (8) In considering protests, the commission shall consider whether the proposed
379 annexation:
380 (a) complies with the requirements of Sections 10-2-402 and 10-2-403 and the
381 annexation policy plan of the proposed annexing municipality;
382 (b) conflicts with the annexation policy plan of another municipality; and
383 (c) if the proposed annexation includes urban development, will have an adverse tax
384 consequence on the remaining unincorporated area of the county.
385 (9) (a) The commission shall record each hearing under this section by electronic
386 means.
387 (b) A transcription of the recording under Subsection (9)(a), the feasibility study, if
388 applicable, information received at the hearing, and the written decision of the commission
389 shall constitute the record of the hearing.
390 Section 5. Section 10-2-418 is amended to read:
391 10-2-418. Annexation of an island or peninsula without a petition -- Notice --
392 Hearing.
393 (1) As used in Subsection (2)(b)(ii), for purposes of an annexation conducted in
394 accordance with this section of an area located within a county of the first class,
395 "municipal-type services" does not include a service provided by a municipality pursuant to a
396 contract that the municipality has with another political subdivision as "political subdivision" is
397 defined in Section 17B-1-102.
398 (2) Notwithstanding Subsection 10-2-402(2), a municipality may annex an
399 unincorporated area under this section without an annexation petition if:
400 (a) for an unincorporated area within the expansion area of more than one municipality,
401 each municipality agrees to the annexation; and
402 (b) (i) (A) the area to be annexed consists of one or more unincorporated islands within
403 or unincorporated peninsulas contiguous to the municipality;
404 (B) the majority of each island or peninsula consists of residential or commercial
405 development;
406 (C) the area proposed for annexation requires the delivery of municipal-type services;
407 and
408 (D) the municipality has provided most or all of the municipal-type services to the area
409 for more than one year;
410 (ii) (A) the area to be annexed consists of one or more unincorporated islands within or
411 unincorporated peninsulas contiguous to the municipality, each of which has fewer than 800
412 residents; and
413 (B) the municipality has provided one or more municipal-type services to the area for
414 at least one year;
415 (iii) the area consists of:
416 (A) an unincorporated island within or an unincorporated peninsula contiguous to the
417 municipality; and
418 (B) for an area outside of the county of the first class proposed for annexation, no more
419 than 50 acres; or
420 (iv) (A) the area to be annexed consists only of one or more unincorporated islands in a
421 county of the second class;
422 (B) the area to be annexed is located in the expansion area of a municipality; and
423 (C) the county legislative body in which the municipality is located provides notice to
424 each property owner within the area to be annexed that the county legislative body will hold a
425 public hearing, no less than 15 days after the day on which the county legislative body provides
426 the notice, and may make a recommendation of annexation to the municipality whose
427 expansion area includes the area to be annexed after the public hearing.
428 (3) Notwithstanding Subsection 10-2-402(1)(b)(iii), a municipality may annex a
429 portion of an unincorporated island or unincorporated peninsula under this section, leaving
430 unincorporated the remainder of the unincorporated island or unincorporated peninsula, if:
431 (a) in adopting the resolution under Subsection (5)(a) the municipal legislative body
432 determines that not annexing the entire unincorporated island or unincorporated peninsula is in
433 the municipality's best interest; and
434 (b) for an annexation of one or more unincorporated islands under Subsection (2)(b),
435 the entire island of unincorporated area, of which a portion is being annexed, complies with the
436 requirement of Subsection (2)(b)(ii) relating to the number of residents.
437 (4) (a) This subsection applies only to an annexation within a county of the first class.
438 (b) A county of the first class shall agree to an annexation if the majority of private
439 property owners within the area to be annexed give written consent to the annexation, in
440 accordance with Subsection (4)(d), to the recorder of the annexing municipality.
441 (c) For purposes of Subsection (4)(b), the majority of private property owners is
442 property owners who own:
443 (i) the majority of the total private land area within the area proposed for annexation;
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445 (ii) private real property equal to at least 1/2 the value of private real property within
446 the area proposed for annexation.
447 (d) A property owner consenting to annexation shall indicate the property owner's
448 consent on a form which includes language in substantially the following form:
449 "Notice: If this written consent is used to proceed with an annexation of your property
450 in accordance with Utah Code Section 10-2-418, no public election is required by law to
451 approve the annexation. If you sign this consent and later decide you do not want to support
452 the annexation of your property, you may withdraw your signature by submitting a signed,
453 written withdrawal with the recorder or clerk of [name of annexing municipality]. If you
454 choose to withdraw your signature, you must do so no later than the close of the public hearing
455 on the annexation conducted in accordance with Utah Code Subsection 10-2-418(4)(d).".
456 (e) A private property owner may withdraw the property owner's signature indicating
457 consent by submitting a signed, written withdrawal with the recorder or clerk no later than the
458 close of the public hearing held in accordance with Subsection (5)(b).
459 (5) The legislative body of each municipality intending to annex an area under this
460 section shall:
461 (a) adopt a resolution indicating the municipal legislative body's intent to annex the
462 area, describing the area proposed to be annexed; and
463 (b) hold a public hearing on the proposed annexation no earlier than 30 days after the
464 adoption of the resolution described in Subsection (5)(a).
465 (6) A legislative body described in Subsection (5) shall publish notice of a public
466 hearing described in Subsection (5)(b):
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472 (a) (i) at least three weeks before the day of the public hearing, by posting one notice,
473 and at least one additional notice per 2,000 population in the [
474 the area proposed for annexation, in places within the combined area that are most likely to
475 give notice to the residents within, and the owners of real property located within, the
476 combined area; or
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478 each residence within, and each owner of real property located within, the combined area
479 described in Subsection (6)(a)(i);
480 (b) on the Utah Public Notice Website created in Section 63F-1-701, for three weeks
481 before the day of the public hearing;
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485 (i) the board of each local district and special service district whose boundaries contain
486 some or all of the area proposed for annexation; and
487 (ii) the legislative body of the county in which the area proposed for annexation is
488 located; and
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490 before the day of the public hearing.
491 (7) The legislative body of the annexing municipality shall ensure that:
492 (a) each notice described in Subsection (6):
493 (i) states that the municipal legislative body has adopted a resolution indicating the
494 municipality's intent to annex the area proposed for annexation;
495 (ii) states the date, time, and place of the public hearing described in Subsection (5)(b);
496 (iii) describes the area proposed for annexation; and
497 (iv) except for an annexation that meets the requirements of Subsection (8)(b) or (c),
498 states in conspicuous and plain terms that the municipal legislative body will annex the area
499 unless, at or before the public hearing described in Subsection (5)(b), written protests to the
500 annexation are filed by the owners of private real property that:
501 (A) is located within the area proposed for annexation;
502 (B) covers a majority of the total private land area within the entire area proposed for
503 annexation; and
504 (C) is equal in value to at least 1/2 the value of all private real property within the
505 entire area proposed for annexation; and
506 (b) the first publication of the notice described in Subsection (6)(a) occurs within 14
507 days after the day on which the municipal legislative body adopts a resolution under Subsection
508 (5)(a).
509 (8) (a) Except as provided in Subsections (8)(b)(i) and (8)(c)(i), upon conclusion of the
510 public hearing described in Subsection (5)(b), the municipal legislative body may adopt an
511 ordinance approving the annexation of the area proposed for annexation under this section
512 unless, at or before the hearing, written protests to the annexation have been filed with the
513 recorder or clerk of the municipality by the owners of private real property that:
514 (i) is located within the area proposed for annexation;
515 (ii) covers a majority of the total private land area within the entire area proposed for
516 annexation; and
517 (iii) is equal in value to at least 1/2 the value of all private real property within the
518 entire area proposed for annexation.
519 (b) (i) Notwithstanding Subsection (8)(a), upon conclusion of the public hearing
520 described in Subsection (5)(b), a municipality may adopt an ordinance approving the
521 annexation of the area proposed for annexation under this section without allowing or
522 considering protests under Subsection (8)(a) if the owners of at least 75% of the total private
523 land area within the entire area proposed for annexation, representing at least 75% of the value
524 of the private real property within the entire area proposed for annexation, have consented in
525 writing to the annexation.
526 (ii) Upon the effective date under Section 10-2-425 of an annexation approved by an
527 ordinance adopted under Subsection (8)(b)(i), the area annexed is conclusively presumed to be
528 validly annexed.
529 (c) (i) Notwithstanding Subsection (8)(a), upon conclusion of the public hearing
530 described in Subsection (5)(b), a municipality may adopt an ordinance approving the
531 annexation of an area that the county legislative body proposes for annexation under this
532 section without allowing or considering protests under Subsection (8)(a) if the county
533 legislative body has formally recommended annexation to the annexing municipality and has
534 made a formal finding that:
535 (A) the area to be annexed can be more efficiently served by the municipality than by
536 the county;
537 (B) the area to be annexed is not likely to be naturally annexed by the municipality in
538 the future as the result of urban development;
539 (C) annexation of the area is likely to facilitate the consolidation of overlapping
540 functions of local government; and
541 (D) annexation of the area is likely to result in an equitable distribution of community
542 resources and obligations.
543 (ii) The county legislative body may base the finding required in Subsection
544 (8)(c)(i)(B) on:
545 (A) existing development in the area;
546 (B) natural or other conditions that may limit the future development of the area; or
547 (C) other factors that the county legislative body considers relevant.
548 (iii) A county legislative body may make the recommendation for annexation required
549 in Subsection (8)(c)(i) for only a portion of an unincorporated island if, as a result of
550 information provided at the public hearing, the county legislative body makes a formal finding
551 that it would be equitable to leave a portion of the island unincorporated.
552 (iv) If a county legislative body has made a recommendation of annexation under
553 Subsection (8)(c)(i):
554 (A) the relevant municipality is not required to proceed with the recommended
555 annexation; and
556 (B) if the relevant municipality proceeds with annexation, the municipality shall annex
557 the entire area that the county legislative body recommended for annexation.
558 (v) Upon the effective date under Section 10-2-425 of an annexation approved by an
559 ordinance adopted under Subsection (8)(c)(i), the area annexed is conclusively presumed to be
560 validly annexed.
561 (9) (a) Except as provided in Subsections (8)(b)(i) and (8)(c)(i), if protests are timely
562 filed under Subsection (8)(a), the municipal legislative body may not adopt an ordinance
563 approving the annexation of the area proposed for annexation, and the annexation proceedings
564 under this section shall be considered terminated.
565 (b) Subsection (9)(a) does not prohibit the municipal legislative body from excluding
566 from a proposed annexation under Subsection (2)(b) the property within an unincorporated
567 island regarding which protests have been filed and proceeding under Subsection (3) to annex
568 some or all of the remaining portion of the unincorporated island.
569 Section 6. Section 10-2-419 is amended to read:
570 10-2-419. Boundary adjustment -- Notice and hearing -- Protest.
571 (1) The legislative bodies of two or more municipalities having common boundaries
572 may adjust their common boundaries as provided in this section.
573 (2) The legislative body of each municipality intending to adjust a boundary that is
574 common with another municipality shall:
575 (a) adopt a resolution indicating the intent of the municipal legislative body to adjust a
576 common boundary; and
577 (b) hold a public hearing on the proposed adjustment no less than 60 days after the
578 adoption of the resolution under Subsection (2)(a).
579 (3) A legislative body described in Subsection (2) shall publish notice of a public
580 hearing described in Subsection (2)(b):
581 [
582
583 [
584 (a) (i) at least three weeks before the day of the public hearing, by posting one notice,
585 and at least one additional notice per 2,000 population of the municipality, in places within the
586 municipality that are most likely to give notice to residents of the municipality; or
587 [
588 each residence in the municipality;
589 (b) on the Utah Public Notice Website created in Section 63F-1-701, for three weeks
590 before the day of the public hearing;
591 [
592
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594 owned by the state to be within the geographic boundary of a different local governmental
595 entity than before the adjustment, by providing written notice, at least 50 days before the day of
596 the public hearing, to:
597 (i) the title holder of any state-owned real property described in this Subsection (3)(d);
598 and
599 (ii) the Utah State Developmental Center Board, created under Section 62A-5-202, if
600 any state-owned real property described in this Subsection (3)(d) is associated with the Utah
601 State Developmental Center; and
602 [
603 before the day of the public hearing.
604 (4) The notice described in Subsection (3) shall:
605 (a) state that the municipal legislative body has adopted a resolution indicating the
606 municipal legislative body's intent to adjust a boundary that the municipality has in common
607 with another municipality;
608 (b) describe the area proposed to be adjusted;
609 (c) state the date, time, and place of the public hearing described in Subsection (2)(b);
610 (d) state in conspicuous and plain terms that the municipal legislative body will adjust
611 the boundaries unless, at or before the public hearing described in Subsection (2)(b), a written
612 protest to the adjustment is filed by:
613 (i) an owner of private real property that:
614 (A) is located within the area proposed for adjustment;
615 (B) covers at least 25% of the total private land area within the area proposed for
616 adjustment; and
617 (C) is equal in value to at least 15% of the value of all private real property within the
618 area proposed for adjustment; or
619 (ii) a title holder of state-owned real property described in Subsection (3)(d);
620 (e) state that the area that is the subject of the boundary adjustment will, because of the
621 boundary adjustment, be automatically annexed to a local district providing fire protection,
622 paramedic, and emergency services or a local district providing law enforcement service, as the
623 case may be, as provided in Section 17B-1-416, if:
624 (i) the municipality to which the area is being added because of the boundary
625 adjustment is entirely within the boundaries of a local district:
626 (A) that provides fire protection, paramedic, and emergency services or law
627 enforcement service, respectively; and
628 (B) in the creation of which an election was not required because of Subsection
629 17B-1-214(3)(c); and
630 (ii) the municipality from which the area is being taken because of the boundary
631 adjustment is not within the boundaries of the local district; and
632 (f) state that the area proposed for annexation to the municipality will be automatically
633 withdrawn from a local district providing fire protection, paramedic, and emergency services,
634 as provided in Subsection 17B-1-502(2), if:
635 (i) the municipality to which the area is being added because of the boundary
636 adjustment is not within the boundaries of a local district:
637 (A) that provides fire protection, paramedic, and emergency services; and
638 (B) in the creation of which an election was not required because of Subsection
639 17B-1-214(3)(c); and
640 (ii) the municipality from which the area is being taken because of the boundary
641 adjustment is entirely within the boundaries of the local district.
642 [
643
644
645 [
646 municipal legislative body may adopt an ordinance approving the adjustment of the common
647 boundary unless, at or before the hearing described in Subsection (2)(b), a written protest to the
648 adjustment is filed with the city recorder or town clerk by a person described in Subsection
649 (3)(d)(i) or (ii).
650 [
651 10-2-425 as if the boundary adjustment were an annexation.
652 [
653 each municipality involved in the boundary adjustment has adopted an ordinance under
654 Subsection [
655 (b) The effective date of a boundary adjustment under this section is governed by
656 Section 10-2-425.
657 Section 7. Section 10-2-502.5 is amended to read:
658 10-2-502.5. Hearing on request for disconnection -- Determination by municipal
659 legislative body -- Petition in district court.
660 (1) No sooner than [
661
662
663 legislative body of the municipality in which the area proposed for disconnection is located
664 shall hold a public hearing.
665 (2) The municipal legislative body shall provide notice of the public hearing:
666 (a) at least seven days before the hearing date, in writing to the petitioner and to the
667 legislative body of the county in which the area proposed for disconnection is located;
668 [
669
670 [
671 (b) (i) at least seven days before the hearing date, by posting one notice, and at least
672 one additional notice per 2,000 population of the municipality, in places within the
673 municipality that are most likely to give notice to residents within, and the owners of real
674 property located within, the municipality; or
675 [
676 within, and each owner of real property located within, the municipality;
677 (c) on the Utah Public Notice Website created in Section 63F-1-701, for seven days
678 before the hearing date; and
679 [
680 [
681 before the hearing date.
682 (3) In the public hearing, any person may speak and submit documents regarding the
683 disconnection proposal.
684 (4) Within 45 calendar days of the hearing, the municipal legislative body shall:
685 (a) determine whether to grant the request for disconnection; and
686 (b) if the municipality determines to grant the request, adopt an ordinance approving
687 disconnection of the area from the municipality.
688 (5) (a) A petition against the municipality challenging the municipal legislative body's
689 determination under Subsection (4) may be filed in district court by:
690 (i) the petitioner; or
691 (ii) the county in which the area proposed for disconnection is located.
692 (b) Each petition under Subsection (5)(a) shall include a copy of the request for
693 disconnection.
694 Section 8. Section 10-2-607 is amended to read:
695 10-2-607. Notice of election.
696 If the county legislative bodies find that the resolution or petition for consolidation and
697 their attachments substantially conform with the requirements of this part, the county
698 legislative bodies shall publish notice of the election for consolidation to the voters of each
699 municipality that would become part of the consolidated municipality:
700 [
701
702 [
703 (1) (a) at least four weeks before the day of the election, by posting one notice, and at
704 least one additional notice per 2,000 population of the municipality, in places within the
705 municipality that are most likely to give notice to the voters in the municipality; or
706 [
707 registered voter in the municipality;
708 (2) on the Utah Public Notice Website created in Section 63F-1-701, for at least four
709 weeks before the day of the election; and
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711
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713 weeks before the day of the election.
714 Section 9. Section 10-2-703 is amended to read:
715 10-2-703. Publication of notice of election.
716 (1) Immediately after setting the date for the election, the court shall order for
717 publication notice of the:
718 (a) petition; and
719 (b) date the election is to be held to determine the question of dissolution.
720 (2) The notice described in Subsection (1) shall be published:
721 [
722
723 [
724 (a) (i) at least four weeks before the day of the election, by posting one notice, and at
725 least one additional notice per 2,000 population of the municipality, in places within the
726 municipality that are most likely to give notice to the voters in the municipality; or
727 [
728 registered voter in the municipality;
729 (b) on the Utah Public Notice Website created in Section 63F-1-701, for four weeks
730 before the day of the election; and
731 [
732
733 [
734 before the day of the election.
735 Section 10. Section 10-2-708 is amended to read:
736 10-2-708. Notice of disincorporation -- Publication and filing.
737 When a municipality has been dissolved, the clerk of the court shall publish notice of
738 the dissolution:
739 [
740
741 [
742
743 (1) (a) by posting one notice, and at least one additional notice per 2,000 population of
744 the county in places within the county that are most likely to give notice to the residents within,
745 and the owners of real property located within, the county, including the residents and owners
746 within the municipality that is dissolved; or
747 [
748 located within, the county;
749 (2) on the Utah Public Notice Website created in Section 63F-1-701, for four weeks;
750 [
751 [
752 and
753 [
754 Section 11. Section 10-2a-207 is amended to read:
755 10-2a-207. Public hearings on feasibility study results -- Notice of hearings.
756 (1) If the results of the feasibility study or supplemental feasibility study comply with
757 Subsection 10-2a-205(6)(a), the lieutenant governor shall, after receipt of the results of the
758 feasibility study or supplemental feasibility study, conduct at least two public hearings:
759 (a) within 60 days after the day on which the lieutenant governor receives the results;
760 (b) at least seven days apart;
761 (c) except in a proposed municipality that will be a city of the fifth class or a town, in
762 geographically diverse locations;
763 (d) within or near the proposed municipality;
764 (e) to allow the feasibility consultant to present the results of the feasibility study; and
765 (f) to inform the public about the results of the feasibility study.
766 (2) At each public hearing described in Subsection (1), the lieutenant governor shall:
767 (a) provide a map or plat of the boundary of the proposed municipality;
768 (b) provide a copy of the feasibility study for public review;
769 (c) allow members of the public to express views about the proposed incorporation,
770 including views about the proposed boundaries; and
771 (d) allow the public to ask the feasibility consultant questions about the feasibility
772 study.
773 (3) The lieutenant governor shall publish notice of the public hearings described in
774 Subsection (1):
775 [
776
777 [
778 (a) (i) at least three weeks before the day of the first public hearing, by posting one
779 notice, and at least one additional notice per 2,000 population of the proposed municipality, in
780 places within the proposed municipality that are most likely to give notice to the residents
781 within, and the owners of real property located within, the proposed municipality; or
782 [
783 residence within, and each owner of real property located within, the proposed municipality;
784 (b) on the Utah Public Notice Website created in Section 63F-1-701, for three weeks
785 before the day of the first public hearing; and
786 [
787
788 [
789 public hearing.
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791
792 [
793 Subsection (3) shall include the feasibility study summary described in Subsection
794 10-2a-205(3)(c) and shall indicate that a full copy of the study is available on the lieutenant
795 governor's website and for inspection at the Office of the Lieutenant Governor.
796 (b) Instead of publishing the feasability summary under Subsection [
797 lieutenant governor may publish a statement that specifies the following sources where a
798 resident within, or the owner of real property located within, the proposed municipality, may
799 view or obtain a copy of the feasability study:
800 (i) the lieutenant governor's website;
801 (ii) the physical address of the Office of the Lieutenant Governor; and
802 (iii) a mailing address and telephone number.
803 Section 12. Section 10-2a-210 is amended to read:
804 10-2a-210. Incorporation election.
805 (1) (a) If the lieutenant governor certifies a petition under Subsection 10-2a-209(1)(b),
806 the lieutenant governor shall schedule an incorporation election for the proposed municipality
807 described in the petition to be held on the date of the next regular general election described in
808 Section 20A-1-201, or the next municipal general election described in Section 20A-1-202, that
809 is at least 65 days after the day on which the lieutenant governor certifies the petition.
810 (b) (i) The lieutenant governor shall direct the county legislative body of the county in
811 which the proposed municipality is located to hold the election on the date that the lieutenant
812 governor schedules under Subsection (1)(a).
813 (ii) The county shall hold the election as directed by the lieutenant governor under
814 Subsection (1)(b)(i).
815 (2) The county clerk shall publish notice of the election:
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817
818 [
819
820 (a) (i) at least three weeks before the day of the election, by posting one notice, and at
821 least one additional notice per 2,000 population of the area proposed to be incorporated, in
822 places within the area proposed to be incorporated that are most likely to give notice to the
823 voters within the area proposed to be incorporated; or
824 [
825 registered voter in the area proposed to be incorporated;
826 (b) on the Utah Public Notice Website created in Section 63F-1-701, for three weeks
827 before the day of the election;
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829
830 [
831 website for three weeks before the day of the election; and
832 [
833 (3) (a) The notice required by Subsection (2) shall contain:
834 (i) a statement of the contents of the petition;
835 (ii) a description of the area proposed to be incorporated as a municipality;
836 (iii) a statement of the date and time of the election and the location of polling places;
837 and
838 (iv) except as provided in Subsection (3)(c), the feasibility study summary described in
839 Subsection 10-2a-205(3)(c) and a statement that a full copy of the study is available on the
840 lieutenant governor's website and for inspection at the Office of the Lieutenant Governor.
841 [
842
843 [
844 notice may include a statement that specifies the following sources where a registered voter in
845 area proposed to be incorporated may view or obtain a copy the feasibility study:
846 (i) the lieutenant governor's website;
847 (ii) the physical address of the Office of the Lieutenant Governor; and
848 (iii) a mailing address and telephone number.
849 (4) An individual may not vote in an incorporation election under this section unless
850 the individual is a registered voter who resides, as defined in Section 20A-1-102, within the
851 boundaries of the proposed municipality.
852 (5) If a majority of those who vote in an incorporation election held under this section
853 cast votes in favor of incorporation, the area shall incorporate.
854 Section 13. Section 10-2a-213 is amended to read:
855 10-2a-213. Determination of number of council members -- Determination of
856 election districts -- Hearings and notice.
857 (1) If the incorporation proposal passes, the petition sponsors shall, within 60 days
858 after the day on which the county conducts the canvass of the election under Section
859 10-2a-212:
860 (a) for the incorporation of a city:
861 (i) if the voters at the incorporation election choose the council-mayor form of
862 government, determine the number of council members that will constitute the city council of
863 the city; and
864 (ii) if the voters at the incorporation election vote to elect council members by district,
865 determine the number of council members to be elected by district and draw the boundaries of
866 those districts, which shall be substantially equal in population; and
867 (b) for the incorporation of any municipality:
868 (i) determine the initial terms of the mayor and members of the municipal council so
869 that:
870 (A) the mayor and approximately half the members of the municipal council are
871 elected to serve an initial term, of no less than one year, that allows the mayor's and members'
872 successors to serve a full four-year term that coincides with the schedule established in
873 Subsection 10-3-205(1); and
874 (B) the remaining members of the municipal council are elected to serve an initial
875 term, of no less than one year, that allows the members' successors to serve a full four-year
876 term that coincides with the schedule established in Subsection 10-3-205(2); and
877 (ii) submit in writing to the county legislative body the results of the determinations
878 made by the sponsors under Subsections (1)(a) and (b)(i).
879 (2) A newly incorporated town shall operate under the five-member council form of
880 government as defined in Section 10-3b-102.
881 (3) Before making a determination under Subsection (1)(a) or (b)(i), the petition
882 sponsors shall hold a public hearing within the future municipality on the applicable issues
883 described in Subsections (1)(a) and (b)(i).
884 (4) The petition sponsors shall publish notice of the public hearing described in
885 Subsection (3):
886 [
887
888 [
889 (a) (i) at least two weeks before the day of the public hearing, by posting one notice,
890 and at least one additional notice per 2,000 population of the future municipality, in places
891 within the future municipality that are most likely to give notice to the residents within, and the
892 owners of real property located within, the future municipality; or
893 [
894 each residence within, and each owner of real property located within, the future municipality;
895 (b) on the Utah Public Notice Website created in Section 63F-1-701, for two weeks
896 before the day of the public hearing;
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899 [
900 public hearing; and
901 [
902 [
903
904 Section 14. Section 10-2a-214 is amended to read:
905 10-2a-214. Notice of number of commission or council members to be elected and
906 of district boundaries -- Declaration of candidacy for municipal office.
907 (1) Within 20 days after the day on which a county legislative body receives the
908 petition sponsors' determination under Subsection 10-2a-213(1)(b)(ii), the county clerk shall
909 publish, in accordance with Subsection (2), notice containing:
910 (a) the number of municipal council members to be elected for the new municipality;
911 (b) except as provided in Subsection (3), if some or all of the municipal council
912 members are to be elected by district, a description of the boundaries of those districts;
913 (c) information about the deadline for an individual to file a declaration of candidacy to
914 become a candidate for mayor or municipal council; and
915 (d) information about the length of the initial term of each of the municipal officers.
916 (2) The county clerk shall publish the notice described in Subsection (1):
917 [
918
919 [
920 (a) (i) by posting one notice, and at least one additional notice per 2,000 population of
921 the future municipality, in places within the future municipality that are most likely to give
922 notice to the residents in the future municipality; or
923 [
924 (b) on the Utah Public Notice Website created in Section 63F-1-701, for two weeks;
925 [
926 [
927 for two weeks; and
928 [
929 (3) Instead of publishing the district boundaries described in Subsection (1)(b), the
930 notice may include a statement that specifies the following sources where a resident of the
931 future municipality may view or obtain a copy the district:
932 (a) the county website;
933 (b) the physical address of the county offices; and
934 (c) a mailing address and telephone number.
935 (4) Notwithstanding Subsection 20A-9-203(3)(a), each individual seeking to become a
936 candidate for mayor or municipal council of a municipality incorporating under this part shall
937 file a declaration of candidacy with the clerk of the county in which the future municipality is
938 located and in accordance with:
939 (a) for an incorporation held on the date of a regular general election, the deadlines for
940 filing a declaration of candidacy under Section 20A-9-202; or
941 (b) for an incorporation held on the date of a municipal general election, the deadlines
942 for filing a declaration of candidacy under Section 20A-9-203.
943 Section 15. Section 10-2a-215 is amended to read:
944 10-2a-215. Election of officers of new municipality -- Primary and final election
945 dates -- County clerk duties -- Candidate duties -- Occupation of office.
946 (1) For the election of municipal officers, the county legislative body shall:
947 (a) unless a primary election is prohibited under Subsection 20A-9-404(2), hold a
948 primary election; and
949 (b) unless the election may be cancelled in accordance with Section 20A-1-206, hold a
950 final election.
951 (2) Each election described in Subsection (1) shall be held:
952 (a) consistent with the petition sponsors' determination of the length of each council
953 member's initial term; and
954 (b) for the incorporation of a city:
955 (i) appropriate to the form of government chosen by the voters at the incorporation
956 election;
957 (ii) consistent with the voters' decision about whether to elect city council members by
958 district and, if applicable, consistent with the boundaries of those districts as determined by the
959 petition sponsors; and
960 (iii) consistent with the sponsors' determination of the number of city council members
961 to be elected.
962 (3) (a) Subject to Subsection (3)(b), and notwithstanding Subsection 20A-1-201.5(2),
963 the primary election described in Subsection (1)(a) shall be held at the earliest of the next:
964 (i) regular primary election described in Subsection 20A-1-201.5(1); or
965 (ii) municipal primary election described in Section 20A-9-404.
966 (b) The county shall hold the primary election, if necessary, on the next election date
967 described in Subsection (3)(a) that is after the incorporation election conducted under Section
968 10-2a-210.
969 (4) (a) Subject to Subsection (4)(b), the county shall hold the final election described in
970 Subsection (1)(b):
971 (i) on the following election date that next follows the date of the incorporation
972 election held under Subsection 10-2a-210(1)(a);
973 (ii) a regular general election described in Section 20A-1-201; or
974 (iii) a regular municipal general election under Section 20A-1-202.
975 (b) The county shall hold the final election on the earliest of the next election date that
976 is listed in Subsection (4)(a)(i), (ii), or (iii):
977 (i) that is after a primary election; or
978 (ii) if there is no primary election, that is at least:
979 (A) 75 days after the incorporation election under Section 10-2a-210; and
980 (B) 65 days after the candidate filing period.
981 (5) The county clerk shall publish notice of an election under this section:
982 [
983
984 [
985 (a) (i) at least two weeks before the day of the election, by posting one notice, and at
986 least one additional notice per 2,000 population of the future municipality, in places within the
987 future municipality that are most likely to give notice to the voters within the future
988 municipality; or
989 [
990 registered voter within the future municipality;
991 (b) on the Utah Public Notice Website created in Section 63F-1-701, for two weeks
992 before the day of the election;
993 [
994
995 [
996 for two weeks before the day of the election; and
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998 [
999
1000 [
1001 (a) is the election officer for all purposes related to the election of municipal officers;
1002 (b) may, as necessary, determine appropriate deadlines, procedures, and instructions
1003 related to the election of municipal officers for a new municipality that are not otherwise
1004 contrary to law;
1005 (c) shall require and determine deadlines for municipal office candidates to file
1006 campaign financial disclosures in accordance with Section 10-3-208; and
1007 (d) shall ensure that the ballot for the election includes each office that is required to be
1008 included in the election for officers of the newly incorporated municipality, including the term
1009 of each office.
1010 [
1011 section shall comply with:
1012 (a) the campaign finance disclosure requirements described in Section 10-3-208; and
1013 (b) the requirements and deadlines established by the county clerk under this section.
1014 [
1015 described in Subsection (4)(a) shall take office:
1016 (a) after taking the oath of office; and
1017 (b) at noon on the first Monday following the day on which the election official
1018 transmits a certificate of nomination or election under the officer's seal to each elected
1019 candidate in accordance with Subsection 20A-4-304(4)(b).
1020 Section 16. Section 10-2a-404 is amended to read:
1021 10-2a-404. Election.
1022 (1) (a) Notwithstanding Section 20A-1-203, a county of the first class shall hold a local
1023 special election on November 3, 2015, on the following ballot propositions:
1024 (i) for registered voters residing within a planning township:
1025 (A) whether the planning township shall be incorporated as a city or town, according to
1026 the classifications of Section 10-2-301, or as a metro township; and
1027 (B) if the planning township incorporates as a metro township, whether the metro
1028 township is included in a municipal services district; and
1029 (ii) for registered voters residing within an unincorporated island, whether the island
1030 should maintain its unincorporated status or be annexed into an eligible city.
1031 (b) (i) A metro township incorporated under this part shall be governed by the
1032 five-member council in accordance with Chapter 3b, Part 5, Metro Township Council Form of
1033 Municipal Government.
1034 (ii) A city or town incorporated under this part shall be governed by the five-member
1035 council form of government as defined in Section 10-3b-102.
1036 (2) Unless a person is a registered voter who resides, as defined in Section 20A-1-102,
1037 within the boundaries of a planning township or an unincorporated island, the person may not
1038 vote on the proposed incorporation or annexation.
1039 (3) The county clerk shall publish notice of the election[
1040 Website created in Section 63F-1-701 for three weeks before the election.
1041 [
1042
1043 [
1044 (4) The notice required by Subsection (3) shall contain:
1045 (a) for residents of a planning township:
1046 (i) a statement that the voters will vote:
1047 (A) to incorporate as a city or town, according to the classifications of Section
1048 10-2-301, or as a metro township; and
1049 (B) if the planning township incorporates as a metro township, whether the metro
1050 township is included in a municipal services district;
1051 (ii) if applicable under Subsection 10-2a-405(5), a map showing the alteration to the
1052 planning township boundaries that would be effective upon incorporation;
1053 (iii) a statement that if the residents of the planning township elect to incorporate:
1054 (A) as a metro township, the metro township shall be governed by a five-member
1055 metro township council in accordance with Chapter 3b, Part 5, Metro Township Council Form
1056 of Municipal Government; or
1057 (B) as a city or town, the city or town shall be governed by the five-member council
1058 form of government as defined in Section 10-3b-102; and
1059 (iv) a statement of the date and time of the election and the location of polling places;
1060 (b) for residents of an unincorporated island:
1061 (i) a statement that the voters will vote either to be annexed into an eligible city or
1062 maintain unincorporated status; and
1063 (ii) a statement of the eligible city, as determined by the county legislative body in
1064 accordance with Section 10-2a-405, the unincorporated island may elect to be annexed by; and
1065 (c) a statement of the date and time of the election and the location of polling places.
1066 [
1067
1068 [
1069
1070 (5) (a) In addition to the notice required under Subsection (3), the county clerk shall
1071 post at least one notice of the election per 1,000 population in conspicuous places within the
1072 planning township or unincorporated island that are most likely to give notice of the election to
1073 the voters of the proposed incorporation or annexation.
1074 (b) The clerk shall post the notices under Subsection [
1075 before the election under Subsection (1).
1076 [
1077 planning township vote to:
1078 (i) incorporate as a city or town, the planning township shall incorporate as a city or
1079 town, respectively; or
1080 (ii) incorporate as a metro township, the planning township shall incorporate as a metro
1081 township.
1082 (b) If a majority of those casting votes within the planning township vote to incorporate
1083 as a metro township, and a majority of those casting votes vote to include the metro township
1084 in a municipal services district and limit the metro township's municipal powers, the metro
1085 township shall be included in a municipal services district and have limited municipal powers.
1086 (c) In an unincorporated island, if a majority of those casting a vote within the selected
1087 unincorporated island vote to:
1088 (i) be annexed by the eligible city, the area shall be annexed by the eligible city; or
1089 (ii) remain an unincorporated area, the area shall remain unincorporated.
1090 [
1091 information on an annexation or incorporation subject to this part and an election held in
1092 accordance with this section.
1093 Section 17. Section 10-2a-405 is amended to read:
1094 10-2a-405. Duties of county legislative body -- Public hearing -- Notice -- Other
1095 election and incorporation issues -- Rural real property excluded.
1096 (1) The legislative body of a county of the first class shall before an election described
1097 in Section 10-2a-404:
1098 (a) in accordance with Subsection (3), publish notice of the public hearing described in
1099 Subsection (1)(b);
1100 (b) hold a public hearing; and
1101 (c) at the public hearing, adopt a resolution:
1102 (i) identifying, including a map prepared by the county surveyor, all unincorporated
1103 islands within the county;
1104 (ii) identifying each eligible city that will annex each unincorporated island, including
1105 whether the unincorporated island may be annexed by one eligible city or divided and annexed
1106 by multiple eligible cities, if approved by the residents at an election under Section 10-2a-404;
1107 and
1108 (iii) identifying, including a map prepared by the county surveyor, the planning
1109 townships within the county and any changes to the boundaries of a planning township that the
1110 county legislative body proposes under Subsection (5).
1111 (2) The county legislative body shall exclude from a resolution adopted under
1112 Subsection (1)(c) rural real property unless the owner of the rural real property provides written
1113 consent to include the property in accordance with Subsection (7).
1114 (3) (a) The county clerk shall publish notice of the public hearing described in
1115 Subsection (1)(b):
1116 (i) by mailing notice to each owner of real property located in an unincorporated island
1117 or planning township no later than 15 days before the day of the public hearing;
1118 [
1119
1120
1121 [
1122 63F-1-701, for three weeks before the day of the public hearing[
1123 [
1124
1125 [
1126
1127
1128 (iii) by posting at least one notice of the hearing per 1,000 population in conspicuous
1129 places within the selected unincorporated island, eligible city, or planning township, as
1130 applicable, that are most likely to give notice of the hearing to the residents of the
1131 unincorporated island, eligible city, or planning township.
1132 [
1133 seven days before the hearing under Subsection (1)(b).
1134 [
1135 (i) (A) for a resident of an unincorporated island, a statement that the property in the
1136 unincorporated island may be, if approved at an election under Section 10-2a-404, annexed by
1137 an eligible city, including divided and annexed by multiple cities if applicable, and the name of
1138 the eligible city or cities; or
1139 (B) for residents of a planning township, a statement that the property in the planning
1140 township shall be, pending the results of the election held under Section 10-2a-404,
1141 incorporated as a city, town, or metro township;
1142 (ii) the location and time of the public hearing; and
1143 (iii) the county website where a map may be accessed showing:
1144 (A) how the unincorporated island boundaries will change if annexed by an eligible
1145 city; or
1146 (B) how the planning township area boundaries will change, if applicable under
1147 Subsection (5), when the planning township incorporates as a metro township or as a city or
1148 town.
1149 [
1150 on the county website.
1151 (4) The county legislative body may, by ordinance or resolution adopted at a public
1152 meeting and in accordance with applicable law, resolve an issue that arises with an election
1153 held in accordance with this part or the incorporation and establishment of a metro township in
1154 accordance with this part.
1155 (5) (a) The county legislative body may, by ordinance or resolution adopted at a public
1156 meeting, change the boundaries of a planning township.
1157 (b) A change to a planning township boundary under this Subsection (5) is effective
1158 only upon the vote of the residents of the planning township at an election under Section
1159 10-2a-404 to incorporate as a metro township or as a city or town and does not affect the
1160 boundaries of the planning township before the election.
1161 (c) The county legislative body:
1162 (i) may alter a planning township boundary under Subsection (5)(a) only if the
1163 alteration:
1164 (A) affects less than 5% of the residents residing within the planning advisory area; and
1165 (B) does not increase the area located within the planning township's boundaries; and
1166 (ii) may not alter the boundaries of a planning township whose boundaries are entirely
1167 surrounded by one or more municipalities.
1168 (6) After November 2, 2015, and before January 1, 2017, a person may not initiate an
1169 annexation or an incorporation process that, if approved, would change the boundaries of a
1170 planning township.
1171 (7) (a) As used in this Subsection (7), "rural real property" means an area:
1172 (i) zoned primarily for manufacturing, commercial, or agricultural purposes; and
1173 (ii) that does not include residential units with a density greater than one unit per acre.
1174 (b) Unless an owner of rural real property gives written consent to a county legislative
1175 body, rural real property described in Subsection (7)(c) may not be:
1176 (i) included in a planning township identified under Subsection (1)(c); or
1177 (ii) incorporated as part of a metro township, city, or town, in accordance with this
1178 part.
1179 (c) The following rural real property is subject to an owner's written consent under
1180 Subsection (7)(b):
1181 (i) rural real property that consists of 1,500 or more contiguous acres of real property
1182 consisting of one or more tax parcels;
1183 (ii) rural real property that is not contiguous to, but used in connection with, rural real
1184 property that consists of 1,500 or more contiguous acres of real property consisting of one or
1185 more tax parcels;
1186 (iii) rural real property that is owned, managed, or controlled by a person, company, or
1187 association, including a parent, subsidiary, or affiliate related to the owner of 1,500 or more
1188 contiguous acres of rural real property consisting of one or more tax parcels; or
1189 (iv) rural real property that is located in whole or in part in one of the following as
1190 defined in Section 17-41-101:
1191 (A) an agricultural protection area;
1192 (B) an industrial protection area; or
1193 (C) a mining protection area.
1194 Section 18. Section 10-2a-410 is amended to read:
1195 10-2a-410. Determination of metro township districts -- Determination of metro
1196 township or city initial officer terms -- Adoption of proposed districts.
1197 (1) (a) If a metro township with a population of 10,000 or more is incorporated in
1198 accordance with an election held under Section 10-2a-404:
1199 (i) each of the five metro township council members shall be elected by district; and
1200 (ii) the boundaries of the five council districts for election and the terms of office shall
1201 be designated and determined in accordance with this section.
1202 (b) If a metro township with a population of less than 10,000 or a town is incorporated
1203 at an election held in accordance with Section 10-2a-404, the five council members shall be
1204 elected at-large for terms as designated and determined in accordance with this section.
1205 (c) If a city is incorporated at an election held in accordance with Section 10-2a-404:
1206 (i) (A) the four members of the council district who are not the mayor shall be elected
1207 by district; and
1208 (B) the boundaries of the four council districts for election and the term of office shall
1209 be designated and determined in accordance with this section; and
1210 (ii) the mayor shall be elected at-large for a term designated and determined in
1211 accordance with this section.
1212 (2) (a) No later than 90 days after the election day on which the metro township, city,
1213 or town is successfully incorporated under this part, the legislative body of the county in which
1214 the metro township, city, or town is located shall adopt by resolution:
1215 (i) subject to Subsection (2)(b), for each incorporated metro township, city, or town,
1216 the council terms for a length of time in accordance with this section; and
1217 (ii) (A) for a metro township with a population of 10,000 or more, the boundaries of
1218 the five council districts; and
1219 (B) for a city, the boundaries of the four council districts.
1220 (b) (i) For each metro township, city, or town, the county legislative body shall set the
1221 initial terms of the members of the metro township council, city council, or town council so
1222 that:
1223 (A) except as provided in Subsection (2)(b)(ii), approximately half the members of the
1224 council, including the mayor in the case of a city, are elected to serve an initial term, of no less
1225 than one year, that allows their successors to serve a full four-year term that coincides with the
1226 schedule established in Subsection 10-3-205(1); and
1227 (B) the remaining members of the council are elected to serve an initial term, of no less
1228 than one year, that allows their successors to serve a full four-year term that coincides with the
1229 schedule established in Subsection 10-3-205(2).
1230 (ii) For a city that incorporated in a county of the first class in 2016, the term of office
1231 for the office of mayor is:
1232 (A) three years for the initial term of office; and
1233 (B) four years for each subsequent term of office.
1234 (iii) For a metro township with a population of 10,000 or more, the county legislative
1235 body shall divide the metro township into five council districts that comply with Section
1236 10-3-205.5.
1237 (iv) For a city, the county legislative body shall divide the city into four council
1238 districts that comply with Section 10-3-205.5.
1239 (3) (a) Within 20 days of the county legislative body's adoption of a resolution under
1240 Subsection (2), the county clerk shall publish, in accordance with Subsection (3)(b), notice
1241 containing:
1242 (i) if applicable, a description of the boundaries, as designated in the resolution, of:
1243 (A) for a metro township with a population of 10,000 or more, the metro township
1244 council districts; or
1245 (B) the city council districts;
1246 (ii) information about the deadline for filing a declaration of candidacy for those
1247 seeking to become candidates for metro township council, city council, town council, or city
1248 mayor, respectively; and
1249 (iii) information about the length of the initial term of city mayor or each of the metro
1250 township, city, or town council offices, as described in the resolution.
1251 (b) The county clerk shall publish the notice required under Subsection (3)(a) [
1252
1253 [
1254
1255 [
1256 [
1257
1258 (i) on the Utah Public Notice Website created in Section 63F-1-701 for two weeks; and
1259 (ii) by posting at least one notice per 1,000 population in conspicuous places within the
1260 future metro township, city, or town that are most likely to give notice to the residents of the
1261 future metro township, city, or town.
1262 [
1263 required under Subsection (3)(a).
1264 [
1265 at least seven days before the deadline for filing a declaration of candidacy under Subsection
1266 [
1267 [
1268 council or city mayor shall, in accordance with Section 20A-9-202, file a declaration of
1269 candidacy with the clerk of the county in which the metro township, city, or town is located for
1270 an election described in Section 10-2a-411.
1271 Section 19. Section 10-3-301 is amended to read:
1272 10-3-301. Notice -- Eligibility and residency requirements for elected municipal
1273 office -- Mayor and recorder limitations.
1274 (1) As used in this section:
1275 (a) "Absent" means that an elected municipal officer fails to perform official duties,
1276 including the officer's failure to attend each regularly scheduled meeting that the officer is
1277 required to attend.
1278 (b) "Principal place of residence" means the same as that term is defined in Section
1279 20A-2-105.
1280 (c) "Secondary residence" means a place where an individual resides other than the
1281 individual's principal place of residence.
1282 (2) (a) On or before May 1 in a year in which there is a municipal general election, the
1283 municipal clerk shall publish a notice that identifies:
1284 (i) the municipal offices to be voted on in the municipal general election; and
1285 (ii) the dates for filing a declaration of candidacy for the offices identified under
1286 Subsection (2)(a)(i).
1287 (b) The municipal clerk shall publish the notice described in Subsection (2)(a):
1288 (i) on the Utah Public Notice Website established by Section 63F-1-701; and
1289 (ii) in at least one of the following ways:
1290 (A) at the principal office of the municipality;
1291 [
1292
1293 [
1294 [
1295 [
1296 (3) (a) An individual who files a declaration of candidacy for a municipal office shall
1297 comply with the requirements described in Section 20A-9-203.
1298 (b) (i) Except as provided in Subsection (3)(b)(ii), the city recorder or town clerk of
1299 each municipality shall maintain office hours 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on the dates described in
1300 Subsections 20A-9-203(3)(a)(i) and (c)(i) unless the date occurs on a:
1301 (A) Saturday or Sunday; or
1302 (B) state holiday as listed in Section 63G-1-301.
1303 (ii) If on a regular basis a city recorder or town clerk maintains an office schedule that
1304 is less than 40 hours per week, the city recorder or town clerk may comply with Subsection
1305 (3)(b)(i) without maintaining office hours by:
1306 (A) posting the recorder's or clerk's contact information, including a phone number and
1307 email address, on the recorder's or clerk's office door, the main door to the municipal offices,
1308 and, if available, on the municipal website; and
1309 (B) being available from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on the dates described in Subsection (3)(b)(i),
1310 via the contact information described in Subsection (3)(b)(ii)(A).
1311 (4) An individual elected to municipal office shall be a registered voter in the
1312 municipality in which the individual is elected.
1313 (5) (a) Each elected officer of a municipality shall maintain a principal place of
1314 residence within the municipality, and within the district that the elected officer represents,
1315 during the officer's term of office.
1316 (b) Except as provided in Subsection (6), an elected municipal office is automatically
1317 vacant if the officer elected to the municipal office, during the officer's term of office:
1318 (i) establishes a principal place of residence outside the district that the elected officer
1319 represents;
1320 (ii) resides at a secondary residence outside the district that the elected officer
1321 represents for a continuous period of more than 60 days while still maintaining a principal
1322 place of residence within the district;
1323 (iii) is absent from the district that the elected officer represents for a continuous period
1324 of more than 60 days; or
1325 (iv) fails to respond to a request, within 30 days after the day on which the elected
1326 officer receives the request, from the county clerk or the lieutenant governor seeking
1327 information to determine the officer's residency.
1328 (6) (a) Notwithstanding Subsection (5), if an elected municipal officer obtains the
1329 consent of the municipal legislative body in accordance with Subsection (6)(b) before the
1330 expiration of the 60-day period described in Subsection (5)(b)(ii) or (iii), the officer may:
1331 (i) reside at a secondary residence outside the district that the elected officer represents
1332 while still maintaining a principal place of residence within the district for a continuous period
1333 of up to one year during the officer's term of office; or
1334 (ii) be absent from the district that the elected officer represents for a continuous period
1335 of up to one year during the officer's term of office.
1336 (b) At a public meeting, the municipal legislative body may give the consent described
1337 in Subsection (6)(a) by majority vote after taking public comment regarding:
1338 (i) whether the legislative body should give the consent; and
1339 (ii) the length of time to which the legislative body should consent.
1340 (7) (a) The mayor of a municipality may not also serve as the municipal recorder or
1341 treasurer.
1342 (b) The recorder of a municipality may not also serve as the municipal treasurer.
1343 (c) An individual who holds a county elected office may not, at the same time, hold a
1344 municipal elected office.
1345 (d) The restriction described in Subsection (7)(c) applies regardless of whether the
1346 individual is elected to the office or appointed to fill a vacancy in the office.
1347 Section 20. Section 10-3-711 is amended to read:
1348 10-3-711. Publication and posting of ordinances.
1349 (1) Before an ordinance may take effect, the legislative body of each municipality
1350 adopting an ordinance, except an ordinance enacted under Section 10-3-706, 10-3-707,
1351 10-3-708, 10-3-709, or 10-3-710, shall:
1352 (a) deposit a copy of the ordinance in the office of the municipal recorder; and
1353 (b) (i) publish a short summary of the ordinance [
1354 Notice Website created in Section 63F-1-701; or
1355 [
1356 [
1357
1358 (ii) post a complete copy of the ordinance:
1359 (A) for a city of the first class, in nine public places within the city; or
1360 (B) for any other municipality, in three public places within the municipality.
1361 (2) (a) Any ordinance, code, or book, other than the state code, relating to building or
1362 safety standards, municipal functions, administration, control, or regulations, may be adopted
1363 and shall take effect without further publication or posting, if reference is made to the code or
1364 book and at least one copy has been filed for use and examination by the public in the office of
1365 the recorder or clerk of the city or town prior to the adoption of the ordinance by the governing
1366 body.
1367 (b) Any state law relating to building or safety standards, municipal functions,
1368 administration, control, or regulations, may be adopted and shall take effect without further
1369 publication or posting if reference is made to the state code.
1370 (c) The ordinance adopting the code or book shall be published in the manner provided
1371 in this section.
1372 Section 21. Section 10-5-108 is amended to read:
1373 10-5-108. Budget hearing -- Notice -- Adjustments.
1374 (1) Prior to the adoption of the final budget or an amendment to a budget, a town
1375 council shall hold a public hearing to receive public comment.
1376 (2) The town council shall provide notice of the place, purpose, and time of the public
1377 hearing by [
1378 [
1379 [
1380 (a) in three public places at least 48 hours before the hearing;
1381 (b) on the Utah Public Notice Website created in Section 63F-1-701; and
1382 (c) on the home page of the website, either in full or as a link, of the town or metro
1383 township, if the town or metro township has a publicly viewable website, until the hearing
1384 takes place.
1385 (3) After the hearing, the town council, subject to Section 10-5-110, may adjust
1386 expenditures and revenues in conformity with this chapter.
1387 Section 22. Section 10-6-113 is amended to read:
1388 10-6-113. Budget -- Notice of hearing to consider adoption.
1389 At the meeting at which each tentative budget is adopted, the governing body shall
1390 establish the time and place of a public hearing to consider its adoption and shall order that
1391 notice of the public hearing be published at least seven days prior to the hearing:
1392 [
1393
1394 [
1395 (1) in three public places within the city;
1396 (2) on the Utah Public Notice Website created in Section 63F-1-701; and
1397 (3) on the home page of the website, either in full or as a link, of the city or metro
1398 township, if the city or metro township has a publicly viewable website, until the hearing takes
1399 place.
1400 Section 23. Section 10-6-152 is amended to read:
1401 10-6-152. Notice that audit completed and available for inspection.
1402 Within 10 days following the receipt of the audit report furnished by the independent
1403 auditor, the city auditor in cities having an auditor and the city recorder in all other cities shall:
1404 (1) prepare [
1405
1406 completed; [
1407 [
1408
1409 (2) post the notice:
1410 (a) in three public places; and
1411 (b) on the Utah Public Notice Website created in Section 63F-1-701; and
1412 [
1413
1414 [
1415 inspection at the office of the city auditor or recorder.
1416 Section 24. Section 10-7-16 is amended to read:
1417 10-7-16. Call for bids -- Notice -- Contents.
1418 (1) (a) Before holding an election under Subsection 10-7-15(1)(a)(ii), the municipal
1419 legislative body shall open to bid the sale or lease of the property mentioned in Section
1420 10-7-15.
1421 (b) The municipal legislative body shall cause notice of the bid process to be given by
1422 publication for at least three consecutive weeks[
1423 Section 63F-1-701.
1424 [
1425 [
1426 (c) The notice described in Subsection (1) shall:
1427 (i) give a general description of the property to be sold or leased;
1428 (ii) specify the time when sealed bids for the property, or for a lease on the property,
1429 will be received; and
1430 (iii) specify the time when and the place where the bids will be opened.
1431 (2) (a) As used in this section and in Section 10-7-17, "responsible bidder" means an
1432 entity with a proven history of successful operation of an electrical generation and distribution
1433 system, or an equivalent proven history.
1434 (b) Subject to Subsection (2)(c), a municipal legislative body may receive or refuse to
1435 receive any bid submitted for the sale or lease of the electrical works and plant.
1436 (c) A municipal legislative body may not receive a bid unless the municipal legislative
1437 body determines that the bid is submitted by a responsible bidder.
1438 Section 25. Section 10-7-19 is amended to read:
1439 10-7-19. Election to authorize -- Notice -- Ballots.
1440 (1) Subject to Subsection (2), the board of commissioners or city council of any city, or
1441 the board of trustees of any incorporated town, may aid and encourage the building of railroads
1442 by granting to any railroad company, for depot or other railroad purposes, real property of the
1443 city or incorporated town, not necessary for municipal or public purposes, upon the limitations
1444 and conditions established by the board of commissioners, city council, or board of trustees.
1445 (2) A board of commissioners, city council, or board of trustees may not grant real
1446 property under Subsection (1) unless the grant is approved by the eligible voters of the city or
1447 town at the next municipal election, or at a special election called for that purpose by the board
1448 of commissioners, city council, or board of trustees.
1449 (3) If the question is submitted at a special election, the election shall be held as nearly
1450 as practicable in conformity with the general election laws of the state.
1451 (4) The board of commissioners, city council, or board of trustees shall publish notice
1452 of an election described in Subsections (2) and (3):
1453 [
1454
1455 [
1456 (a) (i) at least four weeks before the day of the election, by posting one notice, and at
1457 least one additional notice per 2,000 population of the city or town, in places within the city or
1458 town that are most likely to give notice to the voters in the city or town; or
1459 [
1460 registered voter in the city or town;
1461 (b) on the Utah Public Notice Website created in Section 63F-1-701, for four weeks
1462 before the day of the election; and
1463 [
1464
1465 [
1466 weeks before the day of the election.
1467 (5) The board of commissioners, city council, or board of trustees shall cause ballots to
1468 be printed and provided to the eligible voters, which shall read: "For the proposed grant for
1469 depot or other railroad purposes: Yes. No."
1470 (6) If a majority of the votes are cast in favor of the grant, the board of commissioners,
1471 city council, or board of trustees shall convey the real property to the railroad company.
1472 Section 26. Section 10-8-2 is amended to read:
1473 10-8-2. Appropriations -- Acquisition and disposal of property -- Municipal
1474 authority -- Corporate purpose -- Procedure -- Notice of intent to acquire real property.
1475 (1) (a) A municipal legislative body may:
1476 (i) appropriate money for corporate purposes only;
1477 (ii) provide for payment of debts and expenses of the corporation;
1478 (iii) subject to Subsections (4) and (5), purchase, receive, hold, sell, lease, convey, and
1479 dispose of real and personal property for the benefit of the municipality, whether the property is
1480 within or without the municipality's corporate boundaries, if the action is in the public interest
1481 and complies with other law;
1482 (iv) improve, protect, and do any other thing in relation to this property that an
1483 individual could do; and
1484 (v) subject to Subsection (2) and after first holding a public hearing, authorize
1485 municipal services or other nonmonetary assistance to be provided to or waive fees required to
1486 be paid by a nonprofit entity, whether or not the municipality receives consideration in return.
1487 (b) A municipality may:
1488 (i) furnish all necessary local public services within the municipality;
1489 (ii) purchase, hire, construct, own, maintain and operate, or lease public utilities
1490 located and operating within and operated by the municipality; and
1491 (iii) subject to Subsection (1)(c), acquire by eminent domain, or otherwise, property
1492 located inside or outside the corporate limits of the municipality and necessary for any of the
1493 purposes stated in Subsections (1)(b)(i) and (ii), subject to restrictions imposed by Title 78B,
1494 Chapter 6, Part 5, Eminent Domain, and general law for the protection of other communities.
1495 (c) Each municipality that intends to acquire property by eminent domain under
1496 Subsection (1)(b) shall comply with the requirements of Section 78B-6-505.
1497 (d) Subsection (1)(b) may not be construed to diminish any other authority a
1498 municipality may claim to have under the law to acquire by eminent domain property located
1499 inside or outside the municipality.
1500 (2) (a) Services or assistance provided pursuant to Subsection (1)(a)(v) is not subject to
1501 the provisions of Subsection (3).
1502 (b) The total amount of services or other nonmonetary assistance provided or fees
1503 waived under Subsection (1)(a)(v) in any given fiscal year may not exceed 1% of the
1504 municipality's budget for that fiscal year.
1505 (3) It is considered a corporate purpose to appropriate money for any purpose that, in
1506 the judgment of the municipal legislative body, provides for the safety, health, prosperity,
1507 moral well-being, peace, order, comfort, or convenience of the inhabitants of the municipality
1508 subject to this Subsection (3).
1509 (a) The net value received for any money appropriated shall be measured on a
1510 project-by-project basis over the life of the project.
1511 (b) (i) A municipal legislative body shall establish the criteria for a determination
1512 under this Subsection (3).
1513 (ii) A municipal legislative body's determination of value received is presumed valid
1514 unless a person can show that the determination was arbitrary, capricious, or illegal.
1515 (c) The municipality may consider intangible benefits received by the municipality in
1516 determining net value received.
1517 (d) (i) Before the municipal legislative body makes any decision to appropriate any
1518 funds for a corporate purpose under this section, the municipal legislative body shall hold a
1519 public hearing.
1520 (ii) [
1521 shall publish a notice of the hearing described in Subsection (3)(d)(i) by posting notice:
1522 (A) [
1523
1524 conspicuous places within the municipality [
1525 (B) on the Utah Public Notice Website created in Section 63F-1-701[
1526
1527 (e) (i) Before a municipality provides notice as described in Subsection (3)(d)(ii), the
1528 municipality shall perform a study that analyzes and demonstrates the purpose for an
1529 appropriation described in this Subsection (3) in accordance with Subsection (3)(e)(iii).
1530 (ii) A municipality shall make the study described in Subsection (3)(e)(i) available at
1531 the municipality for review by interested parties at least 14 days immediately before the public
1532 hearing described in Subsection (3)(d)(i).
1533 (iii) A municipality shall consider the following factors when conducting the study
1534 described in Subsection (3)(e)(i):
1535 (A) what identified benefit the municipality will receive in return for any money or
1536 resources appropriated;
1537 (B) the municipality's purpose for the appropriation, including an analysis of the way
1538 the appropriation will be used to enhance the safety, health, prosperity, moral well-being,
1539 peace, order, comfort, or convenience of the inhabitants of the municipality; and
1540 (C) whether the appropriation is necessary and appropriate to accomplish the
1541 reasonable goals and objectives of the municipality in the area of economic development, job
1542 creation, affordable housing, elimination of a development impediment, job preservation, the
1543 preservation of historic structures and property, and any other public purpose.
1544 (f) (i) An appeal may be taken from a final decision of the municipal legislative body,
1545 to make an appropriation.
1546 (ii) A person shall file an appeal as described in Subsection (3)(f)(i) with the district
1547 court within 30 days after the day on which the municipal legislative body makes a decision.
1548 (iii) Any appeal shall be based on the record of the proceedings before the legislative
1549 body.
1550 (iv) A decision of the municipal legislative body shall be presumed to be valid unless
1551 the appealing party shows that the decision was arbitrary, capricious, or illegal.
1552 (g) The provisions of this Subsection (3) apply only to those appropriations made after
1553 May 6, 2002.
1554 (h) This section applies only to appropriations not otherwise approved pursuant to Title
1555 10, Chapter 5, Uniform Fiscal Procedures Act for Utah Towns, or Title 10, Chapter 6, Uniform
1556 Fiscal Procedures Act for Utah Cities.
1557 (4) (a) Before a municipality may dispose of a significant parcel of real property, the
1558 municipality shall:
1559 (i) provide reasonable notice of the proposed disposition at least 14 days before the
1560 opportunity for public comment under Subsection (4)(a)(ii); and
1561 (ii) allow an opportunity for public comment on the proposed disposition.
1562 (b) Each municipality shall, by ordinance, define what constitutes:
1563 (i) a significant parcel of real property for purposes of Subsection (4)(a); and
1564 (ii) reasonable notice for purposes of Subsection (4)(a)(i).
1565 (5) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (5)(d), each municipality intending to acquire
1566 real property for the purpose of expanding the municipality's infrastructure or other facilities
1567 used for providing services that the municipality offers or intends to offer shall provide written
1568 notice, as provided in this Subsection (5), of its intent to acquire the property if:
1569 (i) the property is located:
1570 (A) outside the boundaries of the municipality; and
1571 (B) in a county of the first or second class; and
1572 (ii) the intended use of the property is contrary to:
1573 (A) the anticipated use of the property under the general plan of the county in whose
1574 unincorporated area or the municipality in whose boundaries the property is located; or
1575 (B) the property's current zoning designation.
1576 (b) Each notice under Subsection (5)(a) shall:
1577 (i) indicate that the municipality intends to acquire real property;
1578 (ii) identify the real property; and
1579 (iii) be sent to:
1580 (A) each county in whose unincorporated area and each municipality in whose
1581 boundaries the property is located; and
1582 (B) each affected entity.
1583 (c) A notice under this Subsection (5) is a protected record as provided in Subsection
1584 63G-2-305(8).
1585 (d) (i) The notice requirement of Subsection (5)(a) does not apply if the municipality
1586 previously provided notice under Section 10-9a-203 identifying the general location within the
1587 municipality or unincorporated part of the county where the property to be acquired is located.
1588 (ii) If a municipality is not required to comply with the notice requirement of
1589 Subsection (5)(a) because of application of Subsection (5)(d)(i), the municipality shall provide
1590 the notice specified in Subsection (5)(a) as soon as practicable after its acquisition of the real
1591 property.
1592 Section 27. Section 10-8-15 is amended to read:
1593 10-8-15. Waterworks -- Construction -- Extraterritorial jurisdiction.
1594 (1) As used in this section, "affected entity" means a:
1595 (a) county that has land use authority over land subject to an ordinance or regulation
1596 described in this section;
1597 (b) local health department, as that term is defined in Section 26A-1-102, that has
1598 jurisdiction pursuant to Section 26A-1-108 over land subject to an ordinance or regulation
1599 described in this section;
1600 (c) municipality that has enacted or has the right to enact an ordinance or regulation
1601 described in this section over the land subject to an ordinance or regulation described in this
1602 section; and
1603 (d) municipality that has land use authority over land subject to an ordinance or
1604 regulation described in this section.
1605 (2) A municipality may construct or authorize the construction of waterworks within or
1606 without the municipal limits, and for the purpose of maintaining and protecting the same from
1607 injury and the water from pollution the municipality's jurisdiction shall extend over the territory
1608 occupied by such works, and over all reservoirs, streams, canals, ditches, pipes and drains used
1609 in and necessary for the construction, maintenance and operation of the same, and over the
1610 stream or other source from which the water is taken, for 15 miles above the point from which
1611 it is taken and for a distance of 300 feet on each side of such stream and over highways along
1612 such stream or watercourse within said 15 miles and said 300 feet.
1613 (3) The jurisdiction of a city of the first class shall additionally be over the entire
1614 watershed within the county of origin of the city of the first class and subject to Subsection (6)
1615 provided that livestock shall be permitted to graze beyond 1,000 feet from any such stream or
1616 source; and provided further, that the city of the first class shall provide a highway in and
1617 through the city's corporate limits, and so far as the city's jurisdiction extends, which may not
1618 be closed to cattle, horses, sheep, hogs, or goats driven through the city, or through any
1619 territory adjacent thereto over which the city has jurisdiction, but the board of commissioners
1620 of the city may enact ordinances placing under police regulations the manner of driving such
1621 cattle, sheep, horses, hogs, and goats through the city, or any territory adjacent thereto over
1622 which the city has jurisdiction.
1623 (4) A municipality may enact all ordinances and regulations necessary to carry the
1624 power herein conferred into effect, and is authorized and empowered to enact ordinances
1625 preventing pollution or contamination of the streams or watercourses from which the
1626 municipality derives the municipality's water supply, in whole or in part, for domestic and
1627 culinary purposes, and may enact ordinances prohibiting or regulating the construction or
1628 maintenance of any closet, privy, outhouse or urinal within the area over which the
1629 municipality has jurisdiction, and provide for permits for the construction and maintenance of
1630 the same.
1631 (5) In granting a permit described in Subsection (4), a municipality may annex thereto
1632 such reasonable conditions and requirements for the protection of the public health as the
1633 municipality determines proper, and may, if determined advisable, require that all closets,
1634 privies and urinals along such streams shall be provided with effective septic tanks or other
1635 germ-destroying instrumentalities.
1636 (6) A city of the first class may only exercise extraterritorial jurisdiction outside of the
1637 city's county of origin, as described in Subsection (3), pursuant to a written agreement with all
1638 municipalities and counties that have jurisdiction over the area where the watershed is located.
1639 (7) (a) After July 1, 2019, a municipal legislative body that seeks to adopt an ordinance
1640 or regulation under the authority of this section shall:
1641 (i) hold a public hearing on the proposed ordinance or regulation; and
1642 (ii) give notice of the date, place, and time of the hearing, as described in Subsection
1643 (7)(b).
1644 (b) At least ten days before the day on which the public hearing described in
1645 Subsection (7)(a)(i) is to be held, the notice described in Subsection (7)(a)(ii) shall be:
1646 (i) mailed to:
1647 (A) each affected entity;
1648 (B) the director of the Division of Drinking Water; and
1649 (C) the director of the Division of Water Quality; and
1650 [
1651 [
1652
1653 [
1654 (c) An ordinance or regulation adopted under the authority of this section may not
1655 conflict with:
1656 (i) existing federal or state statutes; or
1657 (ii) a rule created pursuant to a federal or state statute governing drinking water or
1658 water quality.
1659 (d) A municipality that enacts an ordinance or regulation under the authority of this
1660 section shall:
1661 (i) provide a copy of the ordinance or regulation to each affected entity; and
1662 (ii) include a copy of the ordinance or regulation in the municipality's drinking water
1663 source protection plan.
1664 Section 28. Section 10-9a-204 is amended to read:
1665 10-9a-204. Notice of public hearings and public meetings to consider general plan
1666 or modifications.
1667 (1) Each municipality shall provide:
1668 (a) notice of the date, time, and place of the first public hearing to consider the original
1669 adoption or any modification of all or any portion of a general plan; and
1670 (b) notice of each public meeting on the subject.
1671 (2) Each notice of a public hearing under Subsection (1)(a) shall be at least 10 calendar
1672 days before the public hearing and shall be:
1673 [
1674 [
1675 (b) mailed to each affected entity; and
1676 (c) posted:
1677 (i) in at least three public locations within the municipality; or
1678 (ii) on the municipality's official website.
1679 (3) Each notice of a public meeting under Subsection (1)(b) shall be at least 24 hours
1680 before the meeting and shall be:
1681 [
1682 [
1683 and
1684 (b) posted:
1685 (i) in at least three public locations within the municipality; or
1686 (ii) on the municipality's official website.
1687 Section 29. Section 10-18-203 is amended to read:
1688 10-18-203. Feasibility study on providing cable television or public
1689 telecommunications services -- Public hearings.
1690 (1) If a feasibility consultant is hired under Section 10-18-202, the legislative body of
1691 the municipality shall require the feasibility consultant to:
1692 (a) complete the feasibility study in accordance with this section;
1693 (b) submit to the legislative body by no later than 180 days from the date the feasibility
1694 consultant is hired to conduct the feasibility study:
1695 (i) the full written results of the feasibility study; and
1696 (ii) a summary of the results that is no longer than one page in length; and
1697 (c) attend the public hearings described in Subsection (4) to:
1698 (i) present the feasibility study results; and
1699 (ii) respond to questions from the public.
1700 (2) The feasibility study described in Subsection (1) shall at a minimum consider:
1701 (a) (i) if the municipality is proposing to provide cable television services to
1702 subscribers, whether the municipality providing cable television services in the manner
1703 proposed by the municipality will hinder or advance competition for cable television services
1704 in the municipality; or
1705 (ii) if the municipality is proposing to provide public telecommunications services to
1706 subscribers, whether the municipality providing public telecommunications services in the
1707 manner proposed by the municipality will hinder or advance competition for public
1708 telecommunications services in the municipality;
1709 (b) whether but for the municipality any person would provide the proposed:
1710 (i) cable television services; or
1711 (ii) public telecommunications services;
1712 (c) the fiscal impact on the municipality of:
1713 (i) the capital investment in facilities that will be used to provide the proposed:
1714 (A) cable television services; or
1715 (B) public telecommunications services; and
1716 (ii) the expenditure of funds for labor, financing, and administering the proposed:
1717 (A) cable television services; or
1718 (B) public telecommunications services;
1719 (d) the projected growth in demand in the municipality for the proposed:
1720 (i) cable television services; or
1721 (ii) public telecommunications services;
1722 (e) the projections at the time of the feasibility study and for the next five years, of a
1723 full-cost accounting for a municipality to purchase, lease, construct, maintain, or operate the
1724 facilities necessary to provide the proposed:
1725 (i) cable television services; or
1726 (ii) public telecommunications services; and
1727 (f) the projections at the time of the feasibility study and for the next five years of the
1728 revenues to be generated from the proposed:
1729 (i) cable television services; or
1730 (ii) public telecommunications services.
1731 (3) For purposes of the financial projections required under Subsections (2)(e) and (f),
1732 the feasibility consultant shall assume that the municipality will price the proposed cable
1733 television services or public telecommunications services consistent with Subsection
1734 10-18-303(5).
1735 (4) If the results of the feasibility study satisfy the revenue requirement of Subsection
1736 10-18-202(3), the legislative body, at the next regular meeting after the legislative body
1737 receives the results of the feasibility study, shall schedule at least two public hearings to be
1738 held:
1739 (a) within 60 days of the meeting at which the public hearings are scheduled;
1740 (b) at least seven days apart; and
1741 (c) for the purpose of allowing:
1742 (i) the feasibility consultant to present the results of the feasibility study; and
1743 (ii) the public to:
1744 (A) become informed about the feasibility study results; and
1745 (B) ask questions of the feasibility consultant about the results of the feasibility study.
1746 (5) (a) [
1747 notice of the public hearings required under Subsection (4) by:
1748 [
1749
1750
1751 [
1752 63F-1-701, for three weeks, at least three days before the first public hearing required under
1753 Subsection (4)[
1754 [
1755
1756 (ii) posting at least one notice of the hearings per 1,000 residents, in a conspicuous
1757 place within the municipality that is likely to give notice of the hearings to the greatest number
1758 of residents of the municipality.
1759 [
1760 public hearing required under Subsection (4) is held.
1761 Section 30. Section 10-18-302 is amended to read:
1762 10-18-302. Bonding authority.
1763 (1) In accordance with Title 11, Chapter 14, Local Government Bonding Act, the
1764 legislative body of a municipality may by resolution determine to issue one or more revenue
1765 bonds or general obligation bonds to finance the capital costs for facilities necessary to provide
1766 to subscribers:
1767 (a) a cable television service; or
1768 (b) a public telecommunications service.
1769 (2) The resolution described in Subsection (1) shall:
1770 (a) describe the purpose for which the indebtedness is to be created; and
1771 (b) specify the dollar amount of the one or more bonds proposed to be issued.
1772 (3) (a) A revenue bond issued under this section shall be secured and paid for:
1773 (i) from the revenues generated by the municipality from providing:
1774 (A) cable television services with respect to revenue bonds issued to finance facilities
1775 for the municipality's cable television services; and
1776 (B) public telecommunications services with respect to revenue bonds issued to finance
1777 facilities for the municipality's public telecommunications services; and
1778 (ii) notwithstanding Subsection (3)(b) and Subsection 10-18-303(3)(a), from revenues
1779 generated under Title 59, Chapter 12, Sales and Use Tax Act, if:
1780 (A) notwithstanding Subsection 11-14-201(3) and except as provided in Subsections
1781 (4) and (5), the revenue bond is approved by the registered voters in an election held:
1782 (I) except as provided in Subsection (3)(a)(ii)(A)(II), pursuant to the provisions of Title
1783 11, Chapter 14, Local Government Bonding Act, that govern bond elections; and
1784 (II) notwithstanding Subsection 11-14-203(2), at a regular general election;
1785 (B) the revenues described in this Subsection (3)(a)(ii) are pledged as security for the
1786 revenue bond; and
1787 (C) the municipality or municipalities annually appropriate the revenues described in
1788 this Subsection (3)(a)(ii) to secure and pay the revenue bond issued under this section.
1789 (b) Except as provided in Subsection (3)(a)(ii), a municipality may not pay the
1790 origination, financing, or other carrying costs associated with the one or more revenue bonds
1791 issued under this section from the town or city, respectively, general funds or other enterprise
1792 funds of the municipality.
1793 (4) (a) As used in this Subsection (4), "municipal entity" means an entity created
1794 pursuant to an agreement:
1795 (i) under Title 11, Chapter 13, Interlocal Cooperation Act; and
1796 (ii) to which a municipality is a party.
1797 (b) The requirements of Subsection (3)(a)(ii)(A) do not apply to a municipality or
1798 municipal entity that issues revenue bonds, or to a municipality that is a member of a municipal
1799 entity that issues revenue bonds, if:
1800 (i) on or before March 2, 2004, the municipality that is issuing revenue bonds or that is
1801 a member of a municipal entity that is issuing revenue bonds has published the first notice
1802 described in Subsection (4)(b)(iii);
1803 (ii) on or before April 15, 2004, the municipality that is issuing revenue bonds or that
1804 is a member of a municipal entity that is issuing revenue bonds makes the decision to pledge
1805 the revenues described in Subsection (3)(a)(ii) as security for the revenue bonds described in
1806 this Subsection (4)(b)(ii);
1807 (iii) (A) the municipality that is issuing the revenue bonds or the municipality that is a
1808 member of the municipal entity that is issuing the revenue bonds has[
1809 hearing for which public notice was given by publication of the notice[
1810
1811
1812
1813 two weeks before the public hearing; and
1814 (B) the notice identifies:
1815 (I) that the notice is given pursuant to Title 11, Chapter 14, Local Government Bonding
1816 Act;
1817 (II) the purpose for the bonds to be issued;
1818 (III) the maximum amount of the revenues described in Subsection (3)(a)(ii) that will
1819 be pledged in any fiscal year;
1820 (IV) the maximum number of years that the pledge will be in effect; and
1821 (V) the time, place, and location for the public hearing;
1822 (iv) the municipal entity that issues revenue bonds:
1823 (A) adopts a final financing plan; and
1824 (B) in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 2, Government Records Access and
1825 Management Act, makes available to the public at the time the municipal entity adopts the final
1826 financing plan:
1827 (I) the final financing plan; and
1828 (II) all contracts entered into by the municipal entity, except as protected by Title 63G,
1829 Chapter 2, Government Records Access and Management Act;
1830 (v) any municipality that is a member of a municipal entity described in Subsection
1831 (4)(b)(iv):
1832 (A) not less than 30 calendar days after the municipal entity complies with Subsection
1833 (4)(b)(iv)(B), holds a final public hearing;
1834 (B) provides notice, at the time the municipality schedules the final public hearing, to
1835 any person who has provided to the municipality a written request for notice; and
1836 (C) makes all reasonable efforts to provide fair opportunity for oral testimony by all
1837 interested parties; and
1838 (vi) except with respect to a municipality that issued bonds prior to March 1, 2004, not
1839 more than 50% of the average annual debt service of all revenue bonds described in this section
1840 to provide service throughout the municipality or municipal entity may be paid from the
1841 revenues described in Subsection (3)(a)(ii).
1842 (5) On or after July 1, 2007, the requirements of Subsection (3)(a)(ii)(A) do not apply
1843 to a municipality that issues revenue bonds if:
1844 (a) (i) the municipality that is issuing the revenue bonds has[
1845 for which public notice was given by publication of the notice[
1846
1847
1848
1849 before the public hearing; and
1850 (ii) the notice identifies:
1851 (A) that the notice is given pursuant to Title 11, Chapter 14, Local Government
1852 Bonding Act;
1853 (B) the purpose for the bonds to be issued;
1854 (C) the maximum amount of the revenues described in Subsection (3)(a)(ii) that will be
1855 pledged in any fiscal year;
1856 (D) the maximum number of years that the pledge will be in effect; and
1857 (E) the time, place, and location for the public hearing; and
1858 (b) except with respect to a municipality that issued bonds prior to March 1, 2004, not
1859 more than 50% of the average annual debt service of all revenue bonds described in this section
1860 to provide service throughout the municipality or municipal entity may be paid from the
1861 revenues described in Subsection (3)(a)(ii).
1862 (6) A municipality that issues bonds pursuant to this section may not make or grant any
1863 undue or unreasonable preference or advantage to itself or to any private provider of:
1864 (a) cable television services; or
1865 (b) public telecommunications services.
1866 Section 31. Section 10-18-303 is amended to read:
1867 10-18-303. General operating limitations.
1868 A municipality that provides a cable television service or a public telecommunications
1869 service under this chapter is subject to the operating limitations of this section.
1870 (1) A municipality that provides a cable television service shall comply with:
1871 (a) the Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984, 47 U.S.C. 521, et seq.; and
1872 (b) the regulations issued by the Federal Communications Commission under the Cable
1873 Communications Policy Act of 1984, 47 U.S.C. 521, et seq.
1874 (2) A municipality that provides a public telecommunications service shall comply
1875 with:
1876 (a) the Telecommunications Act of 1996, Pub. L. 104-104;
1877 (b) the regulations issued by the Federal Communications Commission under the
1878 Telecommunications Act of 1996, Pub. L. 104-104;
1879 (c) Section 54-8b-2.2 relating to:
1880 (i) the interconnection of essential facilities; and
1881 (ii) the purchase and sale of essential services; and
1882 (d) the rules made by the Public Service Commission of Utah under Section 54-8b-2.2.
1883 (3) A municipality may not cross subsidize its cable television services or its public
1884 telecommunications services with:
1885 (a) tax dollars;
1886 (b) income from other municipal or utility services;
1887 (c) below-market rate loans from the municipality; or
1888 (d) any other means.
1889 (4) (a) A municipality may not make or grant any undue or unreasonable preference or
1890 advantage to itself or to any private provider of:
1891 (i) cable television services; or
1892 (ii) public telecommunications services.
1893 (b) A municipality shall apply without discrimination as to itself and to any private
1894 provider the municipality's ordinances, rules, and policies, including those relating to:
1895 (i) obligation to serve;
1896 (ii) access to public rights of way;
1897 (iii) permitting;
1898 (iv) performance bonding;
1899 (v) reporting; and
1900 (vi) quality of service.
1901 (c) Subsections (4)(a) and (b) do not supersede the exception for a rural telephone
1902 company in Section 251 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, Pub. L. 104-104.
1903 (5) In calculating the rates charged by a municipality for a cable television service or a
1904 public telecommunications service, the municipality:
1905 (a) shall include within its rates an amount equal to all taxes, fees, and other
1906 assessments that would be applicable to a similarly situated private provider of the same
1907 services, including:
1908 (i) federal, state, and local taxes;
1909 (ii) franchise fees;
1910 (iii) permit fees;
1911 (iv) pole attachment fees; and
1912 (v) fees similar to those described in Subsections (5)(a)(i) through (iv); and
1913 (b) may not price any cable television service or public telecommunications service at a
1914 level that is less than the sum of:
1915 (i) the actual direct costs of providing the service;
1916 (ii) the actual indirect costs of providing the service; and
1917 (iii) the amount determined under Subsection (5)(a).
1918 (6) (a) A municipality that provides cable television services or public
1919 telecommunications services shall establish and maintain a comprehensive price list of all cable
1920 television services or public telecommunications services offered by the municipality.
1921 (b) The price list required by Subsection (6)(a) shall:
1922 (i) include all terms and conditions relating to the municipality providing each cable
1923 television service or public telecommunications service offered by the municipality;
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1925
1926 [
1927 (ii) be posted on the Utah Public Notice Website created in Section 63F-1-701; and
1928 (iii) be available for inspection:
1929 (A) at a designated office of the municipality; and
1930 (B) during normal business hours.
1931 (c) At least five days before the date a change to a municipality's price list becomes
1932 effective, the municipality shall:
1933 (i) notify the following of the change:
1934 (A) all subscribers to the services for which the price list is being changed; and
1935 (B) any other persons requesting notification of any changes to the municipality's price
1936 list; and
1937 (ii) publish notice on the Utah Public Notice Website created in Section 63F-1-701.
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1943 [
1944 telecommunications service except in accordance with the prices, terms, and conditions set
1945 forth in the municipality's price list.
1946 (7) A municipality may not offer to provide or provide cable television services or
1947 public telecommunications services to a subscriber that does not reside within the geographic
1948 boundaries of the municipality.
1949 (8) (a) A municipality shall keep accurate books and records of the municipality's:
1950 (i) cable television services; and
1951 (ii) public telecommunications services.
1952 (b) The books and records required to be kept under Subsection (8)(a) are subject to
1953 legislative audit to verify the municipality's compliance with the requirements of this chapter
1954 including:
1955 (i) pricing;
1956 (ii) recordkeeping; and
1957 (iii) antidiscrimination.
1958 (9) A municipality may not receive distributions from the Universal Public
1959 Telecommunications Service Support Fund established in Section 54-8b-15.
1960 Section 32. Section 11-13-219 is amended to read:
1961 11-13-219. Publication of resolutions or agreements -- Contesting legality of
1962 resolution or agreement.
1963 (1) As used in this section:
1964 (a) "Enactment" means:
1965 (i) a resolution adopted or proceedings taken by a governing body under the authority
1966 of this chapter, and includes a resolution, indenture, or other instrument providing for the
1967 issuance of bonds; and
1968 (ii) an agreement or other instrument that is authorized, executed, or approved by a
1969 governing body under the authority of this chapter.
1970 (b) "Governing body" means:
1971 (i) the legislative body of a public agency; or
1972 (ii) the governing authority of an interlocal entity created under this chapter.
1973 (c) "Notice of agreement" means the notice authorized by Subsection (3)(c).
1974 (d) "Notice of bonds" means the notice authorized by Subsection (3)(d).
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1976
1977 (2) Any enactment taken or made under the authority of this chapter is not subject to
1978 referendum.
1979 (3) (a) A governing body need not publish any enactment taken or made under the
1980 authority of this chapter.
1981 (b) A governing body may provide for the publication of any enactment taken or made
1982 by it under the authority of this chapter according to the publication requirements established
1983 by this section.
1984 (c) (i) If the enactment is an agreement, document, or other instrument, or a resolution
1985 or other proceeding authorizing or approving an agreement, document, or other instrument, the
1986 governing body may, instead of publishing the full text of the agreement, resolution, or other
1987 proceeding, publish a notice of agreement containing:
1988 (A) the names of the parties to the agreement;
1989 (B) the general subject matter of the agreement;
1990 (C) the term of the agreement;
1991 (D) a description of the payment obligations, if any, of the parties to the agreement;
1992 and
1993 (E) a statement that the resolution and agreement will be available for review at the
1994 governing body's principal place of business during regular business hours for 30 days after the
1995 publication of the notice of agreement.
1996 (ii) The governing body shall make a copy of the resolution or other proceeding and a
1997 copy of the contract available at its principal place of business during regular business hours
1998 for 30 days after the publication of the notice of agreement.
1999 (d) If the enactment is a resolution or other proceeding authorizing the issuance of
2000 bonds, the governing body may, instead of publishing the full text of the resolution or other
2001 proceeding and the documents pertaining to the issuance of bonds, publish a notice of bonds
2002 that contains the information described in Subsection 11-14-316(2).
2003 (4) (a) If the governing body chooses to publish an enactment, notice of bonds, or
2004 notice of agreement, the governing body shall comply with the requirements of this Subsection
2005 (4).
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2008
2009
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2011 bonds, or notice of agreement [
2012 63F-1-701.
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2022 [
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2024 [
2025 (5) (a) Any person in interest may contest the legality of an enactment or any action
2026 performed or instrument issued under the authority of the enactment for 30 days after the
2027 [
2028 (b) After the 30 days have passed, no one may contest the regularity, formality, or
2029 legality of the enactment or any action performed or instrument issued under the authority of
2030 the enactment for any cause whatsoever.
2031 Section 33. Section 11-14-202 is amended to read:
2032 11-14-202. Notice of election -- Contents -- Publication -- Mailing.
2033 (1) The governing body shall publish notice of the election:
2034 [
2035
2036
2037
2038 [
2039 (a) (i) at least 21 days before the day of the election, by posting one notice, and at least
2040 one additional notice per 2,000 population of the local political subdivision, in places within
2041 the local political subdivision that are most likely to give notice to the voters in the local
2042 political subdivision; or
2043 [
2044 registered voter in the local political subdivision;
2045 (b) on the Utah Public Notice Website created in Section 63F-1-701, for three weeks
2046 before the day of the election; and
2047 [
2048
2049 [
2050 subdivision's website for at least three weeks before the day of the election.
2051 (2) When the debt service on the bonds to be issued will increase the property tax
2052 imposed upon the average value of a residence by an amount that is greater than or equal to $15
2053 per year, the governing body shall prepare and mail either a voter information pamphlet or a
2054 notification described in Subsection (8):
2055 (a) at least 15 days, but not more than 45 days, before the bond election;
2056 (b) to each household containing a registered voter who is eligible to vote on the
2057 bonds; and
2058 (c) that includes the information required by Subsections (4) and (5).
2059 (3) The election officer may change the location of, or establish an additional:
2060 (a) voting precinct polling place, in accordance with Subsection (6);
2061 (b) early voting polling place, in accordance with Subsection 20A-3a-603(2); or
2062 (c) election day voting center, in accordance with Subsection 20A-3a-703(2).
2063 (4) The notice described in Subsection (1) and the voter information pamphlet
2064 described in Subsection (2):
2065 (a) shall include, in the following order:
2066 (i) the date of the election;
2067 (ii) the hours during which the polls will be open;
2068 (iii) the address of the Statewide Electronic Voter Information Website and, if
2069 available, the address of the election officer's website, with a statement indicating that the
2070 election officer will post on the website the location of each polling place for each voting
2071 precinct, each early voting polling place, and each election day voting center, including any
2072 changes to the location of a polling place and the location of an additional polling place;
2073 (iv) a phone number that a voter may call to obtain information regarding the location
2074 of a polling place; and
2075 (v) the title and text of the ballot proposition, including the property tax cost of the
2076 bond described in Subsection 11-14-206(2)(a); and
2077 (b) may include the location of each polling place.
2078 (5) The voter information pamphlet required by this section shall include:
2079 (a) the information required under Subsection (4); and
2080 (b) an explanation of the property tax impact, if any, of the issuance of the bonds,
2081 which may be based on information the governing body determines to be useful, including:
2082 (i) expected debt service on the bonds to be issued;
2083 (ii) a description of the purpose, remaining principal balance, and maturity date of any
2084 outstanding general obligation bonds of the issuer;
2085 (iii) funds other than property taxes available to pay debt service on general obligation
2086 bonds;
2087 (iv) timing of expenditures of bond proceeds;
2088 (v) property values; and
2089 (vi) any additional information that the governing body determines may be useful to
2090 explain the property tax impact of issuance of the bonds.
2091 (6) (a) Except as provided in Section 20A-1-308, the election officer may, after the
2092 deadlines described in Subsections (1) and (2):
2093 (i) if necessary, change the location of a voting precinct polling place; or
2094 (ii) if the election officer determines that the number of voting precinct polling places
2095 is insufficient due to the number of registered voters who are voting, designate additional
2096 voting precinct polling places.
2097 (b) Except as provided in Section 20A-1-308, if an election officer changes the
2098 location of a voting precinct polling place or designates an additional voting precinct polling
2099 place, the election officer shall, as soon as is reasonably possible, give notice of the dates,
2100 times, and location of a changed voting precinct polling place or an additional voting precinct
2101 polling place:
2102 (i) to the lieutenant governor, for posting on the Statewide Electronic Voter
2103 Information Website;
2104 (ii) by posting the information on the website of the election officer, if available; and
2105 (iii) by posting notice:
2106 (A) of a change in the location of a voting precinct polling place, at the new location
2107 and, if possible, the old location; and
2108 (B) of an additional voting precinct polling place, at the additional voting precinct
2109 polling place.
2110 (7) The governing body shall pay the costs associated with the notice required by this
2111 section.
2112 (8) (a) The governing body may mail a notice printed on a postage prepaid,
2113 preaddressed return form that a person may use to request delivery of a voter information
2114 pamphlet by mail.
2115 (b) The notice described in Subsection (8)(a) shall include:
2116 (i) the website upon which the voter information pamphlet is available; and
2117 (ii) the phone number a voter may call to request delivery of a voter information
2118 pamphlet by mail.
2119 (9) A local school board shall comply with the voter information pamphlet
2120 requirements described in Section 53G-4-603.
2121 Section 34. Section 11-14-315 is amended to read:
2122 11-14-315. Nature and validity of bonds issued -- Applicability of other statutory
2123 provisions -- Budget provision required -- Applicable procedures for issuance.
2124 Bonds issued under this chapter shall have all the qualities of negotiable paper, shall be
2125 incontestable in the hands of bona fide purchasers or holders for value and are not invalid for
2126 any irregularity or defect in the proceedings for their issuance and sale. This chapter is
2127 intended to afford an alternative method for the issuance of bonds by local political
2128 subdivisions and may not be so construed as to deprive any local political subdivision of the
2129 right to issue its bonds under authority of any other statute, but nevertheless this chapter shall
2130 constitute full authority for the issue and sale of bonds by local political subdivisions. The
2131 provisions of Section 11-1-1, Utah Code Annotated 1953, are not applicable to bonds issued
2132 under this chapter. Any local political subdivision subject to the provisions of any budget law
2133 shall in its annual budget make proper provision for the payment of principal and interest
2134 currently falling due on bonds issued hereunder, but no provision need be made in any such
2135 budget prior to the issuance of the bonds for the issuance thereof or for the expenditure of the
2136 proceeds thereof. No ordinance, resolution or proceeding in respect to the issuance of bonds
2137 hereunder shall be necessary except as herein specifically required, nor shall the publication of
2138 any resolution, proceeding or notice relating to the issuance of the bonds be necessary except as
2139 herein required. Any publication made hereunder [
2140
2141
2142
2143 Notice Website created in Section 63F-1-701. No resolution adopted or proceeding taken
2144 hereunder shall be subject to referendum petition or to an election other than as herein required.
2145 All proceedings adopted hereunder may be adopted on a single reading at any legally convened
2146 meeting of the governing body.
2147 Section 35. Section 11-14-318 is amended to read:
2148 11-14-318. Public hearing required.
2149 (1) Before issuing bonds authorized under this chapter, a local political subdivision
2150 shall:
2151 (a) in accordance with Subsection (2), provide public notice of the local political
2152 subdivision's intent to issue bonds; and
2153 (b) hold a public hearing:
2154 (i) if an election is required under this chapter:
2155 (A) no sooner than 30 days before the day on which the notice of election is published
2156 under Section 11-14-202; and
2157 (B) no later than five business days before the day on which the notice of election is
2158 published under Section 11-14-202; and
2159 (ii) to receive input from the public with respect to:
2160 (A) the issuance of the bonds; and
2161 (B) the potential economic impact that the improvement, facility, or property for which
2162 the bonds pay all or part of the cost will have on the private sector.
2163 (2) A local political subdivision shall:
2164 (a) publish the notice required by Subsection (1)(a)[
2165
2166
2167
2168 days before the public hearing required by Subsection (1)(b); and
2169 (b) ensure that the notice:
2170 (i) identifies:
2171 (A) the purpose for the issuance of the bonds;
2172 (B) the maximum principal amount of the bonds to be issued;
2173 (C) the taxes, if any, proposed to be pledged for repayment of the bonds; and
2174 (D) the time, place, and location of the public hearing; and
2175 (ii) informs the public that the public hearing will be held for the purposes described in
2176 Subsection (1)(b)(ii).
2177 Section 36. Section 11-14a-1 is amended to read:
2178 11-14a-1. Notice of debt issuance.
2179 (1) For purposes of this chapter:
2180 (a) (i) "Debt" includes bonds, lease purchase agreements, certificates of participation,
2181 and contracts with municipal building authorities.
2182 (ii) "Debt" does not include tax and revenue anticipation notes or refunding bonds.
2183 (b) (i) "Local government entity" means a county, city, town, school district, local
2184 district, or special service district.
2185 (ii) "Local government entity" does not mean an entity created by an interlocal
2186 agreement under Title 11, Chapter 13, Interlocal Cooperation Act that has assets over
2187 $10,000,000.
2188 (c) "New debt resolution" means a resolution authorizing the issuance of debt wholly
2189 or partially to fund a rejected project.
2190 (d) "Rejected Project" means a project for which a local government entity sought
2191 voter approval for general obligation bond financing and failed to receive that approval.
2192 (2) Unless a local government entity complies with the requirements of this section, it
2193 may not adopt a new debt resolution.
2194 (3) (a) Before adopting a new debt resolution, a local government entity shall:
2195 [
2196 [
2197
2198 [
2199
2200 [
2201 (i) advertise the local government entity's intent to issue debt by posting a notice of that
2202 intent on the Utah Public Notice Website created in Section 63F-1-701, for the two weeks
2203 before the meeting at which the resolution will be considered; or
2204 (ii) include notice of its intent to issue debt in a bill or other mailing sent to at least
2205 95% of the residents of the local government entity.
2206 (b) The local government entity shall ensure that the notice:
2207 (i) except for website publication, is at least as large as the bill or other mailing that it
2208 accompanies;
2209 (ii) is entitled, in type size no smaller than 24 point, "Intent to Issue Debt"; and
2210 (iii) contains the information required by Subsection (3)(c).
2211 (c) The local government entity shall ensure that the advertisement or notice described
2212 in Subsection (3)(a):
2213 (i) identifies the local government entity;
2214 (ii) states that the entity will meet on a day, time, and place identified in the
2215 advertisement or notice to hear public comments regarding a resolution authorizing the
2216 issuance of debt by the entity and to explain to the public the reasons for the issuance of debt;
2217 (iii) contains:
2218 (A) the name of the entity that will issue the debt;
2219 (B) the purpose of the debt; and
2220 (C) that type of debt and the maximum principal amount that may be issued;
2221 (iv) invites all concerned citizens to attend the public hearing; and
2222 (v) states that some or all of the proposed debt would fund a project whose general
2223 obligation bond financing was rejected by the voters.
2224 (4) (a) The resolution considered at the hearing shall identify:
2225 (i) the type of debt proposed to be issued;
2226 (ii) the maximum principal amount that might be issued;
2227 (iii) the interest rate;
2228 (iv) the term of the debt; and
2229 (v) how the debt will be repaid.
2230 (b) (i) Except as provided in Subsection (4)(b)(ii), the resolution considered at the
2231 hearing need not be in final form and need not be adopted or rejected at the meeting at which
2232 the public hearing is held.
2233 (ii) The local government entity may not, in the final resolution, increase the maximum
2234 principal amount of debt contained in the notice and discussed at the hearing.
2235 (c) The local government entity may adopt, amend and adopt, or reject the resolution at
2236 a later meeting without recomplying with the published notice requirements of this section.
2237 Section 37. Section 11-30-5 is amended to read:
2238 11-30-5. Publication of order for hearing.
2239 (1) Prior to the date set for hearing, the clerk of the court shall cause the order to be
2240 published[
2241 63F-1-701 for three weeks.
2242 [
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2245 [
2246
2247
2248 [
2249 (2) If a refunding bond is being validated, all holders of the bonds to be refunded may
2250 be made defendants to the action, in which case notice may be made, and if so made shall be
2251 considered sufficient, by mailing a copy of the order to each holder's last-known address.
2252 (3) By publication of the order, all defendants shall have been duly served and shall be
2253 parties to the proceedings.
2254 Section 38. Section 11-39-103 is amended to read:
2255 11-39-103. Requirements for undertaking a building improvement or public
2256 works project -- Request for bids -- Authority to reject bids.
2257 (1) If the estimated cost of the building improvement or public works project exceeds
2258 the bid limit, the local entity shall, if it determines to proceed with the building improvement or
2259 public works project:
2260 (a) request bids for completion of the building improvement or public works project
2261 by:
2262 [
2263
2264 [
2265
2266 (i) posting notice at least five days before opening the bids in at least five public places
2267 in the local entity and leaving the notice posted for at least three days; and
2268 (ii) [
2269 Public Notice Website created in Section 63F-1-701, at least five days before opening the bids;
2270 and
2271 (b) except as provided in Subsection (3), enter into a contract for the completion of the
2272 building improvement or public works project with:
2273 (i) the lowest responsive responsible bidder; or
2274 (ii) for a design-build project formulated by a local entity, a responsible bidder that:
2275 (A) offers design-build services; and
2276 (B) satisfies the local entity's criteria relating to financial strength, past performance,
2277 integrity, reliability, and other factors that the local entity uses to assess the ability of a bidder
2278 to perform fully and in good faith the contract requirements for a design-build project.
2279 (2) (a) Each notice under Subsection (1)(a) shall indicate that the local entity may reject
2280 any or all bids submitted.
2281 (b) (i) The cost of a building improvement or public works project may not be divided
2282 to avoid:
2283 (A) exceeding the bid limit; and
2284 (B) subjecting the local entity to the requirements of this section.
2285 (ii) Notwithstanding Subsection (2)(b)(i), a local entity may divide the cost of a
2286 building improvement or public works project that would, without dividing, exceed the bid
2287 limit if the local entity complies with the requirements of this section with respect to each part
2288 of the building improvement or public works project that results from dividing the cost.
2289 (3) (a) The local entity may reject any or all bids submitted.
2290 (b) If the local entity rejects all bids submitted but still intends to undertake the
2291 building improvement or public works project, the local entity shall again request bids by
2292 following the procedure provided in Subsection (1)(a).
2293 (c) If, after twice requesting bids by following the procedure provided in Subsection
2294 (1)(a), the local entity determines that no satisfactory bid has been submitted, the governing
2295 body may undertake the building improvement or public works project as it considers
2296 appropriate.
2297 Section 39. Section 11-42-202 is amended to read:
2298 11-42-202. Requirements applicable to a notice of a proposed assessment area
2299 designation.
2300 (1) Each notice required under Subsection 11-42-201(2)(a) shall:
2301 (a) state that the local entity proposes to:
2302 (i) designate one or more areas within the local entity's jurisdictional boundaries as an
2303 assessment area;
2304 (ii) provide an improvement to property within the proposed assessment area; and
2305 (iii) finance some or all of the cost of improvements by an assessment on benefitted
2306 property within the assessment area;
2307 (b) describe the proposed assessment area by any reasonable method that allows an
2308 owner of property in the proposed assessment area to determine that the owner's property is
2309 within the proposed assessment area;
2310 (c) describe, in a general and reasonably accurate way, the improvements to be
2311 provided to the assessment area, including:
2312 (i) the nature of the improvements; and
2313 (ii) the location of the improvements, by reference to streets or portions or extensions
2314 of streets or by any other means that the governing body chooses that reasonably describes the
2315 general location of the improvements;
2316 (d) state the estimated cost of the improvements as determined by a project engineer;
2317 (e) for the version of notice mailed in accordance with Subsection (4)(b), state the
2318 estimated total assessment specific to the benefitted property for which the notice is mailed;
2319 (f) state that the local entity proposes to levy an assessment on benefitted property
2320 within the assessment area to pay some or all of the cost of the improvements according to the
2321 estimated benefits to the property from the improvements;
2322 (g) if applicable, state that an unassessed benefitted government property will receive
2323 improvements for which the cost will be allocated proportionately to the remaining benefitted
2324 properties within the proposed assessment area and that a description of each unassessed
2325 benefitted government property is available for public review at the location or website
2326 described in Subsection (6);
2327 (h) state the assessment method by which the governing body proposes to calculate the
2328 proposed assessment, including, if the local entity is a municipality or county, whether the
2329 assessment will be collected:
2330 (i) by directly billing a property owner; or
2331 (ii) by inclusion on a property tax notice issued in accordance with Section 59-2-1317
2332 and in compliance with Section 11-42-401;
2333 (i) state:
2334 (i) the date described in Section 11-42-203 and the location at which protests against
2335 designation of the proposed assessment area or of the proposed improvements are required to
2336 be filed;
2337 (ii) the method by which the governing body will determine the number of protests
2338 required to defeat the designation of the proposed assessment area or acquisition or
2339 construction of the proposed improvements; and
2340 (iii) in large, boldface, and conspicuous type that a property owner must protest the
2341 designation of the assessment area in writing if the owner objects to the area designation or
2342 being assessed for the proposed improvements, operation and maintenance costs, or economic
2343 promotion activities;
2344 (j) state the date, time, and place of the public hearing required in Section 11-42-204;
2345 (k) if the governing body elects to create and fund a reserve fund under Section
2346 11-42-702, include a description of:
2347 (i) how the reserve fund will be funded and replenished; and
2348 (ii) how remaining money in the reserve fund is to be disbursed upon full payment of
2349 the bonds;
2350 (l) if the governing body intends to designate a voluntary assessment area, include a
2351 property owner consent form that:
2352 (i) estimates the total assessment to be levied against the particular parcel of property;
2353 (ii) describes any additional benefits that the governing body expects the assessed
2354 property to receive from the improvements;
2355 (iii) designates the date and time by which the fully executed consent form is required
2356 to be submitted to the governing body; and
2357 (iv) if the governing body intends to enforce an assessment lien on the property in
2358 accordance with Subsection 11-42-502.1(2)(a)(ii)(C):
2359 (A) appoints a trustee that satisfies the requirements described in Section 57-1-21;
2360 (B) gives the trustee the power of sale;
2361 (C) is binding on the property owner and all successors; and
2362 (D) explains that if an assessment or an installment of an assessment is not paid when
2363 due, the local entity may sell the property owner's property to satisfy the amount due plus
2364 interest, penalties, and costs, in the manner described in Title 57, Chapter 1, Conveyances;
2365 (m) if the local entity intends to levy an assessment to pay operation and maintenance
2366 costs or for economic promotion activities, include:
2367 (i) a description of the operation and maintenance costs or economic promotion
2368 activities to be paid by assessments and the initial estimated annual assessment to be levied;
2369 (ii) a description of how the estimated assessment will be determined;
2370 (iii) a description of how and when the governing body will adjust the assessment to
2371 reflect the costs of:
2372 (A) in accordance with Section 11-42-406, current economic promotion activities; or
2373 (B) current operation and maintenance costs;
2374 (iv) a description of the method of assessment if different from the method of
2375 assessment to be used for financing any improvement; and
2376 (v) a statement of the maximum number of years over which the assessment will be
2377 levied for:
2378 (A) operation and maintenance costs; or
2379 (B) economic promotion activities;
2380 (n) if the governing body intends to divide the proposed assessment area into
2381 classifications under Subsection 11-42-201(1)(b), include a description of the proposed
2382 classifications;
2383 (o) if applicable, state the portion and value of the improvement that will be increased
2384 in size or capacity to serve property outside of the assessment area and how the increases will
2385 be financed; and
2386 (p) state whether the improvements will be financed with a bond and, if so, the
2387 currently estimated interest rate and term of financing, subject to Subsection (2), for which the
2388 benefitted properties within the assessment area may be obligated.
2389 (2) The estimated interest rate and term of financing in Subsection (1)(p) may not be
2390 interpreted as a limitation to the actual interest rate incurred or the actual term of financing as
2391 subject to the market rate at the time of the issuance of the bond.
2392 (3) A notice required under Subsection 11-42-201(2)(a) may contain other information
2393 that the governing body considers to be appropriate, including:
2394 (a) the amount or proportion of the cost of the improvement to be paid by the local
2395 entity or from sources other than an assessment;
2396 (b) the estimated total amount of each type of assessment for the various improvements
2397 to be financed according to the method of assessment that the governing body chooses; and
2398 (c) provisions for any improvements described in Subsection 11-42-102(24)(a)(ii).
2399 (4) Each notice required under Subsection 11-42-201(2)(a) shall:
2400 [
2401
2402
2403
2404 [
2405
2406 (a) (i) be posted in at least three public places within the local entity's jurisdictional
2407 boundaries at least 20 but not more than 35 days before the day of the hearing required in
2408 Section 11-42-204; and
2409 (ii) be published on the Utah Public Notice Website described in Section 63F-1-701 for
2410 four weeks before the deadline for filing protests specified in the notice under Subsection
2411 (1)(i); and
2412 (b) be mailed, postage prepaid, within 10 days after the first publication or posting of
2413 the notice under Subsection (4)(a) to each owner of property to be assessed within the proposed
2414 assessment area at the property owner's mailing address.
2415 (5) (a) The local entity may record the version of the notice that is published or posted
2416 in accordance with Subsection (4)(a) with the office of the county recorder, by legal description
2417 and tax identification number as identified in county records, against the property proposed to
2418 be assessed.
2419 (b) The notice recorded under Subsection (5)(a) expires and is no longer valid one year
2420 after the day on which the local entity records the notice if the local entity has failed to adopt
2421 the designation ordinance or resolution under Section 11-42-201 designating the assessment
2422 area for which the notice was recorded.
2423 (6) A local entity shall make available on the local entity's website, or, if no website is
2424 available, at the local entity's place of business, the address and type of use of each unassessed
2425 benefitted government property described in Subsection (1)(g).
2426 (7) If a governing body fails to provide actual or constructive notice under this section,
2427 the local entity may not assess a levy against a benefitted property omitted from the notice
2428 unless:
2429 (a) the property owner gives written consent;
2430 (b) the property owner received notice under Subsection 11-42-401(2)(a)(iii) and did
2431 not object to the levy of the assessment before the final hearing of the board of equalization; or
2432 (c) the benefitted property is conveyed to a subsequent purchaser and, before the date
2433 of conveyance, the requirements of Subsections 11-42-206(3)(a)(i) and (ii), or, if applicable,
2434 Subsection 11-42-207(1)(d)(i) are met.
2435 Section 40. Section 11-42-301 is amended to read:
2436 11-42-301. Improvements made only under contract let to lowest responsive,
2437 responsible bidder -- Publishing notice -- Sealed bids -- Procedure -- Exceptions to
2438 contract requirement.
2439 (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a local entity may make improvements
2440 in an assessment area only under contract let to the lowest responsive, responsible bidder for
2441 the kind of service, material, or form of construction that the local entity's governing body
2442 determines in compliance with any applicable local entity ordinances.
2443 (2) A local entity may:
2444 (a) divide improvements into parts;
2445 (b) (i) let separate contracts for each part; or
2446 (ii) combine multiple parts into the same contract; and
2447 (c) let a contract on a unit basis.
2448 (3) (a) A local entity may not let a contract until after [
2449 provided in Subsection (3)(b)[
2450
2451
2452 Section 63F-1-701, at least 15 days before the date specified for receipt of bids.
2453 (b) Each notice under Subsection (3)(a) shall notify contractors that the local entity will
2454 receive sealed bids at a specified time and place for the construction of the improvements.
2455 (c) Notwithstanding a local entity's failure, through inadvertence or oversight, to
2456 publish the notice or to publish the notice within 15 days before the date specified for receipt of
2457 bids, the governing body may proceed to let a contract for the improvements if the local entity
2458 receives at least three sealed and bona fide bids from contractors by the time specified for the
2459 receipt of bids.
2460 (d) A local entity may publish a notice required under this Subsection (3) at the same
2461 time as a notice under Section 11-42-202.
2462 (4) (a) A local entity may accept as a sealed bid a bid that is:
2463 (i) manually sealed and submitted; or
2464 (ii) electronically sealed and submitted.
2465 (b) The governing body or project engineer shall, at the time specified in the notice
2466 under Subsection (3), open and examine the bids.
2467 (c) In open session, the governing body:
2468 (i) shall declare the bids; and
2469 (ii) may reject any or all bids if the governing body considers the rejection to be for the
2470 public good.
2471 (d) The local entity may award the contract to the lowest responsive, responsible bidder
2472 even if the price bid by that bidder exceeds the estimated costs as determined by the project
2473 engineer.
2474 (e) A local entity may in any case:
2475 (i) refuse to award a contract;
2476 (ii) obtain new bids after giving a new notice under Subsection (3);
2477 (iii) determine to abandon the assessment area; or
2478 (iv) not make some of the improvements proposed to be made.
2479 (5) A local entity is not required to let a contract as provided in this section for:
2480 (a) an improvement or part of an improvement the cost of which or the making of
2481 which is donated or contributed;
2482 (b) an improvement that consists of furnishing utility service or maintaining
2483 improvements;
2484 (c) labor, materials, or equipment supplied by the local entity;
2485 (d) the local entity's acquisition of completed or partially completed improvements in
2486 an assessment area;
2487 (e) design, engineering, and inspection costs incurred with respect to the construction
2488 of improvements in an assessment area; or
2489 (f) additional work performed in accordance with the terms of a contract duly let to the
2490 lowest responsive, responsible bidder.
2491 (6) A local entity may itself furnish utility service and maintain improvements within
2492 an assessment area.
2493 (7) (a) A local entity may acquire completed or partially completed improvements in an
2494 assessment area, but may not pay an amount for those improvements that exceeds their fair
2495 market value.
2496 (b) Upon the local entity's payment for completed or partially completed
2497 improvements, title to the improvements shall be conveyed to the local entity or another public
2498 agency.
2499 (8) The provisions of Title 11, Chapter 39, Building Improvements and Public Works
2500 Projects, and Section 72-6-108 do not apply to improvements to be constructed in an
2501 assessment area.
2502 Section 41. Section 11-42-402 is amended to read:
2503 11-42-402. Notice of assessment and board of equalization hearing.
2504 Each notice required under Subsection 11-42-401(2)(a)(iii) shall:
2505 (1) state:
2506 (a) that an assessment list is completed and available for examination at the offices of
2507 the local entity;
2508 (b) the total estimated or actual cost of the improvements;
2509 (c) the amount of the total estimated or actual cost of the proposed improvements to be
2510 paid by the local entity;
2511 (d) the amount of the assessment to be levied against benefitted property within the
2512 assessment area;
2513 (e) the assessment method used to calculate the proposed assessment;
2514 (f) the unit cost used to calculate the assessments shown on the assessment list, based
2515 on the assessment method used to calculate the proposed assessment; and
2516 (g) the dates, times, and place of the board of equalization hearings under Subsection
2517 11-42-401(2)(b)(i);
2518 (2) (a) beginning at least 20 but not more than 35 days before the day on which the first
2519 hearing of the board of equalization is held[
2520
2521
2522 in at least three public places within the local entity's jurisdictional boundaries; and
2523 (b) be published on the Utah Public Notice Website created in Section 63F-1-701 for
2524 35 days immediately before the day on which the first hearing of the board of equalization is
2525 held; and
2526 (3) be mailed, postage prepaid, within 10 days after the first publication or posting of
2527 the notice under Subsection (2) to each owner of property to be assessed within the proposed
2528 assessment area at the property owner's mailing address.
2529 Section 42. Section 11-42-404 is amended to read:
2530 11-42-404. Adoption of a resolution or ordinance levying an assessment -- Notice
2531 of the adoption -- Effective date of resolution or ordinance -- Notice of assessment
2532 interest.
2533 (1) (a) After receiving a final report from a board of equalization under Subsection
2534 11-42-403(5) or, if applicable, after the time for filing an appeal under Subsection
2535 11-42-403(6) has passed, the governing body may adopt a resolution or ordinance levying an
2536 assessment against benefitted property within the assessment area designated in accordance
2537 with Part 2, Designating an Assessment Area.
2538 (b) Except as provided in Subsection (1)(c), a local entity may not levy more than one
2539 assessment under this chapter for an assessment area designated in accordance with Part 2,
2540 Designating an Assessment Area.
2541 (c) A local entity may levy more than one assessment in an assessment area designated
2542 in accordance with Part 2, Designating an Assessment Area, if:
2543 (i) the local entity has adopted a designation resolution or designation ordinance for
2544 each assessment in accordance with Section 11-42-201; and
2545 (ii) the assessment is levied to pay:
2546 (A) subject to Section 11-42-401, operation and maintenance costs;
2547 (B) subject to Section 11-42-406, the costs of economic promotion activities; or
2548 (C) the costs of environmental remediation activities.
2549 (d) An assessment resolution or ordinance adopted under Subsection (1)(a):
2550 (i) need not describe each tract, block, lot, part of block or lot, or parcel of property to
2551 be assessed;
2552 (ii) need not include the legal description or tax identification number of the parcels of
2553 property assessed in the assessment area; and
2554 (iii) is adequate for purposes of identifying the property to be assessed within the
2555 assessment area if the assessment resolution or ordinance incorporates by reference the
2556 corrected assessment list that describes the property assessed by legal description and tax
2557 identification number.
2558 (2) (a) A local entity that adopts an assessment resolution or ordinance shall give notice
2559 of the adoption by:
2560 [
2561
2562
2563 [
2564
2565 (i) posting a copy of the resolution or ordinance in at least three public places within
2566 the local entity's jurisdictional boundaries for at least 21 days; and
2567 (ii) [
2568 or ordinance on the Utah Public Notice Website created in Section 63F-1-701 for at least 21
2569 days.
2570 (b) No other publication or posting of the resolution or ordinance is required.
2571 (3) Notwithstanding any other statutory provision regarding the effective date of a
2572 resolution or ordinance, each assessment resolution or ordinance takes effect:
2573 (a) on the date of publication or posting of the notice under Subsection (2); or
2574 (b) at a later date provided in the resolution or ordinance.
2575 (4) (a) The governing body of each local entity that has adopted an assessment
2576 resolution or ordinance under Subsection (1) shall, within five days after the day on which the
2577 25-day prepayment period under Subsection 11-42-411(6) has passed, file a notice of
2578 assessment interest with the recorder of the county in which the assessed property is located.
2579 (b) Each notice of assessment interest under Subsection (4)(a) shall:
2580 (i) state that the local entity has an assessment interest in the assessed property;
2581 (ii) if the assessment is to pay operation and maintenance costs or for economic
2582 promotion activities, state the maximum number of years over which an assessment will be
2583 payable; and
2584 (iii) describe the property assessed by legal description and tax identification number.
2585 (c) A local entity's failure to file a notice of assessment interest under this Subsection
2586 (4) has no affect on the validity of an assessment levied under an assessment resolution or
2587 ordinance adopted under Subsection (1).
2588 Section 43. Section 11-42a-201 is amended to read:
2589 11-42a-201. Resolution or ordinance designating an energy assessment area,
2590 levying an assessment, and issuing an energy assessment bond.
2591 (1) (a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, and subject to the requirements of
2592 this part, at the request of a property owner on whose property or for whose benefit an
2593 improvement is being installed or being reimbursed, a governing body of a local entity may
2594 adopt an energy assessment resolution or an energy assessment ordinance that:
2595 (i) designates an energy assessment area;
2596 (ii) levies an assessment within the energy assessment area; and
2597 (iii) if applicable, authorizes the issuance of an energy assessment bond.
2598 (b) The governing body of a local entity may, by adopting a parameters resolution,
2599 delegate to an officer of the local entity, in accordance with the parameters resolution, the
2600 authority to:
2601 (i) execute an energy assessment resolution or ordinance that:
2602 (A) designates an energy assessment area;
2603 (B) levies an energy assessment lien; and
2604 (C) approves the final interest rate, price, principal amount, maturities, redemption
2605 features, and other terms of the energy assessment bonds; and
2606 (ii) approve and execute all documents related to the designation of the energy
2607 assessment area, the levying of the energy assessment lien, and the issuance of the energy
2608 assessment bonds.
2609 (c) The boundaries of a proposed energy assessment area may:
2610 (i) include property that is not intended to be assessed; and
2611 (ii) overlap, be coextensive with, or be substantially coterminous with the boundaries
2612 of any other energy assessment area or an assessment area created under Title 11, Chapter 42,
2613 Assessment Area Act.
2614 (d) The energy assessment resolution or ordinance described in Subsection (1)(a) is
2615 adequate for purposes of identifying the property to be assessed within the energy assessment
2616 area if the resolution or ordinance describes the property to be assessed by legal description and
2617 tax identification number.
2618 (2) (a) A local entity that adopts an energy assessment resolution or ordinance under
2619 Subsection (1)(a) or a parameters resolution under Subsection (1)(b) shall give notice of the
2620 adoption of the energy assessment resolution or ordinance or the parameters resolution by[
2621
2622
2623
2624 resolution or ordinance:
2625 (i) in at least three public places within the local entity's jurisdictional boundaries for at
2626 least 21 days[
2627 (ii) on the Utah Public Notice Website created in Section 63F-1-701, for at least 21
2628 days.
2629 (b) Except as provided in Subsection (2)(a), a local entity is not required to make any
2630 other publication or posting of the resolution or ordinance.
2631 (3) Notwithstanding any other statutory provision regarding the effective date of a
2632 resolution or ordinance, each energy assessment resolution or ordinance takes effect on the
2633 later of:
2634 (a) the date on which the governing body of the local entity adopts the energy
2635 assessment resolution or ordinance;
2636 (b) the date of publication or posting of the notice of adoption of either the energy
2637 assessment resolution or ordinance or the parameters resolution described in Subsection (2); or
2638 (c) at a later date as provided in the resolution or ordinance.
2639 (4) (a) The governing body of each local entity that has adopted an energy assessment
2640 resolution or ordinance under Subsection (1) shall, within five days after the effective date of
2641 the resolution or ordinance, file a notice of assessment interest with the recorder of the county
2642 in which the property to be assessed is located.
2643 (b) Each notice of assessment interest under Subsection (4)(a) shall:
2644 (i) state that the local entity has an assessment interest in the property to be assessed;
2645 and
2646 (ii) describe the property to be assessed by legal description and tax identification
2647 number.
2648 (c) If a local entity fails to file a notice of assessment interest under this Subsection (4):
2649 (i) the failure does not invalidate the designation of an energy assessment area; and
2650 (ii) the local entity may not assess a levy against a subsequent purchaser of a benefitted
2651 property that lacked recorded notice unless:
2652 (A) the subsequent purchaser gives written consent;
2653 (B) the subsequent purchaser has actual notice of the assessment levy; or
2654 (C) the subsequent purchaser purchased the property after a corrected notice was filed
2655 under Subsection (4)(d).
2656 (d) The local entity may file a corrected notice if the entity fails to comply with the date
2657 or other requirements for filing a notice of assessment interest.
2658 (e) If a governing body has filed a corrected notice under Subsection (4)(d), the local
2659 entity may not retroactively collect or adjust the amount of the levy to recapture lost funds for a
2660 levy that the local entity was prohibited from collecting, if applicable, under Subsection (4)(c).
2661 Section 44. Section 17-27a-204 is amended to read:
2662 17-27a-204. Notice of public hearings and public meetings to consider general
2663 plan or modifications.
2664 (1) A county shall provide:
2665 (a) notice of the date, time, and place of the first public hearing to consider the original
2666 adoption or any modification of all or any portion of a general plan; and
2667 (b) notice of each public meeting on the subject.
2668 (2) Each notice of a public hearing under Subsection (1)(a) shall be at least 10 calendar
2669 days before the public hearing and shall be:
2670 [
2671 [
2672 (b) mailed to each affected entity; and
2673 (c) posted:
2674 (i) in at least three public locations within the county; or
2675 (ii) on the county's official website.
2676 (3) Each notice of a public meeting under Subsection (1)(b) shall be at least 24 hours
2677 before the meeting and shall be:
2678 [
2679 [
2680 and
2681 (b) posted:
2682 (i) in at least three public locations within the county; or
2683 (ii) on the county's official website.
2684 Section 45. Section 17-27a-205 is amended to read:
2685 17-27a-205. Notice of public hearings and public meetings on adoption or
2686 modification of land use regulation.
2687 (1) Each county shall give:
2688 (a) notice of the date, time, and place of the first public hearing to consider the
2689 adoption or modification of a land use regulation; and
2690 (b) notice of each public meeting on the subject.
2691 (2) Each notice of a public hearing under Subsection (1)(a) shall be:
2692 (a) mailed to each affected entity at least 10 calendar days before the public hearing;
2693 (b) posted:
2694 (i) in at least three public locations within the county; or
2695 (ii) on the county's official website; and
2696 [
2697 [
2698
2699 [
2700 least 10 calendar days before the public hearing; or
2701 (ii) mailed at least 10 days before the public hearing to:
2702 (A) each property owner whose land is directly affected by the land use ordinance
2703 change; and
2704 (B) each adjacent property owner within the parameters specified by county ordinance.
2705 (3) Each notice of a public meeting under Subsection (1)(b) shall be at least 24 hours
2706 before the hearing and shall be posted:
2707 (a) in at least three public locations within the county; or
2708 (b) on the county's official website.
2709 (4) (a) A county shall send a courtesy notice to each owner of private real property
2710 whose property is located entirely or partially within the proposed zoning map enactment or
2711 amendment at least 10 days before the scheduled day of the public hearing.
2712 (b) The notice shall:
2713 (i) identify with specificity each owner of record of real property that will be affected
2714 by the proposed zoning map or map amendments;
2715 (ii) state the current zone in which the real property is located;
2716 (iii) state the proposed new zone for the real property;
2717 (iv) provide information regarding or a reference to the proposed regulations,
2718 prohibitions, and permitted uses that the property will be subject to if the zoning map or map
2719 amendment is adopted;
2720 (v) state that the owner of real property may no later than 10 days after the day of the
2721 first public hearing file a written objection to the inclusion of the owner's property in the
2722 proposed zoning map or map amendment;
2723 (vi) state the address where the property owner should file the protest;
2724 (vii) notify the property owner that each written objection filed with the county will be
2725 provided to the county legislative body; and
2726 (viii) state the location, date, and time of the public hearing described in Section
2727 17-27a-502.
2728 (c) If a county mails notice to a property owner in accordance with Subsection (2)(c)(ii)
2729 for a public hearing on a zoning map or map amendment, the notice required in this Subsection
2730 (4) may be included in or part of the notice described in Subsection (2)(c)(ii) rather than sent
2731 separately.
2732 Section 46. Section 17-27a-306 is amended to read:
2733 17-27a-306. Planning advisory areas.
2734 (1) (a) A planning advisory area may be established as provided in this Subsection (1).
2735 (b) A planning advisory area may not be established unless the area to be included
2736 within the proposed planning advisory area:
2737 (i) is unincorporated;
2738 (ii) is contiguous; and
2739 (iii) (A) contains:
2740 (I) at least 20% but not more than 80% of:
2741 (Aa) the total private land area in the unincorporated county; or
2742 (Bb) the total value of locally assessed taxable property in the unincorporated county;
2743 or
2744 (II) (Aa) in a county of the second or third class, at least 5% of the total population of
2745 the unincorporated county, but not less than 300 residents; or
2746 (Bb) in a county of the fourth, fifth, or sixth class, at least 25% of the total population
2747 of the unincorporated county; or
2748 (B) has been declared by the United States Census Bureau as a census designated
2749 place.
2750 (c) (i) The process to establish a planning advisory area is initiated by the filing of a
2751 petition with the clerk of the county in which the proposed planning advisory area is located.
2752 (ii) A petition to establish a planning advisory area may not be filed if it proposes the
2753 establishment of a planning advisory area that includes an area within a proposed planning
2754 advisory area in a petition that has previously been certified under Subsection (1)(g), until after
2755 the canvass of an election on the proposed planning advisory area under Subsection (1)(j).
2756 (d) A petition under Subsection (1)(c) to establish a planning advisory area shall:
2757 (i) be signed by the owners of private real property that:
2758 (A) is located within the proposed planning advisory area;
2759 (B) covers at least 10% of the total private land area within the proposed planning
2760 advisory area; and
2761 (C) is equal in value to at least 10% of the value of all private real property within the
2762 proposed planning advisory area;
2763 (ii) be accompanied by an accurate plat or map showing the boundary of the contiguous
2764 area proposed to be established as a planning advisory area;
2765 (iii) indicate the typed or printed name and current residence address of each owner
2766 signing the petition;
2767 (iv) designate up to five signers of the petition as petition sponsors, one of whom shall
2768 be designated as the contact sponsor, with the mailing address and telephone number of each
2769 petition sponsor;
2770 (v) authorize the petition sponsor or sponsors to act on behalf of all owners signing the
2771 petition for purposes of the petition; and
2772 (vi) request the county legislative body to provide notice of the petition and of a public
2773 hearing, hold a public hearing, and conduct an election on the proposal to establish a planning
2774 advisory area.
2775 (e) Subsection 10-2a-102(3) applies to a petition to establish a planning advisory area
2776 to the same extent as if it were an incorporation petition under Title 10, Chapter 2a, Municipal
2777 Incorporation.
2778 (f) (i) Within seven days after the filing of a petition under Subsection (1)(c) proposing
2779 the establishment of a planning advisory area in a county of the second class, the county clerk
2780 shall provide notice of the filing of the petition to:
2781 (A) each owner of real property owning more than 1% of the assessed value of all real
2782 property within the proposed planning advisory area; and
2783 (B) each owner of real property owning more than 850 acres of real property within the
2784 proposed planning advisory area.
2785 (ii) A property owner may exclude all or part of the property owner's property from a
2786 proposed planning advisory area in a county of the second class:
2787 (A) if:
2788 (I) (Aa) (Ii) the property owner owns more than 1% of the assessed value of all
2789 property within the proposed planning advisory area;
2790 (IIii) the property is nonurban; and
2791 (IIIiii) the property does not or will not require municipal provision of municipal-type
2792 services; or
2793 (Bb) the property owner owns more than 850 acres of real property within the proposed
2794 planning advisory area; and
2795 (II) exclusion of the property will not leave within the planning advisory area an island
2796 of property that is not part of the planning advisory area; and
2797 (B) by filing a notice of exclusion within 10 days after receiving the clerk's notice
2798 under Subsection (1)(f)(i).
2799 (iii) (A) The county legislative body shall exclude from the proposed planning advisory
2800 area the property identified in a notice of exclusion timely filed under Subsection (1)(f)(ii)(B) if
2801 the property meets the applicable requirements of Subsection (1)(f)(ii)(A).
2802 (B) If the county legislative body excludes property from a proposed planning advisory
2803 area under Subsection (1)(f)(iii), the county legislative body shall, within five days after the
2804 exclusion, send written notice of its action to the contact sponsor.
2805 (g) (i) Within 45 days after the filing of a petition under Subsection (1)(c), the county
2806 clerk shall:
2807 (A) with the assistance of other county officers from whom the clerk requests
2808 assistance, determine whether the petition complies with the requirements of Subsection (1)(d);
2809 and
2810 (B) (I) if the clerk determines that the petition complies with the requirements of
2811 Subsection (1)(d):
2812 (Aa) certify the petition and deliver the certified petition to the county legislative body;
2813 and
2814 (Bb) mail or deliver written notification of the certification to the contact sponsor; or
2815 (II) if the clerk determines that the petition fails to comply with any of the requirements
2816 of Subsection (1)(d), reject the petition and notify the contact sponsor in writing of the
2817 rejection and the reasons for the rejection.
2818 (ii) If the county clerk rejects a petition under Subsection (1)(g)(i)(B)(II), the petition
2819 may be amended to correct the deficiencies for which it was rejected and then refiled with the
2820 county clerk.
2821 (h) (i) Within 90 days after a petition to establish a planning advisory area is certified,
2822 the county legislative body shall hold a public hearing on the proposal to establish a planning
2823 advisory area.
2824 (ii) A public hearing under Subsection (1)(h)(i) shall be:
2825 (A) within the boundary of the proposed planning advisory area; or
2826 (B) if holding a public hearing in that area is not practicable, as close to that area as
2827 practicable.
2828 (iii) At least one week before holding a public hearing under Subsection (1)(h)(i), the
2829 county legislative body shall publish notice of the petition and the time, date, and place of the
2830 public hearing[
2831 on the Utah Public Notice Website created in Section 63F-1-701.
2832 (i) Following the public hearing under Subsection (1)(h)(i), the county legislative body
2833 shall arrange for the proposal to establish a planning advisory area to be submitted to voters
2834 residing within the proposed planning advisory area at the next regular general election that is
2835 more than 90 days after the public hearing.
2836 (j) A planning advisory area is established at the time of the canvass of the results of an
2837 election under Subsection (1)(i) if the canvass indicates that a majority of voters voting on the
2838 proposal to establish a planning advisory area voted in favor of the proposal.
2839 (k) An area that is an established township before May 12, 2015:
2840 (i) is, as of May 12, 2015, a planning advisory area; and
2841 (ii) (A) shall change its name, if applicable, to no longer include the word "township";
2842 and
2843 (B) may use the word "planning advisory area" in its name.
2844 (2) The county legislative body may:
2845 (a) assign to the countywide planning commission the duties established in this part
2846 that would have been assumed by a planning advisory area planning commission designated
2847 under Subsection (2)(b); or
2848 (b) designate and appoint a planning commission for the planning advisory area.
2849 (3) (a) An area within the boundary of a planning advisory area may be withdrawn
2850 from the planning advisory area as provided in this Subsection (3) or in accordance with
2851 Subsection (5)(a).
2852 (b) The process to withdraw an area from a planning advisory area is initiated by the
2853 filing of a petition with the clerk of the county in which the planning advisory area is located.
2854 (c) A petition under Subsection (3)(b) shall:
2855 (i) be signed by the owners of private real property that:
2856 (A) is located within the area proposed to be withdrawn from the planning advisory
2857 area;
2858 (B) covers at least 50% of the total private land area within the area proposed to be
2859 withdrawn from the planning advisory area; and
2860 (C) is equal in value to at least 33% of the value of all private real property within the
2861 area proposed to be withdrawn from the planning advisory area;
2862 (ii) state the reason or reasons for the proposed withdrawal;
2863 (iii) be accompanied by an accurate plat or map showing the boundary of the
2864 contiguous area proposed to be withdrawn from the planning advisory area;
2865 (iv) indicate the typed or printed name and current residence address of each owner
2866 signing the petition;
2867 (v) designate up to five signers of the petition as petition sponsors, one of whom shall
2868 be designated as the contact sponsor, with the mailing address and telephone number of each
2869 petition sponsor;
2870 (vi) authorize the petition sponsor or sponsors to act on behalf of all owners signing the
2871 petition for purposes of the petition; and
2872 (vii) request the county legislative body to withdraw the area from the planning
2873 advisory area.
2874 (d) Subsection 10-2a-102(3) applies to a petition to withdraw an area from a planning
2875 advisory area to the same extent as if it were an incorporation petition under Title 10, Chapter
2876 2a, Municipal Incorporation.
2877 (e) (i) Within 45 days after the filing of a petition under Subsection (3)(b), the county
2878 clerk shall:
2879 (A) with the assistance of other county officers from whom the clerk requests
2880 assistance, determine whether the petition complies with the requirements of Subsection (3)(c);
2881 and
2882 (B) (I) if the clerk determines that the petition complies with the requirements of
2883 Subsection (3)(c):
2884 (Aa) certify the petition and deliver the certified petition to the county legislative body;
2885 and
2886 (Bb) mail or deliver written notification of the certification to the contact sponsor; or
2887 (II) if the clerk determines that the petition fails to comply with any of the requirements
2888 of Subsection (3)(c), reject the petition and notify the contact sponsor in writing of the rejection
2889 and the reasons for the rejection.
2890 (ii) If the county clerk rejects a petition under Subsection (3)(e)(i)(B)(II), the petition
2891 may be amended to correct the deficiencies for which it was rejected and then refiled with the
2892 county clerk.
2893 (f) (i) Within 60 days after a petition to withdraw an area from a planning advisory area
2894 is certified, the county legislative body shall hold a public hearing on the proposal to withdraw
2895 the area from the planning advisory area.
2896 (ii) A public hearing under Subsection (3)(f)(i) shall be held:
2897 (A) within the area proposed to be withdrawn from the planning advisory area; or
2898 (B) if holding a public hearing in that area is not practicable, as close to that area as
2899 practicable.
2900 (iii) Before holding a public hearing under Subsection (3)(f)(i), the county legislative
2901 body shall:
2902 (A) publish notice of the petition and the time, date, and place of the public hearing[
2903
2904
2905 63F-1-701, for three consecutive weeks; and
2906 (B) mail a notice of the petition and the time, date, and place of the public hearing to
2907 each owner of private real property within the area proposed to be withdrawn.
2908 (g) (i) Within 45 days after the public hearing under Subsection (3)(f)(i), the county
2909 legislative body shall make a written decision on the proposal to withdraw the area from the
2910 planning advisory area.
2911 (ii) In making its decision as to whether to withdraw the area from the planning
2912 advisory area, the county legislative body shall consider:
2913 (A) whether the withdrawal would leave the remaining planning advisory area in a
2914 situation where the future incorporation of an area within the planning advisory area or the
2915 annexation of an area within the planning advisory area to an adjoining municipality would be
2916 economically or practically not feasible;
2917 (B) if the withdrawal is a precursor to the incorporation or annexation of the withdrawn
2918 area:
2919 (I) whether the proposed subsequent incorporation or withdrawal:
2920 (Aa) will leave or create an unincorporated island or peninsula; or
2921 (Bb) will leave the county with an area within its unincorporated area for which the
2922 cost, requirements, or other burdens of providing municipal services would materially increase
2923 over previous years; and
2924 (II) whether the municipality to be created or the municipality into which the
2925 withdrawn area is expected to annex would be or is capable, in a cost effective manner, of
2926 providing service to the withdrawn area that the county will no longer provide due to the
2927 incorporation or annexation;
2928 (C) the effects of a withdrawal on adjoining property owners, existing or projected
2929 county streets or other public improvements, law enforcement, and zoning and other municipal
2930 services provided by the county; and
2931 (D) whether justice and equity favor the withdrawal.
2932 (h) Upon the written decision of the county legislative body approving the withdrawal
2933 of an area from a planning advisory area, the area is withdrawn from the planning advisory area
2934 and the planning advisory area continues as a planning advisory area with a boundary that
2935 excludes the withdrawn area.
2936 (4) (a) A planning advisory area may be dissolved as provided in this Subsection (4).
2937 (b) The process to dissolve a planning advisory area is initiated by the filing of a
2938 petition with the clerk of the county in which the planning advisory area is located.
2939 (c) A petition under Subsection (4)(b) shall:
2940 (i) be signed by registered voters within the planning advisory area equal in number to
2941 at least 25% of all votes cast by voters within the planning advisory area at the last
2942 congressional election;
2943 (ii) state the reason or reasons for the proposed dissolution;
2944 (iii) indicate the typed or printed name and current residence address of each person
2945 signing the petition;
2946 (iv) designate up to five signers of the petition as petition sponsors, one of whom shall
2947 be designated as the contact sponsor, with the mailing address and telephone number of each
2948 petition sponsor;
2949 (v) authorize the petition sponsors to act on behalf of all persons signing the petition
2950 for purposes of the petition; and
2951 (vi) request the county legislative body to provide notice of the petition and of a public
2952 hearing, hold a public hearing, and conduct an election on the proposal to dissolve the planning
2953 advisory area.
2954 (d) (i) Within 45 days after the filing of a petition under Subsection (4)(b), the county
2955 clerk shall:
2956 (A) with the assistance of other county officers from whom the clerk requests
2957 assistance, determine whether the petition complies with the requirements of Subsection (4)(c);
2958 and
2959 (B) (I) if the clerk determines that the petition complies with the requirements of
2960 Subsection (4)(c):
2961 (Aa) certify the petition and deliver the certified petition to the county legislative body;
2962 and
2963 (Bb) mail or deliver written notification of the certification to the contact sponsor; or
2964 (II) if the clerk determines that the petition fails to comply with any of the requirements
2965 of Subsection (4)(c), reject the petition and notify the contact sponsor in writing of the rejection
2966 and the reasons for the rejection.
2967 (ii) If the county clerk rejects a petition under Subsection (4)(d)(i)(B)(II), the petition
2968 may be amended to correct the deficiencies for which it was rejected and then refiled with the
2969 county clerk.
2970 (e) (i) Within 60 days after a petition to dissolve the planning advisory area is certified,
2971 the county legislative body shall hold a public hearing on the proposal to dissolve the planning
2972 advisory area.
2973 (ii) A public hearing under Subsection (4)(e)(i) shall be held:
2974 (A) within the boundary of the planning advisory area; or
2975 (B) if holding a public hearing in that area is not practicable, as close to that area as
2976 practicable.
2977 (iii) Before holding a public hearing under Subsection (4)(e)(i), the county legislative
2978 body shall publish notice of the petition and the time, date, and place of the public hearing[
2979
2980
2981 63F-1-701, for three consecutive weeks immediately before the public hearing.
2982 (f) Following the public hearing under Subsection (4)(e)(i), the county legislative body
2983 shall arrange for the proposal to dissolve the planning advisory area to be submitted to voters
2984 residing within the planning advisory area at the next regular general election that is more than
2985 90 days after the public hearing.
2986 (g) A planning advisory area is dissolved at the time of the canvass of the results of an
2987 election under Subsection (4)(f) if the canvass indicates that a majority of voters voting on the
2988 proposal to dissolve the planning advisory area voted in favor of the proposal.
2989 (5) (a) If a portion of an area located within a planning advisory area is annexed by a
2990 municipality or incorporates, that portion is withdrawn from the planning advisory area.
2991 (b) If a planning advisory area in whole is annexed by a municipality or incorporates,
2992 the planning advisory area is dissolved.
2993 Section 47. Section 17-27a-404 is amended to read:
2994 17-27a-404. Public hearing by planning commission on proposed general plan or
2995 amendment -- Notice -- Revisions to general plan or amendment -- Adoption or rejection
2996 by legislative body.
2997 (1) (a) After completing its recommendation for a proposed general plan, or proposal to
2998 amend the general plan, the planning commission shall schedule and hold a public hearing on
2999 the proposed plan or amendment.
3000 (b) The planning commission shall provide notice of the public hearing, as required by
3001 Section 17-27a-204.
3002 (c) After the public hearing, the planning commission may modify the proposed
3003 general plan or amendment.
3004 (2) The planning commission shall forward the proposed general plan or amendment to
3005 the legislative body.
3006 (3) (a) As provided by local ordinance and by Section 17-27a-204, the legislative body
3007 shall provide notice of its intent to consider the general plan proposal.
3008 (b) (i) In addition to the requirements of Subsections (1), (2), and (3)(a), the legislative
3009 body shall hold a public hearing in Salt Lake City on provisions of the proposed county plan
3010 regarding Subsection 17-27a-401(4). The hearing procedure shall comply with this Subsection
3011 (3)(b).
3012 (ii) The hearing format shall allow adequate time for public comment at the actual
3013 public hearing, and shall also allow for public comment in writing to be submitted to the
3014 legislative body for not fewer than 90 days after the date of the public hearing.
3015 (c) (i) The legislative body shall give notice of the hearing in accordance with this
3016 Subsection (3) when the proposed plan provisions required by Subsection 17-27a-401(4) are
3017 complete.
3018 (ii) Direct notice of the hearing shall be given, in writing, to the governor, members of
3019 the state Legislature, executive director of the Department of Environmental Quality, the state
3020 planning coordinator, the Resource Development Coordinating Committee, and any other
3021 citizens or entities who specifically request notice in writing.
3022 (iii) Public notice shall be given by publication[
3023
3024
3025
3026 Utah Public Notice Website created in Section 63F-1-701.
3027 (iv) The notice shall be published to allow reasonable time for interested parties and
3028 the state to evaluate the information regarding the provisions of Subsection 17-27a-401(4),
3029 including[
3030
3031 described in Subsection (3)(c)(iii)[
3032 held under this Subsection (3).
3033 (4) (a) After the public hearing required under this section, the legislative body may
3034 adopt, reject, or make any revisions to the proposed general plan that it considers appropriate.
3035 (b) The legislative body shall respond in writing and in a substantive manner to all
3036 those providing comments as a result of the hearing required by Subsection (3).
3037 (c) If the county legislative body rejects the proposed general plan or amendment, it
3038 may provide suggestions to the planning commission for the planning commission's review and
3039 recommendation.
3040 (5) The legislative body shall adopt:
3041 (a) a land use element as provided in Subsection 17-27a-403(2)(a)(i);
3042 (b) a transportation and traffic circulation element as provided in Subsection
3043 17-27a-403(2)(a)(ii);
3044 (c) after considering the factors included in Subsection 17-27a-403(2)(b), a plan to
3045 provide a realistic opportunity to meet the need for additional moderate income housing; and
3046 (d) before August 1, 2017, a resource management plan as provided by Subsection
3047 17-27a-403(2)(a)(iv).
3048 Section 48. Section 17-41-302 is amended to read:
3049 17-41-302. Notice of proposal for creation of protection area -- Responses.
3050 (1) An applicable legislative body shall provide notice of the proposal by:
3051 [
3052 [
3053
3054
3055 [
3056
3057
3058 [
3059 (a) posting notice on the Utah Public Notice Website created in Section 63F-1-701;
3060 (b) posting notice at five public places, designated by the county or municipal
3061 legislative body, within or near the proposed agriculture protection area, industrial protection
3062 area, or critical infrastructure materials protection area; and
3063 (c) mailing written notice to each owner of land within 1,000 feet of the land proposed
3064 for inclusion within an agriculture protection area, industrial protection area, or critical
3065 infrastructure materials protection area.
3066 (2) The notice shall contain:
3067 (a) a statement that a proposal for the creation of an agriculture protection area,
3068 industrial protection area, or critical infrastructure materials protection area has been filed with
3069 the applicable legislative body;
3070 (b) a statement that the proposal will be open to public inspection in the office of the
3071 applicable legislative body;
3072 (c) a statement that any person affected by the establishment of the area may, within 15
3073 days of the date of the notice, file with the applicable legislative body:
3074 (i) written objections to the proposal; or
3075 (ii) a written request to modify the proposal to exclude land from or add land to the
3076 proposed protection area;
3077 (d) a statement that the applicable legislative body will submit the proposal to the
3078 advisory committee and to the planning commission for review and recommendations;
3079 (e) a statement that the applicable legislative body will hold a public hearing to discuss
3080 and hear public comment on:
3081 (i) the proposal to create the agriculture protection area, industrial protection area, or
3082 critical infrastructure materials protection area;
3083 (ii) the recommendations of the advisory committee and planning commission; and
3084 (iii) any requests for modification of the proposal and any objections to the proposal;
3085 and
3086 (f) a statement indicating the date, time, and place of the public hearing.
3087 (3) (a) A person wishing to modify the proposal for the creation of the agriculture
3088 protection area, industrial protection area, or critical infrastructure materials protection area
3089 shall, within 15 days after the date of the notice, file a written request for modification of the
3090 proposal, which identifies specifically the land that should be added to or removed from the
3091 proposal.
3092 (b) A person wishing to object to the proposal for the creation of the agriculture
3093 protection area, industrial protection area, or critical infrastructure materials protection area
3094 shall, within 15 days after the date of the notice, file a written objection to the creation of the
3095 relevant protection area.
3096 Section 49. Section 17-41-304 is amended to read:
3097 17-41-304. Public hearing -- Review and action on proposal.
3098 (1) After receipt of the written reports from the advisory committee and planning
3099 commission, or after the 45 days have expired, whichever is earlier, the county or municipal
3100 legislative body shall:
3101 (a) schedule a public hearing;
3102 (b) provide notice of the public hearing by:
3103 [
3104 [
3105 [
3106
3107
3108 [
3109
3110
3111 [
3112 63F-1-701;
3113 (ii) posting notice at five public places, designated by the applicable legislative body,
3114 within or near the proposed agriculture protection area, industrial protection area, or critical
3115 infrastructure materials protection area; and
3116 (iii) mailing written notice to each owner of land within 1,000 feet of the land proposed
3117 for inclusion within an agriculture protection area, industrial protection area, or critical
3118 infrastructure materials protection area; and
3119 (c) ensure that the notice includes:
3120 (i) the time, date, and place of the public hearing on the proposal;
3121 (ii) a description of the proposed agriculture protection area, industrial protection area,
3122 or critical infrastructure materials protection area;
3123 (iii) any proposed modifications to the proposed agriculture protection area, industrial
3124 protection area, or critical infrastructure materials protection area;
3125 (iv) a summary of the recommendations of the advisory committee and planning
3126 commission; and
3127 (v) a statement that interested persons may appear at the public hearing and speak in
3128 favor of or against the proposal, any proposed modifications to the proposal, or the
3129 recommendations of the advisory committee and planning commission.
3130 (2) The applicable legislative body shall:
3131 (a) convene the public hearing at the time, date, and place specified in the notice; and
3132 (b) take oral or written testimony from interested persons.
3133 (3) (a) Within 120 days of the submission of the proposal, the applicable legislative
3134 body shall approve, modify and approve, or reject the proposal.
3135 (b) The creation of an agriculture protection area, industrial protection area, or critical
3136 infrastructure materials protection area is effective at the earlier of:
3137 (i) the applicable legislative body's approval of a proposal or modified proposal; or
3138 (ii) 120 days after submission of a proposal complying with Subsection 17-41-301(2) if
3139 the applicable legislative body has failed to approve or reject the proposal within that time.
3140 (c) Notwithstanding Subsection (3)(b), a critical infrastructure materials protection area
3141 is effective only if the applicable legislative body, at its discretion, approves a proposal or
3142 modified proposal.
3143 (4) (a) To give constructive notice of the existence of the agriculture protection area,
3144 industrial protection area, or critical infrastructure materials protection area to all persons who
3145 have, may acquire, or may seek to acquire an interest in land in or adjacent to the relevant
3146 protection area within 10 days of the creation of the relevant protection area, the applicable
3147 legislative body shall file an executed document containing a legal description of the relevant
3148 protection area with:
3149 (i) the county recorder of deeds; and
3150 (ii) the affected planning commission.
3151 (b) If the legal description of the property to be included in the relevant protection area
3152 is available through the county recorder's office, the applicable legislative body shall use that
3153 legal description in its executed document required in Subsection (4)(a).
3154 (5) Within 10 days of the recording of the agriculture protection area, the applicable
3155 legislative body shall:
3156 (a) send written notification to the commissioner of agriculture and food that the
3157 agriculture protection area has been created; and
3158 (b) include in the notification:
3159 (i) the number of landowners owning land within the agriculture protection area;
3160 (ii) the total acreage of the area;
3161 (iii) the date of approval of the area; and
3162 (iv) the date of recording.
3163 (6) The applicable legislative body's failure to record the notice required under
3164 Subsection (4) or to send the written notification under Subsection (5) does not invalidate the
3165 creation of an agriculture protection area.
3166 (7) The applicable legislative body may consider the cost of recording notice under
3167 Subsection (4) and the cost of sending notification under Subsection (5) in establishing a fee
3168 under Subsection 17-41-301(4)(b).
3169 Section 50. Section 17-41-405 is amended to read:
3170 17-41-405. Eminent domain restrictions.
3171 (1) A political subdivision having or exercising eminent domain powers may not
3172 condemn for any purpose any land within an agriculture protection area that is being used for
3173 agricultural production, land within an industrial protection area that is being put to an
3174 industrial use, or land within a critical infrastructure materials protection area, unless the
3175 political subdivision obtains approval, according to the procedures and requirements of this
3176 section, from the applicable legislative body and the advisory board.
3177 (2) Any condemnor wishing to condemn property within an agriculture protection area,
3178 industrial protection area, or critical infrastructure materials protection area shall file a notice
3179 of condemnation with the applicable legislative body and the relevant protection area's advisory
3180 board at least 30 days before filing an eminent domain complaint.
3181 (3) The applicable legislative body and the advisory board shall:
3182 (a) hold a joint public hearing on the proposed condemnation at a location within the
3183 county in which the relevant protection area is located;
3184 (b) [
3185 [
3186 [
3187 [
3188 (ii) in five conspicuous public places, designated by the applicable legislative body,
3189 within or near the relevant protection area.
3190 (4) (a) If the condemnation is for highway purposes or for the disposal of solid or
3191 liquid waste materials, the applicable legislative body and the advisory board may approve the
3192 condemnation only if there is no reasonable and prudent alternative to the use of the land
3193 within the agriculture protection area, industrial protection area, or critical infrastructure
3194 materials protection area for the project.
3195 (b) If the condemnation is for any other purpose, the applicable legislative body and the
3196 advisory board may approve the condemnation only if:
3197 (i) the proposed condemnation would not have an unreasonably adverse effect upon the
3198 preservation and enhancement of:
3199 (A) agriculture within the agriculture protection area;
3200 (B) the industrial use within the industrial protection area; or
3201 (C) critical infrastructure materials operations within the critical infrastructure
3202 materials protection area; or
3203 (ii) there is no reasonable and prudent alternative to the use of the land within the [
3204 relevant protection area for the project.
3205 (5) (a) Within 60 days after receipt of the notice of condemnation, the applicable
3206 legislative body and the advisory board shall approve or reject the proposed condemnation.
3207 (b) If the applicable legislative body and the advisory board fail to act within the 60
3208 days or such further time as the applicable legislative body establishes, the condemnation shall
3209 be considered rejected.
3210 (6) The applicable legislative body or the advisory board may request the county or
3211 municipal attorney to bring an action to enjoin any condemnor from violating any provisions of
3212 this section.
3213 Section 51. Section 17B-1-111 is amended to read:
3214 17B-1-111. Impact fee resolution -- Notice and hearing requirements.
3215 (1) (a) If a local district wishes to impose impact fees, the board of trustees of the local
3216 district shall:
3217 (i) prepare a proposed impact fee resolution that meets the requirements of Title 11,
3218 Chapter 36a, Impact Fees Act;
3219 (ii) make a copy of the impact fee resolution available to the public at least 14 days
3220 before the date of the public hearing and hold a public hearing on the proposed impact fee
3221 resolution; and
3222 (iii) provide reasonable notice of the public hearing at least 14 days before the date of
3223 the hearing.
3224 (b) After the public hearing, the board of trustees may:
3225 (i) adopt the impact fee resolution as proposed;
3226 (ii) amend the impact fee resolution and adopt or reject it as amended; or
3227 (iii) reject the resolution.
3228 (2) A local district meets the requirements of reasonable notice required by this section
3229 if it:
3230 (a) posts notice of the hearing or meeting in at least three public places within the
3231 jurisdiction [
3232
3233 (b) gives actual notice of the hearing or meeting.
3234 (3) The local district's board of trustees may enact a resolution establishing stricter
3235 notice requirements than those required by this section.
3236 (4) (a) Proof that one of the two forms of notice required by this section was given is
3237 prima facie evidence that notice was properly given.
3238 (b) If notice given under authority of this section is not challenged within 30 days from
3239 the date of the meeting for which the notice was given, the notice is considered adequate and
3240 proper.
3241 Section 52. Section 17B-1-211 is amended to read:
3242 17B-1-211. Notice of public hearings -- Publication of resolution.
3243 (1) Before holding a public hearing or set of public hearings under Section 17B-1-210,
3244 the legislative body of each county or municipality with which a request is filed or that adopts a
3245 resolution under Subsection 17B-1-203(1)(d) and the board of trustees of each local district
3246 that adopts a resolution under Subsection 17B-1-203(1)(e) shall:
3247 [
3248
3249
3250 [
3251
3252 (a) (i) in accordance with Subsection (2), post at least one notice per 1,000 population
3253 of [
3254 notice to residents of the area; and
3255 (ii) publish notice on the Utah Public Notice Website created in Section 63F-1-701, for
3256 two weeks before the hearing or the first of the set of hearings; or
3257 (b) mail a notice to each registered voter residing within and each owner of real
3258 property located within the proposed local district.
3259 [
3260 [
3261
3262 [
3263 [
3264
3265 [
3266
3267 [
3268
3269
3270 [
3271 (a) if the hearing or set of hearings is concerning a resolution:
3272 (i) contain the entire text or an accurate summary of the resolution; and
3273 (ii) state the deadline for filing a protest against the creation of the proposed local
3274 district;
3275 (b) clearly identify each governing body involved in the hearing or set of hearings;
3276 (c) state the date, time, and place for the hearing or set of hearings and the purposes for
3277 the hearing or set of hearings; and
3278 (d) describe or include a map of the entire proposed local district.
3279 [
3280 under this section if all the requirements of this section are met as to each notice.
3281 Section 53. Section 17B-1-304 is amended to read:
3282 17B-1-304. Appointment procedures for appointed members.
3283 (1) The appointing authority may, by resolution, appoint persons to serve as members
3284 of a local district board by following the procedures established by this section.
3285 (2) (a) In any calendar year when appointment of a new local district board member is
3286 required, the appointing authority shall prepare a notice of vacancy that contains:
3287 (i) the positions that are vacant that shall be filled by appointment;
3288 (ii) the qualifications required to be appointed to those positions;
3289 (iii) the procedures for appointment that the governing body will follow in making
3290 those appointments; and
3291 (iv) the person to be contacted and any deadlines that a person shall meet who wishes
3292 to be considered for appointment to those positions.
3293 (b) The appointing authority shall:
3294 (i) post the notice of vacancy in four public places within the local district at least one
3295 month before the deadline for accepting nominees for appointment; and
3296 [
3297 [
3298
3299 [
3300
3301 [
3302 on the Utah Public Notice Website, created in Section 63F-1-701, for five days before the
3303 deadline for accepting nominees for appointment.
3304 (c) The appointing authority may bill the local district for the cost of preparing,
3305 printing, and publishing the notice.
3306 (3) (a) Not sooner than two months after the appointing authority is notified of the
3307 vacancy, the appointing authority shall select a person to fill the vacancy from the applicants
3308 who meet the qualifications established by law.
3309 (b) The appointing authority shall:
3310 (i) comply with Title 52, Chapter 4, Open and Public Meetings Act, in making the
3311 appointment;
3312 (ii) allow any interested persons to be heard; and
3313 (iii) adopt a resolution appointing a person to the local district board.
3314 (c) If no candidate for appointment to fill the vacancy receives a majority vote of the
3315 appointing authority, the appointing authority shall select the appointee from the two top
3316 candidates by lot.
3317 (4) Persons appointed to serve as members of the local district board serve four-year
3318 terms, but may be removed for cause at any time after a hearing by two-thirds vote of the
3319 appointing body.
3320 (5) (a) At the end of each board member's term, the position is considered vacant, and,
3321 after following the appointment procedures established in this section, the appointing authority
3322 may either reappoint the incumbent board member or appoint a new member.
3323 (b) Notwithstanding Subsection (5)(a), a board member may continue to serve until a
3324 successor is elected or appointed and qualified in accordance with Subsection 17B-1-303(2)(b).
3325 (6) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, if the appointing authority
3326 appoints one of its own members and that member meets all applicable statutory board member
3327 qualifications, the appointing authority need not comply with Subsection (2) or (3).
3328 Section 54. Section 17B-1-306 is amended to read:
3329 17B-1-306. Local district board -- Election procedures.
3330 (1) Except as provided in Subsection (12), each elected board member shall be selected
3331 as provided in this section.
3332 (2) (a) Each election of a local district board member shall be held:
3333 (i) at the same time as the municipal general election or the regular general election, as
3334 applicable; and
3335 (ii) at polling places designated by the local district board in consultation with the
3336 county clerk for each county in which the local district is located, which polling places shall
3337 coincide with municipal general election or regular general election polling places, as
3338 applicable, whenever feasible.
3339 (b) The local district board, in consultation with the county clerk, may consolidate two
3340 or more polling places to enable voters from more than one district to vote at one consolidated
3341 polling place.
3342 (c) (i) Subject to Subsections (5)(h) and (i), the number of polling places under
3343 Subsection (2)(a)(ii) in an election of board members of an irrigation district shall be one
3344 polling place per division of the district, designated by the district board.
3345 (ii) Each polling place designated by an irrigation district board under Subsection
3346 (2)(c)(i) shall coincide with a polling place designated by the county clerk under Subsection
3347 (2)(a)(ii).
3348 (3) The clerk of each local district with a board member position to be filled at the next
3349 municipal general election or regular general election, as applicable, shall provide notice of:
3350 (a) each elective position of the local district to be filled at the next municipal general
3351 election or regular general election, as applicable;
3352 (b) the constitutional and statutory qualifications for each position; and
3353 (c) the dates and times for filing a declaration of candidacy.
3354 (4) The clerk of the local district shall publish the notice described in Subsection (3):
3355 (a) by posting the notice on the Utah Public Notice Website created in Section
3356 63F-1-701, for 10 days before the first day for filing a declaration of candidacy; and
3357 (b) [
3358 least 10 days before the first day for filing a declaration of candidacy; [
3359 [
3360 [
3361
3362 [
3363
3364 (c) if the local district has a website, on the local district's website for 10 days before
3365 the first day for filing a declaration of candidacy.
3366 (5) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (5)(c), to become a candidate for an elective
3367 local district board position, an individual shall file a declaration of candidacy in person with
3368 an official designated by the local district, during office hours, within the candidate filing
3369 period for the applicable election year in which the election for the local district board is held.
3370 (b) When the candidate filing deadline falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or holiday, the
3371 filing time shall be extended until the close of normal office hours on the following regular
3372 business day.
3373 (c) Subject to Subsection (5)(f), an individual may designate an agent to file a
3374 declaration of candidacy with the official designated by the local district if:
3375 (i) the individual is located outside of the state during the entire filing period;
3376 (ii) the designated agent appears in person before the official designated by the local
3377 district; and
3378 (iii) the individual communicates with the official designated by the local district using
3379 an electronic device that allows the individual and official to see and hear each other.
3380 (d) (i) Before the filing officer may accept any declaration of candidacy from an
3381 individual, the filing officer shall:
3382 (A) read to the individual the constitutional and statutory qualification requirements for
3383 the office that the individual is seeking; and
3384 (B) require the individual to state whether the individual meets those requirements.
3385 (ii) If the individual does not meet the qualification requirements for the office, the
3386 filing officer may not accept the individual's declaration of candidacy.
3387 (iii) If it appears that the individual meets the requirements of candidacy, the filing
3388 officer shall accept the individual's declaration of candidacy.
3389 (e) The declaration of candidacy shall be in substantially the following form:
3390 "I, (print name) ____________, being first duly sworn, say that I reside at (Street)
3391 ____________, City of ________________, County of ________________, state of Utah, (Zip
3392 Code) ______, (Telephone Number, if any)____________; that I meet the qualifications for the
3393 office of board of trustees member for _______________________ (state the name of the local
3394 district); that I am a candidate for that office to be voted upon at the next election; and that, if
3395 filing via a designated agent, I will be out of the state of Utah during the entire candidate filing
3396 period, and I hereby request that my name be printed upon the official ballot for that election.
3397 (Signed) _________________________________________
3398 Subscribed and sworn to (or affirmed) before me by ____________ on this ______ day
3399 of ____________, ____.
3400 (Signed) ________________________
3401 (Clerk or Notary Public)"
3402 (f) An agent designated under Subsection (5)(c) may not sign the form described in
3403 Subsection (5)(e).
3404 (g) Each individual wishing to become a valid write-in candidate for an elective local
3405 district board position is governed by Section 20A-9-601.
3406 (h) If at least one individual does not file a declaration of candidacy as required by this
3407 section, an individual shall be appointed to fill that board position in accordance with the
3408 appointment provisions of Section 20A-1-512.
3409 (i) If only one candidate files a declaration of candidacy and there is no write-in
3410 candidate who complies with Section 20A-9-601, the board, in accordance with Section
3411 20A-1-206, may:
3412 (i) consider the candidate to be elected to the position; and
3413 (ii) cancel the election.
3414 (6) (a) A primary election may be held if:
3415 (i) the election is authorized by the local district board; and
3416 (ii) the number of candidates for a particular local board position or office exceeds
3417 twice the number of persons needed to fill that position or office.
3418 (b) The primary election shall be conducted:
3419 (i) on the same date as the municipal primary election or the regular primary election,
3420 as applicable; and
3421 (ii) according to the procedures for primary elections provided under Title 20A,
3422 Election Code.
3423 (7) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (7)(c), within one business day after the
3424 deadline for filing a declaration of candidacy, the local district clerk shall certify the candidate
3425 names to the clerk of each county in which the local district is located.
3426 (b) (i) Except as provided in Subsection (7)(c) and in accordance with Section
3427 20A-6-305, the clerk of each county in which the local district is located and the local district
3428 clerk shall coordinate the placement of the name of each candidate for local district office in
3429 the nonpartisan section of the ballot with the appropriate election officer.
3430 (ii) If consolidation of the local district election ballot with the municipal general
3431 election ballot or the regular general election ballot, as applicable, is not feasible, the local
3432 district board of trustees, in consultation with the county clerk, shall provide for a separate
3433 local district election ballot to be administered by poll workers at polling locations designated
3434 under Subsection (2).
3435 (c) (i) Subsections (7)(a) and (b) do not apply to an election of a member of the board
3436 of an irrigation district established under Chapter 2a, Part 5, Irrigation District Act.
3437 (ii) (A) Subject to Subsection (7)(c)(ii)(B), the board of each irrigation district shall
3438 prescribe the form of the ballot for each board member election.
3439 (B) Each ballot for an election of an irrigation district board member shall be in a
3440 nonpartisan format.
3441 (C) The name of each candidate shall be placed on the ballot in the order specified
3442 under Section 20A-6-305.
3443 (8) (a) Each voter at an election for a board of trustees member of a local district shall:
3444 (i) be a registered voter within the district, except for an election of:
3445 (A) an irrigation district board of trustees member; or
3446 (B) a basic local district board of trustees member who is elected by property owners;
3447 and
3448 (ii) meet the requirements to vote established by the district.
3449 (b) Each voter may vote for as many candidates as there are offices to be filled.
3450 (c) The candidates who receive the highest number of votes are elected.
3451 (9) Except as otherwise provided by this section, the election of local district board
3452 members is governed by Title 20A, Election Code.
3453 (10) (a) Except as provided in Subsection 17B-1-303(8), a person elected to serve on a
3454 local district board shall serve a four-year term, beginning at noon on the January 1 after the
3455 person's election.
3456 (b) A person elected shall be sworn in as soon as practical after January 1.
3457 (11) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (11)(b), each local district shall reimburse
3458 the county or municipality holding an election under this section for the costs of the election
3459 attributable to that local district.
3460 (b) Each irrigation district shall bear its own costs of each election it holds under this
3461 section.
3462 (12) This section does not apply to an improvement district that provides electric or gas
3463 service.
3464 (13) Except as provided in Subsection 20A-3a-605(1)(b), the provisions of Title 20A,
3465 Chapter 3a, Part 6, Early Voting, do not apply to an election under this section.
3466 (14) (a) As used in this Subsection (14), "board" means:
3467 (i) a local district board; or
3468 (ii) the administrative control board of a special service district that has elected
3469 members on the board.
3470 (b) A board may hold elections for membership on the board at a regular general
3471 election instead of a municipal general election if the board submits an application to the
3472 lieutenant governor that:
3473 (i) requests permission to hold elections for membership on the board at a regular
3474 general election instead of a municipal general election; and
3475 (ii) indicates that holding elections at the time of the regular general election is
3476 beneficial, based on potential cost savings, a potential increase in voter turnout, or another
3477 material reason.
3478 (c) Upon receipt of an application described in Subsection (14)(b), the lieutenant
3479 governor may approve the application if the lieutenant governor concludes that holding the
3480 elections at the regular general election is beneficial based on the criteria described in
3481 Subsection (14)(b)(ii).
3482 (d) If the lieutenant governor approves a board's application described in this section:
3483 (i) all future elections for membership on the board shall be held at the time of the
3484 regular general election; and
3485 (ii) the board may not hold elections at the time of a municipal general election unless
3486 the board receives permission from the lieutenant governor to hold all future elections for
3487 membership on the board at a municipal general election instead of a regular general election,
3488 under the same procedure, and by applying the same criteria, described in this Subsection (14).
3489 Section 55. Section 17B-1-313 is amended to read:
3490 17B-1-313. Publication of notice of board resolution or action -- Contest period --
3491 No contest after contest period.
3492 (1) After the board of trustees of a local district adopts a resolution or takes other
3493 action on behalf of the district, the board may provide for the publication of a notice of the
3494 resolution or other action.
3495 (2) Each notice under Subsection (1) shall:
3496 (a) include, as the case may be:
3497 (i) the language of the resolution or a summary of the resolution; or
3498 (ii) a description of the action taken by the board;
3499 (b) state that:
3500 (i) any person in interest may file an action in district court to contest the regularity,
3501 formality, or legality of the resolution or action within 30 days after the date of publication; and
3502 (ii) if the resolution or action is not contested by filing an action in district court within
3503 the 30-day period, no one may contest the regularity, formality, or legality of the resolution or
3504 action after the expiration of the 30-day period; and
3505 [
3506 [
3507 [
3508 (c) be posted on the Utah Public Notice Website created in Section 63F-1-701.
3509 (3) For a period of 30 days after the date of the publication, any person in interest may
3510 contest the regularity, formality, or legality of the resolution or other action by filing an action
3511 in district court.
3512 (4) After the expiration of the 30-day period under Subsection (3), no one may contest
3513 the regularity, formality, or legality of the resolution or action for any cause.
3514 Section 56. Section 17B-1-417 is amended to read:
3515 17B-1-417. Boundary adjustment -- Notice and hearing -- Protest -- Resolution
3516 adjusting boundaries -- Filing of notice and plat with the lieutenant governor --
3517 Recording requirements -- Effective date.
3518 (1) As used in this section, "affected area" means the area located within the
3519 boundaries of one local district that will be removed from that local district and included within
3520 the boundaries of another local district because of a boundary adjustment under this section.
3521 (2) The boards of trustees of two or more local districts having a common boundary
3522 and providing the same service on the same wholesale or retail basis may adjust their common
3523 boundary as provided in this section.
3524 (3) (a) The board of trustees of each local district intending to adjust a boundary that is
3525 common with another local district shall:
3526 (i) adopt a resolution indicating the board's intent to adjust a common boundary;
3527 (ii) hold a public hearing on the proposed boundary adjustment no less than 60 days
3528 after the adoption of the resolution under Subsection (3)(a)(i); and
3529 [
3530 [
3531
3532 [
3533
3534 (iii) (A) post notice:
3535 (I) in at least four conspicuous places within the local district at least two weeks before
3536 the public hearing; and
3537 (II) on the Utah Public Notice Website created in Section 63F-1-701, for two weeks; or
3538 (B) mail a notice to each owner of property located within the affected area and to each
3539 registered voter residing within the affected area.
3540 (b) The notice required under Subsection (3)(a)(iii) shall:
3541 (i) state that the board of trustees of the local district has adopted a resolution
3542 indicating the board's intent to adjust a boundary that the local district has in common with
3543 another local district that provides the same service as the local district;
3544 (ii) describe the affected area;
3545 (iii) state the date, time, and location of the public hearing required under Subsection
3546 (3)(a)(ii);
3547 (iv) provide a local district telephone number where additional information about the
3548 proposed boundary adjustment may be obtained;
3549 (v) explain the financial and service impacts of the boundary adjustment on property
3550 owners or residents within the affected area; and
3551 (vi) state in conspicuous and plain terms that the board of trustees may approve the
3552 adjustment of the boundaries unless, at or before the public hearing under Subsection (3)(a)(ii),
3553 written protests to the adjustment are filed with the board by:
3554 (A) the owners of private real property that:
3555 (I) is located within the affected area;
3556 (II) covers at least 50% of the total private land area within the affected area; and
3557 (III) is equal in assessed value to at least 50% of the assessed value of all private real
3558 property within the affected area; or
3559 (B) registered voters residing within the affected area equal in number to at least 50%
3560 of the votes cast in the affected area for the office of governor at the last regular general
3561 election before the filing of the protests.
3562 [
3563
3564 [
3565 adjusted may jointly:
3566 (i) [
3567 (ii) hold the public hearing required under Subsection (3)(a)(ii).
3568 (4) After the public hearing required under Subsection (3)(a)(ii), the board of trustees
3569 may adopt a resolution approving the adjustment of the common boundary unless, at or before
3570 the public hearing, written protests to the boundary adjustment have been filed with the board
3571 by:
3572 (a) the owners of private real property that:
3573 (i) is located within the affected area;
3574 (ii) covers at least 50% of the total private land area within the affected area; and
3575 (iii) is equal in assessed value to at least 50% of the assessed value of all private real
3576 property within the affected area; or
3577 (b) registered voters residing within the affected area equal in number to at least 50%
3578 of the votes cast in the affected area for the office of governor at the last regular general
3579 election before the filing of the protests.
3580 (5) A resolution adopted under Subsection (4) does not take effect until the board of
3581 each local district whose boundaries are being adjusted has adopted a resolution under
3582 Subsection (4).
3583 (6) The board of the local district whose boundaries are being adjusted to include the
3584 affected area shall:
3585 (a) within 30 days after the resolutions take effect under Subsection (5), file with the
3586 lieutenant governor:
3587 (i) a copy of a notice of an impending boundary action, as defined in Section 67-1a-6.5,
3588 that meets the requirements of Subsection 67-1a-6.5(3); and
3589 (ii) a copy of an approved final local entity plat, as defined in Section 67-1a-6.5; and
3590 (b) upon the lieutenant governor's issuance of a certificate of boundary adjustment
3591 under Section 67-1a-6.5:
3592 (i) if the affected area is located within the boundary of a single county, submit to the
3593 recorder of that county:
3594 (A) the original:
3595 (I) notice of an impending boundary action;
3596 (II) certificate of boundary adjustment; and
3597 (III) approved final local entity plat; and
3598 (B) a certified copy of each resolution adopted under Subsection (4); or
3599 (ii) if the affected area is located within the boundaries of more than a single county:
3600 (A) submit to the recorder of one of those counties:
3601 (I) the original of the documents listed in Subsections (6)(b)(i)(A)(I), (II), and (III); and
3602 (II) a certified copy of each resolution adopted under Subsection (4); and
3603 (B) submit to the recorder of each other county:
3604 (I) a certified copy of the documents listed in Subsections (6)(b)(i)(A)(I), (II), and (III);
3605 and
3606 (II) a certified copy of each resolution adopted under Subsection (4).
3607 (7) (a) Upon the lieutenant governor's issuance of a certificate of boundary adjustment
3608 under Section 67-1a-6.5, the affected area is annexed to the local district whose boundaries are
3609 being adjusted to include the affected area, and the affected area is withdrawn from the local
3610 district whose boundaries are being adjusted to exclude the affected area.
3611 (b) (i) The effective date of a boundary adjustment under this section for purposes of
3612 assessing property within the affected area is governed by Section 59-2-305.5.
3613 (ii) Until the documents listed in Subsection (6)(b) are recorded in the office of the
3614 recorder of the county in which the property is located, a local district in whose boundary an
3615 affected area is included because of a boundary adjustment under this section may not:
3616 (A) levy or collect a property tax on property within the affected area;
3617 (B) levy or collect an assessment on property within the affected area; or
3618 (C) charge or collect a fee for service provided to property within the affected area.
3619 (iii) Subsection (7)(b)(ii)(C):
3620 (A) may not be construed to limit a local district's ability before a boundary adjustment
3621 to charge and collect a fee for service provided to property that is outside the local district's
3622 boundary; and
3623 (B) does not apply until 60 days after the effective date, under Subsection (7)(a), of the
3624 local district's boundary adjustment, with respect to a fee that the local district was charging for
3625 service provided to property within the area affected by the boundary adjustment immediately
3626 before the boundary adjustment.
3627 Section 57. Section 17B-1-505.5 is amended to read:
3628 17B-1-505.5. Feasibility study for a municipality's withdrawal from a local
3629 district providing fire protection, paramedic, and emergency services or law enforcement
3630 service.
3631 (1) As used in this section:
3632 (a) "Feasibility consultant" means a person with expertise in:
3633 (i) the processes and economics of local government; and
3634 (ii) the economics of providing fire protection, paramedic, and emergency services or
3635 law enforcement service.
3636 (b) "Feasibility study" means a study to determine the functional and financial
3637 feasibility of a municipality's withdrawal from a first responder local district.
3638 (c) "First responder district" means a local district, other than a municipal services
3639 district, that provides:
3640 (i) fire protection, paramedic, and emergency services; or
3641 (ii) law enforcement service.
3642 (d) "Withdrawing municipality" means a municipality whose legislative body has
3643 adopted a resolution under Subsection 17B-1-505(3)(a) to initiate the process of the
3644 municipality's withdrawal from a first responder district.
3645 (2) This section applies and a feasibility study shall be conducted, as provided in this
3646 section, if:
3647 (a) the legislative body of a municipality has adopted a resolution under Subsection
3648 17B-1-505(3)(a) to initiate the process of the municipality's withdrawal from a first responder
3649 district;
3650 (b) the municipality and first responder district have not agreed in writing to the
3651 withdrawal; and
3652 (c) a feasibility study is a condition under Subsection 17B-1-505(6)(a) for an election
3653 to be held approving the withdrawal.
3654 (3) (a) As provided in this Subsection (3), the withdrawing municipality and first
3655 responder district shall choose and engage a feasibility consultant to conduct a feasibility study.
3656 (b) The withdrawing municipality and first responder district shall jointly choose and
3657 engage a feasibility consultant according to applicable municipal or local district procurement
3658 procedures.
3659 (c) (i) If the withdrawing municipality and first responder district cannot agree on and
3660 have not engaged a feasibility consultant under Subsection (3)(b) within 45 days after the
3661 legislative body of the withdrawing municipality submits written notice to the first responder
3662 district under Subsection 17B-1-505(3)(c), the withdrawing municipality and first responder
3663 district shall, as provided in this Subsection (3)(c), choose a feasibility consultant from a list of
3664 at least eight feasibility consultants provided by the Utah Association of Certified Public
3665 Accountants.
3666 (ii) A list of feasibility consultants under Subsection (3)(c)(i) may not include a
3667 feasibility consultant that has had a contract to provide services to the withdrawing
3668 municipality or first responder district at any time during the two-year period immediately
3669 preceding the date the list is provided under Subsection (3)(c)(i).
3670 (iii) (A) Beginning with the first responder district, the first responder district and
3671 withdrawing municipality shall alternately eliminate one feasibility consultant each from the
3672 list of feasibility consultants until one feasibility consultant remains.
3673 (B) Within five days after receiving the list of consultants from the Utah Association of
3674 Certified Public Accountants, the first responder district shall make the first elimination of a
3675 feasibility consultant from the list and notify the withdrawing municipality in writing of the
3676 elimination.
3677 (C) After the first elimination of a feasibility consultant from the list, the withdrawing
3678 municipality and first responder district shall each, within three days after receiving the written
3679 notification of the preceding elimination, notify the other in writing of the elimination of a
3680 feasibility consultant from the list.
3681 (d) If a withdrawing municipality and first responder district do not engage a feasibility
3682 consultant under Subsection (3)(b), the withdrawing municipality and first responder district
3683 shall engage the feasibility consultant that has not been eliminated from the list at the
3684 completion of the process described in Subsection (3)(c).
3685 (4) A feasibility consultant that conducts a feasibility study under this section shall be
3686 independent of and unaffiliated with the withdrawing municipality and first responder district.
3687 (5) In conducting a feasibility study under this section, the feasibility consultant shall
3688 consider:
3689 (a) population and population density within the withdrawing municipality;
3690 (b) current and five-year projections of demographics and economic base in the
3691 withdrawing municipality, including household size and income, commercial and industrial
3692 development, and public facilities;
3693 (c) projected growth in the withdrawing municipality during the next five years;
3694 (d) subject to Subsection (6)(a), the present and five-year projections of the cost,
3695 including overhead, of providing the same service in the withdrawing municipality as is
3696 provided by the first responder district, including:
3697 (i) the estimated cost if the first responder district continues to provide service; and
3698 (ii) the estimated cost if the withdrawing municipality provides service;
3699 (e) subject to Subsection (6)(a), the present and five-year projections of the cost,
3700 including overhead, of the first responder district providing service with:
3701 (i) the municipality included in the first responder district's service area; and
3702 (ii) the withdrawing municipality excluded from the first responder district's service
3703 area;
3704 (f) a projection of any new taxes per household that may be levied within the
3705 withdrawing municipality within five years after the withdrawal;
3706 (g) the fiscal impact that the withdrawing municipality's withdrawal has on other
3707 municipalities and unincorporated areas served by the first responder district, including any rate
3708 increase that may become necessary to maintain required coverage ratios for the first responder
3709 district's debt;
3710 (h) the physical and other assets that will be required by the withdrawing municipality
3711 to provide, without interruption or diminution of service, the same service that is being
3712 provided by the first responder district;
3713 (i) the physical and other assets that will no longer be required by the first responder
3714 district to continue to provide the current level of service to the remainder of the first responder
3715 district, excluding the withdrawing municipality, and could be transferred to the withdrawing
3716 municipality;
3717 (j) subject to Subsection (6)(b), a fair and equitable allocation of the first responder
3718 district's assets between the first responder district and the withdrawing municipality, effective
3719 upon the withdrawal of the withdrawing municipality from the first responder district;
3720 (k) a fair and equitable allocation of the debts, liabilities, and obligations of the first
3721 responder district and any local building authority of the first responder district, between the
3722 withdrawing municipality and the remaining first responder district, taking into consideration:
3723 (i) any requirement to maintain the excludability of interest from the income of the
3724 holder of the debt, liability, or obligation for federal income tax purposes; and
3725 (ii) any first responder district assets that have been purchased with the proceeds of
3726 bonds issued by the first responder district that the first responder district will retain and any of
3727 those assets that will be transferred to the withdrawing municipality;
3728 (l) the number and classification of first responder district employees who will no
3729 longer be required to serve the remaining portions of the first responder district after the
3730 withdrawing municipality withdraws from the first responder district, including the dollar
3731 amount of the wages, salaries, and benefits attributable to the employees and the estimated cost
3732 associated with termination of the employees if the withdrawing municipality does not employ
3733 the employees;
3734 (m) maintaining as a base, for a period of three years after withdrawal, the existing
3735 schedule of pay and benefits for first responder district employees who are transferred to the
3736 employment of the withdrawing municipality; and
3737 (n) any other factor that the feasibility consultant considers relevant to the question of
3738 the withdrawing municipality's withdrawal from the first responder district.
3739 (6) (a) For purposes of Subsections (5)(d) and (e):
3740 (i) the feasibility consultant shall assume a level and quality of service to be provided
3741 in the future to the withdrawing municipality that fairly and reasonably approximates the level
3742 and quality of service that the first responder district provides to the withdrawing municipality
3743 at the time of the feasibility study;
3744 (ii) in determining the present value cost of a service that the first responder district
3745 provides, the feasibility consultant shall consider:
3746 (A) the cost to the withdrawing municipality of providing the service for the first five
3747 years after the withdrawal; and
3748 (B) the first responder district's present and five-year projected cost of providing the
3749 same service within the withdrawing municipality; and
3750 (iii) the feasibility consultant shall consider inflation and anticipated growth in
3751 calculating the cost of providing service.
3752 (b) The feasibility consultant may not consider an allocation of first responder district
3753 assets or a transfer of first responder district employees to the extent that the allocation or
3754 transfer would impair the first responder district's ability to continue to provide the current
3755 level of service to the remainder of the first responder district without the withdrawing
3756 municipality, unless the first responder district consents to the allocation or transfer.
3757 (7) A feasibility consultant may retain an architect, engineer, or other professional, as
3758 the feasibility consultant considers prudent and as provided in the agreement with the
3759 withdrawing municipality and first responder district, to assist the feasibility consultant to
3760 conduct a feasibility study.
3761 (8) The withdrawing municipality and first responder district shall require the
3762 feasibility consultant to:
3763 (a) complete the feasibility study within a time established by the withdrawing
3764 municipality and first responder district;
3765 (b) prepare and submit a written report communicating the results of the feasibility
3766 study, including a one-page summary of the results; and
3767 (c) attend all public hearings relating to the feasibility study under Subsection (14).
3768 (9) A written report of the results of a feasibility study under this section shall:
3769 (a) contain a recommendation concerning whether a withdrawing municipality's
3770 withdrawal from a first responder district is functionally and financially feasible for both the
3771 first responder district and the withdrawing municipality; and
3772 (b) include any conditions the feasibility consultant determines need to be satisfied in
3773 order to make the withdrawal functionally and financially feasible, including:
3774 (i) first responder district assets and liabilities to be allocated to the withdrawing
3775 municipality; and
3776 (ii) (A) first responder district employees to become employees of the withdrawing
3777 municipality; and
3778 (B) sick leave, vacation, and other accrued benefits and obligations relating to the first
3779 responder district employees that the withdrawing municipality needs to assume.
3780 (10) The withdrawing municipality and first responder district shall equally share the
3781 feasibility consultant's fees and costs, as specified in the agreement between the withdrawing
3782 municipality and first responder district and the feasibility consultant.
3783 (11) (a) Upon completion of the feasibility study and preparation of a written report,
3784 the feasibility consultant shall deliver a copy of the report to the withdrawing municipality and
3785 first responder district.
3786 (b) (i) A withdrawing municipality or first responder district that disagrees with any
3787 aspect of a feasibility study report may, within 20 business days after receiving a copy of the
3788 report under Subsection (11)(a), submit to the feasibility consultant a written objection
3789 detailing the disagreement.
3790 (ii) (A) A withdrawing municipality that submits a written objection under Subsection
3791 (11)(b)(i) shall simultaneously deliver a copy of the objection to the first responder district.
3792 (B) A first responder district that submits a written objection under Subsection
3793 (11)(b)(i) shall simultaneously deliver a copy of the objection to the withdrawing municipality.
3794 (iii) A withdrawing municipality or first responder district may, within 10 business
3795 days after receiving an objection under Subsection (11)(b)(ii), submit to the feasibility
3796 consultant a written response to the objection.
3797 (iv) (A) A withdrawing municipality that submits a response under Subsection
3798 (11)(b)(iii) shall simultaneously deliver a copy of the response to the first responder district.
3799 (B) A first responder district that submits a response under Subsection (11)(b)(iii) shall
3800 simultaneously deliver a copy of the response to the withdrawing municipality.
3801 (v) If an objection is filed under Subsection (11)(b)(i), the feasibility consultant shall,
3802 within 20 business days after the expiration of the deadline under Subsection (11)(b)(iii) for
3803 submitting a response to an objection:
3804 (A) modify the feasibility study report or explain in writing why the feasibility
3805 consultant is not modifying the feasibility study report; and
3806 (B) deliver the modified feasibility study report or written explanation to the
3807 withdrawing municipality and first responder local district.
3808 (12) Within seven days after the expiration of the deadline under Subsection (11)(b)(i)
3809 for submitting an objection or, if an objection is submitted, within seven days after receiving a
3810 modified feasibility study report or written explanation under Subsection (11)(b)(v), but at least
3811 30 days before a public hearing under Subsection (14), the withdrawing municipality shall:
3812 (a) make a copy of the report available to the public at the primary office of the
3813 withdrawing municipality; and
3814 (b) if the withdrawing municipality has a website, post a copy of the report on the
3815 municipality's website.
3816 (13) A feasibility study report or, if a feasibility study report is modified under
3817 Subsection (11), a modified feasibility study report may not be challenged unless the basis of
3818 the challenge is that the report results from collusion or fraud.
3819 (14) (a) Following the expiration of the deadline under Subsection (11)(b)(i) for
3820 submitting an objection, or, if an objection is submitted under Subsection (11)(b)(i), following
3821 the withdrawing municipality's receipt of the modified feasibility study report or written
3822 explanation under Subsection (11)(b)(v), the legislative body of the withdrawing municipality
3823 shall, at the legislative body's next regular meeting, schedule at least one public hearing to be
3824 held:
3825 (i) within the following 60 days; and
3826 (ii) for the purpose of allowing:
3827 (A) the feasibility consultant to present the results of the feasibility study; and
3828 (B) the public to become informed about the feasibility study results, to ask the
3829 feasibility consultant questions about the feasibility study, and to express the public's views
3830 about the proposed withdrawal.
3831 (b) At a public hearing under Subsection (14)(a), the legislative body of the
3832 withdrawing municipality shall:
3833 (i) provide a copy of the feasibility study for public review; and
3834 (ii) allow the public to:
3835 (A) ask the feasibility consultant questions about the feasibility study; and
3836 (B) express the public's views about the withdrawing municipality's proposed
3837 withdrawal from the first responder district.
3838 (15) (a) The clerk or recorder of the withdrawing municipality shall publish notice of a
3839 hearing under Subsection (14)[
3840
3841
3842
3843 weeks immediately before the public hearing.
3844 (b) A notice under Subsection (15)(a) shall state:
3845 (i) the date, time, and location of the public hearing; and
3846 (ii) that a copy of the feasibility study report may be obtained, free of charge, at the
3847 office of the withdrawing municipality or on the withdrawing municipality's website.
3848 (16) Unless the withdrawing municipality and first responder district agree otherwise,
3849 conditions that a feasibility study report indicates are necessary to be met for a withdrawal to
3850 be functionally and financially feasible for the withdrawing municipality and first responder
3851 district are binding on the withdrawing municipality and first responder district if the
3852 withdrawal occurs.
3853 Section 58. Section 17B-1-609 is amended to read:
3854 17B-1-609. Hearing to consider adoption -- Notice.
3855 (1) At the meeting at which the tentative budget is adopted, the board of trustees shall:
3856 (a) establish the time and place of a public hearing to consider its adoption; and
3857 (b) except as provided in Subsection (6), order that notice of the hearing:
3858 [
3859
3860
3861 (i) be posted in three public places within the district; and
3862 (ii) be published at least seven days before the hearing on the Utah Public Notice
3863 Website created in Section 63F-1-701.
3864 (2) If the budget hearing is held in conjunction with a tax increase hearing, the notice
3865 required in Subsection (1)(b):
3866 (a) may be combined with the notice required under Section 59-2-919; and
3867 (b) shall be published in accordance with the advertisement provisions of Section
3868 59-2-919.
3869 (3) If the budget hearing is to be held in conjunction with a fee increase hearing, the
3870 notice required in Subsection (1)(b):
3871 (a) may be combined with the notice required under Section 17B-1-643; and
3872 (b) shall be published or mailed in accordance with the notice provisions of Section
3873 17B-1-643.
3874 (4) Proof that notice was given in accordance with Subsection (1)(b), (2), (3), or (6) is
3875 prima facie evidence that notice was properly given.
3876 (5) If a notice required under Subsection (1)(b), (2), (3), or (6) is not challenged within
3877 30 days after the day on which the hearing is held, the notice is adequate and proper.
3878 (6) A board of trustees of a local district with an annual operating budget of less than
3879 $250,000 may satisfy the notice requirements in Subsection (1)(b) by:
3880 (a) mailing a written notice, postage prepaid, to each voter in the local district; and
3881 (b) posting the notice in three public places within the district.
3882 Section 59. Section 17B-1-643 is amended to read:
3883 17B-1-643. Imposing or increasing a fee for service provided by local district.
3884 (1) (a) Before imposing a new fee or increasing an existing fee for a service provided
3885 by a local district, each local district board of trustees shall first hold a public hearing at which:
3886 (i) the local district shall demonstrate its need to impose or increase the fee; and
3887 (ii) any interested person may speak for or against the proposal to impose a fee or to
3888 increase an existing fee.
3889 (b) Each public hearing under Subsection (1)(a) shall be held in the evening beginning
3890 no earlier than 6 p.m.
3891 (c) A public hearing required under this Subsection (1) may be combined with a public
3892 hearing on a tentative budget required under Section 17B-1-610.
3893 (d) Except to the extent that this section imposes more stringent notice requirements,
3894 the local district board shall comply with Title 52, Chapter 4, Open and Public Meetings Act,
3895 in holding the public hearing under Subsection (1)(a).
3896 (2) (a) Each local district board shall give notice of a hearing under Subsection (1) as
3897 provided in Subsections (2)(b) and (c) or Subsection (2)(d).
3898 [
3899 (b) The local district board shall:
3900 (i) post the notice required under Subsection (2)(a) on the Utah Public Notice Website
3901 established in Section 63F-1-701; and
3902 [
3903
3904
3905 [
3906
3907 (ii) post at least one [
3908 population within the local district, at places within the local district that are most likely to
3909 provide actual notice to residents within the local district.
3910 [
3911 [
3912
3913 [
3914
3915 [
3916
3917 [
3918
3919 [
3920 [
3921 board intends to impose or increase a fee for a service provided by the local district and will
3922 hold a public hearing on a certain day, time, and place fixed in the notice, which shall be not
3923 less than seven days after the day the first notice is published, for the purpose of hearing
3924 comments regarding the proposed imposition or increase of a fee and to explain the reasons for
3925 the proposed imposition or increase.
3926 (d) (i) In lieu of providing notice under Subsection (2)(b), the local district board of
3927 trustees may give the notice required under Subsection (2)(a) by mailing the notice to those
3928 within the district who:
3929 (A) will be charged the fee for a district service, if the fee is being imposed for the first
3930 time; or
3931 (B) are being charged a fee, if the fee is proposed to be increased.
3932 (ii) Each notice under Subsection (2)(d)(i) shall comply with Subsection (2)(c)[
3933 (iii) A notice under Subsection (2)(d)(i) may accompany a district bill for an existing
3934 fee.
3935 (e) If the hearing required under this section is combined with the public hearing
3936 required under Section 17B-1-610, the notice required under this Subsection (2):
3937 (i) may be combined with the notice required under Section 17B-1-609; and
3938 (ii) shall be [
3939 this section.
3940 (f) Proof that notice was given as provided in Subsection (2)(b) or (d) is prima facie
3941 evidence that notice was properly given.
3942 (g) If no challenge is made to the notice given of a hearing required by Subsection (1)
3943 within 30 days after the date of the hearing, the notice is considered adequate and proper.
3944 (3) After holding a public hearing under Subsection (1), a local district board may:
3945 (a) impose the new fee or increase the existing fee as proposed;
3946 (b) adjust the amount of the proposed new fee or the increase of the existing fee and
3947 then impose the new fee or increase the existing fee as adjusted; or
3948 (c) decline to impose the new fee or increase the existing fee.
3949 (4) This section applies to each new fee imposed and each increase of an existing fee
3950 that occurs on or after July 1, 1998.
3951 (5) (a) This section does not apply to an impact fee.
3952 (b) The imposition or increase of an impact fee is governed by Title 11, Chapter 36a,
3953 Impact Fees Act.
3954 Section 60. Section 17B-1-1204 is amended to read:
3955 17B-1-1204. Notice of the hearing on a validation petition -- Amended or
3956 supplemented validation petition.
3957 (1) Upon the entry of an order under Section 17B-1-1203 setting a hearing on a
3958 validation petition, the local district that filed the petition shall post notice:
3959 [
3960 [
3961
3962 [
3963 weeks immediately before the hearing; and
3964 (b) [
3965 date set for the hearing.
3966 (2) Each notice under Subsection (1) shall:
3967 (a) state the date, time, and place of the hearing on the validation petition;
3968 (b) include a general description of the contents of the validation petition; and
3969 (c) if applicable, state the location where a complete copy of a contract that is the
3970 subject of the validation petition may be examined.
3971 (3) If a district amends or supplements a validation petition under Subsection
3972 17B-1-1202(3) after publishing and posting notice as required under Subsection (1), the district
3973 is not required to publish or post notice again unless required by the court.
3974 Section 61. Section 17B-1-1307 is amended to read:
3975 17B-1-1307. Notice of public hearing and of dissolution.
3976 (1) Before holding a public hearing required under Section 17B-1-1306, the
3977 administrative body shall:
3978 (a) post notice of the public hearing and of the proposed dissolution:
3979 [
3980 [
3981
3982 [
3983 before the public hearing; and
3984 (ii) [
3985 conspicuous places within the local district proposed to be dissolved, no less than five and no
3986 more than 30 days before the public hearing; or
3987 (b) mail a notice to each owner of property located within the local district and to each
3988 registered voter residing within the local district.
3989 (2) Each notice required under Subsection (1) shall:
3990 (a) identify the local district proposed to be dissolved and the service it was created to
3991 provide; and
3992 (b) state the date, time, and location of the public hearing.
3993 Section 62. Section 17B-2a-705 is amended to read:
3994 17B-2a-705. Taxation -- Additional levy -- Election.
3995 (1) If a mosquito abatement district board of trustees determines that the funds required
3996 during the next ensuing fiscal year will exceed the maximum amount that the district is
3997 authorized to levy under Subsection 17B-1-103(2)(g), the board of trustees may call an election
3998 on a date specified in Section 20A-1-204 and submit to district voters the question of whether
3999 the district should be authorized to impose an additional tax to raise the necessary additional
4000 funds.
4001 (2) The board shall publish notice of the election:
4002 [
4003
4004 [
4005
4006 (a) (i) by posting one notice, and at least one additional notice per 2,000 population of
4007 the district, in places within the district that are most likely to give notice to the voters in the
4008 district; or
4009 [
4010 registered voter in the district;
4011 (b) by posting notice on the Utah Public Notice Website created in Section 63F-1-701,
4012 for four weeks before the day of the election; and
4013 [
4014
4015 [
4016 weeks before the day of the election.
4017 (3) No particular form of ballot is required, and no informalities in conducting the
4018 election may invalidate the election, if it is otherwise fairly conducted.
4019 (4) At the election each ballot shall contain the words, "Shall the district be authorized
4020 to impose an additional tax to raise the additional sum of $____?"
4021 (5) The board of trustees shall canvass the votes cast at the election, and, if a majority
4022 of the votes cast are in favor of the imposition of the tax, the district is authorized to impose an
4023 additional levy to raise the additional amount of money required.
4024 Section 63. Section 17B-2a-1007 is amended to read:
4025 17B-2a-1007. Contract assessments.
4026 (1) As used in this section:
4027 (a) "Assessed land" means:
4028 (i) for a contract assessment under a water contract with a private water user, the land
4029 owned by the private water user that receives the beneficial use of water under the water
4030 contract; or
4031 (ii) for a contract assessment under a water contract with a public water user, the land
4032 within the boundaries of the public water user that is within the boundaries of the water
4033 conservancy district and that receives the beneficial use of water under the water contract.
4034 (b) "Contract assessment" means an assessment levied as provided in this section by a
4035 water conservancy district on assessed land.
4036 (c) "Governing body" means:
4037 (i) for a county, city, or town, the legislative body of the county, city, or town;
4038 (ii) for a local district, the board of trustees of the local district;
4039 (iii) for a special service district:
4040 (A) the legislative body of the county, city, or town that established the special service
4041 district, if no administrative control board has been appointed under Section 17D-1-301; or
4042 (B) the administrative control board of the special service district, if an administrative
4043 control board has been appointed under Section 17D-1-301; and
4044 (iv) for any other political subdivision of the state, the person or body with authority to
4045 govern the affairs of the political subdivision.
4046 (d) "Petitioner" means a private petitioner or a public petitioner.
4047 (e) "Private petitioner" means an owner of land within a water conservancy district
4048 who submits a petition to a water conservancy district under Subsection (3) to enter into a
4049 water contract with the district.
4050 (f) "Private water user" means an owner of land within a water conservancy district
4051 who enters into a water contract with the district.
4052 (g) "Public petitioner" means a political subdivision of the state:
4053 (i) whose territory is partly or entirely within the boundaries of a water conservancy
4054 district; and
4055 (ii) that submits a petition to a water conservancy district under Subsection (3) to enter
4056 into a water contract with the district.
4057 (h) "Public water user" means a political subdivision of the state:
4058 (i) whose territory is partly or entirely within the boundaries of a water conservancy
4059 district; and
4060 (ii) that enters into a water contract with the district.
4061 (i) "Water contract" means a contract between a water conservancy district and a
4062 private water user or a public water user under which the water user purchases, leases, or
4063 otherwise acquires the beneficial use of water from the water conservancy district for the
4064 benefit of:
4065 (i) land owned by the private water user; or
4066 (ii) land within the public water user's boundaries that is also within the boundaries of
4067 the water conservancy district.
4068 (j) "Water user" means a private water user or a public water user.
4069 (2) A water conservancy district may levy a contract assessment as provided in this
4070 section.
4071 (3) (a) The governing body of a public petitioner may authorize its chief executive
4072 officer to submit a written petition on behalf of the public petitioner to a water conservancy
4073 district requesting to enter into a water contract.
4074 (b) A private petitioner may submit a written petition to a water conservancy district
4075 requesting to enter into a water contract.
4076 (c) Each petition under this Subsection (3) shall include:
4077 (i) the petitioner's name;
4078 (ii) the quantity of water the petitioner desires to purchase or otherwise acquire;
4079 (iii) a description of the land upon which the water will be used;
4080 (iv) the price to be paid for the water;
4081 (v) the amount of any service, turnout, connection, distribution system, or other charge
4082 to be paid;
4083 (vi) whether payment will be made in cash or annual installments;
4084 (vii) a provision requiring the contract assessment to become a lien on the land for
4085 which the water is petitioned and is to be allotted; and
4086 (viii) an agreement that the petitioner is bound by the provisions of this part and the
4087 rules and regulations of the water conservancy district board of trustees.
4088 (4) (a) If the board of a water conservancy district desires to consider a petition
4089 submitted by a petitioner under Subsection (3), the board shall:
4090 (i) [
4091 (4)(a)(ii) [
4092
4093
4094 two successive weeks immediately before the date of the hearing; and
4095 (ii) hold a public hearing on the petition.
4096 (b) Each notice under Subsection (4)(a)(i) shall:
4097 (i) state that a petition has been filed and that the district is considering levying a
4098 contract assessment; and
4099 (ii) give the date, time, and place of the hearing required under Subsection (4)(a)(ii).
4100 (c) (i) At each hearing required under Subsection (4)(a)(ii), the board of trustees of the
4101 water conservancy district shall:
4102 (A) allow any interested person to appear and explain why the petition should not be
4103 granted; and
4104 (B) consider each written objection to the granting of the petition that the board
4105 receives before or at the hearing.
4106 (ii) The board of trustees may adjourn and reconvene the hearing as the board
4107 considers appropriate.
4108 (d) (i) Any interested person may file with the board of the water conservancy district,
4109 at or before the hearing under Subsection (4)(a)(ii), a written objection to the district's granting
4110 a petition.
4111 (ii) Each person who fails to submit a written objection within the time provided under
4112 Subsection (4)(d)(i) is considered to have consented to the district's granting the petition and
4113 levying a contract assessment.
4114 (5) After holding a public hearing as required under Subsection (4)(a)(ii), the board of
4115 trustees of a water conservancy district may:
4116 (a) deny the petition; or
4117 (b) grant the petition, if the board considers granting the petition to be in the best
4118 interests of the district.
4119 (6) The board of a water conservancy district that grants a petition under this section
4120 may:
4121 (a) make an allotment of water for the benefit of assessed land;
4122 (b) authorize any necessary construction to provide for the use of water upon the terms
4123 and conditions stated in the water contract;
4124 (c) divide the district into units and fix a different rate for water purchased or otherwise
4125 acquired and for other charges within each unit, if the rates and charges are equitable, although
4126 not equal and uniform, for similar classes of services throughout the district; and
4127 (d) levy a contract assessment on assessed land.
4128 (7) (a) The board of trustees of each water conservancy district that levies a contract
4129 assessment under this section shall:
4130 (i) cause a certified copy of the resolution, ordinance, or order levying the assessment
4131 to be recorded in the office of the recorder of each county in which assessed land is located;
4132 and
4133 (ii) on or before July 1 of each year after levying the contract assessment, certify to the
4134 auditor of each county in which assessed land is located the amount of the contract assessment.
4135 (b) Upon the recording of the resolution, ordinance, or order, in accordance with
4136 Subsection (7)(a)(i):
4137 (i) the contract assessment associated with allotting water to the assessed land under
4138 the water contract becomes a political subdivision lien, as that term is defined in Section
4139 11-60-102, on the assessed land, in accordance with Title 11, Chapter 60, Political Subdivision
4140 Lien Authority, as of the effective date of the resolution, ordinance, or order; and
4141 (ii) (A) the board of trustees of the water conservancy district shall certify the amount
4142 of the assessment to the county treasurer; and
4143 (B) the county treasurer shall include the certified amount on the property tax notice
4144 required by Section 59-2-1317 for that year.
4145 (c) (i) Each county in which assessed land is located shall collect the contract
4146 assessment in the same manner as taxes levied by the county.
4147 (ii) If the amount of a contract assessment levied under this section is not paid in full in
4148 a given year:
4149 (A) by September 15, the governing body of the water conservancy district that levies
4150 the contract assessment shall certify any unpaid amount to the treasurer of the county in which
4151 the property is located; and
4152 (B) the county treasurer shall include the certified amount on the property tax notice
4153 required by Section 59-2-1317 for that year.
4154 (8) (a) The board of trustees of each water conservancy district that levies a contract
4155 assessment under this section shall:
4156 (i) hold a public hearing, before August 8 of each year in which a contract assessment
4157 is levied, to hear and consider objections filed under Subsection (8)(b); and
4158 [
4159 [
4160
4161
4162 (ii) post a notice:
4163 (A) on the Utah Public Notice Website, created in Section 63F-1-701, for at least the
4164 two consecutive weeks before the public hearing; and
4165 (B) that contains a general description of the assessed land, the amount of the contract
4166 assessment, and the time and place of the public hearing under Subsection (8)(a)(i).
4167 (b) An owner of assessed land within the water conservancy district who believes that
4168 the contract assessment on the owner's land is excessive, erroneous, or illegal may, before the
4169 hearing under Subsection (8)(a)(i), file with the board of trustees a verified, written objection to
4170 the assessment, stating the grounds for the objection.
4171 (c) (i) At each hearing under Subsection (8)(a)(i), the board of trustees shall hear and
4172 consider the evidence and arguments supporting each objection.
4173 (ii) After hearing and considering the evidence and arguments supporting an objection,
4174 the board of trustees:
4175 (A) shall enter a written order, stating its decision; and
4176 (B) may modify the assessment.
4177 (d) (i) An owner of assessed land may file a petition in district court seeking review of
4178 a board of trustees' order under Subsection (8)(c)(ii)(A).
4179 (ii) Each petition under Subsection (8)(d)(i) shall:
4180 (A) be filed within 30 days after the board enters its written order;
4181 (B) state specifically the part of the board's order for which review is sought; and
4182 (C) be accompanied by a bond with good and sufficient security in an amount not
4183 exceeding $200, as determined by the court clerk.
4184 (iii) If more than one owner of assessed land seeks review, the court may, upon a
4185 showing that the reviews may be consolidated without injury to anyone's interests, consolidate
4186 the reviews and hear them together.
4187 (iv) The court shall act as quickly as possible after a petition is filed.
4188 (v) A court may not disturb a board of trustees' order unless the court finds that the
4189 contract assessment on the petitioner's assessed land is manifestly disproportionate to
4190 assessments imposed upon other land in the district.
4191 (e) If no petition under Subsection (8)(d) is timely filed, the contract assessment is
4192 conclusively considered to have been made in proportion to the benefits conferred on the land
4193 in the district.
4194 (9) Each resolution, ordinance, or order under which a water conservancy district
4195 levied a Class B, Class C, or Class D assessment before April 30, 2007, under the law in effect
4196 at the time of the levy is validated, ratified, and confirmed, and a water conservancy district
4197 may continue to levy the assessment according to the terms of the resolution, ordinance, or
4198 order.
4199 (10) A contract assessment is not a levy of an ad valorem property tax and is not
4200 subject to the limits stated in Section 17B-2a-1006.
4201 Section 64. Section 17B-2a-1110 is amended to read:
4202 17B-2a-1110. Withdrawal from a municipal services district upon incorporation
4203 -- Feasibility study required for city or town withdrawal -- Public hearing -- Revenues
4204 transferred to municipal services district.
4205 (1) (a) A municipality may withdraw from a municipal services district in accordance
4206 with Section 17B-1-502 or 17B-1-505, as applicable, and the requirements of this section.
4207 (b) If a municipality engages a feasibility consultant to conduct a feasibility study
4208 under Subsection (2)(a), the 180 days described in Subsection 17B-1-502(3)(a)(iii)(B) is tolled
4209 from the day that the municipality engages the feasibility consultant to the day on which the
4210 municipality holds the final public hearing under Subsection (5).
4211 (2) (a) If a municipality decides to withdraw from a municipal services district, the
4212 municipal legislative body shall, before adopting a resolution under Section 17B-1-502 or
4213 17B-1-505, as applicable, engage a feasibility consultant to conduct a feasibility study.
4214 (b) The feasibility consultant shall be chosen:
4215 (i) by the municipal legislative body; and
4216 (ii) in accordance with applicable municipal procurement procedures.
4217 (3) The municipal legislative body shall require the feasibility consultant to:
4218 (a) complete the feasibility study and submit the written results to the municipal
4219 legislative body before the council adopts a resolution under Section 17B-1-502;
4220 (b) submit with the full written results of the feasibility study a summary of the results
4221 no longer than one page in length; and
4222 (c) attend the public hearings under Subsection (5).
4223 (4) (a) The feasibility study shall consider:
4224 (i) population and population density within the withdrawing municipality;
4225 (ii) current and five-year projections of demographics and economic base in the
4226 withdrawing municipality, including household size and income, commercial and industrial
4227 development, and public facilities;
4228 (iii) projected growth in the withdrawing municipality during the next five years;
4229 (iv) subject to Subsection (4)(b), the present and five-year projections of the cost,
4230 including overhead, of municipal services in the withdrawing municipality;
4231 (v) assuming the same tax categories and tax rates as currently imposed by the
4232 municipal services district and all other current service providers, the present and five-year
4233 projected revenue for the withdrawing municipality;
4234 (vi) a projection of any new taxes per household that may be levied within the
4235 withdrawing municipality within five years of the withdrawal; and
4236 (vii) the fiscal impact on other municipalities serviced by the municipal services
4237 district.
4238 (b) (i) For purposes of Subsection (4)(a)(iv), the feasibility consultant shall assume a
4239 level and quality of municipal services to be provided to the withdrawing municipality in the
4240 future that fairly and reasonably approximates the level and quality of municipal services being
4241 provided to the withdrawing municipality at the time of the feasibility study.
4242 (ii) In determining the present cost of a municipal service, the feasibility consultant
4243 shall consider:
4244 (A) the amount it would cost the withdrawing municipality to provide municipal
4245 services for the first five years after withdrawing; and
4246 (B) the municipal services district's present and five-year projected cost of providing
4247 municipal services.
4248 (iii) The costs calculated under Subsection (4)(a)(iv) shall take into account inflation
4249 and anticipated growth.
4250 (5) If the results of the feasibility study meet the requirements of Subsection (4), the
4251 municipal legislative body shall, at its next regular meeting after receipt of the results of the
4252 feasibility study, schedule at least one public hearing to be held:
4253 (a) within the following 60 days; and
4254 (b) for the purpose of allowing:
4255 (i) the feasibility consultant to present the results of the study; and
4256 (ii) the public to become informed about the feasibility study results, including the
4257 requirement that if the municipality withdraws from the municipal services district, the
4258 municipality must comply with Subsection (9), and to ask questions about those results of the
4259 feasibility consultant.
4260 (6) At a public hearing described in Subsection (5), the municipal legislative body
4261 shall:
4262 (a) provide a copy of the feasibility study for public review; and
4263 (b) allow the public to express its views about the proposed withdrawal from the
4264 municipal services district.
4265 (7) (a) [
4266 required under Subsection (5):
4267 [
4268
4269 [
4270 63F-1-701, for three weeks[
4271 [
4272
4273
4274 [
4275
4276 (ii) by posting at least one notice of the hearings per 1,000 population in conspicuous
4277 places within the municipality that are most likely to give notice of the hearings to the
4278 residents.
4279 [
4280 [
4281 (c) The notice under [
4282 feasibility study summary and shall indicate that a full copy of the study is available for
4283 inspection and copying at the office of the municipal clerk or recorder.
4284 (8) At a public meeting held after the public hearing required under Subsection (5), the
4285 municipal legislative body may adopt a resolution under Section 17B-1-502 or 17B-1-505, as
4286 applicable, if the municipality is in compliance with the other requirements of that section.
4287 (9) The municipality shall pay revenues in excess of 5% to the municipal services
4288 district for 10 years beginning on the next fiscal year immediately following the municipal
4289 legislative body adoption of a resolution or an ordinance to withdraw under Section 17B-1-502
4290 or 17B-1-505 if the results of the feasibility study show that the average annual amount of
4291 revenue under Subsection (4)(a)(v) exceed the average annual amount of cost under Subsection
4292 (4)(a)(iv) by more than 5%.
4293 Section 65. Section 17C-1-601.5 is amended to read:
4294 17C-1-601.5. Annual agency budget -- Fiscal year -- Public hearing required --
4295 Auditor forms -- Requirement to file form.
4296 (1) Each agency shall prepare an annual budget of the agency's revenues and
4297 expenditures for each fiscal year.
4298 (2) The board shall adopt each agency budget:
4299 (a) for an agency created by a municipality, before June 30; or
4300 (b) for an agency created by a county, before December 15.
4301 (3) The agency's fiscal year shall be the same as the fiscal year of the community that
4302 created the agency.
4303 (4) (a) Before adopting an annual budget, each board shall hold a public hearing on the
4304 annual budget.
4305 (b) Each agency shall provide notice of the public hearing on the annual budget by:
4306 [
4307
4308 [
4309 (i) posting a notice of the public hearing in at least three public places within the
4310 agency boundaries; and
4311 (ii) publishing notice on the Utah Public Notice Website created in Section 63F-1-701,
4312 at least one week before the public hearing.
4313 (c) Each agency shall make the annual budget available for public inspection at least
4314 three days before the date of the public hearing.
4315 (5) The state auditor shall prescribe the budget forms and the categories to be contained
4316 in each annual budget, including:
4317 (a) revenues and expenditures for the budget year;
4318 (b) legal fees; and
4319 (c) administrative costs, including rent, supplies, and other materials, and salaries of
4320 agency personnel.
4321 (6) (a) Within 90 days after adopting an annual budget, each board shall file a copy of
4322 the annual budget with the auditor of the county in which the agency is located, the State Tax
4323 Commission, the state auditor, the State Board of Education, and each taxing entity from which
4324 the agency receives project area funds.
4325 (b) The requirement of Subsection (6)(a) to file a copy of the annual budget with the
4326 state as a taxing entity is met if the agency files a copy with the State Tax Commission and the
4327 state auditor.
4328 Section 66. Section 17C-1-701.5 is amended to read:
4329 17C-1-701.5. Agency dissolution -- Restrictions -- Notice -- Recording
4330 requirements -- Agency records -- Dissolution expenses.
4331 (1) (a) Subject to Subsection (1)(b), the community legislative body may, by ordinance,
4332 dissolve an agency.
4333 (b) A community legislative body may adopt an ordinance described in Subsection
4334 (1)(a) only if the agency has no outstanding bonded indebtedness, other unpaid loans,
4335 indebtedness, or advances, and no legally binding contractual obligations with a person other
4336 than the community.
4337 (2) (a) The community legislative body shall:
4338 (i) within 10 days after adopting an ordinance described in Subsection (1), file with the
4339 lieutenant governor a copy of a notice of an impending boundary action, as defined in Section
4340 67-1a-6.5, that meets the requirements of Subsection 67-1a-6.5(3); and
4341 (ii) upon the lieutenant governor's issuance of a certificate of dissolution under Section
4342 67-1a-6.5, submit to the recorder of the county in which the agency is located:
4343 (A) the original notice of an impending boundary action;
4344 (B) the original certificate of dissolution; and
4345 (C) a certified copy of the ordinance that dissolves the agency.
4346 (b) Upon the lieutenant governor's issuance of the certificate of dissolution under
4347 Section 67-1a-6.5, the agency is dissolved.
4348 (c) Within 10 days after receiving the certificate of dissolution from the lieutenant
4349 governor under Section 67-1a-6.5, the community legislative body shall send a copy of the
4350 certificate of dissolution and the ordinance adopted under Subsection (1) to the State Board of
4351 Education, and each taxing entity.
4352 (d) The community legislative body shall [
4353
4354 Utah Public Notice Website created in Section 63F-1-701.
4355 (3) The books, documents, records, papers, and seal of each dissolved agency shall be
4356 deposited for safekeeping and reference with the recorder of the community that dissolved the
4357 agency.
4358 (4) The agency shall pay all expenses of the dissolution.
4359 Section 67. Section 17C-1-806 is amended to read:
4360 17C-1-806. Requirements for notice provided by agency.
4361 (1) The notice required by Section 17C-1-805 shall be given by:
4362 [
4363
4364
4365 [
4366 (a) (i) posting notice at least 14 days before the day of the hearing in at least three
4367 conspicuous places within the county in which the project area or proposed project area is
4368 located; or
4369 [
4370 days before the day on which the hearing is held on:
4371 (A) the Utah Public Notice Website described in Section 63F-1-701; and
4372 (B) the public website of a community located within the boundaries of the project
4373 area; and
4374 (b) at least 30 days before the hearing, mailing notice to:
4375 (i) each record owner of property located within the project area or proposed project
4376 area;
4377 (ii) the State Tax Commission;
4378 (iii) the assessor and auditor of the county in which the project area or proposed project
4379 area is located; and
4380 (iv) (A) if a project area is subject to a taxing entity committee, each member of the
4381 taxing entity committee and the State Board of Education; or
4382 (B) if a project area is not subject to a taxing entity committee, the legislative body or
4383 governing board of each taxing entity within the boundaries of the project area or proposed
4384 project area.
4385 (2) The mailing of the notice to record property owners required under Subsection
4386 (1)(b)(i) shall be conclusively considered to have been properly completed if:
4387 (a) the agency mails the notice to the property owners as shown in the records,
4388 including an electronic database, of the county recorder's office and at the addresses shown in
4389 those records; and
4390 (b) the county recorder's office records used by the agency in identifying owners to
4391 whom the notice is mailed and their addresses were obtained or accessed from the county
4392 recorder's office no earlier than 30 days before the mailing.
4393 (3) The agency shall include in each notice required under Section 17C-1-805:
4394 (a) (i) a boundary description of the project area or proposed project area; or
4395 (ii) (A) a mailing address or telephone number where a person may request that a copy
4396 of the boundary description be sent at no cost to the person by mail, email, or facsimile
4397 transmission; and
4398 (B) if the agency or community has an Internet website, an Internet address where a
4399 person may gain access to an electronic, printable copy of the boundary description and other
4400 related information;
4401 (b) a map of the boundaries of the project area or proposed project area;
4402 (c) an explanation of the purpose of the hearing; and
4403 (d) a statement of the date, time, and location of the hearing.
4404 (4) The agency shall include in each notice under Subsection (1)(b):
4405 (a) a statement that property tax revenue resulting from an increase in valuation of
4406 property within the project area or proposed project area will be paid to the agency for project
4407 area development rather than to the taxing entity to which the tax revenue would otherwise
4408 have been paid if:
4409 (i) (A) the taxing entity committee consents to the project area budget; or
4410 (B) one or more taxing entities agree to share property tax revenue under an interlocal
4411 agreement; and
4412 (ii) the project area plan provides for the agency to receive tax increment; and
4413 (b) an invitation to the recipient of the notice to submit to the agency comments
4414 concerning the subject matter of the hearing before the date of the hearing.
4415 (5) An agency may include in a notice under Subsection (1) any other information the
4416 agency considers necessary or advisable, including the public purpose achieved by the project
4417 area development and any future tax benefits expected to result from the project area
4418 development.
4419 Section 68. Section 17C-2-108 is amended to read:
4420 17C-2-108. Notice of urban renewal project area plan adoption -- Effective date
4421 of plan -- Contesting the formation of the plan.
4422 (1) (a) Upon the community legislative body's adoption of an urban renewal project
4423 area plan, or an amendment to a project area plan under Section 17C-2-110, the community
4424 legislative body shall provide notice as provided in Subsection (1)(b) by:
4425 [
4426
4427 [
4428 (i) causing a notice to be posted in at least three public places within the agency's
4429 boundaries; and
4430 (ii) posting a notice on the Utah Public Notice Website described in Section
4431 63F-1-701.
4432 (b) Each notice under Subsection (1)(a) shall:
4433 (i) set forth the community legislative body's ordinance adopting the project area plan
4434 or a summary of the ordinance; and
4435 (ii) include a statement that the project area plan is available for general public
4436 inspection and the hours for inspection.
4437 (2) The project area plan shall become effective on the date of:
4438 (a) if notice was published under Subsection (1)(a), publication of the notice; or
4439 (b) if notice was posted under Subsection (1)(a), posting of the notice.
4440 (3) (a) For a period of 30 days after the effective date of the project area plan under
4441 Subsection (2), any person may contest the project area plan or the procedure used to adopt the
4442 project area plan if the plan or procedure fails to comply with applicable statutory
4443 requirements.
4444 (b) After the 30-day period under Subsection (3)(a) expires, a person may not contest
4445 the project area plan or procedure used to adopt the project area plan for any cause.
4446 (4) Upon adoption of the project area plan by the community legislative body, the
4447 agency may carry out the project area plan.
4448 (5) Each agency shall make the project area plan available to the general public at the
4449 agency's office during normal business hours.
4450 Section 69. Section 17C-3-107 is amended to read:
4451 17C-3-107. Notice of economic development project area plan adoption --
4452 Effective date of plan -- Contesting the formation of the plan.
4453 (1) (a) Upon the community legislative body's adoption of an economic development
4454 project area plan, or an amendment to the project area plan under Section 17C-3-109 that
4455 requires notice, the legislative body shall provide notice as provided in Subsection (1)(b) by:
4456 [
4457 [
4458 [
4459 (i) causing a notice to be posted in at least three public places within the agency's
4460 boundaries; and
4461 (ii) posting a notice on the Utah Public Notice Website described in Section
4462 63F-1-701.
4463 (b) Each notice under Subsection (1)(a) shall:
4464 (i) set forth the community legislative body's ordinance adopting the project area plan
4465 or a summary of the ordinance; and
4466 (ii) include a statement that the project area plan is available for public inspection and
4467 the hours for inspection.
4468 (2) The project area plan shall become effective on the date of:
4469 (a) if notice was published under Subsection (1)(a), publication of the notice; or
4470 (b) if notice was posted under Subsection (1)(a), posting of the notice.
4471 (3) (a) For a period of 30 days after the effective date of the project area plan under
4472 Subsection (2), any person may contest the project area plan or the procedure used to adopt the
4473 project area plan if the plan or procedure fails to comply with applicable statutory
4474 requirements.
4475 (b) After the 30-day period under Subsection (3)(a) expires, a person may not contest
4476 the project area plan or procedure used to adopt the project area plan for any cause.
4477 (4) Upon adoption of the economic development project area plan by the community
4478 legislative body, the agency may implement the project area plan.
4479 (5) Each agency shall make the economic development project area plan available to
4480 the general public at the agency's office during normal business hours.
4481 Section 70. Section 17C-4-106 is amended to read:
4482 17C-4-106. Notice of community development project area plan adoption --
4483 Effective date of plan -- Contesting the formation of the plan.
4484 (1) (a) Upon the community legislative body's adoption of a community development
4485 project area plan, the community legislative body shall provide notice as provided in
4486 Subsection (1)(b) by:
4487 [
4488
4489 [
4490 (i) causing a notice to be posted in at least three public places within the agency's
4491 boundaries; and
4492 (ii) [
4493
4494 63F-1-701.
4495 (b) Each notice under Subsection (1)(a) shall:
4496 (i) set forth the community legislative body's ordinance adopting the community
4497 development project area plan or a summary of the ordinance; and
4498 (ii) include a statement that the project area plan is available for general public
4499 inspection and the hours for inspection.
4500 (2) The community development project area plan shall become effective on the date
4501 of[
4502 [
4503 [
4504 (3) (a) For a period of 30 days after the effective date of the community development
4505 project area plan under Subsection (2), any person may contest the project area plan or the
4506 procedure used to adopt the project area plan if the plan or procedure fails to comply with
4507 applicable statutory requirements.
4508 (b) After the 30-day period under Subsection (3)(a) expires, a person may not contest
4509 the community development project area plan or procedure used to adopt the project area plan
4510 for any cause.
4511 (4) Upon adoption of the community development project area plan by the community
4512 legislative body, the agency may carry out the project area plan.
4513 (5) Each agency shall make the adopted project area plan available to the public at the
4514 agency's office during normal business hours.
4515 Section 71. Section 17C-4-202 is amended to read:
4516 17C-4-202. Resolution or interlocal agreement to provide project area funds for
4517 the community development project area plan -- Notice -- Effective date of resolution or
4518 interlocal agreement -- Time to contest resolution or interlocal agreement -- Availability
4519 of resolution or interlocal agreement.
4520 (1) The approval and adoption of each resolution or interlocal agreement under
4521 Subsection 17C-4-201(2) shall be in an open and public meeting.
4522 (2) (a) Upon the adoption of a resolution or interlocal agreement under Section
4523 17C-4-201, the agency shall provide notice as provided in Subsection (2)(b) by:
4524 [
4525
4526 [
4527 (i) causing a notice to be posted in at least three public places within the agency's
4528 boundaries; and
4529 (ii) [
4530 Notice Website created in Section 63F-1-701.
4531 (b) Each notice under Subsection (2)(a) shall:
4532 (i) set forth a summary of the resolution or interlocal agreement; and
4533 (ii) include a statement that the resolution or interlocal agreement is available for
4534 public inspection and the hours of inspection.
4535 (3) The resolution or interlocal agreement shall become effective on the date of[
4536 posting of the notice under Subsection (2)(a).
4537 [
4538
4539 [
4540 (4) (a) For a period of 30 days after the effective date of the resolution or interlocal
4541 agreement under Subsection (3), any person may contest the resolution or interlocal agreement
4542 or the procedure used to adopt the resolution or interlocal agreement if the resolution or
4543 interlocal agreement or procedure fails to comply with applicable statutory requirements.
4544 (b) After the 30-day period under Subsection (4)(a) expires, a person may not contest:
4545 (i) the resolution or interlocal agreement;
4546 (ii) a distribution of tax increment to the agency under the resolution or interlocal
4547 agreement; or
4548 (iii) the agency's use of project area funds under the resolution or interlocal agreement.
4549 (5) Each agency that is to receive project area funds under a resolution or interlocal
4550 agreement under Section 17C-4-201 and each taxing entity that approves a resolution or enters
4551 into an interlocal agreement under Section 17C-4-201 shall make the resolution or interlocal
4552 agreement, as the case may be, available at the taxing entity's offices to the public for
4553 inspection and copying during normal business hours.
4554 Section 72. Section 17C-5-110 is amended to read:
4555 17C-5-110. Notice of community reinvestment project area plan adoption --
4556 Effective date of plan -- Contesting the formation of the plan.
4557 (1) (a) Upon a community legislative body's adoption of a community reinvestment
4558 project area plan in accordance with Section 17C-5-109, or an amendment to a community
4559 reinvestment project area plan in accordance with Section 17C-5-112, the community
4560 legislative body shall provide notice of the adoption or amendment in accordance with
4561 Subsection (1)(b) by:
4562 [
4563
4564 [
4565 (i) causing a notice to be posted in at least three public places within the community;
4566 and
4567 (ii) posting a notice on the Utah Public Notice Website described in Section
4568 63F-1-701.
4569 (b) A notice described in Subsection (1)(a) shall include:
4570 (i) a copy of the community legislative body's ordinance, or a summary of the
4571 ordinance, that adopts the community reinvestment project area plan; and
4572 (ii) a statement that the community reinvestment project area plan is available for
4573 public inspection and the hours for inspection.
4574 (2) A community reinvestment project area plan is effective on the day on which notice
4575 of adoption is published or posted in accordance with Subsection (1)(a).
4576 (3) A community reinvestment project area is considered created the day on which the
4577 community reinvestment project area plan becomes effective as described in Subsection (2).
4578 (4) (a) Within 30 days after the day on which a community reinvestment project area
4579 plan is effective, a person may contest the community reinvestment project area plan or the
4580 procedure used to adopt the community reinvestment project area plan if the community
4581 reinvestment project area plan or the procedure fails to comply with a provision of this title.
4582 (b) After the 30-day period described in Subsection (4)(a) expires, a person may not
4583 contest the community reinvestment project area plan or the procedure used to adopt the
4584 community reinvestment project area plan.
4585 (5) Upon adoption of a community reinvestment project area plan by the community
4586 legislative body, the agency may implement the community reinvestment project area plan.
4587 (6) The agency shall make the community reinvestment project area plan available to
4588 the public at the agency's office during normal business hours.
4589 Section 73. Section 17C-5-205 is amended to read:
4590 17C-5-205. Interlocal agreement to provide project area funds for the community
4591 reinvestment project area subject to interlocal agreement -- Notice -- Effective date of
4592 interlocal agreement -- Time to contest interlocal agreement -- Availability of interlocal
4593 agreement.
4594 (1) An agency shall:
4595 (a) approve and adopt an interlocal agreement described in Section 17C-5-204 at an
4596 open and public meeting; and
4597 (b) provide a notice of the meeting titled "Diversion of Property Tax for a Community
4598 Reinvestment Project Area."
4599 (2) (a) Upon the execution of an interlocal agreement described in Section 17C-5-204,
4600 the agency shall provide notice of the execution by:
4601 [
4602
4603 [
4604 (i) causing the notice to be posted in at least three public places within the agency's
4605 boundaries; and
4606 (ii) [
4607 Utah Public Notice Website created in Section 63F-1-701.
4608 (b) A notice described in Subsection (2)(a) shall include:
4609 (i) a summary of the interlocal agreement; and
4610 (ii) a statement that the interlocal agreement:
4611 (A) is available for public inspection and the hours for inspection; and
4612 (B) authorizes the agency to receive all or a portion of a taxing entity's tax increment or
4613 sales and use tax revenue.
4614 (3) An interlocal agreement described in Section 17C-5-204 is effective the day on
4615 which the notice described in Subsection (2) is [
4616 Subsection (2)(a).
4617 (4) (a) Within 30 days after the day on which the interlocal agreement is effective, a
4618 person may contest the interlocal agreement or the procedure used to adopt the interlocal
4619 agreement if the interlocal agreement or procedure fails to comply with a provision of this title.
4620 (b) After the 30-day period described in Subsection (4)(a) expires, a person may not
4621 contest:
4622 (i) the interlocal agreement;
4623 (ii) a distribution of tax increment to the agency under the interlocal agreement; or
4624 (iii) the agency's use of project area funds under the interlocal agreement.
4625 (5) A taxing entity that enters into an interlocal agreement under Section 17C-5-204
4626 shall make a copy of the interlocal agreement available to the public at the taxing entity's office
4627 for inspection and copying during normal business hours.
4628 Section 74. Section 20A-1-206 is amended to read:
4629 20A-1-206. Cancellation of local election -- Municipalities -- Local districts --
4630 Notice.
4631 (1) A municipal legislative body may cancel a local election if:
4632 (a) (i) (A) all municipal officers are elected in an at-large election under Subsection
4633 10-3-205.5(1); and
4634 (B) the number of municipal officer candidates, including any eligible write-in
4635 candidates under Section 20A-9-601, for the at-large municipal offices does not exceed the
4636 number of open at-large municipal offices for which the candidates have filed; or
4637 (ii) (A) the municipality has adopted an ordinance under Subsection 10-3-205.5(2);
4638 (B) the number of municipal officer candidates, including any eligible write-in
4639 candidates under Section 20A-9-601, for the at-large municipal offices, if any, does not exceed
4640 the number of open at-large municipal offices for which the candidates have filed; and
4641 (C) each municipal officer candidate, including any eligible write-in candidates under
4642 Section 20A-9-601, in each district is unopposed;
4643 (b) there are no other municipal ballot propositions; and
4644 (c) the municipal legislative body passes, no later than 20 days before the day of the
4645 scheduled election, a resolution that cancels the election and certifies that:
4646 (i) each municipal officer candidate is:
4647 (A) unopposed; or
4648 (B) a candidate for an at-large municipal office for which the number of candidates
4649 does not exceed the number of open at-large municipal offices; and
4650 (ii) a candidate described in Subsection (1)(c)(i) is considered to be elected to office.
4651 (2) A municipal legislative body that cancels a local election in accordance with
4652 Subsection (1) shall give notice that the election is cancelled by:
4653 (a) subject to Subsection (5), posting notice on the Statewide Electronic Voter
4654 Information Website as described in Section 20A-7-801, for 15 consecutive days before the day
4655 of the scheduled election;
4656 (b) if the municipality has a public website, posting notice on the municipality's public
4657 website for 15 days before the day of the scheduled election;
4658 (c) if the municipality publishes a newsletter or other periodical, publishing notice in
4659 the next scheduled newsletter or other periodical published before the day of the scheduled
4660 election;
4661 [
4662
4663 [
4664 (d) (i) at least 10 days before the day of the scheduled election, [
4665 and at least one additional notice per 2,000 population within the municipality, in places within
4666 the municipality that are most likely to give notice to the voters in the municipality; or
4667 [
4668 each registered voter in the municipality; and
4669 (e) [
4670 Public Notice Website, created in Section 63F-1-701, for at least 10 days before the day of the
4671 scheduled election.
4672 (3) A local district board may cancel an election as described in Section 17B-1-306 if:
4673 (a) (i) (A) any local district officers are elected in an at-large election; and
4674 (B) the number of local district officer candidates for the at-large local district offices,
4675 including any eligible write-in candidates under Section 20A-9-601, does not exceed the
4676 number of open at-large local district offices for which the candidates have filed; or
4677 (ii) (A) the local district has divided the local district into divisions under Section
4678 17B-1-306.5;
4679 (B) the number of local district officer candidates, including any eligible write-in
4680 candidates under Section 20A-9-601, for the at-large local district offices within the local
4681 district, if any, does not exceed the number of open at-large local district offices for which the
4682 candidates have filed; and
4683 (C) each local district officer candidate, including any eligible write-in candidates
4684 under Section 20A-9-601, in each division of the local district is unopposed;
4685 (b) there are no other local district ballot propositions; and
4686 (c) the local district governing body, no later than 20 days before the day of the
4687 scheduled election, adopts a resolution that cancels the election and certifies that:
4688 (i) each local district officer candidate is:
4689 (A) unopposed; or
4690 (B) a candidate for an at-large local district office for which the number of candidates
4691 does not exceed the number of open at-large local district offices; and
4692 (ii) a candidate described in Subsection (3)(c)(i) is considered to be elected to office.
4693 (4) A local district that cancels a local election in accordance with Subsection (3) shall
4694 publish notice that the election is cancelled:
4695 (a) subject to Subsection (5), by posting notice on the Statewide Electronic Voter
4696 Information Website as described in Section 20A-7-801, for 15 consecutive days before the day
4697 of the scheduled election;
4698 (b) if the local district has a public website, by posting notice on the local district's
4699 public website for 15 days before the day of the scheduled election;
4700 (c) if the local district publishes a newsletter or other periodical, by publishing notice
4701 in the next scheduled newsletter or other periodical published before the day of the scheduled
4702 election;
4703 [
4704
4705 [
4706 (d) at least 10 days before the day of the scheduled election[
4707 (i) by posting one notice, and at least one additional notice per 2,000 population of the
4708 local district, in places within the local district that are most likely to give notice to the voters
4709 in the local district; or
4710 [
4711 (ii) by mailing notice to each registered voter in the local district; and
4712 (e) [
4713 Website, created in Section 63F-1-701, for at least 10 days before the day of the scheduled
4714 election.
4715 (5) A municipal legislative body that posts a notice in accordance with Subsection
4716 (2)(a) or a local district that posts a notice in accordance with Subsection (4)(a) is not liable for
4717 a notice that fails to post due to technical or other error by the publisher of the Statewide
4718 Electronic Voter Information Website.
4719 Section 75. Section 20A-3a-604 is amended to read:
4720 20A-3a-604. Notice of time and place of early voting.
4721 (1) Except as provided in Section 20A-1-308 or Subsection 20A-3a-603(2), the
4722 election officer shall, at least 19 days before the date of the election, publish notice of the dates,
4723 times, and locations of early voting:
4724 [
4725 [
4726
4727 (a) (i) by posting one notice, and at least one additional notice per 2,000 population of
4728 the county, in places within the county that are most likely to give notice to the residents in the
4729 county; or
4730 [
4731 (b) by posting the notice at each early voting polling place;
4732 (c) on the Utah Public Notice Website created in Section 63F-1-701, for 19 days before
4733 the day of the election; and
4734 [
4735
4736 [
4737 (2) Instead of publishing all dates, times, and locations of early voting under
4738 Subsection (1), the election officer may publish a statement that specifies the following sources
4739 where a voter may view or obtain a copy of all dates, times, and locations of early voting:
4740 (a) the county's website;
4741 (b) the physical address of the county's offices; and
4742 (c) a mailing address and telephone number.
4743 (3) The election officer shall include in the notice described in Subsection (1):
4744 (a) the address of the Statewide Electronic Voter Information Website and, if available,
4745 the address of the election officer's website, with a statement indicating that the election officer
4746 will post on the website the location of each early voting polling place, including any changes
4747 to the location of an early voting polling place and the location of additional early voting
4748 polling places; and
4749 (b) a phone number that a voter may call to obtain information regarding the location
4750 of an early voting polling place.
4751 Section 76. Section 20A-4-104 is amended to read:
4752 20A-4-104. Counting ballots electronically.
4753 (1) (a) Before beginning to count ballots using automatic tabulating equipment, the
4754 election officer shall test the automatic tabulating equipment to ensure that it will accurately
4755 count the votes cast for all offices and all measures.
4756 (b) The election officer shall publish public notice of the time and place of the test:
4757 [
4758
4759 [
4760
4761 (i) at least 10 days before the day of the test[
4762 (A) by posting one notice, and at least one additional notice per 2,000 population of the
4763 county, municipality, or jurisdiction, in places within the county, municipality, or jurisdiction
4764 that are most likely to give notice to the voters in the county, municipality, or jurisdiction; or
4765 [
4766 (B) by mailing notice to each registered voter in the county, municipality, or
4767 jurisdiction where the equipment is used;
4768 (ii) on the Utah Public Notice Website created in Section 63F-1-701, for four weeks
4769 before the day of the test; and
4770 [
4771
4772 [
4773 four weeks before the day of the test.
4774 (c) The election officer shall conduct the test by processing a preaudited group of
4775 ballots.
4776 (d) The election officer shall ensure that:
4777 (i) a predetermined number of valid votes for each candidate and measure are recorded
4778 on the ballots;
4779 (ii) for each office, one or more ballots have votes in excess of the number allowed by
4780 law in order to test the ability of the automatic tabulating equipment to reject those votes; and
4781 (iii) a different number of valid votes are assigned to each candidate for an office, and
4782 for and against each measure.
4783 (e) If any error is detected, the election officer shall determine the cause of the error
4784 and correct it.
4785 (f) The election officer shall ensure that:
4786 (i) the automatic tabulating equipment produces an errorless count before beginning
4787 the actual counting; and
4788 (ii) the automatic tabulating equipment passes the same test at the end of the count
4789 before the election returns are approved as official.
4790 (2) (a) The election officer or the election officer's designee shall supervise and direct
4791 all proceedings at the counting center.
4792 (b) (i) Proceedings at the counting center are public and may be observed by interested
4793 persons.
4794 (ii) Only those persons authorized to participate in the count may touch any ballot or
4795 return.
4796 (c) The election officer shall deputize and administer an oath or affirmation to all
4797 persons who are engaged in processing and counting the ballots that they will faithfully
4798 perform their assigned duties.
4799 (3) If any ballot is damaged or defective so that it cannot properly be counted by the
4800 automatic tabulating equipment, the election officer shall ensure that two counting judges
4801 jointly :
4802 (a) make a true replication of the ballot with an identifying serial number;
4803 (b) substitute the replicated ballot for the damaged or defective ballot;
4804 (c) label the replicated ballot "replicated"; and
4805 (d) record the replicated ballot's serial number on the damaged or defective ballot.
4806 (4) The election officer may:
4807 (a) conduct an unofficial count before conducting the official count in order to provide
4808 early unofficial returns to the public;
4809 (b) release unofficial returns from time to time after the polls close; and
4810 (c) report the progress of the count for each candidate during the actual counting of
4811 ballots.
4812 (5) The election officer shall review and evaluate the provisional ballot envelopes and
4813 prepare any valid provisional ballots for counting as provided in Section 20A-4-107.
4814 (6) (a) The election officer or the election officer's designee shall:
4815 (i) separate, count, and tabulate any ballots containing valid write-in votes; and
4816 (ii) complete the standard form provided by the clerk for recording valid write-in votes.
4817 (b) In counting the write-in votes, if, by casting a valid write-in vote, a voter has cast
4818 more votes for an office than that voter is entitled to vote for that office, the poll workers shall
4819 count the valid write-in vote as being the obvious intent of the voter.
4820 (7) (a) The election officer shall certify the return printed by the automatic tabulating
4821 equipment, to which have been added write-in and absentee votes, as the official return of each
4822 voting precinct.
4823 (b) Upon completion of the count, the election officer shall make official returns open
4824 to the public.
4825 (8) If for any reason it becomes impracticable to count all or a part of the ballots with
4826 tabulating equipment, the election officer may direct that they be counted manually according
4827 to the procedures and requirements of this part.
4828 (9) After the count is completed, the election officer shall seal and retain the programs,
4829 test materials, and ballots as provided in Section 20A-4-202.
4830 Section 77. Section 20A-4-304 is amended to read:
4831 20A-4-304. Declaration of results -- Canvassers' report.
4832 (1) Each board of canvassers shall:
4833 (a) except as provided in Part 6, Municipal Alternate Voting Methods Pilot Project,
4834 declare "elected" or "nominated" those persons who:
4835 (i) had the highest number of votes; and
4836 (ii) sought election or nomination to an office completely within the board's
4837 jurisdiction;
4838 (b) declare:
4839 (i) "approved" those ballot propositions that:
4840 (A) had more "yes" votes than "no" votes; and
4841 (B) were submitted only to the voters within the board's jurisdiction;
4842 (ii) "rejected" those ballot propositions that:
4843 (A) had more "no" votes than "yes" votes or an equal number of "no" votes and "yes"
4844 votes; and
4845 (B) were submitted only to the voters within the board's jurisdiction;
4846 (c) certify the vote totals for persons and for and against ballot propositions that were
4847 submitted to voters within and beyond the board's jurisdiction and transmit those vote totals to
4848 the lieutenant governor; and
4849 (d) if applicable, certify the results of each local district election to the local district
4850 clerk.
4851 (2) As soon as the result is declared, the election officer shall prepare a report of the
4852 result, which shall contain:
4853 (a) the total number of votes cast in the board's jurisdiction;
4854 (b) the names of each candidate whose name appeared on the ballot;
4855 (c) the title of each ballot proposition that appeared on the ballot;
4856 (d) each office that appeared on the ballot;
4857 (e) from each voting precinct:
4858 (i) the number of votes for each candidate;
4859 (ii) for each race conducted by instant runoff voting under Part 6, Municipal Alternate
4860 Voting Methods Pilot Project, the number of valid votes cast for each candidate for each
4861 potential ballot-counting phase and the name of the candidate excluded in each canvassing
4862 phase; and
4863 (iii) the number of votes for and against each ballot proposition;
4864 (f) the total number of votes given in the board's jurisdiction to each candidate, and for
4865 and against each ballot proposition;
4866 (g) the number of ballots that were rejected; and
4867 (h) a statement certifying that the information contained in the report is accurate.
4868 (3) The election officer and the board of canvassers shall:
4869 (a) review the report to ensure that it is correct; and
4870 (b) sign the report.
4871 (4) The election officer shall:
4872 (a) record or file the certified report in a book kept for that purpose;
4873 (b) prepare and transmit a certificate of nomination or election under the officer's seal
4874 to each nominated or elected candidate;
4875 (c) publish a copy of the certified report in accordance with Subsection (5); and
4876 (d) file a copy of the certified report with the lieutenant governor.
4877 (5) Except as provided in Subsection (6), the election officer shall, no later than seven
4878 days after the day on which the board of canvassers declares the election results, publish the
4879 certified report described in Subsection (2):
4880 [
4881 [
4882 (a) (i) by posting one notice, and at least one additional notice per 2,000 population of
4883 the jurisdiction, in places within the jurisdiction that are most likely to give notice to the
4884 residents of the jurisdiction; or
4885 [
4886 (b) on the Utah Public Notice Website created in Section 63F-1-701, for one week; and
4887 [
4888 [
4889 (6) Instead of publishing the entire certified report under Subsection (5), the election
4890 officer may publish a statement that:
4891 (a) includes the following: "The Board of Canvassers for [indicate name of
4892 jurisdiction] has prepared a report of the election results for the [indicate type and date of
4893 election]."; and
4894 (b) specifies the following sources where an individual may view or obtain a copy of
4895 the entire certified report:
4896 (i) if the jurisdiction has a website, the jurisdiction's website;
4897 (ii) the physical address for the jurisdiction; and
4898 (iii) a mailing address and telephone number.
4899 (7) When there has been a regular general or a statewide special election for statewide
4900 officers, for officers that appear on the ballot in more than one county, or for a statewide or two
4901 or more county ballot proposition, each board of canvassers shall:
4902 (a) prepare a separate report detailing the number of votes for each candidate and the
4903 number of votes for and against each ballot proposition; and
4904 (b) transmit the separate report by registered mail to the lieutenant governor.
4905 (8) In each county election, municipal election, school election, local district election,
4906 and local special election, the election officer shall transmit the reports to the lieutenant
4907 governor within 14 days after the date of the election.
4908 (9) In a regular primary election and in a presidential primary election, the board shall
4909 transmit to the lieutenant governor:
4910 (a) the county totals for multi-county races, to be telephoned or faxed to the lieutenant
4911 governor not later than the second Tuesday after the election; and
4912 (b) a complete tabulation showing voting totals for all primary races, precinct by
4913 precinct, to be mailed to the lieutenant governor on or before the third Friday following the
4914 primary election.
4915 Section 78. Section 20A-5-101 is amended to read:
4916 20A-5-101. Notice of election.
4917 (1) On or before November 15 in the year before each regular general election year, the
4918 lieutenant governor shall prepare and transmit a written notice to each county clerk that:
4919 (a) designates the offices to be filled at the next year's regular general election;
4920 (b) identifies the dates for filing a declaration of candidacy, and for submitting and
4921 certifying nomination petition signatures, as applicable, under Sections 20A-9-403, 20A-9-407,
4922 and 20A-9-408 for those offices; and
4923 (c) contains a description of any ballot propositions to be decided by the voters that
4924 have qualified for the ballot as of that date.
4925 (2) No later than seven business days after the day on which the lieutenant governor
4926 transmits the written notice described in Subsection (1), each county clerk shall publish notice,
4927 in accordance with Subsection (3):
4928 (a) (i) in a conspicuous place most likely to give notice of the election to the voters in
4929 each voting precinct within the county; and
4930 (ii) prepare an affidavit of the posting, showing a copy of the notice and the places
4931 where the notice was posted;
4932 [
4933 [
4934
4935 (b) (i) by posting one notice, and at least one additional notice per 2,000 population of
4936 the county, in places within the county that are most likely to give notice of the election to the
4937 voters in the county; or
4938 [
4939 (c) on the Utah Public Notice Website created in Section 63F-1-701, for seven days
4940 before the day of the election; and
4941 [
4942
4943 [
4944 (3) The notice described in Subsection (2) shall:
4945 (a) designate the offices to be voted on in that election; and
4946 (b) identify the dates for filing a declaration of candidacy for those offices.
4947 (4) Except as provided in Subsection (6), before each election, the election officer shall
4948 give printed notice of the following information:
4949 (a) the date of election;
4950 (b) the hours during which the polls will be open;
4951 (c) the polling places for each voting precinct, early voting polling place, and election
4952 day voting center;
4953 (d) the address of the Statewide Electronic Voter Information Website and, if available,
4954 the address of the election officer's website, with a statement indicating that the election officer
4955 will post on the website any changes to the location of a polling place and the location of any
4956 additional polling place;
4957 (e) a phone number that a voter may call to obtain information regarding the location of
4958 a polling place; and
4959 (f) the qualifications for persons to vote in the election.
4960 (5) To provide the printed notice described in Subsection (4), the election officer shall
4961 publish the notice:
4962 [
4963
4964 [
4965
4966 (a) (i) at least two days before the day of the election, by posting one notice, and at
4967 least one additional notice per 2,000 population of the jurisdiction, in places within the
4968 jurisdiction that are most likely to give notice of the election to the voters in the jurisdiction; or
4969 [
4970 to which the election pertains at least five days before the day of the election;
4971 (b) on the Utah Public Notice Website created in Section 63F-1-701, for two days
4972 before the day of the election; and
4973 [
4974
4975 [
4976 before the day of the election.
4977 (6) Instead of including the information described in Subsection (4) in the notice, the
4978 election officer may give printed notice that:
4979 (a) is entitled "Notice of Election";
4980 (b) includes the following: "A [indicate election type] will be held in [indicate the
4981 jurisdiction] on [indicate date of election]. Information relating to the election, including
4982 polling places, polling place hours, and qualifications of voters may be obtained from the
4983 following sources:"; and
4984 (c) specifies the following sources where an individual may view or obtain the
4985 information described in Subsection (4):
4986 (i) if the jurisdiction has a website, the jurisdiction's website;
4987 (ii) the physical address of the jurisdiction offices; and
4988 (iii) a mailing address and telephone number.
4989 Section 79. Section 20A-5-403.5 is amended to read:
4990 20A-5-403.5. Ballot drop boxes.
4991 (1) An election officer:
4992 (a) may designate ballot drop boxes for the election officer's jurisdiction; and
4993 (b) shall clearly mark each ballot drop box as an official ballot drop box for the
4994 election officer's jurisdiction.
4995 (2) Except as provided in Section 20A-1-308 or Subsection (5), the election officer
4996 shall, at least 19 days before the date of the election, publish notice of the location of each
4997 ballot drop box designated under Subsection (1):
4998 [
4999
5000 [
5001
5002 (a) (i) by posting one notice, and at least one additional notice per 2,000 population of
5003 the jurisdiction holding the election, in places within the jurisdiction that are most likely to give
5004 notice to the residents in the jurisdiction; or
5005 [
5006 election;
5007 (b) on the Utah Public Notice Website created in Section 63F-1-701, for 19 days before
5008 the day of the election; and
5009 [
5010
5011 [
5012 (3) Instead of publishing the location of ballot drop boxes under Subsection (2), the
5013 election officer may publish a statement that specifies the following sources where a voter may
5014 view or obtain a copy of all ballot drop box locations:
5015 (a) the jurisdiction's website;
5016 (b) the physical address of the jurisdiction's offices; and
5017 (c) a mailing address and telephone number.
5018 (4) The election officer shall include in the notice described in Subsection (2):
5019 (a) the address of the Statewide Electronic Voter Information Website and, if available,
5020 the address of the election officer's website, with a statement indicating that the election officer
5021 will post on the website the location of each ballot drop box, including any changes to the
5022 location of a ballot drop box and the location of additional ballot drop boxes; and
5023 (b) a phone number that a voter may call to obtain information regarding the location
5024 of a ballot drop box.
5025 (5) (a) Except as provided in Section 20A-1-308, the election officer may, after the
5026 deadline described in Subsection (2):
5027 (i) if necessary, change the location of a ballot drop box; or
5028 (ii) if the election officer determines that the number of ballot drop boxes is
5029 insufficient due to the number of registered voters who are voting, designate additional ballot
5030 drop boxes.
5031 (b) Except as provided in Section 20A-1-308, if an election officer changes the
5032 location of a ballot box or designates an additional ballot drop box location, the election officer
5033 shall, as soon as is reasonably possible, give notice of the changed ballot drop box location or
5034 the additional ballot drop box location:
5035 (i) to the lieutenant governor, for posting on the Statewide Voter Information Website;
5036 (ii) by posting the information on the website of the election officer, if available; and
5037 (iii) by posting notice:
5038 (A) for a change in the location of a ballot drop box, at the new location and, if
5039 possible, the old location; and
5040 (B) for an additional ballot drop box location, at the additional ballot drop box
5041 location.
5042 (6) An election officer may, at any time, authorize two or more poll workers to remove
5043 a ballot drop box from a location, or to remove ballots from a ballot drop box for processing.
5044 Section 80. Section 20A-5-405 is amended to read:
5045 20A-5-405. Election officer to provide ballots.
5046 (1) An election officer shall:
5047 (a) provide ballots for every election of public officers in which the voters, or any of
5048 the voters, within the election officer's jurisdiction participate;
5049 (b) cause the name of every candidate whose nomination has been certified to or filed
5050 with the election officer in the manner provided by law to be included on each ballot;
5051 (c) cause any ballot proposition that has qualified for the ballot as provided by law to
5052 be included on each ballot;
5053 (d) ensure that the ballots are prepared and in the possession of the election officer
5054 before commencement of voting;
5055 (e) allow candidates and their agents and the sponsors of ballot propositions that have
5056 qualified for the official ballot to inspect the ballots;
5057 (f) cause sample ballots to be printed that are in the same form as official ballots and
5058 that contain the same information as official ballots but that are printed on different colored
5059 paper than official ballots or are identified by a watermark;
5060 (g) ensure that the sample ballots are printed and in the possession of the election
5061 officer at least seven days before commencement of voting;
5062 (h) make the sample ballots available for public inspection by:
5063 (i) posting a copy of the sample ballot in the election officer's office at least seven days
5064 before commencement of voting;
5065 (ii) mailing a copy of the sample ballot to:
5066 (A) each candidate listed on the ballot; and
5067 (B) the lieutenant governor;
5068 (iii) publishing a copy of the sample ballot:
5069 [
5070
5071 [
5072
5073 (A) at least seven days before the day of the election, by posting one copy of the
5074 sample ballot, and at least one additional copy of the sample ballot per 2,000 population of the
5075 jurisdiction, in places within the jurisdiction that are most likely to give notice to the voters in
5076 the jurisdiction; or
5077 [
5078 sample ballot to each registered voter who resides in the jurisdiction holding the election;
5079 (iv) publishing a copy of the sample ballot on the Utah Public Notice Website created
5080 in Section 63F-1-701, for seven days before the day of the election; and
5081 [
5082
5083 [
5084 least seven days before the day of the election;
5085 (i) deliver at least five copies of the sample ballot to poll workers for each polling
5086 place and direct them to post the sample ballots as required by Section 20A-5-102; and
5087 (j) print and deliver, at the expense of the jurisdiction conducting the election, enough
5088 ballots, sample ballots, and instructions to meet the voting demands of the qualified voters in
5089 each voting precinct.
5090 (2) Instead of publishing the entire sample ballot under Subsection (1)(h)(iii)(A), the
5091 election officer may publish a statement that:
5092 (a) is entitled, "sample ballot";
5093 (b) includes the following: "A sample ballot for [indicate name of jurisdiction] for the
5094 upcoming [indicate type and date of election] may be obtained from the following sources:";
5095 and
5096 (c) specifies the following sources where an individual may view or obtain a copy of
5097 the sample ballot:
5098 (i) if the jurisdiction has a website, the jurisdiction's website;
5099 (ii) the physical address of the jurisdiction's offices; and
5100 (iii) a mailing address and telephone number.
5101 (3) (a) Each election officer shall, without delay, correct any error discovered in any
5102 ballot, if the correction can be made without interfering with the timely distribution of the
5103 ballots.
5104 (b) (i) If the election officer discovers an error or omission in a manual ballot, and it is
5105 not possible to correct the error or omission, the election officer shall direct the poll workers to
5106 make the necessary corrections on the manual ballots before the ballots are distributed.
5107 (ii) If the election officer discovers an error or omission in an electronic ballot and it is
5108 not possible to correct the error or omission by revising the electronic ballot, the election
5109 officer shall direct the poll workers to post notice of each error or omission with instructions on
5110 how to correct each error or omission in a prominent position at each polling booth.
5111 (c) (i) If the election officer refuses or fails to correct an error or omission in a ballot, a
5112 candidate or a candidate's agent may file a verified petition with the district court asserting that:
5113 (A) an error or omission has occurred in:
5114 (I) the publication of the name or description of a candidate;
5115 (II) the preparation or display of an electronic ballot; or
5116 (III) in the printing of sample or official manual ballots; and
5117 (B) the election officer has failed to correct or provide for the correction of the error or
5118 omission.
5119 (ii) The district court shall issue an order requiring correction of any error in a ballot or
5120 an order to show cause why the error should not be corrected if it appears to the court that the
5121 error or omission has occurred and the election officer has failed to correct or provide for the
5122 correction of the error or [
5123 (iii) A party aggrieved by the district court's decision may appeal the matter to the Utah
5124 Supreme Court within five days after the day on which the district court enters the decision.
5125 Section 81. Section 20A-9-203 is amended to read:
5126 20A-9-203. Declarations of candidacy -- Municipal general elections.
5127 (1) An individual may become a candidate for any municipal office if:
5128 (a) the individual is a registered voter; and
5129 (b) (i) the individual has resided within the municipality in which the individual seeks
5130 to hold elective office for the 12 consecutive months immediately before the date of the
5131 election; or
5132 (ii) the territory in which the individual resides was annexed into the municipality, the
5133 individual has resided within the annexed territory or the municipality the 12 consecutive
5134 months immediately before the date of the election.
5135 (2) (a) For purposes of determining whether an individual meets the residency
5136 requirement of Subsection (1)(b)(i) in a municipality that was incorporated less than 12 months
5137 before the election, the municipality is considered to have been incorporated 12 months before
5138 the date of the election.
5139 (b) In addition to the requirements of Subsection (1), each candidate for a municipal
5140 council position shall, if elected from a district, be a resident of the council district from which
5141 the candidate is elected.
5142 (c) In accordance with Utah Constitution, Article IV, Section 6, a mentally incompetent
5143 individual, an individual convicted of a felony, or an individual convicted of treason or a crime
5144 against the elective franchise may not hold office in this state until the right to hold elective
5145 office is restored under Section 20A-2-101.3 or 20A-2-101.5.
5146 (3) (a) An individual seeking to become a candidate for a municipal office shall,
5147 regardless of the nomination method by which the individual is seeking to become a candidate:
5148 (i) except as provided in Subsection (3)(b) or Title 20A, Chapter 4, Part 6, Municipal
5149 Alternate Voting Methods Pilot Project, and subject to Subsection 20A-9-404(3)(e), file a
5150 declaration of candidacy, in person with the city recorder or town clerk, during the office hours
5151 described in Section 10-3-301 and not later than the close of those office hours, between June 1
5152 and June 7 of any odd-numbered year; and
5153 (ii) pay the filing fee, if one is required by municipal ordinance.
5154 (b) Subject to Subsection (5)(b), an individual may designate an agent to file a
5155 declaration of candidacy with the city recorder or town clerk if:
5156 (i) the individual is located outside of the state during the entire filing period;
5157 (ii) the designated agent appears in person before the city recorder or town clerk;
5158 (iii) the individual communicates with the city recorder or town clerk using an
5159 electronic device that allows the individual and city recorder or town clerk to see and hear each
5160 other; and
5161 (iv) the individual provides the city recorder or town clerk with an email address to
5162 which the city recorder or town clerk may send the individual the copies described in
5163 Subsection (4).
5164 (c) Any resident of a municipality may nominate a candidate for a municipal office by:
5165 (i) except as provided in Title 20A, Chapter 4, Part 6, Municipal Alternate Voting
5166 Methods Pilot Project, filing a nomination petition with the city recorder or town clerk during
5167 the office hours described in Section 10-3-301 and not later than the close of those office
5168 hours, between June 1 and June 7 of any odd-numbered year that includes signatures in support
5169 of the nomination petition of the lesser of at least:
5170 (A) 25 registered voters who reside in the municipality; or
5171 (B) 20% of the registered voters who reside in the municipality; and
5172 (ii) paying the filing fee, if one is required by municipal ordinance.
5173 (4) (a) Before the filing officer may accept any declaration of candidacy or nomination
5174 petition, the filing officer shall:
5175 (i) read to the prospective candidate or individual filing the petition the constitutional
5176 and statutory qualification requirements for the office that the candidate is seeking;
5177 (ii) require the candidate or individual filing the petition to state whether the candidate
5178 meets the requirements described in Subsection (4)(a)(i); and
5179 (iii) inform the candidate or the individual filing the petition that an individual who
5180 holds a municipal elected office may not, at the same time, hold a county elected office.
5181 (b) If the prospective candidate does not meet the qualification requirements for the
5182 office, the filing officer may not accept the declaration of candidacy or nomination petition.
5183 (c) If it appears that the prospective candidate meets the requirements of candidacy, the
5184 filing officer shall:
5185 (i) inform the candidate that the candidate's name will appear on the ballot as it is
5186 written on the declaration of candidacy;
5187 (ii) provide the candidate with a copy of the current campaign financial disclosure laws
5188 for the office the candidate is seeking and inform the candidate that failure to comply will
5189 result in disqualification as a candidate and removal of the candidate's name from the ballot;
5190 (iii) provide the candidate with a copy of Section 20A-7-801 regarding the Statewide
5191 Electronic Voter Information Website Program and inform the candidate of the submission
5192 deadline under Subsection 20A-7-801(4)(a);
5193 (iv) provide the candidate with a copy of the pledge of fair campaign practices
5194 described under Section 20A-9-206 and inform the candidate that:
5195 (A) signing the pledge is voluntary; and
5196 (B) signed pledges shall be filed with the filing officer; and
5197 (v) accept the declaration of candidacy or nomination petition.
5198 (d) If the candidate elects to sign the pledge of fair campaign practices, the filing
5199 officer shall:
5200 (i) accept the candidate's pledge; and
5201 (ii) if the candidate has filed for a partisan office, provide a certified copy of the
5202 candidate's pledge to the chair of the county or state political party of which the candidate is a
5203 member.
5204 (5) (a) The declaration of candidacy shall be in substantially the following form:
5205 "I, (print name) ____, being first sworn, say that I reside at ____ Street, City of ____,
5206 County of ____, state of Utah, Zip Code ____, Telephone Number (if any) ____; that I am a
5207 registered voter; and that I am a candidate for the office of ____ (stating the term). I will meet
5208 the legal qualifications required of candidates for this office. If filing via a designated agent, I
5209 attest that I will be out of the state of Utah during the entire candidate filing period. I will file
5210 all campaign financial disclosure reports as required by law and I understand that failure to do
5211 so will result in my disqualification as a candidate for this office and removal of my name from
5212 the ballot. I request that my name be printed upon the applicable official ballots. (Signed)
5213 _______________
5214 Subscribed and sworn to (or affirmed) before me by ____ on this
5215 __________(month\day\year).
5216 (Signed) _______________ (Clerk or other officer qualified to administer oath)."[
5217 (b) An agent designated under Subsection (3)(b) to file a declaration of candidacy may
5218 not sign the form described in Subsection (5)(a).
5219 (c) (i) A nomination petition shall be in substantially the following form:
5220 "NOMINATION PETITION
5221 The undersigned residents of (name of municipality), being registered voters, nominate
5222 (name of nominee) for the office of (name of office) for the (length of term of office)."
5223 (ii) The remainder of the petition shall contain lines and columns for the signatures of
5224 individuals signing the petition and each individual's address and phone number.
5225 (6) If the declaration of candidacy or nomination petition fails to state whether the
5226 nomination is for the two-year or four-year term, the clerk shall consider the nomination to be
5227 for the four-year term.
5228 (7) (a) The clerk shall verify with the county clerk that all candidates are registered
5229 voters.
5230 (b) Any candidate who is not registered to vote is disqualified and the clerk may not
5231 print the candidate's name on the ballot.
5232 (8) Immediately after expiration of the period for filing a declaration of candidacy, the
5233 clerk shall:
5234 (a) publish a list of the names of the candidates as they will appear on the ballot:
5235 [
5236
5237 [
5238 (i) (A) by posting one copy of the list, and at least one additional copy of the list per
5239 2,000 population of the municipality, in places within the municipality that are most likely to
5240 give notice to the voters in the municipality; or
5241 [
5242 (ii) on the Utah Public Notice Website created in Section 63F-1-701, for seven days;
5243 and
5244 [
5245 [
5246 days; and
5247 (b) notify the lieutenant governor of the names of the candidates as they will appear on
5248 the ballot.
5249 (9) Except as provided in Subsection (10)(c), an individual may not amend a
5250 declaration of candidacy or nomination petition filed under this section after the candidate
5251 filing period ends.
5252 (10) (a) A declaration of candidacy or nomination petition that an individual files under
5253 this section is valid unless a person files a written objection with the clerk before 5 p.m. within
5254 five days after the last day for filing.
5255 (b) If a person files an objection, the clerk shall:
5256 (i) mail or personally deliver notice of the objection to the affected candidate
5257 immediately; and
5258 (ii) decide any objection within 48 hours after the objection is filed.
5259 (c) If the clerk sustains the objection, the candidate may, before 5 p.m. within three
5260 days after the day on which the clerk sustains the objection, correct the problem for which the
5261 objection is sustained by amending the candidate's declaration of candidacy or nomination
5262 petition, or by filing a new declaration of candidacy.
5263 (d) (i) The clerk's decision upon objections to form is final.
5264 (ii) The clerk's decision upon substantive matters is reviewable by a district court if
5265 prompt application is made to the district court.
5266 (iii) The decision of the district court is final unless the Supreme Court, in the exercise
5267 of its discretion, agrees to review the lower court decision.
5268 (11) A candidate who qualifies for the ballot under this section may withdraw as a
5269 candidate by filing a written affidavit with the municipal clerk.
5270 Section 82. Section 26-8a-405.3 is amended to read:
5271 26-8a-405.3. Use of competitive sealed proposals -- Procedure -- Appeal rights.
5272 (1) (a) Competitive sealed proposals for paramedic or 911 ambulance services under
5273 Section 26-8a-405.2, or for non-911 services under Section 26-8a-405.4, shall be solicited
5274 through a request for proposal and the provisions of this section.
5275 (b) The governing body of the political subdivision shall approve the request for
5276 proposal prior to the notice of the request for proposals under Subsection (1)(c).
5277 (c) [
5278 [
5279
5280 [
5281 (i) by posting the notice for at least 20 days in at least five public places in the county;
5282 and
5283 [
5284 (ii) by posting the notice on the Utah Public Notice Website, created in Section
5285 63F-1-701, for at least 20 days.
5286 (2) (a) Proposals shall be opened so as to avoid disclosure of contents to competing
5287 offerors during the process of negotiations.
5288 (b) (i) Subsequent to the published notice, and prior to selecting an applicant, the
5289 political subdivision shall hold a presubmission conference with interested applicants for the
5290 purpose of assuring full understanding of, and responsiveness to, solicitation requirements.
5291 (ii) A political subdivision shall allow at least 90 days from the presubmission
5292 conference for the proposers to submit proposals.
5293 (c) Subsequent to the presubmission conference, the political subdivision may issue
5294 addenda to the request for proposals. An addenda to a request for proposal shall be finalized
5295 and posted by the political subdivision at least 45 days before the day on which the proposal
5296 must be submitted.
5297 (d) Offerors to the request for proposals shall be accorded fair and equal treatment with
5298 respect to any opportunity for discussion and revisions of proposals, and revisions may be
5299 permitted after submission and before a contract is awarded for the purpose of obtaining best
5300 and final offers.
5301 (e) In conducting discussions, there shall be no disclosures of any information derived
5302 from proposals submitted by competing offerors.
5303 (3) (a) (i) A political subdivision may select an applicant approved by the department
5304 under Section 26-8a-404 to provide 911 ambulance or paramedic services by contract to the
5305 most responsible offeror as defined in Section 63G-6a-103.
5306 (ii) An award under Subsection (3)(a)(i) shall be made to the responsible offeror whose
5307 proposal is determined in writing to be the most advantageous to the political subdivision,
5308 taking into consideration price and the evaluation factors set forth in the request for proposal.
5309 (b) The applicants who are approved under Section 26-8a-405 and who are selected
5310 under this section may be the political subdivision issuing the request for competitive sealed
5311 proposals, or any other public entity or entities, any private person or entity, or any
5312 combination thereof.
5313 (c) A political subdivision may reject all of the competitive proposals.
5314 (4) In seeking competitive sealed proposals and awarding contracts under this section,
5315 a political subdivision:
5316 (a) shall apply the public convenience and necessity factors listed in Subsections
5317 26-8a-408(2) through (6);
5318 (b) shall require the applicant responding to the proposal to disclose how the applicant
5319 will meet performance standards in the request for proposal;
5320 (c) may not require or restrict an applicant to a certain method of meeting the
5321 performance standards, including:
5322 (i) requiring ambulance medical personnel to also be a firefighter; or
5323 (ii) mandating that offerors use fire stations or dispatch services of the political
5324 subdivision;
5325 (d) shall require an applicant to submit the proposal:
5326 (i) based on full cost accounting in accordance with generally accepted accounting
5327 principals; and
5328 (ii) if the applicant is a governmental entity, in addition to the requirements of
5329 Subsection (4)(e)(i), in accordance with generally accepted government auditing standards and
5330 in compliance with the State of Utah Legal Compliance Audit Guide; and
5331 (e) shall set forth in the request for proposal:
5332 (i) the method for determining full cost accounting in accordance with generally
5333 accepted accounting principles, and require an applicant to submit the proposal based on such
5334 full cost accounting principles;
5335 (ii) guidelines established to further competition and provider accountability; and
5336 (iii) a list of the factors that will be considered by the political subdivision in the award
5337 of the contract, including by percentage, the relative weight of the factors established under this
5338 Subsection (4)(e), which may include such things as:
5339 (A) response times;
5340 (B) staging locations;
5341 (C) experience;
5342 (D) quality of care; and
5343 (E) cost, consistent with the cost accounting method in Subsection (4)(e)(i).
5344 (5) (a) Notwithstanding any provision of Title 63G, Chapter 6a, Utah Procurement
5345 Code, to the contrary, the provisions of Title 63G, Chapter 6a, Utah Procurement Code, apply
5346 to the procurement process required by this section, except as provided in Subsection (5)(c).
5347 (b) A procurement appeals panel described in Section 63G-6a-1702 shall have
5348 jurisdiction to review and determine an appeal of an offeror under this section.
5349 (c) (i) An offeror may appeal the solicitation or award as provided by the political
5350 subdivision's procedures. After all political subdivision appeal rights are exhausted, the offeror
5351 may appeal under the provisions of Subsections (5)(a) and (b).
5352 (ii) A procurement appeals panel described in Section 63G-6a-1702 shall determine
5353 whether the solicitation or award was made in accordance with the procedures set forth in this
5354 section and Section 26-8a-405.2.
5355 (d) The determination of an issue of fact by the appeals board shall be final and
5356 conclusive unless arbitrary and capricious or clearly erroneous as provided in Section
5357 63G-6a-1705.
5358 Section 83. Section 38-8-3 is amended to read:
5359 38-8-3. Enforcement of lien -- Notice requirements -- Sale procedure and effect.
5360 (1) An owner may enforce a lien described in Section 38-8-2 against an occupant if:
5361 (a) the occupant is in default for a continuous 30-day period; and
5362 (b) the owner provides written notice of the owner's intent to enforce the lien, in
5363 accordance with the requirements of this section, to:
5364 (i) the occupant;
5365 (ii) each lienholder disclosed by the occupant under Subsection 38-8-2(3)(b);
5366 (iii) each person that has filed a valid financing statement with the Division of
5367 Corporations and Commercial Code; and
5368 (iv) each person identified as a lienholder in the records of the Motor Vehicle Division.
5369 (2) An owner shall provide the written notice described in Subsection (1)(b):
5370 (a) in person;
5371 (b) by certified mail, to the person's last known address; or
5372 (c) subject to Subsection (3), by email, to the person's last know email address.
5373 (3) If an owner sends a notice described in Subsection (2) by email and does not
5374 receive a response, return receipt, or delivery confirmation from the email address to which the
5375 notice was sent within three business days after the day on which the notice was sent, the
5376 owner shall deliver the notice in person or by certified mail to the person's last known address.
5377 (4) A written notice described in Subsection (1)(b) shall include:
5378 (a) an itemized statement of the owner's claim showing the sum due at the time of the
5379 notice and the date when the sum became due;
5380 (b) a brief description of the personal property subject to the lien that permits the
5381 person to identify the property, unless the property is locked, fastened, sealed, tied, or
5382 otherwise stored in a manner that prevents immediate identification of the property;
5383 (c) if permitted by the terms of the rental agreement, a notice that the occupant may not
5384 access the occupant's personal property until the occupant complies with the requirements
5385 described in Subsection (9);
5386 (d) the name, street address, and telephone number of the owner or the individual the
5387 occupant may contact to respond to the notification;
5388 (e) a demand for payment within a specified time not less than 15 days after the day on
5389 which the notice is delivered; and
5390 (f) a conspicuous statement that, unless the claim is paid within the time stated in the
5391 notice, the personal property will be advertised for sale and will be sold at a specified time and
5392 place.
5393 (5) A notice under this section shall be presumed delivered when it is deposited with
5394 the United States Postal Service and properly addressed with postage prepaid.
5395 (6) (a) (i) After the expiration of the time given in the notice, the owner shall publish
5396 an advertisement of the sale of the personal property subject to the lien once in a newspaper of
5397 general circulation in the county where the self-service storage facility is located.
5398 [
5399 [
5400 space where the personal property is located;
5401 [
5402 [
5403 than 15 days after the day on which the sale is advertised under Subsection (6)(a)(i).
5404 (b) Subsection (6)(a) does not apply if:
5405 (i) the owner:
5406 (A) provided the notice described in Subsection (1)(b) by email; and
5407 (B) received a response, return receipt, or delivery confirmation from the email address
5408 to which the notice was sent; or
5409 (ii) the owner:
5410 (A) provided the notice described in Subsection (1)(b) by certified mail; and
5411 (B) has evidence of providing the notice by certified mail.
5412 (7) A sale of the personal property shall conform to the terms of the notice provided for
5413 in this section.
5414 (8) A sale of the personal property shall be held at the self-service storage facility, at
5415 the nearest suitable place to where the personal property is held or stored, or online.
5416 (9) Before a sale of personal property under this section, the occupant may pay the
5417 amount necessary to satisfy the lien and the reasonable expenses incurred under this section
5418 and thereby redeem the personal property; upon receipt of this payment, the owner shall return
5419 the personal property, and thereafter the owner shall have no liability to any person with respect
5420 to that personal property.
5421 (10) A purchaser in good faith of the personal property sold to satisfy a lien as
5422 provided for in this chapter takes the property free of any rights of persons against whom the
5423 lien was valid and free of any rights of a secured creditor, despite noncompliance by the owner
5424 with the requirements of this section.
5425 (11) In the event of a sale under this section, the owner may satisfy the lien for the
5426 proceeds of the sale, subject to the rights of any prior lienholder; the lien rights of the prior
5427 lienholder are automatically transferred to the proceeds of the sale; if the sale is made in good
5428 faith and is conducted in a reasonable manner, the owner shall not be subject to any surcharge
5429 for a deficiency in the amount of a prior secured lien, but shall hold the balance, if any, for
5430 delivery to the occupant, lienholder, or other person in interest; if the occupant, lienholder, or
5431 other person in interest does not claim the balance of the proceeds within one year of the date
5432 of sale, it shall become the property of the Utah state treasurer as unclaimed property with no
5433 further claim against the owner.
5434 (12) If the requirements of this chapter are not satisfied, if the sale of the personal
5435 property is not in conformity with the notice of sale, or if there is a willful violation of this
5436 chapter, nothing in this section affects the rights and liabilities of the owner, occupant, or any
5437 other person.
5438 Section 84. Section 54-8-10 is amended to read:
5439 54-8-10. Public hearing -- Notice -- Publication.
5440 (1) Such notice shall be:
5441 [
5442 [
5443
5444
5445 [
5446 and
5447 (b) posted in not less than three public places in the district.
5448 (2) A copy of the notice shall be mailed by certified mail to the last known address of
5449 each owner of land within the proposed district whose property will be assessed for the cost of
5450 the improvement.
5451 (3) The address to be used for that purpose shall be that last appearing on the real
5452 property assessment rolls of the county in which the property is located.
5453 (4) In addition, a copy of the notice shall be addressed to "Owner" and shall be so
5454 mailed addressed to the street number of each piece of improved property to be affected by the
5455 assessment.
5456 (5) Mailed notices and the published notice shall state where a copy of the resolution
5457 creating the district will be available for inspection by any interested parties.
5458 Section 85. Section 54-8-16 is amended to read:
5459 54-8-16. Notice of assessment -- Publication.
5460 (1) After the preparation of a resolution under Section 54-8-14, notice of a public
5461 hearing on the proposed assessments shall be given.
5462 (2) The notice described in Subsection (1) shall be:
5463 [
5464 [
5465
5466 [
5467 for at least 20 days before the date fixed for the hearing; and
5468 (b) mailed by certified mail not less than 15 days prior to the date fixed for such
5469 hearing to each owner of real property whose property will be assessed for part of the cost of
5470 the improvement at the last known address of such owner using for such purpose the names
5471 and addresses appearing on the last completed real property assessment rolls of the county
5472 wherein said affected property is located.
5473 (3) In addition, a copy of such notice shall be addressed to "Owner" and shall be so
5474 mailed addressed to the street number of each piece of improved property to be affected by
5475 such assessment.
5476 (4) Each notice shall state that at the specified time and place, the governing body will
5477 hold a public hearing upon the proposed assessments and shall state that any owner of any
5478 property to be assessed pursuant to the resolution will be heard on the question of whether his
5479 property will be benefited by the proposed improvement to the amount of the proposed
5480 assessment against his property and whether the amount assessed against his property
5481 constitutes more than his proper proportional share of the total cost of the improvement.
5482 (5) The notice shall further state where a copy of the resolution proposed to be adopted
5483 levying the assessments against all real property in the district will be on file for public
5484 inspection, and that subject to such changes and corrections therein as may be made by the
5485 governing body, it is proposed to adopt the resolution at the conclusion of the hearing.
5486 (6) A published notice shall describe the boundaries or area of the district with
5487 sufficient particularity to permit each owner of real property therein to ascertain that his
5488 property lies in the district.
5489 (7) The mailed notice may refer to the district by name and date of creation and shall
5490 state the amount of the assessment proposed to be levied against the real property of the person
5491 to whom the notice is mailed.
5492 Section 86. Section 54-8-23 is amended to read:
5493 54-8-23. Objection to amount of assessment -- Civil action -- Litigation to
5494 question or attack proceedings or legality of bonds.
5495 (1) No special assessment levied under this chapter shall be declared void, nor shall
5496 any such assessment or part thereof be set aside in consequence of any error or irregularity
5497 permitted or appearing in any of the proceedings under this chapter, but any party feeling
5498 aggrieved by any such special assessment or proceeding may bring a civil action to cause such
5499 grievance to be adjudicated if such action is commenced prior to the expiration of the period
5500 specified in this section.
5501 (2) The burden of proof to show that such special assessment or part thereof is invalid,
5502 inequitable or unjust shall rest upon the party who brings such suit.
5503 (3) Any such litigation shall not be regarded as an appeal within the meaning of the
5504 prohibition contained in Section 54-8-18.
5505 (4) Every person whose property is subject to such special assessment and who fails to
5506 appear during the public hearings on said assessments to raise his objection to such tax shall be
5507 deemed to have waived all objections to such levy except the objection that the governing body
5508 lacks jurisdiction to levy such tax.
5509 (5) For a period of 20 days after the governing body has adopted the enactment
5510 authorizing the assessment, any taxpayer in the district shall have the right to institute litigation
5511 for the purpose of questioning or attacking the proceedings pursuant to which the assessments
5512 have been authorized subject to the provisions of the preceding paragraph.
5513 (6) Whenever any enactment authorizing the issuance of any bonds pursuant to the
5514 improvement contemplated shall have been adopted such resolution shall be [
5515 posted on the Utah Public Notice Website created in Section 63F-1-701.
5516 [
5517 [
5518 (7) For a period of 20 days thereafter, any person whose property shall have been
5519 assessed and any taxpayer in the district shall have the right to institute litigation for the
5520 purpose of questioning or attacking the legality of such bonds.
5521 (8) After the expiration of such 20-day period, all proceedings theretofore had by the
5522 governing body, the bonds to be issued pursuant thereto, and the special assessments from
5523 which such bonds are to be paid, shall become incontestable, and no suit attacking or
5524 questioning the legality thereof may be instituted in this state, and no court shall have the
5525 authority to inquire into such matters.
5526 Section 87. Section 57-13a-104 is amended to read:
5527 57-13a-104. Abandonment of prescriptive easement for water conveyance.
5528 (1) A holder of a prescriptive easement for a water conveyance established under
5529 Section 57-13a-102 may, in accordance with this section, abandon all or part of the easement.
5530 (2) A holder of a prescriptive easement for a water conveyance established under
5531 Section 57-13a-102 who seeks to abandon the easement or part of the easement shall:
5532 (a) in each county where the easement or part of the easement is located[
5533 the office of the county recorder a notice of intent to abandon the prescriptive easement that
5534 describes the easement or part of the easement to be abandoned; [
5535 [
5536
5537 [
5538
5539 [
5540
5541 (b) post copies of the notice of intent to abandon the prescriptive easement in three
5542 public places located within the area generally served by the water conveyance that utilizes the
5543 easement;
5544 (c) mail a copy of the notice of intent to abandon the prescriptive easement to each
5545 municipal and county government where the easement or part of the easement is located;
5546 (d) [
5547 abandon the prescriptive easement on the [
5548
5549 (e) after meeting the requirements of Subsections (2)(a), (b), (c), and (d) and at least 45
5550 days after the last day on which the holder of the easement [
5551 to abandon the prescriptive easement in accordance with Subsection [
5552 the office of the county recorder for each county where the easement or part of the easement is
5553 located a notice of abandonment that contains the same description required by Subsection
5554 (2)(a)(i).
5555 (3) (a) Upon completion of the requirements described in Subsection (2) by the holder
5556 of a prescriptive easement for a water conveyance established under Section 57-13a-102:
5557 (i) all interest to the easement or part of the easement abandoned by the holder of the
5558 easement is extinguished; and
5559 (ii) subject to each legal right that exists as described in Subsection (3)(b), the owner of
5560 a servient estate whose land was encumbered by the easement or part of the easement
5561 abandoned may reclaim the land area occupied by the former easement or part of the easement
5562 and resume full utilization of the land without liability to the former holder of the easement.
5563 (b) Abandonment of a prescriptive easement under this section does not affect a legal
5564 right to have water delivered or discharged through the water conveyance and easement
5565 established by a person other than the holder of the easement who abandons an easement as
5566 provided in this section.
5567 Section 88. Section 59-12-402 is amended to read:
5568 59-12-402. Additional resort communities sales and use tax -- Base -- Rate --
5569 Collection fees -- Resolution and voter approval requirements -- Election requirements --
5570 Notice requirements -- Ordinance requirements -- Prohibition of military installation
5571 development authority imposition of tax.
5572 (1) (a) Subject to Subsections (2) through (6), the governing body of a municipality in
5573 which the transient room capacity as defined in Section 59-12-405 is greater than or equal to
5574 66% of the municipality's permanent census population may, in addition to the sales tax
5575 authorized under Section 59-12-401, impose an additional resort communities sales tax in an
5576 amount that is less than or equal to .5% on the transactions described in Subsection
5577 59-12-103(1) located within the municipality.
5578 (b) Notwithstanding Subsection (1)(a), the governing body of a municipality may not
5579 impose a tax under this section on:
5580 (i) the sale of:
5581 (A) a motor vehicle;
5582 (B) an aircraft;
5583 (C) a watercraft;
5584 (D) a modular home;
5585 (E) a manufactured home; or
5586 (F) a mobile home;
5587 (ii) the sales and uses described in Section 59-12-104 to the extent the sales and uses
5588 are exempt from taxation under Section 59-12-104; and
5589 (iii) except as provided in Subsection (1)(d), amounts paid or charged for food and
5590 food ingredients.
5591 (c) For purposes of this Subsection (1), the location of a transaction shall be
5592 determined in accordance with Sections 59-12-211 through 59-12-215.
5593 (d) A municipality imposing a tax under this section shall impose the tax on the
5594 purchase price or sales price for amounts paid or charged for food and food ingredients if the
5595 food and food ingredients are sold as part of a bundled transaction attributable to food and food
5596 ingredients and tangible personal property other than food and food ingredients.
5597 (2) (a) An amount equal to the total of any costs incurred by the state in connection
5598 with the implementation of Subsection (1) which exceed, in any year, the revenues received by
5599 the state from its collection fees received in connection with the implementation of Subsection
5600 (1) shall be paid over to the state General Fund by the cities and towns which impose the tax
5601 provided for in Subsection (1).
5602 (b) Amounts paid under Subsection (2)(a) shall be allocated proportionally among
5603 those cities and towns according to the amount of revenue the respective cities and towns
5604 generate in that year through imposition of that tax.
5605 (3) To impose an additional resort communities sales tax under this section, the
5606 governing body of the municipality shall:
5607 (a) pass a resolution approving the tax; and
5608 (b) except as provided in Subsection (6), obtain voter approval for the tax as provided
5609 in Subsection (4).
5610 (4) To obtain voter approval for an additional resort communities sales tax under
5611 Subsection (3)(b), a municipality shall:
5612 (a) hold the additional resort communities sales tax election during:
5613 (i) a regular general election; or
5614 (ii) a municipal general election; and
5615 (b) [
5616 (i) 15 days or more before the day on which the election is held; and
5617 [
5618 [
5619 (ii) on the Utah Public Notice Website created in Section 63F-1-701.
5620 (5) An ordinance approving an additional resort communities sales tax under this
5621 section shall provide an effective date for the tax as provided in Section 59-12-403.
5622 (6) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (6)(b), a municipality is not subject to the
5623 voter approval requirements of Subsection (3)(b) if, on or before January 1, 1996, the
5624 municipality imposed a license fee or tax on businesses based on gross receipts pursuant to
5625 Section 10-1-203.
5626 (b) The exception from the voter approval requirements in Subsection (6)(a) does not
5627 apply to a municipality that, on or before January 1, 1996, imposed a license fee or tax on only
5628 one class of businesses based on gross receipts pursuant to Section 10-1-203.
5629 (7) A military installation development authority authorized to impose a resort
5630 communities tax under Section 59-12-401 may not impose an additional resort communities
5631 sales tax under this section.
5632 Section 89. Section 59-12-2208 is amended to read:
5633 59-12-2208. Legislative body approval requirements -- Voter approval
5634 requirements.
5635 (1) Subject to the other provisions of this section, before imposing a sales and use tax
5636 under this part, a county, city, or town legislative body shall:
5637 (a) obtain approval to impose the sales and use tax from a majority of the members of
5638 the county, city, or town legislative body; and
5639 (b) submit an opinion question to the county's, city's, or town's registered voters voting
5640 on the imposition of the sales and use tax so that each registered voter has the opportunity to
5641 express the registered voter's opinion on whether a sales and use tax should be imposed under
5642 this section.
5643 (2) The opinion question required by this section shall state:
5644 "Shall (insert the name of the county, city, or town), Utah, be authorized to impose a
5645 (insert the tax rate of the sales and use tax) sales and use tax for (list the purposes for which the
5646 revenues collected from the sales and use tax shall be expended)?"
5647 (3) (a) Subject to Subsection (3)(b), the election required by this section shall be held:
5648 (i) at a regular general election conducted in accordance with the procedures and
5649 requirements of Title 20A, Election Code, governing regular general elections; or
5650 (ii) at a municipal general election conducted in accordance with the procedures and
5651 requirements of Section 20A-1-202.
5652 (b) (i) Subject to Subsection (3)(b)(ii), the county clerk of the county in which the
5653 opinion question required by this section will be submitted to registered voters shall, no later
5654 than 15 days before the date of the election:
5655 [
5656 [
5657 [
5658 (A) post a notice on the Utah Public Notice Website created in Section 63F-1-701; or
5659 (B) (I) cause a copy of the notice to be posted in a conspicuous place most likely to
5660 give notice of the election to the registered voters voting on the imposition of the sales and use
5661 tax; and
5662 (II) prepare an affidavit of that posting, showing a copy of the notice and the places
5663 where the notice was posted.
5664 (ii) The notice under Subsection (3)(b)(i) shall:
5665 (A) state that an opinion question will be submitted to the county's, city's, or town's
5666 registered voters voting on the imposition of a sales and use tax under this section so that each
5667 registered voter has the opportunity to express the registered voter's opinion on whether a sales
5668 and use tax should be imposed under this section; and
5669 (B) list the purposes for which the revenues collected from the sales and use tax shall
5670 be expended.
5671 (4) A county, city, or town that submits an opinion question to registered voters under
5672 this section is subject to Section 20A-11-1203.
5673 (5) Subject to Section 59-12-2209, if a county, city, or town legislative body
5674 determines that a majority of the county's, city's, or town's registered voters voting on the
5675 imposition of a sales and use tax under this part have voted in favor of the imposition of the
5676 sales and use tax in accordance with this section, the county, city, or town legislative body shall
5677 impose the sales and use tax.
5678 (6) If, after imposing a sales and use tax under this part, a county, city, or town
5679 legislative body seeks to impose a tax rate for the sales and use tax that exceeds or is less than
5680 the tax rate stated in the opinion question described in Subsection (2) or repeals the tax rate
5681 stated in the opinion question described in Subsection (2), the county, city, or town legislative
5682 body shall:
5683 (a) obtain approval from a majority of the members of the county, city, or town
5684 legislative body to impose a tax rate for the sales and use tax that exceeds or is less than the tax
5685 rate stated in the opinion question described in Subsection (2) or repeals the tax rate stated in
5686 the opinion question described in Subsection (2); and
5687 (b) in accordance with the procedures and requirements of this section, submit an
5688 opinion question to the county's, city's, or town's registered voters voting on the tax rate so that
5689 each registered voter has the opportunity to express the registered voter's opinion on whether to
5690 impose a tax rate for the sales and use tax that exceeds or is less than the tax rate stated in the
5691 opinion question described in Subsection (2) or repeal the tax rate stated in the opinion
5692 question described in Subsection (2).
5693 Section 90. Section 63F-1-701 is amended to read:
5694 63F-1-701. Utah Public Notice Website -- Establishment and administration.
5695 (1) As used in this part:
5696 (a) "Division" means the Division of Archives and Records Service of the Department
5697 of Administrative Services.
5698 (b) "Executive board" means the same as that term is defined in Section 67-1-2.5.
5699 (c) "Public body" means the same as that term is defined in Section 52-4-103.
5700 (d) "Public information" means a public body's public notices, minutes, audio
5701 recordings, and other materials that are required to be posted to the website under Title 52,
5702 Chapter 4, Open and Public Meetings Act, or other statute or state agency rule.
5703 (e) "Website" means the Utah Public Notice Website created under this section.
5704 (2) There is created the Utah Public Notice Website to be administered by the Division
5705 of Archives and Records Service.
5706 (3) The website shall consist of an Internet website provided to assist the public to find
5707 posted public information.
5708 (4) The division, with the technical assistance of the Department of Technology
5709 Services, shall create the website that shall:
5710 (a) allow a public body, or other certified entity, to easily post any public information,
5711 including the contact information required under Subsections 17B-1-303(9) and
5712 17D-1-106(1)(b)(ii);
5713 (b) allow the public to easily search the public information by:
5714 (i) public body name;
5715 (ii) date of posting of the notice;
5716 (iii) date of any meeting or deadline included as part of the public information; and
5717 (iv) any other criteria approved by the division;
5718 (c) allow the public to easily search and view past, archived public information;
5719 (d) allow an individual to subscribe to receive updates and notices associated with a
5720 public body or a particular type of public information;
5721 (e) be easily accessible by the public from the State of Utah home page;
5722 (f) have a unique and simplified website address;
5723 (g) be directly accessible via a link from the main page of the official state website;
5724 [
5725 (h) allow a newspaper to request and automatically receive a transmission of a posting
5726 to the website as the posting occurs; and
5727 [
5728 obtaining and reviewing public information posted on the website, as may be approved by the
5729 division.
5730 (5) (a) Subject to Subsection (5)(b), the division and the governor's office shall
5731 coordinate to ensure that the website, the database described in Section 67-1-2.5, and the
5732 website described in Section 67-1-2.5 automatically share appropriate information in order to
5733 ensure that:
5734 (i) an individual who subscribes to receive information under Subsection (4)(d) for an
5735 executive board automatically receives notifications of vacancies on the executive board that
5736 will be publicly filled, including a link to information regarding how an individual may apply
5737 to fill the vacancy; and
5738 (ii) an individual who accesses an executive board's information on the website has
5739 access to the following through the website:
5740 (A) the executive board's information in the database, except an individual's physical
5741 address, e-mail address, or phone number; and
5742 (B) the portal described in Section 67-1-2.5 through which an individual may provide
5743 input on an appointee to, or member of, the executive board.
5744 (b) The division and the governor's office shall comply with Subsection (5)(a) as soon
5745 as reasonably possible within existing funds appropriated to the division and the governor's
5746 office.
5747 (6) Before August 1 of each year, the division shall:
5748 (a) identify each executive board that is a public body that did not submit to the
5749 website a notice of a public meeting during the previous fiscal year; and
5750 (b) report the name of each identified executive board to the governor's boards and
5751 commissions administrator.
5752 (7) The division is responsible for:
5753 (a) establishing and maintaining the website, including the provision of equipment,
5754 resources, and personnel as is necessary;
5755 (b) providing a mechanism for public bodies or other certified entities to have access to
5756 the website for the purpose of posting and modifying public information; and
5757 (c) maintaining an archive of all public information posted to the website.
5758 (8) A public body is responsible for the content the public body is required to post to
5759 the website and the timing of posting of that information.
5760 Section 91. Section 63G-6a-112 is amended to read:
5761 63G-6a-112. Required public notice.
5762 (1) A procurement unit that issues a solicitation shall [
5763 solicitation:
5764 (a) at least seven days before the day of the deadline for submission of a solicitation
5765 response; and
5766 [
5767 [
5768 [
5769 [
5770 [
5771 [
5772 with, the division for posting a public procurement notice.
5773 (2) A procurement unit may reduce the seven-day period described in Subsection (1), if
5774 the procurement unit's procurement official signs a written statement that:
5775 (a) states that a shorter time is needed; and
5776 (b) determines that competition from multiple sources may be obtained within the
5777 shorter period of time.
5778 (3) (a) It is the responsibility of a person seeking information provided by a notice
5779 published under this section to seek out, find, and respond to the notice.
5780 (b) As a courtesy and in order to promote competition, a procurement unit may
5781 provide, but is not required to provide, individual notice.
5782 Section 92. Section 72-5-105 is amended to read:
5783 72-5-105. Highways, streets, or roads once established continue until abandoned
5784 -- Temporary closure.
5785 (1) Except as provided in Subsections (3) and (7), all public highways, streets, or roads
5786 once established shall continue to be highways, streets, or roads until formally abandoned or
5787 vacated by written order, resolution, or ordinance resolution of a highway authority having
5788 jurisdiction or by court decree, and the written order, resolution, ordinance, or court decree has
5789 been duly recorded in the office of the recorder of the county or counties where the highway,
5790 street, or road is located.
5791 (2) (a) For purposes of assessment, upon the recordation of an order executed by the
5792 proper authority with the county recorder's office, title to the vacated or abandoned highway,
5793 street, or road shall vest to the adjoining record owners, with one-half of the width of the
5794 highway, street, or road assessed to each of the adjoining owners.
5795 (b) Provided, however, that should a description of an owner of record extend into the
5796 vacated or abandoned highway, street, or road that portion of the vacated or abandoned
5797 highway, street, or road shall vest in the record owner, with the remainder of the highway,
5798 street, or road vested as otherwise provided in this Subsection (2).
5799 (c) Title to a highway, street, or road that a local highway authority closes to vehicular
5800 traffic under Subsection (3) or (7) remains vested in the city.
5801 (3) (a) In accordance with this section, a state or local highway authority may
5802 temporarily close a class B, C, or D road, an R.S. 2477 right-of-way, or a portion of a class B,
5803 C, or D road or R.S. 2477 right-of-way.
5804 (b) (i) A temporary closure authorized under this section is not an abandonment.
5805 (ii) The erection of a barrier or sign on a highway, street, or road once established is
5806 not an abandonment.
5807 (iii) An interruption of the public's continuous use of a highway, street, or road once
5808 established is not an abandonment even if the interruption is allowed to continue unabated.
5809 (c) A temporary closure under Subsection (3)(a) may be authorized only under the
5810 following circumstances:
5811 (i) when a federal authority, or other person, provides an alternate route to an R.S.
5812 2477 right-of-way or portion of an R.S. 2477 right-of-way if the alternate route is:
5813 (A) accepted by the highway authority; and
5814 (B) formalized by a federal permit or a written agreement between the federal authority
5815 or other person and the highway authority;
5816 (ii) when a state or local highway authority determines that correction or mitigation of
5817 injury to private or public land resources is necessary on or near a class B or D road or portion
5818 of a class B or D road; or
5819 (iii) when a local highway authority makes a finding that temporary closure of all or
5820 part of a class C road is necessary to mitigate unsafe conditions.
5821 (d) (i) If a local highway authority temporarily closes all or part of a class C road under
5822 Subsection (3)(c)(iii), the local highway authority may convert the closed portion of the road to
5823 another public use or purpose related to the mitigation of the unsafe condition.
5824 (ii) If a local highway authority temporarily closes all or part of a class C road under
5825 Subsection (3)(c)(iii), and the closed portion of road is the subject of a lease agreement
5826 between the local highway authority and another entity, the local highway authority may not
5827 reopen the closed portion of the road until the lease agreement terminates.
5828 (e) A highway authority shall reopen an R.S. 2477 right-of-way or portion of an R.S.
5829 2477 right-of-way temporarily closed under this section if the alternate route is closed for any
5830 reason.
5831 (f) A temporary closure authorized under Subsection (3)(c)(ii) shall:
5832 (i) be authorized annually; and
5833 (ii) not exceed two years or the time it takes to complete the correction or mitigation,
5834 whichever is less.
5835 (4) To authorize a closure of a road under Subsection (3) or (7), a local highway
5836 authority shall pass an ordinance to temporarily or indefinitely close the road.
5837 (5) Before authorizing a temporary or indefinite closure as described in Subsection (4),
5838 a highway authority shall:
5839 (a) hold a hearing on the proposed temporary or indefinite closure;
5840 (b) provide notice of the hearing by mailing a notice to the Department of
5841 Transportation and all owners of property abutting the highway; and
5842 (c) except for a closure under Subsection (3)(c)(iii)[
5843 [
5844 [
5845
5846 [
5847 weeks before the hearing; or
5848 (ii) [
5849 the hearing.
5850 (6) The right-of-way and easements, if any, of a property owner and the franchise rights
5851 of any public utility may not be impaired by a temporary or indefinite closure authorized under
5852 this section.
5853 (7) (a) A local highway authority may close to vehicular travel and convert to another
5854 public use or purpose a highway, road, or street over which the local highway authority has
5855 jurisdiction, for an indefinite period of time, if the local highway authority makes a finding
5856 that:
5857 (i) the closed highway, road, or street is not necessary for vehicular travel;
5858 (ii) the closure of the highway, road, or street is necessary to correct or mitigate injury
5859 to private or public land resources on or near the highway, road, or street; or
5860 (iii) the closure of the highway, road, or street is necessary to mitigate unsafe
5861 conditions.
5862 (b) If a local highway authority indefinitely closes all or part of a highway, road, or
5863 street under Subsection (7)(a)(iii), and the closed portion of road is the subject of a lease
5864 agreement between the local highway authority and another entity, the local highway authority
5865 may not reopen the closed portion of the road until the lease agreement terminates.
5866 (c) An indefinite closure authorized under this Subsection (7) is not an abandonment.
5867 Section 93. Section 72-6-108 is amended to read:
5868 72-6-108. Class B and C roads -- Improvement projects -- Contracts -- Retainage.
5869 (1) A county executive for class B roads and the municipal executive for class C roads
5870 shall cause plans, specifications, and estimates to be made prior to the construction of any
5871 improvement project, as defined in Section 72-6-109, on a class B or C road if the estimated
5872 cost for any one project exceeds the bid limit as defined in Section 72-6-109 for labor,
5873 equipment, and materials.
5874 (2) (a) All projects in excess of the bid limit shall be performed under contract to be let
5875 to the lowest responsible bidder.
5876 (b) If the estimated cost of the improvement project exceeds the bid limit for labor,
5877 equipment, and materials, the project may not be divided to permit the construction in parts,
5878 unless each part is done by contract.
5879 (3) [
5880 [
5881
5882 [
5883 (a) on the Utah Public Notice Website, created in Section 63F-1-701, for three weeks;
5884 and
5885 (b) [
5886
5887 (4) The county or municipal executive or their designee shall receive sealed bids and
5888 open the bids at the time and place designated in the advertisement. The county or municipal
5889 executive or their designee may then award the contract but may reject any and all bids.
5890 (5) The person, firm, or corporation that is awarded a contract under this section is
5891 subject to the provisions of Title 63G, Chapter 6a, Utah Procurement Code.
5892 (6) If any payment on a contract with a private contractor for construction or
5893 improvement of a class B or C road is retained or withheld, the payment shall be retained or
5894 withheld and released as provided in Section 13-8-5.
5895 Section 94. Section 76-8-809 is amended to read:
5896 76-8-809. Closing or restricting use of highways abutting defense or war facilities
5897 -- Posting of notices.
5898 Any individual, partnership, association, corporation, municipal corporation or state or
5899 any political subdivision thereof engaged in or preparing to engage in the manufacture,
5900 transportation or storage of any product to be used in the preparation of the United States or
5901 any of the states for defense or for war or in the prosecution of war by the United States, or in
5902 the manufacture, transportation, distribution or storage of gas, oil, coal, electricity or water, or
5903 any of said natural or artificial persons operating any public utility who has property so used
5904 which he or it believes will be endangered if public use and travel is not restricted or prohibited
5905 on one or more highways or parts thereof upon which the property abuts, may petition the
5906 highway commissioners of any city, town, or county to close one or more of the highways or
5907 parts thereof to public use and travel or to restrict by order the use and travel upon one or more
5908 of the highways or parts thereof.
5909 Upon receipt of the petition, the highway commissioners shall set a day for hearing and
5910 give notice [
5911
5912
5913 Section 63F-1-701, at least seven days prior to the date set for hearing. If, after hearing, the
5914 highway commissioners determine that the public safety and the safety of the property of the
5915 petitioner so require, they shall by suitable order close to public use and travel or reasonably
5916 restrict the use of and travel upon one or more of the highways or parts thereof; provided the
5917 highway commissioners may issue written permits to travel over the highway so closed or
5918 restricted to responsible and reputable persons for a term, under conditions and in a form as the
5919 commissioners may prescribe. Appropriate notices in letters at least three inches high shall be
5920 posted conspicuously at each end of any highway so closed or restricted by an order. The
5921 highway commissioners may at any time revoke or modify any order so made.
5922 Section 95. Section 78A-7-202 is amended to read:
5923 78A-7-202. Justice court judges to be appointed -- Procedure.
5924 (1) As used in this section:
5925 (a) "Local government executive" means:
5926 (i) for a county:
5927 (A) the chair of the county commission in a county operating under the county
5928 commission or expanded county commission form of county government;
5929 (B) the county executive in a county operating under the county executive-council form
5930 of county government; and
5931 (C) the county manager in a county operating under the council-manager form of
5932 county government;
5933 (ii) for a city or town:
5934 (A) the mayor of the city or town; or
5935 (B) the city manager, in the council-manager form of government described in
5936 Subsection 10-3b-103(7); and
5937 (iii) for a metro township, the chair of the metro township council.
5938 (b) "Local legislative body" means:
5939 (i) for a county, the county commission or county council; and
5940 (ii) for a city or town, the council of the city or town.
5941 (2) There is created in each county a county justice court nominating commission to
5942 review applicants and make recommendations to the appointing authority for a justice court
5943 position. The commission shall be convened when a new justice court judge position is created
5944 or when a vacancy in an existing court occurs for a justice court located within the county.
5945 (a) Membership of the justice court nominating commission shall be as follows:
5946 (i) one member appointed by:
5947 (A) the county commission if the county has a county commission form of
5948 government; or
5949 (B) the county executive if the county has an executive-council form of government;
5950 (ii) one member appointed by the municipalities in the counties as follows:
5951 (A) if the county has only one municipality, appointment shall be made by the
5952 governing authority of that municipality; or
5953 (B) if the county has more than one municipality, appointment shall be made by a
5954 municipal selection committee composed of the mayors of each municipality and the chairs of
5955 each metro township in the county;
5956 (iii) one member appointed by the county bar association; and
5957 (iv) two members appointed by the governing authority of the jurisdiction where the
5958 judicial office is located.
5959 (b) If there is no county bar association, the member in Subsection (2)(a)(iii) shall be
5960 appointed by the regional bar association. If no regional bar association exists, the state bar
5961 association shall make the appointment.
5962 (c) Members appointed under Subsections (2)(a)(i) and (ii) may not be the appointing
5963 authority or an elected official of a county or municipality.
5964 (d) The nominating commission shall submit at least three names to the appointing
5965 authority of the jurisdiction expected to be served by the judge. The local government
5966 executive shall appoint a judge from the list submitted and the appointment ratified by the local
5967 legislative body.
5968 (e) The state court administrator shall provide staff to the commission. The Judicial
5969 Council shall establish rules and procedures for the conduct of the commission.
5970 (3) Judicial vacancies shall be advertised in a newspaper of general circulation, through
5971 the Utah State Bar, on the Utah Public Notice Website, created in Section 63F-1-701, and
5972 through other appropriate means.
5973 (4) Selection of candidates shall be based on compliance with the requirements for
5974 office and competence to serve as a judge.
5975 (5) Once selected, every prospective justice court judge shall attend an orientation
5976 seminar conducted under the direction of the Judicial Council. Upon completion of the
5977 orientation program, the Judicial Council shall certify the justice court judge as qualified to
5978 hold office.
5979 (6) The selection of a person to fill the office of justice court judge is effective upon
5980 certification of the judge by the Judicial Council. A justice court judge may not perform
5981 judicial duties until certified by the Judicial Council.