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Terms Used In Utah Code 17-3-4

  • City: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section 10-3c-102. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • County legislative body: means :
         (8)(a) the county commission, in the county commission or expanded county commission form of government established under Title 17, Chapter 52a, Changing Forms of County Government;
         (8)(b) the county council, in the county executive-council optional form of government authorized by Section 17-52a-203; and
         (8)(c) the county council, in the council-manager optional form of government authorized by Section 17-52a-204. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Legislative: when used to describe the powers, duties, or functions of a county commission or council, refers to:
         (3)(a) the power and duty to enact ordinances, levy taxes, and establish budgets; and
         (3)(b) those powers, duties, and functions that, under constitutional and statutory provisions and through long usage and accepted practice and custom at the federal and state level, have come to be regarded as belonging to the legislative branch of government. See Utah Code 17-50-101
  • Town: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section 10-3c-102. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5

     Whenever a new county shall have been created under the provisions of this chapter, the county legislative body of the county from which territory has been taken to create such new county shall provide for an election to select a county seat therefor and to elect officers for the new county; provided, that whenever the petitions provided for in this chapter shall be presented to any county legislative body during a year when no general election is held they shall call a special election to select a county seat and county officers for such new county, such election to be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November following and to be conducted under the laws providing for general elections. The city or town receiving the largest number of votes therefor shall be the county seat of the new county.

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