Utah Code 17-16-3. Consolidation of offices
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(1) A county legislative body may, unless prohibited by Subsection (2), pass an ordinance that:
Terms Used In Utah Code 17-16-3
- County executive: means :(7)(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;(7)(b) the county executive, in the county executive-council optional form of government authorized by Section
17-52a-203 ; or(7)(c) the county manager, in the council-manager optional form of government authorized by Section17-52a-204 . 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 Section17-52a-203 ; and(8)(c) the county council, in the council-manager optional form of government authorized by Section17-52a-204 . See Utah Code 68-3-12.5- Executive: when used to describe the powers, duties, or functions of a person or body elected as the county executive or a person appointed as the county manager or administrative officer, refers to:
(2)(a) the power and duty to carry laws and ordinances into effect and secure their due observance; and(2)(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 executive branch of government. See Utah Code 17-50-101- 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(1)(a) consolidates county offices and establishes the duties of those consolidated offices;(1)(b) separates any previously consolidated offices and reconsolidates them; or(1)(c) separates any previously consolidated offices without reconsolidating them.(2) A county legislative body may not:(2)(a) consolidate the offices of county commissioner, county council member, or county treasurer with the office of county auditor;(2)(b) consolidate the office of county executive with the office of county auditor, unless a referendum approving that consolidation passes; or(2)(c) consolidate the offices of county commissioner, county council member, county executive, county assessor, or county auditor with the office of county treasurer.(3) Each county legislative body shall ensure that any ordinance consolidating or separating county offices:(3)(a) is enacted before the November 1 of the year before the year in which county officers are elected; and(3)(b) takes effect on the first Monday in January after the year in which county officers are elected.(4)(4)(a) Each county legislative body shall:(4)(a)(i) enact an ordinance by February 1, 2010, separating any county offices that are prohibited from consolidation by this section; and(4)(a)(ii) publish, by February 15, 2010, a notice once in a newspaper of general circulation in the county identifying the county offices that will be filled in the November 2010 election.(4)(b)(4)(b)(i) If a county legislative body has, by February 1, 2006, enacted an ordinance, in compliance with this Subsection (4) then in effect, separating county offices that are prohibited from consolidation by this section, the county legislative body may repeal that ordinance.(4)(b)(ii) If a county legislative body has published notice in a newspaper identifying the county offices that will be filled in the November 2006 election, and that notice, because of a repeal of an ordinance under Subsection (4)(b)(i), is incorrect, the county legislative body shall publish notice once in a newspaper of general circulation in the county indicating that the previous notice was incorrect and correctly identifying the county offices that will be filled in the November 2006 election. - County legislative body: means :