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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(1)(a) The optional plan proponent described in Subsection 17-52a-404(1) shall ensure that each optional plan proposes changing the form of county government to:
(i) for a county of the first, second, third, or fourth class:
(A) the county commission form under Section 17-52a-201;
(B) the expanded county commission form under Section 17-52a-202;
(C) the county executive and council form under Section 17-52a-203; or
(D) the council-manager form under Section 17-52a-204; and
(ii) for a county of the fifth or sixth class:
(A) the county commission form under Section 17-52a-201; or
(B) the expanded county commission form under Section 17-52a-202.
(b) The optional plan proponent described in Subsection 17-52a-404(1) may not recommend an optional plan that:
(i) proposes changing the form of government to a form not authorized in Subsection (1)(a);
(ii) provides for the nonpartisan election of elected officers;
(iii) imposes a limit on the number of terms or years that an elected officer may serve;
(iv) provides for elected officers to be subject to a recall election; or
(v) provides, in a county with a population of 225,000 or more, for a full-time county commission in an expanded county commission form of government under Section 17-52a-202.
(2) A county that provides for the election of the county's elected officers through a partisan election may not change to a process that provides for the election of the county's elected officers through a nonpartisan election.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Utah Code Title 17. Counties § 17-52a-405. Plan may propose changing forms of county government--Partisan elections - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ut/title-17-counties/ut-code-sect-17-52a-405/
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