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Utah Code Title 17B. Limited Purpose Local Government Entities--Special Districts § 17B-1-212. Resolution indicating whether the requested service will be provided

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(1)(a) Within 60 days after the last hearing required under Section 17B-1-210 concerning a request, the legislative body of each county whose unincorporated area includes and the legislative body of each municipality whose boundaries include any part of the proposed special district shall adopt a resolution indicating whether the county or municipality will provide to the area of the proposed special district within its boundaries the service proposed to be provided by the proposed special district.

(b) If a county or municipality adopts a resolution indicating that the county or municipality will provide the service proposed to be provided by the proposed special district under Subsection (1)(a), the resolution shall include a reasonable timeline for the county or municipality to begin providing the service.

(2) If the legislative body of a county or municipality fails to adopt a resolution within the time provided under Subsection (1), the county or municipal legislative body shall be considered to have declined to provide the service requested and to have consented to the creation of the special district.

(3) If the county or municipality adopts a resolution under Subsection (1) indicating that it will provide the requested service but does not, within 120 days after the adoption of that resolution, take substantial measures to provide the requested service, the county or municipal legislative body shall be considered to have declined to provide the requested service.

(4) Each county or municipality that adopts a resolution under Subsection (1) indicating that it will provide the requested service:

(a) shall diligently proceed to take all measures necessary to provide the service; and

(b) if the county or municipality fails to timely provide the requested service, the county or municipality will be considered to have declined to provide the service and the creation of the special district may proceed accordingly.

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