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Utah Code Title 63G. General Government § 63G-30-101. Definitions

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

As used in this chapter:

(1) “Affected area” means:

(a) the area that is designated in statute, county ordinance, or municipal ordinance as the area for which public notice must be provided;

(b) in relation to a statute, if no affected area is designated in the statute, the affected area is the state;

(c) in relation to a county ordinance, if no affected area is designated in the county ordinance, the affected area is the county; or

(d) in relation to a municipal ordinance, if no affected area is designated in the municipal ordinance, the affected area is the municipality.

(2) “Government official” means an individual elected or appointed to a state office, county office, municipal office, school board, school district office, special district office, or special service district office.

(3) “Notice summary statement” means a statement that includes the following in relation to a public notice:

(a) a title that accurately describes the purpose or subject of the public notice;

(b) the name of the public body, or the name and title of the government official, that provides the public notice;

(c) a statement that clearly describes the matter for which the public notice is given;

(d) a general description of the area to which the public notice relates;

(e) the dates and deadlines applicable to the matter for which the public notice is given; and

(f) information specifying where a person may obtain a copy of the complete public notice, including:

(i) the web address for the Utah Public Notice Website;

(ii) if the public body or government official maintains a public website, the web address where the public notice is located;

(iii) the address of a physical location where a copy of the public notice may be viewed or obtained; and

(iv) a telephone number that an individual may call to request a copy of the public notice.

(4) “Public body” means the same as that term is defined in Section 52-4-103.

(5) “Public location” means:

(a) a location that is open to the general public, regardless of whether the location is owned by a public entity, a private entity, or an individual; or

(b) a location that is not open to the general public, but where the notice is clearly visible to, and may easily be read by, an individual while the individual is present in a location described in Subsection (5)(a).

(6) “Public notice” means a notice that is required to be provided to the public by a public body or a government official.

(7) “Utah Public Notice Website” means the Utah Public Notice Website created in Section 63A-16-601.

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