Title 10, Title 10: Utah Municipal Code

10-3-1005. Organization of commission -- Secretary -- Offices. (1) The civil service commission shall organize by selecting one of its members chairman, and shall appoint as secretary one of the available officers or employees of the city, who shall act and serve without addition…

10-3-1006. Rules and regulations -- Printing and distribution. (1) The civil service commission shall make all necessary rules and regulations to carry out the purposes of this part and for examinations, appointments and promotions. (2) All rules and regulations shall be printed …

10-3-1007. Examinations. (1) All applicants for employment in the classified civil service shall be subject to examination, which shall be public, competitive and free. (2) Examinations shall be held at such times and places as the civil service commission shall from time to time…

10-3-1008. Appointments from civil service list -- Probation period. (1) In all cases the appointing power shall notify the civil service commission of each separate position to be filled, and shall fill such place by the appointment of one of the persons certified by the commiss…

10-3-1009. Certification of applicants for position -- Number -- Eligible lists, removal. (1) If a position in the classified civil service is to be filled, the civil service commission shall as soon as possible certify to the appointing power the names of: 10 persons, if the pos…

10-3-1010. Promotions -- Basis -- Certification of applicants. (1) The civil service commission shall provide for promotion in the classified civil service on the basis of ascertained merit, seniority in service and standing obtained by competitive examination, and shall provide,…

10-3-1011. Temporary employees. The head of each department, with the advice and consent of the board of city commissioners, may employ any person for temporary work only, without making the appointment from the certified list, but the appointment may not be longer than one month…

10-3-1012. Suspension or discharge by department head -- Appeal to commission -- Hearing and decision. (1) Subject to Subsection, all persons in the classified civil service may be suspended as provided in Section, or removed from office or employment by the head of the departmen…

10-3-1012.5. Appeal to Court of Appeals -- Scope of review. (1) Any final action or order of the commission may be appealed to the Court of Appeals for review. (2) The notice of appeal shall be filed within 30 days of the issuance of the final action or order of the commission. (…

10-3-1013. Annual and special reports by commission. The civil service commission shall in December of each year make an annual report to the board of city commissioners and shall make as many special reports as the board of city commissioners shall request.

10-3-1103. Sickness, disability, and death benefits. (1) As used in this section, "miscarriage" means the spontaneous or accidental loss of a fetus, regardless of the gestational age or the duration of the pregnancy. (2) The governing body of each municipality may maintain as to …

10-3-1104. Library personnel -- Monthly wage deductions and matching sums -- Time of inclusion. (1) The librarians, assistants and employees of any public library may, at the discretion of the board of directors of the library, be included within and participate in the pension, r…

10-3-1105. Municipal employees -- Duration and termination of employment -- Exceptions. (1) Except as provided in Subsectionor, each employee of a municipality shall hold employment without limitation of time, being subject to discharge, suspension of over two days without pay, o…

10-3-1106. Discharge, suspension without pay, or involuntary transfer -- Appeals -- Board -- Procedure. (1) An employee to which Sectionapplies may not be discharged, suspended without pay, or involuntarily transferred to a position with less remuneration: 10-3-1105 because of th…

10-3-1107. Cost of living adjustment -- Price index used. (1) The governing body of each municipality may, in their discretion, adopt a plan to allow any person who qualifies under this part to receive a cost of living adjustment in that person's monthly retirement allowance. The…

10-3-1108. Political activity of municipal officer or employee. (1) For purposes of this section, "hours of employment" means occurring at a time when an officer or employee is acting within the course and scope of employment, but excludes a lunch break afforded to the officer or…

10-3-1109. Compliance with Labor Code requirements. Each municipality shall comply with the requirements of Section.

10-3-1109.5. Overtime for law enforcement personnel. (1) As used in this section: "Nonexempt employee" means a municipal employee who is nonexempt under the requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1978, 29 U.S.C. Sec. 201 et seq. "Overtime" means hours worked in excess of…

10-3-1110. Exemption from state licensure by Division of Real Estate. In accordance with Section, an employee of a municipality is exempt from licensure under: (1) when engaging in an act on behalf of the municipality in accordance with: this title; or; and Title 11, Cities, Coun…

10-3-1111. Municipality required to provide leave to a legislator on an authorized legislative day. (1) As used in this section: "Authorized legislative day" means: the day on which the Legislature convenes in annual general session, and each day after that day, until midnight of…

10-3-1301. Short title. This part is known as the "Municipal Officers' and Employees' Ethics Act."

10-3-1302. Purpose. The purposes of this part are to establish standards of conduct for municipal officers and employees and to require these persons to disclose actual or potential conflicts of interest between their public duties and their personal interests.

10-3-1303. Definitions. As used in this part: (1) "Appointed officer" means an individual appointed to: a statutory office or position; or a position of employment with a city or with a community reinvestment agency under Title 17C, Limited Purpose Local Government Entities - Com…

10-3-1303.5. Statutory construction. The definition of appointed officer in Sectiondoes not have the effect of making an appointed individual or employee an officer of the municipality.

10-3-1304. Use of office for personal benefit prohibited. (1) As used in this section, "economic benefit tantamount to a gift" includes: a loan at an interest rate that is substantially lower than the commercial rate then currently prevalent for similar loans; or compensation rec…

10-3-1305. Compensation for assistance in transaction involving municipality -- Public disclosure and filing required. (1) As used in this section, "municipal body" means any public board, commission, committee, or other public group organized to make public policy decisions or t…

10-3-1306. Interest in business entity regulated by municipality -- Disclosure statement required. (1) An officer under this part, or a municipal employee, who is an officer, director, agent, or employee or the owner of a substantial interest in a business entity that is subject …

10-3-1307. Interest in business entity doing business with municipality -- Disclosure. (1) An officer under this part, or municipal employee, who is an officer, director, agent, employee, or owner of a substantial interest in a business entity that does or anticipates doing busin…

10-3-1308. Investment creating conflict of interest with duties -- Disclosure. An officer or municipal employee who has a personal interest or investment that creates a conflict between the officer's or municipal employee's personal interests and the officer's or municipal employ…

10-3-1309. Inducing officer or employee to violate part prohibited. It is a class A misdemeanor for any person to induce or seek to induce an officer or a municipal employee to violate any of the provisions of this part.

10-3-1310. Penalties for violation -- Dismissal from employment or removal from office. In addition to any penalty contained in any other provision of law, any person who knowingly and intentionally violates this part, with the exception of Sections,,, and, shall be dismissed fro…

10-3-1311. Municipal ethics commission -- Complaints charging violations. (1) A municipality may establish by ordinance an ethics commission to review a complaint against an officer or a municipal employee subject to this part for a violation of a provision of this part. (2) A pe…

10-3-1312. Violation of disclosure requirements -- Penalties -- Rescission of prohibited transaction. If a transaction is entered into in connection with a violation of Section,,, or, the municipality: (1) shall dismiss or remove the officer or municipal employee who knowingly an…

10-3-1313. Annual conflict of interest disclosure -- City recorder or town clerk -- Posting of written disclosure statement -- Penalties. (1) In addition to any other disclosure obligation described in this part, an elected officer shall, no sooner than January 1 and no later tha…

10-3-201. Municipal general election -- Terms of office. (1) Consistent with Section, on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November in odd-numbered years, a municipal general election shall be held in all municipalities to fill all elective offices vacated by 12 o'clock noon …

10-3-202. Terms of elected municipal officers. Each elected officer of a municipality shall hold office for the term for which the officer is elected and until the officer's successor is chosen and qualified, unless the office becomes vacant under Section.

10-3-205. Election of officers in municipalities operating under a city council form of government. Each municipality operating under a five-member or six-member city council form of government shall hold municipal elections to fill, for a term of four years, the following office…

10-3-205.5. At-large election of officers -- Election of commissioners or council members. (1) Except as provided in Subsection (2), (3), or (4), the officers of each city shall be elected in an at-large election held at the time and in the manner provided for electing municipal …

10-3-208. Campaign finance disclosure in municipal election. (1) Unless a municipality adopts by ordinance more stringent definitions, the following are defined terms for purposes of this section: "Agent of a candidate" means: a person acting on behalf of a candidate at the direc…

10-3-209. Personal use expenditure -- Authorized and prohibited uses of campaign funds -- Enforcement -- Penalties. (1) Unless a municipality adopts by ordinance more stringent definitions, the following are defined terms for the purposes of this section: "Candidate" means an ind…

10-3-209.1. Municipal office candidate -- Year-end summary report -- Penalty. (1) The definitions in Sectionsandapply to this section. 10-3-208 10-3-209 (2) A candidate who is required to file a campaign finance statement under Sectionshall file a year-end summary report with the…

10-3-209.3. Municipal office candidate -- Final summary report -- Termination of duty to report. (1) The definitions in Sectionsandapply to this section. 10-3-208 10-3-209 (2) A candidate is subject to the year-end summary reporting requirements described in Sectionuntil the cand…

10-3-301. Notice of offices to be filled and declaration of candidacy period -- Eligibility and residency requirements for elected municipal office -- Mayor and recorder limitations. (1) As used in this section: "Absent" means that an elected municipal officer fails to perform of…

10-3-301.5. Conflict of interest disclosure statement for municipal office -- Required when filing for candidacy -- Public availability -- Enforcement. (1) A city recorder or town clerk shall, for each person seeking to become a candidate for a municipal office that is to be fill…

10-3-302. Mayoral or council vacancy of a municipality. Mayoral or council vacancies shall be filled as provided in Section.

10-3-502. Regular and special council meetings. (1) The council of each municipality shall: by ordinance prescribe the time and place for holding its regular meeting, subject to Subsection; and (1)(b) hold a regular meeting at least once each month. (2) The mayor of a municipalit…