Title 17, Counties

17-70-301. County legislative body clerk -- District court clerk duties. (1) The county clerk is the clerk of the county legislative body. (2)(a) A county clerk shall: (i) act as clerk of the district court in secondary counties of the state district court administrative system a…

17-70-302. Duties. A county clerk shall: (1) record all proceedings of the county legislative body; (2) make full entries of all resolutions and decisions of the county legislative body on all questions concerning the county; (3) record the vote of each member of the county legis…

17-70-303. Report of election and appointment of county officers. Within 10 days after the day on which a county clerk issues a certificate of election or a certificate of appointment made to fill vacancies in elective county offices, the county clerk shall notify the lieutenant …

17-70-304. Conflict of interest disclosure statement for county and local school board office -- Required when filing for candidacy -- Public availability -- Enforcement. (1)(a) A county clerk shall, for each person seeking to become a candidate for a county office or local schoo…

17-70-401. Definitions. As used in this part: (1)(a) "Contribution" means any of the following when done for a political purpose: (i) a gift, subscription, donation, loan, advance, deposit of money, or anything of value given to the filing entity; (ii) an express, legally enforce…

17-70-402. Personal use expenditure -- Authorized and prohibited uses of campaign funds -- Enforcement -- Penalties. (1) A county office candidate, county officer, local school board candidate, or local school board member may not use money deposited into the separate bank accoun…

17-70-403. Campaign financial disclosure in county elections. (1) A county shall adopt an ordinance establishing campaign finance disclosure requirements for: (a) candidates for county office; and (b) candidates for local school board office who reside in that county. (2) The ord…

17-70-501. Definitions. As used in this part: (1)(a) "Appointed officer" means an individual appointed to: (i) a statutory office or position; or (ii) a position of employment with a county, except a special employee. (b) "Appointed officer" includes an individual serving on a sp…

17-70-502. Purposes. The purposes of this part are to: (1) establish standards of conduct for county officers and county employees; and (2) require county officers and county employees to disclose conflicts of interest between their public duties and their personal interests.

17-70-503. Prohibited use of official position -- Exception. (1) Except as provided in Subsection (3) or (5), it is an offense for an officer to: (a) disclose confidential information acquired by reason of the officer's official position; (b) use the information described in Subs…

17-70-504. Compensation for assistance in transaction involving county -- Public disclosure and filing required. (1) An officer may not receive or agree to receive compensation for assisting an individual or business entity in a transaction involving the county in which the offic…

17-70-505. Interest in business entity regulated by county -- Disclosure. (1) An officer under this part who is an officer, director, agent, or employee or the owner of a substantial interest in any business entity that is subject to the regulation of the county in which the offi…

17-70-506. Interest in business entity doing business with county -- Disclosure. (1) An officer under this part who is an officer, director, agent, or employee, or owner of a substantial interest in a business entity that does or anticipates doing business with the county in whic…

17-70-507. Investment creating conflict of interest with duties -- Disclosure. An officer who has a personal interest or investment that creates a potential or actual conflict between the officer's personal interests and the officer's public duties shall disclose the conflict in …

17-70-508. Rescission of prohibited transaction. If a transaction is entered into in connection with a violation of Section 17-70-505, the county may rescind or void a contract or subcontract entered into pursuant to that transaction without returning any part of the consideratio…

17-70-509. Annual conflict of interest disclosure -- 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 than January 31 of each year during which the elected officer holds county el…

17-70-510. Prohibitions -- Violations. (1) In addition to any penalty contained in any other provision of law, an individual who knowingly and intentionally violates this part: (a) is guilty of a class A misdemeanor; and (b) shall be dismissed from employment or removed from offi…

17-70-511. County ethics commission -- Complaints charging violations -- Procedure. (1) A county may establish by ordinance an ethics commission to review a complaint, except as provided in Subsection (3), against a county officer or county employee subject to this part for a vio…