Title 63A, Title 63A: Utah Government Operations Code

63A-16-302.1. Reporting on consolidation of certain information technology services. (1) The division shall, in collaboration with the Cybersecurity Commission created in Section, identify opportunities, limitations, and barriers to enhancing the overall cybersecurity resilience …

63A-16-501. Definitions. As used in this part: (1) "Center" means the Utah Geospatial Resource Center created in Section. 63A-16-505 (2) "Database" means the State Geographic Information Database created in Section. 63A-16-506 (3) "Geographic Information System" or "GIS" means a …

63A-16-504. Information technology plan. (1) In accordance with this section, the division shall submit an information technology plan to the chief information officer. (2) The information technology plan submitted by the division under this section shall include: the information…

63A-16-505. Utah Geospatial Resource Center. (1) There is created the Utah Geospatial Resource Center as part of the division. (2) The center shall: provide geographic information system services to state agencies under rules made under Sectionand policies established by the offi…

63A-16-506. State Geographic Information Database. (1) There is created a State Geographic Information Database to be managed by the center. (2) The database shall: serve as the central reference for all information contained in any GIS database by any state agency; serve as a cl…

63A-16-508. Statewide Global Positioning Reference Network created -- Rulemaking authority. (1) There is created the Statewide Global Positioning Reference Network to improve the quality of geographic information system data and the productivity, efficiency, and cost-effectivenes…

63A-16-509. Monument Replacement and Restoration Committee. (1) As used in this section: "Committee" means the Monument Replacement and Restoration Committee created in this section. "Corner" means the same as that term is defined in Section. 17-73-101 "Monument" means the same a…

63A-16-601. Utah Public Notice Website -- Establishment and administration. (1) As used in this part: "Executive board" means the same as that term is defined in Section. 67-1-2.5 "Public body" means the same as that term is defined in Section. 52-4-103 "Public information" means…

63A-16-602. Notice and training by the Division of Archives and Records Service. (1) The Division of Archives and Records Service shall provide notice of the provisions and requirements of this chapter to all public bodies that are subject to the provision of Subsection. 52-4-202…

63A-16-801. Definitions. As used in this part: (1) "Business data" means data collected by the state about a person doing business in the state. (2) "Single sign-on business portal" means the web portal described in Section. 63A-16-802 (3) "Single sign-on citizen portal" means th…

63A-16-802. Single sign-on business portal -- Creation. (1) The division shall, in consultation with the entities described in Subsection, design and create a single sign-on business portal that is: (4) a web portal through which a person may access data described in Subsection, …

63A-16-803. Single sign-on citizen portal -- Creation. (1) The division shall, in consultation with the entities described in Subsection, design and create a single sign-on citizen portal that is: (4) a web portal through which an individual may access information and services de…

63A-16-804. Report. (1) The division shall report to the Government Operations Interim Committee before November 30 of each year regarding: the progress the division has made in developing the single sign-on business portal and the single sign-on citizen portal and, once that dev…

63A-16-901. Definitions. As used in this part: (1) "Executive branch agency" means a department, division, or other agency within the executive branch of state government. (2) "Governor's budget office" means the Governor's Office of Planning and Budget, created in Section. 63J-4…

63A-16-902. Submitting a technology proposal -- Review process. (1) Multiple executive branch agencies may jointly submit to the chief information officer a technology proposal, on a form or in a format specified by the division. (2) The chief information officer shall transmit t…

63A-16-903. Chief information officer review and approval of technology proposals. (1) The chief information officer shall review and evaluate each technology proposal that the review board transmits to the chief information officer. (2) The chief information officer may approve …

63A-17-1001. Controlled substances and alcohol use prohibited. Except as provided in, an employee may not: (1) manufacture, dispense, possess, use, distribute, or be under the influence of a controlled substance or alcohol during work hours or on state property except where legal…

63A-17-1002. Rulemaking power to director. In accordance with this part and, the director shall make rules regulating: (1) disciplinary actions for employees subject to discipline under Section; 63A-17-1005 (2) the testing of employees for the use of controlled substances or alco…

63A-17-1003. Reporting of convictions under federal and state drug laws. (1) An employee who is convicted under a federal or state criminal statute regulating the manufacture, distribution, dispensation, possession, or use of a controlled substance shall report the conviction to …

63A-17-1004. Drug testing of state employees. (1) Except as provided in Subsection, when there is reasonable suspicion that an employee is using a controlled substance or alcohol unlawfully during work hours, an employee may be required to submit to medically accepted testing pro…

63A-17-1005. Discipline of employees. An employee shall be subject to the rules of discipline of the director made in accordance with Section, if the employee: (1) refuses to submit to testing procedures provided in Section; 63A-17-1004 (2) refuses to complete a drug rehabilitati…

63A-17-1006. Violations and penalties. In addition to other criminal penalties provided by law, an employee who: (1) fails to notify the employee's director under Sectionis subject to disciplinary proceedings as established by the director by rule in accordance with Section; 63A-…

63A-17-1007. Exemptions. Peace officers, as defined under, acting in their official capacity as peace officers in undercover roles and assignments, are exempt from the provisions of this act.

63A-17-101. Title. This chapter is known as the "Utah State Personnel Management Act."

63A-17-102. Definitions. As used in this chapter: (1) "Agency" means any department or unit of Utah state government with authority to employ personnel. (2) "Career service" means positions under schedule B as defined in Section. 63A-17-301 (3) "Career service employee" means an …

63A-17-103. Principles guiding interpretation of chapter and adoption of rules -- Merit principles. (1) The division shall establish a career service system designed in a manner that will provide for the effective implementation of the following merit principles: recruiting, sele…

63A-17-104. Discriminatory or prohibited employment practices. The state, the state's officers, and employees shall be governed by the provisions of Sectionof the Utah Antidiscrimination Act concerning discriminatory or prohibited employment practices.

63A-17-105. Division of Human Resource Management created -- Director -- Chief Human Resources Officer -- Staff. (1) There is created within the department, the Division of Human Resource Management. (2) The division shall be administered by a director appointed by the executive …

63A-17-106. Responsibilities of the director. (1) As used in this section, "miscarriage" means the spontaneous or accidental loss of a fetus, regardless of gestational age or the duration of the pregnancy. (2) The director shall have full responsibility and accountability for the…

63A-17-107. Services and fees -- Submission to rate committee. The director shall, before charging a rate for services provided by the division's internal service fund to an executive branch agency: (1) submit the proposed rates and cost analysis to the rate committee established…

63A-17-108. Severability of provisions -- Compliance with requirements for federally aided programs. (1) If any provision of this chapter or of any regulation or order issued thereunder or the application of any provision of this chapter to any person or circumstance is held inva…

63A-17-109. Study of wildland fire related pay plans. By no later than June 30, 2021, the division shall complete a comprehensive comparison of federal, state, and municipal wildland fire agencies or departments to recommend whether salary ranges should be adjusted for state empl…

63A-17-110. State pay plans for DNR law enforcement officers and wildland firefighters. (1) As used in this section: "Division of Forestry, Fire, and State Lands" means the division created in Sectionwithin the Department of Natural Resources. 65A-1-4 "Division of Law Enforcement…

63A-17-112. Pay for performance management system -- Employees paid for performance. (1) As used in this section: "Agency" means, except as provided in Subsection (1)(a)(iii), the same as that term is defined in Section. 63A-17-102 "Agency" includes an independent entity that has…

63A-17-201. Division field offices. (1) The director may establish a field office in an agency. (2) The director may assign an employee of the division to act as field office staff. (3) The director and agency head shall sign an agreement, to be reviewed annually, that specifies:…

63A-17-202. Use of facilities -- Field office facilities cost allocation. (1) An agency or a political subdivision of the state shall allow the division to use public buildings under the agency's or the political subdivision's control, and furnish heat, light, and furniture, for …

63A-17-301. Career service -- Exempt positions -- Schedules for civil service positions -- Coverage of career service provisions. (1) Except as provided in Subsection, the following positions are exempt from the career service provisions of this chapter and are designated under t…

63A-17-302. Implementation of exempt status for Schedule AD and AR employees. (1) As used in this section, "appointee" means: a deputy director; a division director; any assistant directors and administrative assistants who report directly to a department head, deputy director, o…

63A-17-304. Promotion -- Reclassification -- Market adjustment. (1) If an employee is promoted or the employee's position is reclassified to a higher salary range maximum, the agency shall place the employee's salary within the new range of the position. An agency may not set an …

63A-17-305. Appointments to Schedule B positions -- Examinations -- Hiring lists -- Probationary service -- Dismissal. (1) Each appointment to a position under Schedule B shall be made from hiring lists of applicants who have been selected by competitive procedures as defined by …

63A-17-306. Dismissals and demotions -- Grounds -- Disciplinary action -- Procedure -- Reductions in force. (1) A career service employee may be dismissed or demoted: to advance the good of the public service; or for just cause, including inefficiency, incompetency, failure to ma…

63A-17-307. State pay plans -- Applicability of section -- Exemptions -- Duties of director. (1) This section, and the rules made by the division under this section, apply to each career and noncareer employee not specifically exempted under Subsection. (2) If not exempted under …

63A-17-308. Transferred employee from Department of Workforce Services to the Governor's Office of Economic Development. (1) An employee who is employed with the Housing and Community Development Division within the Department of Workforce Services, and who transfers to the Divis…

63A-17-401. Examination of payrolls and certification of employee eligibility by the director. (1) The director may examine payrolls at any time to determine conformity with this chapter and administrative rules. (2) No new employee shall be hired in a position covered by this ch…

63A-17-402. Division provides payroll services to executive branch agencies -- Report. (1) As used in this section: "Executive branch entity" means a department, division, agency, board, or office within the executive branch of state government that employs a person who is paid t…

63A-17-403. Employee cost disclosure. The Division of Finance shall, at least annually, plainly disclose to all state employees the costs of compensation and benefits that are paid by the state in dollar figures.