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

63A-17-505. Sick leave -- Definitions -- Unused sick days retirement programs -- Rulemaking. (1) In accordance with, the director shall make rules: Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act for the procedures to implement the provisions of this section through Sect…

63A-17-506. Converted sick leave. Converted sick leave hours that are not used prior to an employee's retirement date shall be used under the: (1) Unused Sick Leave Retirement Option Program I under Sectionif earned prior to January 1, 2006, unless the transfer is made under Subs…

63A-17-507. Unused Sick Leave Retirement Option Program I -- Creation -- Payout upon eligibility for allowance -- Continuing medical and life insurance benefits after retirement. (1) There is created the "Unused Sick Leave Retirement Option Program I." An agency may offer the Unu…

63A-17-508. Unused Sick Leave Retirement Program II -- Creation -- Remuneration upon eligibility for allowance -- Medical expense account after retirement. (1) There is created the "Unused Sick Leave Retirement Program II." An agency shall offer the Unused Sick Leave Retirement O…

63A-17-509. Organ donor leave. (1) An employee who serves as a bone marrow donor shall be granted a paid leave of absence of up to seven days that are necessary for the donation and recovery from the donation. (2) An employee who serves as a donor of a human organ shall be grante…

63A-17-510. Annual leave -- Definitions -- Previously accrued hours -- Recognition of liability. (1) As used in this section: "Annual leave II" means leave hours an employing agency provides to an employee, beginning on the change date established in Subsection, as time off from …

63A-17-511. Parental leave -- Postpartum recovery leave -- Adoption leave -- Foster leave. (1) As used in this section: "Adoption leave" means leave hours a state employer provides to an adoption leave eligible employee. "Adoption leave eligible employee" means an employee of a s…

63A-17-511.5. Safe leave. (1) As used in this section: "Child" means an individual younger than 18 years old. "Immediate family" means a qualified employee's: parent, spouse, child, or sibling; or an individual that the qualified employee claims as a dependent for state or federa…

63A-17-512. Leave of absence with pay for employees with a disability who are covered under other civil service systems. (1) As used in this section: "Eligible officer" means a person who qualifies for a benefit under this section. "Law enforcement officer" means a sworn and cert…

63A-17-513. State employer 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…

63A-17-514. One time leave program election. (1) As used in this section: "Active member" means the same as that term is defined in Section. 49-11-102 "Change date" means the same as that term is defined in Section. 63A-17-515 "Current employee" means an agency employee who is em…

63A-17-515. Paid time off. (1) As used in this section: "Annual leave II" means the same as that term is defined in Section. 63A-17-510 "Change date" means the date established by the Division of Finance under Subsection. (2) "Paid time off" means leave hours an agency provides t…

63A-17-516. Agency leave bank program. (1) Each agency shall establish and administer a leave bank program. (2) Each agency shall ensure that the agency's leave bank program established in accordance with this section: allows an employee to voluntarily donate the employee's paid …

63A-17-601. Grievance resolution -- Jurisdiction. (1) Employees shall comply with the procedural and jurisdictional requirements of this section,, and, in seeking resolution of grievances. Title 63G, Chapter 4, Administrative Procedures Act Chapter 19a, Grievance Procedures (2) A…

63A-17-602. Position classification grievances -- Scope -- Procedure. (1) For the purpose of position classification grievances, the process that culminates in assigning a career service position to an appropriate class specification is a matter of position classification and may…

63A-17-603. Discriminatory/prohibited employment practices grievances -- Procedures. (1) An applicant for a position in state government, a probationary employee, career service employee, or an exempt employee who alleges a discriminatory or prohibited employment practice as defi…

63A-17-701. Definitions. In addition to the definitions found in Section, as used in this part: (1) "Administrative law judge" means an individual who is employed or contracted by a state agency who: presides over or conducts formal administrative hearings on behalf of an agency;…

63A-17-702. Administrative law judges -- Applicability -- Destruction of evidence. (1) Except as provided in Subsectionsand, the provisions of this part apply to an administrative law judge who conducts formal adjudicative proceedings. (1)(b) (2) Except as provided in Subsection,…

63A-17-703. Rulemaking authority. The division shall make rules, in accordance with: (1) establishing minimum performance standards for all administrative law judges; (2) providing procedures for filing, addressing, and reviewing complaints against administrative law judges; (3) …

63A-17-704. Hiring of administrative law judges. (1) Except as provided in Subsection, each administrative law judge hired on or after May 10, 2016, shall be hired in accordance with this section. (6) (2) If an applicant for an administrative law judge position is selected for an…

63A-17-705. Performance evaluation of administrative law judges. (1) The division shall prepare a performance evaluation for each administrative law judge contracted or employed by a state agency. (2) The performance evaluation for an administrative law judge shall include: the r…

63A-17-706. Performance surveys. (1) All administrative law judges shall be on a four-year staggered cycle for performance evaluations. (2) The performance survey shall include as respondents a sample of each of the following groups as applicable: attorneys who have appeared befo…

63A-17-707. Complaints. (1) A complaint against an administrative law judge shall be filed with the division. (2) Upon receipt of a complaint, the division shall conduct an investigation. (3) If the division's investigation determines that the complaint is frivolous or without me…

63A-17-708. Administrative Law Judge Conduct Committee. (1) There is created the Administrative Law Judge Conduct Committee to investigate, review, and hear complaints filed against administrative law judges. (2) The committee shall be composed of: the director, or the director's…

63A-17-709. Procedure for review of complaint by conduct committee. (1) Upon a determination that a complaint requires further action, the director shall select four executive directors or their designees and convene the committee. The executive director of the agency that employ…

63A-17-710. Required training. (1) Each year that an administrative law judge receives a performance evaluation conducted by the division under this chapter, the administrative law judge shall complete the procedural fairness training program described in this section. (2) The di…

63A-17-801. Equal employment opportunity plan. (1) In conjunction with the director's duties under Section, and notwithstanding the general prohibition in Subsection, the director shall prepare an equal employment opportunity plan for state employment consistent with the guidelin…

63A-17-802. Education benefit plan for law enforcement and correctional officers. (1) As used in this section: "Law enforcement officer" means the same as that term is defined in Section. 53-13-103 "Correctional officer" means the same as that term is defined in Section. 53-13-10…

63A-17-803. Creation of Flexible Benefit Program -- Rulemaking power granted to establish program. (1) The division shall establish for calendar year 1990 and thereafter a Flexible Benefit Program under Section 125 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. (2) The division shall esta…

63A-17-804. Continuation of Insurance Benefits Program -- Creation -- Coverage following death in the line of duty. (1) There is created the "Continuation of Insurance Benefits Program" to provide a continuation of insurance to the surviving spouse and family of any state employe…

63A-17-805. State employee matching supplemental defined contribution benefit. (1) As used in this section: "Active member" means the same as that term is defined in Section. 49-11-102 "Change date" means the same as that term is defined in Section 63A-17-515. "Legacy employee" m…

63A-17-807. Department award program. (1) As used in this section: "Department" means the Department of Government Operations, the Department of Agriculture and Food, the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Services, the Department of Commerce, the Department of Cultural and Communi…

63A-17-808. On-site child care for state employees. (1) As used in this section: "Child care" means the same as that term is defined in Section. 35A-3-201 "Licensed child care provider" means a person who holds a license from the Department of Health and Human Services to provide…

63A-17-809. Guidance and data collection regarding employment of individuals with criminal histories. The division shall: (1) provide information and guidance to agencies encouraging the hiring of individuals with criminal histories, including: skills developed during incarcerati…

63A-17-904. Political activity of employees -- Rules and regulations -- Highway patrol -- Hatch Act. (1) Except as otherwise provided by law or by rules made under this section for federally aided programs, the provisions of this section apply with regard to political activity of…

63A-19-101. Definitions. As used in this chapter: (1) "Anonymized data" means information that has been irreversibly modified so that there is no possibility of using the information, alone or in combination with other information, to identify an individual. (2) "At-risk governme…

63A-19-102. State data privacy policy. It is the policy of Utah that: (1) an individual has a fundamental interest in and inherent expectation of privacy regarding the individual's personal data that the individual provides to a governmental entity; (2) a governmental entity shal…

63A-19-201. Utah Privacy Governing Board. (1) There is created the Utah Privacy Governing Board. (2) The governing board shall be composed of five members as follows: the governor, or the governor's designee; the president of the Senate, or the president's designee; the speaker o…

63A-19-202. Governing board duties. (1) The governing board shall: recommend changes to the state data privacy policy; hear issues raised by the ombudsperson regarding existing governmental entity privacy practices; evaluate and recommend the appropriate: structure and placement …

63A-19-203. Utah Privacy Commission created. (1) There is created the Utah Privacy Commission. (2) The commission shall be composed of no more than 14 members. The governor shall appoint: one member who, at the time of appointment provides internet technology services for a count…

63A-19-204. Commission duties. (1) The commission shall: annually develop, approve, and make public by May 1 of each year a data privacy agenda that identifies for the upcoming year: governmental entity privacy practices to be reviewed by the commission; educational and training …

63A-19-301. Utah Office of Data Privacy. (1) There is created within the department the Utah Office of Data Privacy. (2) The office shall coordinate with the governing board and the commission to perform the duties in this section. (3) The office shall: create and maintain a data…

63A-19-302. Chief privacy officer -- Appointment -- Powers -- Reporting. (1) The governor shall, with the advice and consent of the Senate, appoint a chief privacy officer. (2) The chief privacy officer is the director of the office. (3) The chief privacy officer: shall exercise …

63A-19-401. Duties of governmental entities. (1) Except as provided in Subsectionsand, a governmental entity shall comply with the requirements of this part. (1)(b) (c) If a more specific or more restrictive law governs the treatment of a type of personal data, the more specific …

63A-19-401.1. Privacy annotations. (1) Beginning July 1, 2027, a state agency shall make a complete and accurate privacy annotation for each record series containing personal data that the state agency collects, maintains, or uses. After July 1, 2027, a state agency that has not …

63A-19-401.2. Training requirements. (1) An employee of a governmental entity shall complete data privacy training that includes instruction on: data privacy best practices, obligations, and responsibilities; the relationship between privacy, records management, and security; the…