Title 63G, Title 63G: General Government

63G-1-201. Official state language. English is declared to be the official language of Utah.

63G-1-301. Legal holidays -- Personal preference day -- Governor authorized to declare additional legal holidays. (1) The following days are legal holidays in Utah: except as provided in Subsection (2): January 1, New Year's Day; June 19, Juneteenth National Freedom Day; July 4, …

63G-1-301. Legal holidays -- Personal preference day -- Governor authorized to declare additional legal holidays. (1) The following days are legal holidays in Utah: except as provided in Subsectionor: (2)(a) (b) January 1, New Year's Day; July 4, Independence Day; July 24, Pionee…

63G-1-401. Commemorative periods. (1) As used in this section, "commemorative period" means a special observance declared by the governor that annually recognizes and honors a culturally or historically significant day, week, month, or other time period in the state. (2) The gove…

63G-1-501. State flag -- Description -- Image -- Display. (1) The state flag of Utah shall be a rectangle that has a width to length ratio of three to five and contain the following: two irregular, horizontal lines dividing the flag into three separate segments, of which: the top…

63G-1-503. Historic state flag -- Description -- Image -- Display. (1) The historic state flag shall be a flag of blue field, with the following device worked in natural colors on the center of the blue field: in the center a shield; above the shield and thereon an American eagle…

63G-1-601. State symbols. (1) Utah's state animal is the elk. (2) Utah's state bird is the sea gull. (3) Utah's state bird of prey is the golden eagle. (4) Utah's state centennial astronomical symbol is the Beehive Cluster located in the constellation of Cancer the Crab. (5) Utah…

63G-1-701. Title. This part is known as "Display of Flags by a Government Entity."

63G-1-702. Definitions. As used in this part: (1) "Capitol hill complex" means capitol hill, as defined in Section. 63O-1-101 (2) "Flag" means a depiction or emblem made from fabric or cloth. "Flag" does not include a depiction or emblem made from: lights; paint; roofing; siding;…

63G-1-703. Display of POW/MIA flag. (1) In any place at the capitol hill complex, with the exception of the Utah Law Enforcement Memorial, where the United States flag is displayed out of doors, the entity responsible for the display of the United States flag shall display the PO…

63G-1-704. Display of flags on government property -- Indemnification -- Severability. (1) As used in this section: "Display" means, in regards to a flag, to place a flag in a prominent location on government property where the flag is easily visible. "Flag" means a usually recta…

63G-1-901. Year-round daylight saving time. (1) As used in this section: "Mountain daylight time" means the period during a year when mountain standard time is advanced one hour in accordance with 15 U.S.C. Sec. 260a. "Mountain standard time" means the observed time assigned to t…

63G-2-103. Definitions. As used in this chapter: (1) "Audit" means: a systematic examination of financial, management, program, and related records for the purpose of determining the fair presentation of financial statements, adequacy of internal controls, or compliance with laws…

63G-2-104. Administrative Procedures Act not applicable. , does not apply to this chapter except as provided in Section.

63G-2-105. Confidentiality agreements. If a governmental entity or political subdivision receives a request for a record that is subject to a confidentiality agreement executed before April 1, 1992, the law in effect at the time the agreement was executed, including late judicial…

63G-2-106. Records of security measures. (1) The records of a governmental entity or political subdivision regarding security measures designed for the protection of persons or property, public or private, are not subject to this chapter. (2) The records described in Subsectionin…

63G-2-107. Disclosure of records subject to federal law or other provisions of state law. (1) The disclosure of a record to which access is governed or limited pursuant to court rule, another state statute, federal statute, or federal regulation, including a record for which acce…

63G-2-108. Certification of records officer. Each records officer of a governmental entity or political subdivision shall, on an annual basis, successfully complete online training and obtain certification from state archives in accordance with Section.

63G-2-201. Provisions relating to records -- Public records -- Private, controlled, protected, and other restricted records -- Disclosure and nondisclosure of records -- Certified copy of record -- Limits on obligation to respond to record request. (1) Except as provided in Subse…

63G-2-202. Access to private, controlled, and protected documents. (1) Except as provided in Subsection, a governmental entity: (11)(a) shall, upon request, disclose a private record to: the subject of the record; the parent or legal guardian of an unemancipated minor who is the …

63G-2-203. Fees. (1) Subject to Subsection, a governmental entity may charge a reasonable fee to cover the governmental entity's actual cost of providing a record. (5) A fee under Subsectionshall be approved by the governmental entity's executive officer. (1)(a) (2) When a govern…

63G-2-204. Record request -- Response -- Time for responding. (1) A person making a request for a record shall submit to the governmental entity that retains the record a written request containing: the person's: name; mailing address; email address, if the person has an email ad…

63G-2-205. Denials. (1) If the governmental entity denies the request in whole or part, it shall provide a notice of denial to the requester either in person or by sending the notice to the requester's address. (2) The notice of denial shall contain the following information: a d…

63G-2-206. Sharing records. (1) A governmental entity may provide a record that is private, controlled, or protected to another governmental entity, a government-managed corporation, a political subdivision, the federal government, or another state if the requesting entity: serve…

63G-2-207. Subpoenas -- Court ordered disclosure for discovery. (1) Subpoenas and other methods of discovery under the state or federal statutes or rules of civil, criminal, administrative, or legislative procedure are not written requests under Section. 63G-2-204 (2) Except as o…

63G-2-208. Public repository of legislative email. (1) As used in this section, "repository" means the repository of email described in Subsection. (2) (2) On or before January 1, 2014, the Legislature shall post on its website a publicly accessible repository containing email th…

63G-2-209. Vexatious requester. (1) As used in this section: "Director" means the director of the Government Records Office, created in Section. 63A-12-202 "Respondent" means a person that a governmental entity claims is a vexatious requester under this section. (2) A governmenta…

63G-2-210. Access to and use of voter or election information by a government officer. (1) As used in this section, "government officer" means: an elected official; or an officer, employee, volunteer, or agent of a governmental entity. (2) A government officer may not: disclose, …

63G-2-301. Public records. (1) As used in this section: "Business address" means a single address of a governmental agency designated for the public to contact an employee or officer of the governmental agency. "Business email address" means a single email address of a government…

63G-2-302. Private records. (1) The following records are private: records concerning an individual's eligibility for unemployment insurance benefits, social services, welfare benefits, or the determination of benefit levels; records containing data on individuals describing medi…

63G-2-302. Private records. (1) The following records are private: records concerning an individual's eligibility for unemployment insurance benefits, social services, welfare benefits, or the determination of benefit levels; records containing data on individuals describing medi…

63G-2-304. Controlled records. A record is controlled if: (1) the record contains medical, psychiatric, or psychological data about an individual; (2) the governmental entity reasonably believes that: releasing the information in the record to the subject of the record would be d…

63G-2-305. Protected records. The following records are protected if properly classified by a governmental entity: (1) trade secrets as defined in Sectionif the person submitting the trade secret provides the governmental entity with the information specified in Section; 13-24-2 …

63G-2-305.5. Viewing or obtaining lists of signatures. (1) The records custodian of a signature described in Subsectionshall, upon request, except for a name or signature classified as private under Title 20A, Chapter 2, Voter Registration: 63G-2-305(74) provide a list of the nam…

63G-2-306. Procedure to determine classification. (1) If more than one provision of this chapter could govern the classification of a record, the governmental entity shall classify the record by considering the nature of the interests intended to be protected and the specificity …

63G-2-307. Duty to evaluate records and make designations, classifications, and annotations. (1) A governmental entity shall, for each record series that the governmental entity keeps, uses, or creates: evaluate all record series; designate each record series as provided by this …

63G-2-308. Allowing or denying access based on status of information in a record. Notwithstanding any other provision in this chapter, if a governmental entity receives a request for access to a record that contains both information that the requester is entitled to inspect and i…

63G-2-309. Confidentiality claims. (1) Any person who provides to a governmental entity a record that the person believes should be protected under Subsectionoror both Subsectionsandshall provide with the record, or within a reasonable amount of time after providing the record: 6…

63G-2-310. Records made public after 75 years. (1) The classification of a record is not permanent and a record that was not classified public under this act shall become a public record when the justification for the original or any subsequent restrictive classification no longe…

63G-2-400.5. Definitions. As used in this part: (1) "Access denial" means a governmental entity's denial, under Subsectionor Section, in whole or in part, of a record request. 63G-2-204(9) 63G-2-205 (2) "Appellate affirmation" means a decision of a chief administrative officer, a…

63G-2-401. Appeal to chief administrative officer -- Notice of the decision of the appeal. (1) A requester or interested party may appeal an access denial or the denial of a fee waiver under Subsectionto the chief administrative officer of the governmental entity by filing a noti…

63G-2-402. Appealing a decision of a chief administrative officer. (1) If the decision of the chief administrative officer of a governmental entity under Sectionis to affirm the denial of a record request or to affirm the denial of a fee waiver, the requester may: 63G-2-401 appea…

63G-2-403. Appeals to the director of the Government Records Office. (1) A records appellant appeals to the director by filing a notice of appeal with the director no later than 30 days after the day on which the decision being appealed is issued. Notwithstanding Subsection, a re…

63G-2-404. Judicial review. (1) A petition for judicial review of an order or decision, as allowed under this part, in Section, or in Subsection, shall be filed no later than 30 days after the date of the order or decision, subject to Subsection (1)(b). 63G-2-209 63G-2-701(6)(a)(…

63G-2-405. Confidential treatment of records for which no exemption applies. (1) A court may, on appeal or in a declaratory or other action, order the confidential treatment of records for which no exemption from disclosure applies if: there are compelling interests favoring rest…

63G-2-406. Evidentiary standards for release of certain enforcement and litigation records. (1) A record that is classified as protected under Subsection,,,,, ormay be ordered to be disclosed under the provisions of Subsection,, oronly if the person or party seeking disclosure of…