Utah § 17-62-301 - Procedure for initiating adoption of optional plan -- Limitations -- Pending proceedings.

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§ 17-62-301. Procedure for initiating adoption of optional plan -- Limitations -- Pending proceedings.

Effective 11/6/2025
17-62-301.  Procedure for initiating adoption of optional plan -- Limitations -- Pending proceedings.
(1)An optional plan proposing an alternate form of government for a county may be adopted as provided in this chapter.
(2)The process to adopt an optional plan establishing an alternate form of county government may be initiated by:
(a)the county legislative body as provided in Section 17-62-302; or
(b)registered voters of the county as provided in Section 17-62-303.
(3)
(a)If the process to adopt an optional plan is initiated under Laws of Utah 1973, Chapter 26, Section 3, 4, or 5, or Section 17-62-302 or 17-62-303, the county legislative body may not initiate the process again under Section 17-62-302, and registered voters may not initiate the process again under Section 17-62-303, until:
(i)the first initiated process concludes with an election under Section 17-62-501;
(ii)the first initiated process concludes under Subsection 17-62-402(7) because the study committee recommended that the county's form of government not change; or
(iii)the first initiated process concludes because registered voters fail to submit a sufficient number of valid signatures for a petition before the deadline described in Subsection 17-62-303(2)(c).
(b)A county legislative body may not initiate the process to adopt an optional plan under Section 17-62-302 within four years of an election at which voters first elect elected county officials in accordance with Section 17-62-503 and as specified in an optional plan proposed as a result of a process initiated by the county legislative body.
(c)Registered voters of a county may not initiate the process to adopt an optional plan under Section 17-62-303 within four years of an election at which voters first elect elected county officials in accordance with Section 17-62-503 and as specified in an optional plan proposed as a result of a process initiated by registered voters.


Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 13, 2025 Special Session 1

Source: official Utah text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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