Full text of Utah Utah Code § 17-76-201 — Definitions., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 17-76-201. Definitions.
Effective 11/6/2025
17-76-201.
Definitions.
As used in this part:
| (1) | "Appointing authority" means the sheriff of a county having jurisdiction over any peace officer. |
| (2) | "Commission" means the merit system commission consisting of three individuals appointed in accordance with Section 17-76-203 and having the duty, power, and responsibility for the discharge of the functions of this chapter. |
| (3) | "Department of Public Safety" means the department created in Section 53-1-103. |
| (4) | "Eligible register" means the list made by a commission described in Subsection 17-76-209(1) that contains the names of all applicants that took the examination and that received a passing grade. |
| (5) | "Examination" means the competitive examination for employment as a peace officer described in Section 17-76-207. |
| (6) | "Member" means an individual appointed to the merit commission in accordance with Section 17-76-203. |
| (7) | "Merit system officer" means a peace officer who has merit status as defined in this part. |
| (8) | "Peace officer" means any paid deputy sheriff, other than a chief deputy designated by the sheriff, who is in the continuous employ of a county. |
| (9) | "Police interlocal entity" means an interlocal entity, as defined in Section 11-13-103, that is created:
| (b) | to provide law enforcement service to an area that includes the unincorporated part of the county. |
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| (10) | "Police special district" means a special district, as defined in Section 17B-1-102:
| (a) | whose creation was initiated by the adoption of a resolution under Section 17B-1-203 by the legislative body of a county of the first class, alone or with one or more other county legislative bodies; and |
| (b) | that is created to provide law enforcement service to an area that includes the unincorporated part of the county. |
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Renumbered and Amended by Chapter
14, 2025 Special Session 1
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