2006 Utah Code - 10-2-120 — Alternative to filing articles of incorporation -- Powers of officers-elect.

     10-2-120.   Alternative to filing articles of incorporation -- Powers of officers-elect.
     (1) (a) Before filing articles of incorporation, the mayor-elect of the future city may file with the lieutenant governor a verified notice of intention to file the articles of incorporation.
     (b) The notice under Subsection (1)(a) shall contain:
     (i) the name of the future city;
     (ii) an accurate map or plat, prepared by a licensed surveyor, approved by the legislative body, and filed with the county surveyor in accordance with Section 17-23-17, showing the boundaries of the future city;
     (iii) the city's class according to population as defined in Section 10-2-301; and
     (iv) the proposed date for filing the articles of incorporation.
     (2) Upon the lieutenant governor's certification of the notice under Section 67-1a-6.5 and until the future city becomes legally incorporated, the officers of the future city may:
     (a) prepare and adopt, under Chapter 6, Uniform Fiscal Procedures Act For Utah Cities, a proposed budget and compilation of ordinances;
     (b) negotiate and make personnel contracts and hirings;
     (c) negotiate and make service contracts;
     (d) file the notification required by Subsection 10-1-116(1);
     (e) negotiate and make contracts to purchase equipment, materials, and supplies;
     (f) borrow funds from the county in which the future city is located under Subsection 10-2-121(3);
     (g) borrow funds for startup expenses of the future municipality; and
     (h) issue tax anticipation notes in the name of the future municipality.
     (3) The city's legislative body shall review and ratify each contract made by the officers-elect under Subsection (2) within 30 days of the effective date of incorporation under Section 10-2-122.

Amended by Chapter 233, 2005 General Session