2006 Utah Code - 10-3-1105 — Municipal employees -- Duration and termination of employment -- Exceptions.

     10-3-1105.   Municipal employees -- Duration and termination of employment -- Exceptions.
     (1) Except as provided in Subsection (2), each employee of a municipality shall hold employment without limitation of time, being subject to discharge, suspension of over two days without pay, or involuntary transfer to a position with less remuneration only as provided in Section 10-3-1106.
     (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to:
     (a) an officer appointed by the mayor or other person or body exercising executive power in the municipality;
     (b) a member of the municipality's police department or fire department who is a member of the classified civil service in a first or second class city;
     (c) a police chief of the municipality;
     (d) a deputy police chief of the municipality;
     (e) a fire chief of the municipality;
     (f) a deputy or assistant fire chief of the municipality;
     (g) a head of a municipal department;
     (h) a deputy of a head of a municipal department;
     (i) a superintendent;
     (j) a probationary employee of the municipality;
     (k) a part-time employee of the municipality; or
     (l) a seasonal employee of the municipality.
     (3) Nothing in this section or Section 10-3-1106 may be construed to limit a municipality's ability to define cause for an employee termination or reduction in force.

Amended by Chapter 260, 2004 General Session