2006 Utah Code - 17A-2-1305 — Establishment of district by resolution based on motion or petition.

     17A-2-1305.   Establishment of district by resolution based on motion or petition.
     (1) The governing authority of a county or of a municipality, upon its own motion, may by resolution declare that the public health, convenience, and necessity requires the establishment of a service district. The resolution shall describe the boundaries of and the services to be provided within the proposed service district and shall designate a name for the proposed service district.
     (2) The governing authority of a county or municipality shall adopt such a resolution, upon presentation to the governing authority of a petition proposing the establishment of a service district and setting forth the boundaries of and the services to be provided within the proposed service district, if the petition is approved by the owners of 10% or more of the taxable value of the taxable property included in the proposed service district (as shown on the assessment rolls last completed before the signing of the petition) or by 10% or more of the qualified electors of the proposed service district (as shown on the registration lists last made or revised). Approval of the petition shall be evidenced by one or more writings, attached to a copy of the petition, signed by the property owners or electors and so designated, together with their residence address and, in the case of property owners, the address of or other description sufficient to identify the property in the proposed service district owned by them. Signatures need not be notarized or witnessed, and signers need not be sworn; but all persons signing are considered to have represented that they are property owners or qualified electors of the proposed service district, as the case may be.

Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 186, 1990 General Session