2006 Utah Code - 53A-2-119 — Reapportionment -- Local school board membership.

     53A-2-119.   Reapportionment -- Local school board membership.
     (1) Upon the creation of a new school district, the county legislative body shall reapportion the affected school districts pursuant to Section 20A-14-201.
     (2) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (2)(b), school board membership in the affected school districts shall be determined under Title 20A, Chapter 14, Part 2, Nomination and Election of Members of Local Boards of Education.
     (b) (i) If, as a result of a reapportionment conducted following the creation of a new school district, a local school board district is created in which no board member whose term extends beyond reapportionment resides, the first board member for the local school board district shall be elected at the next regular general election or municipal general election, whichever occurs first, after the election at which the creation of the new school district is approved.
     (ii) (A) The initial term of office of a board member elected under Subsection (2)(b)(i) shall be three years, except as provided in Subsection (2)(b)(ii)(B).
     (B) If more than one position on a local school board needs to be filled pursuant to Subsection (2)(b)(i), the initial term of the board members elected shall be staggered. The county legislative body shall determine by lot which of the reapportioned local school board districts will elect members to three-year terms and which will elect members to one-year terms.

Enacted by Chapter 234, 2003 General Session