2006 Utah Code - 67-5-11 — Attorney accepting appointment to state position exempt from merit provisions -- Reinstatement in career status.

     67-5-11.   Attorney accepting appointment to state position exempt from merit provisions -- Reinstatement in career status.
     (1) An attorney in a career status accepting appointment to a position in state government which is exempt from the merit provisions of Title 67, Chapter 19, shall notify the attorney general in writing. Upon termination of the appointment, unless discharged for cause, the attorney, through written request of reinstatement made to the attorney general within 30 days from the effective date of termination from the appointment, shall be reinstated in a career status in the attorney general's office at a salary not less than that which he was receiving at the time of his appointment, and the time spent in the other position shall be credited toward seniority in the career service. Reinstatement shall be made no later than 60 days after the written notification required by this subsection or 60 days after the effective date of termination from the attorney's appointive position, whichever is later. The position and assignment to which the attorney shall return shall be determined by the attorney general.
     (2) Every attorney employed by the attorney general's office with less seniority than an attorney entitled to be reinstated under this section holds his position subject to any reinstatement provided by Subsection (1).

Amended by Chapter 92, 1987 General Session