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2011 Utah Code
Title 17 Counties
Chapter 53 County Executive, Legislative Body, and Other Officers
Section 227 Breach of duty by county legislative body member -- Penalty.

17-53-227. Breach of duty by county legislative body member -- Penalty.
A member of a county legislative body who, without just cause, refuses or neglects to perform a duty imposed upon the member or willfully violates any law governing the member as a member of the county legislative body, or who, as a county legislative body member, willfully, fraudulently, or corruptly attempts to perform an act unauthorized by law shall, in addition to the penalty provided in the criminal code:
(1) forfeit to the county $500 for every such act, to be recovered on the member's official bond; and
(2) be further liable on the member's official bond to any person injured by the act for all damages sustained.

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