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2012 Utah Code
Title 10 - Utah Municipal Code
Article 3 - Municipal Government
Section 1311 - Municipal ethics commission -- Complaints charging violations.

Universal Citation:
UT Code ยง 10-3-1311 (2012)
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10-3-1311. Municipal ethics commission -- Complaints charging violations.

(1) A municipality may establish by ordinance an ethics commission to review a complaint against an officer or employee subject to this part for a violation of a provision of this part.

(2) (a) A person filing a complaint for a violation of this part shall file the complaint:

(i) with the municipal ethics commission, if a municipality has established a municipal ethics commission in accordance with Subsection (1); or

(ii) with the Political Subdivisions Ethics Review Commission in accordance with Title 11, Chapter 49, Political Subdivisions Ethics Review Commission, if the municipality has not established a municipal ethics commission.

(b) A municipality that receives a complaint described in Subsection (2)(a) may:

(i) accept the complaint if the municipality has established a municipal ethics commission in accordance with Subsection (1); or

(ii) forward the complaint to the Political Subdivisions Ethics Review Commission established in Section 11-49-201:

(A) regardless of whether the municipality has established a municipal ethics commission; or

(B) if the municipality has not established a municipal ethics commission.

(3) If the alleged ethics complaint is against a person who is a member of the municipal ethics commission, the complaint shall be filed with or forwarded to the Political Subdivisions Ethics Review Commission.


Amended by Chapter 202, 2012 General Session

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