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2012 Utah Code
Title 17 - Counties
Article 16a - County Officers and Employees Disclosure Act
Section 11 - County ethics commission -- Complaints charging violations -- Procedure.

Universal Citation:
UT Code ยง 17-16a-11 (2012)
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17-16a-11. County ethics commission -- Complaints charging violations -- Procedure.

(1) A county may establish by ordinance an ethics commission to review a complaint, except as provided in Subsection (3), against an officer or employee subject to this part for a violation of a provision of this part.

(2) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (3), a person filing a complaint for a violation of this part shall file the complaint:

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

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

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

(i) accept the complaint if the county has established a county 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 county has established a county ethics commission; or

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

(3) Any complaint against a person who is under the merit system, charging that person with a violation of this part, shall be filed and processed in accordance with the provisions of the merit system.


Amended by Chapter 202, 2012 General Session

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