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2018 Utah Code
Title 17 - Counties
Chapter 15 - Miscellaneous Provisions
Section 27 - Appointment of legal counsel by county executive and county legislative body.
Universal Citation: UT Code § 17-15-27 (2018)
Effective 3/15/2018
17-15-27. Appointment of legal counsel by county executive and county legislative body.
Amended by Chapter 68, 2018 General Session
17-15-27. Appointment of legal counsel by county executive and county legislative body.
- (1)
- (a) An elected county executive in a county that has adopted a county executive-council form of county government under Chapter 52a, Changing Forms of County Government, may appoint an attorney to advise and represent the county executive.
- (b) An attorney appointed under Subsection (1)(a):
- (i) serves at the pleasure of the county executive; and
- (ii) may not perform any of the functions of a county attorney or district attorney under this title, except as provided in this section.
- (c) An attorney appointed under this Subsection (1) may represent the county executive in cases and controversies before courts and administrative agencies and tribunals when a conflict exists that precludes the county or district attorney from representing the county executive.
- (2)
- (a) The legislative body of a county that has adopted a county executive-council form of county government under Chapter 52a, Changing Forms of County Government, may appoint an attorney to advise and represent the county legislative body.
- (b) An attorney appointed under Subsection (2)(a):
- (i) serves at the pleasure of the county legislative body; and
- (ii) may not perform any of the functions of a county attorney or district attorney under this title, except as provided in this section.
- (c) An attorney appointed under this Subsection (2) may represent the county legislative body in cases and controversies before courts and administrative agencies and tribunals when a conflict exists that precludes the county or district attorney from representing the county legislative body.
Amended by Chapter 68, 2018 General Session
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