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2023 Utah Code
Title 10 - Utah Municipal Code
Chapter 3 - Municipal Government
Part 6 - Public Meetings, Executive Sessions, Records and Publication, Procedure
Section 607 - Expulsion of members prohibited -- Exception for disorderly conduct.

Universal Citation:
UT Code § 10-3-607 (2023)
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Effective 5/12/2015
10-3-607. Expulsion of members prohibited -- Exception for disorderly conduct.
  • (1) Except as provided in Subsection (2), the governing body may not expel a member of the governing body from an open public meeting or prohibit the member from attending an open public meeting.
  • (2) Except as provided in Subsection (3), following a two-thirds vote of the members of the governing body, the governing body may fine or expel a member of the governing body for:
    • (a) disorderly conduct at the open public meeting;
    • (b) a member's direct or indirect financial conflict of interest regarding an issue discussed at or action proposed to be taken at the open public meeting; or
    • (c) a commission of a crime during the open public meeting.
  • (3) A governing body may adopt rules or ordinances that expand the reasons or establish more restrictive procedures for the expulsion of a member from a public meeting.


Repealed and Re-enacted by Chapter 196, 2015 General Session
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