2025 Utah Code
Title 10 - Utah Municipal Code
Chapter 2a - Municipal Incorporation
Part 2 - Incorporation of a Municipality
Section 211 - Ballot used in incorporation election.

Universal Citation:
UT Code § 10-2a-211 (2025)
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Effective 5/14/2019
10-2a-211. Ballot used in incorporation election.
  • (1)
    • (a) The ballot used in an incorporation election described in Section 10-2a-210 shall pose the incorporation question substantially as follows:
      "Shall the area described as (insert a description of the proposed municipality) be incorporated as (insert the proposed name of the proposed municipality)?"
    • (b) The ballot shall provide a space for the voter to answer "yes" or "no" to the question described in Subsection (1)(a).
  • (2) The ballot for an incorporation election for a proposed city shall also:
    • (a)
      • (i) pose the question relating to the form of government substantially as follows:
        "If the above incorporation proposal passes, under what form of municipal government shall (insert the name of the proposed city) operate? Vote for one:
        Five-member council form
        Six-member council form
        Five-member council-mayor form
        Seven-member council-mayor form."
      • (ii) provide a space for the voter to vote for one form of government; and
    • (b)
      • (i) pose the question of whether to elect city council members by district substantially as follows:
        "If the above incorporation proposal passes, shall members of the city council of (insert the name of the proposed city) be elected by district?"; and
      • (ii) provide a space for the voter to answer "yes" or "no" to the question described in Subsection (2)(b)(i).


Amended by Chapter 165, 2019 General Session
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