2024 Utah Code
Title 10 - Utah Municipal Code
Chapter 3 - Municipal Government
Part 11 - Personnel Rules and Benefits
Section 1109.5 - Overtime for law enforcement personnel.

Universal Citation:
UT Code § 10-3-1109.5 (2024)
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Effective 7/1/2024
10-3-1109.5. Overtime for law enforcement personnel.
  • (1)As used in this section:
    • (a)"Nonexempt employee" means a municipal employee who is nonexempt under the requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1978, 29 U.S.C. Sec. 201 et seq.
    • (b)"Overtime" means hours worked in excess of a nonexempt employee's work period.
    • (c)"Regular hourly rate" means the hourly rate of pay a nonexempt employee receives for hours worked during a work period.
    • (d)"Work period" means the maximum number of hours, within a specified number of consecutive days, that a nonexempt employee may work before the nonexempt employee is compensated for overtime.
  • (2)The governing body of a municipality that employs a nonexempt employee engaged in law enforcement activities may, except as otherwise required by a contract or a collective bargaining agreement, enact an ordinance or pass a resolution that:
    • (a)designates a work period for the nonexempt employee that is the same as, or equivalent to, a work period described in Subsection 63A-17-502(2); and
    • (b)compensates the nonexempt employee for overtime at a rate of one and one-half times the nonexempt employee's regular hourly rate.


Enacted by Chapter 151, 2024 General Session
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