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Title 10 - Utah Municipal Code
Chapter 8 - Powers and Duties of Municipalities
Section 84.5 - Limitations on employee benefits imposed by a municipality.
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UT Code § 10-8-84.5 (2025)
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10-8-84.5. Limitations on employee benefits imposed by a municipality.
Enacted by Chapter 87, 2012 General Session
- (1) For the purpose of this section:
- (a) "Accident and health insurance" is as defined in Section 31A-1-301.
- (b) "Employee" means an individual employed by an employer.
- (c) "Employee benefit" means one or more benefits or services provided to:
- (i) an employee; or
- (ii) a dependent of an employee.
- (d) "Private employer" means a person who has one or more employees employed in the same business, or in or about the same establishment, under any contract of hire, express or implied, oral or written.
- (e) "Insurance" is as defined in Section 31A-1-301.
- (f) "Life insurance" is as defined in Section 31A-1-301.
- (2) A municipality may not enact or enforce an ordinance that establishes, mandates, or requires a private employer to establish or offer an employee benefit, including:
- (a) accident and health insurance;
- (b) life insurance;
- (c) sick leave; or
- (d) family medical leave.
- (3) Nothing in this section prohibits a municipality from considering an employee benefit described in Subsection (2) among other criteria when issuing a request for proposals.
Enacted by Chapter 87, 2012 General Session
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