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Title 17 - Counties
Chapter 70 - County Clerk
Part 5 - Disclosure Duties Applicable to All County Officers
Section 511 - County ethics commission -- Complaints charging violations -- Procedure.
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UT Code § 17-70-511 (2025)
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Effective 11/6/2025
17-70-511. County ethics commission -- Complaints charging violations -- Procedure.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 13, 2025 Special Session 1
17-70-511. County ethics commission -- Complaints charging violations -- Procedure.
- (1)A county may establish by ordinance an ethics commission to review a complaint, except as provided in Subsection (3), against a county officer or county employee subject to this part for a violation of a provision of this part.
- (2)
- (a)Except as provided in Subsection (3), a person filing a complaint for a violation of this part shall file the complaint:
- (i)with the county ethics commission, if the county has established a county ethics commission in accordance with Subsection (1); or
- (ii)with the Political Subdivisions Ethics Review Commission established in accordance with Title 63A, Chapter 15, Political Subdivisions Ethics Review Commission, if the county has not established a county ethics commission.
- (b)A county that receives a complaint described in Subsection (2)(a) may:
- (i)accept the complaint if the county has established a county ethics commission in accordance with Subsection (1); or
- (ii)forward the complaint to the Political Subdivisions Ethics Review Commission established in Section 63A-15-201:
- (A)regardless of whether the county has established a county ethics commission; or
- (B)if the county has not established a county ethics commission.
- (a)Except as provided in Subsection (3), a person filing a complaint for a violation of this part shall file the complaint:
- (3)Any complaint against an individual who is under the merit system, charging the individual with a violation of this part, shall be filed and processed in accordance with the provisions of the merit system.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 13, 2025 Special Session 1
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