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2025 Utah Code
Title 71A - Veterans and Military Affairs
Chapter 2 - Veterans Preference
Section 102 - Veterans preference.

Universal Citation:
UT Code § 71A-2-102 (2025)
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Effective 5/3/2023
71A-2-102. Veterans preference.
  • (1) Each government entity shall grant a veterans preference upon initial application to each preference eligible individual according to the procedures and requirements of this chapter.
  • (2) The personnel or human resource officer of any government entity shall add to the score of a preference eligible who receives a passing score on an examination, or any rating or ranking mechanism used in selecting an individual for any career service position with the government entity:
    • (a) 5% of the total possible score, if the preference eligible is a veteran or service member;
    • (b) 10% of the total possible score, if the preference eligible is a veteran or service member with a disability or a purple heart recipient; or
    • (c) in the case of a preference eligible spouse or surviving spouse, the same percentage the qualifying veteran or service member is, or would have been, entitled to.
  • (3) A preference eligible who applies for a position that does not require an examination, or where examination results are other than a numeric score, shall be given preference in interviewing for the position.
  • (4) Preference eligibility shall be added to a minimum of one step in the process.
  • (5) The granting of a veterans preference by a government entity in accordance with this chapter is not a violation of:
    • (a)Title 34A, Chapter 5, Utah Antidiscrimination Act; or
    • (b) any other state or local equal employment opportunity law.


Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 44, 2023 General Session
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