17-62-301. Procedure for initiating adoption of optional plan -- Limitations -- Pending proceedings.
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Effective 11/6/2025
17-62-301. Procedure for initiating adoption of optional plan -- Limitations -- Pending proceedings.
(1)An optional plan proposing an alternate form of government for a county may be adopted as provided in this chapter.
(2)The process to adopt an optional plan establishing an alternate form of county government may be initiated by:
(a)the county legislative body as provided in Section 17-62-302 ; or
(b)registered voters of the county as provided in Section 17-62-303 .
(a)If the process to adopt an optional plan is initiated under Laws of Utah 1973, Chapter 26, Section 3, 4, or 5, or Section 17-62-302 or 17-62-303 , the county legislative body may not initiate the process again under Section 17-62-302 , and registered voters may not initiate the process again under Section 17-62-303 , until:
(i)the first initiated process concludes with an election under Section 17-62-501 ;
(ii)the first initiated process concludes under Subsection 17-62-402(7) because the study committee recommended that the county's form of government not change; or
(iii)the first initiated process concludes because registered voters fail to submit a sufficient number of valid signatures for a petition before the deadline described in Subsection 17-62-303(2)(c) .
(b)A county legislative body may not initiate the process to adopt an optional plan under Section 17-62-302 within four years of an election at which voters first elect elected county officials in accordance with Section 17-62-503 and as specified in an optional plan proposed as a result of a process initiated by the county legislative body.
(c)Registered voters of a county may not initiate the process to adopt an optional plan under Section 17-62-303 within four years of an election at which voters first elect elected county officials in accordance with Section 17-62-503 and as specified in an optional plan proposed as a result of a process initiated by registered voters.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 13 , 2025 Special Session 1