17-64-305. Rules and regulations governing legislative body and transaction of business -- Expulsion of members prohibited -- Exception for disorderly conduct.
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Effective 11/6/2025
17-64-305. Rules and regulations governing legislative body and transaction of business -- Expulsion of members prohibited -- Exception for disorderly conduct.
(1)The legislative body may make and enforce regulations for:
(a)the government of the legislative body;
(b)the preservation of order; and
(c)the transaction of business .
(2)Except as provided in Subsection
(3), the legislative body may not expel a member from an open public meeting or prohibit the member from attending an open public meeting.
(3)Except as provided in Subsection
(4), following a two-thirds vote of the members, the legislative body may fine or expel a member of the legislative body for:
(a)disorderly conduct at the open public meeting;
(b)a member's direct or indirect financial conflict of interest regarding an issue discussed at or action proposed to be taken at the open public meeting; or
(c)a commission of a crime during the open public meeting.
(4)A legislative body may adopt ordinances that expand the reasons or establish more restrictive procedures for the expulsion of a member from a public meeting.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 13 , 2025 Special Session 1