17-76-201. Definitions.

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Effective 11/6/2025

As used in this part:

(1)"Appointing authority" means the sheriff of a county having jurisdiction over any peace officer.

(2)"Commission" means the merit system commission consisting of three individuals appointed in accordance with Section 17-76-203 and having the duty, power, and responsibility for the discharge of the functions of this chapter.

(3)"Department of Public Safety" means the department created in Section 53-1-103 .

(4)"Eligible register" means the list made by a commission described in Subsection 17-76-209(1) that contains the names of all applicants that took the examination and that received a passing grade.

(5)"Examination" means the competitive examination for employment as a peace officer described in Section 17-76-207 .

(6)"Member" means an individual appointed to the merit commission in accordance with Section 17-76-203 .

(7)"Merit system officer" means a peace officer who has merit status as defined in this part.

(8)"Peace officer" means any paid deputy sheriff, other than a chief deputy designated by the sheriff, who is in the continuous employ of a county.

(9)"Police interlocal entity" means an interlocal entity, as defined in Section 11-13-103 , that is created:

(a)under Title 11, Chapter 13, Interlocal Cooperation Act , by an agreement to which a county of the first class is a party; and

(b)to provide law enforcement service to an area that includes the unincorporated part of the county.

(10)"Police special district" means a special district, as defined in Section 17B-1-102 :

(a)whose creation was initiated by the adoption of a resolution under Section 17B-1-203 by the legislative body of a county of the first class, alone or with one or more other county legislative bodies; and

(b)that is created to provide law enforcement service to an area that includes the unincorporated part of the county.

Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 14 , 2025 Special Session 1