63A-15-102. Definitions.

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Effective 11/6/2025

(1)"Commission" means the Political Subdivisions Ethics Review Commission established in Section 63A-15-201 .

(2)"Complainant" means a person who files a complaint in accordance with Section 63A-15-501 .

(3)"Ethics violation" means a violation of:

(a)Title 10, Chapter 3, Part 13, Municipal Officers' and Employees' Ethics Act ;

(b)Title 17, Chapter 70, Part 5 , Disclosure Duties Applicable to All County Officers; or

(c)Title 67, Chapter 16, Utah Public Officers' and Employees' Ethics Act .

(4)"Local political subdivision ethics commission" means an ethics commission established by a political subdivision within the political subdivision or with another political subdivision by interlocal agreement in accordance with Section 63A-15-103 .

(5)"Political subdivision" means a county, municipality, school district, community reinvestment agency, special district, special service district, an entity created by an interlocal agreement adopted under Title 11, Chapter 13, Interlocal Cooperation Act , a local building authority, or any other governmental subdivision or public corporation.

(a)"Political subdivision employee" means a person who is:

(A)in a municipality, employed as a city manager or non-elected chief executive on a full or part-time basis; or

(B)employed as the non-elected chief executive by a political subdivision other than a municipality on a full or part-time basis; and

(ii)subject to:

(A)Title 10, Chapter 3, Part 13, Municipal Officers' and Employees' Ethics Act ;

(B)Title 17, Chapter 70, Part 5 , Disclosure Duties Applicable to All County Officers; or

(C)Title 67, Chapter 16, Utah Public Officers' and Employees' Ethics Act .

(b)"Political subdivision employee" does not include:

(i)a person who is a political subdivision officer;

(ii)an employee of a state entity; or

(iii)a legislative employee as defined in Section 67-16-3 .

(7)"Political subdivision governing body" means:

(a)for a county, the county legislative body as defined in Section 68-3-12.5 ;

(b)for a municipality, the council of the city or town;

(c)for a school district, the local board of education described in Section 53G-4-201 ;

(d)for a community reinvestment agency, the agency board described in Section 17C-1-203 ;

(e)for a special district, the board of trustees described in Section 17B-1-301 ;

(f)for a special service district:

(i)the legislative body of the county, city, or town that established the special service district, if no administrative control board has been appointed under Section 17D-1-301 ; or

(ii)the administrative control board of the special service district, if an administrative control board has been appointed under Section 17D-1-301 ;

(g)for an entity created by an interlocal agreement, the governing body of an interlocal entity, as defined in Section 11-13-103 ;

(h)for a local building authority, the governing body, as defined in Section 17D-2-102 , that creates the local building authority; or

(i)for any other governmental subdivision or public corporation, the board or other body authorized to make executive and management decisions for the subdivision or public corporation.

(a)"Political subdivision officer" means a person elected in a political subdivision who is subject to:

(i)Title 10, Chapter 3, Part 13, Municipal Officers' and Employees' Ethics Act ;

(ii)Title 17, Chapter 70, Part 5 , Disclosure Duties Applicable to All County Officers; or

(iii)Title 67, Chapter 16, Utah Public Officers' and Employees' Ethics Act .

(b)"Political subdivision officer" does not include:

(i)a person elected or appointed to a state entity;

(ii)the governor;

(iii)the lieutenant governor;

(iv)a member or member-elect of either house of the Legislature; or

(v)a member of Utah's congressional delegation.

(9)"Respondent" means a person who files a response in accordance with Section 63A-15-604 .

Amended by Chapter 17 , 2025 Special Session 1