Browse 6,137 source-backed statutes, open stored provisions and move directly into source-grounded legal research.
6,137 statutes · page 26 of 307
United States — Utah legislation
20 statutes shown from 6,137 source-backed records
The city treasurer, or a deputy treasurer when the treasurer is absent, must sign checks prepared by the auditor or recorder and confirm enough money is in the city bank account before signing. The governing body may designate another person to countersign checks, but not the auditor or recorder.
If appropriate money is unavailable, the treasurer must pay warrants in the order presented and record the presentation and payment dates on each warrant.
The city treasurer must apply money received from a special assessment to the improvement it was made for.
The city treasurer must promptly deposit city funds into the city’s bank accounts, and no person may mix city funds with personal money.
Quarterly financial reports -- First and second class cities. The city auditor in cities of the first and second class shall prepare and present to the governing body appropriate quarterly financial reports, prepared in the manner
Cities of the third, fourth, and fifth class must have the city recorder or another delegated person prepare and present monthly summary financial reports and quarterly detail financial reports to the governing body.
The city recorder or a delegated person must present an annual financial report to the governing body within 180 days after each fiscal period ends, or in a biennial fiscal period within 180 days after the mid-point and close. The report may be satisfied by the independent auditor’s audit report if the included financi
Independent audits of all cities must be performed in conformity with Title 51, Chapter 2a.
After an independent audit report is received, the city auditor or city recorder must prepare a public notice, publish it as a class A notice for at least 10 days, and keep a copy available for inspection.
The state auditor must set uniform accounting and reporting procedures for cities, keep reviewing and improving them, provide budget and reporting forms, and offer guidance and training. Cities may expand the procedures to fit local needs, but they may not change the basic classification systems for funds and accounts.
The state auditor must continually analyze and evaluate the accounting, budgeting, and reporting practices and experiences of selected cities, and make that information available to all cities.
A qualifying city or town legislative body may create a director of finance position; the director must be a qualified person, is appointed and removed by the mayor with advice and consent of the legislative body, and may not take over the city or town treasurer’s duties.
Some city governing bodies must adopt a financial administration ordinance to set budget controls and authorize designated officials to approve certain payroll checks and routine expenditures.
The ordinances must set a purchase limit above which purchases need approval, and the financial officer must be bonded for a reasonable amount.
Authority to require written application for water or sewer service and to terminate service for failure to pay -- Limitations. A municipality that owns or controls a system for furnishing water or for providing sewer service may: before
If water is scarce, certain city or town officials may limit non-domestic water use by proclamation.
Authorized waterworks personnel of a city or town may enter water-supplied premises to inspect water apparatus and use, and to make necessary shutoffs for vacancy, delinquency, or ordinance/rule/regulation violations.
A municipality may regulate its own waterworks system, but if it supplies water outside its boundary it must map the service areas, send the map to the state engineer, and (if it has more than 500 retail customers) post it online.
Utah declares a public policy favoring municipal funding and action to improve drinking water treatment, sewage treatment, and related public health facilities.
Cities of the first class may levy an additional .0008 per dollar of taxable value of taxable property above the overall limitation in Section 10-6-133, but only for 10 years from the first levy.
Explore more
