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Utah Code § 10-1-201.5, 2024

An incorporated township automatically becomes a municipality on May 1, 2024, with its classification, council structure, and existing ordinances and obligations carried over.

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Jurisdiction: United States — Utah
Status: In force
Official identity: Year 2024
Dates: Enacted 2024

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Metro townships converted to municipalities -- Classification -- Form of government -- Continuity of operations.

An incorporated township automatically becomes a municipality on May 1, 2024, with its classification, council structure, and existing ordinances and obligations carried over.

Section 10-1-201.5

Subsection 10-1-201.5(4)(b)

This subsection says subsection (4)(a) does not limit a converted municipality’s ability to change its form of government.

Section 10-1-201.5(4)(b)

Subsection 10-1-201.5(5)(b)(i)

Section 10-1-201.5(5)(b)(i)

Subsection 10-1-201.5(6)(a)(ii)(A)

operate and function as the incorporated township had been operating and functioning before the conversion; and

Section 10-1-201.5(6)(a)(ii)(A)

Subsection 10-1-201.5(7)

A converted municipality takes the incorporated township’s place for participation or inclusion in a special district or special service district, including a municipal services district.

Section 10-1-201.5(7)

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§ 10-1-201.5Metro townships converted to municipalities -- Classification -- Form of government -- Continuity of operations.Repeal

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An incorporated township automatically becomes a municipality on May 1, 2024, with its classification, council structure, and existing ordinances and obligations carried over.

Metro townships converted to municipalities -- Classification -- Form of government -- Continuity of operations. As used in this section: "Converted municipality" means a municipality that is converted from an incorporated township into a municipality under Subsection (2). "Incorporated township" means a metro township incorporated under Laws of Utah 2015, Chapter 352, Sections 50 through 62. As of May 1, 2024, an incorporated township is automatically converted into a municipality. The classification of a converted municipality is governed by Section 10-2-301 , based on the converted municipality's population on May 1, 2024. The powers of municipal government of a converted municipality are vested in a five-member council, as provided in Chapter 3b, Part 4, Five-Member Council Form of Municipal Government. Subsection (4)(a) does not limit a converted municipality's ability to change the converted municipality's form of government, as provided in Chapter 3b, Part 6, Changing to Another Form of Municipal Government. Notwithstanding Chapter 3b, Part 6, Changing to Another Form of Municipal Government, the council of a converted municipality may, by a resolution adopted before July 1, 2024 by two-thirds of all council members, change the converted municipality's form of government to another form listed in Subsection 10-3b-601(1) . If a converted municipality's form of government is changed under Subsection (4)(c)(i), the election of municipal officers under the new form of government is governed by Section 10-3b-606 . The members of a converted municipality's council on May 1, 2024 consist of the individuals serving as council members for the incorporated township immediately before the incorporated township was converted into a municipality under Subsection (2), with the mayor of the incorporated township becoming the mayor of the converted municipality. Subject to Subsection (4)(c), if applicable, and to Subsection (5)(b)(ii), the term of office of a member of the converted municipality's council on May 1, 2024 is the same as the term of office that would have applied to the council member if the incorporated township had not converted to a municipality under Subsection (2). The office of mayor of a converted municipality is subject to election beginning the first municipal election after the incorporated township converts to a municipality under Subsection (2). The term of office of the mayor of a converted municipality continues from May 1, 2024 until a successor to the office of mayor is elected and qualified. Upon an incorporated township's conversion to a municipality under Subsection (2): each ordinance, resolution, or policy of the incorporated township becomes the ordinance, resolution, or policy of the converted municipality; the converted municipality may continue to: operate and function as the incorporated township had been operating and functioning before the conversion; and provide services the incorporated township had been providing before the conversion; a converted municipality may, after the conversion, continue to impose and collect a tax, fee, fine, or other charge that the incorporated township was authorized to impose and collect before the conversion; a proceeding pending before the incorporated township at the time of conversion continues without change before the converted municipality; a right or privilege of the incorporated township becomes the right or privilege of the converted municipality; and a contractual or other obligation of the incorporated township, including a contractual or other obligation with another governmental entity, becomes the contractual or other obligation of the converted municipality. An ordinance that under Subsection (6)(a)(i) becomes an ordinance of the converted municipality includes a county ordinance that became an ordinance of the incorporated township under Laws of Utah 2016, Chapter 176, Section 2 and has not been repealed, subject to any amendment of that ordinance that the incorporated township enacted before the incorporated township's conversion to a municipality under Subsection (2). A converted municipality succeeds to the position of the incorporated township with respect to the incorporated township's participation or inclusion in a special district or special service district, including a municipal services district.

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§ 10-1-201.5(1)Subsection 10-1-201.5(1)Provision

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This subsection defines “converted municipality” and “incorporated township.”

As used in this section: "Converted municipality" means a municipality that is converted from an incorporated township into a municipality under Subsection (2). "Incorporated township" means a metro township incorporated under Laws of Utah 2015, Chapter 352, Sections 50 through 62.

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§ 10-1-201.5(1)(a)Subsection 10-1-201.5(1)(a)Provision

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“Converted municipality” is defined as a municipality converted from an incorporated township under Subsection (2).

"Converted municipality" means a municipality that is converted from an incorporated township into a municipality under Subsection (2).

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§ 10-1-201.5(1)(b)Subsection 10-1-201.5(1)(b)Provision

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“Incorporated township” means a metro township incorporated under Laws of Utah 2015, Chapter 352, Sections 50 through 62.

"Incorporated township" means a metro township incorporated under Laws of Utah 2015, Chapter 352, Sections 50 through 62.

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§ 10-1-201.5(2)Subsection 10-1-201.5(2)Provision

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An incorporated township is automatically converted into a municipality as of May 1, 2024.

As of May 1, 2024, an incorporated township is automatically converted into a municipality.

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§ 10-1-201.5(3)Subsection 10-1-201.5(3)Provision

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The classification of a converted municipality is governed by Section 10-2-301 , based on the converted municipality's population on May 1, 2024.

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§ 10-1-201.5(4)Subsection 10-1-201.5(4)Provision

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A converted municipality’s council may change the municipality’s form of government by resolution if adopted before July 1, 2024 and approved by two-thirds of all council members.

The powers of municipal government of a converted municipality are vested in a five-member council, as provided in Chapter 3b, Part 4, Five-Member Council Form of Municipal Government. Subsection (4)(a) does not limit a converted municipality's ability to change the converted municipality's form of government, as provided in Chapter 3b, Part 6, Changing to Another Form of Municipal Government. Notwithstanding Chapter 3b, Part 6, Changing to Another Form of Municipal Government, the council of a converted municipality may, by a resolution adopted before July 1, 2024 by two-thirds of all council members, change the converted municipality's form of government to another form listed in Subsection 10-3b-601(1) . If a converted municipality's form of government is changed under Subsection (4)(c)(i), the election of municipal officers under the new form of government is governed by Section 10-3b-606 .

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§ 10-1-201.5(4)(a)Subsection 10-1-201.5(4)(a)Provision

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The powers of municipal government of a converted municipality are vested in a five-member council, as provided in Chapter 3b, Part 4, Five-Member Council Form of Municipal Government.

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§ 10-1-201.5(4)(b)Subsection 10-1-201.5(4)(b)Provision

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This subsection says subsection (4)(a) does not limit a converted municipality’s ability to change its form of government.

Subsection (4)(a) does not limit a converted municipality's ability to change the converted municipality's form of government, as provided in Chapter 3b, Part 6, Changing to Another Form of Municipal Government.

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§ 10-1-201.5(4)(c)Subsection 10-1-201.5(4)(c)Provision

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The council of a converted municipality may change the municipality’s form of government by resolution, if the resolution is adopted before July 1, 2024 and supported by two-thirds of all council members.

Notwithstanding Chapter 3b, Part 6, Changing to Another Form of Municipal Government, the council of a converted municipality may, by a resolution adopted before July 1, 2024 by two-thirds of all council members, change the converted municipality's form of government to another form listed in Subsection 10-3b-601(1) . If a converted municipality's form of government is changed under Subsection (4)(c)(i), the election of municipal officers under the new form of government is governed by Section 10-3b-606 .

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§ 10-1-201.5(4)(c)(i)Subsection 10-1-201.5(4)(c)(i)Provision

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§ 10-1-201.5(4)(c)(ii)Subsection 10-1-201.5(4)(c)(ii)Provision

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If a converted municipality's form of government is changed under Subsection (4)(c)(i), the election of municipal officers under the new form of government is governed by Section 10-3b-606 .

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§ 10-1-201.5(5)Subsection 10-1-201.5(5)Provision

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Council members carry over from the former township on May 1, 2024, and the converted municipality’s mayor is filled by election starting with the first municipal election after conversion.

The members of a converted municipality's council on May 1, 2024 consist of the individuals serving as council members for the incorporated township immediately before the incorporated township was converted into a municipality under Subsection (2), with the mayor of the incorporated township becoming the mayor of the converted municipality. Subject to Subsection (4)(c), if applicable, and to Subsection (5)(b)(ii), the term of office of a member of the converted municipality's council on May 1, 2024 is the same as the term of office that would have applied to the council member if the incorporated township had not converted to a municipality under Subsection (2). The office of mayor of a converted municipality is subject to election beginning the first municipal election after the incorporated township converts to a municipality under Subsection (2). The term of office of the mayor of a converted municipality continues from May 1, 2024 until a successor to the office of mayor is elected and qualified.

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§ 10-1-201.5(5)(a)Subsection 10-1-201.5(5)(a)Provision

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On May 1, 2024, the converted municipality’s council consists of the former township council members, and the former township mayor becomes the converted municipality’s mayor.

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§ 10-1-201.5(5)(b)Subsection 10-1-201.5(5)(b)Provision

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This subsection keeps the council members’ terms tied to the pre-conversion term structure, and makes the converted municipality’s mayoral office subject to election starting at the first municipal election after conversion.

Subject to Subsection (4)(c), if applicable, and to Subsection (5)(b)(ii), the term of office of a member of the converted municipality's council on May 1, 2024 is the same as the term of office that would have applied to the council member if the incorporated township had not converted to a municipality under Subsection (2). The office of mayor of a converted municipality is subject to election beginning the first municipal election after the incorporated township converts to a municipality under Subsection (2). The term of office of the mayor of a converted municipality continues from May 1, 2024 until a successor to the office of mayor is elected and qualified.

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§ 10-1-201.5(5)(b)(i)Subsection 10-1-201.5(5)(b)(i)Provision

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§ 10-1-201.5(5)(b)(ii)Subsection 10-1-201.5(5)(b)(ii)Provision

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The mayor of a converted municipality is subject to election starting at the first municipal election after conversion.

The office of mayor of a converted municipality is subject to election beginning the first municipal election after the incorporated township converts to a municipality under Subsection (2). The term of office of the mayor of a converted municipality continues from May 1, 2024 until a successor to the office of mayor is elected and qualified.

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§ 10-1-201.5(5)(b)(ii)(A)Subsection 10-1-201.5(5)(b)(ii)(A)Provision

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The mayor’s office in a converted municipality is subject to election starting with the first municipal election after conversion.

The office of mayor of a converted municipality is subject to election beginning the first municipal election after the incorporated township converts to a municipality under Subsection (2).

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§ 10-1-201.5(5)(b)(ii)(B)Subsection 10-1-201.5(5)(b)(ii)(B)Provision

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The term of office of the mayor of a converted municipality continues from May 1, 2024 until a successor to the office of mayor is elected and qualified.

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§ 10-1-201.5(6)Subsection 10-1-201.5(6)Repeal

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Upon an incorporated township's conversion to a municipality under Subsection (2): each ordinance, resolution, or policy of the incorporated township becomes the ordinance, resolution, or policy of the converted municipality; the converted municipality may continue to: operate and function as the incorporated township had been operating and functioning before the conversion; and provide services the incorporated township had been providing before the conversion; a converted municipality may, after the conversion, continue to impose and collect a tax, fee, fine, or other charge that the incorporated township was authorized to impose and collect before the conversion; a proceeding pending before the incorporated township at the time of conversion continues without change before the converted municipality; a right or privilege of the incorporated township becomes the right or privilege of the converted municipality; and a contractual or other obligation of the incorporated township, including a contractual or other obligation with another governmental entity, becomes the contractual or other obligation of the converted municipality. An ordinance that under Subsection (6)(a)(i) becomes an ordinance of the converted municipality includes a county ordinance that became an ordinance of the incorporated township under Laws of Utah 2016, Chapter 176, Section 2 and has not been repealed, subject to any amendment of that ordinance that the incorporated township enacted before the incorporated township's conversion to a municipality under Subsection (2).

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§ 10-1-201.5(6)(a)Subsection 10-1-201.5(6)(a)Provision

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After conversion, the municipality may keep operating, keep providing services, and keep imposing and collecting the same authorized taxes, fees, fines, or other charges.

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§ 10-1-201.5(6)(a)(i)Subsection 10-1-201.5(6)(a)(i)Provision

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each ordinance, resolution, or policy of the incorporated township becomes the ordinance, resolution, or policy of the converted municipality;

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§ 10-1-201.5(6)(a)(ii)Subsection 10-1-201.5(6)(a)(ii)Provision

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The converted municipality may keep operating, functioning, and providing services as the incorporated township did before conversion.

the converted municipality may continue to: operate and function as the incorporated township had been operating and functioning before the conversion; and provide services the incorporated township had been providing before the conversion;

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§ 10-1-201.5(6)(a)(ii)(A)Subsection 10-1-201.5(6)(a)(ii)(A)Provision

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operate and function as the incorporated township had been operating and functioning before the conversion; and

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§ 10-1-201.5(6)(a)(ii)(B)Subsection 10-1-201.5(6)(a)(ii)(B)Provision

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provide services the incorporated township had been providing before the conversion;

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§ 10-1-201.5(6)(a)(iii)Subsection 10-1-201.5(6)(a)(iii)Provision

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A converted municipality may continue, after conversion, to impose and collect certain taxes, fees, fines, or other charges that the incorporated township could have imposed and collected before conversion.

a converted municipality may, after the conversion, continue to impose and collect a tax, fee, fine, or other charge that the incorporated township was authorized to impose and collect before the conversion;

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§ 10-1-201.5(6)(a)(iv)Subsection 10-1-201.5(6)(a)(iv)Provision

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a proceeding pending before the incorporated township at the time of conversion continues without change before the converted municipality;

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§ 10-1-201.5(6)(a)(v)Subsection 10-1-201.5(6)(a)(v)Provision

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a right or privilege of the incorporated township becomes the right or privilege of the converted municipality; and

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§ 10-1-201.5(6)(a)(vi)Subsection 10-1-201.5(6)(a)(vi)Provision

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a contractual or other obligation of the incorporated township, including a contractual or other obligation with another governmental entity, becomes the contractual or other obligation of the converted municipality.

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§ 10-1-201.5(6)(b)Subsection 10-1-201.5(6)(b)Repeal

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Certain ordinances that become ordinances of the converted municipality include a county ordinance meeting the stated conditions, unless it was amended by the incorporated township before conversion.

An ordinance that under Subsection (6)(a)(i) becomes an ordinance of the converted municipality includes a county ordinance that became an ordinance of the incorporated township under Laws of Utah 2016, Chapter 176, Section 2 and has not been repealed, subject to any amendment of that ordinance that the incorporated township enacted before the incorporated township's conversion to a municipality under Subsection (2).

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§ 10-1-201.5(7)Subsection 10-1-201.5(7)Provision

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A converted municipality takes the incorporated township’s place for participation or inclusion in a special district or special service district, including a municipal services district.

A converted municipality succeeds to the position of the incorporated township with respect to the incorporated township's participation or inclusion in a special district or special service district, including a municipal services district.

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