Professional statute overview
Enactment structure, operative effect and source provenance
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Purpose and legislative effect
“A municipality may create an ethics commission, and complaints about violations of this part must be filed with the municipal ethics commission or, if none exists, with the Political Subdivisions Ethics Review Commission.”
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Enacted 1981. The date shown identifies this source expression and should not be treated as proof that no later change exists.
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A municipality may create an ethics commission, and complaints about violations of this part must be filed with the municipal ethics commission or, if none exists, with the Political Subdivisions Ethics Review Commission.
Section 10-3-1311
A complaint for a violation of this part must be filed with the municipal ethics commission if one exists, otherwise with the Political Subdivisions Ethics Review Commission.
Section 10-3-1311(2)(a)
A municipality that gets a complaint of the kind described here may either accept it if it has a municipal ethics commission, or forward it to the Political Subdivisions Ethics Review Commission.
Section 10-3-1311(2)(b)
forward the complaint to the Political Subdivisions Ethics Review Commission established in Section 63A-15-201 : regardless of whether the municipality has established a municipal ethics commission; or if the municipality has not
Section 10-3-1311(2)(b)(ii)
If an alleged ethics complaint is against a member of a municipal ethics commission, the complaint must be filed with or forwarded to the Political Subdivisions Ethics Review Commission.
Section 10-3-1311(3)
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Source and current-law status
In force source record
Source record from le.utah.gov · Enacted 1981
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