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Utah Code § 10-3b-203, 2008

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Jurisdiction: United States — Utah
Status: In force
Official identity: Year 2008
Dates: Enacted 2008

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“In a council-mayor municipality, the council must handle key municipal property and annexation procedures by ordinance, pass ordinances, appropriate funds, review administration, perform its legal duties, and choose a chair. It may also reorganize departments, investigate municipal matters, make internal rules, and tak”

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Council in a council-mayor form of government.

Section 10-3b-203

Subsection 10-3b-203(1)(a)(iii)

The council must perform all duties that the law imposes on it.

Section 10-3b-203(1)(a)(iii)

Subsection 10-3b-203(1)(b)(ii)(A)

creating, consolidating, or abolishing departments, divisions, and bureaus; and

Section 10-3b-203(1)(b)(ii)(A)

Subsection 10-3b-203(1)(b)(iv)(B)

The council may delegate powers of inquiry to an appointed committee if the council considers those powers necessary.

Section 10-3b-203(1)(b)(iv)(B)

Subsection 10-3b-203(2)

A council member in a council-mayor municipality may not have any other compensated employment with that municipality.

Section 10-3b-203(2)

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Provision 29

Part 10-3b-2

part 10-3b-2 Council-Mayor Form of Municipal Government

§ 10-3b-203Council in a council-mayor form of government.Provision

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In a council-mayor municipality, the council must handle key municipal property and annexation procedures by ordinance, pass ordinances, appropriate funds, review administration, perform its legal duties, and choose a chair. It may also reorganize departments, investigate municipal matters, make internal rules, and take action allowed elsewhere. The council may not interfere with executive appointments or officers, and members may not have other paid municipal jobs.

Council in a council-mayor form of government. The council in a municipality operating under a council-mayor form of government: shall: by ordinance, provide for the manner in which: municipal property is bought, sold, traded, encumbered, or otherwise transferred; and a subdivision or annexation is approved, disapproved, or otherwise regulated; pass ordinances, appropriate funds, and review municipal administration; perform all duties that the law imposes on the council; and elect one of its members to be the chair of the council; may: adopt an ordinance, to be known as the municipal administrative code: dividing the municipality's administrative service into departments, divisions, and bureaus; and defining the functions and duties of each department, division, and bureau; adopt an ordinance: creating, consolidating, or abolishing departments, divisions, and bureaus; and defining or altering the functions and duties of each department, division, and bureau; notwithstanding Subsection (1)(c)(iii) , make suggestions or recommendations to a subordinate of the mayor; notwithstanding Subsection (1)(c) , appoint a committee of council members or citizens to conduct an investigation into: an officer, department, or agency of the municipality; or any other matter relating to the welfare of the municipality; and delegate to an appointed committee powers of inquiry that the council considers necessary; make and enforce any additional rule or regulation for the government of the council, the preservation of order, and the transaction of the council's business that the council considers necessary; and take any action allowed under Section 10-8-84 ; and may not: direct or request, other than in writing, the appointment of a person to or the removal of a person from an executive municipal office; interfere in any way with an executive officer's performance of the officer's duties; or publicly or privately give orders to a subordinate of the mayor. A member of a council in a municipality operating under the council-mayor form of government may not have any other compensated employment with the municipality.

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§ 10-3b-203(1)Subsection 10-3b-203(1)Provision

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A municipal council in a council-mayor government must handle specified council business by ordinance and may also adopt administrative ordinances and take listed oversight actions, but it may not interfere with executive appointments or give orders to mayoral subordinates.

The council in a municipality operating under a council-mayor form of government: shall: by ordinance, provide for the manner in which: municipal property is bought, sold, traded, encumbered, or otherwise transferred; and a subdivision or annexation is approved, disapproved, or otherwise regulated; pass ordinances, appropriate funds, and review municipal administration; perform all duties that the law imposes on the council; and elect one of its members to be the chair of the council; may: adopt an ordinance, to be known as the municipal administrative code: dividing the municipality's administrative service into departments, divisions, and bureaus; and defining the functions and duties of each department, division, and bureau; adopt an ordinance: creating, consolidating, or abolishing departments, divisions, and bureaus; and defining or altering the functions and duties of each department, division, and bureau; notwithstanding Subsection (1)(c)(iii) , make suggestions or recommendations to a subordinate of the mayor; notwithstanding Subsection (1)(c) , appoint a committee of council members or citizens to conduct an investigation into: an officer, department, or agency of the municipality; or any other matter relating to the welfare of the municipality; and delegate to an appointed committee powers of inquiry that the council considers necessary; make and enforce any additional rule or regulation for the government of the council, the preservation of order, and the transaction of the council's business that the council considers necessary; and take any action allowed under Section 10-8-84 ; and may not: direct or request, other than in writing, the appointment of a person to or the removal of a person from an executive municipal office; interfere in any way with an executive officer's performance of the officer's duties; or publicly or privately give orders to a subordinate of the mayor.

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§ 10-3b-203(1)(a)Subsection 10-3b-203(1)(a)Provision

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shall: by ordinance, provide for the manner in which: municipal property is bought, sold, traded, encumbered, or otherwise transferred; and a subdivision or annexation is approved, disapproved, or otherwise regulated; pass ordinances, appropriate funds, and review municipal administration; perform all duties that the law imposes on the council; and elect one of its members to be the chair of the council;

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§ 10-3b-203(1)(a)(i)Subsection 10-3b-203(1)(a)(i)Provision

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by ordinance, provide for the manner in which: municipal property is bought, sold, traded, encumbered, or otherwise transferred; and a subdivision or annexation is approved, disapproved, or otherwise regulated;

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§ 10-3b-203(1)(a)(i)(A)Subsection 10-3b-203(1)(a)(i)(A)Provision

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municipal property is bought, sold, traded, encumbered, or otherwise transferred; and

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§ 10-3b-203(1)(a)(i)(B)Subsection 10-3b-203(1)(a)(i)(B)Provision

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A subdivision or annexation may be approved, disapproved, or otherwise regulated.

a subdivision or annexation is approved, disapproved, or otherwise regulated;

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§ 10-3b-203(1)(a)(ii)Subsection 10-3b-203(1)(a)(ii)Provision

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pass ordinances, appropriate funds, and review municipal administration;

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§ 10-3b-203(1)(a)(iii)Subsection 10-3b-203(1)(a)(iii)Provision

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The council must perform all duties that the law imposes on it.

perform all duties that the law imposes on the council; and

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§ 10-3b-203(1)(a)(iv)Subsection 10-3b-203(1)(a)(iv)Provision

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The council must elect one of its members as chair.

elect one of its members to be the chair of the council;

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§ 10-3b-203(1)(b)Subsection 10-3b-203(1)(b)Provision

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The council may adopt ordinances and rules for its organization and business, appoint investigation committees, delegate inquiry powers, and take other authorized actions.

may: adopt an ordinance, to be known as the municipal administrative code: dividing the municipality's administrative service into departments, divisions, and bureaus; and defining the functions and duties of each department, division, and bureau; adopt an ordinance: creating, consolidating, or abolishing departments, divisions, and bureaus; and defining or altering the functions and duties of each department, division, and bureau; notwithstanding Subsection (1)(c)(iii) , make suggestions or recommendations to a subordinate of the mayor; notwithstanding Subsection (1)(c) , appoint a committee of council members or citizens to conduct an investigation into: an officer, department, or agency of the municipality; or any other matter relating to the welfare of the municipality; and delegate to an appointed committee powers of inquiry that the council considers necessary; make and enforce any additional rule or regulation for the government of the council, the preservation of order, and the transaction of the council's business that the council considers necessary; and take any action allowed under Section 10-8-84 ; and

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§ 10-3b-203(1)(b)(i)Subsection 10-3b-203(1)(b)(i)Provision

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The municipality must adopt an ordinance called the municipal administrative code.

adopt an ordinance, to be known as the municipal administrative code: dividing the municipality's administrative service into departments, divisions, and bureaus; and defining the functions and duties of each department, division, and bureau;

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§ 10-3b-203(1)(b)(i)(A)Subsection 10-3b-203(1)(b)(i)(A)Provision

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dividing the municipality's administrative service into departments, divisions, and bureaus; and

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§ 10-3b-203(1)(b)(i)(B)Subsection 10-3b-203(1)(b)(i)(B)Provision

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defining the functions and duties of each department, division, and bureau;

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§ 10-3b-203(1)(b)(ii)Subsection 10-3b-203(1)(b)(ii)Provision

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An authority may adopt an ordinance to create, consolidate, or abolish departments, divisions, and bureaus, and to define or change their functions and duties.

adopt an ordinance: creating, consolidating, or abolishing departments, divisions, and bureaus; and defining or altering the functions and duties of each department, division, and bureau;

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§ 10-3b-203(1)(b)(ii)(A)Subsection 10-3b-203(1)(b)(ii)(A)Provision

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creating, consolidating, or abolishing departments, divisions, and bureaus; and

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§ 10-3b-203(1)(b)(ii)(B)Subsection 10-3b-203(1)(b)(ii)(B)Provision

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defining or altering the functions and duties of each department, division, and bureau;

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§ 10-3b-203(1)(b)(iii)Subsection 10-3b-203(1)(b)(iii)Provision

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Despite Subsection (1)(c)(iii), a person may make suggestions or recommendations to a subordinate of the mayor.

notwithstanding Subsection (1)(c)(iii) , make suggestions or recommendations to a subordinate of the mayor;

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§ 10-3b-203(1)(b)(iv)Subsection 10-3b-203(1)(b)(iv)Provision

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The council may appoint a committee of council members or citizens to investigate municipal officers, departments, agencies, or other matters relating to the municipality’s welfare.

notwithstanding Subsection (1)(c) , appoint a committee of council members or citizens to conduct an investigation into: an officer, department, or agency of the municipality; or any other matter relating to the welfare of the municipality; and delegate to an appointed committee powers of inquiry that the council considers necessary;

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§ 10-3b-203(1)(b)(iv)(A)Subsection 10-3b-203(1)(b)(iv)(A)Provision

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§ 10-3b-203(1)(b)(iv)(A)(I)Subsection 10-3b-203(1)(b)(iv)(A)(I)Provision

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an officer, department, or agency of the municipality; or

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§ 10-3b-203(1)(b)(iv)(A)(II)Subsection 10-3b-203(1)(b)(iv)(A)(II)Provision

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any other matter relating to the welfare of the municipality; and

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§ 10-3b-203(1)(b)(iv)(B)Subsection 10-3b-203(1)(b)(iv)(B)Provision

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The council may delegate powers of inquiry to an appointed committee if the council considers those powers necessary.

delegate to an appointed committee powers of inquiry that the council considers necessary;

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§ 10-3b-203(1)(b)(v)Subsection 10-3b-203(1)(b)(v)Provision

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The council may make and enforce additional rules or regulations needed for its government, order, and business.

make and enforce any additional rule or regulation for the government of the council, the preservation of order, and the transaction of the council's business that the council considers necessary; and

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§ 10-3b-203(1)(b)(vi)Subsection 10-3b-203(1)(b)(vi)Provision

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A person may take any action allowed under Section 10-8-84.

take any action allowed under Section 10-8-84 ; and

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§ 10-3b-203(1)(c)Subsection 10-3b-203(1)(c)Provision

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The mayor may not direct or request, except in writing, the appointment or removal of a person from an executive municipal office, interfere with an executive officer’s duties, or give orders to a subordinate of the mayor.

may not: direct or request, other than in writing, the appointment of a person to or the removal of a person from an executive municipal office; interfere in any way with an executive officer's performance of the officer's duties; or publicly or privately give orders to a subordinate of the mayor.

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§ 10-3b-203(1)(c)(i)Subsection 10-3b-203(1)(c)(i)Provision

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A person must not, unless in writing, direct or request the appointment or removal of a person in an executive municipal office.

direct or request, other than in writing, the appointment of a person to or the removal of a person from an executive municipal office;

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§ 10-3b-203(1)(c)(ii)Subsection 10-3b-203(1)(c)(ii)Provision

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It prohibits interfering in any way with an executive officer's performance of the officer's duties.

interfere in any way with an executive officer's performance of the officer's duties; or

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§ 10-3b-203(1)(c)(iii)Subsection 10-3b-203(1)(c)(iii)Provision

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publicly or privately give orders to a subordinate of the mayor.

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§ 10-3b-203(2)Subsection 10-3b-203(2)Provision

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A council member in a council-mayor municipality may not have any other compensated employment with that municipality.

A member of a council in a municipality operating under the council-mayor form of government may not have any other compensated employment with the municipality.

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