Utah Code § 17-62-301

Procedure for initiating adoption of optional plan -- Limitations -- Pending
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proceedings.
(1) An optional plan proposing an alternate form of government for a county may be adopted as
provided in this chapter.
(2) The process to adopt an optional plan establishing an alternate form of county government may
be initiated by:
(a) the county legislative body as provided in Section 17-62-302; or
(b) registered voters of the county as provided in Section 17-62-303.

(3)
(a) If the process to adopt an optional plan is initiated under Laws of Utah 1973, Chapter 26,
Section 3, 4, or 5, or Section 17-62-302 or 17-62-303, the county legislative body may not
initiate the process again under Section 17-62-302, and registered voters may not initiate the
process again under Section 17-62-303, until:
(i) the first initiated process concludes with an election under Section 17-62-501;
(ii) the first initiated process concludes under Subsection 17-62-402(7) because the study
committee recommended that the county's form of government not change; or
(iii) the first initiated process concludes because registered voters fail to submit a sufficient
number of valid signatures for a petition before the deadline described in Subsection
17-62-303(2)(c).
(b) A county legislative body may not initiate the process to adopt an optional plan under Section

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