(1) Subject to the requirements of this chapter and Section 10-3-1311 or 17-70-511, the commission is authorized to review an ethics complaint against a political subdivision officer or employee if the complaint alleges: (a) if the applicable political subdivision is a municipality, an ethics violation of Title 10, Chapter 3, Part 13, Municipal Officers' and Employees' Ethics Act by: (i) a city manager or non-elected chief executive; or (ii) an elected officer, as defined in Section 10-3-1303; (b) if the applicable political subdivision is a county, an ethics violation of Title 17, Chapter 70, Part 5, Disclosure Duties Applicable to All County Officers by: (i) an appointed officer, as defined in Section 17-70-501; (ii) an elected officer, as defined in Section 17-70-501; or (iii) an employee subject to Title 17, Chapter 70, Part 5, Disclosure Duties Applicable to All County Officers; or (c) for a political subdivision officer or employee other than a municipal officer or employee described in Subsection (1)(a) or a county officer or employee described in Subsection (1)(b), an ethics violation of Title 67, Chapter 16, Utah Public Officers' and Employees' Ethics Act. (2) A complaint described in Subsection (1) shall be filed in accordance with the time limit provisions, if any, of the applicable part or chapter. (3) (a) A complaint may not contain an allegation if that allegation and the general facts and circumstances supporting that allegation have been previously reviewed by a municipal ethics commission established under Section 10-3-1311, a county ethics commission established under Section 17-70-511, or a local political subdivision ethics commission established under Section 63A-15-103, as applicable, or the commission unless: (i) the allegation was previously reviewed and dismissed by the commission under Section
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