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H.B. 116

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ATTENDANCE AT LOCAL GOVERNMENT

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MEETINGS BY LOCAL GOVERNMENT

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OFFICIALS

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2002 GENERAL SESSION

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STATE OF UTAH

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Sponsor: Mike Thompson

             7      This act modifies the Municipal Code and the County Code by allowing municipalities and
             8      counties to compel the attendance of officials at meetings h [ and to provide for deductions from
             9      wages or salary for failure to attend ] h .
             10      This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
             11      AMENDS:
             12          10-3-505, as enacted by Chapter 48, Laws of Utah 1977
             13          17-53-206, as renumbered and amended by Chapter 133, Laws of Utah 2000
             14      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             15          Section 1. Section 10-3-505 is amended to read:
             16           10-3-505. Attendance.
             17          The governing body shall have the power to compel the attendance of its own members at
             18      its meetings and provide such penalties as it [deems] considers necessary for the failure to comply
             19      therewith. h [ The penalties may include provisions for deductions from the wages or salary of the
             20      members for failure to attend the meetings of the governing body. ] h
             21          Section 2. Section 17-53-206 is amended to read:
             22           17-53-206. Meetings to comply with open meetings law -- Records and minutes --
             23      Attendance.
             24          (1) Each meeting of the county legislative body shall comply with Title 52, Chapter 4,
             25      Open and Public Meetings.
             26          (2) The chair and clerk of the county legislative body shall sign the records and minutes
             27      of the county legislative body.

             28          (3) The county legislative body shall have the power to compel the attendance of its own
             29      members at its meetings and provide such penalties as it considers necessary for the failure to
             30      comply therewith. h [ The penalties may include provisions for deductions from the wages or salary
             31      of the members for failure to attend the meetings of the county legislative body. ] h




Legislative Review Note
    as of 12-19-01 9:05 AM

A limited legal review of this legislation raises no obvious constitutional or statutory concerns.

Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel

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