
[Utah Code Table of Contents]
[TITLE 17. Table of Contents]
17-11-1 Election to determine.
The county seats of the several counties of this state
as now fixed by law are hereby recognized as such. No county
seat shall be removed unless two-thirds of the qualified
electors of the county, voting on the proposition at a general
election, shall vote in favor of such removal, and two-thirds
of the votes cast on the proposition shall be required to
relocate a county seat.
1953
17-11-2 Initiating petitions - Limitation.
Whenever there shall be presented to the county legislative
body of any county a petition signed by qualified electors
of such county, in number equal to a majority of the votes
cast at the preceding general election, praying for the submission
of the question of the removal of the county seat, it shall
be the duty of the county legislative body to submit the
question of such removal at the next general election to
the qualified electors of such county; and such election
shall be conducted and the returns canvassed in all respects
as provided by law for the conducting of general elections
and canvassing the returns thereof. A proposition of removal
of the county seat shall not be submitted in the same county
more than once in four years, or within four years from the
time that any such proposition has been theretofore submitted.
1993
