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[TITLE 17. Table of Contents]
17-15-16 Warrants - Payment - Registration - Duty of auditor.
Warrants drawn by order of the county executive on the
county treasurer for current expenses during each year must
specify the liability for which they are drawn, when they
accrued, and the funds from which they are to be paid, and
must be paid in the order of presentation to the treasurer.
If the fund is insufficient to pay any warrant, it must be
registered and thereafter paid in the order of registration.
Accounts for county charges of every description must be
presented to the auditor and county executive to be audited
as prescribed in this title.
1993
17-15-18 Costs on removal of criminal actions.
When a criminal action is removed before trial the costs
accruing upon such removal shall be a charge against the
county in which the indictment or information was found or
filed.
1953
17-15-19 Costs of change of venue - Adjustment between counties.
In all civil cases where any change of venue is granted
from one county to another, excepting where the change is
granted because the action should have been begun in the
county to which the case is taken for trial, the costs and
expenses connected with the trial of the action that are
payable by the county shall be refunded by the county in
which the action originated to the county in which the case
is tried, upon the county clerk of the county wherein the
case is tried certifying the amount of costs so paid to the
county clerk of the county wherein the action originated.
1953
17-15-20 Disposition of coal land revenue.
Eighty per centum of all moneys received by the state
of Utah from the treasurer of the United States, as bonuses,
royalties, and rentals upon United States coal lands located
in this state shall be allocated to the county or counties
out of or from which is taken the coal from which such bonuses,
royalties, and rentals are derived; provided, that such sum
or sums so received shall be paid over to such county or
counties for the construction and maintenance of roads and
for the support and maintenance of public schools of such
county or counties and no other.
1953
17-15-22 Federal entitlement lands - In-lieu payments - Allocation - Agreements with political subdivisions.
Any county may use any amounts it receives from the United
States as in-lieu payments under P.L. 94-565 (90 Stat. 2662)
for any governmental purpose in the county, and may share
these revenues with cities, towns, or any other political
subdivision within its jurisdiction. The county may contract
with these political subdivisions as to how these amounts
may be allocated and used.
1977
17-15-23 County solid waste management plans.
(1) (a) Each county or entity created or designated by a county for this purpose shall submit to the Solid and Hazardous Waste Control Board, organized in Section 19-6-103 , a county solid waste management plan providing solid waste management information as reasonably required by the board and according to a timetable established by the board.
(b) Each county shall review and modify its solid waste management plan no less frequently than every five years.
(2) Each county solid waste management plan shall be consistent with Title 19, Chapter 6, Part 5, Solid Waste Management Act, and shall establish the county's solid waste management plan for the next 20 years.
(3) Each county solid waste management plan shall include an estimate of the solid waste capacity needed in the county for the next 20 years and the county's program to ensure that the county will have sufficient solid waste disposal capacity for the next 20 years.
(4) The solid waste management plan mandated by this section
is contingent upon the adoption and implementation of a funding
mechanism. Nothing contained in this section precludes a
political subdivision, local health department, or district
from undertaking comprehensive solid waste planning.
1991
17-15-24 Procurement - Use of recycled goods.
The procurement officer or other person responsible for purchasing supplies for each county and each entity created by a county or joined by a county shall:
(1) maintain for reference a copy of the current listing of recycled items available on a state contract as issued by the chief procurement officer appointed under Section 63-56-204 ; and
(2) give recycled items consideration when inviting bids
and purchasing supplies, in compliance with Section
11-37-101
.
2005
17-15-25 Right to breast feed.
The county legislative body may not prohibit a woman's
breast feeding in any location where she otherwise may rightfully
be, irrespective of whether the breast is uncovered during
or incidental to the breast feeding.
1995
17-15-26 Leave of absence for county employee seeking election to county office.
(1) A county employee who has filed a declaration of candidacy under Section 20A-9-202 for a county office may, at the employee's discretion, take an unpaid leave of absence, subject to applicable employee policies on giving notice before taking leave, for some or all of the period from the filing of the declaration of candidacy until the earliest of:
(a) the employee's defeat at a primary election;
(b) the employee's withdrawal as a candidate for the county office; or
(c) the day after the regular general election for which the employee is a candidate.
(2) Neither the filing of a declaration of candidacy under
Section
20A-9-202
nor a leave of absence under Subsection (1)
may be used as the basis for any adverse employment action
against the employee, including discipline or termination.
1998
17-15-27 Appointment of legal counsel by county executive and county legislative body.
(1) (a) An elected county executive in a county that has adopted a county executive-council form of county government under Chapter 52, Changing Forms of County Government, may appoint an attorney to advise and represent the county executive.
(b) An attorney appointed under Subsection (1)(a):
(i) serves at the pleasure of the county executive; and
(ii) may not perform any of the functions of a county attorney or district attorney under this title, except as provided in this section.
(c) An attorney appointed under this Subsection (1) may represent the county executive in cases and controversies before courts and administrative agencies and tribunals when a conflict exists that precludes the county or district attorney from representing the county executive.
(2) (a) The legislative body of a county that has adopted a county executive-council form of county government under Chapter 52, Changing Forms of County Government, may appoint an attorney to advise and represent the county legislative body.
(b) An attorney appointed under Subsection (2)(a):
(i) serves at the pleasure of the county legislative body; and
(ii) may not perform any of the functions of a county attorney or district attorney under this title, except as provided in this section.
(c) An attorney appointed under this Subsection (2) may
represent the county legislative body in cases and controversies
before courts and administrative agencies and tribunals when
a conflict exists that precludes the county or district attorney
from representing the county legislative body.
2006
17-15-28 Definitions - Electronic payments - Fee.
(1) As used in this section:
(a) "Electronic payment" means the payment of money to a county by electronic means, including by means of a credit card, charge card, debit card, prepaid or stored value card or similar device, or automatic clearinghouse transaction.
(b) "Electronic payment fee" means an amount of money to defray the discount fee, processing fee, or other fee charged by a credit card company or processing agent to process an electronic payment.
(c) "Processing agent" means a bank, transaction clearinghouse, or other third party that charges a fee to process an electronic payment.
(2) A county may accept an electronic payment for the payment of funds which the county could have received through another payment method.
(3) A county that accepts an electronic payment may charge
an electronic payment fee.
2005
