Bill Summary – FastDemocracy

02-25-24 3:30 PM                                                  1st Sub. (Green) S.B. 258
         (g) a statement that the purpose of the election is to elect a mayor and a council to
  govern the town upon the town's incorporation.
         (7) (a) In addition to the notice described in Subsection (6), the county clerk shall
  publish and distribute, before the election is held, a voter information pamphlet:
         (i) in accordance with the procedures and requirements of Section 20A-7-402;
         (ii) in consultation with the lieutenant governor; and
         (iii) in a manner that the county clerk determines is adequate.
         (b) The voter information pamphlet described in Subsection (7)(a):
         (i) shall inform the public of the election and the purpose of the election; and
         (ii) may include additional information regarding the election of the elected officials
  and the incorporation of the town.
         (8) An individual may not vote in the election described in this section unless the
  individual is a registered voter who is a resident, as defined in Section 20A-1-102, within the
  boundaries of the preliminary municipality.
         (9) The town, incorporated under Subsection (10)(b), shall pay to the county the cost of
  running the election described in this section.
         (10) On the day after the day on which the canvass for the election is completed:
         (a) the elected mayor and council members shall take office and replace the board chair
  and board members of the preliminary municipality;
         (b) the lieutenant governor shall issue a certification that the preliminary municipality
  has transitioned to, and is incorporated as, a town; and
         (c) subject to Subsection (14), the town holds all authority and power of a town.
         (11) The Öº [former mayor and council] board chair and board »Ö members for the
823a preliminary municipality shall
  assist the newly-elected mayor of the town and the newly-elected council members of the town
  with the transition to a town and the transfer of power to the elected government of the town.
         (12) The initial government of a town incorporated under this section is the five
  member council form of government described in Chapter 3b, Part 4, Five-Member Council
  Form of Municipal Government, with the mayor and counsel members elected at large.
         (13) Within 30 days after the day on which the mayor takes office under Subsection
  (10)(a), the mayor shall record the certification described in Subsection (10)(b), and a copy of
  the plat for the municipality, with the county recorder.
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Statutes affected: 
Introduced: 10-1-104, 63I-1-210
Enrolled: 10-1-104, 63I-1-210
S.B. 258 1st Substitute : 10-1-104, 63I-1-210
Amended: 10-1-104, 63I-1-210
S.B. 258 1st Substitute (Not Adopted) Text: 10-1-104, 63I-1-210