Section 509 - Hearing to consider adoption -- Notice.

UT Code § 11-13-509 (2019) (N/A)
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(1) At the meeting at which the tentative budget is adopted, the governing board shall: (a) establish the time and place of a public hearing to consider its adoption; and (b) except as provided in Subsection (2) or (5), order that notice of the hearing: (i) be published, at least seven days before the day of the hearing, in at least one issue of a newspaper of general circulation in a county in which the interlocal entity provides service to the public or in which its members are located, if such a newspaper is generally circulated in the county or counties; and (ii) be published at least seven days before the day of the hearing on the Utah Public Notice Website created in Section 63F-1-701.

(a) establish the time and place of a public hearing to consider its adoption; and

(b) except as provided in Subsection (2) or (5), order that notice of the hearing: (i) be published, at least seven days before the day of the hearing, in at least one issue of a newspaper of general circulation in a county in which the interlocal entity provides service to the public or in which its members are located, if such a newspaper is generally circulated in the county or counties; and (ii) be published at least seven days before the day of the hearing on the Utah Public Notice Website created in Section 63F-1-701.

(i) be published, at least seven days before the day of the hearing, in at least one issue of a newspaper of general circulation in a county in which the interlocal entity provides service to the public or in which its members are located, if such a newspaper is generally circulated in the county or counties; and

(ii) be published at least seven days before the day of the hearing on the Utah Public Notice Website created in Section 63F-1-701.

(2) If the budget hearing is held in conjunction with a tax increase hearing, the notice required in Subsection (1)(b): (a) may be combined with the notice required under Section 59-2-919; and (b) shall be published in accordance with the advertisement provisions of Section 59-2-919.

(a) may be combined with the notice required under Section 59-2-919; and

(b) shall be published in accordance with the advertisement provisions of Section 59-2-919.

(3) Proof that notice was given in accordance with Subsection (1)(b), (2), or (5) is prima facie evidence that notice was properly given.

(4) If a notice required under Subsection (1)(b), (2), or (5) is not challenged within 30 days after the day on which the hearing is held, the notice is adequate and proper.

(5) A governing board of an interlocal entity with an annual operating budget of less than $250,000 may satisfy the notice requirements in Subsection (1)(b) by: (a) mailing a written notice, postage prepaid, to each voter in an interlocal entity; and (b) posting the notice in three public places within the interlocal entity's service area.

(a) mailing a written notice, postage prepaid, to each voter in an interlocal entity; and

(b) posting the notice in three public places within the interlocal entity's service area.