Utah Code § 17-62-404: Plan may propose changing forms of county government -- Partisan elections.

(1)

(a) The optional plan proponent described in Subsection 17-62-403(1) shall ensure that each optional plan proposes changing the form of county government to:

(i) for a county of the first, second, third, or fourth class:

(A) the county commission form under Section 17-62-201;

(B) the expanded county commission form under Section 17-62-202;

(C) the county executive and council form under Section 17-62-203; or

(D) the council-manager form under Section 17-62-204; and

(ii) for a county of the fifth or sixth class:

(A) the county commission form under Section 17-62-201; or

(B) the expanded county commission form under Section 17-62-202.

(b) The optional plan proponent described in Subsection 16-62-403(1) may not recommend an optional plan that:

(i) proposes changing the form of government to a form not authorized in Subsection (1)(a);

(ii) provides for the nonpartisan election of elected officers;

(iii) imposes a limit on the number of terms or years that an elected officer may serve; or

(iv) provides for elected officers to be subject to a recall election.

(2) A county that provides for the election of the county's elected officers through a partisan election may not change to a process that provides for the election of the county's elected officers through a nonpartisan election.