{"data":{"id":"us-ut/utah-code-17-62-301","jurisdiction":"us-ut","citation":"Utah Code § 17-62-301","heading":"Procedure for initiating adoption of optional plan -- Limitations -- Pending proceedings.","body":"(1) An optional plan proposing an alternate form of government for a county may be adopted as provided in this chapter.\n(2) The process to adopt an optional plan establishing an alternate form of county government may be initiated by:\n(a) the county legislative body as provided in Section 17-62-302; or\n(b) registered voters of the county as provided in Section 17-62-303.\n(3)\n(a) If the process to adopt an optional plan is initiated under Laws of Utah 1973, Chapter 26, Section 3, 4, or 5, or Section 17-62-302 or 17-62-303, the county legislative body may not initiate the process again under Section 17-62-302, and registered voters may not initiate the process again under Section 17-62-303, until:\n(i) the first initiated process concludes with an election under Section 17-62-501;\n(ii) the first initiated process concludes under Subsection 17-62-402(7) because the study committee recommended that the county's form of government not change; or\n(iii) the first initiated process concludes because registered voters fail to submit a sufficient number of valid signatures for a petition before the deadline described in Subsection 17-62-303(2)(c).\n(b) A county legislative body may not initiate the process to adopt an optional plan under Section 17-62-302 within four years of an election at which voters first elect elected county officials in accordance with Section 17-62-503 and as specified in an optional plan proposed as a result of a process initiated by the county legislative body.\n(c) Registered voters of a county may not initiate the process to adopt an optional plan under Section 17-62-303 within four years of an election at which voters first elect elected county officials in accordance with Section 17-62-503 and as specified in an optional plan proposed as a result of a process initiated by registered voters.","path":["Title 17 Counties","Chapter 17-62 Forms of County Government","Part 17-62-3 Procedure for Initiating Optional Plan"],"source_url":"https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title17/Chapter62/17-62-S301.html","current_through":"2026 General Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T11:34:33Z","sha256":"b6d5396a2cdbd31b0036abd6132c2478594f409469133278509628fc43cab8af","source_id":"us-ut","stale":false,"prev":"us-ut/utah-code-17-52a-204","next":"us-ut/utah-code-17-62-302"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}