{"data":{"id":"us-ut/utah-code-17d-1-205","jurisdiction":"us-ut","citation":"Utah Code § 17D-1-205","heading":"Notice.","body":"(1) Each notice required under Subsection 17D-1-204(1) shall:\n(a) state that:\n(i) the legislative body has adopted a resolution stating its intent to create a special service district; or\n(ii) a petition has been filed proposing the creation of a special service district;\n(b) describe the boundary of the proposed special service district;\n(c) generally describe each service that the special service district is proposed to provide;\n(d) state that taxes may be levied annually upon all taxable property within the proposed special service district;\n(e) state that fees or charges may be imposed to pay for some or all of the services that the special service district is proposed to provide;\n(f) explain the process, requirements, and timetable for filing a protest against the creation of the special service district or against a service that the special service district is proposed to provide;\n(g) designate a date, time, and place for a public hearing on the proposed creation of the special service district; and\n(h) except as provided in Subsection (2), be published:\n(i)\n(A) once a week for four consecutive weeks;\n(B) not fewer than five days and no more than 20 days before the date of the public hearing required under Subsection 17D-1-204(2); and\n(C) in a newspaper of general circulation in the county or municipality by which the special service district is proposed to be created; and\n(ii) in accordance with Section 45-1-101 for 35 days before the date of the public hearing required under Subsection 17D-1-204(2).\n(2) Notwithstanding Subsection (1)(h)(i), if the proposed special service district is located entirely within a city of the third, fourth, or fifth class or a town that has no newspaper of general circulation in the city or town, the legislative body of the city or town may provide that the notice required under Subsection 17D-1-204(1) be given by posting the notice in at least five public places in the city or town at least 21 days before the public hearing required under Subsection 17D-1-204(2).\n(3) The legislative body of the county or municipality by which the special service district is proposed to be created may include in a notice under this section any other information that the legislative body considers necessary or appropriate.","path":["Title 17D Limited Purpose Local Government Entities - Other Entities","Chapter 17D-1 Special Service District Act","Part 17D-1-2 Creating a Special Service District"],"source_url":"https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title17D/Chapter1/17D-1-S205.html","current_through":"2026 General Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T11:34:33Z","sha256":"2acaf7bb5c985b4867a0511e4491a8ed24fe4df1ecdded316d3a605684ba0330","source_id":"us-ut","stale":false,"prev":"us-ut/utah-code-17d-1-204","next":"us-ut/utah-code-17d-1-206"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}