Current through the 2024 Fourth Special Session
Section 10-2a-214 - Notice of number of commission or council members to be elected and of district boundaries - Declaration of candidacy for municipal office(1) Within 20 days after the day on which a county legislative body receives the determination described in Subsection 10-2a-213(1)(b)(ii), the county clerk shall provide a notice, in accordance with Subsection (2), containing: (a) the number of municipal council members to be elected for the new municipality;(b) except as provided in Subsection (3), if some or all of the municipal council members are to be elected by district, a description of the boundaries of those districts;(c) information about the deadline for an individual to file a declaration of candidacy to become a candidate for mayor or municipal council; and(d) information about the length of the initial term of each of the municipal officers.(2) The county clerk shall provide the notice described in Subsection (1) for the future municipality, as a class B notice under Section 63G-30-102, for two weeks.(3) Instead of including a description of the district boundaries under Subsection (1)(b), the notice may include a statement that specifies the following sources where a resident of the future municipality may view or obtain a copy of the district boundaries: (b) the physical address of the county clerk's office; and(c) a mailing address and telephone number.(4) Notwithstanding Subsection 20A-9-203(3)(a), each individual seeking to become a candidate for mayor or municipal council of a municipality incorporating under this part shall file a declaration of candidacy with the clerk of the county in which the future municipality is located and in accordance with: (a) for an incorporation held on the date of a regular general election, the deadlines for filing a declaration of candidacy under Section 20A-9-202; or(b) for an incorporation held on the date of a municipal general election, the deadlines for filing a declaration of candidacy under Section 20A-9-203.Amended by Chapter 435, 2023 General Session ,§ 22, eff. 5/3/2023.Amended by Chapter 224, 2023 General Session ,§ 18, eff. 5/3/2023.Amended by Chapter 345, 2021 General Session ,§ 17, eff. 7/1/2021.Amended by Chapter 15, 2021SP1 General Session ,§ 21, eff. 5/28/2021.Amended by Chapter 355, 2021 General Session ,§ 14, eff. 5/5/2021.Amended by Chapter 84, 2021 General Session ,§ 18, eff. 5/5/2021.Amended by Chapter 22, 2020 General Session ,§ 5, eff. 5/12/2020.Amended by Chapter 165, 2019 General Session ,§§ 18 and 34, eff. 5/14/2019.Amended by Chapter 255, 2019 General Session ,§ 15, eff. 5/14/2019.Amended by Chapter 91, 2017 General Session ,§ 1, eff. 5/9/2017.Renumbered from § 10-2-115 and amended by Chapter 352, 2015 General Session ,§ 36, eff. 5/12/2015.Amended by Chapter 111, 2015 General Session ,§ 3, eff. 5/12/2015.Amended by Chapter 388, 2009 General Session