11-13-509.  Hearing to consider adoption — Notice.

(1)  At the meeting at which the tentative budget is adopted, the governing board shall:

Terms Used In Utah Code 11-13-509

  • Budget: means a plan of financial operations for a fiscal year that embodies estimates of proposed expenditures for given purposes and the proposed means of financing them, and may refer to the budget of a particular fund for which a budget is required by law or may refer collectively to the budgets for all required funds. See Utah Code 11-13-501
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Governing board: includes a board of directors described in an agreement, as amended, that creates a project entity. See Utah Code 11-13-103
  • Interlocal entity: includes a governmental nonprofit corporation, as that term is defined in Section 11-13a-102. See Utah Code 11-13-501
(a)  establish the time and place of a public hearing to consider its adoption; and

(b)  except as provided in Subsection (2), order that notice of the hearing be published, for at least seven days before the day of the hearing, for the interlocal entity‘s service area, as a class A notice under Section 63G-30-102.

(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.

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

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

Amended by Chapter 435, 2023 General Session