Terms Used In Utah Code 17-15-16

• County executive: means :Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Executive: when used to describe the powers, duties, or functions of a person or body elected as the county executive or a person appointed as the county manager or administrative officer, refers to:

  (a)	the power and duty to carry laws and ordinances into effect and secure their due observance; and

  (b)

  those powers, duties, and functions that, under constitutional and statutory provisions and through long usage and accepted practice and custom at the federal and state level, have come to be regarded as belonging to the executive branch of government. See Utah Code 17-50-101      Warrants drawn by order of the county executive on the county treasurer for current expenses during each year shall specify the liability for which they are drawn, when they accrued, and the funds from which they are to be paid, and shall be paid in the order of presentation to the treasurer. If the fund is insufficient to pay any warrant, it shall be registered and then paid in the order of registration. Accounts for county charges of every description shall be presented to the auditor and county executive to be audited as prescribed in this title. Amended by Chapter 297, 2011 General Session   Previous section Next section    Chapter 15 Contents