(1)  Upon the establishment of a county planetarium under the provisions of this chapter or upon the determination of the county executive to contract for planetarium facilities and equipment and other planetarium services, the county executive shall:

Terms Used In Utah Code 17-37-2

  • Advice and consent: Under the Constitution, presidential nominations for executive and judicial posts take effect only when confirmed by the Senate, and international treaties become effective only when the Senate approves them by a two-thirds vote.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • County executive: means :Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • County legislative body: 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
  • Legislative: when used to describe the powers, duties, or functions of a county commission or council, refers to:
    (a) the power and duty to enact ordinances, levy taxes, and establish budgets; 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 legislative branch of government. See Utah Code 17-50-101
    (a)  with the advice and consent of the county legislative body, appoint a planetarium board of directors, chosen at large based upon fitness for the office; and

    (b)  determine the number of people to serve as the board of directors.
  • (2)  Members of the county legislative body may serve on the board of directors, but not more than one member of the county legislative body may be a member of the board at any one time.

    (3)  Directors shall serve without compensation, but their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties may be paid from the county planetarium fund.

    Amended by Chapter 95, 2002 General Session