Each state agency or political subdivision that provides any training or certification that any state agency or political subdivision requires a public employee or public official to complete shall present the training or make the training available in an online web-based format, which may include a live webinar, unless:

(1)  the training or certification:

Terms Used In Utah Code 63G-22-103

(a) a county;
(b) a municipality, as defined in Section 10-1-104;
(c) a special district;
(d) a special service district;
(e) an interlocal entity, as defined in Section 11-13-103;
(f) a community reinvestment agency;
(g) a local building authority; or
(h) a conservation district. See Utah Code 63G-22-102
  • Public employee: means any individual employed by or volunteering for a state agency or a political subdivision who is not a public official. See Utah Code 63G-22-102
  • Public official: means :
    (i) an appointed official or an elected official as those terms are defined in Section 63A-17-502; or
    (ii) an individual elected or appointed to a county office, municipal office, school board or school district office, special district office, or special service district office. See Utah Code 63G-22-102
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • State agency: means a department, division, board, council, committee, institution, office, bureau, or other similar administrative unit of the executive branch of state government. See Utah Code 63G-22-102
  • (a)  includes a physical or interactive component that, in the reasonable determination of the agency or political subdivision, the attendee can only complete in person; or

    (b)  takes place over consecutive full-day sessions; or
  • (2)  no required attendee will travel more than 50 miles from the attendee’s primary residence or place of employment, whichever is closer to the training site, to attend the training.

    Enacted by Chapter 200, 2018 General Session