17B-1-1201. Definitions. As used in this part: (1) “Eligible function” means: (a) a power conferred on a local district under this title; (b) a tax or assessment levied by a local district; (c) an act or proceeding that a local district: (i) has taken; or (ii) contemplates taking; or (d) a district contract, whether already […]
17B-1-1202. Authority to file a validation petition — Petition requirements — Amending or supplementing a validation petition. (1) The board of trustees of a local district may at any time file a validation petition. (2) Each validation petition shall: (a) describe the eligible function for which a validation order is sought; (b) set forth: (i) […]
17B-1-1203. Hearing on a validation petition. (1) Upon the filing of a validation petition, the district court shall enter an order setting a date, time, and place for a hearing on the validation petition. (2) A hearing under Subsection (1) may not be held less than 21 days after the filing of the validation petition. […]
Effective 7/1/2021 17B-1-1204. Notice of the hearing on a validation petition — Amended or supplemented validation petition. (1) Upon the entry of an order under Section 17B-1-1203 setting a hearing on a validation petition, the local district that filed the petition shall post notice: (a) on the Utah Public Notice Website created in Section 63A-16-601, […]
17B-1-1205. Property owner or interested person may appear in validation proceedings — Failure to appear. (1) An owner of property within the district or a person interested in a contract or proposed contract that is the subject of a validation petition may appear and answer or otherwise plead in response to the validation petition: (a) […]
17B-1-1206. Validation petition hearing — Validation proceedings. (1) At each validation petition hearing, the court shall determine all matters and issues affecting the questions raised by the validation petition. (2) The district court shall: (a) advance each matter pertaining to validation proceedings as a matter of immediate public interest and concern; and (b) hear each […]
17B-1-1207. Findings, conclusions, and judgment — Costs — Effect of judgment — Appeal. (1) After the hearing under Section 17B-1-1203 on a validation petition, the district court shall: (a) make and enter written findings of fact and conclusions of law; and (b) render a judgment as warranted. (2) A district court may apportion costs among […]
