Section 203 – Exemptions from and applicability of certain legal requirements — Risk management — Code of ethics.

• (1) The commission is exempt from:
  • (a) except as provided in Subsection (3), Title 63A, Utah Government Operations Code;
  • (b)Title 63G, Chapter 4, Administrative Procedures Act; and
  • (c)Title 63A, Chapter 17, Utah State Personnel Management Act.

• (2)
  • (a) The commission shall adopt budgetary procedures, accounting, and personnel and human resource policies substantially similar to those from which the commission is exempt under Subsection (1).
  • (b) The commission is subject to:
    • (i)Title 52, Chapter 4, Open and Public Meetings Act;
    • (ii) Section 67-3-12 relating to the Utah public finance website;
    • (iii)Title 63G, Chapter 2, Government Records Access and Management Act;
    • (iv)Title 63G, Chapter 6a, Utah Procurement Code; and
    • (v)Title 63J, Chapter 1, Budgetary Procedures Act.

• (3) Subject to the requirements of Subsection 63E-1-304(2), the commission may participate in coverage under the Risk Management Fund created by Section 63A-4-201.

• (4)
  • (a) The commission may, by majority vote, adopt a code of ethics.
  • (b) The commission, and the commission’s members and employees, shall comply with a code of ethics adopted under Subsection (4)(a).
  • (c) The executive director of the commission shall report a commission member’s violation of a code of ethics adopted under Subsection (4)(a) to the appointing authority of the commission member.
  • (d)
    • (i) A violation of a code of ethics adopted under Subsection (4)(a) constitutes cause to remove a member from the commission under Subsection 20A-20-201(3)(b).
    • (ii) An act or omission by a member of the commission need not constitute a violation of a code of ethics adopted under Subsection (4)(a) to be grounds to remove a member of the commission for cause.

Amended by Chapter 274, 2022 General Session