Section 509 – Hearing to consider adoption — Notice.

• (1) At the meeting at which the tentative budget is adopted, the governing board shall:
  • (a) establish the time and place of a public hearing to consider its adoption; and
  • (b) except as provided in Subsection (2) or (5), order that notice of the hearing:
    • (i) be published, at least seven days before the day of the hearing, in at least one issue of a newspaper of general circulation in a county in which the interlocal entity provides service to the public or in which its members are located, if such a newspaper is generally circulated in the county or counties; and
    • (ii) be published at least seven days before the day of the hearing on the Utah Public Notice Website created in Section 63A-16-601.

• (2) If the budget hearing is held in conjunction with a tax increase hearing, the notice required in Subsection (1)(b):
  • (a) may be combined with the notice required under Section 59-2-919; and
  • (b) shall be published in accordance with the advertisement provisions of Section 59-2-919.

• (3) Proof that notice was given in accordance with Subsection (1)(b), (2), or (5) is prima facie evidence that notice was properly given.

• (4) If a notice required under Subsection (1)(b), (2), or (5) is not challenged within 30 days after the day on which the hearing is held, the notice is adequate and proper.

• (5) A governing board of an interlocal entity with an annual operating budget of less than $250,000 may satisfy the notice requirements in Subsection (1)(b) by:
  • (a) mailing a written notice, postage prepaid, to each voter in an interlocal entity; and
  • (b) posting the notice in three public places within the interlocal entity’s service area.

Amended by Chapter 84, 2021 General Session
Amended by Chapter 345, 2021 General Session