§ 17-75-101 — Definitions.

As used in this chapter:
(1) (1)(a) "Appointed officer" means an individual appointed to:
(1)(a)(i) a statutory office or position; or
(1)(a)(ii) a position of employment with a county, except a special employee.
(1)(b) "Appointed officer" includes an individual serving on a special, regular or full-time committee, agency, or board, regardless of whether the individual is compensated for the individual's services.
(1)(c) "Appointed officer" does not include an elected officer.
(2) "Assist" means to act, or offer or agree to act:
(2)(a) to help, represent, aid, advise, furnish information to, or otherwise provide assistance to an individual or business entity;
(2)(b) believing that the action is of help, aid, advice, or assistance to the individual or business entity; and
(2)(c) with the intent to assist the individual or business entity.
(3) "Authorized legislative day" means:
(3)(a) a day on which the Legislature convenes for:
(3)(a)(i) the annual general session;
(3)(a)(ii) a special session;
(3)(a)(iii) a veto override session; or
(3)(a)(iv) an interim day, designated by the Legislative Management Committee described in Section 36-12-6;
(3)(b) an authorized legislative training day; or
(3)(c) any other day on which a meeting of a committee, subcommittee, commission, task force, or other entity is held, if:
(3)(c)(i) the committee, subcommittee, commission, task force, or other entity is created by statute or joint resolution;
(3)(c)(ii) the legislator's attendance at the meeting is approved by the Legislative Management Committee described in Section 36-12-6; and
(3)(c)(iii) service and payment for service by the legislator is not in violation of the Utah Constitution, including Article V and Article VI, Sections 6 and 7.
(4) "Authorized legislative training day" means a day that a Legislative Expenses Oversight Committee, described in Legislative Joint Rule 5-1-102 or any successor provision, designates as an authorized legislative day for training or informational purposes, including:
(4)(a) chair training;
(4)(b) an issue briefing;
(4)(c) legislative leadership instruction;
(4)(d) legislative process training;
(4)(e) legislative rules training;
(4)(f) new legislator orientation; or
(4)(g) another meeting to brief, instruct, orient, or train a legislator in relation to the legislator's official duties.
(5) "Business entity" means to conduct business as a:
(5)(a) sole proprietorship;
(5)(b) partnership;
(5)(c) association;
(5)(d) joint venture;
(5)(e) corporation;
(5)(f) firm;
(5)(g) trust;
(5)(h) foundation;
(5)(i) organization; or
(5)(j) entity.
(6) "Career service position" means any position in the county service except those exempted under Section 17-75-502.
(7) "Compensation" means anything of economic value, however designated, which is paid, loaned, granted, given, donated or transferred to any person or business entity for or in consideration of personal services, materials, property, or any other thing whatsoever.
(8) "Council" means the career service council, a bipartisan, three-member appeals and personnel advisory board.
(9) "Director" means the director of personnel management.
(10) "Elected officer" means an individual elected or appointed to an office in the county.
(11) "Eligible applicant" means any applicant for employment that meets the job related minimum requirements established for a position in the career service.
(12) "Eligible list" means a list of eligible applicants for employment ranked in order of relative knowledge, skill, ability and merit.
(13) "Exempt positions" means those positions which are not in the career service as specified in Section 17-75-502.
(14) "Governmental action" means an action on the part of a county including:
(14)(a) a decision, determination, finding, ruling, or order;
(14)(b) a grant, payment, award, license, contract, subcontract, transaction, decision, sanction, or approval; or
(14)(c) the denial of, or failure to act upon, a matter described in Subsection (14)(a) or (b).
(15) "Legislator" means:
(15)(a) a member of the Utah Senate;
(15)(b) a member of the Utah House of Representatives; or
(15)(c) an individual who has been elected as a member described in Subsection (15)(a) or (b), but has not yet been sworn in or begun the individual's term of office.
(16) "Merit system" means a system of personnel administration based on the principles set forth in Section 17-75-402.
(17) "Miscarriage" means the spontaneous or accidental loss of a fetus, regardless of gestational age or the duration of the pregnancy.
(18) "Officer" means an appointed officer or an elected officer.
(19) "Personnel rules" means the rules the county adopts in accordance with Section 17-75-602.
(20) "Position classification" means a grouping of positions under the same title which are sufficiently similar to be compensated at the same salary range and to which the same tests of ability can be applied.
(21) "Provisional appointment" means an appointment to fill a position pending the establishment of a register for such position.
(22) "Retaliatory action" means to:
(22)(a) dismiss the employee;
(22)(b) reduce the employee's compensation;
(22)(c) fail to increase the employee's compensation by an amount that the employee is otherwise entitled to or was promised;
(22)(d) fail to promote the employee if the employee would have otherwise been promoted; or
(22)(e) threaten to take an action described in Subsections (22)(a) through (d).
(23) "Special employee" means an individual hired on the basis of a contract to perform a special service for the county in accordance with an award of a contract following a public bid.
(24) "Substantial interest" means the ownership, either legally or equitably, by an individual, the individual's spouse, and the individual's minor children, of at least 10% of the outstanding shares of a corporation or 10% interest in any other business entity.

Legislative History

Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 14, 2025 Special Session 1