§ 17B-1-609. Hearing to consider adoption -- Notice. (Effective 5/13/2014)

(1) At the meeting at which the tentative budget is adopted, the board of trustees shall:

(a) establish the time and place of a public hearing to consider its adoption; and

(b) except as provided in Subsection (5), order that notice of the hearing:

(i)

(A) be published at least seven days before the hearing in at least one issue of a newspaper of general circulation published in the county or counties in which the district is located; or

(B) if no newspaper is published, be posted in three public places within the district; and

(ii) be published at least seven days before the hearing on the Utah Public Notice Website created in Section 63F-1-701.

(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 face 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 board of trustees of a local district 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 the local district or special service district; and

(b) posting the notice in three public places within the district.

Amended by Chapter 377, 2014 General Session