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Utah Code § 17-64-305

Rules and regulations governing legislative body and transaction of business -- Expulsion of members prohibited -- Exception for disorderly conduct

Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 13, 2025 Special Session 1

(1) The legislative body may make and enforce regulations for:

(a) the government of the legislative body;

(b) the preservation of order; and

(c) the transaction of business .

(2) Except as provided in Subsection (3), the legislative body may not expel a member from an open public meeting or prohibit the member from attending an open public meeting.

(3) Except as provided in Subsection (4), following a two-thirds vote of the members, the legislative body may fine or expel a member of the legislative body for:

(a) disorderly conduct at the open public meeting;

(b) a member's direct or indirect financial conflict of interest regarding an issue discussed at or action proposed to be taken at the open public meeting; or

(c) a commission of a crime during the open public meeting.

(4) A legislative body may adopt ordinances that expand the reasons or establish more restrictive procedures for the expulsion of a member from a public meeting.

Official source: Utah State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Utah statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.