Section 17-52a-301 - Procedure for initiating adoption of optional plan - Limitations - Pending proceedings(1) An optional plan proposing an alternate form of government for a county may be adopted as provided in this chapter.(2) The process to adopt an optional plan establishing an alternate form of county government may be initiated by:(a) the county legislative body as provided in Section 17-52a-302; or(b) registered voters of the county as provided in Section 17-52a-303.(3)(a) If the process to adopt an optional plan is initiated under Laws of Utah 1973, Chapter 26, Section 3, 4, or 5, or Section 17-52a-302 or 17-52a-303, the county legislative body may not initiate the process again under Section 17-52a-302, and registered voters may not initiate the process again under Section 17-52a-303, until: (i) the first initiated process concludes with an election under Section 17-52a-501;(ii) the first initiated process concludes under Subsection 17-52a-403(7) because the study committee recommended that the county's form of government not change; or(iii) the first initiated process concludes because registered voters fail to submit a sufficient number of valid signatures for a petition before the deadline described in Subsection 17-52a-303(2)(c).(b) A county legislative body may not initiate the process to adopt an optional plan under Section 17-52a-302 within four years of an election at which voters first elect elected county officials in accordance with Section 17-52a-503 and as specified in an optional plan proposed as a result of a process initiated by the county legislative body.(c) Registered voters of a county may not initiate the process to adopt an optional plan under Section 17-52a-303 within four years of an election at which voters first elect elected county officials in accordance with Section 17-52a-503 and as specified in an optional plan proposed as a result of a process initiated by registered voters.Amended by Chapter 47, 2020 General Session ,§ 4, eff. 3/24/2020.Renumbered from § 17-52-201 and amended by Chapter 68, 2018 General Session ,§ 15, eff. 3/15/2018.Amended by Chapter 250, 2008 General Session.Affected by 63I-2-217 on 6/1/2022