Section 63A-15-102 - Definitions(1) "Commission" means the Political Subdivisions Ethics Review Commission established in Section 63A-15-201.(2) "Complainant" means a person who files a complaint in accordance with Section 63A-15-501.(3) "Ethics violation" means a violation of: (a) Title 10, Chapter 3, Part 13, Municipal Officers' and Employees' Ethics Act;(b) Title 17, Chapter 16a, County Officers and Employees Disclosure Act; or(c) Title 67, Chapter 16, Utah Public Officers' and Employees' Ethics Act.(4) "Local political subdivision ethics commission" means an ethics commission established by a political subdivision within the political subdivision or with another political subdivision by interlocal agreement in accordance with Section 63A-15-103.(5) "Political subdivision" means a county, municipality, school district, community reinvestment agency, special district, special service district, an entity created by an interlocal agreement adopted under Title 11, Chapter 13, Interlocal Cooperation Act, a local building authority, or any other governmental subdivision or public corporation.(6)(a) "Political subdivision employee" means a person who is:(i)(A) in a municipality, employed as a city manager or non-elected chief executive on a full or part-time basis; or(B) employed as the non-elected chief executive by a political subdivision other than a municipality on a full or part-time basis; and(ii) subject to: (A) Title 10, Chapter 3, Part 13, Municipal Officers' and Employees' Ethics Act;(B) Title 17, Chapter 16a, County Officers and Employees Disclosure Act; or(C) Title 67, Chapter 16, Utah Public Officers' and Employees' Ethics Act.(b) "Political subdivision employee" does not include:(i) a person who is a political subdivision officer;(ii) an employee of a state entity; or(iii) a legislative employee as defined in Section 67-16-3.(7) "Political subdivision governing body" means:(a) for a county, the county legislative body as defined in Section 68-3-12.5;(b) for a municipality, the council of the city or town;(c) for a school district, the local board of education described in Section 53G-4-201;(d) for a community reinvestment agency, the agency board described in Section 17C-1-203;(e) for a special district, the board of trustees described in Section 17B-1-301;(f) for a special service district: (i) the legislative body of the county, city, or town that established the special service district, if no administrative control board has been appointed under Section 17D-1-301; or(ii) the administrative control board of the special service district, if an administrative control board has been appointed under Section 17D-1-301;(g) for an entity created by an interlocal agreement, the governing body of an interlocal entity, as defined in Section 11-13-103;(h) for a local building authority, the governing body, as defined in Section 17D-2-102, that creates the local building authority; or(i) for any other governmental subdivision or public corporation, the board or other body authorized to make executive and management decisions for the subdivision or public corporation.(8)(a) "Political subdivision officer" means a person elected in a political subdivision who is subject to: (i) Title 10, Chapter 3, Part 13, Municipal Officers' and Employees' Ethics Act;(ii) Title 17, Chapter 16a, County Officers and Employees Disclosure Act; or(iii) Title 67, Chapter 16, Utah Public Officers' and Employees' Ethics Act.(b) "Political subdivision officer" does not include:(i) a person elected or appointed to a state entity;(iii) the lieutenant governor;(iv) a member or member-elect of either house of the Legislature; or(v) a member of Utah's congressional delegation.(9) "Respondent" means a person who files a response in accordance with Section 63A-15-604.Amended by Chapter 16, 2023 General Session ,§ 112, eff. 2/27/2023.Renumbered from §11-49-102 and amended by Chapter 461, 2018 General Session ,§ 15, eff. 5/8/2018.Amended by Chapter 415, 2018 General Session ,§ 11, eff. 3/22/2018.Amended by Chapter 350, 2016 General Session ,§ 10, eff. 5/10/2016.Added by Chapter 202, 2012 General Session ,§ 3, eff. 9/1/2012.