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Residents, council split over House Bill 356 redistricting plan after late‑session passage
Summary
House Bill 356, enacted near the close of the Utah legislative session, directs counties like Summit to replace at‑large council seats with geographic districts and to form a county districting commission; public comment at the council meeting showed deep disagreement over the change.
Summit County residents packed the council chamber Thursday to weigh in on House Bill 356, a recently enacted state law that requires many Utah counties to replace at‑large council seats with geographic districts and to form a county redistricting commission.
What the law does: Under the new statute, counties that meet the population threshold and operate under a county manager form of government must divide council representation into districts rather than elect all council members at large. The law also creates a county districting commission that the statute describes as composed of municipal elected officials and a member representing unincorporated areas; the…
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