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Committee favors House Bill 38 to modernize county code, adjust recorder fees
Summary
The House Political Subdivisions Committee favorably recommended HB 38, a package of county code updates that clarifies recorder practices, petition and voter-count rules, and standardizes ‘‘finance officer’’ terminology; a modest $5 recording-fee increase would apply to most counties but not Salt Lake or Utah counties while they hold surpluses.
The House Political Subdivisions Standing Committee on Feb. 4 favorably recommended House Bill 38, a multi-year effort to recodify and update Utah’s county code and clarify county officers’ duties.
Rep. James A. Dunnigan, the bill’s sponsor, said HB 38 consolidates policy items developed through a two‑year interim process and follows earlier technical recodification work in Title 17. ‘‘Most of these are consensus items,’’ he said, adding the changes are intended to help county officers ‘‘follow the law better.’’
The measure clarifies how to count active voters for petition thresholds and ties certain petition deadlines to ballot‑printing schedules to avoid organizers missing deadlines; it updates…
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