Utah State Legislature

            (1) At the meeting at which the tentative budget is adopted, the board of trustees shall:

            (a) establish the time and place of a public hearing to consider its adoption; and

            (b) order that notice of the hearing:

            (i) (A) be published at least seven days before the hearing in at least one issue of a newspaper of general circulation published in the county or counties in which the district is located; or

            (B) if no newspaper is published, be posted in three public places within the district; and

            (ii) be published at least seven days before the hearing on the Utah Public Notice Website created in Section 63F-1-701.

            (2) If the budget hearing is held in conjunction with a tax increase hearing, the notice required in Subsection (1)(b):

            (a) may be combined with the notice required under Section 59-2-919; and

            (b) shall be published in accordance with the advertisement provisions of Section 59-2-919.

            (3) Proof that notice was given in accordance with Subsection (1)(b) or (2) is prima face evidence that notice was properly given.

            (4) If a notice required under Subsection (1)(b) or (2) is not challenged within 30 days after the day on which the hearing is held, the notice is adequate and proper.

Amended by Chapter 97, 2012 General Session