(1) (a) The optional plan proponent described in Subsection 17-52a-404(1) shall ensure that each optional plan proposes changing the form of county government to: (i) the county commission form under Section 17-52a-201; (ii) the expanded county commission form under Section 17-52a-202; (iii) the county executive and council form under Section 17-52a-203; or (iv) the council-manager form under Section 17-52a-204. (b) The optional plan proponent described in Subsection 17-52a-404(1) may not recommend an optional plan that: (i) proposes changing the form of government to a form not included in Subsection (1)(a); (ii) provides for the nonpartisan election of elected officers; (iii) imposes a limit on the number of terms or years that an elected officer may serve; (iv) provides for elected officers to be subject to a recall election; or (v) provides, in a county with a population of 225,000 or more, for a full-time county commission in an expanded county commission form of government under Section 17-52a-202.
(a) The optional plan proponent described in Subsection 17-52a-404(1) shall ensure that each optional plan proposes changing the form of county government to: (i) the county commission form under Section 17-52a-201; (ii) the expanded county commission form under Section 17-52a-202; (iii) the county executive and council form under Section 17-52a-203; or (iv) the council-manager form under Section 17-52a-204.
(i) the county commission form under Section 17-52a-201;
(ii) the expanded county commission form under Section 17-52a-202;
(iii) the county executive and council form under Section 17-52a-203; or
(iv) the council-manager form under Section 17-52a-204.
(b) The optional plan proponent described in Subsection 17-52a-404(1) may not recommend an optional plan that: (i) proposes changing the form of government to a form not included in Subsection (1)(a); (ii) provides for the nonpartisan election of elected officers; (iii) imposes a limit on the number of terms or years that an elected officer may serve; (iv) provides for elected officers to be subject to a recall election; or (v) provides, in a county with a population of 225,000 or more, for a full-time county commission in an expanded county commission form of government under Section 17-52a-202.
(i) proposes changing the form of government to a form not included in Subsection (1)(a);
(ii) provides for the nonpartisan election of elected officers;
(iii) imposes a limit on the number of terms or years that an elected officer may serve;
(iv) provides for elected officers to be subject to a recall election; or
(v) provides, in a county with a population of 225,000 or more, for a full-time county commission in an expanded county commission form of government under Section 17-52a-202.
(2) In addition to proposing the adoption of any one of the optional forms of county government under Subsection (1)(a), an optional plan may also propose the adoption of any one of the structural forms of county government provided under Chapter 35b, Part 3, Structural Forms of County Government.
(3) A county that provides for the election of the county's elected officers through a partisan election may not change to a process that provides for the election of the county's elected officers through a nonpartisan election.
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