54-8-11 - Protests -- Hearings -- Representatives of utilities to be present -- Changes in proposal -- Adoption or abandonment of project. - Utah Statutes

54-8-11. Protests -- Hearings -- Representatives of utilities to be present -- Changesin proposal -- Adoption or abandonment of project.
(1) (a) On the date and at the time and place specified in the notice under Section 54-8-9,the governing body shall in open and public session hear all objections to the creation of theproposed district, the making of the proposed improvements, and the benefits accruing to anytract, block, lot, or parcel of land in the proposed district.
(b) Representatives of the public utilities concerned shall be present at each hearingunder Subsection (1)(a).
(c) A hearing under Subsection (1)(a) may be adjourned from time to time to a fixedfuture time and place.
(d) If at any time during a hearing under Subsection (1)(a), it appears to the governingbody that changes in the proposed improvements or the proposed district should be made, which,after consultation with the public utilities concerned, appear to affect either the cost or feasibilityof the improvements, the hearing shall be adjourned to a fixed future time and place and a newcosts and feasibility report prepared on the basis of the contemplated changes.
(2) After the hearing has been concluded and after all persons desiring to be heard havebeen heard, the governing body:
(a) shall consider the arguments put forth;
(b) may make changes in the area to be included in the district as it considers desirable ornecessary, if a costs and feasibility report has been prepared on the basis of those changes; and
(c) shall adopt a resolution either abandoning the district and project or determining toproceed with the district and project, either as described in the notice or with changes made asauthorized in this section.

Amended by Chapter 129, 2006 General Session