73-3-15 - Dismissal of action for review of informal adjudicative proceedings. - Utah Statutes

73-3-15. Dismissal of action for review of informal adjudicative proceedings.
(1) An action to review a decision of the state engineer from an informal adjudicativeproceeding may be dismissed upon the application of any of the parties upon the groundsprovided in Utah Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 41 for:
(a) the dismissal of actions generally; and
(b) failure to prosecute the action with diligence.
(2) For the purpose of this section, failure to prosecute a suit to trial within two yearsafter it is filed gives rise to a rebuttable presumption of a lack of diligence.
(3) In evaluating the rebuttable presumption, the court shall consider the totality of thecircumstances.

Amended by Chapter 248, 2009 General Session