11-13-202 - Agreements for joint or cooperative action, for providing or exchanging services, or for law enforcement services -- Effective date of agreement -- Public agencies may restrict their autho
11-13-202. Agreements for joint or cooperative action, for providing or exchangingservices, or for law enforcement services -- Effective date of agreement -- Public agenciesmay restrict their authority or exempt each other regarding permits and fees.
(1) Any two or more public agencies may enter into an agreement with one another underthis chapter:
(a) for joint or cooperative action;
(b) to provide services that they are each authorized by statute to provide;
(c) to exchange services that they are each authorized by statute to provide;
(d) for a public agency to provide law enforcement services to one or more other publicagencies, if the public agency providing law enforcement services under the interlocal agreementis authorized by law to provide those services, or to provide joint or cooperative law enforcementservices between or among public agencies that are each authorized by law to provide thoseservices; or
(e) to do anything else that they are each authorized by statute to do.
(2) An agreement under Subsection (1) does not take effect until it has been approved, asprovided in Section 11-13-202.5, by each public agency that is a party to it.
(3) (a) In an agreement under Subsection (1), a public agency that is a party to theagreement may agree:
(i) to restrict its authority to issue permits to or assess fees from another public agencythat is a party to the agreement; and
(ii) to exempt another public agency that is a party to the agreement from permit or feerequirements.
(b) A provision in an agreement under Subsection (1) whereby the parties agree asprovided in Subsection (3)(a) is subject to all remedies provided by law and in the agreement,including injunction, mandamus, abatement, or other remedy to prevent, enjoin, abate, or enforcethe provision.
(4) An interlocal agreement between a county and one or more municipalities for lawenforcement service within an area that includes some or all of the unincorporated area of thecounty shall require the law enforcement service provided under the agreement to be provided byor under the direction of the county sheriff.
Amended by Chapter 218, 2009 General Session