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SALT LAKE CITY ORDINANCE
No. 63 of 1988
(Prohibition against political activity)
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 2. 52.210 OF THE SALT LAKE
CITY CODE, RELATING TO PROHIBITION AGAINST POLITICAL
ACTIVITY.
Be it ordained by the City Council of Salt Lake City,
Utah:
SECTION 1 . That Section 2. 52.210 of the Salt Lake City
Code, relating to prohibition against political activity,
be, and the same hereby is amended as follows:
2. 52.210 Prohibition against political activity.
A. No non-elective officer or employee of the city
shall hold elective or full-time appointive office during
his or her employment except as an assigned part of that
employment. This section shall not apply to voting district
officers and delegates, members of the Utah State
Legislature or other part-time elective or appointive
office; provided, however no non-elective officer or
employee shall hold the office of City Council or of any
political party. No city employee or official shall solicit
orally, or by letter, or be in any other manner concerned in
obtaining any assessments, contributions or services for any
political party from any city employee.
B. Nothing contained in this chapter shall be
construed to restrict the right of the employee to hold
membership in, and support, a political party; to vote as he
or she chooses; to express his or her personal opinions on
all political subjects and candidates; to maintain political
neutrality; and to attend political meetings after working
hours; provided, no such actions shall unreasonably disrupt
the operations of the City, undermine the authority of any
City employee or officer or destroy working relationships
within the City.
C. Any nonelected officer or employee who wishes to
seek election to the Salt Lake City Council, or to full-time
elective office, shall request and obtain a leave of absence
from the career service appointment or use available
vacation benefits no later than the day following the
primary election for such office.
SECTION 2. This ordinance shall take effect on the
date of its first publication.
Passed by the City Council of Salt Lake City, Utah,
this 20th day of September 1988
CHAIRPERSON
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Transmitted to the Mayor on September 20, 1988
Mayor' s Action: XX Approved Vetoed
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SEAL
BILL 63 of 1988
Published: September 27, 1988
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