Notification letter - when required. [Editor's note: For the applicability of this section on or after January 1, 2026, see the editor's note following the article 47 heading.]

1-47-202. Notification letter - when required. [Editor's note: For the applicability of this section on or after January 1, 2026, see the editor's note following the article 47 heading.] (1) (a) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, before bringing a civil action against a political subdivision pursuant to section 1-47-201, an aggrieved person or the attorney general shall send by certified mail a notification letter to the political subdivision informing the political subdivision that it may be in violation of this article 47 and including details of the alleged violation. The notification letter must specify the violation or violations alleged and must contain a statement of facts to support such allegation. (b) An aggrieved person or the attorney general must wait sixty calendar days after sending the notification letter required by subsection (1)(a) of this section to bring a civil action against a political subdivision pursuant to section 1-47-201; except that, if a political subdivision adopts a resolution pursuant to section 1-47-203, an aggrieved person or the attorney general must wait ninety calendar days after the passage of the resolution to bring a civil action against the political subdivision, or if the solution identified in the resolution pursuant to section 1-47-203 (2) requires an election in the political subdivision, the aggrieved person or the attorney general must wait one hundred eighty calendar days after the passage of the resolution to bring a civil action against the political subdivision. (2) An aggrieved person or the attorney general may bring a civil action against a political subdivision pursuant to section 1-47-201 without first sending the notification letter required by subsection (1)(a) of this section if: (a) The aggrieved person or the attorney general is seeking preliminary relief pursuant to section 1-47-206 (1); or (b) A different aggrieved person or the attorney general previously sent a notification letter required by subsection (1)(a) of this section to the political subdivision that identified a substantially similar alleged violation of this article 47, sixty calendar days have passed since that notification letter was sent, and the political subdivision has not adopted a resolution providing for a solution to the alleged violation. Source: L. 2025: Entire article added, (SB 25-001), ch. 178, p. 752, � 11, effective August 6.