Utah Transit Authority’s Vice Chairwoman Fears Lawmakers Could Jeopardize the Transit Agency's Immunity Deal with Federal Prosecutors

A planned massive overhaul of the Utah Transit Authority includes a last-minute change that one transit leader is warning could sabotage the immunity deal UTA struck with federal prosecutors last year.

The change in question would shift UTA’s legal representation from its own general counsel’s office to the office of Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes — and that could jeopardize the 11-month-old immunity agreement, warns Sherrie Hall Everett, co-vice chairwoman of the transit authority board.

“Eliminating the office could impact the Non-Prosecution Agreement [or] at the least threaten the [agency’s] ability to fulfill its obligation utilizing the extensive knowledge that exists in that office currently,” Hall Everett warned Wednesday in an open letter addressed to state senators.

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