Agreements for joint or cooperative undertaking, for providing or exchanging services, or for law enforcement services -- Effective date of agreement -- Public agencies may 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 under this 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 public agencies, if the public agency providing law enforcement services under the interlocal agreement is authorized by law to provide those services, or to provide joint or cooperative law enforcement services between or among public agencies that are each authorized by law to provide those services; (e) to create a transportation reinvestment zone as defined in Section 11-13-103; or (f) to do anything else that they are each authorized by statute to do. (2) An agreement under Subsection (1) does not take effect until each public agency that is a party to the agreement approves the agreement, as provided in Section 11-13-202.5. (3) (a) In an agreement under Subsection (1), a public agency that is a party to the agreement may agree: (i) to restrict its authority to issue permits to or assess fees from another public agency that is a party to the agreement; and (ii) to exempt another public agency that is a party to the agreement from permit or fee requirements. (b) A provision in an agreement under Subsection (1) whereby the parties agree as provided 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 enforce the provision. (4) A peace officer employed by the interlocal entity, as defined in Section 11-13-103, as of May 3, 2023, who transfers to the county sheriff's office before July 1, 2025, retains the protections of Title 17, Chapter 76, Part 3, Peace Officer Merit Systems in Counties of the First Class.