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City attorney offices and criminal sentencing rules would see two separate updates under this bill. City attorneys would gain more staffing flexibility, gaining explicit authority to hire deputy attorneys to handle prosecution or civil legal work, and to temporarily deputize outside attorneys who are licensed and in good standing with the Utah State Bar for limited assignments. Separately, the bill would create a new path for reducing a criminal conviction to a lower-level offense: if the prosecutor and defendant jointly ask, a court could lower a conviction when the defendant provides substantial help within one year after sentencing in investigating, arresting, or prosecuting another person, and the court finds the reduction serves both justice and public safety; in deciding whether the assistance qualifies, the court would weigh factors such as how useful and truthful the defendant's help was, any risks the defendant faced for cooperating, and how quickly the help was provided.