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Two changes make up this bill: it expands city attorney offices' staffing flexibility, and it creates a new pathway for criminal defendants to have their conviction reduced in exchange for cooperation. On the staffing side, city attorneys may now hire deputy attorneys and temporarily deputize outside attorneys in good standing with the Utah State Bar to help with prosecution or civil legal work. On the criminal side, a court may — upon a joint motion from both the prosecutor and the defendant — reduce a conviction to a lower level offense if the defendant, within one year of sentencing, provides substantial assistance in the investigation, arrest, or prosecution of another person, and the court determines the reduction serves justice and public safety.