(1)

1. (a) Subject to Subsection (2), a person who receives an adverse decision, or a procurement unit, may appeal a decision of a procurement appeals panel to the Utah Court of Appeals within seven days after the day on which the decision is issued.
2. (b) A person who receives an adverse decision in a protest relating to a legislative procurement unit, a judicial procurement unit, a local government procurement unit, or a public transit district may appeal the decision to the Utah Court of Appeals within seven days after the day on which the decision is issued.

(2) A procurement unit may not appeal the decision of a procurement appeals panel, unless the appeal is:

1. (a) recommended by the protest officer involved; and
2. (b) except for a procurement unit that is not represented by the attorney general's office, approved by the attorney general.

(3) The Utah Court of Appeals:

1. (a) shall consider the appeal as an appellate court;
2. (b) may not hear the matter as a trial de novo; and
3. (c) may not overturn a finding or decision of the protest officer or a procurement appeals panel, unless the finding or decision is arbitrary and capricious or clearly erroneous.

(4) The Utah Court of Appeals is encouraged to:

1. (a) give an appeal made under Subsection (1) priority; and
2. (b) consider the appeal and render a decision in an expeditious manner.