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LOCAL DISTRICT AMENDMENTS

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2010 GENERAL SESSION

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STATE OF UTAH

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Chief Sponsor: Dennis E. Stowell

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House Sponsor: Don L. Ipson

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             7      LONG TITLE
             8      Committee Note:
             9          The Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Interim Committee
             10      recommended this bill.
             11      General Description:
             12          This bill allows the creation of a local district to develop and execute a groundwater
             13      management plan in cooperation with the state engineer.
             14      Highlighted Provisions:
             15          This bill:
             16          .    permits a local district to acquire groundwater rights;
             17          .    allows the creation of a local district for the development and execution of a
             18      groundwater management plan in cooperation with and approved by the state
             19      engineer;
             20          .    provides that a groundwater management plan described in the preceding paragraph
             21      may include the banking of groundwater rights S. [ if expressly authorized in Title 73,
             22      Water and Irrigation
] by a local district in a critical management area following the adoption of

             22a      a groundwater management plan by the state engineer .S ;
             23          .    exempts the creation of a local district for the development and execution of a
             24      groundwater management plan from the election requirement; and
             25          .    makes technical corrections.
             26      Monies Appropriated in this Bill:
             27          None



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     Other Special Clauses:
             29          None
             30      Utah Code Sections Affected:
             31      AMENDS:
             32          17B-1-103, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2008, Chapters 3 and 360
             33          17B-1-107, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 329
             34          17B-1-202, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2009, Chapter 218
             34a      S.     17B-1-203, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2008, Chapter 360 .S
             35          17B-1-213, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 329
             36          17B-1-214, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2009, Chapter 218
             37          17B-1-215, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2009, Chapter 350
             38     

             39      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             40          Section 1. Section 17B-1-103 is amended to read:
             41           17B-1-103. Local district status and powers.
             42          (1) A local district:
             43          (a) is:
             44          (i) a body corporate and politic with perpetual succession;
             45          (ii) a quasi-municipal corporation; and
             46          (iii) a political subdivision of the state; and
             47          (b) may sue and be sued.
             48          (2) A local district may:
             49          (a) acquire, by any lawful means, or lease any real [or] property, personal property, or a
             50      groundwater right necessary or convenient to the full exercise of the district's powers;
             51          (b) acquire, by any lawful means, any interest in real [or] property, personal property,
             52      or a groundwater right necessary or convenient to the full exercise of the district's powers;
             53          (c) transfer an interest in or dispose of any property or interest described in Subsections
             54      (2)(a) and (b);
             55          (d) acquire or construct works, facilities, and improvements necessary or convenient to
             56      the full exercise of the district's powers, and operate, control, maintain, and use those works,
             57      facilities, and improvements;
             58          (e) borrow money and incur indebtedness for any lawful district purpose;



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         (f) issue bonds, including refunding bonds:
             60          (i) for any lawful district purpose; and
             61          (ii) as provided in and subject to Part 11, Local District Bonds;
             62          (g) levy and collect property taxes:
             63          (i) for any lawful district purpose or expenditure, including to cover a deficit resulting
             64      from tax delinquencies in a preceding year; and
             65          (ii) as provided in and subject to Part 10, Local District Property Tax Levy;
             66          (h) as provided in Title 78B, Chapter 6, Part 5, Eminent Domain, acquire by eminent
             67      domain property necessary to the exercise of the district's powers;
             68          (i) invest money as provided in Title 51, Chapter 7, State Money Management Act;
             69          (j) (i) impose fees or other charges for commodities, services, or facilities provided by
             70      the district, to pay some or all of the district's costs of providing the commodities, services, and
             71      facilities, including the costs of:
             72          (A) maintaining and operating the district;
             73          (B) acquiring, purchasing, constructing, improving, or enlarging district facilities;
             74          (C) issuing bonds and paying debt service on district bonds; and
             75          (D) providing a reserve established by the board of trustees; and
             76          (ii) take action the board of trustees considers appropriate and adopt regulations to
             77      assure the collection of all fees and charges that the district imposes;
             78          (k) if applicable, charge and collect a fee to pay for the cost of connecting a customer's
             79      property to district facilities in order for the district to provide service to the property;
             80          (l) enter into a contract that the local district board of trustees considers necessary,
             81      convenient, or desirable to carry out the district's purposes, including a contract:
             82          (i) with the United States or any department or agency of the United States;
             83          (ii) to indemnify and save harmless; or
             84          (iii) to do any act to exercise district powers;
             85          (m) purchase supplies, equipment, and materials;
             86          (n) encumber district property upon terms and conditions that the board of trustees
             87      considers appropriate;
             88          (o) exercise other powers and perform other functions that are provided by law;
             89          (p) construct and maintain works and establish and maintain facilities, including works



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             91          (i) across or along any public street or highway, subject to Subsection (3) and if the
             92      district:
             93          (A) promptly restores the street or highway, as much as practicable, to its former state
             94      of usefulness; and
             95          (B) does not use the street or highway in a manner that completely or unnecessarily
             96      impairs the usefulness of it;
             97          (ii) in, upon, or over any vacant public lands that are or become the property of the
             98      state, including school and institutional trust lands, as defined in Section 53C-1-103 , if the
             99      director of the School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration, acting under Sections
             100      53C-1-102 and 53C-1-303 , consents; or
             101          (iii) across any stream of water or watercourse, subject to Section 73-3-29 ;
             102          (q) perform any act or exercise any power reasonably necessary for the efficient
             103      operation of the local district in carrying out its purposes;
             104          (r) S. (i) except for a local district described in Subsection (2)(r)(ii), .S designate an
             104a      assessment area and levy an assessment on land within the assessment
             105      area, as provided in Title 11, Chapter 42, Assessment Area Act; S. or
             105a           (ii) for a local district in a critical management area described in Subsection
             105b      17B-1-202(1)(c), designate an assessment area and levy an assessment on a groundwater right
             105c      to facilitate a groundwater management plan; .S
             106          (s) contract with another political subdivision of the state to allow the other political
             107      subdivision to use the district's surplus water or capacity or have an ownership interest in the
             108      district's works or facilities, upon the terms and for the consideration, whether monetary or
             109      nonmonetary consideration or no consideration, that the district's board of trustees considers to
             110      be in the best interests of the district and the public; and
             111          (t) upon the terms and for the consideration, whether monetary or nonmonetary
             112      consideration or no consideration, that the district's board of trustees considers to be in the best
             113      interests of the district and the public, agree:
             114          (i) with:
             115          (A) another political subdivision of the state; or
             116          (B) a public or private owner of property:
             117          (I) on which the district has a right-of-way; or
             118          (II) adjacent to which the district owns fee title to property; and
             119          (ii) to allow the use of property:
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         (B) on which the district has a right-of-way.
             122          (3) With respect to a local district's use of a street or highway, as provided in
             123      Subsection (2)(p)(i):
             124          (a) the district shall comply with the reasonable rules and regulations of the
             125      governmental entity, whether state, county, or municipal, with jurisdiction over the street or
             126      highway, concerning:
             127          (i) an excavation and the refilling of an excavation;
             128          (ii) the relaying of pavement; and
             129          (iii) the protection of the public during a construction period; and
             130          (b) the governmental entity, whether state, county, or municipal, with jurisdiction over
             131      the street or highway:
             132          (i) may not require the district to pay a license or permit fee or file a bond; and
             133          (ii) may require the district to pay a reasonable inspection fee.
             134          (4) (a) A local district may:
             135          (i) acquire, lease, or construct and operate electrical generation, transmission, and
             136      distribution facilities, if:
             137          (A) the purpose of the facilities is to harness energy that results inherently from the
             138      district's:
             139          (I) operation of a project or facilities that the district is authorized to operate; or
             140          (II) providing a service that the district is authorized to provide;
             141          (B) the generation of electricity from the facilities is incidental to the primary
             142      operations of the district; and
             143          (C) operation of the facilities will not hinder or interfere with the primary operations of
             144      the district;
             145          (ii) (A) use electricity generated by the facilities; or
             146          (B) subject to Subsection (4)(b), sell electricity generated by the facilities to an electric
             147      utility or municipality with an existing system for distributing electricity.
             148          (b) A district may not act as a retail distributor or seller of electricity.
             149          (c) Revenue that a district receives from the sale of electricity from electrical
             150      generation facilities it owns or operates under this section may be used for any lawful district
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     constructing the facilities.
             153          (5) A local district may adopt and, after adoption, alter a corporate seal.
             154          Section 2. Section 17B-1-107 is amended to read:
             155           17B-1-107. Recording a release of lien.
             156          If a local district records a lien upon real property or a groundwater right for an unpaid
             157      assessment by the owner and the owner then pays the assessment in full, including any interest
             158      and penalties, the local district recording the lien shall record the release of the lien.
             159          Section 3. Section 17B-1-202 is amended to read:
             160           17B-1-202. Local district may be created -- Services that may be provided --
             161      Limitations.
             162          (1) (a) A local district may be created as provided in this part to provide within its
             163      boundaries service consisting of:
             164          (i) the operation of an airport;
             165          (ii) the operation of a cemetery;
             166          (iii) fire protection, paramedic, and emergency services;
             167          (iv) garbage collection and disposal;
             168          (v) health care, including health department or hospital service;
             169          (vi) the operation of a library;
             170          (vii) abatement or control of mosquitos and other insects;
             171          (viii) the operation of parks or recreation facilities or services;
             172          (ix) the operation of a sewage system;
             173          (x) street lighting;
             174          (xi) the construction and maintenance of curb, gutter, and sidewalk;
             175          (xii) transportation, including public transit and providing streets and roads;
             176          (xiii) the operation of a system, or one or more components of a system, for the
             177      collection, storage, retention, control, conservation, treatment, supplying, distribution, or
             178      reclamation of water, including storm, flood, sewage, irrigation, and culinary water, whether
             179      the system is operated on a wholesale or retail level or both;
             180          (xiv) in accordance with Subsection (1)(c), the development and execution of a
             181      groundwater management plan in cooperation with and approved by the state engineer in
             182      accordance with Section 73-5-15 ;



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         [(xiv)] (xv) law enforcement service; or
             184          [(xv)] (xvi) subject to Subsection (1)(b), the underground installation of an electric
             185      utility line or the conversion to underground of an existing electric utility line.
             186          (b) Each local district that provides the service of the underground installation of an
             187      electric utility line or the conversion to underground of an existing electric utility line shall, in
             188      installing or converting the line, provide advance notice to and coordinate with the utility that
             189      owns the line.
             190          (c) A groundwater management plan described in Subsection (1)(a)(xiv) may include
             191      the banking of groundwater rights S. [ if the banking of groundwater rights is expressly authorized
             192      in Title 73, Water and Irrigation.
] by a local district in a critical management area as defined in

             192a      Section 73-5-15 following the adoption of a ground water management plan by the state
             192b      engineer under Section 73-5-15.
             192c              (i) A local district may manage the groundwater rights it acquires under
             192d      Subsection 17B-1-103 (2)(a) or (b) consistent with the provisions of a groundwater
             192e      management plan described in Subsection (1)(c).
             192f              (ii) A groundwater right held by a local district to satisfy the provisions of a
             192g      groundwater management plan are not subject to the forfeiture provisions of Section 73-1-4.
             192h              (iii)(A) A local district may divest itself of a groundwater right subject to a
             192i      determination that the groundwater right is not required to facilitate the groundwater
             192j      management plan described in Subsection (1)(c).
             192k                  (B) The ground water right described in Subsection (1)(c)(iii)(A) is
             192l      subject to Section 73-1-4 beginning on the date of divestiture.
             192m              (iv) Upon a determination by the state engineer that an area is no longer a critical
             192n      management area, a water right held by the local district is subject to Section 73-1-4. .S
             193          (2) For purposes of this section:
             194          (a) "Operation" means all activities involved in providing the indicated service
             195      including acquisition and ownership of property reasonably necessary to provide the indicated
             196      service and acquisition, construction, and maintenance of facilities and equipment reasonably
             197      necessary to provide the indicated service.
             198          (b) "System" means the aggregate of interrelated components that combine together to
             199      provide the indicated service including, for a sewage system, collection and treatment.
             200          (3) (a) A local district may not be created to provide and may not after its creation
             201      provide more than four of the services listed in Subsection (1).
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     more than four services if, before April 30, 2007, the local district was authorized to provide
             204      those services.
             205          (4) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (4)(b), a local district may not be created to
             206      provide and may not after its creation provide to an area the same service already being
             207      provided to that area by another political subdivision, unless the other political subdivision
             208      gives its written consent.
             209          (b) For purposes of Subsection (4)(a), a local district does not provide the same service
             210      as another political subdivision if it operates a component of a system that is different from a
             211      component operated by another political subdivision but within the same:
             212          (i) sewage system; or
             213          (ii) water system.



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         (5) (a) Except for a local district in the creation of which an election is not required
             215      under Subsection 17B-1-214 (3)(c), the area of a local district may include all or part of the
             216      unincorporated area of one or more counties and all or part of one or more municipalities.
             217          (b) The area of a local district need not be contiguous.
             218          (6) For a local district created before May 5, 2008, the authority to provide fire
             219      protection service also includes the authority to provide:
             220          (a) paramedic service; and
             221          (b) emergency service, including hazardous materials response service.
             221a      S. Section 4. Section 17B-1-203 is amended to read:
             221b          17B-1-203.   Process to initiate the creation of a local district -- Petition or resolution.
             221c          (1) The process to create a local district may be initiated by:
             221d          (a) subject to Section 17B-1-204, a petition signed by the owners of private real
             221e      property that:
             221f          (i) is located within the proposed local district;
             221g          (ii) covers at least 33% of the total private land area within the proposed local district
             221h      as a whole and within each applicable area;
             221i          (iii) is equal in value to at least 25% of the value of all private real property within the
             221j      proposed local district as a whole and within each applicable area; and
             221k          (iv) complies with the requirements of Subsection 17B-1-205(1) and Section 17B-1-208;
             221l          (b) subject to Section 17B-1-204, a petition that:
             221m          (i) is signed by registered voters residing within the proposed local district as a whole
             221n      and within each applicable area, equal in number to at least 33% of the number of votes cast
             221o      in the proposed local district as a whole and in each applicable area, respectively, for the office
             221p      of governor at the last regular general election prior to the filing of the petition; and
             221q          (ii) complies with the requirements of Subsection 17B-1-205(1) and Section 17B-1-208;
             221r          (c) a resolution proposing the creation of a local district, adopted by the legislative
             221s      body of each county whose unincorporated area includes and each municipality whose
             221t      boundaries include any of the proposed local district; or
             221u          (d) a resolution proposing the creation of a local district, adopted by the board of
             221v      trustees of an existing local district whose boundaries completely encompass the proposed local
             221w      district, if:
             221x          (i) the proposed local district is being created to provide one or more components of the
             221y      same service that the initiating local district is authorized to provide; and
             221z          (ii) the initiating local district is not providing to the area of the proposed local district


             221aa      any of the components that the proposed local district is being created to provide.
             221ab          (2) (a) Each resolution under Subsection (1)(c) or (d) shall:
             221ac          (i) describe the area proposed to be included in the proposed local district; .S


            
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     S.    (ii) be accompanied by a map that shows the boundaries of the proposed local district;
             221ae          (iii) describe the service proposed to be provided by the proposed local district;
             221af          (iv) if the resolution proposes the creation of a specialized local district, specify the type
             221ag      of specialized local district proposed to be created;
             221ah          (v) explain the anticipated method of paying the costs of providing the proposed
             221ai      service;
             221aj          (vi) state the estimated average financial impact on a household within the proposed
             221ak      local district;
             221al          (vii) state the number of members that the board of trustees of the proposed local
             221am      district will have, consistent with the requirements of Subsection 17B-1-302(2);
             221an          (viii) for a proposed basic local district:
             221ao          (A) state whether the members of the board of trustees will be elected or appointed or
             221ap      whether some members will be elected and some appointed, as provided in Section 17B-1-1402;
             221aq          (B) if one or more members will be elected, state the basis upon which each elected
             221ar      member will be elected; and
             221as          (C) if applicable, explain how the election or appointment of board members will
             221at      transition from one method to another based on stated milestones or events, as provided in
             221au      Section 17B-1-1402;
             221av          (ix) for a proposed improvement district whose remaining area members or county
             221aw      members, as those terms are defined in Section 17B-2a-404, are to be elected, state that those
             221ax      members will be elected; and
             221ay          (x) for a proposed service area that is entirely within the unincorporated area of a
             221az      single county, state whether the initial board of trustees will be:
             221ba          (A) the county legislative body;
             221bb          (B) appointed as provided in Section 17B-1-304; or
             221bc          (C) elected as provided in Section 17B-1-306.
             221bd          (b) Each county or municipal legislative body adopting a resolution under Subsection
             221be      (1)(c) shall, on or before the first public hearing under Section 17B-1-210, mail or deliver a
             221bf      copy of the resolution to the responsible body if the county or municipal legislative body's
             221bg      resolution is one of multiple resolutions adopted by multiple county or municipal legislative
             221bh      bodies proposing the creation of the same local district.
 

             221bi           (3) Each petition under Subsection (1)(a) or (b) to create a local district to acquire a
             221bj      groundwater right under Subsection 17B-1-103 (2)(a) or (b) shall explain the anticipated
             221bk      method of paying for the groundwater right acquisition.   .S


             222          Section S. [ 4 ] 5 .S . Section 17B-1-213 is amended to read:
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     approving creation for certain districts.
             225          (1) For purposes of this section, "adequate protests" means protests that are:
             226          (a) filed with the county clerk, municipal clerk or recorder, or local district secretary or
             227      clerk, as the case may be, within 60 days after the last public hearing required under Section
             228      17B-1-210 ; and
             229          (b) signed by:
             230          (i) the owners of private real property that:
             231          (A) is located within the proposed local district;
             232          (B) covers at least 25% of the total private land area within the applicable area; and
             233          (C) is equal in value to at least 15% of the value of all private real property within the
             234      applicable area; or
             235          (ii) registered voters residing within the applicable area equal in number to at least 25%
             236      of the number of votes cast in the applicable area for the office of governor at the last general
             237      election prior to the adoption of the resolution.
             238          (2) If adequate protests are filed, the governing body that adopted a resolution under
             239      Subsection 17B-1-203 (1)(c) or (d):
             240          (a) may not:
             241          (i) hold or participate in an election under Subsection 17B-1-214 (1) with respect to the
             242      applicable area;
             243          (ii) take any further action under the protested resolution to create a local district or
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         (iii) for a period of two years, adopt a resolution under Subsection 17B-1-203 (1)(c) or
             246      (d) proposing the creation of a local district including substantially the same area as the
             247      applicable area and providing the same service as the proposed local district in the protested
             248      resolution; and
             249          (b) shall, within five days after receiving adequate protests, mail or deliver written
             250      notification of the adequate protests to the responsible body.
             251          (3) Subsection (2)(a) may not be construed to prevent an election from being held for a
             252      proposed local district whose boundaries do not include an applicable area that is the subject of
             253      adequate protests.
             254          (4) (a) If adequate protests are not filed with respect to a resolution proposing the
             255      creation of a local district for which an election is not required under Subsection
             256      17B-1-214 (3)(c) [or (d)], (d), or (e), a resolution approving the creation of the local district may
             257      be adopted by:
             258          (i) (A) the legislative body of a county whose unincorporated area is included within
             259      the proposed local district; and
             260          (B) the legislative body of a municipality whose area is included within the proposed
             261      local district; or
             262          (ii) the board of trustees of the initiating local district.
             263          (b) Each resolution adopted under Subsection (4)(a) shall:
             264          (i) describe the area included in the local district;
             265          (ii) be accompanied by a map that shows the boundaries of the local district;
             266          (iii) describe the service to be provided by the local district;
             267          (iv) state the name of the local district; and
             268          (v) provide a process for the appointment of the members of the initial board of
             269      trustees.
             270          Section 5. Section 17B-1-214 is amended to read:
             271           17B-1-214. Election -- Exceptions.
             272          (1) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (3) and in Subsection 17B-1-213 (2)(a), an
             273      election on the question of whether the local district should be created shall be held by:
             274          (i) if the proposed local district is located entirely within a single county, the
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         (ii) except as provided under Subsection (1)(b), if the proposed local district is located
             277      within more than one county, the clerk of each county in which part of the proposed local
             278      district is located, in cooperation with the responsible clerk.
             279          (b) Notwithstanding Subsection (1)(a)(ii), if the proposed local district is located
             280      within more than one county and the only area of a county that is included within the proposed
             281      local district is located within a single municipality, the election for that area shall be held by
             282      the municipal clerk or recorder, in cooperation with the responsible clerk.
             283          (2) Each election under Subsection (1) shall be held at the next special or regular
             284      general election date that is:
             285          (a) for an election pursuant to a property owner or registered voter petition, more than
             286      45 days after certification of the petition under Subsection 17B-1-209 (3)(b)(i); or
             287          (b) for an election pursuant to a resolution, more than 60 days after the latest hearing
             288      required under Section 17B-1-210 .
             289          (3) The election requirement of Subsection (1) does not apply to:
             290          (a) a petition filed under Subsection 17B-1-203 (1)(a) if it contains the signatures of the
             291      owners of private real property that:
             292          (i) is located within the proposed local district;
             293          (ii) covers at least 67% of the total private land area within the proposed local district
             294      as a whole and within each applicable area; and
             295          (iii) is equal in value to at least 50% of the value of all private real property within the
             296      proposed local district as a whole and within each applicable area;
             297          (b) a petition filed under Subsection 17B-1-203 (1)(b) if it contains the signatures of
             298      registered voters residing within the proposed local district as a whole and within each
             299      applicable area, equal in number to at least 67% of the number of votes cast in the proposed
             300      local district as a whole and in each applicable area, respectively, for the office of governor at
             301      the last general election prior to the filing of the petition;
             302          (c) a resolution adopted under Subsection 17B-1-203 (1)(c) on or after May 5, 2003 that
             303      proposes the creation of a local district to provide fire protection, paramedic, and emergency
             304      services or law enforcement service, if the proposed local district includes a majority of the
             305      unincorporated area of one or more counties; [or]
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     proposes the creation of a local district that has no registered voters within its boundaries[.]; or
             308          (e) a resolution adopted under Subsection 17B-1-203 (1)(c) on or after May 11, 2010
             309      that proposes the creation of a local district described in Subsection 17B-1-202 (1)(a)(xiv).
             310          (4) (a) If the proposed local district is located in more than one county, the responsible
             311      clerk shall coordinate with the clerk of each other county and the clerk or recorder of each
             312      municipality involved in an election under Subsection (1) so that the election is held on the
             313      same date and in a consistent manner in each jurisdiction.
             314          (b) The clerk of each county and the clerk or recorder of each municipality involved in
             315      an election under Subsection (1) shall cooperate with the responsible clerk in holding the
             316      election.
             317          (c) Except as otherwise provided in this part, each election under Subsection (1) shall
             318      be governed by Title 20A, Election Code.
             319          Section 6. Section 17B-1-215 is amended to read:
             320           17B-1-215. Notice and plat to lieutenant governor -- Recording requirements --
             321      Certificate of incorporation -- Local district incorporated as specialized local district or
             322      basic local district -- Effective date.
             323          (1) (a) Within the time specified in Subsection (1)(b), the responsible body shall file
             324      with the lieutenant governor:
             325          (i) a copy of a notice of an impending boundary action, as defined in Section 67-1a-6.5 ,
             326      that meets the requirements of Subsection 67-1a-6.5 (3); and
             327          (ii) a copy of an approved final local entity plat, as defined in Section 67-1a-6.5 .
             328          (b) The responsible body shall file the documents listed in Subsection (1)(a) with the
             329      lieutenant governor within 10 days after:
             330          (i) the canvass of an election under Section 17B-1-214 , if a majority of those voting at
             331      the election within the proposed local district as a whole vote in favor of the creation of a local
             332      district;
             333          (ii) certification of a petition as to which the election requirement of Subsection
             334      17B-1-214 (1) does not apply because of Subsection 17B-1-214 (3)(a) or (b); or
             335          (iii) adoption of a resolution under Subsection 17B-1-213 (4) approving the creation of
             336      a local district for which an election was not required under Subsection 17B-1-214 (3)(c) [or
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     within and the legislative body of each municipality whose area is included within the proposed
             339      local district, or by the board of trustees of the initiating local district.
             340          (2) Upon the lieutenant governor's issuance of a certificate of incorporation under
             341      Section 67-1a-6.5 , the responsible body shall:
             342          (a) if the local district is located within the boundary of a single county, submit to the
             343      recorder of that county:
             344          (i) the original:
             345          (A) notice of an impending boundary action;
             346          (B) certificate of incorporation; and
             347          (C) approved final local entity plat; and
             348          (ii) if applicable, a certified copy of each resolution adopted under Subsection
             349      17B-1-213 (4); or
             350          (b) if the local district is located within the boundaries of more than a single county:
             351          (i) submit to the recorder of one of those counties:
             352          (A) the original of the documents listed in Subsections (2)(a)(i)(A), (B), and (C); and
             353          (B) if applicable, a certified copy of each resolution adopted under Subsection
             354      17B-1-213 (4); and
             355          (ii) submit to the recorder of each other county:
             356          (A) a certified copy of the documents listed in Subsection (2)(a)(i)(A), (B), and (C);
             357      and
             358          (B) if applicable, a certified copy of each resolution adopted under Subsection
             359      17B-1-213 (4).
             360          (3) The area of each local district consists of:
             361          (a) if an election was held under Section 17B-1-214 , the area of the new local district
             362      as approved at the election;
             363          (b) if an election was not required because of Subsection 17B-1-214 (3)(a) or (b), the
             364      area of the proposed local district as described in the petition; or
             365          (c) if an election was not required because of Subsection 17B-1-214 (3)(c) [or (d)], (d),
             366      or (e), the area of the new local district as described in the resolution adopted under Subsection
             367      17B-1-213 (4).
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     Section 67-1a-6.5 , the local district is created and incorporated as:
             370          (i) the type of specialized local district that was specified in the petition under
             371      Subsection 17B-1-203 (1)(a) or (b) or resolution under Subsection 17B-1-203 (1)(c) or (d), if the
             372      petition or resolution proposed the creation of a specialized local district; or
             373          (ii) a basic local district, if the petition or resolution did not propose the creation of a
             374      specialized local district.
             375          (b) (i) The effective date of a local district's incorporation for purposes of assessing
             376      property within the local district is governed by Section 59-2-305.5 .
             377          (ii) Until the documents listed in Subsection (2) are recorded in the office of the
             378      recorder of each county in which the property is located, a newly incorporated local district
             379      may not:
             380          (A) levy or collect a property tax on property within the local district;
             381          (B) levy or collect an assessment on property within the local district; or
             382          (C) charge or collect a fee for service provided to property within the local district.





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