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B AND C FUND DISTRIBUTION

                 
1999 GENERAL SESSION

                 
STATE OF UTAH

                 
Sponsor: Thomas V. Hatch

                  AN ACT RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION; AMENDING THE DISTRIBUTION
                  FORMULA FOR CLASS B AND C ROAD ACCOUNT MONIES; MAKING TECHNICAL
                  CHANGES; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
                  This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
                  AMENDS:
                      72-2-108, as renumbered and amended by Chapter 270, Laws of Utah 1998
                  Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
                      Section 1. Section 72-2-108 is amended to read:
                       72-2-108. Apportionment of funds available for use on class B and class C roads --
                  Bonds.
                      (1) For purposes of this section:
                      (a) "Graveled road" means a road:
                      (i) that is:
                      (A) graded; and
                      (B) drained by transverse drainage systems to prevent serious impairment of the road by
                  surface water;
                      (ii) that has an improved surface; and
                      (iii) that has a wearing surface made of:
                      (A) gravel;
                      (B) broken stone;
                      (C) slag;
                      (D) iron ore;
                      (E) shale; or
                      (F) other material that is:
                      (I) similar to a material described in Subsection (1)(a)(iii)(A) through (E); and


                      (II) is coarser than sand.
                      (b) "Paved road" includes a graveled road with a chip seal surface.
                      (c) "Road mile" means a one-mile length of road, regardless of:
                      (i) the width of the road; or
                      (ii) the number of lanes into which the road is divided.
                      (d) "Weighted mileage" means the sum of the following:
                      (i) paved road miles multiplied by five;
                      (ii) graveled road miles multiplied by two; and
                      (iii) all other road type road miles multiplied by one.
                      (2) Subject to the provisions of Subsections (3) through (5), funds in the class B and class
                  C roads account shall be apportioned among counties and municipalities in the following manner:
                      (a) 50% in the ratio that the class B roads weighted mileage within each county and class C
                  roads weighted mileage within each municipality bear to the total class B and class C roads weighted
                  mileage within the state; and
                      (b) 50% in the ratio that the population of a county or municipality bears to the total
                  population of the state as of the last official federal census or the United States Bureau of Census
                  estimate, whichever is most recent, except that if population estimates are not made for a county or
                  municipality by the United States Bureau of Census, population figures shall be determined
                  according to the biennial estimate from the Utah Population Estimates Committee.
                      (3) For purposes of Subsection (2)(b), "the population of a county" means:
                      (a) the population of a county outside the corporate limits of municipalities in that county,
                  if the population of the county outside the corporate limits of municipalities in that county is not less
                  than 14% of the total population of that county, including municipalities; and
                      (b) if the population of a county outside the corporate limits of municipalities in the county
                  is less than 14% of the total population:
                      (i) the aggregate percentage of the population apportioned to municipalities in that county
                  shall be reduced by an amount equal to the difference between:
                      (A) 14%; and

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                      (B) the actual percentage of population outside the corporate limits of municipalities in that
                  county; and
                      (ii) the population apportioned to the county shall be 14% of the total population of that
                  county, including incorporated municipalities.
                      (4) (a) [For fiscal year 1997-98 if] If an apportionment under Subsection (2) to a county or
                  municipality is less than 110% of the amount apportioned to the county or municipality from the
                  class B and class C roads account for fiscal year [1994-95] 1996-97, the department shall:
                      (i) reapportion the funds under Subsection (2) to ensure that the county or municipality
                  receives an amount equal to [the greater of: (A)] 110% of the amount apportioned to the county or
                  municipality from the class B and class C roads account for fiscal year [1994-95] 1996-97; [or] and
                      [(B) 100% of the amount apportioned to the county or municipality from the class B and
                  class C roads account for fiscal year 1995-96; and]
                      (ii) decrease proportionately as provided in Subsection (4)(b) the apportionments to counties
                  and municipalities [under Subsection (2) that, prior to] for which the reapportionment [by the
                  department] under Subsection (4)(a)(i)[, would be greater than 110% of the apportionments to the
                  counties and municipalities for fiscal year 1994-95] does not apply.
                      (b) [For purposes of Subsection (4)(a)(ii), the] The aggregate amount of the funds that the
                  department shall decrease proportionately from the apportionments under Subsection (4)(a)(ii) is an
                  amount equal to the aggregate amount reapportioned to counties and municipalities under Subsection
                  (4)(a)(i).
                      [(5) (a) Beginning with fiscal year 1998-99, the department shall reapportion the funds in
                  the class B and class C roads account otherwise apportioned under Subsection (2) as provided in
                  Subsection (5)(b) if:]
                      [(i) there is an increase in the class B and class C roads account from other than increases
                  in fees or tax rates for the current fiscal year over the previous fiscal year; and]
                      [(ii) an apportionment under Subsection (2) to a county or municipality is less than the
                  product of:]
                      [(A) the percentage increase in the class B and class C roads account from other than

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                  increases in fees or tax rates for the current fiscal year over the previous fiscal year;]
                      [(B) 1/3; and]
                      [(C) the apportionment to the county or municipality for the previous fiscal year.]
                      [(b) If the department is required to reapportion the funds in the class B and class C roads
                  account under Subsection (5)(a), the department shall:]
                      [(i) ensure that each county and municipality receives an amount equal to the greater of:]
                      [(A) the product of:]
                      [(I) the percentage increase in the class B and class C roads account from other than
                  increases in fees or tax rates for the current fiscal year over the previous fiscal year;]
                      [(II) 1/3; and]
                      [(III) the apportionment to the county or municipality for the previous fiscal year; or]
                      [(B) the amount apportioned to the county or municipality under Subsection (2); and]
                      [(ii) decrease proportionately as provided in Subsection (5)(c) the apportionments to counties
                  and municipalities under Subsection (2) that, prior to the reapportionment by the department under
                  Subsection (5)(b)(i), would be greater than the product of:]
                      [(A) the percentage increase in the class B and class C roads account from other than
                  increases in fees or tax rates for the current fiscal year over the previous fiscal year;]
                      [(B) 1/3; and]
                      [(C) the apportionment to the county or municipality for the previous fiscal year.]
                      [(c) For purposes of Subsection (5)(b)(ii), the aggregate amount of the funds that the
                  department shall decrease proportionately from the apportionments under Subsection (5)(b)(ii) is an
                  amount equal to the aggregate amount reapportioned to counties and municipalities under Subsection
                  (5)(b)(i).]
                      (5) (a) (i) In addition to the apportionment adjustments made under Subsection (4), a county
                  or municipality that qualifies for reapportioned monies under Subsection (4)(a)(i) shall receive 1/3
                  of the percentage increase in the class B and C road account for the current fiscal year over the
                  previous fiscal year.
                      (ii) Any percentage increase calculated under Subsection (5)(a)(i) may not include any

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                  increases from increases in fees or tax rates.
                      (b) The adjustment under Subsection (5)(a) shall be made in the same way as provided in
                  Subsection (4)(a)(ii) and (b).
                      (6) The governing body of any municipality or county may issue bonds redeemable up to
                  a period of ten years under Title 11, Chapter 14, Utah Municipal Bond Act, to pay the costs of
                  constructing, repairing, and maintaining class B or class C roads and may pledge class B or class C
                  road funds received pursuant to this section to pay principal, interest, premiums, and reserves for the
                  bonds.
                      Section 2. Effective date.
                      This act takes effect on July 1, 1999.

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