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S.B. 47

             1     

LIMITED PURPOSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT

             2     
ENTITIES REVISIONS

             3     
2008 GENERAL SESSION

             4     
STATE OF UTAH

             5     
Chief Sponsor: Dennis E. Stowell

             6     
House Sponsor: ____________

             7     
             8      LONG TITLE
             9      Committee Note:
             10          The Political Subdivisions Interim Committee recommended this bill.
             11      General Description:
             12          This bill modifies provisions relating to limited purpose local government entities.
             13      Highlighted Provisions:
             14          This bill:
             15          .    repeals and reenacts, rewrites, clarifies, and modifies provisions related to special
             16      service districts;
             17          .    repeals and reenacts, rewrites, clarifies, and modifies provisions related to
             18      conservation districts;
             19          .    repeals provisions related to parking and business improvement districts, special
             20      road districts, and historic districts;
             21          .    reenacts historic preservation authority for counties and municipalities;
             22          .    modifies assessment area provisions to preserve authority eliminated through the
             23      repeal of parking and business improvement district provisions;
             24          .    requires the type of local district proposed to be created to be specified in the
             25      petition or resolution proposing the creation of a local district;
             26          .    clarifies that a local district board of trustees member must be a registered voter at
             27      the location of the member's residence;


             28          .    expands the group of service areas that have a higher allowable tax rate to include
             29      service areas in second class counties, if the service area provides fire protection,
             30      paramedic, and emergency services;
             31          .    eliminates a cap on the number of local district board of trustees members allowed,
             32      and makes conforming changes;
             33          .    restricts the area that an improvement district providing electric service may
             34      include;
             35          .    authorizes a special service district to provide service outside its boundary;
             36          .    modifies the type of correctional facilities and services that a special service district
             37      is authorized to provide;
             38          .    authorizes a special service district in a county of the first class to provide extended
             39      police protection;
             40          .    eliminates a cap on the number of special service district administrative control
             41      board members allowed;
             42          .    modifies the qualifications of an administrative control board member;
             43          .    modifies the authority of a conservation district;
             44          .    modifies the date by which a conservation district's annual report is to be submitted
             45      to the commission; and
             46          .    makes technical changes.
             47      Monies Appropriated in this Bill:
             48          None
             49      Other Special Clauses:
             50          None
             51      Utah Code Sections Affected:
             52      AMENDS:
             53          11-42-102, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 329
             54          17B-1-102, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 329
             55          17B-1-203, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 329
             56          17B-1-205, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 329
             57          17B-1-215, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 329
             58          17B-1-302, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 329


             59          17B-1-1002, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 329
             60          17B-1-1103, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 329
             61          17B-2a-404, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 329
             62          17B-2a-406, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 329
             63          67-1a-6.5, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapters 212 and 329
             64      ENACTS:
             65          10-8-85.9, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             66          17-50-324, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             67          17B-1-1501, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             68          17B-1-1502, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             69          17B-1-1503, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             70          17D-1-101, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             71          17D-1-102, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             72          17D-1-103, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             73          17D-1-104, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             74          17D-1-105, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             75          17D-1-106, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             76          17D-1-107, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             77          17D-1-108, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             78          17D-1-201, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             79          17D-1-202, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             80          17D-1-203, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             81          17D-1-204, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             82          17D-1-205, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             83          17D-1-206, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             84          17D-1-207, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             85          17D-1-208, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             86          17D-1-209, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             87          17D-1-210, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             88          17D-1-211, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             89          17D-1-301, Utah Code Annotated 1953


             90          17D-1-302, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             91          17D-1-303, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             92          17D-1-304, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             93          17D-1-305, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             94          17D-1-306, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             95          17D-1-401, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             96          17D-1-402, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             97          17D-1-403, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             98          17D-1-501, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             99          17D-1-502, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             100          17D-1-503, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             101          17D-1-504, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             102          17D-1-505, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             103          17D-1-506, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             104          17D-1-507, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             105          17D-1-508, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             106          17D-1-509, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             107          17D-1-601, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             108          17D-1-602, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             109          17D-1-603, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             110          17D-2-101, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             111          17D-3-101, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             112          17D-3-103, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             113          17D-3-104, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             114          17D-3-201, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             115          17D-3-202, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             116          17D-3-203, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             117          17D-3-204, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             118          17D-3-301, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             119          17D-3-302, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             120          17D-3-303, Utah Code Annotated 1953


             121          17D-3-304, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             122          17D-3-305, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             123          17D-3-306, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             124          17D-3-307, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             125          17D-3-308, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             126          17D-3-309, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             127          17D-3-310, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             128      RENUMBERS AND AMENDS:
             129          17D-3-102, (Renumbered from 17A-3-800, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2007,
             130      Chapter 179)
             131      REPEALS:
             132          17A-2-1301, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 1990, Chapter 186
             133          17A-2-1302, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2003, Chapter 292
             134          17A-2-1303, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 1990, Chapter 186
             135          17A-2-1304, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapters 183 and 203
             136          17A-2-1305, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 1990, Chapter 186
             137          17A-2-1306, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 1990, Chapter 186
             138          17A-2-1307, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 1990, Chapter 186
             139          17A-2-1308, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2003, Chapter 292
             140          17A-2-1309, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 1990, Chapter 186
             141          17A-2-1310, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 1990, Chapter 186
             142          17A-2-1311, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2005, Chapter 233
             143          17A-2-1312, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2005, Chapter 105
             144          17A-2-1313, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2005, Chapter 233
             145          17A-2-1314, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 329
             146          17A-2-1315, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 329
             147          17A-2-1316, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2005, Chapter 105
             148          17A-2-1317, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 1990, Chapter 186
             149          17A-2-1318, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2005, Chapter 148
             150          17A-2-1319, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 1990, Chapter 186
             151          17A-2-1320, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2001, Chapter 195


             152          17A-2-1321, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2004, Chapter 316
             153          17A-2-1322, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2005, Chapters 105 and 260
             154          17A-2-1323, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 1990, Chapter 186
             155          17A-2-1324, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 1990, Chapter 186
             156          17A-2-1325, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 1990, Chapter 186
             157          17A-2-1326, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapters 203 and 329
             158          17A-2-1327, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2005, Chapter 233
             159          17A-2-1328, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 1990, Chapter 186
             160          17A-2-1329, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2005, Chapter 233
             161          17A-2-1330, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 329
             162          17A-2-1331, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 1990, Chapter 186
             163          17A-2-1332, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 1990, Chapter 186
             164          17A-3-401, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 1990, Chapter 186
             165          17A-3-402, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 1990, Chapter 186
             166          17A-3-403, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 1990, Chapter 186
             167          17A-3-404, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 1990, Chapter 186
             168          17A-3-405, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 1990, Chapter 186
             169          17A-3-406, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 1990, Chapter 186
             170          17A-3-407, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2003, Chapter 292
             171          17A-3-408, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 1990, Chapter 186
             172          17A-3-409, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 1990, Chapter 186
             173          17A-3-410, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 1990, Chapter 186
             174          17A-3-411, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 1990, Chapter 186
             175          17A-3-412, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2000, Chapter 1
             176          17A-3-413, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 1990, Chapter 186
             177          17A-3-414, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 1990, Chapter 186
             178          17A-3-801, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 1990, Chapter 186
             179          17A-3-802, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 1990, Chapter 186
             180          17A-3-803, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 1990, Chapter 186
             181          17A-3-804, as last amended by Laws of Utah 1997, Chapter 180
             182          17A-3-805, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2005, Chapter 39


             183          17A-3-806, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 1990, Chapter 186
             184          17A-3-807, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 1990, Chapter 186
             185          17A-3-1201, as last amended by Laws of Utah 1993, Chapter 227
             186          17A-3-1202, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 1990, Chapter 186
             187          17A-3-1203, as last amended by Laws of Utah 1993, Chapter 227
             188          17A-3-1204, as last amended by Laws of Utah 1994, Chapter 146
             189          17A-3-1205, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 1990, Chapter 186
             190          17A-3-1206, as last amended by Laws of Utah 1993, Chapter 227
             191          17A-3-1301, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 1990, Chapter 186
             192          17A-3-1302, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 1990, Chapter 186
             193          17A-3-1303, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 1990, Chapter 186
             194          17A-3-1304, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 1990, Chapter 186
             195          17A-3-1305, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 1990, Chapter 186
             196          17A-3-1306, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 1990, Chapter 186
             197     
             198      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             199          Section 1. Section 10-8-85.9 is enacted to read:
             200     
CHAPTER 8. POWERS AND DUTIES OF MUNICIPALITIES

             201          10-8-85.9. Preservation of historical areas and sites.
             202          A municipality may:
             203          (1) expend public funds to preserve, protect, or enhance an historical area or site;
             204          (2) acquire an historical area or site by direct purchase, contract, lease, trade, or gift;
             205          (3) obtain an easement or right-of-way across public or private property to insure
             206      access or proper development of an historical area or site;
             207          (4) protect an historical area or site;
             208          (5) ensure proper development and utilization of land or an area adjacent to an
             209      historical area or site; and
             210          (6) enter into an agreement with a private individual for the right to purchase an
             211      historical area or site if and when the private individual elects to sell or dispose of the owner's
             212      property.
             213          Section 2. Section 11-42-102 is amended to read:


             214           11-42-102. Definitions.
             215          (1) "Adequate protests" means timely filed, written protests under Section 11-42-203
             216      that represent at least 50% of the frontage, area, taxable value, fair market value, lots, number
             217      of connections, or equivalent residential units of the property proposed to be assessed,
             218      according to the same assessment method by which the assessment is proposed to be levied,
             219      after eliminating:
             220          (a) protests relating to:
             221          (i) property that has been deleted from a proposed assessment area; or
             222          (ii) an improvement that has been deleted from the proposed improvements to be
             223      provided to property within the proposed assessment area; and
             224          (b) protests that have been withdrawn under Subsection 11-42-203 (3).
             225          (2) "Assessment area" means an area, or, if more than one area is designated, the
             226      aggregate of all areas within a local entity's jurisdictional boundaries that is designated by a
             227      local entity under Part 2, Designating an Assessment Area, for the purpose of financing the
             228      costs of improvements, operation and maintenance, or economic promotion activities that
             229      benefit property within the area.
             230          (3) "Assessment bonds" means bonds that are:
             231          (a) issued under Section 11-42-605 ; and
             232          (b) payable in part or in whole from assessments levied in an assessment area,
             233      improvement revenues, and a guaranty fund or reserve fund.
             234          (4) "Assessment fund" means a special fund that a local entity establishes under
             235      Section 11-42-412 .
             236          (5) "Assessment lien" means a lien on property within an assessment area that arises
             237      from the levy of an assessment, as provided in Section 11-42-501 .
             238          (6) "Assessment method" means the method by which an assessment is levied against
             239      property, whether by frontage, area, taxable value, fair market value, lot, number of
             240      connections, equivalent residential unit, or any combination of these methods.
             241          (7) "Assessment ordinance" means an ordinance adopted by a local entity under
             242      Section 11-42-404 that levies an assessment on benefitted property within an assessment area.
             243          (8) "Assessment resolution" means a resolution adopted by a local entity under Section
             244      11-42-404 that levies an assessment on benefitted property within an assessment area.


             245          (9) "Benefitted property" means property within an assessment area that benefits from
             246      improvements, operation and maintenance, or economic promotion activities.
             247          (10) "Bond anticipation notes" means notes issued under Section 11-42-602 in
             248      anticipation of the issuance of assessment bonds.
             249          (11) "Bonds" means assessment bonds and refunding assessment bonds.
             250          (12) "Commercial area" means an area in which at least 75% of the property is devoted
             251      to the interchange of goods or commodities.
             252          (13) "Connection fee" means a fee charged by a local entity to pay for the costs of
             253      connecting property to a publicly owned sewer, water, gas, telecommunications, or electrical
             254      system, whether or not improvements are installed on the property.
             255          (14) "Contract price" means:
             256          (a) the cost of acquiring an improvement, if the improvement is acquired; or
             257          (b) the amount payable to one or more contractors for the design, engineering,
             258      inspection, and construction of an improvement.
             259          (15) "Designation ordinance" means an ordinance adopted by a local entity under
             260      Section 11-42-206 designating an assessment area.
             261          (16) "Designation resolution" means a resolution adopted by a local entity under
             262      Section 11-42-206 designating an assessment area.
             263          (17) "Economic promotion activities" means activities that promote economic growth
             264      in a commercial area of a local entity, including:
             265          (a) sponsoring festivals and markets;
             266          (b) promoting business investment;
             267          (c) helping to coordinate public and private actions; [and]
             268          (d) promoting general business activities; and
             269          [(d)] (e) developing and issuing publications designed to improve the economic
             270      well-being of the commercial area.
             271          (18) "Equivalent residential unit" means a dwelling, unit, or development that is equal
             272      to a single-family residence in terms of the nature of its use or impact on an improvement to be
             273      provided in the assessment area.
             274          (19) "Governing body" means:
             275          (a) for a county, city, or town, the legislative body of the county, city, or town;


             276          (b) for a local district, the board of trustees of the local district; and
             277          (c) for a special service district:
             278          (i) the legislative body of the county, city, or town that established the special service
             279      district, if no administrative control board has been appointed under Section 17A-2-1326 ; or
             280          (ii) the administrative control board of the special service district, if an administrative
             281      control board has been appointed under Section 17A-2-1326 .
             282          (20) "Guaranty fund" means the fund established by a local entity under Section
             283      11-42-701 .
             284          (21) "Improved property" means property proposed to be assessed within an
             285      assessment area upon which a residential, commercial, or other building has been built.
             286          (22) "Improvement" means any publicly owned infrastructure, system, or other facility
             287      that:
             288          (a) a local entity is authorized to provide; or
             289          (b) the governing body of a local entity determines is necessary or convenient to enable
             290      the local entity to provide a service that the local entity is authorized to provide.
             291          (23) "Improvement revenues":
             292          (a) means charges, fees, impact fees, or other revenues that a local entity receives from
             293      improvements; and
             294          (b) does not include revenue from assessments.
             295          (24) "Incidental refunding costs" means any costs of issuing refunding assessment
             296      bonds and calling, retiring, or paying prior bonds, including:
             297          (a) legal and accounting fees;
             298          (b) charges of fiscal agents, escrow agents, and trustees;
             299          (c) underwriting discount costs, printing costs, the costs of giving notice;
             300          (d) any premium necessary in the calling or retiring of prior bonds;
             301          (e) fees to be paid to the local entity to issue the refunding assessment bonds and to
             302      refund the outstanding prior bonds;
             303          (f) any other costs that the governing body determines are necessary or desirable to
             304      incur in connection with the issuance of refunding assessment bonds; and
             305          (g) any interest on the prior bonds that is required to be paid in connection with the
             306      issuance of the refunding assessment bonds.


             307          (25) "Installment payment date" means the date on which an installment payment of an
             308      assessment is payable.
             309          (26) "Interim warrant" means a warrant issued by a local entity under Section
             310      11-42-601 .
             311          (27) "Jurisdictional boundaries" means:
             312          (a) for a county, the boundaries of the unincorporated area of the county; and
             313          (b) for each other local entity, the boundaries of the local entity.
             314          (28) "Local district" means a local district under Title 17B, Limited Purpose Local
             315      Government Entities - Local Districts.
             316          (29) "Local entity" means a county, city, town, special service district, or local district.
             317          (30) "Local entity obligations" means assessment bonds, refunding assessment bonds,
             318      interim warrants, and bond anticipation notes issued by a local entity.
             319          (31) "Mailing address" means:
             320          (a) a property owner's last-known address using the name and address appearing on the
             321      last completed real property assessment roll of the county in which the property is located; and
             322          (b) if the property is improved property:
             323          (i) the property's street number; or
             324          (ii) the post office box, rural route number, or other mailing address of the property, if
             325      a street number has not been assigned.
             326          (32) "Net improvement revenues" means all improvement revenues that a local entity
             327      has received since the last installment payment date, less all amounts payable by the local entity
             328      from those improvement revenues for operation and maintenance costs.
             329          (33) "Operation and maintenance costs" means the costs that a local entity incurs in
             330      operating and maintaining improvements in an assessment area, including service charges,
             331      administrative costs, ongoing maintenance charges, and tariffs or other charges for electrical,
             332      water, gas, or other utility usage.
             333          (34) "Optional facilities":
             334          (a) means facilities in an assessment area that:
             335          (i) can be conveniently installed at the same time as improvements in the assessment
             336      area; and
             337          (ii) are requested by a property owner on whose property or for whose benefit the


             338      improvements are being installed; and
             339          (b) includes private driveways, irrigation ditches, and water turnouts.
             340          (35) "Overhead costs" means the actual costs incurred or the estimated costs to be
             341      incurred by a local entity in connection with an assessment area for appraisals, legal fees, filing
             342      fees, financial advisory charges, underwriting fees, placement fees, escrow, trustee, and paying
             343      agent fees, publishing and mailing costs, costs of levying an assessment, recording costs, and
             344      all other incidental costs.
             345          (36) "Prior bonds" means the assessment bonds that are refunded in part or in whole by
             346      refunding assessment bonds.
             347          (37) "Prior assessment ordinance" means the ordinance levying the assessments from
             348      which the prior bonds are payable.
             349          (38) "Prior assessment resolution" means the resolution levying the assessments from
             350      which the prior bonds are payable.
             351          (39) "Project engineer" means the surveyor or engineer employed by or private
             352      consulting engineer engaged by a local entity to perform the necessary engineering services for
             353      and to supervise the construction or installation of the improvements.
             354          (40) "Property" includes real property and any interest in real property, including water
             355      rights, leasehold rights, and personal property related to the property.
             356          (41) "Property price" means the price at which a local entity purchases or acquires by
             357      eminent domain property to make improvements in an assessment area.
             358          (42) "Provide" or "providing," with reference to an improvement, includes the
             359      acquisition, construction, reconstruction, renovation, maintenance, repair, operation, and
             360      expansion of an improvement.
             361          (43) "Public agency" means:
             362          (a) the state or any agency, department, or division of the state; and
             363          (b) a political subdivision of the state.
             364          (44) "Reduced payment obligation" means the full obligation of an owner of property
             365      within an assessment area to pay an assessment levied on the property after the assessment has
             366      been reduced because of the issuance of refunding assessment bonds, as provided in Section
             367      11-42-608 .
             368          (45) "Refunding assessment bonds" means assessment bonds that a local entity issues


             369      under Section 11-42-607 to refund, in part or in whole, assessment bonds.
             370          (46) "Reserve fund" means a fund established by a local entity under Section
             371      11-42-702 .
             372          (47) "Service" means water, sewer, garbage collection, library, recreation, or electric
             373      service, economic promotion activities, or any other service that a local entity is required or
             374      authorized to provide.
             375          (48) "Special service district" means a special service district under Title 17A, Chapter
             376      2, Part 13, Utah Special Service District Act.
             377          (49) "Unimproved property" means property upon which no residential, commercial, or
             378      other building has been built.
             379          (50) "Voluntary assessment area" means an assessment area that contains only property
             380      whose owners have voluntarily consented to an assessment.
             381          Section 3. Section 17-50-324 is enacted to read:
             382          17-50-324. Preservation of historical areas and sites.
             383          A county may:
             384          (1) expend public funds to preserve, protect, or enhance an historical area or site;
             385          (2) acquire an historical area or site by direct purchase, contract, lease, trade, or gift;
             386          (3) obtain an easement or right-of-way across public or private property to insure
             387      access or proper development of an historical area or site;