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ASSESSMENT AREA ACT AMENDMENTS

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2013 GENERAL SESSION

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STATE OF UTAH

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Chief Sponsor: Kevin T. Van Tassell

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House Sponsor: Gage Froerer

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             7      LONG TITLE
             8      General Description:
             9          This bill enacts provisions related to an assessment for an energy efficiency upgrade or
             10      a renewable energy system.
             11      Highlighted Provisions:
             12          This bill:
             13          .    authorizes an interlocal entity to issue a bond for an energy efficiency upgrade or a
             14      renewable energy system;
             15          .    defines terms;
             16          .    requires that an assessment area for an energy efficiency upgrade or a renewable
             17      energy system be a voluntary assessment area;
             18          .    exempts an energy efficiency upgrade or a renewable energy system voluntary
             19      assessment area from certain contract bid requirements;
             20          .    amends provisions governing assessment levy limits and costs;
             21          .    authorizes a local entity to levy an assessment against property owned by the federal
             22      government or a public agency in certain circumstances;
             23          .    amends provisions authorizing installment payments for an assessment;
             24          .    authorizes a county to provide or finance an energy efficiency upgrade or a
             25      renewable energy system;
             26          .    authorizes a local district to provide an energy efficiency upgrade or a renewable
             27      energy system;
             28          .    authorizes a special service district to provide an energy efficiency upgrade or a
             29      renewable energy system;


             30          .    authorizes a military installation development authority to provide an energy
             31      efficiency upgrade or a renewable energy system; and
             32          .    makes technical corrections.
             33      Money Appropriated in this Bill:
             34          None
             35      Other Special Clauses:
             36          None
             37      Utah Code Sections Affected:
             38      AMENDS:
             39          11-13-218, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2011, Chapter 145
             40          11-42-102, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2011, Chapters 68 and 388
             41          11-42-103, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 329
             42          11-42-202, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2011, Chapter 68
             43          11-42-301, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2009, Chapters 246 and 388
             44          11-42-405, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 329
             45          11-42-408, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 329
             46          11-42-411, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2008, Chapter 250
             47          17B-1-202, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2012, Chapter 97
             48          17D-1-201, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2011, Chapter 106
             49          26-8a-102, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapter 187
             50          63H-1-201, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2012, Chapter 80
             51      ENACTS:
             52          11-42-209, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             53          17-50-335, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             54     
             55      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             56          Section 1. Section 11-13-218 is amended to read:
             57           11-13-218. Authority of public agencies or interlocal entities to issue bonds.


             58          (1) A public agency may, in the same manner as it may issue bonds for its individual
             59      acquisition of a facility or improvement or for constructing, improving, or extending a facility
             60      or improvement, issue bonds to:
             61          (a) acquire an interest in a jointly owned facility or improvement, a combination of a
             62      jointly owned facility or improvement, or any other facility or improvement; or
             63          (b) pay all or part of the cost of constructing, improving, or extending a jointly owned
             64      facility or improvement, a combination of a jointly owned facility or improvement, or any other
             65      facility or improvement.
             66          (2) (a) An interlocal entity may issue bonds or notes under a resolution, trust indenture,
             67      or other security instrument for the purpose of:
             68          (i) financing its facilities or improvements[.]; or
             69          (ii) providing for or financing an energy efficiency upgrade or a renewable energy
             70      system in accordance with Title 11, Chapter 42, Assessment Area Act.
             71          (b) The bonds or notes may be sold at public or private sale, mature at such times and
             72      bear interest at such rates, and have such other terms and security as the entity determines.
             73          (c) Such bonds are not a debt of any public agency that is a party to the agreement.
             74          (3) The governing body, as defined in Section 11-13-219 , of an interlocal entity may,
             75      by resolution, delegate to one or more officers of the interlocal entity or to a committee of
             76      designated members of the governing body the authority to:
             77          (a) in accordance with and within the parameters set forth in the resolution, approve the
             78      final interest rate, price, principal amount, maturity, redemption features, or other terms of a
             79      bond or note; and
             80          (b) approve and execute all documents relating to the issuance of the bond or note.
             81          (4) Bonds and notes issued under this chapter are declared to be negotiable instruments
             82      and their form and substance need not comply with the Uniform Commercial Code.
             83          Section 2. Section 11-42-102 is amended to read:
             84           11-42-102. Definitions.
             85          (1) "Adequate protests" means timely filed, written protests under Section 11-42-203


             86      that represent at least 50% of the frontage, area, taxable value, fair market value, lots, number
             87      of connections, or equivalent residential units of the property proposed to be assessed,
             88      according to the same assessment method by which the assessment is proposed to be levied,
             89      after eliminating:
             90          (a) protests relating to:
             91          (i) property that has been deleted from a proposed assessment area; or
             92          (ii) an improvement that has been deleted from the proposed improvements to be
             93      provided to property within the proposed assessment area; and
             94          (b) protests that have been withdrawn under Subsection 11-42-203 (3).
             95          (2) "Assessment area" means an area, or, if more than one area is designated, the
             96      aggregate of all areas within a local entity's jurisdictional boundaries that is designated by a
             97      local entity under Part 2, Designating an Assessment Area, for the purpose of financing the
             98      costs of improvements, operation and maintenance, or economic promotion activities that
             99      benefit property within the area.
             100          (3) "Assessment bonds" means bonds that are:
             101          (a) issued under Section 11-42-605 ; and
             102          (b) payable in part or in whole from assessments levied in an assessment area,
             103      improvement revenues, and a guaranty fund or reserve fund.
             104          (4) "Assessment fund" means a special fund that a local entity establishes under
             105      Section 11-42-412 .
             106          (5) "Assessment lien" means a lien on property within an assessment area that arises
             107      from the levy of an assessment, as provided in Section 11-42-501 .
             108          (6) "Assessment method" means the method by which an assessment is levied against
             109      property, whether by frontage, area, taxable value, fair market value, lot, parcel, number of
             110      connections, equivalent residential unit, any combination of these methods, or any other
             111      method that equitably reflects the benefit received from the improvement.
             112          (7) "Assessment ordinance" means an ordinance adopted by a local entity under
             113      Section 11-42-404 that levies an assessment on benefitted property within an assessment area.


             114          (8) "Assessment resolution" means a resolution adopted by a local entity under Section
             115      11-42-404 that levies an assessment on benefitted property within an assessment area.
             116          (9) "Benefitted property" means property within an assessment area that directly or
             117      indirectly benefits from improvements, operation and maintenance, or economic promotion
             118      activities.
             119          (10) "Bond anticipation notes" means notes issued under Section 11-42-602 in
             120      anticipation of the issuance of assessment bonds.
             121          (11) "Bonds" means assessment bonds and refunding assessment bonds.
             122          (12) "Commercial area" means an area in which at least 75% of the property is devoted
             123      to the interchange of goods or commodities.
             124          (13) (a) "Commercial or industrial real property" means real property used directly or
             125      indirectly or held for one of the following purposes or activities, regardless of whether the
             126      purpose or activity is for profit:
             127          (i) commercial;
             128          (ii) mining;
             129          (iii) industrial;
             130          (iv) manufacturing;
             131          (v) governmental;
             132          (vi) trade;
             133          (vii) professional;
             134          (viii) a private or public club;
             135          (ix) a lodge;
             136          (x) a business; or
             137          (xi) a similar purpose.
             138          (b) "Commercial or industrial real property" includes real property that:
             139          (i) is used as or held for dwelling purposes; and
             140          (ii) contains four or more rental units.
             141          [(13)] (14) "Connection fee" means a fee charged by a local entity to pay for the costs


             142      of connecting property to a publicly owned sewer, storm drainage, water, gas, communications,
             143      or electrical system, whether or not improvements are installed on the property.
             144          [(14)] (15) "Contract price" means:
             145          (a) the cost of acquiring an improvement, if the improvement is acquired; or
             146          (b) the amount payable to one or more contractors for the design, engineering,
             147      inspection, and construction of an improvement.
             148          [(15)] (16) "Designation ordinance" means an ordinance adopted by a local entity
             149      under Section 11-42-206 designating an assessment area.
             150          [(16)] (17) "Designation resolution" means a resolution adopted by a local entity under
             151      Section 11-42-206 designating an assessment area.
             152          [(17)] (18) "Economic promotion activities" means activities that promote economic
             153      growth in a commercial area of a local entity, including:
             154          (a) sponsoring festivals and markets;
             155          (b) promoting business investment or activities;
             156          (c) helping to coordinate public and private actions; and
             157          (d) developing and issuing publications designed to improve the economic well-being
             158      of the commercial area.
             159          (19) "Energy efficiency upgrade" means an improvement that is permanently affixed to
             160      commercial or industrial real property that is designed to reduce energy consumption,
             161      including:
             162          (a) insulation in:
             163          (i) a wall, roof, floor, or foundation; or
             164          (ii) a heating and cooling distribution system;
             165          (b) a window or door, including:
             166          (i) a storm window or door;
             167          (ii) a multiglazed window or door;
             168          (iii) a heat-absorbing window or door;
             169          (iv) a heat-reflective glazed and coated window or door;


             170          (v) additional window or door glazing;
             171          (vi) a window or door with reduced glass area; or
             172          (vii) other window or door modifications;
             173          (c) an automatic energy control system;
             174          (d) in a building or a central plant, a heating, ventilation, or air conditioning and
             175      distribution system;
             176          (e) caulk or weatherstripping;
             177          (f) a light fixture that does not increase the overall illumination of a building unless an
             178      increase is necessary to conform with the applicable building code;
             179          (g) an energy recovery system;
             180          (h) a daylighting system;
             181          (i) measures to reduce the consumption of water, through conservation or more
             182      efficient use of water, including:
             183          (i) installation of low-flow toilets and showerheads;
             184          (ii) installation of timer or timing systems for a hot water heater; or
             185          (iii) installation of rain catchment systems; or
             186          (j) a modified, installed, or remodeled fixture that is approved as a utility cost-saving
             187      measure by the governing body of a local entity.
             188          [(18)] (20) "Equivalent residential unit" means a dwelling, unit, or development that is
             189      equal to a single-family residence in terms of the nature of its use or impact on an improvement
             190      to be provided in the assessment area.
             191          [(19)] (21) "Governing body" means:
             192          (a) for a county, city, or town, the legislative body of the county, city, or town;
             193          (b) for a local district, the board of trustees of the local district;
             194          (c) for a special service district:
             195          (i) the legislative body of the county, city, or town that established the special service
             196      district, if no administrative control board has been appointed under Section 17D-1-301 ; or
             197          (ii) the administrative control board of the special service district, if an administrative


             198      control board has been appointed under Section 17D-1-301 ; and
             199          (d) for the military installation development authority created in Section 63H-1-201 ,
             200      the authority board, as defined in Section 63H-1-102 .
             201          [(20)] (22) "Guaranty fund" means the fund established by a local entity under Section
             202      11-42-701 .
             203          [(21)] (23) "Improved property" means property proposed to be assessed within an
             204      assessment area upon which a residential, commercial, or other building has been built.
             205          [(22)] (24) "Improvement":
             206          (a) (i) means [any] a publicly owned infrastructure, system, or other facility, a publicly
             207      or privately owned energy efficiency upgrade, or a publicly or privately owned renewable
             208      energy system that:
             209          (A) a local entity is authorized to provide; [or]
             210          (B) the governing body of a local entity determines is necessary or convenient to
             211      enable the local entity to provide a service that the local entity is authorized to provide; [and] or
             212          (C) a local entity is requested to provide through an interlocal agreement in accordance
             213      with Title 11, Chapter 13, Interlocal Cooperation Act; and
             214          (ii) includes facilities in an assessment area, including a private driveway, an irrigation
             215      ditch, and a water turnout, that:
             216          (A) can be conveniently installed at the same time as an infrastructure, system, or other
             217      facility described in Subsection [(22)] (24)(a)(i); and
             218          (B) are requested by a property owner on whose property or for whose benefit the
             219      infrastructure, system, or other facility is being installed; or
             220          (b) for a local district created to assess groundwater rights in accordance with Section
             221      17B-1-202 , means a system or plan to regulate groundwater withdrawals within a specific
             222      groundwater basin in accordance with Sections 17B-1-202 and 73-5-15 .
             223          [(23)] (25) "Improvement revenues":
             224          (a) means charges, fees, impact fees, or other revenues that a local entity receives from
             225      improvements; and


             226          (b) does not include revenue from assessments.
             227          [(24)] (26) "Incidental refunding costs" means any costs of issuing refunding
             228      assessment bonds and calling, retiring, or paying prior bonds, including:
             229          (a) legal and accounting fees;
             230          (b) charges of financial advisors, escrow agents, certified public accountant verification
             231      entities, and trustees;
             232          (c) underwriting discount costs, printing costs, the costs of giving notice;
             233          (d) any premium necessary in the calling or retiring of prior bonds;
             234          (e) fees to be paid to the local entity to issue the refunding assessment bonds and to
             235      refund the outstanding prior bonds;
             236          (f) any other costs that the governing body determines are necessary or desirable to
             237      incur in connection with the issuance of refunding assessment bonds; and
             238          (g) any interest on the prior bonds that is required to be paid in connection with the
             239      issuance of the refunding assessment bonds.
             240          [(25)] (27) "Installment payment date" means the date on which an installment
             241      payment of an assessment is payable.
             242          [(26)] (28) "Interim warrant" means a warrant issued by a local entity under Section
             243      11-42-601 .
             244          [(27)] (29) "Jurisdictional boundaries" means:
             245          (a) for a county, the boundaries of the unincorporated area of the county; and
             246          (b) for each other local entity, the boundaries of the local entity.
             247          [(28)] (30) "Local district" means a local district under Title 17B, Limited Purpose
             248      Local Government Entities - Local Districts.
             249          [(29)] (31) "Local entity" means a county, city, town, special service district, local
             250      district, an interlocal entity as defined in Section 11-13-103 , a military installation development
             251      authority created in Section 63H-1-201 , or other political subdivision of the state.
             252          [(30)] (32) "Local entity obligations" means assessment bonds, refunding assessment
             253      bonds, interim warrants, and bond anticipation notes issued by a local entity.


             254          [(31)] (33) "Mailing address" means:
             255          (a) a property owner's last-known address using the name and address appearing on the
             256      last completed real property assessment roll of the county in which the property is located; and
             257          (b) if the property is improved property:
             258          (i) the property's street number; or
             259          (ii) the post office box, rural route number, or other mailing address of the property, if
             260      a street number has not been assigned.
             261          [(32)] (34) "Net improvement revenues" means all improvement revenues that a local
             262      entity has received since the last installment payment date, less all amounts payable by the local
             263      entity from those improvement revenues for operation and maintenance costs.
             264          [(33)] (35) "Operation and maintenance costs":
             265          (a) means the costs that a local entity incurs in operating and maintaining
             266      improvements in an assessment area, whether or not those improvements have been financed
             267      under this chapter; and
             268          (b) includes service charges, administrative costs, ongoing maintenance charges, and
             269      tariffs or other charges for electrical, water, gas, or other utility usage.
             270          [(34)] (36) "Overhead costs" means the actual costs incurred or the estimated costs to
             271      be incurred by a local entity in connection with an assessment area for appraisals, legal fees,
             272      filing fees, financial advisory charges, underwriting fees, placement fees, escrow, trustee, and
             273      paying agent fees, publishing and mailing costs, costs of levying an assessment, recording
             274      costs, and all other incidental costs.
             275          [(36)] (37) "Prior assessment ordinance" means the ordinance levying the assessments
             276      from which the prior bonds are payable.
             277          [(37)] (38) "Prior assessment resolution" means the resolution levying the assessments
             278      from which the prior bonds are payable.
             279          [(35)] (39) "Prior bonds" means the assessment bonds that are refunded in part or in
             280      whole by refunding assessment bonds.
             281          [(38)] (40) "Project engineer" means the surveyor or engineer employed by or private


             282      consulting engineer engaged by a local entity to perform the necessary engineering services for
             283      and to supervise the construction or installation of the improvements.
             284          [(39)] (41) "Property" includes real property and any interest in real property, including
             285      water rights and leasehold rights.
             286          [(40)] (42) "Property price" means the price at which a local entity purchases or
             287      acquires by eminent domain property to make improvements in an assessment area.
             288          [(41)] (43) "Provide" or "providing," with reference to an improvement, includes the
             289      acquisition, construction, reconstruction, renovation, maintenance, repair, operation, and
             290      expansion of an improvement.
             291          [(42)] (44) "Public agency" means:
             292          (a) the state or any agency, department, or division of the state; and
             293          (b) a political subdivision of the state.
             294          [(43)] (45) "Reduced payment obligation" means the full obligation of an owner of
             295      property within an assessment area to pay an assessment levied on the property after the
             296      assessment has been reduced because of the issuance of refunding assessment bonds, as
             297      provided in Section 11-42-608 .
             298          [(44)] (46) "Refunding assessment bonds" means assessment bonds that a local entity
             299      issues under Section 11-42-607 to refund, in part or in whole, assessment bonds.
             300          (47) "Renewable energy system" means a product, a system, a device, or an interacting
             301      group of devices that:
             302          (a) is permanently affixed to commercial or industrial real property; and
             303          (b) produces energy from renewable resources, including:
             304          (i) a photovoltaic system;
             305          (ii) a solar thermal system;
             306          (iii) a wind system;
             307          (iv) a geothermal system, including:
             308          (A) a generation system;
             309          (B) a direct-use system; or


             310          (C) a ground source heat pump system;
             311          (v) a microhydro system; or
             312          (vi) other renewable sources approved by the governing body of a local entity.
             313          [(45)] (48) "Reserve fund" means a fund established by a local entity under Section
             314      11-42-702 .
             315          [(46)] (49) "Service" means:
             316          (a) water, sewer, storm drainage, garbage collection, library, recreation,
             317      communications, or electric service;
             318          (b) economic promotion activities; or
             319          (c) any other service that a local entity is required or authorized to provide.
             320          [(47)] (50) "Special service district" has the same meaning as defined in Section
             321      17D-1-102 .
             322          [(48)] (51) "Unimproved property" means property upon which no residential,
             323      commercial, or other building has been built.
             324          [(49)] (52) "Voluntary assessment area" means an assessment area that contains only
             325      property whose owners have voluntarily consented to an assessment.
             326          Section 3. Section 11-42-103 is amended to read:
             327           11-42-103. Limit on effect of this chapter.
             328          (1) Nothing in this chapter may be construed to authorize a local entity to provide an
             329      improvement or service that the local entity is not otherwise authorized to provide.
             330          (2) Notwithstanding Subsection (1), a local entity may provide a renewable energy
             331      system or energy efficiency upgrade that the local entity finds or determines to be in the public
             332      interest.
             333          Section 4. Section 11-42-202 is amended to read:
             334           11-42-202. Requirements applicable to a notice of a proposed assessment area
             335      designation.
             336          (1) Each notice required under Subsection 11-42-201 (2)(a) shall:
             337          (a) state that the local entity proposes to:


             338          (i) designate one or more areas within the local entity's jurisdictional boundaries as an
             339      assessment area;
             340          (ii) provide an improvement to property within the proposed assessment area; and
             341          (iii) finance some or all of the cost of improvements by an assessment on benefitted
             342      property within the assessment area;
             343          (b) describe the proposed assessment area by any reasonable method that allows an
             344      owner of property in the proposed assessment area to determine that the owner's property is
             345      within the proposed assessment area;
             346          (c) describe, in a general way, the improvements to be provided to the assessment area,
             347      including:
             348          (i) the general nature of the improvements; and
             349          (ii) the general location of the improvements, by reference to streets or portions or
             350      extensions of streets or by any other means that the governing body chooses that reasonably
             351      describes the general location of the improvements;
             352          (d) state the estimated cost of the improvements as determined by a project engineer;
             353          (e) state that the local entity proposes to levy an assessment on benefitted property
             354      within the assessment area to pay some or all of the cost of the improvements according to the
             355      estimated direct and indirect benefits to the property from the improvements;
             356          (f) state the assessment method by which the governing body proposes to levy the
             357      assessment;
             358          (g) state:
             359          (i) the time within which and the location at which protests against designation of the
             360      proposed assessment area or of the proposed improvements are required to be filed; and
             361          (ii) the method by which the governing body will determine the number of protests
             362      required to defeat the designation of the proposed assessment area or acquisition or
             363      construction of the proposed improvements;
             364          (h) state the date, time, and place of the public hearing required in Section 11-42-204 ;
             365          (i) if the governing body elects to create and fund a reserve fund under Section


             366      11-42-702 , include a description of:
             367          (i) how the reserve fund will be funded and replenished; and
             368          (ii) how remaining money in the reserve fund is to be disbursed upon full payment of
             369      the bonds;
             370          (j) if the governing body intends to designate a voluntary assessment area, include a
             371      property owner consent form that:
             372          (i) estimates the total assessment to be levied against the particular parcel of property;
             373          (ii) describes any additional benefits that the governing body expects the assessed
             374      property to receive from the improvements; and
             375          (iii) designates the date and time by which the fully executed consent form is required
             376      to be submitted to the governing body;
             377          (k) if the local entity intends to levy an assessment to pay operation and maintenance
             378      costs or for economic promotion activities, include:
             379          (i) a description of the operation and maintenance costs or economic promotion
             380      activities to be paid by assessments and the initial estimated annual assessment to be levied;
             381          (ii) a description of how the estimated assessment will be determined;
             382          (iii) a description of how and when the governing body will adjust the assessment to
             383      reflect the costs of:
             384          (A) in accordance with Section 11-42-406 , current economic promotion activities; or
             385          (B) current operation and maintenance costs;
             386          (iv) a description of the method of assessment if different from the method of
             387      assessment to be used for financing any improvement; and
             388          (v) a statement of the maximum number of years over which the assessment will be
             389      levied for:
             390          (A) operation and maintenance costs; or
             391          (B) economic promotion activities; and
             392          (l) if the governing body intends to divide the proposed assessment area into zones
             393      under Subsection 11-42-201 (1)(b), include a description of the proposed zones.


             394          (2) A notice required under Subsection 11-42-201 (2)(a) may contain other information
             395      that the governing body considers to be appropriate, including:
             396          (a) the amount or proportion of the cost of the improvement to be paid by the local
             397      entity or from sources other than an assessment;
             398          (b) the estimated amount of each type of assessment for the various improvements to
             399      be financed according to the method of assessment that the governing body chooses; and
             400          (c) provisions for any improvements described in Subsection
             401      11-42-102 [(22)](24)(a)(ii).
             402          (3) Each notice required under Subsection 11-42-201 (2)(a) shall:
             403          (a) (i) (A) be published in a newspaper of general circulation within the local entity's
             404      jurisdictional boundaries, once a week for four consecutive weeks, with the last publication at
             405      least five but not more than 20 days before the deadline for filing protests specified in the
             406      notice under Subsection (1)(g); or
             407          (B) if there is no newspaper of general circulation within the local entity's jurisdictional
             408      boundaries, be posted in at least three public places within the local entity's jurisdictional
             409      boundaries at least 20 but not more than 35 days before the deadline for filing protests
             410      specified in the notice under Subsection (1)(g); and
             411          (ii) be published on the Utah Public Notice Website described in Section 63F-1-701 for
             412      four weeks before the deadline for filing protests specified in the notice under Subsection
             413      (1)(g); and
             414          (b) be mailed, postage prepaid, within 10 days after the first publication or posting of
             415      the notice under Subsection (3)(a) to each owner of property to be assessed within the proposed
             416      assessment area at the property owner's mailing address.
             417          Section 5. Section 11-42-209 is enacted to read:
             418          11-42-209. Designation of assessment area for energy efficiency upgrade or
             419      renewable energy system -- Requirements.
             420          (1) A governing body may not adopt a designation ordinance or resolution to designate
             421      an assessment area for an energy efficiency upgrade or a renewable energy system, unless the


             422      assessment area is a voluntary assessment area.
             423          (2) A local entity may not include property in a voluntary assessment area described in
             424      Subsection (1) unless an owner of property located in the assessment area provides to the local
             425      entity:
             426          (a) the written consent of each person or institution holding a lien on the property; and
             427          (b) evidence:
             428          (i) that there are no delinquent taxes, special assessments, or water or sewer charges on
             429      the property;
             430          (ii) that the property is not subject to a trust deed or other lien on which there is a
             431      recorded notice of default, foreclosure, or delinquency that has not been cured; and
             432          (iii) that there are no involuntary liens, including a lien on real property, or on the
             433      proceeds of a contract relating to real property, for services, labor, or materials furnished in
             434      connection with the construction or improvement of the property.
             435          Section 6. Section 11-42-301 is amended to read:
             436           11-42-301. Improvements made only under contract let to lowest responsive,
             437      responsible bidder -- Publishing notice -- Sealed bids -- Procedure -- Exceptions to
             438      contract requirement.
             439          (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a local entity may make improvements
             440      in an assessment area only under contract let to the lowest responsive, responsible bidder for
             441      the kind of service, material, or form of construction that the local entity's governing body
             442      determines in compliance with any applicable local entity ordinances.
             443          (2) A local entity may:
             444          (a) divide improvements into parts;
             445          (b) (i) let separate contracts for each part; or
             446          (ii) combine multiple parts into the same contract; and
             447          (c) let a contract on a unit basis.
             448          (3) (a) A local entity may not let a contract until after publishing notice as provided in
             449      Subsection (3)(b):


             450          (i) at least one time in a newspaper of general circulation within the boundaries of the
             451      local entity at least 15 days before the date specified for receipt of bids; and
             452          (ii) in accordance with Section 45-1-101 , at least 15 days before the date specified for
             453      receipt of bids.
             454          (b) Each notice under Subsection (3)(a) shall notify contractors that the local entity will
             455      receive sealed bids at a specified time and place for the construction of the improvements.
             456          (c) Notwithstanding a local entity's failure, through inadvertence or oversight, to
             457      publish the notice or to publish the notice within 15 days before the date specified for receipt of
             458      bids, the governing body may proceed to let a contract for the improvements if the local entity
             459      receives at least three sealed and bona fide bids from contractors by the time specified for the
             460      receipt of bids.
             461          (d) A local entity may publish a notice required under this Subsection (3) at the same
             462      time as a notice under Section 11-42-202 .
             463          (4) (a) A local entity may accept as a sealed bid a bid that is:
             464          (i) manually sealed and submitted; or
             465          (ii) electronically sealed and submitted.
             466          (b) The governing body or project engineer shall, at the time specified in the notice
             467      under Subsection (3), open and examine the bids.
             468          (c) In open session, the governing body:
             469          (i) shall declare the bids; and
             470          (ii) may reject any or all bids if the governing body considers the rejection to be for the
             471      public good.
             472          (d) The local entity may award the contract to the lowest responsive, responsible bidder
             473      even if the price bid by that bidder exceeds the estimated costs as determined by the project
             474      engineer.
             475          (e) A local entity may in any case:
             476          (i) refuse to award a contract;
             477          (ii) obtain new bids after giving a new notice under Subsection (3);


             478          (iii) determine to abandon the assessment area; or
             479          (iv) not make some of the improvements proposed to be made.
             480          (5) A local entity is not required to let a contract as provided in this section for:
             481          (a) an improvement or part of an improvement the cost of which or the making of
             482      which is donated or contributed;
             483          (b) an improvement that consists of furnishing utility service or maintaining
             484      improvements;
             485          (c) labor, materials, or equipment supplied by the local entity;
             486          (d) the local entity's acquisition of completed or partially completed improvements in
             487      an assessment area;
             488          (e) design, engineering, and inspection costs incurred with respect to the construction
             489      of improvements in an assessment area; or
             490          (f) additional work performed in accordance with the terms of a contract duly let to the
             491      lowest responsive, responsible bidder.
             492          (6) A local entity may itself furnish utility service and maintain improvements within
             493      an assessment area.
             494          (7) (a) A local entity may acquire completed or partially completed improvements in an
             495      assessment area, but may not pay an amount for those improvements that exceeds their fair
             496      market value.
             497          (b) Upon the local entity's payment for completed or partially completed
             498      improvements, title to the improvements shall be conveyed to the local entity or another public
             499      agency.
             500          (8) The provisions of Title 11, Chapter 39, Building Improvements and Public Works
             501      Projects, and Section 72-6-108 do not apply to improvements to be constructed in an
             502      assessment area.
             503          (9) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (9)(b), this section does not apply to a
             504      voluntary assessment area designated for the purpose of levying an assessment for an energy
             505      efficiency upgrade or a renewable energy system.


             506          (b) (i) A local entity that designates a voluntary assessment area described in
             507      Subsection (9)(a) shall provide to each owner of property to be assessed a list of service
             508      providers authorized by the local entity to provide the energy efficiency upgrade or renewable
             509      energy system.
             510          (ii) A property owner described in Subsection (9)(b)(i) shall select a service provider
             511      from the list to provide the energy efficiency upgrade or renewable energy system for the
             512      owner's property.
             513          Section 7. Section 11-42-405 is amended to read:
             514           11-42-405. Limit on amount of assessment -- Costs required to be paid by the
             515      local entity.
             516          (1) An assessment levied within an assessment area may not, in the aggregate, exceed
             517      the sum of:
             518          (a) the contract price or estimated contract price;
             519          (b) the acquisition price of improvements;
             520          (c) the reasonable cost of:
             521          (i) (A) utility services, maintenance, and operation, to the extent permitted by
             522      Subsection 11-42-401 (4); and
             523          (B) labor, materials, or equipment supplied by the local entity;
             524          (ii) economic promotion activities; or
             525          (iii) operation and maintenance costs;
             526          (d) the price or estimated price of purchasing property;
             527          (e) any connection fees;
             528          (f) estimated interest on interim warrants and bond anticipation notes issued with
             529      respect to an assessment area;
             530          (g) the capitalized interest on each assessment bond;
             531          [(g)] (h) overhead costs not to exceed 15% of the sum of Subsections (1)(a), (b), (c),
             532      and (e);
             533          [(h)] (i) an amount for contingencies of not more than 10% of the sum of Subsections


             534      (1)(a) and (c), if the assessment is levied before construction of the improvements in the
             535      assessment area is completed;
             536          [(i)] (j) an amount sufficient to fund a reserve fund, if the governing body creates and
             537      funds a reserve fund as provided in Section 11-42-702 ; [and]
             538          [(j)] (k) 1/2 the cost of grading changes as provided in Section 11-42-407 [.]; and
             539          (l) incidental costs incurred by a property owner in order to satisfy the local entity's
             540      requirements for inclusion in a voluntary assessment area, if applicable.
             541          (2) Each local entity providing an improvement in an assessment area shall pay, from
             542      improvement revenues not pledged to the payment of bonds and from any other legally
             543      available money:
             544          (a) overhead costs for which an assessment cannot be levied;
             545          (b) the costs of providing an improvement for which an assessment was not levied, if
             546      the assessment is levied before construction of the improvement in the assessment area is
             547      completed; and
             548          (c) the acquisition and constructions costs of an improvement for the benefit of
             549      property against which an assessment may not be levied.
             550          Section 8. Section 11-42-408 is amended to read:
             551           11-42-408. Assessment against government land prohibited -- Exception.
             552          (1) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (2), a local entity may not levy an assessment
             553      against property owned by the federal government or a public agency, even if the property
             554      benefits from the improvement.
             555          (b) Notwithstanding Subsection (1)(a), a public agency may contract with a local
             556      entity:
             557          (i) for the local entity to provide an improvement to property owned by the public
             558      agency; and
             559          (ii) to pay for the improvement provided by the local entity.
             560          (c) Nothing in this section may be construed to prevent a local entity from imposing on
             561      and collecting from a public agency, or a public agency from paying, a reasonable charge for a


             562      service rendered or material supplied by the local entity to the public agency, including a
             563      charge for water, sewer, or lighting service.
             564          (2) Notwithstanding Subsection (1):
             565          (a) a local entity may continue to levy and enforce an assessment against property
             566      acquired by a public agency within an assessment area if the acquisition occurred after the
             567      assessment area was designated; [and]
             568          (b) property that is subject to an assessment lien at the time it is acquired by a public
             569      agency continues to be subject to the lien and to enforcement of the lien if the assessment and
             570      interest on the assessment are not paid when due[.]; and
             571          (c) a local entity may levy an assessment against property owned by the federal
             572      government or a public agency if the federal government or public agency voluntarily enters
             573      into a voluntary assessment area for the purpose of financing an energy efficiency upgrade or a
             574      renewable energy system.
             575          Section 9. Section 11-42-411 is amended to read:
             576           11-42-411. Installment payment of assessments.
             577          (1) (a) In an assessment resolution or ordinance, the governing body may, subject to
             578      Subsection (1)(b), provide that some or all of the assessment be paid in installments over a
             579      period not to exceed 20 years from the effective date of the resolution or ordinance.
             580          (b) If an assessment resolution or ordinance provides that some or all of the assessment
             581      be paid in installments for a period exceeding 10 years from the effective date of the resolution
             582      or ordinance, the governing body:
             583          (i) shall make a determination that:
             584          (A) the improvement for which the assessment is made has a reasonable useful life for
             585      the full period during which installments are to be paid; or
             586          (B) it would be in the best interests of the local entity and the property owners for
             587      installments to be paid for more than 10 years; and
             588          (ii) may provide in the resolution or ordinance that no assessment is payable during
             589      some or all of the period ending three years after the effective date of the resolution or


             590      ordinance.
             591          (2) An assessment resolution or ordinance that provides for the assessment to be paid
             592      in installments may provide that the unpaid balance be paid over the period of time that
             593      installments are payable:
             594          (a) in substantially equal installments of principal; [or]
             595          (b) in substantially equal installments of principal and interest[.]; or
             596          (c) for an assessment levied for an energy efficiency upgrade or a renewable energy
             597      system, in accordance with the assessment resolution or ordinance.
             598          (3) (a) Each assessment resolution or ordinance that provides for the assessment to be
             599      paid in installments shall, subject to Subsections (3)(b) and (c), provide that the unpaid balance
             600      of the assessment bear interest at a fixed rate, variable rate, or a combination of fixed and
             601      variable rates, as determined by the governing body, from the effective date of the resolution or
             602      ordinance or another date specified in the resolution or ordinance.
             603          (b) If the assessment is for operation and maintenance costs or for the costs of
             604      economic promotion activities:
             605          (i) a local entity may charge interest only from the date each installment is due; and
             606          (ii) the first installment of an assessment shall be due 15 days after the effective date of
             607      the assessment resolution or ordinance.
             608          (c) If an assessment resolution or ordinance provides for the unpaid balance of the
             609      assessment to bear interest at a variable rate, the assessment resolution or ordinance shall
             610      specify:
             611          (i) the basis upon which the rate is to be determined from time to time;
             612          (ii) the manner in which and schedule upon which the rate is to be adjusted; and
             613          (iii) a maximum rate that the assessment may bear.
             614          (4) Interest payable on assessments may include:
             615          (a) interest on assessment bonds;
             616          (b) ongoing local entity costs incurred for administration of the assessment area; and
             617          (c) any costs incurred with respect to:


             618          (i) securing a letter of credit or other instrument to secure payment or repurchase of
             619      bonds; or
             620          (ii) retaining a marketing agent or an indexing agent.
             621          (5) Interest imposed in an assessment resolution or ordinance shall be paid in addition
             622      to the amount of each installment annually or at more frequent intervals as provided in the
             623      assessment resolution or ordinance.
             624          (6) (a) Except for an assessment for operation and maintenance costs or for the costs of
             625      economic promotion activities, a property owner may pay some or all of the entire assessment
             626      without interest if paid within 25 days after the assessment resolution or ordinance takes effect.
             627          (b) After the 25-day period stated in Subsection (6)(a), a property owner may at any
             628      time prepay some or all of the assessment levied against the owner's property.
             629          (c) A local entity may require a prepayment of an installment to include:
             630          (i) an amount equal to the interest that would accrue on the assessment to the next date
             631      on which interest is payable on bonds issued in anticipation of the collection of the assessment;
             632      and
             633          (ii) the amount necessary, in the governing body's opinion or the opinion of the officer
             634      designated by the governing body, to assure the availability of money to pay:
             635          (A) interest that becomes due and payable on those bonds; and
             636          (B) any premiums that become payable on bonds that are called in order to use the
             637      money from the prepaid assessment installment.
             638          Section 10. Section 17-50-335 is enacted to read:
             639          17-50-335. Energy efficiency upgrade or renewable energy system.
             640          A county may provide or finance an energy efficiency upgrade or a renewable energy
             641      system, as defined in Section 11-42-102 , in a designated voluntary assessment area in
             642      accordance with Title 11, Chapter 42, Assessment Area Act.
             643          Section 11. Section 17B-1-202 is amended to read:
             644           17B-1-202. Local district may be created -- Services that may be provided --
             645      Limitations.


             646          (1) (a) A local district may be created as provided in this part to provide within its
             647      boundaries service consisting of:
             648          (i) the operation of an airport;
             649          (ii) the operation of a cemetery;
             650          (iii) fire protection, paramedic, and emergency services, including consolidated 911
             651      and emergency dispatch services;
             652          (iv) garbage collection and disposal;
             653          (v) health care, including health department or hospital service;
             654          (vi) the operation of a library;
             655          (vii) abatement or control of mosquitos and other insects;
             656          (viii) the operation of parks or recreation facilities or services;
             657          (ix) the operation of a sewage system;
             658          (x) the construction and maintenance of a right-of-way, including:
             659          (A) a curb;
             660          (B) a gutter;
             661          (C) a sidewalk;
             662          (D) a street;
             663          (E) a road;
             664          (F) a water line;
             665          (G) a sewage line;
             666          (H) a storm drain;
             667          (I) an electricity line;
             668          (J) a communications line;
             669          (K) a natural gas line; or
             670          (L) street lighting;
             671          (xi) transportation, including public transit and providing streets and roads;
             672          (xii) the operation of a system, or one or more components of a system, for the
             673      collection, storage, retention, control, conservation, treatment, supplying, distribution, or


             674      reclamation of water, including storm, flood, sewage, irrigation, and culinary water, whether
             675      the system is operated on a wholesale or retail level or both;
             676          (xiii) in accordance with Subsection (1)(c), the acquisition or assessment of a
             677      groundwater right for the development and execution of a groundwater management plan in
             678      cooperation with and approved by the state engineer in accordance with Section 73-5-15 ;
             679          (xiv) law enforcement service;
             680          (xv) subject to Subsection (1)(b), the underground installation of an electric utility line
             681      or the conversion to underground of an existing electric utility line;
             682          (xvi) the control or abatement of earth movement or a landslide; [or]
             683          (xvii) the operation of animal control services and facilities[.]; or
             684          (xviii) an energy efficiency upgrade or a renewable energy system, as defined in
             685      Section 11-42-102 , in accordance with Title 11, Chapter 42, Assessment Area Act.
             686          (b) Each local district that provides the service of the underground installation of an
             687      electric utility line or the conversion to underground of an existing electric utility line shall, in
             688      installing or converting the line, provide advance notice to and coordinate with the utility that
             689      owns the line.
             690          (c) A groundwater management plan described in Subsection (1)(a)(xiii) may include
             691      the banking of groundwater rights by a local district in a critical management area as defined in
             692      Section 73-5-15 following the adoption of a groundwater management plan by the state
             693      engineer under Section 73-5-15 .
             694          (i) A local district may manage the groundwater rights it acquires under Subsection
             695      17B-1-103 (2)(a) or (b) consistent with the provisions of a groundwater management plan
             696      described in this Subsection (1)(c).
             697          (ii) A groundwater right held by a local district to satisfy the provisions of a
             698      groundwater management plan is not subject to the forfeiture provisions of Section 73-1-4 .
             699          (iii) (A) A local district may divest itself of a groundwater right subject to a
             700      determination that the groundwater right is not required to facilitate the groundwater
             701      management plan described in this Subsection (1)(c).


             702          (B) The groundwater right described in Subsection (1)(c)(iii)(A) is subject to Section
             703      73-1-4 beginning on the date of divestiture.
             704          (iv) Upon a determination by the state engineer that an area is no longer a critical
             705      management area as defined in Section 73-5-15 , a groundwater right held by the local district is
             706      subject to Section 73-1-4 .
             707          (v) A local district created in accordance with Subsection (1)(a)(xiii) to develop and
             708      execute a groundwater management plan may hold or acquire a right to surface waters that are
             709      naturally tributary to the groundwater basin subject to the groundwater management plan if the
             710      surface waters are appropriated in accordance with Title 73, Water and Irrigation, and used in
             711      accordance with Title 73, Chapter 3b, Groundwater Recharge and Recovery Act.
             712          (2) For purposes of this section:
             713          (a) "Operation" means all activities involved in providing the indicated service
             714      including acquisition and ownership of property reasonably necessary to provide the indicated
             715      service and acquisition, construction, and maintenance of facilities and equipment reasonably
             716      necessary to provide the indicated service.
             717          (b) "System" means the aggregate of interrelated components that combine together to
             718      provide the indicated service including, for a sewage system, collection and treatment.
             719          (3) (a) A local district may not be created to provide and may not after its creation
             720      provide more than four of the services listed in Subsection (1).
             721          (b) Subsection (3)(a) may not be construed to prohibit a local district from providing
             722      more than four services if, before April 30, 2007, the local district was authorized to provide
             723      those services.
             724          (4) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (4)(b), a local district may not be created to
             725      provide and may not after its creation provide to an area the same service already being
             726      provided to that area by another political subdivision, unless the other political subdivision
             727      gives its written consent.
             728          (b) For purposes of Subsection (4)(a), a local district does not provide the same service
             729      as another political subdivision if it operates a component of a system that is different from a


             730      component operated by another political subdivision but within the same:
             731          (i) sewage system; or
             732          (ii) water system.
             733          (5) (a) Except for a local district in the creation of which an election is not required
             734      under Subsection 17B-1-214 (3)(d), the area of a local district may include all or part of the
             735      unincorporated area of one or more counties and all or part of one or more municipalities.
             736          (b) The area of a local district need not be contiguous.
             737          (6) For a local district created before May 5, 2008, the authority to provide fire
             738      protection service also includes the authority to provide:
             739          (a) paramedic service; and
             740          (b) emergency service, including hazardous materials response service.
             741          (7) A local district created before May 11, 2010, authorized to provide the construction
             742      and maintenance of curb, gutter, or sidewalk may provide a service described in Subsection
             743      (1)(a)(x) on or after May 11, 2010.
             744          (8) A local district created before May 10, 2011, authorized to provide culinary,
             745      irrigation, sewage, or storm water services may provide a service described in Subsection
             746      (1)(a)(xii) on or after May 10, 2011.
             747          Section 12. Section 17D-1-201 is amended to read:
             748           17D-1-201. Services that a special service district may be created to provide.
             749          As provided in this part, a county or municipality may create a special service district to
             750      provide any combination of the following services:
             751          (1) water;
             752          (2) sewerage;
             753          (3) drainage;
             754          (4) flood control;
             755          (5) garbage collection and disposal;
             756          (6) health care;
             757          (7) transportation, including the receipt of federal secure rural school funds under


             758      Section 51-9-603 for the purposes of constructing, improving, repairing, or maintaining public
             759      roads;
             760          (8) recreation;
             761          (9) fire protection, including:
             762          (a) emergency medical services, ambulance services, and search and rescue services, if
             763      fire protection service is also provided;
             764          (b) Firewise Communities programs and the development of community wildfire
             765      protection plans; and
             766          (c) the receipt of federal secure rural school funds as provided under Section 51-9-603
             767      for the purposes of carrying out Firewise Communities programs, developing community
             768      wildfire protection plans, and performing emergency services, including firefighting on federal
             769      land and other services authorized under this Subsection (9);
             770          (10) providing, operating, and maintaining correctional and rehabilitative facilities and
             771      programs for municipal, state, and other detainees and prisoners;
             772          (11) street lighting;
             773          (12) consolidated 911 and emergency dispatch;
             774          (13) animal shelter and control;
             775          (14) receiving federal mineral lease funds under Title 59, Chapter 21, Mineral Lease
             776      Funds, and expending those funds to provide construction and maintenance of public facilities,
             777      traditional governmental services, and planning, as a means for mitigating impacts from
             778      extractive mineral industries;
             779          (15) in a county of the first class, extended police protection; [or]
             780          (16) control or abatement of earth movement or a landslide[.]; or
             781          (17) an energy efficiency upgrade or a renewable energy system, as defined in Section
             782      11-42-102 , in accordance with Title 11, Chapter 42, Assessment Area Act.
             783          Section 13. Section 26-8a-102 is amended to read:
             784           26-8a-102. Definitions.
             785          As used in this chapter:


             786          (1) (a) "911 ambulance or paramedic services" means:
             787          (i) either:
             788          (A) 911 ambulance service;
             789          (B) 911 paramedic service; or
             790          (C) both 911 ambulance and paramedic service; and
             791          (ii) a response to a 911 call received by a designated dispatch center that receives 911
             792      or E911 calls.
             793          (b) "911 ambulance or paramedic service" does not mean a seven or ten digit telephone
             794      call received directly by an ambulance provider licensed under this chapter.
             795          (2) "Ambulance" means a ground, air, or water vehicle that:
             796          (a) transports patients and is used to provide emergency medical services; and
             797          (b) is required to obtain a permit under Section 26-8a-304 to operate in the state.
             798          (3) "Ambulance provider" means an emergency medical service provider that:
             799          (a) transports and provides emergency medical care to patients; and
             800          (b) is required to obtain a license under Part 4, Ambulance and Paramedic Providers.
             801          (4) "Committee" means the State Emergency Medical Services Committee created by
             802      Section 26-1-7 .
             803          (5) "Direct medical observation" means in-person observation of a patient by a
             804      physician, registered nurse, physician's assistant, or individual certified under Section
             805      26-8a-302 .
             806          (6) "Emergency medical condition" means:
             807          (a) a medical condition that manifests itself by symptoms of sufficient severity,
             808      including severe pain, that a prudent layperson, who possesses an average knowledge of health
             809      and medicine, could reasonably expect the absence of immediate medical attention to result in:
             810          (i) placing the individual's health in serious jeopardy;
             811          (ii) serious impairment to bodily functions; or
             812          (iii) serious dysfunction of any bodily organ or part; or
             813          (b) a medical condition that in the opinion of a physician or his designee requires direct


             814      medical observation during transport or may require the intervention of an individual certified
             815      under Section 26-8a-302 during transport.
             816          (7) "Emergency medical service personnel":
             817          (a) means an individual who provides emergency medical services to a patient and is
             818      required to be certified under Section 26-8a-302 ; and
             819          (b) includes a paramedic, medical director of a licensed emergency medical service
             820      provider, emergency medical service instructor, and other categories established by the
             821      committee.
             822          (8) "Emergency medical service providers" means:
             823          (a) licensed ambulance providers and paramedic providers;
             824          (b) a facility or provider that is required to be designated under Section 26-8a-303 ; and
             825          (c) emergency medical service personnel.
             826          (9) "Emergency medical services" means medical services, transportation services, or
             827      both rendered to a patient.
             828          (10) "Emergency medical service vehicle" means a land, air, or water vehicle that is:
             829          (a) maintained and used for the transportation of emergency medical personnel,
             830      equipment, and supplies to the scene of a medical emergency; and
             831          (b) required to be permitted under Section 26-8a-304 .
             832          (11) "Governing body":
             833          (a) is as defined in [Subsection] Section 11-42-102 [(19)]; and
             834          (b) for purposes of a "special service district" under [Subsection] Section
             835      11-42-102 [(19)], means a special service district that has been delegated the authority to select
             836      a provider under this chapter by the special service district's legislative body or administrative
             837      control board.
             838          (12) "Interested party" means:
             839          (a) a licensed or designated emergency medical services provider that provides
             840      emergency medical services within or in an area that abuts an exclusive geographic service area
             841      that is the subject of an application submitted pursuant to Part 4, Ambulance and Paramedic


             842      Providers;
             843          (b) any municipality, county, or fire district that lies within or abuts a geographic
             844      service area that is the subject of an application submitted pursuant to Part 4, Ambulance and
             845      Paramedic Providers; or
             846          (c) the department when acting in the interest of the public.
             847          (13) "Medical control" means a person who provides medical supervision to an
             848      emergency medical service provider.
             849          (14) "Non-911 service" means transport of a patient that is not 911 transport under
             850      Subsection (1).
             851          (15) "Paramedic provider" means an entity that:
             852          (a) employs emergency medical service personnel; and
             853          (b) is required to obtain a license under Part 4, Ambulance and Paramedic Providers.
             854          (16) "Patient" means an individual who, as the result of illness or injury, meets any of
             855      the criteria in Section 26-8a-305 .
             856          (17) "Political subdivision" means:
             857          (a) a city or town located in a county of the first or second class as defined in Section
             858      17-50-501 ;
             859          (b) a county of the first or second class;
             860          (c) the following districts located in a county of the first or second class:
             861          (i) a special service district created under Title 17D, Chapter 1, Special Service District
             862      Act; or
             863          (ii) a local district under Title 17B, Limited Purpose Local Government Entities - Local
             864      Districts, for the purpose of providing fire protection, paramedic, and emergency services;
             865          (d) areas coming together as described in Subsection 26-8a-405.2 (2)(b)(ii);
             866          (e) an interlocal entity under Title 11, Chapter 13, Interlocal Cooperation Act; or
             867          (f) a special service district for fire protection service under Subsection 17D-1-201 (9).
             868          (18) "Trauma" means an injury requiring immediate medical or surgical intervention.
             869          (19) "Trauma system" means a single, statewide system that:


             870          (a) organizes and coordinates the delivery of trauma care within defined geographic
             871      areas from the time of injury through transport and rehabilitative care; and
             872          (b) is inclusive of all prehospital providers, hospitals, and rehabilitative facilities in
             873      delivering care for trauma patients, regardless of severity.
             874          (20) "Triage" means the sorting of patients in terms of disposition, destination, or
             875      priority. For prehospital trauma victims, triage requires a determination of injury severity to
             876      assess the appropriate level of care according to established patient care protocols.
             877          (21) "Triage, treatment, transportation, and transfer guidelines" means written
             878      procedures that:
             879          (a) direct the care of patients; and
             880          (b) are adopted by the medical staff of an emergency patient receiving facility, trauma
             881      center, or an emergency medical service provider.
             882          Section 14. Section 63H-1-201 is amended to read:
             883           63H-1-201. Creation of military installation development authority -- Status and
             884      powers of authority -- Limitation.
             885          (1) There is created a military installation development authority.
             886          (2) The authority is:
             887          (a) an independent, nonprofit, separate body corporate and politic, with perpetual
             888      succession and statewide jurisdiction, whose purpose is to facilitate the development of
             889      military land in a project area;
             890          (b) a political subdivision of the state; and
             891          (c) a public corporation, as defined in Section 63E-1-102 .
             892          (3) The authority may:
             893          (a) as provided in this chapter, facilitate the development of land within one or more
             894      project areas, including the ongoing operation of facilities within a project area;
             895          (b) sue and be sued;
             896          (c) enter into contracts generally;
             897          (d) buy, obtain an option upon, or otherwise acquire any interest in real or personal


             898      property:
             899          (i) in a project area; or
             900          (ii) outside a project area for publicly owned infrastructure and improvements, if the
             901      board considers the purchase, option, or other interest acquisition to be necessary for fulfilling
             902      the authority's development objectives;
             903          (e) sell, convey, grant, dispose of by gift, or otherwise dispose of any interest in real or
             904      personal property;
             905          (f) enter into a lease agreement on real or personal property, either as lessee or lessor:
             906          (i) in a project area; or
             907          (ii) outside a project area, if the board considers the lease to be necessary for fulfilling
             908      the authority's development objectives;
             909          (g) provide for the development of land within a project area under one or more
             910      contracts;
             911          (h) exercise powers and perform functions under a contract, as authorized in the
             912      contract;
             913          (i) exercise exclusive police power within a project area to the same extent as though
             914      the authority were a municipality, including the collection of regulatory fees;
             915          (j) receive tax increment and other taxes and fees as provided in this chapter;
             916          (k) accept financial or other assistance from any public or private source for the
             917      authority's activities, powers, and duties, and expend any funds so received for any of the
             918      purposes of this chapter;
             919          (l) borrow money, contract with, or accept financial or other assistance from the federal
             920      government, a public entity, or any other source for any of the purposes of this chapter and
             921      comply with any conditions of the loan, contract, or assistance;
             922          (m) issue bonds to finance the undertaking of any development objectives of the
             923      authority, including bonds under Title 11, Chapter 17, Utah Industrial Facilities and
             924      Development Act, and bonds under Title 11, Chapter 42, Assessment Area Act;
             925          (n) hire employees, including contract employees;


             926          (o) transact other business and exercise all other powers provided for in this chapter;
             927          (p) enter into a development agreement with a developer of land within a project area;
             928          (q) enter into an agreement with a political subdivision of the state under which the
             929      political subdivision provides one or more municipal services within a project area;
             930          (r) enter into an agreement with a private contractor to provide one or more municipal
             931      services within a project area;
             932          (s) provide for or finance an energy efficiency upgrade or a renewable energy system,
             933      as defined in Section 11-42-102 , in accordance with Title 11, Chapter 42, Assessment Area
             934      Act;
             935          [(s)] (t) exercise powers and perform functions that the authority is authorized by
             936      statute to exercise or perform; and
             937          [(t)] (u) enter into an agreement with the federal government or an agency of the
             938      federal government under which the federal government or agency:
             939          (i) provides law enforcement services only to military land within a project area; and
             940          (ii) may enter into a mutual aid or other cooperative agreement with a law enforcement
             941      agency of the state or a political subdivision of the state.
             942          (4) The authority may not itself provide law enforcement service or fire protection
             943      service within a project area but may enter into an agreement for one or both of those services,
             944      as provided in Subsection (3)(q).


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