53B-17-504. Powers of university as related to research park.
The University of Utah has the following powers:
(1) to establish, acquire, develop, maintain, and operate a research park, including the
acquisition of all necessary or suitable buildings, facilities, and improvements, and to acquire,
purchase, construct, reconstruct, improve, remodel, add to, extend, maintain, equip, and furnish
the research park or any building or facility, including research and service facilities and areas
intended for the common use of the research park tenants;
(2) to form nonprofit corporations or foundations to aid and assist the University of Utah
to attain its charitable, scientific, literary, and educational objectives, including the acquisition,
construction, financing, operation, and management of a research park;
(3) to lease to the nonprofit corporation or foundation all or part of the land and facilities
included in the research park upon terms and conditions established by the University of Utah,
and to enter into any other contract or agreement with the nonprofit corporation or foundation as
necessary for the construction, financing, operation, and management of the research park;
(4) to lease, either directly or through a nonprofit corporation or foundation, to any
person, firm, partnership, or corporation engaged in business for a profit any part or all of the
land, buildings, or facilities of the research park under guidelines established by the university;
(5) to allow a lessee to acquire or construct necessary or suitable buildings, facilities, and
improvements upon the leased property. Any improvements acquired or constructed upon the
premises during the term of the lease reverts to and becomes the property of the university at the
termination of the lease, its renewal, or extension; and
(6) to finance all or part of the cost of the research park including the purchase,
construction, reconstruction, improvement, remodeling, addition to, extension, maintenance,
equipment, and furnishing as permitted by law for the financing of self-liquidating projects by
institutions of higher education.
Enacted by Chapter 167, 1987 General Session
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