H.B. 290

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APPROPRIATION FOR COUNTY LAND USE PLANNING
2 1997 GENERAL SESSION
3 STATE OF UTAH
4 Sponsor: Dennis H. Iverson
5 AN ACT RELATING TO COUNTIES; APPROPRIATING $283,000 TO THE OFFICE OF
6 PLANNING AND BUDGET TO DISTRIBUTE TO SOUTHERN UTAH UNIVERSITY TO
7 CONDUCT WORKSHOPS ON COUNTY LAND PLANNING AND TO COUNTIES AS
8 MATCHING FUNDS FOR TRAINING IN PLANNING.
9 This act enacts uncodified material.
10 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
11 Section 1. Intent.
12 The Legislature finds that the value of property throughout the state is enhanced by
13 appropriate land-use planning by the counties, that revenues to the state depend to a significant
14 extent on the value of the property generating those revenues, and that the quality of land-use
15 planning improves with training and education. It is the intent of the Legislature in appropriating
16 these funds to help meet the statewide need for training and education of county officials involved
17 in county land planning activities to improve the quality of land-use planning by the counties.
18 Section 2. Appropriation.
19 (1) (a) There is appropriated from the General Fund for fiscal year 1997-98, $283,000 to
20 the Office of Planning and Budget.
21 (b) The Office of Planning and Budget:
22 (i) shall distribute up to $10,000 of the appropriated funds to Southern Utah University
23 for use by its Utah Center for Rural Life to conduct workshops on preparation of county land
24 plans;
25 (ii) shall determine, in conjunction with the Utah Association of Counties, the counties
26 most qualified to receive the remainder of the appropriated funds to assist in developing county
27 land plans, based on criteria established by the Office of Planning and Budget;

1 (iii) may consider the recommendation of the Governor's Local Government
2 Comprehensive Planning Project Steering Committee in establishing those criteria; and
3 (iv) shall distribute the remaining funds to counties that:
4 (A) meet the criteria established by the Office of Planning and Budget;
5 (B) match the amount distributed by the Office of Planning and Budget in funds or in kind;
6 (C) agree to encourage county officials and county attorneys to attend the workshops; and
7 (D) agree to review and, if necessary, revise the comprehensive general plan at least
8 annually.
9 (c) In planning and presenting the workshops provided under Subsection (1)(b)(i),
10 Southern Utah University, through its Utah Center for Rural Life, may involve county officials
11 who are preparing or have completed a county land plan.
12 (2) These appropriations are nonlapsing.




Legislative Review Note
as of 1-28-97 1:41 PM

A limited legal review of this bill raises no obvious constitutional or statutory concerns.

Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel

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