H.B. 285

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APPROPRIATION FOR S [ COUNTY ] s LAND USE
2 PLANS
3 1998 GENERAL SESSION
4 STATE OF UTAH
5 Sponsor: Dennis H. Iverson
6 AN ACT RELATING TO COUNTIES S AND OTHER LOCAL GOVERNMENTS s ;
6a APPROPRIATING S [$250,000] $150,000 s TO THE OFFICE OF
7 PLANNING AND BUDGET TO DISTRIBUTE TO S COUNTIES AND OTHER LOCAL
7a GOVERMENTS AS MATCHING FUNDS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF LAND
7b USE PLANS AND TO s SOUTHERN UTAH UNIVERSITY TO
8 CONDUCT WORKSHOPS ON S [ COUNTY ] s LAND PLANNING S [ AND TO COUNTIES AS ]
9 [ MATCHING FUNDS FOR TRAINING IN PLANNING ] s .
10 This act enacts uncodified material.
11 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
12 Section 1. Intent.
13 The Legislature finds that the value of property throughout the state is enhanced by
14 appropriate land-use planning by the counties S AND OTHER LOCAL GOVERNMENTS s , that
14a revenues to the state depend to a significant
15 extent on the value of the property generating those revenues, and that the quality of land-use
16 planning improves with training and education. It is the intent of the Legislature in appropriating
17 these funds to help meet the statewide need for training and education of county S , LOCAL, AND
17a STATE s officials involved
18 in S [county land] LAND-USE s planning activities to improve the quality of land-use planning
18a S [ by the counties ] s .
19 Section 2. Appropriation.
20 (1) (a) There is appropriated from the General Fund for fiscal year 1998-99, S [$250,000]
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21 the Office of Planning and Budget.
22 (b) The Office of Planning and Budget:
23 (i) shall distribute up to $10,000 of the appropriated funds to Southern Utah University
24 for use by its Utah Center for Rural Life to conduct workshops on preparation of S [county land]
24a LAND-USE s
25 plans, including protection of private property rights and other rights attached to property;
26 (ii) shall determine, in conjunction with the Utah Association of Counties S AND THE
26a GOVERNOR'S RURAL PARTNERSHIP BOARD s , the counties S AND OTHER LOCAL GOVERNMENTS s
27 most qualified to receive the remainder of the appropriated funds to assist in developing and

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1 implementing S [county land] LAND-USE s plans, based on criteria established by the Office of
1a Planning and
2 Budget;
3 (iii) h [ may consider ] SHALL RECEIVE h the recommendation of the Governor's Local
3a Government
4 Comprehensive Planning Project Steering Committee S AND THE GOVERNOR'S RURAL
4a PARTNERSHIP BOARD s in establishing those criteria; and
5 (iv) shall distribute the remaining funds to counties S AND OTHER LOCAL GOVERNMENTS s
5a that:
6 (A) meet the criteria established by the Office of Planning and Budget;
7 (B) match the amount distributed by the Office of Planning and Budget in funds or in kind;
8 (C) agree to encourage county S , LOCAL, AND STATE s officials S [and county attorneys]
8a INVOLVED WITH LAND-USE PLANNING s to attend the workshops; and
9 (D) agree to review and, if necessary, revise the comprehensive general plan at least
10 annually.
11 (c) In planning and presenting the workshops provided under Subsection (1)(b)(i),
12 Southern Utah University, through its Utah Center for Rural Life, may involve county S AND OTHER
12a LOCAL GOVERNMENT s officials
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14 (2) These appropriations are nonlapsing.




Legislative Review Note
as of 1-15-98 12:04 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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