H.B. 238

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APPROPRIATIONS FOR LAND USE PLANS
2 1999 GENERAL SESSION
3 STATE OF UTAH
4 Sponsor: Dennis H. Iverson
5 AN ACT RELATING TO COUNTIES AND OTHER LOCAL GOVERNMENTS;
6 APPROPRIATING $250,000 TO THE OFFICE OF PLANNING AND BUDGET TO
7 DISTRIBUTE TO COUNTIES AND OTHER LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AS MATCHING
8 FUNDS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF LAND USE PLANS AND
9 TO SOUTHERN UTAH UNIVERSITY TO CONDUCT WORKSHOPS ON LAND PLANNING.
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 and other local governments and that the quality of
15 land-use planning improves with training and education. It is the intent of the Legislature in
16 appropriating these funds to help meet the statewide need for training and education of county,
17 local, and state officials involved in land-use planning activities to improve the quality of land-use
18 planning.
19 Section 2. Appropriation.
20 (1) (a) Except as provided in H.B. 4, Appropriations Coordination Act, there is
21 appropriated from the General Fund for fiscal year 1999-2000, $250,000 to the Office of Planning
22 and Budget.
23 (b) The Office of Planning and Budget shall:
24 (i) distribute up to $10,000 of the appropriated funds to Southern Utah University for use
25 by its Utah Center for Rural Life to conduct workshops on preparation of land-use plans, including
26 protection of private property rights and other rights attached to property;
27 (ii) determine, in conjunction with the Utah Association of Counties, the counties and

28 other local governments most qualified to receive the remainder of the appropriated funds to assist
29 in developing and implementing land-use plans, based on criteria established by the Office of
30 Planning and Budget;
31 (iii) consider the recommendations of the Governor's Rural Partnership Board in
32 determining the counties and other local governments most qualified to receive funds under
33 Subsection (1)(b)(ii);
34 (iv) receive the recommendation of the Governor's Local Government Comprehensive
35 Planning Project Steering Committee in establishing the criteria that are the basis of the
36 determination of the counties and other local governments most qualified to receive funds under
37 Subsection (1)(b)(ii); and
38 (v) distribute the remaining funds to counties and other local governments that:
39 (A) meet the criteria established by the Office of Planning and Budget;
40 (B) match the amount distributed by the Office of Planning and Budget in funds or in kind;
41 (C) agree to encourage county, local, and state officials involved with land-use planning
42 to attend the workshops; and
43 (D) agree to review and, if necessary, revise the comprehensive general plan at least
44 annually.
45 (c) In planning and presenting the workshops provided under Subsection (1)(b)(i),
46 Southern Utah University, through its Utah Center for Rural Life, may involve county and other
47 local government officials who are preparing or have completed a land-use plan.
48 (2) These appropriations are nonlapsing.




Legislative Review Note
as of 1-11-99 12:22 PM

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

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