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H.B. 103 Enrolled

                 

STUDENT HOUSING BUILT BY HIGHER

                 
EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS

                 
2005 GENERAL SESSION

                 
STATE OF UTAH

                 
Chief Sponsor: Stephen D. Clark

                 
Senate Sponsor: Curtis S. Bramble

                 
                  LONG TITLE
                  General Description:
                      This bill enacts provisions relating to student housing built by institutions of higher
                  education.
                  Highlighted Provisions:
                      This bill:
                      .    requires the director of the Division of Facilities Construction and Management and
                  public and private institutions of higher education to provide notice to local
                  government before constructing student housing next to residential property; and
                      .    provides for a public hearing about the proposed construction.
                  Monies Appropriated in this Bill:
                      None
                  Other Special Clauses:
                      None
                  Utah Code Sections Affected:
                  AMENDS:
                      63A-5-206, as last amended by Chapters 216 and 231, Laws of Utah 2000
                  ENACTS:
                      10-9-109, Utah Code Annotated 1953
                      17-27-108, Utah Code Annotated 1953
                      53B-2-109, Utah Code Annotated 1953
                 


                  Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
                      Section 1. Section 10-9-109 is enacted to read:
                      10-9-109. Notice to local government when a private institution of higher education
                  is constructing student housing.
                      (1) Each private institution of higher education that intends to construct student housing
                  on property owned by the institution shall provide written notice of the intended construction, as
                  provided in Subsection (2), before any funds are committed to the construction, if any of the
                  proposed student housing buildings is within 300 feet of privately owned residential property.
                      (2) Each notice under Subsection (1) shall be provided to the legislative body and, if
                  applicable, the mayor of:
                      (a) the county in whose unincorporated area the privately owned residential property is
                  located; or
                      (b) the municipality in whose boundaries the privately owned residential property is
                  located.
                      (3) At the request of a county or municipality that is entitled to notice under this section,
                  the institution and the legislative body of the affected county or municipality shall jointly hold a
                  public hearing to provide information to the public and receive input from the public about the
                  proposed construction.
                      Section 2. Section 17-27-108 is enacted to read:
                      17-27-108. Notice to local government when constructing student housing.
                      (1) Each private institution of higher education that intends to construct student housing
                  on property owned by the institution shall provide written notice of the intended construction, as
                  provided in Subsection (2), before any funds are committed to the construction, if any of the
                  proposed student housing buildings is within 300 feet of privately owned residential property.
                      (2) Each notice under Subsection (1) shall be provided to the legislative body and, if
                  applicable, the mayor of:
                      (a) the county in whose unincorporated area the privately owned residential property is
                  located; or


                      (b) the municipality in whose boundaries the privately owned residential property is
                  located.
                      (3) At the request of a county or municipality that is entitled to notice under this section,
                  the institution and the legislative body of the affected county or municipality shall jointly hold a
                  public hearing to provide information to the public and receive input from the public about the
                  proposed construction.
                      Section 3. Section 53B-2-109 is enacted to read:
                      53B-2-109. Notice to local government when constructing student housing.
                      (1) Each institution that intends to construct student housing on property owned by the
                  institution shall provide written notice of the intended construction, as provided in Subsection
                  (2), before any funds are committed to the construction, if any of the proposed student housing
                  buildings is within 300 feet of privately owned residential property.
                      (2) Each notice under Subsection (1) shall be provided to the legislative body and, if
                  applicable, the mayor of:
                      (a) the county in whose unincorporated area the privately owned residential property is
                  located; or
                      (b) the municipality in whose boundaries the privately owned residential property is
                  located.
                      (3) (a) (i) Within 21 days after receiving the notice required by Subsection (1)(a), a
                  county or municipality entitled to the notice may submit a written request to the institution for a
                  public hearing on the proposed student housing construction.
                      (ii) Each county or municipality that submits a written request for a hearing under
                  Subsection (3)(a) shall deliver a copy of the request to the Division of Facilities Construction and
                  Management.
                      (b) If a county or municipality requests a hearing under Subsection (3)(a), the legislative
                  body of the affected county or municipality and the institution shall jointly hold a public hearing
                  to provide information to the public and to allow the institution and the county or municipality to
                  receive input from the public about the proposed student housing construction.


                      (c) A public hearing held under Subsection (3)(a) satisfies the public hearing requirement
                  of Subsection 63A-5-206 (13)(b) for the same proposed student housing construction.
                      Section 4. Section 63A-5-206 is amended to read:
                       63A-5-206. Construction, alteration, and repair of state facilities -- Powers of
                  director -- Exceptions -- Expenditure of appropriations -- Notification to local governments
                  for construction or modification of certain facilities.
                      (1) As used in this section:
                      (a) "Analysis" means an economic assessment of competing design and maintenance
                  alternatives, the object of which is to reduce cost and conserve energy.
                      (b) "Capital developments" and "capital improvements" have the same meaning as
                  provided in Section 63A-5-104 .
                      (c) "Compliance agency" has the same meaning as provided in Subsection 58-56-3 (4).
                      (d) (i) "Facility" means any building, structure, or other improvement that is constructed
                  on property owned by the state, its departments, commissions, institutions, or agencies.
                      (ii) "Facility" does not mean an unoccupied structure that is a component of the state
                  highway system.
                      (e) "Life cycle cost-effective" means the lowest cost of owning and operating a facility
                  over a 25-year period, including the initial cost, energy costs, operation and maintenance costs,
                  repair costs, and the costs of energy conservation and renewable energy systems.
                      (f) "Local government" means the county, municipality, or local school district that
                  would have jurisdiction to act as the compliance agency if the property on which the project is
                  being constructed were not owned by the state.
                      (g) "Renewable energy system" means a system designed to use solar, wind, geothermal
                  power, wood, or other replenishable energy source to heat, cool, or provide electricity to a
                  building.
                      (2) (a) Except as provided in Subsections (3) and (4), the director shall exercise direct
                  supervision over the design and construction of all new facilities, and all alterations, repairs, and
                  improvements to existing facilities if the total project construction cost, regardless of the funding


                  source, is greater than $100,000.
                      (b) The director shall prepare or have prepared by private firms or individuals designs,
                  plans, and specifications for the projects administered by the division.
                      (c) Before proceeding with construction, the director and the officials charged with the
                  administration of the affairs of the particular department, commission, institution, or agency
                  shall approve the location, design, plans, and specifications.
                      (3) Projects for the construction of new facilities and alterations, repairs, and
                  improvements to existing facilities are not subject to Subsection (2) if the project:
                      (a) occurs on property under the jurisdiction of the State Capitol Preservation Board;
                      (b) is within a designated research park at the University of Utah or Utah State
                  University;
                      (c) occurs within the boundaries of This is the Place State Park and is administered by
                  This is the Place Foundation except that This is the Place Foundation may request the director to
                  administer the design and construction; or
                      (d) is for the creation and installation of art under Title 9, Chapter 6, Part 4, Utah
                  Percent-for-Art Program.
                      (4) (a) (i) The State Building Board may authorize the delegation of control over design,
                  construction, and all other aspects of any project to entities of state government on a
                  project-by-project basis or for projects within a particular dollar range and a particular project
                  type.
                      (ii) The state entity to whom control is delegated shall assume fiduciary control over
                  project finances, shall assume all responsibility for project budgets and expenditures, and shall
                  receive all funds appropriated for the project, including any contingency funds contained in the
                  appropriated project budget.
                      (iii) Delegation of project control does not exempt the state entity from complying with
                  the codes and guidelines for design and construction adopted by the division and the State
                  Building Board.
                      (iv) State entities that receive a delegated project may not access, for the delegated


                  project, the division's statewide contingency reserve and project reserve authorized in Section
                  63A-5-209 .
                      (b) For facilities that will be owned, operated, maintained, and repaired by an entity that
                  is not a state agency or institution and that are located on state property, the State Building Board
                  may authorize the owner to administer the design and construction of the project instead of the
                  division.
                      (5) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, if a donor donates land to an
                  eligible institution of higher education and commits to build a building or buildings on that land,
                  and the institution agrees to provide funds for the operations and maintenance costs from sources
                  other than state funds, and agrees that the building or buildings will not be eligible for state
                  capital improvement funding, the higher education institution may:
                      (a) oversee and manage the construction without involvement, oversight, or management
                  from the division; or
                      (b) arrange for management of the project by the division.
                      (6) (a) The role of compliance agency as provided in Title 58, Chapter 56, Utah Uniform
                  Building Standards Act, shall be provided by:
                      (i) the director, for projects administered by the division;
                      (ii) the entity designated by the State Capitol Preservation Board, for projects under
                  Subsection (3)(a);
                      (iii) the local government, for projects exempt from the division's administration under
                  Subsection (3)(b) or administered by This is the Place Foundation under Subsection (3)(c);
                      (iv) the state entity or local government designated by the State Building Board, for
                  projects under Subsection (4); or
                      (v) the institution, for projects exempt from the division's administration under
                  Subsection (5)(a).
                      (b) For the installation of art under Subsection (3)(d), the role of compliance agency shall
                  be provided by the entity that is acting in this capacity for the balance of the project as provided
                  in Subsection (6)(a).


                      (c) The local government acting as the compliance agency under Subsection (6)(a)(iii)
                  may:
                      (i) only review plans and inspect construction to enforce the building codes as adopted
                  by the Uniform Building Codes Commission; and
                      (ii) charge a building permit fee of no more than the amount it could have charged if the
                  land upon which the improvements are located were not owned by the state.
                      (d) (i) The use of state property and any improvements constructed on state property,
                  including improvements constructed by nonstate entities, is not subject to the zoning authority of
                  local governments as provided in Section 10-9-105 .
                      (ii) The state entity controlling the use of the state property shall consider any input
                  received from the local government in determining how the property shall be used.
                      (7) Before construction may begin, the director shall review the design of projects
                  exempted from the division's administration under Subsection (4) to determine if the design:
                      (a) complies with any restrictions placed on the project by the State Building Board; and
                      (b) is appropriate for the purpose and setting of the project.
                      (8) (a) The director shall ensure that state-owned facilities, except for facilities under the
                  control of the State Capitol Preservation Board, are life cycle cost-effective.
                      (b) The estimated cost of the analysis shall be included in each program budget
                  document and in the project funding request submitted to the State Building Board, the governor,
                  and the Legislature.
                      (c) The final cost estimate shall reflect the most life cycle cost-effective building.
                      (d) The State Building Board, in consultation with the director and the State Energy
                  Manager, shall make rules to implement this Subsection (8) by following the procedures and
                  requirements of Title 63, Chapter 46a, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act.
                      (e) The State Building Board may exempt a facility from being life cycle cost-effective
                  pursuant to rules, after reviewing and concurring with a written request and justification from the
                  director.
                      (9) The director may expend appropriations for statewide projects from funds provided


                  by the Legislature for those specific purposes and within guidelines established by the State
                  Building Board.
                      (10) (a) The director, with the approval of the Office of Legislative Fiscal Analyst, shall
                  develop standard forms to present capital development and capital improvement cost summary
                  data.
                      (b) The director shall:
                      (i) within 30 days after the completion of each capital development project, submit cost
                  summary data for the project on the standard form to the Office of Legislative Fiscal Analyst; and
                      (ii) upon request, submit cost summary data for a capital improvement project to the
                  Office of Legislative Fiscal Analyst on the standard form.
                      (11) Notwithstanding the requirements of Title 63, Chapter 38, Budgetary Procedures
                  Act, the director may:
                      (a) accelerate the design of projects funded by any appropriation act passed by the
                  Legislature in its annual general session;
                      (b) use any unencumbered existing account balances to fund that design work; and
                      (c) reimburse those account balances from the amount funded for those projects when the
                  appropriation act funding the project becomes effective.
                      (12) (a) The director, his designee, or the state entity to whom control has been
                  designated under Subsection (4), shall notify in writing the elected representatives of local
                  government entities directly and substantively affected by any diagnostic, treatment, parole,
                  probation, or other secured facility project exceeding $250,000, if:
                      (i) the nature of the project has been significantly altered since prior notification;
                      (ii) the project would significantly change the nature of the functions presently conducted
                  at the location; or
                      (iii) the project is new construction.
                      (b) At the request of either the state entity or the local government entity, representatives
                  from the state entity and the affected local entity shall conduct or participate in a local public
                  hearing or hearings to discuss these issues.


                      (13) (a) (i) Before beginning the construction of student housing on property owned by
                  the state or a public institution of higher education, the director shall provide written notice of the
                  proposed construction, as provided in Subsection (13)(a)(ii), if any of the proposed student
                  housing buildings is within 300 feet of privately owned residential property.
                      (ii) Each notice under Subsection (13)(a)(i) shall be provided to the legislative body and,
                  if applicable, the mayor of:
                      (A) the county in whose unincorporated area the privately owned residential property is
                  located; or
                      (B) the municipality in whose boundaries the privately owned residential property is
                  located.
                      (b) (i) Within 21 days after receiving the notice required by Subsection (13)(a)(i), a
                  county or municipality entitled to the notice may submit a written request to the director for a
                  public hearing on the proposed student housing construction.
                      (b) If a county or municipality requests a hearing under Subsection (13)(b)(i), the director
                  and the county or municipality shall jointly hold a public hearing to provide information to the
                  public and to allow the director and the county or municipality to receive input from the public
                  about the proposed student housing construction.


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