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This document includes Senate Committee Amendments incorporated into the bill on Mon, Feb 18, 2008 at 9:28 AM by rday. --> This document includes Senate 2nd Reading Floor Amendments incorporated into the bill on Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 1:50 PM by rday. -->

Senator Dennis E. Stowell proposes the following substitute bill:


             1     
LIMITED PURPOSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT

             2     
ENTITIES REVISIONS

             3     
2008 GENERAL SESSION

             4     
STATE OF UTAH

             5     
Chief Sponsor: Dennis E. Stowell

             6     
House Sponsor: Fred R. Hunsaker

             7     

             8      LONG TITLE
             9      General Description:
             10          This bill modifies provisions relating to limited purpose local government entities.
             11      Highlighted Provisions:
             12          This bill:
             13          .    repeals and reenacts, rewrites, clarifies, and modifies provisions related to special
             14      service districts, municipal building authorities, and conservation districts;
             15          .    expands the entities authorized to create a building authority to include local
             16      districts and special service districts;
             17          .    repeals provisions related to parking and business improvement districts, special
             18      road districts, and historic districts;
             19          .    reenacts historic preservation authority for counties and municipalities;
             20          .    modifies assessment area provisions to preserve authority eliminated through the
             21      repeal of parking and business improvement district provisions;
             22          .    requires the type of local district proposed to be created to be specified in the
             23      petition or resolution proposing the creation of a local district;
             24          .    clarifies that a local district board of trustees member must be a registered voter at
             25      the location of the member's residence;



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         .    modifies a provision authorizing a local district to agree to the use of its land or land
             27      over which it has a right-of-way;
             28          .    provides that a previously created local district authorized to provide fire protection
             29      service is also authorized to provide paramedic and emergency service;
             30          .    allows an agent or officer of an owner of land to qualify as a board of trustees
             31      member of certain local districts with seasonally occupied homes;
             32          .    specifies who may administer an oath of office to a local district board of trustees
             33      member and requires an oath to be filed with the local district clerk;
             34          .    modifies a provision relating to the relationship between a local district election and
             35      a municipal general election;
             36          .    exempts local district and special service district elections from early voting
             37      provisions;
             38          .    eliminates a requirement that a water conservancy district publish notice of a board
             39      vacancy;
             40          .    reduces the percentage of property owners or voters required to protest the creation
             41      of a special service district or the addition of new territory or a new service to the
             42      special service district;
             43          .    eliminates a provision stating that a federal employee protection act applies to
             44      public transit district leases and other agreements;
             45          .    makes a provision allowing a service area to establish divisions for electing some or
             46      all elected board members apply to all local districts rather than just service areas;
             47          .    increases the number of services that a local district may provide from two to four;
             48          .    expands the group of service areas that have a higher allowable tax rate to include
             49      service areas in second class counties, if the service area provides fire protection,
             50      paramedic, and emergency services;
             51          .    eliminates a cap on the number of local district board of trustees members allowed,
             52      and makes conforming changes;
             53          .    authorizes animal control officers of special service districts to issue misdemeanor
             54      and infraction citations;
             55          .    limits the area that an improvement district for electric service may include and
             56      requires that type of district to have applied for and received approval of a



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Senate 2nd Reading Amendments 2-25-2008 rd/rhr
             57
     certification before a certain date;
             58          .    authorizes a special service district to provide service outside its boundary;
             59          .    modifies the type of correctional facilities and services that a special service district
             60      is authorized to provide;
             61          .    authorizes a special service district in a county of the first class to provide extended
             62      police protection;
             63          .    eliminates a cap on the number of special service district administrative control
             64      board members allowed;
             65          .    modifies the qualifications of an administrative control board member;
             66          .    clarifies that a provision relating to the imposition and increasing of local district
             67      fees does not apply to impact fees;
             68          .    modifies a provision relating to the oath of office of local district board members;
             69          .    clarifies that a voter at an election of a local district board member must be a
             70      registered voter within the district;
             71          .    authorizes a local district board to pay local district board members a specified
             72      compensation for training every year rather than every two years;
             73          .    modifies the authority of a conservation district;
             74          .    modifies the date by which a conservation district's annual report is to be submitted
             75      to the commission; and
             76          .    makes technical changes.
             77      Monies Appropriated in this Bill:
             78          None
             79      Other Special Clauses:
             80           S. [ None ] This bill coordinates with H.B. 77, Personal Property Tax Amendments, by
             80a      providing technical amendments. .S
             81      Utah Code Sections Affected:
             82      AMENDS:
             83          4-18-3, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 179
             84          4-18-5, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 179
             85          4-20-1.5, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 179
             86          10-2-101, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 329
             87          10-2-401, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 329



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         10-2-428, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 329
             89          10-9a-103, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapters 188, 199, and 329
             90          10-15-4, as last amended by Laws of Utah 1992, Chapter 30
             91          10-15-6, as last amended by Laws of Utah 1992, Chapter 30
             92          11-14-102, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 329
             93          11-17-3, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2005, Chapter 105
             94          11-27-2, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 329
             95          11-32-2, as last amended by Laws of Utah 1993, Chapter 227
             96          11-36-102, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 329
             97          11-36-201, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 329
             98          11-39-101, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 329
             99          11-40-101, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 329
             100          11-42-102, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 329
             101          11-39-104, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2003, Chapter 259
             102          11-43-102, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 118
             103          17-27a-103, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapters 188, 199, and 329
             104          17-52-403, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 329
             105          17-53-311, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2005, Chapter 102
             106          17B-1-102, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 329
             107          17B-1-103, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 329
             108          17B-1-202, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 329
             109          17B-1-203, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 329
             110          17B-1-205, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 329
             111          17B-1-215, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 329
             112          17B-1-302, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 329
             113          17B-1-303, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 329
             114          17B-1-306, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 329
             115          17B-1-312, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 329
             116          17B-1-643, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 329
             117          17B-1-1002, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 329
             118          17B-1-1101, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 329



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         17B-1-1103, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 329
             120          17B-1-1104, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 329
             121          17B-2a-404, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 329
             122          17B-2a-405, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 329
             123          17B-2a-406, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 329
             124          17B-2a-804, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 329
             125          17B-2a-813, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 329
             126          17B-2a-1005, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 329
             127          17B-2a-1007, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 329
             128          19-3-301, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 329
             129          19-6-502, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 329
             130          20A-1-102, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapters 75, 256, 285, and 329
             131          20A-11-1202, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 329
             132          26-8a-405.1, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 329
             133          26-8a-405.2, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2005, Chapters 25 and 205
             134          51-7-3, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 207
             135          52-4-202, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapters 45 and 249
             136          52-4-203, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapters 35, 204, and 329
             137          53-2-502, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 331
             138          53A-2-123, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 329
             139          54-14-103, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapters 242 and 329
             140          59-2-102, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapters 107, 234, and 329
             141          59-2-924, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapters 107 and 329
             142          59-21-1, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 303
             143          59-21-2, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 303
             144          63-9-68, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 118
             145          63E-1-102, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 329
             146          67-1a-6.5, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapters 212 and 329
             147          67-3-1, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 329
             148          69-2-4, as last amended by Laws of Utah 1992, Chapter 30
             149          69-2-5, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 241



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             150
         73-2-1, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 329
             151          73-5-15, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapters 179 and 329
             152          73-10-21, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 329
             153          77-7-18, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2005, Chapter 2
             154      S. [     78-27-63, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapters 280, 329, and 357 ] 78B-4-509, as
             154a      renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 2008, Chapter 3 .S
             155      ENACTS:
             156          10-8-85.9, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             157          17-50-324, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             158          17D-1-101, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             159          17D-1-102, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             160          17D-1-103, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             161          17D-1-104, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             162          17D-1-105, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             163          17D-1-106, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             164          17D-1-107, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             165          17D-1-108, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             166          17D-1-109, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             167          17D-1-201, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             168          17D-1-202, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             169          17D-1-203, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             170          17D-1-204, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             171          17D-1-205, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             172          17D-1-206, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             173          17D-1-207, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             174          17D-1-208, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             175          17D-1-209, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             176          17D-1-210, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             177          17D-1-211, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             178          17D-1-212, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             179          17D-1-301, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             180          17D-1-302, Utah Code Annotated 1953



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             181
         17D-1-303, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             182          17D-1-304, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             183          17D-1-305, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             184          17D-1-306, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             185          17D-1-401, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             186          17D-1-402, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             187          17D-1-403, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             188          17D-1-501, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             189          17D-1-502, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             190          17D-1-503, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             191          17D-1-504, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             192          17D-1-505, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             193          17D-1-506, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             194          17D-1-507, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             195          17D-1-508, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             196          17D-1-509, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             197          17D-1-601, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             198          17D-1-602, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             199          17D-1-603, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             200          17D-2-101, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             201          17D-2-102, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             202          17D-2-103, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             203          17D-2-104, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             204          17D-2-105, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             205          17D-2-106, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             206          17D-2-107, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             207          17D-2-108, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             208          17D-2-109, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             209          17D-2-110, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             210          17D-2-201, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             211          17D-2-202, Utah Code Annotated 1953



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             212
         17D-2-203, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             213          17D-2-301, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             214          17D-2-302, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             215          17D-2-401, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             216          17D-2-402, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             217          17D-2-403, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             218          17D-2-404, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             219          17D-2-405, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             220          17D-2-501, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             221          17D-2-502, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             222          17D-2-503, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             223          17D-2-504, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             224          17D-2-505, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             225          17D-2-506, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             226          17D-2-507, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             227          17D-2-601, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             228          17D-2-602, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             229          17D-2-701, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             230          17D-2-702, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             231          17D-3-101, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             232          17D-3-103, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             233          17D-3-104, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             234          17D-3-201, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             235          17D-3-202, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             236          17D-3-203, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             237          17D-3-204, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             238          17D-3-301, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             239          17D-3-302, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             240          17D-3-303, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             241          17D-3-304, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             242          17D-3-305, Utah Code Annotated 1953



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         17D-3-306, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             244          17D-3-307, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             245          17D-3-308, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             246          17D-3-309, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             247          17D-3-310, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             248          20A-3-605, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             249      RENUMBERS AND AMENDS:
             250          17B-1-306.5, (Renumbered from 17B-2a-906, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2007,
             251      Chapter 329)
             252          17D-3-102, (Renumbered from 17A-3-800, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2007,
             253      Chapter 179)
             254      REPEALS:
             255          17A-2-1301, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 1990, Chapter 186
             256          17A-2-1302, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2003, Chapter 292
             257          17A-2-1303, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 1990, Chapter 186
             258          17A-2-1304, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapters 183 and 203
             259          17A-2-1305, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 1990, Chapter 186
             260          17A-2-1306, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 1990, Chapter 186
             261          17A-2-1307, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 1990, Chapter 186
             262          17A-2-1308, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2003, Chapter 292
             263          17A-2-1309, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 1990, Chapter 186
             264          17A-2-1310, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 1990, Chapter 186
             265          17A-2-1311, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2005, Chapter 233
             266          17A-2-1312, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2005, Chapter 105
             267          17A-2-1313, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2005, Chapter 233
             268          17A-2-1314, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 329
             269          17A-2-1315, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 329
             270          17A-2-1316, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2005, Chapter 105
             271          17A-2-1317, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 1990, Chapter 186
             272          17A-2-1318, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2005, Chapter 148
             273          17A-2-1319, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 1990, Chapter 186



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             274
         17A-2-1320, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2001, Chapter 195
             275          17A-2-1321, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2004, Chapter 316
             276          17A-2-1322, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2005, Chapters 105 and 260
             277          17A-2-1323, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 1990, Chapter 186
             278          17A-2-1324, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 1990, Chapter 186
             279          17A-2-1325, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 1990, Chapter 186
             280          17A-2-1326, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapters 203 and 329
             281          17A-2-1327, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2005, Chapter 233
             282          17A-2-1328, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 1990, Chapter 186
             283          17A-2-1329, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2005, Chapter 233
             284          17A-2-1330, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 329
             285          17A-2-1331, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 1990, Chapter 186
             286          17A-2-1332, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 1990, Chapter 186
             287          17A-3-401, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 1990, Chapter 186
             288          17A-3-402, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 1990, Chapter 186
             289          17A-3-403, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 1990, Chapter 186
             290          17A-3-404, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 1990, Chapter 186
             291          17A-3-405, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 1990, Chapter 186
             292          17A-3-406, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 1990, Chapter 186
             293          17A-3-407, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2003, Chapter 292
             294          17A-3-408, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 1990, Chapter 186
             295          17A-3-409, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 1990, Chapter 186
             296          17A-3-410, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 1990, Chapter 186
             297          17A-3-411, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 1990, Chapter 186
             298          17A-3-412, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2000, Chapter 1
             299          17A-3-413, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 1990, Chapter 186
             300          17A-3-414, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 1990, Chapter 186
             301          17A-3-801, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 1990, Chapter 186
             302          17A-3-802, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 1990, Chapter 186
             303          17A-3-803, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 1990, Chapter 186
             304          17A-3-804, as last amended by Laws of Utah 1997, Chapter 180



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         17A-3-805, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2005, Chapter 39
             306          17A-3-806, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 1990, Chapter 186
             307          17A-3-807, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 1990, Chapter 186
             308          17A-3-1201, as last amended by Laws of Utah 1993, Chapter 227
             309          17A-3-1202, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 1990, Chapter 186
             310          17A-3-1203, as last amended by Laws of Utah 1993, Chapter 227
             311          17A-3-1204, as last amended by Laws of Utah 1994, Chapter 146
             312          17A-3-1205, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 1990, Chapter 186
             313          17A-3-1206, as last amended by Laws of Utah 1993, Chapter 227
             314          17A-3-1301, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 1990, Chapter 186
             315          17A-3-1302, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 1990, Chapter 186
             316          17A-3-1303, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 1990, Chapter 186
             317          17A-3-1304, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 1990, Chapter 186
             318          17A-3-1305, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 1990, Chapter 186
             319          17A-3-1306, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 1990, Chapter 186
             320     

             321      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             322          Section 1. Section 4-18-3 is amended to read:
             323           4-18-3. Definitions.
             324          As used in this chapter:
             325          (1) "Alternate" means a substitute for a district supervisor if the district supervisor
             326      cannot attend a meeting.
             327          (2) (a) "Animal feeding operation" means a facility where animals, other than aquatic
             328      animals, are stabled or confined and fed or maintained for a total of 45 days or more in any
             329      12-month period.
             330          (b) "Animal feeding operation" does not include an operation where animals are in
             331      areas such as pastures or rangeland that sustain crops or forage growth during the entire time
             332      the animals are present.
             333          (3) "Commission" means the Conservation Commission created in Section 4-18-4 .
             334          (4) "Comprehensive nutrient management plan" means a plan that identifies actions or
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     feeding operation.
             337          (5) "District" or " conservation district" [means a governmental subdivision of this
             338      state organized under Title 17A, Chapter 3, Part 8, Conservation Districts] has the same
             339      meaning as "conservation district" as defined in Section 17D-3-102 .
             340          Section 2. Section 4-18-5 is amended to read:
             341           4-18-5. Conservation commission -- Functions and duties.
             342          (1) The commission shall:
             343          (a) facilitate the development and implementation of the strategies and programs
             344      necessary to protect, conserve, utilize, and develop the soil and water resources of the state;
             345          (b) disseminate information regarding districts' activities and programs;
             346          (c) supervise the formation, reorganization, or dissolution of districts according to the
             347      requirements of Title [17A] 17D, Chapter 3, [Part 8,] Conservation [Districts] District Act;
             348          (d) prescribe uniform accounting and recordkeeping procedures for districts and
             349      require each district to submit annually an audit of its funds to the commission;
             350          (e) approve and make loans for agricultural purposes, from the Agriculture Resource
             351      Development Fund for:
             352          (i) nonfederal rangeland improvement and management projects;
             353          (ii) watershed protection and flood prevention projects;
             354          (iii) agricultural cropland soil and water conservation projects; and
             355          (iv) programs designed to promote energy efficient farming practices;
             356          (f) administer federal or state funds in accordance with applicable federal or state
             357      guidelines and make loans or grants from those funds to land occupiers for the conservation of
             358      soil or water resources;
             359          (g) seek to coordinate soil and water protection, conservation, and development
             360      activities and programs of state agencies, local governmental units, other states, special interest
             361      groups, and federal agencies; and
             362          (h) plan watershed and flood control projects in cooperation with appropriate local,
             363      state, and federal authorities and coordinate flood control projects in the state.
             364          (2) The commission may:
             365          (a) employ, with the approval of the department, an administrator and necessary
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         (b) execute contracts or other instruments necessary to exercise its powers;
             368          (c) sue and be sued; and
             369          (d) adopt rules, in accordance with Title 63, Chapter 46a, Utah Administrative
             370      Rulemaking Act, necessary to carry out the powers and duties specified in Subsections (1)(d),
             371      (e), (f), and (2)(b).
             372          Section 3. Section 4-20-1.5 is amended to read:
             373           4-20-1.5. State Grazing Advisory Board -- Duties.
             374          (1) (a) There is created within the department the State Grazing Advisory Board.
             375          (b) The commissioner shall appoint the following members:
             376          (i) one member from each regional board;
             377          (ii) one member from the Conservation Commission created in Section 4-18-4 ;
             378          (iii) one representative of the Department of Natural Resources;
             379          (iv) two livestock producers at-large; and
             380          (v) one representative of the oil, gas, or mining industry.
             381          (2) The term of office for a state board member is four years.
             382          (3) Members of the state board shall elect a chair, who shall serve for two years.
             383          (4) (a) (i) A member who is not a government employee may not receive compensation
             384      or benefits for the member's service, but may receive per diem and expenses incurred in the
             385      performance of the member's official duties at the rates established by the Division of Finance
             386      under Sections 63A-3-106 and 63A-3-107 .
             387          (ii) A member may decline to receive per diem and expenses for the member's service.
             388          (b) (i) A state government officer and employee member who does not receive salary,
             389      per diem, or expenses from the agency the member represents for the member's service may
             390      receive per diem and expenses incurred in the performance of the member's official duties at
             391      the rates established by the Division of Finance under Sections 63A-3-106 and 63A-3-107 .
             392          (ii) A state government officer and employee member may decline to receive per diem
             393      and expenses for the member's service.
             394          (c) (i) A local government member who does not receive salary, per diem, or expenses
             395      from the entity that the member represents for the member's service may receive per diem and
             396      expenses incurred in the performance of the member's official duties at the rates established by
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         (ii) A local government member may decline to receive per diem and expenses for the
             399      member's service.
             400          (5) The state board shall:
             401          (a) receive:
             402          (i) advice and recommendations from a regional board concerning:
             403          (A) management plans for public lands, state lands, and school and institutional trust
             404      lands as defined in Section 53C-1-103 , within the regional board's region; and
             405          (B) any issue that impacts grazing on private lands, public lands, state lands, or school
             406      and institutional trust lands as defined in Section 53C-1-103 , in its region; and
             407          (ii) requests for fund monies from the entities described in Subsections (5)(c)(i)
             408      through (iv);
             409          (b) recommend state policy positions and cooperative agency participation in federal
             410      and state land management plans to the department and to the Public Lands Policy
             411      Coordinating Office created under Section 63-38d-602 ; and
             412          (c) advise the department on the requests and recommendations of:
             413          (i) regional boards;
             414          (ii) county weed control boards created under Section 4-17-4 ;
             415          (iii) cooperative weed management associations; and
             416          (iv) conservation districts created under the authority of Title [17A] 17D, Chapter 3,
             417      [Part 8,] Conservation [Districts] District Act.
             418          Section 4. Section 10-2-101 is amended to read:
             419           10-2-101. Definitions.
             420          (1) As used in this part:
             421          (a) "Commission" means a boundary commission established under Section 10-2-409
             422      for the county in which the property that is proposed to be incorporated is located.
             423          (b) "Feasibility consultant" means a person or firm with expertise in the processes and
             424      economics of local government.
             425          (c) "Private," with respect to real property, means not owned by the United States or
             426      any agency of the federal government, the state, a county, a municipality, a school district, a
             427      local district under Title 17B, Limited Purpose Local Government Entities - Local Districts, a
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     District Act, or any other political subdivision or governmental entity of the state.
             430          (2) For purposes of this part:
             431          (a) the owner of real property shall be the record title owner according to the records of
             432      the county recorder on the date of the filing of the request or petition; and
             433          (b) the value of private real property shall be determined according to the last
             434      assessment roll for county taxes before the filing of the request or petition.
             435          (3) For purposes of each provision of this part that requires the owners of private real
             436      property covering a percentage or fraction of the total private land area within an area to sign a
             437      request or petition:
             438          (a) a parcel of real property may not be included in the calculation of the required
             439      percentage or fraction unless the request or petition is signed by:
             440          (i) except as provided in Subsection (3)(a)(ii), owners representing a majority
             441      ownership interest in that parcel; or
             442          (ii) if the parcel is owned by joint tenants or tenants by the entirety, 50% of the number
             443      of owners of that parcel;
             444          (b) the signature of a person signing a request or petition in a representative capacity on
             445      behalf of an owner is invalid unless:
             446          (i) the person's representative capacity and the name of the owner the person represents
             447      are indicated on the request or petition with the person's signature; and
             448          (ii) the person provides documentation accompanying the request or petition that
             449      substantiates the person's representative capacity; and
             450          (c) subject to Subsection (3)(b), a duly appointed personal representative may sign a
             451      request or petition on behalf of a deceased owner.
             452          Section 5. Section 10-2-401 is amended to read:
             453           10-2-401. Definitions -- Property owner provisions.
             454          (1) As used in this part:
             455          (a) "Affected entity" means:
             456          (i) a county in whose unincorporated area the area proposed for annexation is located;
             457          (ii) a local district under Title 17B, Limited Purpose Local Government Entities - Local
             458      Districts, or special service district under Title [17A] 17D, Chapter [2, Part 13, Utah] 1, Special
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         (iii) a school district whose boundaries include any part of an area proposed for
             461      annexation; and
             462          (iv) a municipality whose boundaries are within 1/2 mile of an area proposed for
             463      annexation.
             464          (b) "Annexation petition" means a petition under Section 10-2-403 proposing the
             465      annexation to a municipality of a contiguous, unincorporated area that is contiguous to the
             466      municipality.
             467          (c) "Commission" means a boundary commission established under Section 10-2-409
             468      for the county in which the property that is proposed for annexation is located.
             469          (d) "Expansion area" means the unincorporated area that is identified in an annexation
             470      policy plan under Section 10-2-401.5 as the area that the municipality anticipates annexing in
             471      the future.
             472          (e) "Feasibility consultant" means a person or firm with expertise in the processes and
             473      economics of local government.
             474          (f) "Municipal selection committee" means a committee in each county composed of
             475      the mayor of each municipality within that county.
             476          (g) "Private," with respect to real property, means not owned by the United States or
             477      any agency of the federal government, the state, a county, a municipality, a school district, a
             478      local district under Title 17B, Limited Purpose Local Government Entities - Local Districts, a
             479      special service district under Title [17A] 17D, Chapter [2, Part 13, Utah] 1, Special Service
             480      District Act, or any other political subdivision or governmental entity of the state.
             481          (h) "Specified county" means a county of the second, third, fourth, fifth, or sixth class.
             482          (i) "Urban development" means:
             483          (i) a housing development with more than 15 residential units and an average density
             484      greater than one residential unit per acre; or
             485          (ii) a commercial or industrial development for which cost projections exceed
             486      $750,000 for all phases.
             487          (2) For purposes of this part:
             488          (a) the owner of real property shall be the record title owner according to the records of
             489      the county recorder on the date of the filing of the petition or protest; and
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     assessment roll for county taxes before the filing of the petition or protest.
             492          (3) For purposes of each provision of this part that requires the owners of private real
             493      property covering a percentage or majority of the total private land area within an area to sign a
             494      petition or protest:
             495          (a) a parcel of real property may not be included in the calculation of the required
             496      percentage or majority unless the petition or protest is signed by:
             497          (i) except as provided in Subsection (3)(a)(ii), owners representing a majority
             498      ownership interest in that parcel; or
             499          (ii) if the parcel is owned by joint tenants or tenants by the entirety, 50% of the number
             500      of owners of that parcel;
             501          (b) the signature of a person signing a petition or protest in a representative capacity on
             502      behalf of an owner is invalid unless:
             503          (i) the person's representative capacity and the name of the owner the person represents
             504      are indicated on the petition or protest with the person's signature; and
             505          (ii) the person provides documentation accompanying the petition or protest that
             506      substantiates the person's representative capacity; and
             507          (c) subject to Subsection (3)(b), a duly appointed personal representative may sign a
             508      petition or protest on behalf of a deceased owner.
             509          Section 6. Section 10-2-428 is amended to read:
             510           10-2-428. Neither annexation nor boundary adjustment has an effect on the
             511      boundaries of most local districts or special service districts.
             512          Except as provided in Section 17B-1-416 and Subsection 17B-1-502 (2), the annexation
             513      of an unincorporated area by a municipality or the adjustment of a boundary shared by
             514      municipalities does not affect the boundaries of a local district under Title 17B, Limited
             515      Purpose Local Government Entities - Local Districts, or a special service district under Title
             516      [17A] 17D, Chapter [2, Part 13, Utah] 1, Special Service District Act.
             517          Section 7. Section 10-8-85.9 is enacted to read:
             518     
CHAPTER 8. POWERS AND DUTIES OF MUNICIPALITIES

             519          10-8-85.9. Preservation of historical areas and sites.
             520          A municipality may:
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         (2) acquire an historical area or site by direct purchase, contract, lease, trade, or gift;
             523          (3) obtain an easement or right-of-way across public or private property to S. [ insure ]
             523a      ensure .S
             524      access or proper development of an historical area or site;
             525          (4) protect an historical area or site;
             526          (5) ensure proper development and utilization of land or an area adjacent to an
             527      historical area or site; and
             528          (6) enter into an agreement with a private individual for the right to purchase an
             529      historical area or site if and when the private individual elects to sell or dispose of the owner's
             530      property.
             531          Section 8. Section 10-9a-103 is amended to read:
             532           10-9a-103. Definitions.
             533          As used in this chapter:
             534          (1) "Affected entity" means a county, municipality, local district, special service
             535      district under Title [17A] 17D, Chapter [2, Part 13, Utah] 1, Special Service District Act,
             536      school district, interlocal cooperation entity established under Title 11, Chapter 13, Interlocal
             537      Cooperation Act, specified public utility, a property owner, a property owners association, or
             538      the Utah Department of Transportation, if:
             539          (a) the entity's services or facilities are likely to require expansion or significant
             540      modification because of an intended use of land;
             541          (b) the entity has filed with the municipality a copy of the entity's general or long-range
             542      plan; or
             543          (c) the entity has filed with the municipality a request for notice during the same
             544      calendar year and before the municipality provides notice to an affected entity in compliance
             545      with a requirement imposed under this chapter.
             546          (2) "Appeal authority" means the person, board, commission, agency, or other body
             547      designated by ordinance to decide an appeal of a decision of a land use application or a
             548      variance.
             549          (3) "Billboard" means a freestanding ground sign located on industrial, commercial, or
             550      residential property if the sign is designed or intended to direct attention to a business, product,
             551      or service that is not sold, offered, or existing on the property where the sign is located.
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         (a) an operating charter school;
             554          (b) a charter school applicant that has its application approved by a chartering entity in
             555      accordance with Title 53A, Chapter 1a, Part 5, The Utah Charter Schools Act; and
             556          (c) an entity who is working on behalf of a charter school or approved charter applicant
             557      to develop or construct a charter school building.
             558          (5) "Chief executive officer" means the:
             559          (a) mayor in municipalities operating under all forms of municipal government except
             560      the council-manager form; or
             561          (b) city manager in municipalities operating under the council-manager form of
             562      municipal government.
             563          (6) "Conditional use" means a land use that, because of its unique characteristics or
             564      potential impact on the municipality, surrounding neighbors, or adjacent land uses, may not be
             565      compatible in some areas or may be compatible only if certain conditions are required that
             566      mitigate or eliminate the detrimental impacts.
             567          (7) "Constitutional taking" means a governmental action that results in a taking of
             568      private property so that compensation to the owner of the property is required by the:
             569          (a) Fifth or Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States; or
             570          (b) Utah Constitution Article I, Section 22.
             571          (8) "Culinary water authority" means the department, agency, or public entity with
             572      responsibility to review and approve the feasibility of the culinary water system and sources for
             573      the subject property.
             574          (9) (a) "Disability" means a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one
             575      or more of a person's major life activities, including a person having a record of such an
             576      impairment or being regarded as having such an impairment.
             577          (b) "Disability" does not include current illegal use of, or addiction to, any federally
             578      controlled substance, as defined in Section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act, 21 U.S.C.
             579      802.
             580          (10) "Elderly person" means a person who is 60 years old or older, who desires or
             581      needs to live with other elderly persons in a group setting, but who is capable of living
             582      independently.
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             585      property.
             586          (12) "General plan" means a document that a municipality adopts that sets forth general
             587      guidelines for proposed future development of the land within the municipality.
             588          (13) "Identical plans" means building plans submitted to a municipality that are
             589      substantially identical to building plans that were previously submitted to and reviewed and
             590      approved by the municipality and describe a building that is:
             591          (a) located on land zoned the same as the land on which the building described in the
             592      previously approved plans is located; and
             593          (b) subject to the same geological and meteorological conditions and the same law as
             594      the building described in the previously approved plans.
             595          (14) "Land use application" means an application required by a municipality's land use
             596      ordinance.
             597          (15) "Land use authority" means a person, board, commission, agency, or other body
             598      designated by the local legislative body to act upon a land use application.
             599          (16) "Land use ordinance" means a planning, zoning, development, or subdivision
             600      ordinance of the municipality, but does not include the general plan.
             601          (17) "Land use permit" means a permit issued by a land use authority.
             602          (18) "Legislative body" means the municipal council.
             603          (19) "Local district" means an entity under Title 17B, Limited Purpose Local
             604      Government Entities - Local Districts, and any other governmental or quasi-governmental
             605      entity that is not a county, municipality, school district, or unit of the state.
             606          (20) "Lot line adjustment" means the relocation of the property boundary line in a
             607      subdivision between two adjoining lots with the consent of the owners of record.
             608          (21) "Moderate income housing" means housing occupied or reserved for occupancy
             609      by households with a gross household income equal to or less than 80% of the median gross
             610      income for households of the same size in the county in which the city is located.
             611          (22) "Nominal fee" means a fee that reasonably reimburses a municipality only for time
             612      spent and expenses incurred in:
             613          (a) verifying that building plans are identical plans; and
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     previously reviewed and approved building plans.
             616          (23) "Noncomplying structure" means a structure that:
             617          (a) legally existed before its current land use designation; and
             618          (b) because of one or more subsequent land use ordinance changes, does not conform
             619      to the setback, height restrictions, or other regulations, excluding those regulations, which
             620      govern the use of land.
             621          (24) "Nonconforming use" means a use of land that:
             622          (a) legally existed before its current land use designation;
             623          (b) has been maintained continuously since the time the land use ordinance governing
             624      the land changed; and
             625          (c) because of one or more subsequent land use ordinance changes, does not conform
             626      to the regulations that now govern the use of the land.
             627          (25) "Official map" means a map drawn by municipal authorities and recorded in a
             628      county recorder's office that:
             629          (a) shows actual and proposed rights-of-way, centerline alignments, and setbacks for
             630      highways and other transportation facilities;
             631          (b) provides a basis for restricting development in designated rights-of-way or between
             632      designated setbacks to allow the government authorities time to purchase or otherwise reserve
             633      the land; and
             634          (c) has been adopted as an element of the municipality's general plan.
             635          (26) "Person" means an individual, corporation, partnership, organization, association,
             636      trust, governmental agency, or any other legal entity.
             637          (27) "Plan for moderate income housing" means a written document adopted by a city
             638      legislative body that includes:
             639          (a) an estimate of the existing supply of moderate income housing located within the
             640      city;
             641          (b) an estimate of the need for moderate income housing in the city for the next five
             642      years as revised biennially;
             643          (c) a survey of total residential land use;
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             647      income housing.
             648          (28) "Plat" means a map or other graphical representation of lands being laid out and
             649      prepared in accordance with Section 10-9a-603 , 17-23-17 , or 57-8-13 .
             650          (29) "Public hearing" means a hearing at which members of the public are provided a
             651      reasonable opportunity to comment on the subject of the hearing.
             652          (30) "Public meeting" means a meeting that is required to be open to the public under
             653      Title 52, Chapter 4, Open and Public Meetings Act.
             654          (31) "Record of survey map" means a map of a survey of land prepared in accordance
             655      with Section 17-23-17 .
             656          (32) "Receiving zone" means an area of a municipality that the municipality's land use
             657      authority designates as an area in which an owner of land may receive transferrable
             658      development rights.
             659          (33) "Residential facility for elderly persons" means a single-family or multiple-family
             660      dwelling unit that meets the requirements of Section 10-9a-516 , but does not include a health
             661      care facility as defined by Section 26-21-2 .
             662          (34) "Residential facility for persons with a disability" means a residence:
             663          (a) in which more than one person with a disability resides; and
             664          (b) (i) is licensed or certified by the Department of Human Services under Title 62A,
             665      Chapter 2, Licensure of Programs and Facilities; or
             666          (ii) is licensed or certified by the Department of Health under Title 26, Chapter 21,
             667      Health Care Facility Licensing and Inspection Act.
             668          (35) "Sanitary sewer authority" means the department, agency, or public entity with
             669      responsibility to review and approve the feasibility of sanitary sewer services or onsite
             670      wastewater systems.
             671          (36) "Sending zone" means an area of a municipality that the municipality's land use
             672      authority designates as an area from which an owner of land may transfer transferrable
             673      development rights to an owner of land in a receiving zone.
             674          (37) "Specified public utility" means an electrical corporation, gas corporation, or
             675      telephone corporation, as those terms are defined in Section 54-2-1 .
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     parkway, road, lane, walk, alley, viaduct, subway, tunnel, bridge, public easement, or other
             678      way.
             679          (39) (a) "Subdivision" means any land that is divided, resubdivided or proposed to be
             680      divided into two or more lots, parcels, sites, units, plots, or other division of land for the
             681      purpose, whether immediate or future, for offer, sale, lease, or development either on the
             682      installment plan or upon any and all other plans, terms, and conditions.
             683          (b) "Subdivision" includes:
             684          (i) the division or development of land whether by deed, metes and bounds description,
             685      devise and testacy, map, plat, or other recorded instrument; and
             686          (ii) except as provided in Subsection (39)(c), divisions of land for residential and
             687      nonresidential uses, including land used or to be used for commercial, agricultural, and
             688      industrial purposes.
             689          (c) "Subdivision" does not include:
             690          (i) a bona fide division or partition of agricultural land for the purpose of joining one of
             691      the resulting separate parcels to a contiguous parcel of unsubdivided agricultural land, if
             692      neither the resulting combined parcel nor the parcel remaining from the division or partition
             693      violates an applicable land use ordinance;
             694          (ii) a recorded agreement between owners of adjoining unsubdivided properties
             695      adjusting their mutual boundary if:
             696          (A) no new lot is created; and
             697          (B) the adjustment does not violate applicable land use ordinances;
             698          (iii) a recorded document, executed by the owner of record:
             699          (A) revising the legal description of more than one contiguous unsubdivided parcel of
             700      property into one legal description encompassing all such parcels of property; or
             701          (B) joining a subdivided parcel of property to another parcel of property that has not
             702      been subdivided, if the joinder does not violate applicable land use ordinances; or
             703          (iv) a recorded agreement between owners of adjoining subdivided properties adjusting
             704      their mutual boundary if:
             705          (A) no new dwelling lot or housing unit will result from the adjustment; and
             706          (B) the adjustment will not violate any applicable land use ordinance.
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     not been subdivided does not constitute a subdivision under this Subsection (39) as to the
             709      unsubdivided parcel of property or subject the unsubdivided parcel to the municipality's
             710      subdivision ordinance.
             711          (40) "Transferrable development right" means the entitlement to develop land within a
             712      sending zone that would vest according to the municipality's existing land use ordinances on
             713      the date that a completed land use application is filed seeking the approval of development
             714      activity on the land.
             715          (41) "Unincorporated" means the area outside of the incorporated area of a city or
             716      town.
             717          (42) "Zoning map" means a map, adopted as part of a land use ordinance, that depicts
             718      land use zones, overlays, or districts.
             719          Section 9. Section 10-15-4 is amended to read:
             720           10-15-4. Powers of legislative body of municipality.
             721          The legislative body of the municipalities of this state shall have the power:
             722          (1) to establish pedestrian malls;
             723          (2) to prohibit, in whole or in part, vehicular traffic on a pedestrian mall;
             724          (3) to pay from the general funds of the municipality, or from other available money, or
             725      from the proceeds of assessments levied on land benefited by the establishment of a pedestrian
             726      mall, the damages, if any, allowed or awarded to any property owner by reason of the
             727      establishment of the pedestrian mall;
             728          (4) to acquire, construct, and maintain on the municipality's streets which are
             729      established as a pedestrian mall, improvements of any kind or nature necessary or convenient
             730      to the operation of such streets as a pedestrian mall, included but not limited to paving,
             731      sidewalks, curbs, gutters, sewers, drainage works, lighting facilities, fire protection facilities,
             732      flood protection facilities, water distribution facilities, vehicular parking areas, retaining walls,
             733      landscaping, tree planting, statuaries, fountains, decorative structures, benches, rest rooms,
             734      child care facilities, display facilities, information booths, public assembly facilities, and other
             735      structures, works or improvements necessary or convenient to serve members of the public
             736      using such pedestrian malls, including the reconstruction or relocation of existing municipally
             737      owned works, improvements, or facilities on such municipal streets; which foregoing changes
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         (5) to pay from the general funds of the municipality or other available moneys, or
             740      from the proceeds of assessments levied on property benefited by any such improvements, or
             741      from the proceeds of special improvement warrants or bonds, the whole or any portion of the
             742      costs of acquisition, construction, and maintenance of such improvements in accordance with
             743      the provisions of Title [17A] 11, Chapter [3, Part 3, Utah Municipal Improvement District] 42,
             744      Assessment Area Act, relating to special improvement assessments; and
             745          (6) to do any and all other acts or things necessary or convenient for the
             746      accomplishment of the purposes of this S. [ act ] chapter .S .
             747          Section 10. Section 10-15-6 is amended to read:
             748           10-15-6. Public hearing -- Finance requirements.
             749          The designation of any street as a "mall" shall be by ordinance passed and published
             750      after full investigation and ample public hearing into the necessity and advisability of the
             751      creation of a mall. The ordinance shall designate the manner in which the project is to be
             752      financed, and, if financed by levy of special taxes or special improvement warrants or bonds,
             753      shall be in accordance with the provisions of Title [17A] 11, Chapter [3, Part 3, Utah
             754      Municipal Improvement District] 42, Assessment Area Act.
             755          Section 11. Section 11-14-102 is amended to read:
             756           11-14-102. Definitions.
             757          For the purpose of this chapter:
             758          (1) "Bond" means any bond authorized to be issued under this chapter, including
             759      municipal bonds.
             760          (2) "Election results" has the same meaning as defined in Section 20A-1-102 .
             761          (3) "Governing body" means:
             762          (a) for a county, city, or town, the legislative body of the county, city, or town;
             763          (b) for a local district, the board of trustees of the local district;
             764          (c) for a school district, the local board of education; or
             765          (d) for a special service district under Title [17A] 17D, Chapter [2, Part 13, Utah] 1,
             766      Special Service District Act:
             767          (i) the governing body of the county or municipality that created the special service
             768      district, if no administrative control board has been established under Section [ 17A-2-1326 ]
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             771      [ 17A-2-1326 ] 17D-1-301 and the power to issue bonds not payable from taxes has been
             772      delegated to the administrative control board.
             773          (4) "Local district" means a district operating under Title 17B, Limited Purpose Local
             774      Government Entities - Local Districts.
             775          (5) (a) "Local political subdivision" means a county, city, town, school district, local
             776      district, or special service district.
             777          (b) "Local political subdivision" does not include the state and its institutions.
             778          Section 12. Section 11-17-3 is amended to read:
             779           11-17-3. Powers of municipalities, counties, and state universities.
             780          (1) Each municipality, county, and state university may:
             781          (a) finance or acquire, whether by construction, purchase, devise, gift, exchange, or
             782      lease, or any one or more of those methods, and construct, reconstruct, improve, maintain,
             783      equip, and furnish or fund one or more projects, which shall be located within this state, and
             784      which shall be located within, or partially within, the municipality or county or within the
             785      county within which a state university is located, unless an agreement under the Interlocal
             786      Cooperation Act has been entered into as authorized by Subsection (5), except that if a
             787      governing body finds, by resolution, that the effects of international trade practices have been
             788      or will be adverse to Utah manufacturers of industrial products and, therefore, it is desirable to
             789      finance a project in order to maintain or enlarge domestic or foreign markets for Utah industrial
             790      products, a project may consist of the financing on behalf of a user of the costs of acquiring
             791      industrial products manufactured in, and which are to be exported from, the state;
             792          (b) finance for, sell, lease, contract the management of, or otherwise dispose of to, any
             793      person, firm, partnership, or corporation, either public or private, including without limitation
             794      any person, firm, partnership, or corporation engaged in business for a profit, any or all of its
             795      projects upon the terms and conditions as the governing body considers advisable and which do
             796      not conflict with this chapter;
             797          (c) issue revenue bonds for the purpose of defraying the cost of financing, acquiring,
             798      constructing, reconstructing, improving, maintaining, equipping, furnishing, or funding any
             799      project and secure the payment of the bonds as provided in this chapter, which revenue bonds
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     issue may contain different maturity dates, interest rates, priorities on securities available for
             802      guaranteeing payment of them, and other differing terms and conditions considered necessary
             803      and not in conflict with this chapter;
             804          (d) (i) grant options to renew any lease with respect to any project and to buy any
             805      project at a price the governing body considers desirable; and
             806          (ii) sell and convey any real or personal property acquired under Subsection (1)(a) at
             807      public or private sale, and make an order respecting the sale considered conducive to the best
             808      interests of the municipality, county, or state university, the sale or conveyance to be subject to
             809      the terms of any lease but to be free and clear of any other encumbrance;
             810          (e) establish, acquire, develop, maintain, and operate industrial parks; and
             811          (f) offer to the holders of its bonds issued pursuant to this chapter the right, where its
             812      governing body considers it appropriate, to convert the bonds or some portion of the bond
             813      obligation into an equity position in some or all of the assets developed with the proceeds of
             814      the bond offering.
             815          (2) An economic development or new venture investment fund shall be considered to
             816      be located in the municipality or county where its headquarters is located or where any office of
             817      it is located, as long as it is headquartered within the state. It need not make all of its
             818      investments within the state S. [ of Utah ] .S or such county or municipality, so long as it locates within
             819      the state S. [ of Utah ] .S or such county or municipality its headquarters where its actual investment
             820      decisions and management functions occur and agrees to, and does, limit the aggregate amount
             821      of its investments in companies located outside the state S. [ of Utah ] .S to an amount which in the
             822      aggregate does not exceed the aggregate amount of investments made by institutions and funds
             823      located outside the state S. [ of Utah ] .S in companies headquartered in Utah which the locally
             824      managed fund has sponsored or in which it has invested and which it has brought to the
             825      attention of investors outside the state S. [ of Utah ] .S . For purposes of enabling an offering of bonds
             826      to fund such a fund, a certification of an executive managerial officer of the manager of said
             827      fund of the intention to comply with this provision may be relied upon. Each fund shall at least
             828      annually certify to the governmental offeror of such bonds its compliance with this provision.
             829          (3) Before any municipality, county, or state university issues revenue bonds under this
             830      chapter for the purpose of defraying the cost of acquiring, constructing, reconstructing,
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     body of the state university, county, or municipality shall adopt and establish a plan of
             833      development for the tracts of land to constitute the industrial park and shall, by resolution, find
             834      that the project for the establishment of the industrial park is well conceived and has a
             835      reasonable prospect of success, that the project will tend to provide proper economic
             836      development of the municipality or county and will encourage industry to locate within or near
             837      the municipality or county or, in the case of state universities, will further, through industrial
             838      research and development, the instructional progress of the state university. There may be
             839      included as a part of any plan of development for any industrial park zoning regulations,
             840      restrictions on usage of sites within the boundaries of the industrial park, minimum size of
             841      sites, parking and loading regulations, and methods for the providing and furnishing of police
             842      and fire protection and for the furnishing of other municipal or county services which are
             843      considered necessary in order to provide for the maintenance of the public health and safety. If
             844      any water or sewerage facilities are to be acquired as part of the development of the land for an
             845      industrial park under this chapter, water and sewerage facilities may be acquired as part of the
             846      issue of bonds issued under this chapter, through the issuance of bonds payable from water and
             847      sewer charges in the manner as is now or as may hereafter be provided by law, in combination
             848      with an issue of refunding bonds, in combination with an issue of bonds upon the consent of
             849      the holders of outstanding bonds issued for the same purpose, in combination with bonds
             850      issued for the purposes of financing water and sewer facilities which will not be a part of an
             851      industrial park, or in any combination of the foregoing. Any municipality, county, or state
             852      university establishing an industrial park may lease any land acquired and developed as part of
             853      an industrial park to one or more lessees. The lessee may sublease all or a portion of the land
             854      so leased from the municipality or county. Municipalities, counties, and state universities may
             855      sell or lease land in connection with the establishment, acquisition, development, maintenance,
             856      and operation of an industrial park project. Any such lease or sale of land shall be undertaken
             857      only after the adoption by the governing body of a resolution authorizing the lease or sale of the
             858      land for industrial park purposes.
             859          (4) (a) No municipality, county, or state university may operate any project referred to
             860      in this section, as a business or in any other manner except as the lessor or administrator of it,
             861      nor may it acquire any such project, or any part of it, by condemnation. This prohibition does
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             864          (b) No municipality, county, or state university may, under this chapter, acquire or
             865      lease projects, or issue revenue bonds for the purpose of defraying the cost of any project or
             866      part of it, used for the generation, transmission, or distribution of electric energy beyond the
             867      project site, or the production, transmission, or distribution of natural gas, except for any
             868      project defined in Subsection 11-17-2 (8)(b) or (d).
             869          (5) Each municipality, county, and state university may enter, either before or after the
             870      bonds have been issued, into interlocal agreements under Title 11, Chapter 13, Interlocal
             871      Cooperation Act, with one or more municipalities, counties, state universities, or special
             872      service districts created pursuant to Title [17A] 17D, Chapter [2, Part 13, Utah] 1, Special
             873      Service District Act, in order to accomplish economies of scale or other cost savings and any
             874      other additional purposes to be specified in the interlocal agreement, for the issuance of bonds
             875      under this chapter on behalf of all of the signatories to the interlocal agreement by one of the
             876      municipalities, counties, or state universities which is a signatory to the interlocal agreement
             877      for the financing or acquisition of projects qualifying as a project under Subsection 11-17-2 (8).
             878      For all purposes of Section 11-13-207 the signatory to the interlocal agreement designated as
             879      the issuer of the bonds constitutes the administrator of the interlocal agreement.
             880          (6) Subsection (4) to the contrary notwithstanding, the governing body of any state
             881      university owning or desiring to own facilities or administer projects described in Subsection
             882      11-17-2 (8) may:
             883          (a) become a signatory to the interlocal agreement provided for in Subsection (5);
             884          (b) enter into a separate security agreement with the issuer of the bonds, as provided in
             885      Section 11-17-5 for the financing or acquisition of a project under Subsection 11-17-2 (8) to be
             886      owned by the state university;
             887          (c) enter into agreements to secure the obligations of the state university under a
             888      security agreement entered into under Subsection (6)(b), or to provide liquidity for such
             889      obligations including, without limitation, letter of credit agreements with banking institutions
             890      for letters of credit or for standby letters of credit, reimbursement agreements with financial
             891      institutions, line of credit agreements, standby bond purchase agreements, and to provide for
             892      payment of fees, charges, and other amounts coming due under the agreements entered into
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         (d) provide in security agreements entered into under Subsection (6)(b) and in
             895      agreements entered into under Subsection (6)(c) that the obligations of the state university
             896      under an agreement shall be special obligations payable solely from the revenues derived from
             897      the operation or management of the project, owned by the state university and from net profits
             898      from proprietary activities and any other revenues pledged other than appropriations by the
             899      Utah Legislature, and the governing body of the state university shall pledge all or any part of
             900      such revenues to the payment of its obligations under an agreement; and
             901          (e) in order to secure the prompt payment of the obligations of the state university
             902      under a security agreement entered into under Subsection (6)(b) or an agreement entered into
             903      under Subsection (6)(c) and the proper application of the revenues pledged to them, covenant
             904      and provide appropriate provisions in an agreement to the extent permitted and provided for
             905      under Section 53B-21-102 .
             906          (7) Subsection (4) to the contrary notwithstanding, the governing body of any
             907      municipality, county, or special service district owning, desiring to own, or administering
             908      projects or facilities described in Subsection 11-17-2 (8) may:
             909          (a) become a signatory to the interlocal agreement provided for in Subsection (5);
             910          (b) enter into a separate security agreement with the issuer of the bonds, as provided in
             911      Section 11-17-5 , for the financing or acquisition of a project under Subsection 11-17-2 (8) to be
             912      owned by the municipality, county, or special service district, as the case may be, except that
             913      no municipality, county, or special service district may mortgage the facilities so financed or
             914      acquired;
             915          (c) enter into agreements to secure the obligations of the municipality, county, or
             916      special service district, as the case may be, under a security agreement entered into under
             917      Subsection (7)(b), or to provide liquidity for such obligations including, without limitation,
             918      letter of credit agreements with banking institutions for letters of credit or for standby letters of
             919      credit, reimbursement agreements with financial institutions, line of credit agreements, standby
             920      bond purchase agreements, and to provide for payment of fees, charges, and other amounts
             921      coming due under the agreements entered into under the authority contained in this Subsection
             922      (7)(c);
             923          (d) provide in security agreements entered into under Subsection (7)(b) and in
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     county, or special service district, as the case may be, under an agreement shall be special
             926      obligations payable solely from the revenues derived from the operation or management of the
             927      project, owned by the municipality, county, or special service district, as the case may be, and
             928      the governing body of the municipality, county, or special service district, as the case may be,
             929      shall pledge all or any part of such revenues to the payment of its obligations under an
             930      agreement; and
             931          (e) in order to secure the prompt payment of obligations under a security agreement
             932      entered into under Subsection (7)(b) or an agreement entered into under Subsection (7)(c) and
             933      the proper application of the revenues pledged to them, covenant and provide appropriate
             934      provisions in an agreement to the extent permitted and provided for with respect to revenue
             935      obligations under Section 11-14-306 .
             936          (8) In connection with the issuance of bonds under this chapter, a municipality, county,
             937      or state university:
             938          (a) may provide for the repurchase of bonds tendered by their owners and may enter
             939      into an agreement to provide liquidity for such repurchases, including a letter of credit
             940      agreement, line of credit agreement, standby bond purchase agreement, or other type of
             941      liquidity agreement;
             942          (b) may enter into remarketing, indexing, tender agent, or other agreements incident to
             943      the financing of the project or the performance of the issuer's obligations relative to the bonds;
             944      and
             945          (c) may provide for payment of fees, charges, and other amounts coming due under the
             946      agreements entered into pursuant to authority contained in Subsection (6).
             947          Section 13. Section 11-27-2 is amended to read:
             948           11-27-2. Definitions.
             949          As used in this chapter:
             950          (1) "Advance refunding bonds" means refunding bonds issued for the purpose of
             951      refunding outstanding bonds in advance of their maturity.
             952          (2) "Assessments" means a special tax levied against property within a special
             953      improvement district to pay all or a portion of the costs of making improvements in the district.
             954          (3) "Bond" means any revenue bond, general obligation bond, tax increment bond,
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         (4) "General obligation bond" means any bond, note, warrant, certificate of
             957      indebtedness, or other obligation of a public body payable in whole or in part from revenues
             958      derived from ad valorem taxes and that constitutes an indebtedness within the meaning of any
             959      applicable constitutional or statutory debt limitation.
             960          (5) "Governing body" means the council, commission, county legislative body, board
             961      of directors, board of trustees, board of education, board of regents, or other legislative body of
             962      a public body designated in this chapter that is vested with the legislative powers of the public
             963      body, and, with respect to the state, the State Bonding Commission created by Section
             964      63B-1-201 .
             965          (6) "Government obligations" means:
             966          (a) direct obligations of the United States of America, or other securities, the principal
             967      of and interest on which are unconditionally guaranteed by the United States of America; or
             968          (b) obligations of any state, territory, or possession of the United States, or of any of
             969      the political subdivisions of any state, territory, or possession of the United States, or of the
             970      District of Columbia described in Section 103(a), Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
             971          (7) "Issuer" means the public body issuing any bond or bonds.
             972          (8) "Public body" means the state or any agency, authority, instrumentality, or
             973      institution of the state, or any municipal or quasi-municipal corporation, political subdivision,
             974      agency, school district, local district, special service district, or other governmental entity now
             975      or hereafter existing under the laws of the state.
             976          (9) "Refunding bonds" means bonds issued under the authority of this chapter for the
             977      purpose of refunding outstanding bonds.
             978          (10) "Resolution" means a resolution of the governing body of a public body taking
             979      formal action under this chapter.
             980          (11) "Revenue bond" means any bond, note, warrant, certificate of indebtedness, or
             981      other obligation for the payment of money issued by a public body or any predecessor of any
             982      public body and that is payable from designated revenues not derived from ad valorem taxes or
             983      from a special fund composed of revenues not derived from ad valorem taxes, but excluding all
             984      of the following:
             985          (a) any obligation constituting an indebtedness within the meaning of any applicable
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         (b) any obligation issued in anticipation of the collection of taxes, where the entire
             988      issue matures not later than one year from the date of the issue; and
             989          (c) any special improvement bond.
             990          (12) "Special improvement bond" means any bond, note, warrant, certificate of
             991      indebtedness, or other obligation of a public body or any predecessor of any public body that is
             992      payable from assessments levied on benefitted property and from any special improvement
             993      guaranty fund.
             994          (13) "Special improvement guaranty fund" means any special improvement guaranty
             995      fund established under Title 10, Chapter 6, Uniform Fiscal Procedures Act for Utah Cities;
             996      Title [17A] 11, Chapter [3, Part 2, County Improvement Districts] 42, Assessment Area Act; or
             997      any predecessor or similar statute.
             998          (14) "Tax increment bond" means any bond, note, warrant, certificate of indebtedness,
             999      or other obligation of a public body issued under authority of Title 17C, Limited Purpose Local
             1000      Government Entities - Community Development and Renewal Agencies.
             1001          Section 14. Section 11-32-2 is amended to read:
             1002           11-32-2. Definitions.
             1003          As used in this chapter:
             1004          (1) "Assignment agreement" means the agreement, security agreement, indenture, or
             1005      other documentation by which the county transfers the delinquent tax receivables to the
             1006      authority in consideration of the amounts paid by the authority under the assignment
             1007      agreement, as provided in this chapter.
             1008          (2) "Bonds" means any bonds, notes, or other evidence of indebtedness of the financing
             1009      authority issued under this chapter.
             1010          (3) "Delinquent tax receivables" means those ad valorem tangible property taxes levied
             1011      within any county, for any year, which remain unpaid and owing the participant members
             1012      within the county, as of January 15 of the following year, plus any interest and penalties
             1013      accruing or assessed to them.
             1014          (4) "Financing authority" or "authority" means a nonprofit corporation organized under
             1015      this chapter by a county on behalf of the participant members within the county as the
             1016      financing authority for the participant members solely for the purpose of financing the
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     created.
             1019          (5) "Governing body" means the council, commission, county legislative body, board
             1020      of education, board of trustees, or any other governing entity of a public body in which the
             1021      legislative powers of the public body are vested.
             1022          (6) "Participant members" means those public bodies, including the county, the
             1023      governing bodies of which approve the creation of an authority as provided in Section 11-32-3
             1024      and on whose behalf the authority acts.
             1025          (7) "Public body" means any city, town, county, school district, special service district,
             1026      [water and sewer improvement] local district, [redevelopment] community development and
             1027      renewal agency, [parking and business improvement district, fire protection district, special
             1028      service area, metropolitan water district, water conservancy district,] or any other entity entitled
             1029      to receive ad valorem property taxes, existing under the laws of the state S. [ of Utah ] .S .
             1030          Section 15. Section 11-36-102 is amended to read:
             1031           11-36-102. Definitions.
             1032          As used in this chapter:
             1033          (1) "Building permit fee" means the fees charged to enforce the uniform codes adopted
             1034      pursuant to Title 58, Chapter 56, Utah Uniform Building Standards Act, that are not greater
             1035      than the fees indicated in the appendix to the International Building Code.
             1036          (2) "Capital facilities plan" means the plan required by Section 11-36-201 .
             1037          (3) "Development activity" means any construction or expansion of a building,
             1038      structure, or use, any change in use of a building or structure, or any changes in the use of land
             1039      that creates additional demand and need for public facilities.
             1040          (4) "Development approval" means any written authorization from a local political
             1041      subdivision that authorizes the commencement of development activity.
             1042          (5) "Enactment" means:
             1043          (a) a municipal ordinance, for municipalities;
             1044          (b) a county ordinance, for counties; and
             1045          (c) a governing board resolution, for local districts or special service districts.
             1046          (6) "Hookup fees" means reasonable fees, not in excess of the approximate average
             1047      costs to the political subdivision, for services provided for and directly attributable to the
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     local district, or special service district utility services.
             1050          (7) (a) "Impact fee" means a payment of money imposed upon development activity as
             1051      a condition of development approval.
             1052          (b) "Impact fee" does not mean a tax, a special assessment, a building permit fee, a
             1053      hookup fee, a fee for project improvements, or other reasonable permit or application fee.
             1054          (8) (a) "Local political subdivision" means a county, a municipality, a local district
             1055      under Title 17B, Limited Purpose Local Government Entities - Local Districts, or a special
             1056      service district under Title [17A] 17D, Chapter [2, Part 13, Utah] 1, Special Service District
             1057      Act.
             1058          (b) "Local political subdivision" does not mean school districts, whose impact fee
             1059      activity is governed by Section 53A-20-100.5 .
             1060          (9) "Private entity" means an entity with private ownership that provides culinary water
             1061      that is required to be used as a condition of development.
             1062          (10) (a) "Project improvements" means site improvements and facilities that are:
             1063          (i) planned and designed to provide service for development resulting from a
             1064      development activity; and
             1065          (ii) necessary for the use and convenience of the occupants or users of development
             1066      resulting from a development activity.
             1067          (b) "Project improvements" does not mean system improvements.
             1068          (11) "Proportionate share" means the cost of public facility improvements that are
             1069      roughly proportionate and reasonably related to the service demands and needs of any
             1070      development activity.
             1071          (12) "Public facilities" means only the following capital facilities that have a life
             1072      expectancy of ten or more years and are owned or operated by or on behalf of a local political
             1073      subdivision or private entity:
             1074          (a) water rights and water supply, treatment, and distribution facilities;
             1075          (b) wastewater collection and treatment facilities;
             1076          (c) storm water, drainage, and flood control facilities;
             1077          (d) municipal power facilities;
             1078          (e) roadway facilities;
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         (g) public safety facilities.
             1081          (13) (a) "Public safety facility" means:
             1082          (i) a building constructed or leased to house police, fire, or other public safety entities;
             1083      or
             1084          (ii) a fire suppression vehicle with a ladder reach of at least 75 feet, costing in excess of
             1085      $1,250,000, that is necessary for fire suppression in commercial areas with one or more
             1086      buildings at least five stories high.
             1087          (b) "Public safety facility" does not mean a jail, prison, or other place of involuntary
             1088      incarceration.
             1089          (14) (a) "Roadway facilities" means streets or roads that have been designated on an
             1090      officially adopted subdivision plat, roadway plan, or general plan of a political subdivision,
             1091      together with all necessary appurtenances.
             1092          (b) "Roadway facilities" includes associated improvements to federal or state roadways
             1093      only when the associated improvements:
             1094          (i) are necessitated by the new development; and
             1095          (ii) are not funded by the state or federal government.
             1096          (c) "Roadway facilities" does not mean federal or state roadways.
             1097          (15) (a) "Service area" means a geographic area designated by a local political
             1098      subdivision on the basis of sound planning or engineering principles in which a defined set of
             1099      public facilities provide service within the area.
             1100          (b) "Service area" may include the entire local political subdivision.
             1101          (16) (a) "System improvements" means:
             1102          (i) existing public facilities that are designed to provide services to service areas within
             1103      the community at large; and
             1104          (ii) future public facilities identified in a capital facilities plan that are intended to
             1105      provide services to service areas within the community at large.
             1106          (b) "System improvements" does not mean project improvements.
             1107          Section 16. Section 11-36-201 is amended to read:
             1108           11-36-201. Impact fees -- Analysis -- Capital facilities plan -- Notice of plan --
             1109      Summary -- Exemptions.
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     requirements of this chapter before establishing or modifying any impact fee.
             1112          (b) A local political subdivision may not:
             1113          (i) establish any new impact fees that are not authorized by this chapter; or
             1114          (ii) impose or charge any other fees as a condition of development approval unless
             1115      those fees are a reasonable charge for the service provided.
             1116          (c) Notwithstanding any other requirements of this chapter, each local political
             1117      subdivision shall ensure that each existing impact fee that is charged for any public facility not
             1118      authorized by Subsection 11-36-102 (12) is repealed by July 1, 1995.
             1119          (d) (i) Existing impact fees for public facilities authorized in Subsection 11-36-102 (12)
             1120      that are charged by local political subdivisions need not comply with the requirements of this
             1121      chapter until July 1, 1997.
             1122          (ii) By July 1, 1997, each local political subdivision shall:
             1123          (A) review any impact fees in existence as of the effective date of this act, and prepare
             1124      and approve the analysis required by this section for each of those impact fees; and
             1125          (B) ensure that the impact fees comply with the requirements of this chapter.
             1126          (2) (a) Before imposing impact fees, each local political subdivision shall prepare a
             1127      capital facilities plan.
             1128          (b) (i) As used in this Subsection (2)(b):
             1129          (A) (I) "Affected entity" means each county, municipality, local district under Title
             1130      17B, Limited Purpose Local Government Entities - Local Districts, special service district
             1131      under Title [17A] 17D, Chapter [2, Part 13, Utah] 1, Special Service District Act, school
             1132      district, interlocal cooperation entity established under Chapter 13, Interlocal Cooperation Act,
             1133      and specified public utility:
             1134          (Aa) whose services or facilities are likely to require expansion or significant
             1135      modification because of the facilities proposed in the proposed capital facilities plan; or
             1136          (Bb) that has filed with the local political subdivision or private entity a copy of the
             1137      general or long-range plan of the county, municipality, local district, special service district,
             1138      school district, interlocal cooperation entity, or specified public utility.
             1139          (II) "Affected entity" does not include the local political subdivision or private entity
             1140      that is required under this Subsection (2) to provide notice.
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             1143          (ii) Before preparing a capital facilities plan for facilities proposed on land located
             1144      within a county of the first or second class, each local political subdivision and each private
             1145      entity shall provide written notice, as provided in this Subsection (2)(b), of its intent to prepare
             1146      a capital facilities plan.
             1147          (iii) Each notice under Subsection (2)(b)(ii) shall:
             1148          (A) indicate that the local political subdivision or private entity intends to prepare a
             1149      capital facilities plan;
             1150          (B) describe or provide a map of the geographic area where the proposed capital
             1151      facilities will be located;
             1152          (C) be sent to:
             1153          (I) each county in whose unincorporated area and each municipality in whose
             1154      boundaries is located the land on which the proposed facilities will be located;
             1155          (II) each affected entity;
             1156          (III) the Automated Geographic Reference Center created in Section 63F-1-506 ;
             1157          (IV) the association of governments, established pursuant to an interlocal agreement
             1158      under Title 11, Chapter 13, Interlocal Cooperation Act, in which the facilities are proposed to
             1159      be located; and
             1160          (V) the state planning coordinator appointed under Section 63-38d-202 ; and
             1161          (D) with respect to the notice to affected entities, invite the affected entities to provide
             1162      information for the local political subdivision or private entity to consider in the process of
             1163      preparing, adopting, and implementing a capital facilities plan concerning:
             1164          (I) impacts that the facilities proposed in the capital facilities plan may have on the
             1165      affected entity; and
             1166          (II) facilities or uses of land that the affected entity is planning or considering that may
             1167      conflict with the facilities proposed in the capital facilities plan.
             1168          (c) The plan shall identify:
             1169          (i) demands placed upon existing public facilities by new development activity; and
             1170          (ii) the proposed means by which the local political subdivision will meet those
             1171      demands.
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     general plan required by Sections 10-9a-401 and 17-27a-401 contains the elements required by
             1174      Subsection (2)(c).
             1175          (e) (i) If a local political subdivision prepares an independent capital facilities plan
             1176      rather than including a capital facilities element in the general plan, the local political
             1177      subdivision shall, before adopting the capital facilities plan:
             1178          (A) give public notice of the plan according to this Subsection (2)(e);
             1179          (B) at least 14 days before the date of the public hearing:
             1180          (I) make a copy of the plan, together with a summary designed to be understood by a
             1181      lay person, available to the public; and
             1182          (II) place a copy of the plan and summary in each public library within the local
             1183      political subdivision; and
             1184          (C) hold a public hearing to hear public comment on the plan.
             1185          (ii) Municipalities shall comply with the notice and hearing requirements of, and,
             1186      except as provided in Subsection 11-36-401 (4)(f), receive the protections of Sections
             1187      10-9a-205 and 10-9a-801 and Subsection 10-9a-502 (2).
             1188          (iii) Counties shall comply with the notice and hearing requirements of, and, except as
             1189      provided in Subsection 11-36-401 (4)(f), receive the protections of Sections 17-27a-205 and
             1190      17-27a-801 and Subsection 17-27a-502 (2).
             1191          (iv) Local districts, special service districts, and private entities shall comply with the
             1192      notice and hearing requirements of, and receive the protections of, Section 17B-1-111 .
             1193          (v) Nothing contained in this Subsection (2)(e) or in the subsections referenced in
             1194      Subsections (2)(e)(ii) and (iii) may be construed to require involvement by a planning
             1195      commission in the capital facilities planning process.
             1196          (f) (i) Local political subdivisions with a population or serving a population of less
             1197      than 5,000 as of the last federal census need not comply with the capital facilities plan
             1198      requirements of this part, but shall ensure that the impact fees imposed by them are based upon
             1199      a reasonable plan.
             1200          (ii) Subsection (2)(f)(i) does not apply to private entities.
             1201          (3) In preparing the plan, each local political subdivision shall generally consider all
             1202      revenue sources, including impact fees, to finance the impacts on system improvements.
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     activities when its plan for financing system improvements establishes that impact fees are
             1205      necessary to achieve an equitable allocation to the costs borne in the past and to be borne in the
             1206      future, in comparison to the benefits already received and yet to be received.
             1207          (5) (a) Each local political subdivision imposing impact fees shall prepare a written
             1208      analysis of each impact fee that:
             1209          (i) identifies the impact on system improvements required by the development activity;
             1210          (ii) demonstrates how those impacts on system improvements are reasonably related to
             1211      the development activity;
             1212          (iii) estimates the proportionate share of the costs of impacts on system improvements
             1213      that are reasonably related to the new development activity; and
             1214          (iv) based upon those factors and the requirements of this chapter, identifies how the
             1215      impact fee was calculated.
             1216          (b) In analyzing whether or not the proportionate share of the costs of public facilities
             1217      are reasonably related to the new development activity, the local political subdivision shall
             1218      identify, if applicable:
             1219          (i) the cost of existing public facilities;
             1220          (ii) the manner of financing existing public facilities, such as user charges, special
             1221      assessments, bonded indebtedness, general taxes, or federal grants;
             1222          (iii) the relative extent to which the newly developed properties and the other
             1223      properties in the municipality have already contributed to the cost of existing public facilities,
             1224      by such means as user charges, special assessments, or payment from the proceeds of general
             1225      taxes;
             1226          (iv) the relative extent to which the newly developed properties and the other
             1227      properties in the municipality will contribute to the cost of existing public facilities in the
             1228      future;
             1229          (v) the extent to which the newly developed properties are entitled to a credit because
             1230      the municipality is requiring their developers or owners, by contractual arrangement or
             1231      otherwise, to provide common facilities, inside or outside the proposed development, that have
             1232      been provided by the municipality and financed through general taxation or other means, apart
             1233      from user charges, in other parts of the municipality;
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         (vii) the time-price differential inherent in fair comparisons of amounts paid at
             1236      different times.
             1237          (c) Each local political subdivision that prepares a written analysis under this
             1238      Subsection (5) on or after July 1, 2000 shall also prepare a summary of the written analysis,
             1239      designed to be understood by a lay person.
             1240          (6) Each local political subdivision that adopts an impact fee enactment under Section
             1241      11-36-202 on or after July 1, 2000 shall, at least 14 days before adopting the enactment, submit
             1242      to each public library within the local political subdivision:
             1243          (a) a copy of the written analysis required by Subsection (5)(a); and
             1244          (b) a copy of the summary required by Subsection (5)(c).
             1245          (7) Nothing in this chapter may be construed to repeal or otherwise eliminate any
             1246      impact fee in effect on the effective date of this chapter that is pledged as a source of revenues
             1247      to pay bonded indebtedness that was incurred before the effective date of this chapter.
             1248          Section 17. Section 11-39-101 is amended to read:
             1249           11-39-101. Definitions.
             1250          As used in this chapter:
             1251          (1) "Bid limit" means:
             1252          (a) for a building improvement:
             1253          (i) for the year 2003, $40,000; and
             1254          (ii) for each year after 2003, the amount of the bid limit for the previous year, plus an
             1255      amount calculated by multiplying the amount of the bid limit for the previous year by the lesser
             1256      of 3% or the actual percent change in the Consumer Price Index during the previous calendar
             1257      year; and
             1258          (b) for a public works project:
             1259          (i) for the year 2003, $125,000; and
             1260          (ii) for each year after 2003, the amount of the bid limit for the previous year, plus an
             1261      amount calculated by multiplying the amount of the bid limit for the previous year by the lesser
             1262      of 3% or the actual percent change in the Consumer Price Index during the previous calendar
             1263      year.
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         (b) does not include construction or repair at an international airport.
             1267          (3) "Consumer Price Index" means the Consumer Price Index for All Urban
             1268      Consumers as published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department of
             1269      Labor.
             1270          (4) "Design-build project":
             1271          (a) means a building improvement or public works project costing over $250,000 with
             1272      respect to which both the design and construction are provided for in a single contract with a
             1273      contractor or combination of contractors capable of providing design-build services; and
             1274          (b) does not include a building improvement or public works project:
             1275          (i) that is undertaken by a local entity under contract with a construction manager that
             1276      guarantees the contract price and is at risk for any amount over the contract price; and
             1277          (ii) each component of which is competitively bid.
             1278          (5) "Design-build services" means the engineering, architectural, and other services
             1279      necessary to formulate and implement a design-build project, including its actual construction.
             1280          (6) "Emergency repairs" means a building improvement or public works project
             1281      undertaken on an expedited basis to:
             1282          (a) eliminate an imminent risk of damage to or loss of public or private property;
             1283          (b) remedy a condition that poses an immediate physical danger; or
             1284          (c) reduce a substantial, imminent risk of interruption of an essential public service.
             1285          (7) "Governing body" means:
             1286          (a) for a county, city, or town, the legislative body of the county, city, or town;
             1287          (b) for a local district, the board of trustees of the local district; and
             1288          (c) for a special service district:
             1289          (i) the legislative body of the county, city, or town that established the special service
             1290      district, if no administrative control board has been appointed under Section [ 17A-2-1326 ]
             1291      17D-1-301 ; or
             1292          (ii) the administrative control board of the special service district, if an administrative
             1293      control board has been appointed under Section [ 17A-2-1326 ] 17D-1-301 .
             1294          (8) "Local district" has the same meaning as defined in Section 17B-1-102 .
             1295          (9) "Local entity" means a county, city, town, local district, or special service district.
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             1298      requirements of the plans and specifications for the building improvement or public works
             1299      project;
             1300          (b) is the lowest bidder that satisfies the local entity's criteria relating to financial
             1301      strength, past performance, integrity, reliability, and other factors that the local entity uses to
             1302      assess the ability of a bidder to perform fully and in good faith the contract requirements;
             1303          (c) has furnished a bid bond or equivalent in money as a condition to the award of a
             1304      prime contract; and
             1305          (d) furnishes a payment and performance bond as required by law.
             1306          (11) "Procurement code" means the provisions of Title 63, Chapter 56, Utah
             1307      Procurement Code.
             1308          (12) "Public works project":
             1309          (a) means the construction of:
             1310          (i) a park or recreational facility; or
             1311          (ii) a pipeline, culvert, dam, canal, or other system for water, sewage, storm water, or
             1312      flood control; and
             1313          (b) does not include:
             1314          (i) the replacement or repair of existing infrastructure on private property;
             1315          (ii) construction commenced before June 1, 2003; and
             1316          (iii) construction or repair at an international airport.
             1317          (13) "Special service district" [means a special service district under Title 17A,
             1318      Chapter 2, Part 13, Utah Special Service District Act] has the same meaning as defined in
             1319      Section 17D-1-102 .
             1320          Section 18. Section 11-39-104 is amended to read:
             1321           11-39-104. Exceptions.
             1322          (1) The requirements of Section 11-39-103 do not apply to:
             1323          (a) emergency repairs;
             1324          (b) a building improvement or public works project if the estimated cost under Section
             1325      11-39-102 is less than the bid limit; or
             1326          (c) the conduct or management of any of the departments, business, or property of the
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         (2) This section may not be construed to limit the application of Section 72-6-108 to an
             1329      improvement project, as defined in Section 72-6-109 , that would otherwise be subject to
             1330      Section 72-6-108 .
             1331          (3) This part applies to a building improvement or public works project of a special
             1332      service district only to the extent that the contract for the building improvement or public
             1333      works project is in a class of contract designated under Section 17D-1-107 as subject to this
             1334      part.
             1335          Section 19. Section 11-40-101 is amended to read:
             1336           11-40-101. Definitions.
             1337          As used in this chapter:
             1338          (1) "Applicant" means a person who seeks employment with a public water utility,
             1339      either as an employee or as an independent contractor, and who, after employment, would, in
             1340      the judgment of the public water utility, be in a position to affect the safety or security of the
             1341      publicly owned treatment works or public water system or to affect the safety or well-being of
             1342      patrons of the public water utility.
             1343          (2) "Division" means the Criminal Investigation and Technical Services Division of the
             1344      Department of Public Safety, established in Section 53-10-103 .
             1345          (3) "Independent contractor":
             1346          (a) means an engineer, contractor, consultant, or supplier who designs, constructs,
             1347      operates, maintains, repairs, replaces, or provides water treatment or conveyance facilities or
             1348      equipment, or related control or security facilities or equipment, to the public water utility; and
             1349          (b) includes the employees and agents of the engineer, contractor, consultant, or
             1350      supplier.
             1351          (4) "Person seeking access" means a person who seeks access to a public water utility's
             1352      public water system or publicly owned treatment works and who, after obtaining access, would,
             1353      in the judgment of the public water utility, be in a position to affect the safety or security of the
             1354      publicly owned treatment works or public water system or to affect the safety or well-being of
             1355      patrons of the public water utility.
             1356          (5) "Publicly owned treatment works" has the same meaning as defined in Section
             1357      19-5-102 .
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         (7) "Public water utility" means a county, city, town, local district under Title 17B,
             1360      Chapter 1, Provisions Applicable to All Local Districts, special service district under Title
             1361      [17A] 17D, Chapter [2, Part 13, Utah] 1, Special Service District Act, or other political
             1362      subdivision of the state that operates publicly owned treatment works or a public water system.
             1363          Section 20. Section 11-42-102 is amended to read:
             1364           11-42-102. Definitions.
             1365          (1) "Adequate protests" means timely filed, written protests under Section 11-42-203
             1366      that represent at least 50% of the frontage, area, taxable value, fair market value, lots, number
             1367      of connections, or equivalent residential units of the property proposed to be assessed,
             1368      according to the same assessment method by which the assessment is proposed to be levied,
             1369      after eliminating:
             1370          (a) protests relating to:
             1371          (i) property that has been deleted from a proposed assessment area; or
             1372          (ii) an improvement that has been deleted from the proposed improvements to be
             1373      provided to property within the proposed assessment area; and
             1374          (b) protests that have been withdrawn under Subsection 11-42-203 (3).
             1375          (2) "Assessment area" means an area, or, if more than one area is designated, the
             1376      aggregate of all areas within a local entity's jurisdictional boundaries that is designated by a
             1377      local entity under Part 2, Designating an Assessment Area, for the purpose of financing the
             1378      costs of improvements, operation and maintenance, or economic promotion activities that
             1379      benefit property within the area.
             1380          (3) "Assessment bonds" means bonds that are:
             1381          (a) issued under Section 11-42-605 ; and
             1382          (b) payable in part or in whole from assessments levied in an assessment area,
             1383      improvement revenues, and a guaranty fund or reserve fund.
             1384          (4) "Assessment fund" means a special fund that a local entity establishes under
             1385      Section 11-42-412 .
             1386          (5) "Assessment lien" means a lien on property within an assessment area that arises
             1387      from the levy of an assessment, as provided in Section 11-42-501 .
             1388          (6) "Assessment method" means the method by which an assessment is levied against
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     connections, equivalent residential unit, or any combination of these methods.
             1391          (7) "Assessment ordinance" means an ordinance adopted by a local entity under
             1392      Section 11-42-404 that levies an assessment on benefitted property within an assessment area.
             1393          (8) "Assessment resolution" means a resolution adopted by a local entity under Section
             1394      11-42-404 that levies an assessment on benefitted property within an assessment area.
             1395          (9) "Benefitted property" means property within an assessment area that benefits from
             1396      improvements, operation and maintenance, or economic promotion activities.
             1397          (10) "Bond anticipation notes" means notes issued under Section 11-42-602 in
             1398      anticipation of the issuance of assessment bonds.
             1399          (11) "Bonds" means assessment bonds and refunding assessment bonds.
             1400          (12) "Commercial area" means an area in which at least 75% of the property is devoted
             1401      to the interchange of goods or commodities.
             1402          (13) "Connection fee" means a fee charged by a local entity to pay for the costs of
             1403      connecting property to a publicly owned sewer, water, gas, telecommunications, or electrical
             1404      system, whether or not improvements are installed on the property.
             1405          (14) "Contract price" means:
             1406          (a) the cost of acquiring an improvement, if the improvement is acquired; or
             1407          (b) the amount payable to one or more contractors for the design, engineering,
             1408      inspection, and construction of an improvement.
             1409          (15) "Designation ordinance" means an ordinance adopted by a local entity under
             1410      Section 11-42-206 designating an assessment area.
             1411          (16) "Designation resolution" means a resolution adopted by a local entity under
             1412      Section 11-42-206 designating an assessment area.
             1413          (17) "Economic promotion activities" means activities that promote economic growth
             1414      in a commercial area of a local entity, including:
             1415          (a) sponsoring festivals and markets;
             1416          (b) promoting business investment or activities;
             1417          (c) helping to coordinate public and private actions; and
             1418          (d) developing and issuing publications designed to improve the economic well-being
             1419      of the commercial area.
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     to a single-family residence in terms of the nature of its use or impact on an improvement to be
             1422      provided in the assessment area.
             1423          (19) "Governing body" means:
             1424          (a) for a county, city, or town, the legislative body of the county, city, or town;
             1425          (b) for a local district, the board of trustees of the local district; and
             1426          (c) for a special service district:
             1427          (i) the legislative body of the county, city, or town that established the special service
             1428      district, if no administrative control board has been appointed under Section [ 17A-2-1326 ]
             1429      17D-1-301 ; or
             1430          (ii) the administrative control board of the special service district, if an administrative
             1431      control board has been appointed under Section [ 17A-2-1326 ] 17D-1-301 .
             1432          (20) "Guaranty fund" means the fund established by a local entity under Section
             1433      11-42-701 .
             1434          (21) "Improved property" means property proposed to be assessed within an
             1435      assessment area upon which a residential, commercial, or other building has been built.
             1436          (22) "Improvement" means any publicly owned infrastructure, system, or other facility
             1437      that:
             1438          (a) a local entity is authorized to provide; or
             1439          (b) the governing body of a local entity determines is necessary or convenient to enable
             1440      the local entity to provide a service that the local entity is authorized to provide.
             1441          (23) "Improvement revenues":
             1442          (a) means charges, fees, impact fees, or other revenues that a local entity receives from
             1443      improvements; and
             1444          (b) does not include revenue from assessments.
             1445          (24) "Incidental refunding costs" means any costs of issuing refunding assessment
             1446      bonds and calling, retiring, or paying prior bonds, including:
             1447          (a) legal and accounting fees;
             1448          (b) charges of fiscal agents, escrow agents, and trustees;
             1449          (c) underwriting discount costs, printing costs, the costs of giving notice;
             1450          (d) any premium necessary in the calling or retiring of prior bonds;
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     refund the outstanding prior bonds;
             1453          (f) any other costs that the governing body determines are necessary or desirable to
             1454      incur in connection with the issuance of refunding assessment bonds; and
             1455          (g) any interest on the prior bonds that is required to be paid in connection with the
             1456      issuance of the refunding assessment bonds.
             1457          (25) "Installment payment date" means the date on which an installment payment of an
             1458      assessment is payable.
             1459          (26) "Interim warrant" means a warrant issued by a local entity under Section
             1460      11-42-601 .
             1461          (27) "Jurisdictional boundaries" means:
             1462          (a) for a county, the boundaries of the unincorporated area of the county; and
             1463          (b) for each other local entity, the boundaries of the local entity.
             1464          (28) "Local district" means a local district under Title 17B, Limited Purpose Local
             1465      Government Entities - Local Districts.
             1466          (29) "Local entity" means a county, city, town, special service district, or local district.
             1467          (30) "Local entity obligations" means assessment bonds, refunding assessment bonds,
             1468      interim warrants, and bond anticipation notes issued by a local entity.
             1469          (31) "Mailing address" means:
             1470          (a) a property owner's last-known address using the name and address appearing on the
             1471      last completed real property assessment roll of the county in which the property is located; and
             1472          (b) if the property is improved property:
             1473          (i) the property's street number; or
             1474          (ii) the post office box, rural route number, or other mailing address of the property, if
             1475      a street number has not been assigned.
             1476          (32) "Net improvement revenues" means all improvement revenues that a local entity
             1477      has received since the last installment payment date, less all amounts payable by the local entity
             1478      from those improvement revenues for operation and maintenance costs.
             1479          (33) "Operation and maintenance costs" means the costs that a local entity incurs in
             1480      operating and maintaining improvements in an assessment area, including service charges,
             1481      administrative costs, ongoing maintenance charges, and tariffs or other charges for electrical,
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         (34) "Optional facilities":
             1484          (a) means facilities in an assessment area that:
             1485          (i) can be conveniently installed at the same time as improvements in the assessment
             1486      area; and
             1487          (ii) are requested by a property owner on whose property or for whose benefit the
             1488      improvements are being installed; and
             1489          (b) includes private driveways, irrigation ditches, and water turnouts.
             1490          (35) "Overhead costs" means the actual costs incurred or the estimated costs to be
             1491      incurred by a local entity in connection with an assessment area for appraisals, legal fees, filing
             1492      fees, financial advisory charges, underwriting fees, placement fees, escrow, trustee, and paying
             1493      agent fees, publishing and mailing costs, costs of levying an assessment, recording costs, and
             1494      all other incidental costs.
             1495          (36) "Prior bonds" means the assessment bonds that are refunded in part or in whole by
             1496      refunding assessment bonds.
             1497          (37) "Prior assessment ordinance" means the ordinance levying the assessments from
             1498      which the prior bonds are payable.
             1499          (38) "Prior assessment resolution" means the resolution levying the assessments from
             1500      which the prior bonds are payable.
             1501          (39) "Project engineer" means the surveyor or engineer employed by or private
             1502      consulting engineer engaged by a local entity to perform the necessary engineering services for
             1503      and to supervise the construction or installation of the improvements.
             1504          (40) "Property" includes real property and any interest in real property, including water
             1505      rights, leasehold rights, and personal property related to the property.
             1506          (41) "Property price" means the price at which a local entity purchases or acquires by
             1507      eminent domain property to make improvements in an assessment area.
             1508          (42) "Provide" or "providing," with reference to an improvement, includes the
             1509      acquisition, construction, reconstruction, renovation, maintenance, repair, operation, and
             1510      expansion of an improvement.
             1511          (43) "Public agency" means:
             1512          (a) the state or any agency, department, or division of the state; and
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         (44) "Reduced payment obligation" means the full obligation of an owner of property
             1515      within an assessment area to pay an assessment levied on the property after the assessment has
             1516      been reduced because of the issuance of refunding assessment bonds, as provided in Section
             1517      11-42-608 .
             1518          (45) "Refunding assessment bonds" means assessment bonds that a local entity issues
             1519      under Section 11-42-607 to refund, in part or in whole, assessment bonds.
             1520          (46) "Reserve fund" means a fund established by a local entity under Section
             1521      11-42-702 .
             1522          (47) "Service" means water, sewer, garbage collection, library, recreation, or electric
             1523      service, economic promotion activities, or any other service that a local entity is required or
             1524      authorized to provide.
             1525          (48) "Special service district" [means a special service district under Title 17A,
             1526      Chapter 2, Part 13, Utah Special Service District Act] has the same meaning as defined in
             1527      Section 17D-1-102 .
             1528          (49) "Unimproved property" means property upon which no residential, commercial, or
             1529      other building has been built.
             1530          (50) "Voluntary assessment area" means an assessment area that contains only property
             1531      whose owners have voluntarily consented to an assessment.
             1532          Section 21. Section 11-43-102 is amended to read:
             1533           11-43-102. Memorials by political subdivisions.
             1534          (1) As used in this section:
             1535          (a) "Political subdivision" means any county, city, town, or school district.
             1536          (b) "Political subdivision" does not mean a local district under Title 17B, Limited
             1537      Purpose Local Government Entities - Local Districts, or a special service district under Title
             1538      [17A] 17D, Chapter [2, Part 13, Utah] 1, Special Service District Act[, or a dependent district
             1539      under Title 17A, Chapter 3, Dependent Districts].
             1540          (2) A political subdivision may authorize the use or donation of the political
             1541      subdivision's land for the purpose of maintaining, erecting, or contributing to the erection or
             1542      maintenance of a memorial to commemorate those individuals who have:
             1543          (a) participated in or have given their lives in any of the one or more wars or military
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         (b) given their lives in association with public service on behalf of the state or the
             1546      political subdivision, including firefighters, peace officers, highway patrol officers, or other
             1547      public servants.
             1548          (3) The use or donation of a political subdivision's land in relation to a memorial
             1549      described in Subsection (2) may include:
             1550          (a) using or appropriating public funds for the purchase, development, improvement, or
             1551      maintenance of public land on which a memorial is located or established;
             1552          (b) using or appropriating public funds for the erection, improvement, or maintenance
             1553      of a memorial;
             1554          (c) donating or selling public land for use in relation to a memorial; or
             1555          (d) authorizing the use of a political subdivision's land for a memorial that is funded or
             1556      maintained in part or in full by another public or private entity.
             1557          (4) The political subdivision may specify the form, placement, and design of a
             1558      memorial that is subject to this section.
             1559          Section 22. Section 17-27a-103 is amended to read:
             1560           17-27a-103. Definitions.
             1561          As used in this chapter:
             1562          (1) "Affected entity" means a county, municipality, local district, special service
             1563      district under Title [17A] 17D, Chapter [2, Part 13, Utah] 1, Special Service District Act,
             1564      school district, interlocal cooperation entity established under Title 11, Chapter 13, Interlocal
             1565      Cooperation Act, specified property owner, property owners association, public utility, or the
             1566      Utah Department of Transportation, if:
             1567          (a) the entity's services or facilities are likely to require expansion or significant
             1568      modification because of an intended use of land;
             1569          (b) the entity has filed with the county a copy of the entity's general or long-range plan;
             1570      or
             1571          (c) the entity has filed with the county a request for notice during the same calendar
             1572      year and before the county provides notice to an affected entity in compliance with a
             1573      requirement imposed under this chapter.
             1574          (2) "Appeal authority" means the person, board, commission, agency, or other body
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     variance.
             1577          (3) "Billboard" means a freestanding ground sign located on industrial, commercial, or
             1578      residential property if the sign is designed or intended to direct attention to a business, product,
             1579      or service that is not sold, offered, or existing on the property where the sign is located.
             1580          (4) "Charter school" includes:
             1581          (a) an operating charter school;
             1582          (b) a charter school applicant that has its application approved by a chartering entity in
             1583      accordance with Title 53A, Chapter 1a, Part 5, The Utah Charter Schools Act; and
             1584          (c) an entity who is working on behalf of a charter school or approved charter applicant
             1585      to develop or construct a charter school building.
             1586          (5) "Chief executive officer" means the person or body that exercises the executive
             1587      powers of the county.
             1588          (6) "Conditional use" means a land use that, because of its unique characteristics or
             1589      potential impact on the county, surrounding neighbors, or adjacent land uses, may not be
             1590      compatible in some areas or may be compatible only if certain conditions are required that
             1591      mitigate or eliminate the detrimental impacts.
             1592          (7) "Constitutional taking" means a governmental action that results in a taking of
             1593      private property so that compensation to the owner of the property is required by the:
             1594          (a) Fifth or Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States; or
             1595          (b) Utah Constitution Article I, Section 22.
             1596          (8) "Culinary water authority" means the department, agency, or public entity with
             1597      responsibility to review and approve the feasibility of the culinary water system and sources for
             1598      the subject property.
             1599          (9) (a) "Disability" means a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one
             1600      or more of a person's major life activities, including a person having a record of such an
             1601      impairment or being regarded as having such an impairment.
             1602          (b) "Disability" does not include current illegal use of, or addiction to, any federally
             1603      controlled substance, as defined in Section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act, 21 U.S.C.
             1604      802.
             1605          (10) "Elderly person" means a person who is 60 years old or older, who desires or
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     independently.
             1608          (11) "Fire authority" means the department, agency, or public entity with responsibility
             1609      to review and approve the feasibility of fire protection and suppression services for the subject
             1610      property.
             1611          (12) "Gas corporation" has the same meaning as defined in Section 54-2-1 .
             1612          (13) "General plan" means a document that a county adopts that sets forth general
             1613      guidelines for proposed future development of the unincorporated land within the county.
             1614          (14) "Identical plans" means building plans submitted to a county that are substantially
             1615      identical building plans that were previously submitted to and reviewed and approved by the
             1616      county and describe a building that is:
             1617          (a) located on land zoned the same as the land on which the building described in the
             1618      previously approved plans is located; and
             1619          (b) subject to the same geological and meteorological conditions and the same law as
             1620      the building described in the previously approved plans.
             1621          (15) "Interstate pipeline company" means a person or entity engaged in natural gas
             1622      transportation subject to the jurisdiction of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission under
             1623      the Natural Gas Act, 15 U.S.C. Sec. 717 et seq.
             1624          (16) "Intrastate pipeline company" means a person or entity engaged in natural gas
             1625      transportation that is not subject to the jurisdiction of the Federal Energy Regulatory
             1626      Commission under the Natural Gas Act, 15 U.S.C. Sec. 717 et seq.
             1627          (17) "Land use application" means an application required by a county's land use
             1628      ordinance.
             1629          (18) "Land use authority" means a person, board, commission, agency, or other body
             1630      designated by the local legislative body to act upon a land use application.
             1631          (19) "Land use ordinance" means a planning, zoning, development, or subdivision
             1632      ordinance of the county, but does not include the general plan.
             1633          (20) "Land use permit" means a permit issued by a land use authority.
             1634          (21) "Legislative body" means the county legislative body, or for a county that has
             1635      adopted an alternative form of government, the body exercising legislative powers.
             1636          (22) "Local district" means any entity under Title 17B, Limited Purpose Local
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             1639          (23) "Lot line adjustment" means the relocation of the property boundary line in a
             1640      subdivision between two adjoining lots with the consent of the owners of record.
             1641          (24) "Moderate income housing" means housing occupied or reserved for occupancy
             1642      by households with a gross household income equal to or less than 80% of the median gross
             1643      income for households of the same size in the county in which the housing is located.
             1644          (25) "Nominal fee" means a fee that reasonably reimburses a county only for time spent
             1645      and expenses incurred in:
             1646          (a) verifying that building plans are identical plans; and
             1647          (b) reviewing and approving those minor aspects of identical plans that differ from the
             1648      previously reviewed and approved building plans.
             1649          (26) "Noncomplying structure" means a structure that:
             1650          (a) legally existed before its current land use designation; and
             1651          (b) because of one or more subsequent land use ordinance changes, does not conform
             1652      to the setback, height restrictions, or other regulations, excluding those regulations that govern
             1653      the use of land.
             1654          (27) "Nonconforming use" means a use of land that:
             1655          (a) legally existed before its current land use designation;
             1656          (b) has been maintained continuously since the time the land use ordinance regulation
             1657      governing the land changed; and
             1658          (c) because of one or more subsequent land use ordinance changes, does not conform
             1659      to the regulations that now govern the use of the land.
             1660          (28) "Official map" means a map drawn by county authorities and recorded in the
             1661      county recorder's office that:
             1662          (a) shows actual and proposed rights-of-way, centerline alignments, and setbacks for
             1663      highways and other transportation facilities;
             1664          (b) provides a basis for restricting development in designated rights-of-way or between
             1665      designated setbacks to allow the government authorities time to purchase or otherwise reserve
             1666      the land; and
             1667          (c) has been adopted as an element of the county's general plan.
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     trust, governmental agency, or any other legal entity.
             1670          (30) "Plan for moderate income housing" means a written document adopted by a
             1671      county legislative body that includes:
             1672          (a) an estimate of the existing supply of moderate income housing located within the
             1673      county;
             1674          (b) an estimate of the need for moderate income housing in the county for the next five
             1675      years as revised biennially;
             1676          (c) a survey of total residential land use;
             1677          (d) an evaluation of how existing land uses and zones affect opportunities for moderate
             1678      income housing; and
             1679          (e) a description of the county's program to encourage an adequate supply of moderate
             1680      income housing.
             1681          (31) "Plat" means a map or other graphical representation of lands being laid out and
             1682      prepared in accordance with Section 17-27a-603 , 17-23-17 , or 57-8-13 .
             1683          (32) "Public hearing" means a hearing at which members of the public are provided a
             1684      reasonable opportunity to comment on the subject of the hearing.
             1685          (33) "Public meeting" means a meeting that is required to be open to the public under
             1686      Title 52, Chapter 4, Open and Public Meetings Act.
             1687          (34) "Receiving zone" means an unincorporated area of a county that the county's land
             1688      use authority designates as an area in which an owner of land may receive transferrable
             1689      development rights.
             1690          (35) "Record of survey map" means a map of a survey of land prepared in accordance
             1691      with Section 17-23-17 .
             1692          (36) "Residential facility for elderly persons" means a single-family or multiple-family
             1693      dwelling unit that meets the requirements of Section 17-27a-515 , but does not include a health
             1694      care facility as defined by Section 26-21-2 .
             1695          (37) "Residential facility for persons with a disability" means a residence:
             1696          (a) in which more than one person with a disability resides; and
             1697          (b) (i) is licensed or certified by the Department of Human Services under Title 62A,
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     Health Care Facility Licensing and Inspection Act.
             1701          (38) "Sanitary sewer authority" means the department, agency, or public entity with
             1702      responsibility to review and approve the feasibility of sanitary sewer services or onsite
             1703      wastewater systems.
             1704          (39) "Sending zone" means an unincorporated area of a county that the county's land
             1705      use authority designates as an area from which an owner of land may transfer transferrable
             1706      development rights to an owner of land in a receiving zone.
             1707          (40) "Specified public utility" means an electrical corporation, gas corporation, or
             1708      telephone corporation, as those terms are defined in Section 54-2-1 .
             1709          (41) "Street" means a public right-of-way, including a highway, avenue, boulevard,
             1710      parkway, road, lane, walk, alley, viaduct, subway, tunnel, bridge, public easement, or other
             1711      way.
             1712          (42) (a) "Subdivision" means any land that is divided, resubdivided or proposed to be
             1713      divided into two or more lots, parcels, sites, units, plots, or other division of land for the
             1714      purpose, whether immediate or future, for offer, sale, lease, or development either on the
             1715      installment plan or upon any and all other plans, terms, and conditions.
             1716          (b) "Subdivision" includes:
             1717          (i) the division or development of land whether by deed, metes and bounds description,
             1718      devise and testacy, map, plat, or other recorded instrument; and
             1719          (ii) except as provided in Subsection (42)(c), divisions of land for residential and
             1720      nonresidential uses, including land used or to be used for commercial, agricultural, and
             1721      industrial purposes.
             1722          (c) "Subdivision" does not include:
             1723          (i) a bona fide division or partition of agricultural land for agricultural purposes;
             1724          (ii) a recorded agreement between owners of adjoining properties adjusting their
             1725      mutual boundary if:
             1726          (A) no new lot is created; and
             1727          (B) the adjustment does not violate applicable land use ordinances;
             1728          (iii) a recorded document, executed by the owner of record:
             1729          (A) revising the legal description of more than one contiguous unsubdivided parcel of
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         (B) joining a subdivided parcel of property to another parcel of property that has not
             1732      been subdivided, if the joinder does not violate applicable land use ordinances;
             1733          (iv) a bona fide division or partition of land in a county other than a first class county
             1734      for the purpose of siting, on one or more of the resulting separate parcels:
             1735          (A) an unmanned facility appurtenant to a pipeline owned or operated by a gas
             1736      corporation, interstate pipeline company, or intrastate pipeline company; or
             1737          (B) an unmanned telecommunications, microwave, fiber optic, electrical, or other
             1738      utility service regeneration, transformation, retransmission, or amplification facility; or
             1739          (v) a recorded agreement between owners of adjoining subdivided properties adjusting
             1740      their mutual boundary if:
             1741          (A) no new dwelling lot or housing unit will result from the adjustment; and
             1742          (B) the adjustment will not violate any applicable land use ordinance.
             1743          (d) The joining of a subdivided parcel of property to another parcel of property that has
             1744      not been subdivided does not constitute a subdivision under this Subsection (42) as to the
             1745      unsubdivided parcel of property or subject the unsubdivided parcel to the county's subdivision
             1746      ordinance.
             1747          (43) "Township" means a contiguous, geographically defined portion of the
             1748      unincorporated area of a county, established under this part or reconstituted or reinstated under
             1749      Section 17-27a-306 , with planning and zoning functions as exercised through the township
             1750      planning commission, as provided in this chapter, but with no legal or political identity
             1751      separate from the county and no taxing authority, except that "township" means a former
             1752      township under Chapter 308, Laws of Utah 1996 where the context so indicates.
             1753          (44) "Transferrable development right" means the entitlement to develop land within a
             1754      sending zone that would vest according to the county's existing land use ordinances on the date
             1755      that a completed land use application is filed seeking the approval of development activity on
             1756      the land.
             1757          (45) "Unincorporated" means the area outside of the incorporated area of a
             1758      municipality.
             1759          (46) "Zoning map" means a map, adopted as part of a land use ordinance, that depicts
             1760      land use zones, overlays, or districts.
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          17-52-403. Adoption of optional plan -- Effect of adoption.
             1763          (1) If a proposed optional plan is approved at an election held under Section
             1764      17-52-206 :
             1765          (a) the proposed optional plan becomes effective according to its terms and, subject to
             1766      Subsection 17-52-401 (1)(c), at the time specified in it, is public record open to inspection by
             1767      the public, and is judicially noticeable by all courts;
             1768          (b) the county clerk shall, within ten days of the canvass of the election, file with the
             1769      lieutenant governor a copy of the optional plan, certified by the clerk to be a true and correct
             1770      copy;
             1771          (c) all public officers and employees shall cooperate fully in making the transition
             1772      between forms of county government; and
             1773          (d) the county legislative body may enact and enforce necessary ordinances to bring
             1774      about an orderly transition to the new form of government, including any transfer of power,
             1775      records, documents, properties, assets, funds, liabilities, or personnel that are consistent with
             1776      the approved optional plan and necessary or convenient to place it into full effect.
             1777          (2) Adoption of an optional plan changing only the form of county government without
             1778      adopting one of the structural forms under Chapter 35b, Part 3, Structural Forms of County
             1779      Government, does not alter or affect the boundaries, organization, powers, duties, or functions
             1780      of any:
             1781          (a) school district;
             1782          (b) justice court;
             1783          (c) local district under Title 17B, Limited Purpose Local Government Entities - Local
             1784      Districts;
             1785          (d) special service district under Title [17A] 17D, Chapter [2, Part 13, Utah] 1, Special
             1786      Service District Act;
             1787          (e) city or town; or
             1788          (f) entity created by an interlocal agreement under Title 11, Chapter 13, Interlocal
             1789      Cooperation Act.
             1790          (3) After the adoption of an optional plan, the county remains vested with all powers
             1791      and duties vested generally in counties by statute.
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         17-50-324. Preservation of historical areas and sites.
             1794          A county may:
             1795          (1) expend public funds to preserve, protect, or enhance an historical area or site;
             1796          (2) acquire an historical area or site by direct purchase, contract, lease, trade, or gift;
             1 797          (3) obtain an easement or right-of-way across public or private property to S. [insure] ensure .S
             1798      access or proper development of an historical area or site;
             1799          (4) protect an historical area or site;
             1800          (5) ensure proper development and utilization of land or an area adjacent to an
             1801      historical area or site; and
             1802          (6) enter into an agreement with a private individual for the right to purchase an
             1803      historical area or site if and when the private individual elects to sell or dispose of the owner's
             1804      property.
             1805          Section 25. Section 17-53-311 is amended to read:
             1806           17-53-311. Contracting for management, maintenance, operation, or construction
             1807      of jails.
             1808          (1) (a) With the approval of the sheriff, a county executive may contract with private
             1809      contractors for management, maintenance, operation, and construction of county jails.
             1810          (b) A county executive may include a provision in the contract that allows use of a
             1811      building authority created under the provisions of Title [17A] 17D, Chapter [3, Part 9,
             1812      Municipal] 2, Local Building [Authorities] Authority Act, to construct or acquire a jail facility.
             1813          (c) A county executive may include a provision in the contract that requires that any
             1814      jail facility meet any federal, state, or local standards for the construction of jails.
             1815          (2) If a county executive contracts only for the management, maintenance, or operation
             1816      of a jail, the county executive shall include provisions in the contract that:
             1817          (a) require the private contractor to post a performance bond in the amount set by the
             1818      county legislative body;
             1819          (b) establish training standards that must be met by jail personnel;
             1820          (c) require the private contractor to provide and fund training for jail personnel so that
             1821      the personnel meet the standards established in the contract and any other federal, state, or local
             1822      standards for the operation of jails and the treatment of jail prisoners;
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     defalcations, and other activities committed by the private contractor that result in liability to
             1825      the county;
             1826          (e) require the private contractor to show evidence of liability insurance protecting the
             1827      county and its officers, employees, and agents from liability arising from the construction,
             1828      operation, or maintenance of the jail, in an amount not less than those specified in Title 63,
             1829      Chapter 30d, Governmental Immunity Act of Utah;
             1830          (f) require the private contractor to:
             1831          (i) receive all prisoners committed to the jail by competent authority; and
             1832          (ii) provide them with necessary food, clothing, and bedding in the manner prescribed
             1833      by the governing body; and
             1834          (g) prohibit the use of inmates by the private contractor for private business purposes
             1835      of any kind.
             1836          (3) A contractual provision requiring the private contractor to maintain liability
             1837      insurance in an amount not less than the liability limits established by Title 63, Chapter 30d,
             1838      Governmental Immunity Act of Utah, may not be construed as waiving the limitation on
             1839      damages recoverable from a governmental entity or its employees established by that chapter.
             1840          Section 26. Section 17B-1-102 is amended to read:
             1841           17B-1-102. Definitions.
             1842          As used in this title:
             1843          (1) "Appointing authority" means the person or body authorized to make an
             1844      appointment to the board of trustees.
             1845          (2) "Basic local district":
             1846          (a) means a local district that is not a [cemetery maintenance district, drainage district,
             1847      fire protection district, improvement district, irrigation district, metropolitan water district,
             1848      mosquito abatement district, public transit district, service area, or water conservancy]
             1849      specialized local district; and
             1850          (b) includes an entity that was, under the law in effect before April 30, 2007, created
             1851      and operated as a local district, as defined under the law in effect before April 30, 2007.
             1852          (3) "Bond" means:
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         (b) a lease agreement, installment purchase agreement, or other agreement that:
             1856          (i) includes an obligation by the district to pay money; and
             1857          (ii) the district's board of trustees, in its discretion, treats as a bond for purposes of Title
             1858      11, Chapter 14, Local Government Bonding Act, or Title 11, Chapter 27, Utah Refunding Bond
             1859      Act.
             1860          (4) "Cemetery maintenance district" means a local district that operates under and is
             1861      subject to the provisions of this chapter and Chapter 2a, Part 1, Cemetery Maintenance District
             1862      Act, including an entity that was created and operated as a cemetery maintenance district under
             1863      the law in effect before April 30, 2007.
             1864          (5) "Drainage district" means a local district that operates under and is subject to the
             1865      provisions of this chapter and Chapter 2a, Part 2, Drainage District Act, including an entity that
             1866      was created and operated as a drainage district under the law in effect before April 30, 2007.
             1867          (6) "Facility" or "facilities" includes any structure, building, system, land, water right,
             1868      water, or other real or personal property required to provide a service that a local district is
             1869      authorized to provide, including any related or appurtenant easement or right-of-way,
             1870      improvement, utility, landscaping, sidewalk, road, curb, gutter, equipment, or furnishing.
             1871          (7) "Fire protection district" means a local district that operates under and is subject to
             1872      the provisions of this chapter and Chapter 2a, Part 3, Fire Protection District Act, including an
             1873      entity that was created and operated as a fire protection district under the law in effect before
             1874      April 30, 2007.
             1875          (8) "General obligation bond":
             1876          (a) means a bond that is directly payable from and secured by ad valorem property
             1877      taxes that are:
             1878          (i) levied:
             1879          (A) by the district that issues the bond; and
             1880          (B) on taxable property within the district; and
             1881          (ii) in excess of the ad valorem property taxes of the district for the current fiscal year;
             1882      and
             1883          (b) does not include:
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         (iii) a special assessment bond.
             1887          (9) "Improvement district" means a local district that operates under and is subject to
             1888      the provisions of this chapter and Chapter 2a, Part 4, Improvement District Act, including an
             1889      entity that was created and operated as a county improvement district under the law in effect
             1890      before April 30, 2007.
             1891          (10) "Irrigation district" means a local district that operates under and is subject to the
             1892      provisions of this chapter and Chapter 2a, Part 5, Irrigation District Act, including an entity that
             1893      was created and operated as an irrigation district under the law in effect before April 30, 2007.
             1894          (11) "Local district" means a limited purpose local government entity, as described in
             1895      Section 17B-1-103 , that operates under, is subject to, and has the powers set forth in:
             1896          (a) this chapter; or
             1897          (b) (i) this chapter; and
             1898          (ii) (A) Chapter 2a, Part 1, Cemetery Maintenance District Act;
             1899          (B) Chapter 2a, Part 2, Drainage District Act;
             1900          (C) Chapter 2a, Part 3, Fire Protection District Act;
             1901          (D) Chapter 2a, Part 4, Improvement District Act;
             1902          (E) Chapter 2a, Part 5, Irrigation District Act;
             1903          (F) Chapter 2a, Part 6, Metropolitan Water District Act;
             1904          (G) Chapter 2a, Part 7, Mosquito Abatement District Act;
             1905          (H) Chapter 2a, Part 8, Public Transit District Act;
             1906          (I) Chapter 2a, Part 9, Service Area Act; or
             1907          (J) Chapter 2a, Part 10, Water Conservancy District Act.
             1908          (12) "Metropolitan water district" means a local district that operates under and is
             1909      subject to the provisions of this chapter and Chapter 2a, Part 6, Metropolitan Water District
             1910      Act, including an entity that was created and operated as a metropolitan water district under the
             1911      law in effect before April 30, 2007.
             1912          (13) "Mosquito abatement district" means a local district that operates under and is
             1913      subject to the provisions of this chapter and Chapter 2a, Part 7, Mosquito Abatement District
             1914      Act, including an entity that was created and operated as a mosquito abatement district under
             1915      the law in effect before April 30, 2007.
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         (15) "Municipality" means a city or town.
             1918          (16) "Person" has the same meaning as defined in Section 68-3-12 .
             1919          (17) "Political subdivision" means a county, city, town, local district under this title,
             1920      special service district under Title [17A] 17D, Chapter [2] 1, [Part 13, Utah] Special Service
             1921      District Act, an entity created by interlocal cooperation agreement under Title 11, Chapter 13,
             1922      Interlocal Cooperation Act, or any other governmental entity designated in statute as a political
             1923      subdivision of the state.
             1924          (18) "Private," with respect to real property, means not owned by the United States or
             1925      any agency of the federal government, the state, a county, or a political subdivision.
             1926          (19) "Public entity" means:
             1927          (a) the United States or an agency of the United States;
             1928          (b) the state or an agency of the state;
             1929          (c) a political subdivision of the state or an agency of a political subdivision of the
             1930      state;
             1931          (d) another state or an agency of that state; or
             1932          (e) a political subdivision of another state or an agency of that political subdivision.
             1933          (20) "Public transit district" means a local district that operates under and is subject to
             1934      the provisions of this chapter and Chapter 2a, Part 8, Public Transit District Act, including an
             1935      entity that was created and operated as a public transit district under the law in effect before
             1936      April 30, 2007.
             1937          (21) "Revenue bond":
             1938          (a) means a bond payable from designated taxes or other revenues other than the local
             1939      district's ad valorem property taxes; and
             1940          (b) does not include:
             1941          (i) an obligation constituting an indebtedness within the meaning of an applicable
             1942      constitutional or statutory debt limit;
             1943          (ii) a tax and revenue anticipation bond; or
             1944          (iii) a special assessment bond.
             1945          (22) "Service area" means a local district that operates under and is subject to the
             1946      provisions of this chapter and Chapter 2a, Part 9, Service Area Act, including an entity that was
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     before April 30, 2007.
             1949          (23) "Short-term bond" means a bond that is required to be repaid during the fiscal year
             1950      in which the bond is issued.
             1951          (24) "Special assessment" means an assessment levied against property to pay all or a
             1952      portion of the costs of making improvements that benefit the property.
             1953          (25) "Special assessment bond" means a bond payable from special assessments.
             1954          (26) "Specialized local district" means a local district that is a cemetery maintenance
             1955      district, a drainage district, a fire protection district, an improvement district, an irrigation
             1956      district, a metropolitan water district, a mosquito abatement district, a public transit district, a
             1957      service area, or a water conservancy district.
             1958          [(26)] (27) "Taxable value" means the taxable value of property as computed from the
             1959      most recent equalized assessment roll for county purposes.
             1960          [(27)] (28) "Tax and revenue anticipation bond" means a bond:
             1961          (a) issued in anticipation of the collection of taxes or other revenues or a combination
             1962      of taxes and other revenues; and
             1963          (b) that matures within the same fiscal year as the fiscal year in which the bond is
             1964      issued.
             1965          [(28)] (29) "Unincorporated" means not included within a municipality.
             1966          [(29)] (30) "Water conservancy district" means a local district that operates under and
             1967      is subject to the provisions of this chapter and Chapter 2a, Part 10, Water Conservancy District
             1968      Act, including an entity that was created and operated as a water conservancy district under the
             1969      law in effect before April 30, 2007.
             1970          [(30)] (31) "Works" includes a dam, reservoir, well, canal, conduit, pipeline, drain,
             1971      tunnel, power plant, and any facility, improvement, or property necessary or convenient for
             1972      supplying or treating water for any beneficial use, and for otherwise accomplishing the
             1973      purposes of a local district.
             1974          Section 27. Section 17B-1-103 is amended to read:
             1975           17B-1-103. Local district status and powers.
             1976          (1) A local district:
             1977          (a) is:
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         (ii) a quasi-municipal corporation; and
             1980          (iii) a political subdivision of the state; and
             1981          (b) may sue and be sued.
             1982          (2) A local district may:
             1983          (a) acquire, by any lawful means, or lease any real or personal property necessary or
             1984      convenient to the full exercise of the district's powers;
             1985          (b) acquire, by any lawful means, any interest in real or personal property necessary or
             1986      convenient to the full exercise of the district's powers;
             1987          (c) transfer an interest in or dispose of any property or interest described in Subsections
             1988      (2)(a) and (b);
             1989          (d) acquire or construct works, facilities, and improvements necessary or convenient to
             1990      the full exercise of the district's powers, and operate, control, maintain, and use those works,
             1991      facilities, and improvements;
             1992          (e) borrow money and incur indebtedness for any lawful district purpose;
             1993          (f) issue bonds, including refunding bonds:
             1994          (i) for any lawful district purpose; and
             1995          (ii) as provided in and subject to Part [10] 11, Local District Bonds;
             1996          (g) levy and collect property taxes:
             1997          (i) for any lawful district purpose or expenditure, including to cover a deficit resulting
             1998      from tax delinquencies in a preceding year; and
             1999          (ii) as provided in and subject to Part 10, Local District Property Tax Levy;
             2000          (h) as provided in Title 78, Chapter 34, Eminent Domain, acquire by eminent domain
             2001      property necessary to the exercise of the district's powers;
             2002          (i) invest money as provided in Title 51, Chapter 7, State Money Management Act;
             2003          (j) (i) impose fees or other charges for commodities, services, or facilities provided by
             2004      the district, to pay some or all of the district's costs of providing the commodities, services, and
             2005      facilities, including the costs of:
             2006          (A) maintaining and operating the district;
             2007          (B) acquiring, purchasing, constructing, improving, or enlarging district facilities;
             2008          (C) issuing bonds and paying debt service on district bonds; and
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         (ii) take action the board of trustees considers appropriate and adopt regulations to
             2011      assure the collection of all fees and charges that the district imposes;
             2012          (k) if applicable, charge and collect a fee to pay for the cost of connecting a customer's
             2013      property to district facilities in order for the district to provide service to the property;
             2014          (l) enter into a contract that the local district board of trustees considers necessary,
             2015      convenient, or desirable to carry out the district's purposes, including a contract:
             2016          (i) with the United States or any department or agency of the United States;
             2017          (ii) to indemnify and save harmless; or
             2018          (iii) to do any act to exercise district powers;
             2019          (m) purchase supplies, equipment, and materials;
             2020          (n) encumber district property upon terms and conditions that the board of trustees
             2021      considers appropriate;
             2022          (o) exercise other powers and perform other functions that are provided by law;
             2023          (p) construct and maintain works and establish and maintain facilities, including works
             2024      or facilities:
             2025          (i) across or along any public street or highway, subject to Subsection (3) and if the
             2026      district:
             2027          (A) promptly restores the street or highway, as much as practicable, to its former state
             2028      of usefulness; and
             2029          (B) does not use the street or highway in a manner that completely or unnecessarily
             2030      impairs the usefulness of it;
             2031          (ii) in, upon, or over any vacant public lands that are or become the property of the
             2032      state, including school and institutional trust lands, as defined in Section 53C-1-103 , if the
             2033      director of the School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration, acting under Sections
             2034      53C-1-102 and 53C-1-303 , consents; or
             2035          (iii) across any stream of water or watercourse, subject to Section 73-3-29 ;
             2036          (q) perform any act or exercise any power reasonably necessary for the efficient
             2037      operation of the local district in carrying out its purposes;
             2038          (r) designate an assessment area and levy an assessment on land within the assessment
             2039      area, as provided in Title 11, Chapter 42, Assessment Area Act;
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     subdivision to use the district's surplus water or capacity [of] or have an ownership interest in
             2042      the district's works or facilities, upon the terms and for the consideration, whether monetary or
             2043      nonmonetary consideration or no consideration, that the district's board of trustees considers to
             2044      be in the best interests of the district and the public; and
             2045          (t) [contract with another political subdivision of the state or with a public or private
             2046      owner of property on which the district has a right-of-way to allow the political subdivision or
             2047      owner to use the surface of the land on which the district has a right-of-way,] upon the terms
             2048      and for the consideration, whether monetary or nonmonetary consideration or no consideration,
             2049      that the district's board of trustees considers to be in the best interests of the district and the
             2050      public[.], agree:
             2051          (i) with:
             2052          (A) another political subdivision of the state; or
             2053          (B) a public or private owner of property:
             2054          (I) on which the district has a right-of-way; or
             2055          (II) adjacent to which the district owns fee title to property; and
             2056          (ii) to allow the use of property:
             2057          (A) owned by the district; or
             2058          (B) on which the district has a right-of-way.
             2059          (3) With respect to a local district's use of a street or highway, as provided in
             2060      Subsection (2)(p)(i):
             2061          (a) the district shall comply with the reasonable rules and regulations of the
             2062      governmental entity, whether state, county, or municipal, with jurisdiction over the street or
             2063      highway, concerning:
             2064          (i) an excavation and the refilling of an excavation;
             2065          (ii) the relaying of pavement; and
             2066          (iii) the protection of the public during a construction period; and
             2067          (b) the governmental entity, whether state, county, or municipal, with jurisdiction over
             2068      the street or highway:
             2069          (i) may not require the district to pay a license or permit fee or file a bond; and
             2070          (ii) may require the district to pay a reasonable inspection fee.
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         (i) acquire, lease, or construct and operate electrical generation, transmission, and
             2073      distribution facilities, if:
             2074          (A) the purpose of the facilities is to harness energy that results inherently from the
             2075      district's:
             2076          (I) operation of a project or facilities that the district is authorized to operate; or
             2077          (II) providing a service that the district is authorized to provide;
             2078          (B) the generation of electricity from the facilities is incidental to the primary
             2079      operations of the district; and
             2080          (C) operation of the facilities will not hinder or interfere with the primary operations of
             2081      the district;
             2082          (ii) (A) use electricity generated by the facilities; or
             2083          (B) subject to Subsection (4)(b), sell electricity generated by the facilities to an electric
             2084      utility or municipality with an existing system for distributing electricity.
             2085          (b) A district may not act as a retail distributor or seller of electricity.
             2086          (c) Revenue that a district receives from the sale of electricity from electrical
             2087      generation facilities it owns or operates under this section may be used for any lawful district
             2088      purpose, including the payment of bonds issued to pay some or all of the cost of acquiring or
             2089      constructing the facilities.
             2090          (5) A local district may adopt and, after adoption, alter a corporate seal.
             2091          Section 28. Section 17B-1-202 is amended to read:
             2092           17B-1-202. Local district may be created -- Services that may be provided --
             2093      Limitations.
             2094          (1) (a) A local district may be created as provided in this part to provide within its
             2095      boundaries service consisting of:
             2096          (i) the operation of an airport;
             2097          (ii) the operation of a cemetery;
             2098          (iii) fire protection, paramedic, and emergency services;
             2099          (iv) garbage collection and disposal;
             2100          (v) health care, including health department or hospital service;
             2101          (vi) the operation of a library;
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         (viii) the operation of parks or recreation facilities or services;
             2104          (ix) the operation of a sewage system;
             2105          (x) street lighting;
             2106          (xi) the construction and maintenance of curb, gutter, and sidewalk;
             2107          (xii) transportation, including public transit and providing streets and roads;
             2108          (xiii) the operation of a system, or one or more components of a system, for the
             2109      collection, storage, retention, control, conservation, treatment, supplying, distribution, or
             2110      reclamation of water, including storm, flood, sewage, irrigation, and culinary water, whether
             2111      the system is operated on a wholesale or retail level or both;
             2112          (xiv) extended police protection; or
             2113          (xv) subject to Subsection (1)(b), the underground installation of an electric utility line
             2114      or the conversion to underground of an existing electric utility line.
             2115          (b) Each local district that provides the service of the underground installation of an
             2116      electric utility line or the conversion to underground of an existing electric utility line shall, in
             2117      installing or converting the line, provide advance notice to and coordinate with the utility that
             2118      owns the line.
             2119          (2) For purposes of this section:
             2120          (a) "Operation" means all activities involved in providing the indicated service
             2121      including acquisition and ownership of property reasonably necessary to provide the indicated
             2122      service and acquisition, construction, and maintenance of facilities and equipment reasonably
             2123      necessary to provide the indicated service.
             2124          (b) "System" means the aggregate of interrelated components that combine together to
             2125      provide the indicated service including, for a sewage system, collection and treatment.
             2126          (3) (a) A local district may not be created to provide and may not after its creation
             2127      provide more than [two] four of the services listed in Subsection (1).
             2128          (b) Subsection (3)(a) may not be construed to prohibit a local district from providing
             2129      more than [two] four services if, before April 30, 2007, the local district was authorized to
             2130      provide those services.
             2131          (4) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (4)(b), a local district may not be created to
             2132      provide and may not after its creation provide to an area the same service already being
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     gives its written consent.
             2135          (b) For purposes of Subsection (4)(a), a local district does not provide the same service
             2136      as another political subdivision if it operates a component of a system that is different from a
             2137      component operated by another political subdivision but within the same:
             2138          (i) sewage system; or
             2139          (ii) water system.
             2140          (5) (a) Except for a local district in the creation of which an election is not required
             2141      under Subsection 17B-1-214 (3)(c), the area of a local district may include all or part of the
             2142      unincorporated area of one or more counties and all or part of one or more municipalities.
             2143          (b) The area of a local district need not be contiguous.
             2144          (6) For a local district created before May 5, 2008, the authority to provide fire
             2145      protection service also includes the authority to provide:
             2146          (a) paramedic service; and
             2147          (b) emergency service, including hazardous materials response service.
             2148          Section 29. Section 17B-1-203 is amended to read:
             2149           17B-1-203. Process to initiate the creation of a local district -- Petition or
             2150      resolution.
             2151          (1) The process to create a local district may be initiated by:
             2152          (a) subject to Section 17B-1-204 , a petition signed by the owners of private real
             2153      property that:
             2154          (i) is located within the proposed local district;
             2155          (ii) covers at least 33% of the total private land area within the proposed local district
             2156      as a whole and within each applicable area;
             2157          (iii) is equal in value to at least 25% of the value of all private real property within the
             2158      proposed local district as a whole and within each applicable area; and
             2159          (iv) complies with the requirements of Subsection 17B-1-205 (1) and Section
             2160      17B-1-208 ;
             2161          (b) subject to Section 17B-1-204 , a petition that:
             2162          (i) is signed by registered voters residing within the proposed local district as a whole
             2163      and within each applicable area, equal in number to at least 33% of the number of votes cast in
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     governor at the last regular general election prior to the filing of the petition; and
             2166          (ii) complies with the requirements of Subsection 17B-1-205 (1) and Section
             2167      17B-1-208 ;
             2168          (c) a resolution proposing the creation of a local district, adopted by the legislative
             2169      body of each county whose unincorporated area includes and each municipality whose
             2170      boundaries include any of the proposed local district; or
             2171          (d) a resolution proposing the creation of a local district, adopted by the board of
             2172      trustees of an existing local district whose boundaries completely encompass the proposed
             2173      local district, if:
             2174          (i) the proposed local district is being created to provide one or more components of
             2175      the same service that the initiating local district is authorized to provide; and
             2176          (ii) the initiating local district is not providing to the area of the proposed local district
             2177      any of the components that the proposed local district is being created to provide.
             2178          (2) (a) Each resolution under Subsection (1)(c) or (d) shall:
             2179          (i) describe the area proposed to be included in the proposed local district;
             2180          (ii) be accompanied by a map that shows the boundaries of the proposed local district;
             2181          (iii) describe the service proposed to be provided by the proposed local district;
             2182          (iv) if the resolution proposes the creation of a specialized local district, specify the
             2183      type of specialized local district proposed to be created;
             2184          [(iv)] (v) explain the anticipated method of paying the costs of providing the proposed
             2185      service;
             2186          [(v)] (vi) state the estimated average financial impact on a household within the
             2187      proposed local district;
             2188          [(vi)] (vii) state the number of members that the board of trustees of the proposed local
             2189      district will have, consistent with the requirements of Subsection 17B-1-302 (2);
             2190          [(vii)] (viii) for a proposed basic local district:
             2191          (A) state whether the members of the board of trustees will be elected or appointed or
             2192      whether some members will be elected and some appointed, as provided in Section
             2193      17B-1-1402 ;
             2194          (B) if one or more members will be elected, state the basis upon which each elected
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         (C) if applicable, explain how the election or appointment of board members will
             2197      transition from one method to another based on stated milestones or events, as provided in
             2198      Section 17B-1-1402 ;
             2199          [(viii)] (ix) for a proposed improvement district whose remaining area members or
             2200      county members, as those terms are defined in Section 17B-2a-404 , are to be elected, state that
             2201      those members will be elected; and
             2202          [(ix)] (x) for a proposed service area that is entirely within the unincorporated area of a
             2203      single county, state whether the initial board of trustees will be:
             2204          (A) the county legislative body;
             2205          (B) appointed as provided in Section 17B-1-304 ; or
             2206          (C) elected as provided in Section 17B-1-306 .
             2207          (b) Each county or municipal legislative body adopting a resolution under Subsection
             2208      (1)(c) shall, on or before the first public hearing under Section 17B-1-210 , mail or deliver a
             2209      copy of the resolution to the responsible body if the county or municipal legislative body's
             2210      resolution is one of multiple resolutions adopted by multiple county or municipal legislative
             2211      bodies proposing the creation of the same local district.
             2212          Section 30. Section 17B-1-205 is amended to read:
             2213           17B-1-205. Petition and request requirements -- Withdrawal of signature.
             2214          (1) Each petition and request shall:
             2215          (a) indicate the typed or printed name and current residence address of each property
             2216      owner or registered voter signing the petition;
             2217          (b) if it is a property owner request or petition, indicate the address of the property as to
             2218      which the owner is signing the request or petition;
             2219          (c) describe the entire area of the proposed local district;
             2220          (d) be accompanied by a map showing the boundaries of the entire proposed local
             2221      district;
             2222          (e) specify the service proposed to be provided by the proposed local district;
             2223          (f) if the petition or request proposes the creation of a specialized local district, specify
             2224      the type of specialized local district proposed to be created;
             2225          [(f)] (g) for a proposed basic local district:
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     whether some members will be elected and some appointed, as provided in Section
             2228      17B-1-1402 ;
             2229          (ii) if one or more members will be elected, state the basis upon which each elected
             2230      member will be elected; and
             2231          (iii) if applicable, explain how the election or appointment of board members will
             2232      transition from one method to another based on stated milestones or events, as provided in
             2233      Section 17B-1-1402 ;
             2234          [(g)] (h) for a proposed improvement district whose remaining area members or county
             2235      members, as those terms are defined in Section 17B-2a-404 , are to be elected, state that those
             2236      members will be elected; and
             2237          [(h)] (i) for a proposed service area that is entirely within the unincorporated area of a
             2238      single county, state whether the initial board of trustees will be:
             2239          (i) the county legislative body;
             2240          (ii) appointed as provided in Section 17B-1-304 ; or
             2241          (iii) elected as provided in Section 17B-1-306 ; and
             2242          [(i)] (j) designate up to five signers of the petition or request as sponsors, one of whom
             2243      shall be designated as the contact sponsor, with the mailing address and telephone number of
             2244      each.
             2245          (2) A signer of a request or petition may withdraw or, once withdrawn, reinstate the
             2246      signer's signature at any time before the filing of the request or petition by filing a written
             2247      withdrawal or reinstatement with:
             2248          (a) in the case of a request:
             2249          (i) the clerk of the county or the clerk or recorder of the municipality in whose
             2250      applicable area the signer's property is located, if the request is a property owner request; or
             2251          (ii) the clerk of the county or the clerk or recorder of the municipality in whose
             2252      applicable area the signer resides, if the request is a registered voter request; or
             2253          (b) in the case of a petition, the responsible clerk.
             2254          Section 31. Section 17B-1-215 is amended to read:
             2255           17B-1-215. Notice to lieutenant governor -- Certificate of incorporation -- Local
             2256      district incorporated as specialized local district or basic local district.
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     after:
             2259          (a) the canvass of an election under Section 17B-1-214 , if a majority of those voting at
             2260      the election within the proposed local district as a whole vote in favor of the creation of a local
             2261      district;
             2262          (b) certification of a petition as to which the election requirement of Subsection
             2263      17B-1-214 (1) does not apply because of Subsection 17B-1-214 (3)(a) or (b); or
             2264          (c) adoption of a resolution under Subsection 17B-1-213 (4) approving the creation of a
             2265      local district for which an election was not required under Subsection 17B-1-214 (3)(c) or (d),
             2266      by the legislative body of each county whose unincorporated area is included within and the
             2267      legislative body of each municipality whose area is included within the proposed local district,
             2268      or by the board of trustees of the initiating local district.
             2269          (2) The area of each local district shall consist of:
             2270          (a) if an election was held under Section 17B-1-214 , the area of the new local district
             2271      as approved at the election;
             2272          (b) if an election was not required because of Subsection 17B-1-214 (3)(a) or (b), the
             2273      area of the proposed local district as described in the petition; or
             2274          (c) if an election was not required because of Subsection 17B-1-214 (3)(c) or (d), the
             2275      area of the new local district as described in the resolution adopted under Subsection
             2276      17B-1-213 (4).
             2277          (3) In each notice under Subsection (1) the responsible body shall:
             2278          (a) if the notice follows an election under Section 17B-1-214 , certify the results of the
             2279      election;
             2280          (b) describe the boundaries of the new local district with an accurate map or plat
             2281      showing the boundaries delineated in Subsection (2), prepared and certified by a licensed
             2282      surveyor and filed with the county surveyor in accordance with Section 17-23-17 ; and
             2283          (c) certify that all requirements for the creation of a local district have been complied
             2284      with.
             2285          (4) Upon the lieutenant governor's issuance of the certificate of creation under Section
             2286      67-1a-6.5 , the local district is created and incorporated[.] as:
             2287          (a) the type of specialized local district that was specified in the petition under
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     petition or resolution proposed the creation of a specialized local district; or
             2290          (b) a basic local district, if the petition or resolution did not propose the creation of a
             2291      specialized local district.
             2292          Section 32. Section 17B-1-302 is amended to read:
             2293           17B-1-302. Board member qualifications -- Number of board members.
             2294          (1) (a) Each member of a local district board of trustees shall be:
             2295          (i) a registered voter at the location of the member's residence; and
             2296          (ii) except as provided in Subsections (1)(b) and (c), a resident within:
             2297          (A) the boundaries of the local district; and
             2298          (B) if applicable, the boundaries of the division of the local district from which the
             2299      member is elected.
             2300          (b) (i) As used in this Subsection (1)(b):
             2301          (A) "Proportional number" means the number of members of a board of trustees that
             2302      bears, as close as mathematically possible, the same proportion to all members of the board that
             2303      the number of seasonally occupied homes bears to all residences within the district that receive
             2304      service from the district.
             2305          (B) "Seasonally occupied home" means a single-family residence:
             2306          (I) that is located within the local district;
             2307          (II) that receives service from the local district; and
             2308          (III) whose owner:
             2309          (Aa) does not reside permanently at the residence; and
             2310          (Bb) may occupy the residence on a temporary or seasonal basis.
             2311          (ii) If over 50% of the residences within a local district that receive service from the
             2312      local district are seasonally occupied homes, the requirement under Subsection (1)(a)(ii) is
             2313      replaced, for a proportional number of members of the board of trustees, with the requirement
             2314      that the member be an owner of land, or an agent or officer of the owner of land, that:
             2315          (A) receives service from the district; and
             2316          (B) is located within:
             2317          (I) the local district; and
             2318          (II) if applicable, the division from which the member is elected.
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     boundaries fewer than one residential dwelling unit per ten acres of land, the requirement under
             2321      Subsection (1)(a)(ii) is replaced with the requirement that the member be an owner of land
             2322      within the local district that receives service from the district, or an agent or officer of the
             2323      owner.
             2324          (2) Except as otherwise provided by statute, the number of members of each board of
             2325      trustees of a local district shall be an odd number that is no less than three [and no more than
             2326      nine].
             2327          (3) For a newly created local district, the number of members of the initial board of
             2328      trustees shall be the number specified:
             2329          (a) for a local district whose creation was initiated by a petition under Subsection
             2330      17B-1-203 (1)(a) or (b), in the petition; or
             2331          (b) for a local district whose creation was initiated by a resolution under Subsection
             2332      17B-1-203 (1)(c) or (d), in the resolution.
             2333          (4) (a) For an existing local district, the number of members of the board of trustees
             2334      may be changed by a two-thirds vote of the board of trustees.
             2335          (b) No change in the number of members of a board of trustees under Subsection (4)(a)
             2336      may:
             2337          (i) violate Subsection (2); or
             2338          (ii) serve to shorten the term of any member of the board.
             2339          Section 33. Section 17B-1-303 is amended to read:
             2340           17B-1-303. Term of board of trustees members -- Oath of office -- Bond.
             2341          (1) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (1)(b), the term of each member of a board of
             2342      trustees shall begin at noon on the [first Monday of] January 1 following the member's election
             2343      or appointment.
             2344          (b) The term of each member of the initial board of trustees of a newly created local
             2345      district shall begin:
             2346          (i) upon appointment, for an appointed member; and
             2347          (ii) upon the member taking the oath of office after the canvass of the election at which
             2348      the member is elected, for an elected member.
             2349          (2) (a) (i) Subject to Subsection (2)(a)(ii), the term of each member of a board of
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     trustees, chosen by lot, shall serve a two-year term so that the term of approximately half the
             2352      board members expires every two years.
             2353          (ii) (A) If the terms of members of the initial board of trustees of a newly created local
             2354      district do not begin on the first Monday of January because of application of Subsection
             2355      (1)(b), the terms of those members shall be adjusted as necessary, subject to Subsection
             2356      (2)(a)(ii)(B), to result in the terms of their successors complying with:
             2357          (I) the requirement under Subsection (1)(a) for a term to begin on the first Monday of
             2358      January; and
             2359          (II) the requirement under Subsection (2)(a)(i) that terms be four years.
             2360          (B) An adjustment under Subsection (2)(a)(ii)(A) may not add more than a year to or
             2361      subtract more than a year from a member's term.
             2362          (b) Each board of trustees member shall serve until a successor is duly elected or
             2363      appointed and qualified, unless the member earlier is removed from office or resigns or
             2364      otherwise leaves office.
             2365          (c) If a member of a board of trustees no longer meets the qualifications of Subsection
             2366      17B-1-302 (1):
             2367          (i) the member's position is considered vacant, subject to Subsection (2)(c)(ii); and
             2368          (ii) the member may continue to serve until a successor is duly elected or appointed
             2369      and qualified.
             2370          (3) (a) (i) Before entering upon the duties of office, each member of a board of trustees
             2371      shall take the oath of office specified in Utah Constitution Article IV, Section 10.
             2372          (ii) An oath of office may be administered by a judge, county clerk, notary public, or
             2373      the local district clerk.
             2374          (b) Each oath of office shall be filed with the clerk of the local district.
             2375          [(b)] (c) The failure of a board of trustees member to take the oath required by
             2376      Subsection (3)(a) does not invalidate any official act of that member.
             2377          (4) A board of trustees member is not limited in the number of terms the member may
             2378      serve.
             2379          (5) Except as provided in Subsection (6), each midterm vacancy in a board of trustees
             2380      position shall be filled as provided in Section 20A-1-512 .
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         (i) "Appointed official" means a person who:
             2383          (A) is appointed as a member of a local district board of trustees by a county or
             2384      municipality entitled to appoint a member to the board; and
             2385          (B) holds an elected position with the appointing county or municipality.
             2386          (ii) "Appointing entity" means the county or municipality that appointed the appointed
             2387      official to the board of trustees.
             2388          (b) The board of trustees shall declare a midterm vacancy for the board position held
             2389      by an appointed official if:
             2390          (i) during the appointed official's term on the board of trustees, the appointed official
             2391      ceases to hold the elected position with the appointing entity; and
             2392          (ii) the appointing entity submits a written request to the board to declare the vacancy.
             2393          (c) Upon the board's declaring a midterm vacancy under Subsection (6)(b), the
             2394      appointing entity shall appoint another person to fill the remaining unexpired term on the board
             2395      of trustees.
             2396          (7) (a) Each member of a board of trustees shall give a bond for the faithful
             2397      performance of the member's duties, in the amount and with the sureties prescribed by the
             2398      board of trustees.
             2399          (b) The local district shall pay the cost of each bond required under Subsection (7)(a).
             2400          Section 34. Section 17B-1-306 is amended to read:
             2401           17B-1-306. Local district board -- Election procedures.
             2402          (1) Except as provided in Subsection (11), each elected board member shall be selected
             2403      as provided in this section.
             2404          (2) (a) Each election of a local district board member shall be held:
             2405          (i) [in conjunction with] at the same time as the municipal general election; and
             2406          (ii) at polling places designated by the clerk of each county in which the local district is
             2407      located.
             2408          (b) (i) Subject to Subsections (4)(f) and (g), the number of polling places under
             2409      Subsection (2)(a)(ii) in an election of board members of an irrigation district shall be one
             2410      polling place per division of the district, designated by the district board.
             2411          (ii) Each polling place designated by an irrigation district board under Subsection
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     (2)(a)(ii).
             2414          (3) (a) The clerk of each local district with a board member position to be filled at the
             2415      next municipal general election shall provide notice of:
             2416          (i) each elective position of the local district to be filled at the next municipal general
             2417      election;
             2418          (ii) the constitutional and statutory qualifications for each position; and
             2419          (iii) the dates and times for filing a declaration of candidacy.
             2420          (b) The notice required under Subsection (3)(a) shall be:
             2421          (i) posted in at least five public places within the local district at least ten days before
             2422      the first day for filing a declaration of candidacy; or
             2423          (ii) published in a newspaper of general circulation within the local district at least
             2424      three but no more than ten days before the first day for filing a declaration of candidacy.
             2425          (4) (a) To become a candidate for an elective local district board position, the
             2426      prospective candidate shall file a declaration of candidacy in person with the local district,
             2427      during office hours and not later than 5 p.m. between July 15 and August 15 of any
             2428      odd-numbered year.
             2429          (b) When August 15 is a Saturday or Sunday, the filing time shall be extended until 5
             2430      p.m. on the following Monday.
             2431          (c) (i) Before the filing officer may accept any declaration of candidacy, the filing
             2432      officer shall:
             2433          (A) read to the prospective candidate the constitutional and statutory qualification
             2434      requirements for the office that the candidate is seeking; and
             2435          (B) require the candidate to state whether or not the candidate meets those
             2436      requirements.
             2437          (ii) If the prospective candidate does not meet the qualification requirements for the
             2438      office, the filing officer may not accept the declaration of candidacy.
             2439          (iii) If it appears that the prospective candidate meets the requirements of candidacy,
             2440      the filing officer shall accept the declaration of candidacy.
             2441          (d) The declaration of candidacy shall substantially comply with the following form:
             2442          "I, (print name) ____________, being first duly sworn, say that I reside at (Street)
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     (Zip Code) ______, (Telephone Number, if any)____________; that I meet the qualifications
             2445      for the office of board of trustees member for _______________________ (state the name of
             2446      the local district); that I am a candidate for that office to be voted upon at the November
             2447      municipal general election to be held on Tuesday, the ______ day of November, ____, and I
             2448      hereby request that my name be printed upon the official ballot for that election.
             2449          (Signed) _________________________________________
             2450          Subscribed and sworn to (or affirmed) before me by ____________ on this ______ day
             2451      of ____________, ____.
             2452          (Signed) ________________________
             2453              (Clerk or Notary Public)"
             2454          (e) Each person wishing to become a valid write-in candidate for an elective local
             2455      district board position is governed by Section 20A-9-601 .
             2456          (f) If at least one person does not file a declaration of candidacy as required by this
             2457      section, a person shall be appointed to fill that board position by following the procedures and
             2458      requirements for appointment established in Section 20A-1-512 .
             2459          (g) If only one candidate files a declaration of candidacy for a position on the board of
             2460      an irrigation district, the board need not hold an election for that position and may appoint that
             2461      candidate to the board.
             2462          (5) There shall be no primary election.
             2463          (6) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (6)(c), the local district clerk shall certify the
             2464      candidate names to the clerk of each county in which the local district is located no later than
             2465      August 20 of the municipal election year.
             2466          (b) (i) Except as provided in Subsection (6)(c), the clerk of each county in which the
             2467      local district is located shall coordinate the placement of the name of each candidate for local
             2468      district office in the nonpartisan section of the municipal general election ballot with the
             2469      municipal election clerk.
             2470          (ii) If consolidation of the local district election ballot with the municipal general
             2471      election ballot is not feasible, the county clerk shall provide for a separate local district election
             2472      ballot to be administered by separate election judges at polling locations designated by the
             2473      county clerk in consultation with the local district.
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     of an irrigation district established under Chapter 2a, Part 5, Irrigation District Act.
             2476          (ii) (A) Subject to Subsection (6)(c)(ii)(B), the board of each irrigation district shall
             2477      prescribe the form of the ballot for each board member election.
             2478          (B) Each ballot for an election of an irrigation district board member shall be in a
             2479      nonpartisan format.
             2480          (7) (a) Each voter at an election for a board of trustees member of a local district shall:
             2481          (i) be a registered voter within the district, except for an election of:
             2482          (A) an irrigation district board of trustees member; or
             2483          (B) a basic local district board of trustees member who is elected by property owners;
             2484      and
             2485          (ii) meet the requirements to vote established by the district.
             2486          (b) Each voter may vote for as many candidates as there are offices to be filled.
             2487          (c) The candidates who receive the highest number of votes are elected.
             2488          (8) Except as otherwise provided by this section, the election of local district board
             2489      members is governed by Title 20A, Election Code.
             2490          (9) (a) A person elected to serve on a local district board shall serve a four-year term,
             2491      beginning at noon on the January 1 after the person's election.
             2492          (b) A person elected shall be sworn in as soon as practical after January 1.
             2493          (10) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (10)(b), each local district shall reimburse
             2494      the county holding an election under this section for the costs of the election attributable to that
             2495      local district.
             2496          (b) Each irrigation district shall bear its own costs of each election it holds under this
             2497      section.
             2498          (11) This section does not apply to an improvement district that provides electric or gas
             2499      service.
             2500          (12) The provisions of Title 20A, Chapter 3, Part 3, Early Voting, do not apply to an
             2501      election under this section.
             2502          Section 35. Section 17B-1-306.5 , which is renumbered from Section 17B-2a-906 is
             2503      renumbered and amended to read:
             2504           [17B-2a-906].     17B-1-306.5. Dividing a local district into divisions.
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     upon a vote of two-thirds of the members of the board, divide the [service area] local district
             2507      into divisions so that some or all of the members of the board of trustees may be elected by
             2508      division rather than at large.
             2509          (2) Before dividing a [service area] local district into divisions under Subsection (1) or
             2510      before changing the boundaries of divisions already established, the board of trustees shall:
             2511          (a) prepare a proposal that describes the boundaries of the proposed divisions; and
             2512          (b) hold a public hearing at which any interested person may appear and speak for or
             2513      against the proposal.
             2514          (3) (a) The board of trustees shall review the division boundaries at least every ten
             2515      years.
             2516          (b) Except for changes in the divisions necessitated by annexations to or withdrawals
             2517      from the [service area] local district, the boundaries of divisions established under Subsection
             2518      (1) may not be changed more often than every five years.
             2519          (c) Changes to the boundaries of divisions already established under Subsection (1) are
             2520      not subject to the two-thirds vote requirement of Subsection (1).
             2521          Section 36. Section 17B-1-312 is amended to read:
             2522           17B-1-312. Training for board members.
             2523          (1) Each member of a board of trustees of a local district, elected or appointed on or
             2524      after May 3, 1999, should, within one year after taking office, complete the training described
             2525      in Subsection (2).
             2526          (2) In conjunction with the Utah Association of Special Districts, the state auditor
             2527      shall:
             2528          (a) develop a training curriculum for the members of local district boards; and
             2529          (b) with the assistance of other state offices and departments the state auditor considers
             2530      appropriate and at times and locations established by the state auditor, carry out the training of
             2531      members of local district boards.
             2532          (3) (a) A local district board of trustees may compensate each member of the board up
             2533      to $100 per day for each day of training described in Subsection (2) that the member completes.
             2534          (b) The per diem amount authorized under Subsection (3)(a) is in addition to all other
             2535      amounts of compensation and expense reimbursement authorized under this chapter.
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     member more than once [in any consecutive two-year period] per year.
             2538          (4) The state auditor shall issue a certificate of completion to each board member that
             2539      completes the training described in Subsection (2).
             2540          Section 37. Section 17B-1-643 is amended to read:
             2541           17B-1-643. Imposing or increasing a fee for service provided by local district.
             2542          (1) (a) Before imposing a new fee or increasing an existing fee for a service provided
             2543      by a local district, each local district board of trustees shall first hold a public hearing at which
             2544      any interested person may speak for or against the proposal to impose a fee or to increase an
             2545      existing fee.
             2546          (b) Each public hearing under Subsection (1)(a) shall be held in the evening beginning
             2547      no earlier than 6 p.m.
             2548          (c) A public hearing required under this Subsection (1) may be combined with a public
             2549      hearing on a tentative budget required under Section 17B-1-610 .
             2550          (d) Except to the extent that this section imposes more stringent notice requirements,
             2551      the local district board shall comply with Title 52, Chapter 4, Open and Public Meetings Act,
             2552      in holding the public hearing under Subsection (1)(a).
             2553          (2) (a) Each local district board shall give notice of a hearing under Subsection (1) as
             2554      provided in Subsection (2)(b)(i) or (ii).
             2555          (b) (i) (A) The notice required under Subsection (2)(a) shall be published in a
             2556      newspaper or combination of newspapers of general circulation in the local district, if there is a
             2557      newspaper or combination of newspapers of general circulation in the local district.
             2558          (B) The notice shall be no less than 1/4 page in size and the type used shall be no
             2559      smaller than 18 point, and surrounded by a 1/4-inch border.
             2560          (C) The notice may not be placed in that portion of the newspaper where legal notices
             2561      and classified advertisements appear.
             2562          (D) It is legislative intent that, whenever possible, the advertisement appear in a
             2563      newspaper that is published at least one day per week.
             2564          (E) It is further the intent of the Legislature that the newspaper or combination of
             2565      newspapers selected be of general interest and readership in the local district, and not of limited
             2566      subject matter.
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         (G) The notice shall state that the local district board intends to impose or increase a
             2569      fee for a service provided by the local district and will hold a public hearing on a certain day,
             2570      time, and place fixed in the notice, which shall be not less than seven days after the day the first
             2571      notice is published, for the purpose of hearing comments regarding the proposed imposition or
             2572      increase of a fee and to explain the reasons for the proposed imposition or increase.
             2573          (ii) (A) If there is no newspaper or combination of newspapers of general circulation in
             2574      the local district, the local district board shall post at least one notice per 1,000 population
             2575      within the local district, at places within the local district that are most likely to provide actual
             2576      notice to residents within the local district.
             2577          (B) Each notice under Subsection (2)(b)(ii)(A) shall comply with Subsection
             2578      (2)(b)(i)(G).
             2579          (c) (i) In lieu of providing notice under Subsection (2)(b), the local district board of
             2580      trustees may give the notice required under Subsection (2)(a) by mailing the notice to those
             2581      within the district who:
             2582          (A) will be charged the fee for a district service, if the fee is being imposed for the first
             2583      time; or
             2584          (B) are being charged a fee, if the fee is proposed to be increased.
             2585          (ii) Each notice under Subsection (2)(c)(i) shall comply with Subsection (2)(b)(i)(G).
             2586          (iii) A notice under Subsection (2)(c)(i) may accompany a district bill for an existing
             2587      fee.
             2588          (d) If the hearing required under this section is combined with the public hearing
             2589      required under Section 17B-1-610 , the notice requirement under this Subsection (2) is satisfied
             2590      if a notice that meets the requirements of Subsection (2)(b)(i)(G) is combined with the notice
             2591      required under Section 17B-1-609 .
             2592          (e) Proof that notice was given as provided in Subsection (2)(b) or (c) is prima facie
             2593      evidence that notice was properly given.
             2594          (f) If no challenge is made to the notice given of a hearing required by Subsection (1)
             2595      within 30 days after the date of the hearing, the notice is considered adequate and proper.
             2596          (3) After holding a public hearing under Subsection (1), a local district board may:
             2597          (a) impose the new fee or increase the existing fee as proposed;
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     then impose the new fee or increase the existing fee as adjusted; or
             2600          (c) decline to impose the new fee or increase the existing fee.
             2601          (4) This section applies to each new fee imposed and each increase of an existing fee
             2602      that occurs on or after July 1, 1998.
             2603          (5) (a) This section does not apply to an impact fee.
             2604          (b) The imposition or increase of an impact fee is governed by Title 11, Chapter 36,
             2605      Impact Fees Act.
             2606          Section 38. Section 17B-1-1002 is amended to read:
             2607           17B-1-1002. Limit on local district property tax levy -- Exclusions.
             2608          (1) The rate at which a local district levies a property tax for district operation and
             2609      maintenance expenses on the taxable value of taxable property within the district may not
             2610      exceed:
             2611          (a) .0008, for a basic local district;
             2612          (b) .0004, for a cemetery maintenance district;
             2613          (c) .0004, for a drainage district;
             2614          (d) .0008, for a fire protection district;
             2615          (e) .0008, for an improvement district;
             2616          (f) .0005, for a metropolitan water district;
             2617          (g) .0004, for a mosquito abatement district;
             2618          (h) .0004, for a public transit district;
             2619          (i) (i) .0023, for a service area that:
             2620          (A) is located in a county of the first or second class; and
             2621          (B) provides fire protection, paramedic, and emergency services; or
             2622          (ii) .0014, for each other service area; or
             2623          (j) the rates provided in Section 17B-2a-1006 , for a water conservancy district.
             2624          (2) Property taxes levied by a local district are excluded from the limit applicable to
             2625      that district under Subsection (1) if the taxes are:
             2626          (a) levied under Section 17B-1-1103 by a local district, other than a water conservancy
             2627      district, to pay principal of and interest on general obligation bonds issued by the district;
             2628          (b) levied to pay debt and interest owed to the United States; or
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     public cooperative or private entity from which the district procures water.
             2631          Section 39. Section 17B-1-1101 is amended to read:
             2632           17B-1-1101. Provisions applicable to a local district's issuance of bonds.
             2633          Subject to the provisions of this part:
             2634          (1) each local district that issues bonds shall:
             2635          (a) issue them as provided in, as applicable:
             2636          (i) Title 11, Chapter 14, Local Government Bonding Act; [and] or
             2637          (ii) Title 11, Chapter 42, Assessment Area Act; and
             2638          (b) receive the benefits of Title 11, Chapter 30, Utah Bond Validation Act; and
             2639          (2) each local district that issues refunding bonds shall issue them as provided in Title
             2640      11, Chapter 27, Utah Refunding Bond Act.
             2641          Section 40. Section 17B-1-1103 is amended to read:
             2642           17B-1-1103. Levy to pay for general obligation bonds.
             2643          (1) (a) If a district has issued general obligation bonds, or expects to have debt service
             2644      payments due on general obligation bonds during the current year, the district's board of
             2645      trustees may make an annual levy of ad valorem property taxes in order to:
             2646          (i) pay the principal of and interest on the general obligation bonds;
             2647          (ii) establish a sinking fund for defaults and future debt service on the general
             2648      obligation bonds; and
             2649          (iii) establish a reserve to secure payment of the general obligation bonds.
             2650          (b) A levy under Subsection (1)(a) is:
             2651          (i) for a water conservancy district, subject to the limit stated in Section 17B-2a-1006 ;
             2652      and
             2653          (ii) for each other local district, without limitation as to rate or amount.
             2654          (2) (a) Each district that levies a tax under Subsection (1) shall:
             2655          (i) levy the tax as a separate and special levy for the specific purposes stated in
             2656      Subsection (1); and
             2657          (ii) apply the proceeds from the levy solely for the purpose of paying the principal of
             2658      and interest on the general obligation bonds, even though the proceeds may be used to establish
             2659      or replenish a sinking fund under Subsection (1)[(b)](a)(ii) or a reserve under Subsection
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         (b) A levy under Subsection (2)(a) is not subject to a priority in favor of a district
             2662      obligation in existence at the time the bonds were issued.
             2663          Section 41. Section 17B-1-1104 is amended to read:
             2664           17B-1-1104. Pledge of revenues to pay for bonds.
             2665          Bonds may be payable from and secured by the pledge of all or any specified part of:
             2666          (1) the revenues to be derived by the district from providing its services and from the
             2667      operation of its facilities and other properties;
             2668          (2) sales and use taxes, property taxes, and other taxes;
             2669          (3) federal, state, or local grants; [and]
             2670          (4) in the case of special assessment bonds, the special assessments pledged to repay
             2671      the special assessment bonds; and
             2672          [(4)] (5) other money legally available to the district.
             2673          Section 42. Section 17B-2a-404 is amended to read:
             2674           17B-2a-404. Improvement district board of trustees.
             2675          (1) As used in this section:
             2676          (a) "County district" means an improvement district that does not include within its
             2677      boundaries any territory of a municipality.
             2678          (b) "County member" means a member of a board of trustees of a county district.
             2679          (c) "Electric district" means an improvement district that was created for the purpose of
             2680      providing electric service.
             2681          (d) "Included municipality" means a municipality whose boundaries are entirely
             2682      contained within but do not coincide with the boundaries of an improvement district.
             2683          (e) "Municipal district" means an improvement district whose boundaries coincide
             2684      with the boundaries of a single municipality.
             2685          (f) "Regular district" means an improvement district that is not a county district,
             2686      electric district, or municipal district.
             2687          (g) "Remaining area"means the area of a regular district that:
             2688          (i) is outside the boundaries of an included municipality; and
             2689          (ii) includes the area of an included municipality whose legislative body elects, under
             2690      Subsection (4)(a)(i)(B), not to appoint a member to the board of trustees of the regular district.
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     district who is appointed, or, if applicable, elected to represent the remaining area of the
             2693      district.
             2694          (2) The legislative body of the municipality included within a municipal district may:
             2695          (a) elect, at the time of the creation of the district, to be the board of trustees of the
             2696      district; and
             2697          (b) adopt at any time a resolution providing for:
             2698          (i) the election of board of trustees members, as provided in Section 17B-1-306 ; or
             2699          (ii) the appointment of board of trustees members, as provided in Section 17B-1-304 .
             2700          (3) The legislative body of a county whose unincorporated area is partly or completely
             2701      within a county district may:
             2702          (a) elect, at the time of the creation of the district, to be the board of trustees of the
             2703      district; and
             2704          (b) adopt at any time a resolution providing for:
             2705          (i) the election of board of trustees members, as provided in Section 17B-1-306 ; or
             2706          (ii) the appointment of board of trustees members, as provided in Section 17B-1-304 .
             2707          (4) (a) (i) [(A)] Except as provided in [Subsections] Subsection (4)(a)[(i)(B) and] (ii),
             2708      the legislative body of each included municipality shall each appoint one member to the board
             2709      of trustees of a regular district.
             2710          [(B)] (ii) The legislative body of an included municipality may elect not to appoint a
             2711      member to the board under Subsection (4)(a)(i)(A).
             2712          [(ii) If municipalities are combined under Subsection (6)(b)(i), the legislative bodies of
             2713      the combined municipalities shall collectively appoint one member to the board of trustees, as
             2714      provided in Section 17B-1-304 .]
             2715          (b) Except as provided in Subsection (5), the legislative body of each county whose
             2716      boundaries include a remaining area shall appoint all other members to the board of trustees of
             2717      a regular district.
             2718          (5) Each remaining area member of a regular district and each county member of a
             2719      county district shall be elected, as provided in Section 17B-1-306 , if:
             2720          (a) the petition or resolution initiating the creation of the district provides for remaining
             2721      area or county members to be elected;
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         (c) for a regular district, an included municipality elects, under Subsection (4)(a)(i)(B),
             2724      not to appoint a member to the board of trustees; or
             2725          (d) (i) at least 90 days before the municipal general election, a petition is filed with the
             2726      district's board of trustees requesting remaining area members or county members, as the case
             2727      may be, to be elected; and
             2728          (ii) the petition is signed by registered voters within the remaining area or county
             2729      district, as the case may be, equal in number to at least 10% of the number of registered voters
             2730      within the remaining area or county district, respectively, who voted in the last gubernatorial
             2731      election.
             2732          (6) [(a)] Subject to Section 17B-1-302 , the number of members of a board of trustees
             2733      of a regular district shall be:
             2734          [(i)] (a) the number of included municipalities within the district, if:
             2735          [(A)] (i) the number is an odd number; and
             2736          [(B)] (ii) the district does not include a remaining area;
             2737          [(ii)] (b) the number of included municipalities plus one, if the number of included
             2738      municipalities within the district is even; S. and .S
             2739          [(iii)] (c) the number of included municipalities plus two, if:
             2740          [(A)] (i) the number of included municipalities is odd; and
             2741          [(B)] (ii) the district includes a remaining area.
             2742          [(b) (i) If the number of board members under Subsection (6)(a) exceeds nine, then,
             2743      except as provided in Subsection (6)(b)(ii):]
             2744          [(A) the number of members shall be nine; and]
             2745          [(B) the least populated included municipalities shall be combined for purposes of
             2746      representation to the extent necessary to result in nine members.]
             2747          [(ii) Application of Subsection (6)(b)(i) may not cause an included municipality to lose
             2748      its separate representation on the board until the end of the term of the board member
             2749      appointed by that municipality.]
             2750          (7) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (7)(b), each remaining area member of the
             2751      board of trustees of a regular district shall reside within the remaining area.
             2752          (b) Notwithstanding Subsection (7)(a), if the population of the remaining area is less
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     district at large.
             2755          (8) If the election of remaining area or county members of the board of trustees is
             2756      required because of a bond election, as provided in Subsection (5)(b):
             2757          (a) a person may file a declaration of candidacy if:
             2758          (i) the person resides within:
             2759          (A) the remaining area, for a regular district; or
             2760          (B) the county district, for a county district; and
             2761          (ii) otherwise qualifies as a candidate;
             2762          (b) the board of trustees shall, if required, provide a ballot separate from the bond
             2763      election ballot, containing the names of candidates and blanks in which a voter may write
             2764      additional names; and
             2765          (c) the election shall otherwise be governed by Title 20A, Election Code.
             2766          (9) (a) (i) This Subsection (9) applies to the board of trustees members of an electric
             2767      district.
             2768          (ii) Subsections (2) through (8) do not apply to an electric district.
             2769          (b) The legislative body of the county in which an electric district is located may
             2770      appoint the initial board of trustees of the electric district as provided in Section 17B-1-304 .
             2771          (c) After the initial board of trustees is appointed as provided in Subsection (9)(b), each
             2772      member of the board of trustees of an electric district shall be elected by persons using
             2773      electricity from and within the district.
             2774          (d) Each member of the board of trustees of an electric district shall be a user of
             2775      electricity from the district and, if applicable, the division of the district from which elected.
             2776          (e) The board of trustees of an electric district may be elected from geographic
             2777      divisions within the district.
             2778          (f) A municipality within an electric district is not entitled to automatic representation
             2779      on the board of trustees.
             2780          Section 43. Section 17B-2a-405 is amended to read:
             2781           17B-2a-405. Board of trustees of certain sewer improvement districts.
             2782          (1) As used in this section:
             2783          (a) "Jurisdictional boundaries" means:
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         (A) the area of the unincorporated part of the county that is included within a sewer
             2786      improvement district; and
             2787          (B) the area of each nonappointing municipality that is included within the sewer
             2788      improvement district; and
             2789          (ii) for a qualified municipality, the boundaries that include the area of the municipality
             2790      that is included within a sewer improvement district.
             2791          (b) "Nonappointing municipality" means a municipality that:
             2792          (i) is partly included within a sewer improvement district; and
             2793          (ii) is not a qualified municipality.
             2794          (c) "Qualified county" means a county:
             2795          (i) some or all of whose unincorporated area is included within a sewer improvement
             2796      district; or
             2797          (ii) which includes within its boundaries a nonappointing municipality.
             2798          (d) "Qualified county member" means a member of a board of trustees of a sewer
             2799      improvement district appointed under Subsection (3)(a)(ii).
             2800          (e) "Qualified municipality" means a municipality that is partly or entirely included
             2801      within a sewer improvement district that includes:
             2802          (i) all of the municipality that is capable of receiving sewage treatment service from the
             2803      sewer improvement district; and
             2804          (ii) more than half of:
             2805          (A) the municipality's land area; or
             2806          (B) the assessed value of all private real property within the municipality.
             2807          (f) "Qualified municipality member" means a member of a board of trustees of a sewer
             2808      improvement district appointed under Subsection (3)(a)(i).
             2809          (g) "Sewer improvement district" means an improvement district that:
             2810          (i) provides sewage collection, treatment, and disposal service; and
             2811          (ii) made an election before 1954 under [Chapter 29,] Laws of Utah 1953, Chapter 29,
             2812      to enable it to continue to appoint its board of trustees members as provided in this section.
             2813          (2) (a) Notwithstanding Section 17B-2a-404 , the board of trustees members of a sewer
             2814      improvement district shall be appointed as provided in this section.
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     under Subsection (1)(d)(ii) and become subject to the provisions of Section 17B-2a-404 only
             2817      by the unanimous vote of all members of the sewer improvement district's board of trustees at a
             2818      time when there is no vacancy on the board.
             2819          (3) (a) The board of trustees of each sewer improvement district shall consist of:
             2820          (i) at least one person but not more than three persons appointed by the mayor of each
             2821      qualified municipality, with the consent of the legislative body of that municipality; and
             2822          (ii) at least one person but not more than three persons appointed by:
             2823          (A) the county executive, with the consent of the county legislative body, for a
             2824      qualified county operating under a county executive-council form of county government; or
             2825          (B) the county legislative body, for each other qualified county.
             2826          (b) Each qualified county member appointed under Subsection (3)(a)(ii) shall represent
             2827      the area within the jurisdictional boundaries of the qualified county.
             2828          (4) Notwithstanding Subsection 17B-1-302 (2), the number of board of trustees
             2829      members of a sewer improvement district shall be the number that results from application of
             2830      Subsection (3)(a).
             2831          (5) Except as provided in this section, an appointment to the board of trustees of a
             2832      sewer improvement district is governed by Section 17B-1-304 .
             2833          (6) A quorum of a board of trustees of a sewer improvement district consists of
             2834      members representing more than 50% of the total number of qualified county and qualified
             2835      municipality votes under Subsection (7).
             2836          (7) (a) Subject to Subsection (7)(b), each qualified county and each qualified
             2837      municipality is entitled to one vote on the board of trustees of a sewer improvement district for
             2838      each $10,000,000, or fractional part larger than 1/2 of that amount, of assessed valuation of
             2839      private real property taxable for district purposes within the respective jurisdictional
             2840      boundaries, as shown by the assessment records of the county and evidenced by a certificate of
             2841      the county auditor.
             2842          (b) Notwithstanding Subsection (7)(a), each qualified county and each qualified
             2843      municipality shall have at least one vote.
             2844          (8) If a qualified county or qualified municipality appoints more than one board
             2845      member, all the votes to which the qualified county or qualified municipality is entitled under
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     qualified county members or qualified municipal members, respectively, present at a meeting
             2848      of the board of trustees.
             2849          Section 44. Section 17B-2a-406 is amended to read:
             2850           17B-2a-406. Improvement districts providing electric service -- Public Service
             2851      Commission jurisdiction -- Exceptions.
             2852          (1) (a) An improvement district that provides electric service as authorized under
             2853      Subsection 17B-2a-403 (1)(a)(iv) :
             2854          (i) is a public utility and subject to the jurisdiction of the Public Service
             2855      Commission.
             2856          (ii) may include only an area where:
             2857          (A) no retail electricity has been provided to commercial, industrial, residential, and
             2858      other users of electricity from an investor-owned utility within any part of an area certificated
             2859      by the Public Service Commission or an area adjacent to that area, municipal agency, or
             2860      electric cooperative within the five years immediately preceding September 1, 1985; and
             2861          (B) electric service is provided to at least one user of electricity within the electric
             2862      service district as of September 1, 1985; and
             2863          (iii) shall have filed an application for certification and received approval by the Public
             2864      Service Commission by September 1, 1986.
             2865          (b) Nothing in this part may be construed to give the Public Service Commission
             2866      jurisdiction over:
             2867          (i) an improvement district, other than an improvement district that provides electric
             2868      service as authorized under Subsection 17B-2a-403 (1)(a)(iv); or
             2869          (ii) a municipality or an association of municipalities organized under Title 11, Chapter
             2870      13, Interlocal Cooperation Act.
             2871          (c) Before an improvement district providing electric service serves any customer, the
             2872      improvement district shall obtain a certificate of public convenience and necessity from the
             2873      Public Service Commission.
             2874          (2) (a) Section 54-7-12 does not apply to rate changes of an improvement district that
             2875      provides electric service as authorized under Subsection 17B-2a-403 (1)(a)(iv) if:
             2876          (i) the district is organized for the purpose of distributing electricity to customers
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         (ii) the schedule of new rates or other change that results in new rates has been
             2879      approved by the board of trustees of the district;
             2880          (iii) prior to the implementation of any rate increases, the district first holds a public
             2881      meeting for all its customers to whom mailed notice of the meeting is sent at least ten days
             2882      prior to the meeting; and
             2883          (iv) the district has filed the schedule of new rates or other change with the Public
             2884      Service Commission.
             2885          (b) The Public Service Commission shall make the district's schedule of new rates or
             2886      other change available for public inspection.
             2887          Section 45. Section 17B-2a-804 is amended to read:
             2888           17B-2a-804. Additional public transit district powers.
             2889          (1) In addition to the powers conferred on a public transit district under Section
             2890      17B-1-103 , a public transit district may:
             2891          (a) provide a public transit system for the transportation of passengers and their
             2892      incidental baggage;
             2893          (b) notwithstanding Subsection 17B-1-103 (2)[(i)](g) and subject to Section
             2894      17B-2a-817 , levy and collect property taxes only for the purpose of paying:
             2895          (i) principal and interest of bonded indebtedness of the public transit district; or
             2896          (ii) a final judgment against the public transit district if:
             2897          (A) the amount of the judgment exceeds the amount of any collectable insurance or
             2898      indemnity policy; and
             2899          (B) the district is required by a final court order to levy a tax to pay the judgment;
             2900          (c) insure against:
             2901          (i) loss of revenues from damage to or destruction of some or all of a public transit
             2902      system from any cause;
             2903          (ii) public liability;
             2904          (iii) property damage; or
             2905          (iv) any other type of event, act, or omission;
             2906          (d) acquire, contract for, lease, construct, own, operate, control, or use:
             2907          (i) a right-of-way, rail line, monorail, bus line, station, platform, switchyard, terminal,
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         (ii) any structure necessary for access by persons and vehicles;
             2910          (e) (i) hire, lease, or contract for the supplying or management of a facility, operation,
             2911      equipment, service, employee, or management staff of an operator; and
             2912          (ii) provide for a sublease or subcontract by the operator upon terms that are in the
             2913      public interest;
             2914          (f) operate feeder bus lines and other feeder services as necessary;
             2915          (g) accept a grant, contribution, or loan, directly through the sale of securities or
             2916      equipment trust certificates or otherwise, from the United States, or from a department,
             2917      instrumentality, or agency of the United States, to:
             2918          (i) establish, finance, construct, improve, maintain, or operate transit facilities and
             2919      equipment; or
             2920          (ii) study and plan transit facilities in accordance with any legislation passed by
             2921      Congress;
             2922          (h) cooperate with and enter into an agreement with the state or an agency of the state
             2923      to establish transit facilities and equipment or to study or plan transit facilities;
             2924          (i) issue bonds as provided in and subject to Chapter 1, Part 11, Local District Bonds,
             2925      to carry out the purposes of the district;
             2926          (j) from bond proceeds or any other available funds, reimburse the state or an agency of
             2927      the state for an advance or contribution from the state or state agency; and
             2928          (k) do anything necessary to avail itself of any aid, assistance, or cooperation available
             2929      under federal law, including complying with labor standards and making arrangements for
             2930      employees required by the United States or a department, instrumentality, or agency of the
             2931      United States.
             2932          (2) A public transit district may be funded from any combination of federal, state, or
             2933      local funds.
             2934          (3) A public transit district may not acquire property by eminent domain.
             2935          Section 46. Section 17B-2a-813 is amended to read:
             2936           17B-2a-813. Rights, benefits, and protective conditions for employees of a public
             2937      transit district -- Strike prohibited -- Employees of an acquired transit system.
             2938          (1) The rights, benefits, and other employee protective conditions and remedies of
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     determined by the Secretary of Labor, apply to[: (a)] a public transit district's establishment and
             2941      operation of a public transit service or system[; and].
             2942          [(b) a lease, contract, or other arrangement that a public transit district enters into for
             2943      the operation of a public transit service or system.]
             2944          (2) (a) Employees of a public transit system established and operated by a public transit
             2945      district have the right to:
             2946          (i) self-organization;
             2947          (ii) form, join, or assist labor organizations; and
             2948          (iii) bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing.
             2949          (b) Employees of a public transit district and labor organizations may not join in a
             2950      strike against the public transit system operated by the public transit district.
             2951          (c) Each public transit district shall:
             2952          (i) recognize and bargain exclusively with any labor organization representing a
             2953      majority of the district's employees in an appropriate unit with respect to wages, salaries, hours,
             2954      working conditions, and welfare, pension, and retirement provisions; and
             2955          (ii) upon reaching agreement with the labor organization, enter into and execute a
             2956      written contract incorporating the agreement.
             2957          (3) If a public transit district acquires an existing public transit system:
             2958          (a) all employees of the acquired system who are necessary for the operation of the
             2959      acquired system, except executive and administrative officers and employees, shall be:
             2960          (i) transferred to and appointed employees of the acquiring public transit district; and
             2961          (ii) given sick leave, seniority, vacation, and pension or retirement credits in
             2962      accordance with the acquired system's records;
             2963          (b) members and beneficiaries of a pension or retirement plan or other program of
             2964      benefits that the acquired system has established shall continue to have rights, privileges,
             2965      benefits, obligations, and status with respect to that established plan or program; and
             2966          (c) the public transit district may establish, amend, or modify, by agreement with
             2967      employees or their authorized representatives, the terms, conditions, and provisions of a
             2968      pension or retirement plan or of an amendment or modification of a pension or retirement plan.
             2969          Section 47. Section 17B-2a-1005 is amended to read:
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             2972          (1) (a) Within 45 days after the creation of a water conservancy district as provided in
             2973      Section 17B-1-215 , the board of trustees shall be selected as provided in this Subsection (1).
             2974          (b) For a district located entirely within the boundaries of a single county, the county
             2975      legislative body of that county shall appoint each trustee.
             2976          (c) (i) For a district located in more than a single county, the governor, with the consent
             2977      of the Senate, shall appoint each trustee from nominees submitted as provided in this
             2978      Subsection (1)(c).
             2979          (ii) (A) Except as provided in Subsection (1)(c)(ii)(B), in a division composed solely of
             2980      municipalities, the legislative body of each municipality within the division shall submit two
             2981      nominees per trustee.
             2982          (B) Notwithstanding Subsection (1)(c)(ii)(A), the legislative body of a municipality
             2983      may submit fewer than two nominees per trustee if the legislative body certifies in writing to
             2984      the governor that the legislative body is unable, after reasonably diligent effort, to identify two
             2985      nominees who are willing and qualified to serve as trustee.
             2986          (iii) (A) Except as provided in Subsection (1)(c)(iii)(B), in all other divisions, the
             2987      county legislative body of the county in which the division is located shall submit three
             2988      nominees per trustee.
             2989          (B) Notwithstanding Subsection (1)(c)(iii)(A), the county legislative body may submit
             2990      fewer than three nominees per trustee if the county legislative body certifies in writing to the
             2991      governor that the county legislative body is unable, after reasonably diligent effort, to identify
             2992      three nominees who are willing and qualified to serve as trustee.
             2993          (iv) If a trustee represents a division located in more than one county, the county
             2994      legislative bodies of those counties shall collectively compile the list of three nominees.
             2995          (v) For purposes of this Subsection (1)(c), a municipality that is located in more than
             2996      one county shall be considered to be located in only the county in which more of the municipal
             2997      area is located than in any other county.
             2998          (d) In districts where substantial water is allocated for irrigated agriculture, one trustee
             2999      appointed in that district shall be a person who owns irrigation rights and uses those rights as
             3000      part of that person's livelihood.
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         (i) except as provided in Subsection (2)(a)(ii), not more than 11 persons who are
             3003      residents of the district; or
             3004          (ii) if the district consists of five or more counties, not more than 21 persons who are
             3005      residents of the district.
             3006          (b) At least 90 days before expiration of a trustee's term, the board shall[: (i)] give
             3007      written notice of the upcoming vacancy and the date when the trustee's term expires to the
             3008      county legislative body in single county districts and to the nominating entities and the
             3009      governor in all other districts[; and].
             3010          [(ii) publish the notice in a newspaper having general circulation within the district.]
             3011          (c) (i) Upon receipt of the notice of the expiration of a trustee's term or notice of a
             3012      vacancy in the office of trustee, the county or municipal legislative body, as the case may be,
             3013      shall nominate candidates to fill the unexpired term of office pursuant to Subsection (1).
             3014          (ii) If a trustee is to be appointed by the governor and the entity charged with
             3015      nominating candidates has not submitted the list of nominees within 90 days after service of
             3016      the notice, the governor shall make the appointment from qualified candidates without
             3017      consultation with the county or municipal legislative body.
             3018          (iii) If the governor fails to appoint, the incumbent shall continue to serve until a
             3019      successor is appointed and qualified.
             3020          (iv) Appointment by the governor vests in the appointee, upon qualification, the
             3021      authority to discharge the duties of trustee, subject only to the consent of the Senate.
             3022          (d) Each trustee shall hold office during the term for which appointed and until a
             3023      successor is duly appointed and has qualified.
             3024          (3) Each trustee shall furnish a corporate surety bond at the expense of the district,
             3025      conditioned for the faithful performance of duties as a trustee.
             3026          (4) (a) The board of trustees of a water conservancy district may:
             3027          (i) make and enforce all reasonable rules and regulations for the management, control,
             3028      delivery, use, and distribution of water;
             3029          (ii) withhold the delivery of water with respect to which there is a default or
             3030      delinquency of payment;
             3031          (iii) provide for and declare a forfeiture of the right to the use of water upon the default
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     water, and resell, lease, or otherwise dispose of water with respect to which a forfeiture has
             3034      been declared;
             3035          (iv) allocate and reallocate the use of water to lands within the district;
             3036          (v) provide for and grant the right, upon terms, to transfer water from lands to which
             3037      water has been allocated to other lands within the district;
             3038          (vi) create a lien, as provided in this part, upon land to which the use of water is
             3039      transferred;
             3040          (vii) discharge a lien from land to which a lien has attached; and
             3041          (viii) subject to Subsection (4)(b), enter into a written contract for the sale, lease, or
             3042      other disposition of the use of water.
             3043          (b) (i) A contract under Subsection (4)(a)(viii) may provide for the use of water
             3044      perpetually or for a specified term.
             3045          (ii) (A) If a contract under Subsection (4)(a)(viii) makes water available to the
             3046      purchasing party without regard to actual taking or use, the board may require that the
             3047      purchasing party give security for the payment to be made under the contract, unless the
             3048      contract requires the purchasing party to pay for certain specified annual minimums.
             3049          (B) The security requirement under Subsection (4)(b)(iii)(A) in a contract with a public
             3050      entity may be met by including in the contract a provision for the public entity's levy of a
             3051      special assessment to make annual payments to the district.
             3052          Section 48. Section 17B-2a-1007 is amended to read:
             3053           17B-2a-1007. Contract assessments.
             3054          (1) As used in this section:
             3055          (a) "Assessed land" means:
             3056          (i) for a contract assessment under a water contract with a private water user, the land
             3057      owned by the private water user that receives the beneficial use of water under the water
             3058      contract; or
             3059          (ii) for a contract assessment under a water contract with a public water user, the land
             3060      within the boundaries of the public water user that is within the boundaries of the water
             3061      conservancy district and that receives the beneficial use of water under the water contract.
             3062          (b) "Contract assessment" means an assessment levied as provided in this section by a
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         (c) "Governing body" means:
             3065          (i) for a county, city, or town, the legislative body of the county, city, or town;
             3066          (ii) for a local district, the board of trustees of the local district;
             3067          (iii) for a special service district:
             3068          (A) the legislative body of the county, city, or town that established the special service
             3069      district, if no administrative control board has been appointed under Section [ 17A-2-1326 ]
             3070      17D-1-301 ; or
             3071          (B) the administrative control board of the special service district, if an administrative
             3072      control board has been appointed under Section [ 17A-2-1326 ] 17D-1-301 ; and
             3073          (iv) for any other political subdivision of the state, the person or body with authority to
             3074      govern the affairs of the political subdivision.
             3075          (d) "Petitioner" means a private petitioner or a public petitioner.
             3076          (e) "Private petitioner" means an owner of land within a water conservancy district
             3077      who submits a petition to a water conservancy district under Subsection (3) to enter into a
             3078      water contract with the district.
             3079          (f) "Private water user" means an owner of land within a water conservancy district
             3080      who enters into a water contract with the district.
             3081          (g) "Public petitioner" means a political subdivision of the state:
             3082          (i) whose territory is partly or entirely within the boundaries of a water conservancy
             3083      district; and
             3084          (ii) that submits a petition to a water conservancy district under Subsection (3) to enter
             3085      into a water contract with the district.
             3086          (h) "Public water user" means a political subdivision of the state:
             3087          (i) whose territory is partly or entirely within the boundaries of a water conservancy
             3088      district; and
             3089          (ii) that enters into a water contract with the district.
             3090          (i) "Water contract" means a contract between a water conservancy district and a
             3091      private water user or a public water user under which the water user purchases, leases, or
             3092      otherwise acquires the beneficial use of water from the water conservancy district for the
             3093      benefit of:
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         (ii) land within the public water user's boundaries that is also within the boundaries of
             3096      the water conservancy district.
             3097          (j) "Water user" means a private water user or a public water user.
             3098          (2) A water conservancy district may levy a contract assessment as provided in this
             3099      section.
             3100          (3) (a) The governing body of a public petitioner may authorize its chief executive
             3101      officer to submit a written petition on behalf of the public petitioner to a water conservancy
             3102      district requesting to enter into a water contract.
             3103          (b) A private petitioner may submit a written petition to a water conservancy district
             3104      requesting to enter into a water contract.
             3105          (c) Each petition under this Subsection (3) shall include:
             3106          (i) the petitioner's name;
             3107          (ii) the quantity of water the petitioner desires to purchase or otherwise acquire;
             3108          (iii) a description of the land upon which the water will be used;
             3109          (iv) the price to be paid for the water;
             3110          (v) the amount of any service, turnout, connection, distribution system, or other charge
             3111      to be paid;
             3112          (vi) whether payment will be made in cash or annual installments;
             3113          (vii) a provision requiring the contract assessment to become a lien on the land for
             3114      which the water is petitioned and is to be allotted; and
             3115          (viii) an agreement that the petitioner is bound by the provisions of this part and the
             3116      rules and regulations of the water conservancy district board of trustees.
             3117          (4) (a) If the board of a water conservancy district desires to consider a petition
             3118      submitted by a petitioner under Subsection (3), the board shall:
             3119          (i) publish notice of the petition and of the hearing required under Subsection (4)(a)(ii)
             3120      at least once a week in two successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation within the
             3121      county in which the political subdivision or private petitioner's land, as the case may be, is
             3122      located; and
             3123          (ii) hold a public hearing on the petition.
             3124          (b) Each notice under Subsection (4)(a)(i) shall:
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     contract assessment; and
             3127          (ii) give the date, time, and place of the hearing required under Subsection (4)(a)(ii).
             3128          (c) (i) At each hearing required under Subsection (4)(a)(ii), the board of trustees of the
             3129      water conservancy district shall:
             3130          (A) allow any interested person to appear and explain why the petition should not be
             3131      granted; and
             3132          (B) consider each written objection to the granting of the petition that the board
             3133      receives before or at the hearing.
             3134          (ii) The board of trustees may adjourn and reconvene the hearing as the board
             3135      considers appropriate.
             3136          (d) (i) Any interested person may file with the board of the water conservancy district,
             3137      at or before the hearing under Subsection (4)(a)(ii), a written objection to the district's granting
             3138      a petition.
             3139          (ii) Each person who fails to submit a written objection within the time provided under
             3140      Subsection (4)(d)(i) is considered to have consented to the district's granting the petition and
             3141      levying a contract assessment.
             3142          (5) After holding a public hearing as required under Subsection (4)(a)(ii), the board of
             3143      trustees of a water conservancy district may:
             3144          (a) deny the petition; or
             3145          (b) grant the petition, if the board considers granting the petition to be in the best
             3146      interests of the district.
             3147          (6) The board of a water conservancy district that grants a petition under this section
             3148      may:
             3149          (a) make an allotment of water for the benefit of assessed land;
             3150          (b) authorize any necessary construction to provide for the use of water upon the terms
             3151      and conditions stated in the water contract;
             3152          (c) divide the district into units and fix a different rate for water purchased or otherwise
             3153      acquired and for other charges within each unit, if the rates and charges are equitable, although
             3154      not equal and uniform, for similar classes of services throughout the district; and
             3155          (d) levy a contract assessment on assessed land.
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     assessment under this section shall:
             3158          (i) cause a certified copy of the resolution, ordinance, or order levying the assessment
             3159      to be recorded in the office of the recorder of each county in which assessed land is located;
             3160      and
             3161          (ii) on or before July 1 of each year after levying the contract assessment, certify to the
             3162      auditor of each county in which assessed land is located the amount of the contract assessment.
             3163          (b) Upon the recording of the resolution or ordinance under Subsection (7)(a)(i), the
             3164      contract assessment associated with allotting water to the assessed land under the water
             3165      contract becomes a perpetual lien on the assessed land.
             3166          (c) Each county in which assessed land is located shall collect the contract assessment
             3167      in the same manner as taxes levied by the county.
             3168          (8) (a) The board of trustees of each water conservancy district that levies a contract
             3169      assessment under this section shall:
             3170          (i) hold a public hearing, before August 8 of each year in which a contract assessment
             3171      is levied, to hear and consider objections filed under Subsection (8)(b); and
             3172          (ii) twice publish a notice, at least a week apart:
             3173          (A) (I) in a newspaper of general circulation in each county with assessed land included
             3174      within the district boundaries; or
             3175          (II) if there is no newspaper of general circulation within the county, in a newspaper of
             3176      general circulation in an adjoining county;
             3177          (B) that contains:
             3178          (I) a general description of the assessed land;
             3179          (II) the amount of the contract assessment; and
             3180          (III) the time and place of the public hearing under Subsection (8)(a)(i).
             3181          (b) An owner of assessed land within the water conservancy district who believes that
             3182      the contract assessment on the owner's land is excessive, erroneous, or illegal may, before the
             3183      hearing under Subsection (8)(a)(i), file with the board of trustees a verified, written objection to
             3184      the assessment, stating the grounds for the objection.
             3185          (c) (i) At each hearing under Subsection (8)(a)(i), the board of trustees shall hear and
             3186      consider the evidence and arguments supporting each objection.
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     the board of trustees:
             3189          (A) shall enter a written order, stating its decision; and
             3190          (B) may modify the assessment.
             3191          (d) (i) An owner of assessed land may file a petition in district court seeking review of
             3192      a board of trustees' order under Subsection (8)(c)(i)(A).
             3193          (ii) Each petition under Subsection (8)(d)(i) shall:
             3194          (A) be filed within 30 days after the board enters its written order;
             3195          (B) state specifically the part of the board's order for which review is sought; and
             3196          (C) be accompanied by a bond with good and sufficient security in an amount not
             3197      exceeding $200, as determined by the court clerk.
             3198          (iii) If more than one owner of assessed land seeks review, the court may, upon a
             3199      showing that the reviews may be consolidated without injury to anyone's interests, consolidate
             3200      the reviews and hear them together.
             3201          (iv) The court shall act as quickly as possible after a petition is filed.
             3202          (v) A court may not disturb a board of trustees' order unless the court finds that the
             3203      contract assessment on the petitioner's assessed land is manifestly disproportionate to
             3204      assessments imposed upon other land in the district.
             3205          (e) If no petition under Subsection (8)(d) is timely filed, the contract assessment is
             3206      conclusively considered to have been made in proportion to the benefits conferred on the land
             3207      in the district.
             3208          (9) Each resolution, ordinance, or order under which a water conservancy district
             3209      levied a Class B, Class C, or Class D assessment before April 30, 2007 under the law in effect
             3210      at the time of the levy is validated, ratified, and confirmed, and a water conservancy district
             3211      may continue to levy the assessment according to the terms of the resolution, ordinance, or
             3212      order.
             3213          (10) A contract assessment is not a levy of an ad valorem property tax and is not
             3214      subject to the limits stated in Section 17B-2a-1006 .
             3215          Section 49. Section 17D-1-101 is enacted to read:
             3216     
TITLE 17D. LIMITED PURPOSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ENTITIES - OTHER

             3217     
ENTITIES

             3218     
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Part 1. General Provisions

             3220          17D-1-101. Title.
             3221          (1) This title is known as "Limited Purpose Local Government Entities - Other
             3222      Entities."
             3223          (2) This chapter is known as the "Special Service District Act."
             3224          Section 50. Section 17D-1-102 is enacted to read:
             3225          17D-1-102. Definitions.
             3226          As used in this chapter:
             3227          (1) "Adequate protests" means written protests timely filed by:
             3228          (a) owners of property within the applicable area representing more than 33% of the
             3229      taxable value of all taxable property within the applicable area; or
             3230          (b) more than 33% of all registered voters within the applicable area.
             3231          (2) "Applicable area" means:
             3232          (a) for a proposal to create a special service district, the area included within the
             3233      proposed special service district;
             3234          (b) for a proposal to annex an area to an existing special service district, the area
             3235      proposed to be annexed;
             3236          (c) for a proposal to add a service to the service or services provided by a special
             3237      service district, the area included within the special service district; and
             3238          (d) for a proposal to consolidate special service districts, the area included within each
             3239      special service district proposed to be consolidated.
             3240          (3) "Facility" or "facilities" includes any structure, building, system, land, water right,
             3241      water, or other real or personal property required to provide a service that a special service
             3242      district is authorized to provide, including any related or appurtenant easement or right-of-way,
             3243      improvement, utility, landscaping, sidewalk, road, curb, gutter, equipment, or furnishing.
             3244          (4) "General obligation bond":
             3245          (a) means a bond that is directly payable from and secured by ad valorem property
             3246      taxes that are:
             3247          (i) levied:
             3248          (A) by the county or municipality that created the special service district that issues the
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         (B) on taxable property within the special service district; and
             3251          (ii) in excess of the ad valorem property taxes for the current fiscal year; and
             3252          (b) does not include:
             3253          (i) a short-term bond;
             3254          (ii) a tax and revenue anticipation bond; or
             3255          (iii) a special assessment bond.
             3256          (5) "Governing body" means:
             3257          (a) the legislative body of the county or municipality that creates the special service
             3258      district, to the extent that the county or municipal legislative body has not delegated authority
             3259      to an administrative control board appointed under Section 17D-1-301 ; or
             3260          (b) the administrative control board of the special service district, to the extent that the
             3261      county or municipal legislative body has delegated authority to an administrative control board
             3262      appointed under Section 17D-1-301 .
             3263          (6) "Guaranteed bonds" means bonds:
             3264          (a) issued by a special service district; and
             3265          (b) the debt service of which is guaranteed by one or more taxpayers owning property
             3266      within the special service district.
             3267          (7) "Local district" has the same meaning as defined in Section 17B-1-102 .
             3268          (8) "Revenue bond":
             3269          (a) means a bond payable from designated taxes or other revenues other than the ad
             3270      valorem property taxes of the county or municipality that created the special service district;
             3271      and
             3272          (b) does not include:
             3273          (i) an obligation constituting an indebtedness within the meaning of an applicable
             3274      constitutional or statutory debt limit;
             3275          (ii) a tax and revenue anticipation bond; or
             3276          (iii) a special assessment bond.
             3277          (9) "Special assessment" means an assessment levied against property to pay all or a
             3278      portion of the costs of making improvements that benefit the property.
             3279          (10) "Special assessment bond" means a bond payable from special assessments.
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     described in Section 17D-1-103 , that:
             3282          (a) is created under authority of the Utah Constitution Article XI, Section 7; and
             3283          (b) operates under, is subject to, and has the powers set forth in this chapter.
             3284          (12) "Tax and revenue anticipation bond" means a bond:
             3285          (a) issued in anticipation of the collection of taxes or other revenues or a combination
             3286      of taxes and other revenues; and
             3287          (b) that matures within the same fiscal year as the fiscal year in which the bond is
             3288      issued.
             3289          Section 51. Section 17D-1-103 is enacted to read:
             3290          17D-1-103. Special service district status and powers.
             3291          (1) A special service district:
             3292          (a) is a body corporate and politic with perpetual succession, separate and distinct from
             3293      the county or municipality that creates it;
             3294          (b) is a quasi-municipal corporation; and
             3295          (c) may sue and be sued.
             3296          (2) A special service district may:
             3297          (a) exercise the power of eminent domain possessed by the county or municipality that
             3298      creates the special service district;
             3299          (b) enter into a contract that the governing authority considers desirable to carry out
             3300      special service district functions, including a contract:
             3301          (i) with the United States or an agency of the United States, the state, an institution of
             3302      higher education, a county, a municipality, a school district, a local district, another special
             3303      service district, or any other political subdivision of the state; or
             3304          (ii) that includes provisions concerning the use, operation, and maintenance of special
             3305      service district facilities and the collection of fees or charges with respect to commodities,
             3306      services, or facilities that the district provides;
             3307          (c) acquire or construct facilities;
             3308          (d) acquire real or personal property, or an interest in real or personal property,
             3309      including water and water rights, whether by purchase, lease, gift, devise, bequest, or
             3310      otherwise, and whether the property is located inside or outside the special service district, and
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         (e) sell, convey, lease, exchange, transfer, or otherwise dispose of all or any part of the
             3313      special service district's property or assets, including water and water rights;
             3314          (f) mortgage, pledge, or otherwise encumber all or any part of the special service
             3315      district's property or assets, including water and water rights;
             3316          (g) enter into a contract with respect to the use, operation, or maintenance of all or any
             3317      part of the special service district's property or assets, including water and water rights;
             3318          (h) accept a government grant or loan and comply with the conditions of the grant or
             3319      loan;
             3320          (i) use an officer, employee, property, equipment, office, or facility of the county or
             3321      municipality that created the special service district, subject to reimbursement as provided in
             3322      Subsection (3);
             3323          (j) employ one or more officers, employees, or agents, including one or more
             3324      engineers, accountants, attorneys, or financial consultants, and establish their compensation;
             3325          (k) designate an assessment area and levy an assessment as provided in Title 11,
             3326      Chapter 42, Assessment Area Act;
             3327          (l) contract with a franchised, certificated public utility for the construction and
             3328      operation of an electrical service distribution system within the special service district;
             3329          (m) borrow money and incur indebtedness;
             3330          (n) as provided in Part 5, Special Service District Bonds, issue bonds for the purpose of
             3331      acquiring, constructing, and equipping any of the facilities required for the services the special
             3332      service district is authorized to provide, including:
             3333          (i) bonds payable in whole or in part from taxes levied on the taxable property in the
             3334      special service district;
             3335          (ii) bonds payable from revenues derived from the operation of revenue-producing
             3336      facilities of the special service district;
             3337          (iii) bonds payable from both taxes and revenues;
             3338          (iv) guaranteed bonds, payable in whole or in part from taxes levied on the taxable
             3339      property in the special service district;
             3340          (v) tax anticipation notes;
             3341          (vi) bond anticipation notes;
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         (viii) special assessment bonds; and
             3344          (ix) bonds payable in whole or in part from mineral lease payments as provided in
             3345      Section 11-14-308 ;
             3346          (o) except as provided in Subsection (4), impose fees or charges or both for
             3347      commodities, services, or facilities that the special service district provides;
             3348          (p) provide to an area outside the special service district's boundary, whether inside or
             3349      outside the state, a service that the special service district is authorized to provide within its
             3350      boundary, if the governing body makes a finding that there is a public benefit to providing the
             3351      service to the area outside the special service district's boundary;
             3352          (q) provide other services that the governing body determines will more effectively
             3353      carry out the purposes of the special service district; and
             3354          (r) adopt an official seal for the special service district.
             3355          (3) Each special service district that uses an officer, employee, property, equipment,
             3356      office, or facility of the county or municipality that created the special service district shall
             3357      reimburse the county or municipality a reasonable amount for what the special service district
             3358      uses.
             3359          (4) (a) A special service district that provides jail service as provided in Subsection
             3360      17D-1-201 (10) may not impose a fee or charge for the service it provides.
             3361          (b) Subsection (4)(a) may not be construed to limit a special service district that
             3362      provides jail service from:
             3363          (i) entering into a contract with the federal government, the state, or a political
             3364      subdivision of the state to provide jail service for compensation; or
             3365          (ii) receiving compensation for jail service it provides under a contract described in
             3366      Subsection (4)(b)(i).
             3367          Section 52. Section 17D-1-104 is enacted to read:
             3368          17D-1-104. Property owner provisions -- Determination of registered voters.
             3369          (1) For purposes of this chapter:
             3370          (a) the owner of real property is the fee title owner according to the records of the
             3371      county recorder on the date of the filing of the petition or protest; and
             3372          (b) the value of private real property is determined according to the last assessment
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         (i) (A) the county under Title 59, Chapter 2, Part 3, County Assessment, for property
             3375      subject to assessment by the county; or
             3376          (B) the State Tax Commission under Title 59, Chapter 2, Part 2, Assessment of
             3377      Property, for property subject to assessment by the State Tax Commission; and
             3378          (ii) the county, for all other property.
             3379          (2) For purposes of each provision of this chapter that requires the owners of private
             3380      real property covering a percentage of the total private land area within the applicable area to
             3381      sign a petition or protest:
             3382          (a) a parcel of real property may not be included in the calculation of the required
             3383      percentage unless the petition or protest is signed by:
             3384          (i) except as provided in Subsection (2)(a)(ii), owners representing a majority
             3385      ownership interest in that parcel; or
             3386          (ii) if the parcel is owned by joint tenants or tenants by the entirety, 50% of the number
             3387      of owners of that parcel;
             3388          (b) the signature of a person signing a petition or protest in a representative capacity on
             3389      behalf of an owner is invalid unless:
             3390          (i) the person's representative capacity and the name of the owner the person represents
             3391      are indicated on the petition or protest with the person's signature; and
             3392          (ii) the person provides documentation accompanying the petition or protest that
             3393      reasonably substantiates the person's representative capacity; and
             3394          (c) subject to Subsection (2)(b), a duly appointed personal representative may sign a
             3395      petition or protest on behalf of a deceased owner.
             3396          (3) For purposes of this chapter, registered voters shall be determined according to the
             3397      official register.
             3398          Section 53. Section 17D-1-105 is enacted to read:
             3399          17D-1-105. Authority of county or municipality to levy property tax on property
             3400      within a special service district.
             3401          (1) Subject to Subsections (2) and (3), a county or municipality that has created a
             3402      special service district may levy a tax on the taxable property in the special service district.
             3403          (2) Each levy under Subsection (1) is subject to the prior approval of a majority of the
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     Title 11, Chapter 14, Local Government Bonding Act, in the same manner as for an election for
             3406      the issuance of bonds.
             3407          (3) A tax levied under this section for a special service district that provides jail service
             3408      as provided in Subsection 17D-1-201 (10) is considered to be levied by the county for purposes
             3409      of the county's tax limitation under Section 59-2-908 .
             3410          Section 54. Section 17D-1-106 is enacted to read:
             3411          17D-1-106. Special service districts subject to other provisions.
             3412          (1) A special service district is, to the same extent as if it were a local district, subject
             3413      to and governed by:
             3414          (a) Sections 17B-1-105 , 17B-1-107, 17B-1-108 , 17B-1-109 , 17B-1-110 , 17B-1-111 ,
             3415      17B-1-112 , 17B-1-113, and 17B-1-116;
             3416          (b) Sections 17B-1-304 , 17B-1-305, 17B-1-306 , 17B-1-307 , 17B-1-310 , 17B-1-312 ,
             3417      and 17B-1-313 ;
             3418          (c) Title 17B, Chapter 1, Part 6, Fiscal Procedures for Local Districts;
             3419          (d) Title 17B, Chapter 1, Part 7, Local District Budgets and Audit Reports;
             3420          (e) Title 17B, Chapter 1, Part 8, Local District Personnel Management; and
             3421          (f) Title 17B, Chapter 1, Part 9, Collection of Service Fees and Charges.
             3422          (2) For purposes of applying the provisions listed in Subsection (1) to a special service
             3423      district, each reference in those provisions to the local district board of trustees means the
             3424      governing authority.
             3425          Section 55. Section 17D-1-107 is enacted to read:
             3426          17D-1-107. Contracts subject to building improvement and public works
             3427      provisions.
             3428          (1) For each special service district created by a county, the legislative body of that
             3429      county shall by ordinance designate the classes of special service district contracts that are
             3430      subject to the requirements of Title 11, Chapter 39, Building Improvements and Public Works
             3431      Projects.
             3432          (2) For each special service district created by a municipality, the legislative body of
             3433      that municipality shall by ordinance designate the classes of special service district contracts
             3434      that are subject to the requirements of Title 11, Chapter 39, Building Improvements and Public
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         Section 56. Section 17D-1-108 is enacted to read:
             3437          17D-1-108. Conflict.
             3438          If a provision of this chapter conflicts with any other statutory provision, the provision
             3439      of this chapter controls.
             3440          Section 57. Section 17D-1-109 is enacted to read:
             3441          17D-1-109. Validation of previously created special service districts.
             3442          Each special service district created before May 5, 2008 is validated, ratified, and
             3443      confirmed and declared to be validly existing.
             3444          Section 58. Section 17D-1-201 is enacted to read:
             3445     
Part 2. Creating a Special Service District

             3446          17D-1-201. Services that a special service district may be created to provide.
             3447          As provided in this part, a county or municipality may create a special service district to
             3448      provide any combination of the following services:
             3449          (1) water;
             3450          (2) sewerage;
             3451          (3) drainage;
             3452          (4) flood control;
             3453          (5) garbage collection and disposal;
             3454          (6) health care;
             3455          (7) transportation;
             3456          (8) recreation;
             3457          (9) fire protection and, if fire protection service is provided, emergency medical or
             3458      ambulance or both;
             3459          (10) providing, operating, and maintaining correctional and rehabilitative facilities and
             3460      programs for municipal, state, and other detainees and prisoners;
             3461          (11) street lighting;
             3462          (12) consolidated 911 and emergency dispatch;
             3463          (13) animal shelter and control;
             3464          (14) receiving federal mineral lease funds under Title 59, Chapter 21, Mineral Lease
             3465      Funds, and expending those funds to provide construction and maintenance of public facilities,
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     extractive mineral industries; and
             3468          (15) in a county of the first class, extended police protection.
             3469          Section 59. Section 17D-1-202 is enacted to read:
             3470          17D-1-202. Limitations on the creation of a special service district.
             3471          (1) Subject to Subsection (2), the boundary of a proposed special service district may
             3472      include all or part of the area within the boundary of the county or municipality that creates the
             3473      special service district.
             3474          (2) (a) The boundary of a proposed special service district may not include an area
             3475      included within the boundary of an existing special service district that provides the same
             3476      service that the proposed special service district is proposed to provide.
             3477          (b) The boundary of a proposed special service district may not include an area
             3478      included within the boundary of an existing local district that provides the same service that the
             3479      proposed special service district is proposed to provide, unless the local district consents.
             3480          (c) A proposed special service district may not include land that will not be benefitted
             3481      by the service that the special service district is proposed to provide, unless the owner of the
             3482      nonbenefitted land consents to the inclusion.
             3483          (d) A county may not create a special service district that includes some or all of the
             3484      area within a municipality unless the legislative body of that municipality adopts a resolution or
             3485      ordinance consenting to the inclusion.
             3486          (3) All areas included within a special service district need not be contiguous.
             3487          Section 60. Section 17D-1-203 is enacted to read:
             3488          17D-1-203. Initiating the process to create a special service district.
             3489          (1) The process to create a special service district is initiated by:
             3490          (a) the legislative body of a county or municipality that proposes to create a special
             3491      service district adopting a resolution that:
             3492          (i) declares that the public health, convenience, and necessity require the creation of a
             3493      special service district;
             3494          (ii) indicates the legislative body's intent to create a special service district; and
             3495          (iii) complies with the requirements of Subsection (3); or
             3496          (b) the filing of a petition that:
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         (ii) complies with the requirements of Subsections (2) and (3); and
             3499          (iii) is filed with the legislative body of the county or municipality in whose boundary
             3500      the proposed special service district is located.
             3501          (2) Each petition under Subsection (1)(b) shall:
             3502          (a) be signed by:
             3503          (i) the owners of at least 10% of the taxable value of taxable property within the
             3504      proposed special service district; or
             3505          (ii) at least 10% of the registered voters residing within the proposed special service
             3506      district; and
             3507          (b) indicate:
             3508          (i) the residence address of each person who signs the petition; and
             3509          (ii) if the person signs the petition as a property owner, the address or other description
             3510      of the person's property sufficient to identify the property.
             3511          (3) Each resolution under Subsection (1)(a) and petition under Subsection (1)(b) shall:
             3512          (a) describe the boundaries of the proposed special service district;
             3513          (b) specify each service that the special service district is proposed to provide; and
             3514          (c) designate a name for the proposed special service district.
             3515          Section 61. Section 17D-1-204 is enacted to read:
             3516          17D-1-204. Prerequisites for adopting a resolution or ordinance creating a special
             3517      service district.
             3518          Before the legislative body of a county or municipality may adopt a resolution or
             3519      ordinance under Section 17D-1-208 creating a special service district:
             3520          (1) the clerk or recorder, as the case may be, of the county or municipality shall give
             3521      written notice as provided in Section 17D-1-205 ;
             3522          (2) the legislative body shall hold a public hearing, as provided in Section 17D-1-207 ;
             3523      and
             3524          (3) the period for filing protests under Section 17D-1-206 shall have passed without
             3525      adequate protests having been filed.
             3526          Section 62. Section 17D-1-205 is enacted to read:
             3527          17D-1-205. Notice.
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         (a) state that:
             3530          (i) the legislative body has adopted a resolution stating its intent to create a special
             3531      service district; or
             3532          (ii) a petition has been filed proposing the creation of a special service district;
             3533          (b) describe the boundary of the proposed special service district;
             3534          (c) generally describe each service that the special service district is proposed to
             3535      provide;
             3536          (d) state that taxes may be levied annually upon all taxable property within the
             3537      proposed special service district;
             3538          (e) state that fees or charges may be imposed to pay for some or all of the services that
             3539      the special service district is proposed to provide;
             3540          (f) explain the process, requirements, and timetable for filing a protest against the
             3541      creation of the special service district or against a service that the special service district is
             3542      proposed to provide;
             3543          (g) designate a date, time, and place for a public hearing on the proposed creation of
             3544      the special service district; and
             3545          (h) except as provided in Subsection (2), be published at least once a week during three
             3546      consecutive weeks:
             3547          (i) not less than 21 days or more than 35 days before the date of the public hearing
             3548      required under Subsection 17D-1-204 (2); and
             3549          (ii) in a newspaper of general circulation in the county or municipality by which the
             3550      special service district is proposed to be created.
             3551          (2) Notwithstanding Subsection (1)(h), if the proposed special service district is located
             3552      entirely within a city of the third, fourth, or fifth class or a town that has no newspaper of
             3553      general circulation in the city or town, the legislative body of the city or town may provide that
             3554      the notice required under Subsection 17D-1-204 (1) be given by posting the notice in at least
             3555      five public places in the city or town at least 21 days before the public hearing required under
             3556      Subsection 17D-1-204 (2).
             3557          (3) The legislative body of the county or municipality by which the special service
             3558      district is proposed to be created may include in a notice under this section any other
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         Section 63. Section 17D-1-206 is enacted to read:
             3561          17D-1-206. Protests.
             3562          (1) An interested person may protest:
             3563          (a) the creation of a special service district; or
             3564          (b) a service that the special service district is proposed to provide.
             3565          (2) Each protest under Subsection (1) shall:
             3566          (a) be in writing;
             3567          (b) be submitted:
             3568          (i) to the legislative body of the county or municipality by which the special service
             3569      district is proposed to be created; and
             3570          (ii) no later than 15 days after the public hearing required under Subsection
             3571      17D-1-204 (2); and
             3572          (c) explain why the person is protesting.
             3573          (3) A person who submitted a written protest against the creation of a special service
             3574      district may withdraw the protest or, having withdrawn a protest, cancel the withdrawal, until
             3575      30 days after the public hearing required under Subsection 17D-1-204 (2).
             3576          (4) The legislative body of a county or municipality may not adopt a resolution or
             3577      ordinance creating a special service district if adequate protests are filed with respect to the
             3578      creation of the special service district.
             3579          (5) The legislative body of a county or municipality may not adopt a resolution or
             3580      ordinance authorizing a special service district to provide a service if adequate protests are filed
             3581      with respect to that service.
             3582          Section 64. Section 17D-1-207 is enacted to read:
             3583          17D-1-207. Public hearing.
             3584          (1) On the date and at the time and place specified in the notice under Section
             3585      17D-1-205 , the legislative body of the county or municipality by which the special service
             3586      district is proposed to be created shall hold a public hearing.
             3587          (2) At each public hearing under this section, the legislative body shall:
             3588          (a) give full consideration to each written protest that has been filed; and
             3589          (b) hear and consider each interested person desiring to be heard.
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         Section 65. Section 17D-1-208 is enacted to read:
             3592          17D-1-208. Adoption of a resolution or ordinance creating a special service
             3593      district.
             3594          (1) Subject to the provisions of and as provided in this part, the legislative body of a
             3595      county or municipality may adopt a resolution or ordinance creating a special service district.
             3596          (2) (a) Subject to Subsection (2)(b), a resolution or ordinance adopted by a legislative
             3597      body under Subsection (1) may contain changes from the proposal as set forth in a resolution
             3598      under Subsection 17D-1-203 (1)(a) or a petition under Subsection 17D-1-203 (1)(b), including
             3599      changes in:
             3600          (i) the boundary of the special service district; and
             3601          (ii) the services to be provided by the special service district.
             3602          (b) The legislative body of a county or municipality may not adopt a resolution or
             3603      ordinance under Subsection (1) that creates a special service district with a boundary that
             3604      includes more area than is included in, or that authorizes the special service district to provide a
             3605      service not proposed in, a resolution under Subsection 17D-1-203 (1)(a) or a petition under
             3606      Subsection 17D-1-203 (1)(b), unless the requirements of Sections 17D-1-205 , 17D-1-206 , and
             3607      17D-1-207 are met with respect to the additional area or service, as the case may be.
             3608          Section 66. Section 17D-1-209 is enacted to read:
             3609          17D-1-209. Notice to lieutenant governor.
             3610          (1) Within 30 days after adopting a resolution or ordinance under Subsection
             3611      17D-1-208 (1) creating a special service district, the legislative body adopting the resolution or
             3612      ordinance shall file a notice with the lieutenant governor.
             3613          (2) Each notice under Subsection (1) shall:
             3614          (a) be accompanied by:
             3615          (i) a copy of the resolution or ordinance creating the special service district; and
             3616          (ii) a map showing the boundaries of the special service district, prepared and certified
             3617      by a licensed surveyor and filed with the county surveyor in accordance with Section 17-23-17 ;
             3618      and
             3619          (b) include the legislative body's certification that all requirements for the creation of
             3620      the special service district have been met.
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     67-1a-6.5 , the special service district is created and incorporated.
             3623          Section 67. Section 17D-1-210 is enacted to read:
             3624          17D-1-210. Services that special service district is authorized to provide.
             3625          (1) After its creation, a special service district may provide the service or services:
             3626          (a) specified in the resolution or ordinance creating the special service district; or
             3627          (b) added under Part 4, Annexing a New Area and Adding a New Service.
             3628          (2) Notwithstanding Subsection (1), a special service district created before May 5,
             3629      2008 may continue on and after that date to provide a service that the special service district
             3630      was authorized before May 5, 2008 to provide.
             3631          Section 68. Section 17D-1-211 is enacted to read:
             3632          17D-1-211. Municipality's ability to provide temporary jail facilities not affected
             3633      by the creation of a special service district to provide jail services.
             3634          The creation of a special service district to provide jail services as provided in
             3635      Subsection 17D-1-201 (10) does not affect the ability of a municipality under Section 10-8-58
             3636      to provide, operate, and maintain facilities for the temporary incarceration, not to exceed 72
             3637      hours, of persons charged with the violation of a municipal ordinance.
             3638          Section 69. Section 17D-1-212 is enacted to read:
             3639          17D-1-212. Action to challenge the creation of a special service district or a service
             3640      to be provided.
             3641          (1) A person may file an action in district court challenging the creation of a special
             3642      service district or a service that a special service district is proposed to provide if:
             3643          (a) the person filed a written protest under Section 17D-1-206 ;
             3644          (b) the person:
             3645          (i) (A) is a registered voter within the special service district; and
             3646          (B) alleges in the action that the procedures used to create the special service district
             3647      violated applicable law; or
             3648          (ii) (A) is an owner of property included within the boundary of the special service
             3649      district; and
             3650          (B) alleges in the action that:
             3651          (I) the person's property will not be benefitted by a service that the special service
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         (II) the procedures used to create the special service district violated applicable law;
             3654      and
             3655          (c) the action is filed within 30 days after the date that the legislative body adopts a
             3656      resolution or ordinance creating the special service district.
             3657          (2) If an action is not filed within the time specified under Subsection (1), a registered
             3658      voter or an owner of property located within the special service district may not contest the
             3659      creation of the special service district or a service that the special service district is proposed to
             3660      provide.
             3661          Section 70. Section 17D-1-301 is enacted to read:
             3662     
Part 3. Administrative Control Board

             3663          17D-1-301. Governance of a special service district -- Authority to create and
             3664      delegate authority to an administrative control board -- Limitations on authority to
             3665      delegate.
             3666          (1) Each special service district shall be governed by the legislative body of the county
             3667      or municipality that creates the special service district, subject to any delegation under this
             3668      section of a right, power, or authority to an administrative control board.
             3669          (2) At the time a special service district is created or at any time thereafter, the
             3670      legislative body of a county or municipality that creates a special service district may, by
             3671      resolution or ordinance:
             3672          (a) create an administrative control board for the special service district; and
             3673          (b) subject to Subsection (3), delegate to the administrative control board the exercise
             3674      of any right, power, or authority that the legislative body possesses with respect to the
             3675      governance of the special service district.
             3676          (3) A county or municipal legislative body may not delegate to an administrative
             3677      control board of a special service district the power to:
             3678          (a) annex an area to an existing special service district or add a service within the area
             3679      of an existing special service district under Part 4, Annexing a New Area and Adding a New
             3680      Service;
             3681          (b) designate, under Section 17D-1-107 , the classes of special service district contracts
             3682      that are subject to Title 11, Chapter 39, Building Improvements and Public Works Projects;
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         (d) issue special service district bonds payable from taxes;
             3685          (e) call or hold an election for the authorization of a property tax or the issuance of
             3686      bonds;
             3687          (f) levy an assessment;
             3688          (g) issue interim warrants or bonds payable from an assessment; or
             3689          (h) appoint a board of equalization under Section 11-42-404 .
             3690          (4) (a) A county or municipal legislative body that has delegated a right, power, or
             3691      authority under this section to an administrative control board may at any time modify, limit, or
             3692      revoke any right, power, or authority delegated to the administrative control board.
             3693          (b) A modification, limitation, or revocation under Subsection (4)(a) does not affect the
             3694      validity of an action taken by an administrative control board before the modification,
             3695      limitation, or revocation.
             3696          Section 71. Section 17D-1-302 is enacted to read:
             3697          17D-1-302. Number of members of an administrative control board.
             3698          (1) Each administrative control board shall consist of at least three members.
             3699          (2) The number of administrative control board members for a special service district
             3700      established by a county of the first class to provide jail service as provided in Subsection
             3701      17D-1-201 (10) is nine.
             3702          Section 72. Section 17D-1-303 is enacted to read:
             3703          17D-1-303. Election or appointment of administrative control board members.
             3704          (1) Except as provided in Subsection (2)(b)(iii), a county or municipal legislative body
             3705      that creates an administrative control board may provide for board members to be elected or
             3706      appointed, or for some members to be elected and some appointed.
             3707          (2) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (2)(b), each member of an administrative
             3708      control board shall be elected or appointed as provided for the election or appointment,
             3709      respectively, of a member of a board of trustees of a local district under Title 17B, Chapter 1,
             3710      Part 3, Board of Trustees.
             3711          (b) (i) A municipality or improvement district under Title 17B, Chapter 2a, Part 4,
             3712      Improvement District Act, may appoint one member to represent it on an administrative control
             3713      board created by a special service district if:
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         (B) the special service district provides the same service as the municipality or
             3716      improvement district; and
             3717          (C) the special service district includes some or all of the area included within the
             3718      municipality or improvement district.
             3719          (ii) An institution of higher education for which a special service district provides
             3720      commodities, services, or facilities may appoint the number of members of an administrative
             3721      control board of that special service district that are equal in number to at least 1/3 of the total
             3722      number of board members.
             3723          (iii) With respect to an administrative control board created for a special service district
             3724      created by a county of the first class to provide jail service as provided in Subsection
             3725      17D-1-201 (10), the county legislative body shall appoint:
             3726          (A) three members from a list of at least six recommendations from the county sheriff;
             3727          (B) three members from a list of at least six recommendations from municipalities
             3728      within the county; and
             3729          (C) three members from a list of at least six recommendations from the county
             3730      executive.
             3731          Section 73. Section 17D-1-304 is enacted to read:
             3732          17D-1-304. Qualifications of administrative control board members -- Term of
             3733      office.
             3734          (1) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (1)(b), each member of an administrative
             3735      control board shall be:
             3736          (i) a registered voter within the special service district; or
             3737          (ii) an officer or employee of the county or municipality that created the special service
             3738      district.
             3739          (b) Subsection (1)(a) does not apply if:
             3740          (i) at least 90% of the owners of real property within the special service district are not
             3741      registered voters within the special service district; or
             3742          (ii) the member is appointed under Subsection 17D-1-303 (2)(b)(i) or (ii).
             3743          (2) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (2)(b), the term of each member of an
             3744      administrative control board is four years.
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     control board, chosen by lot, is two years.
             3747          Section 74. Section 17D-1-305 is enacted to read:
             3748          17D-1-305. Compensation for administrative control board members.
             3749          An administrative control board member may receive compensation and reimbursement
             3750      of expenses as provided in Section 17B-1-307 to the same extent as if the member were a
             3751      member of a board of trustees of a local district.
             3752          Section 75. Section 17D-1-306 is enacted to read:
             3753          17D-1-306. Administrative control board review of certain charges in special
             3754      service districts providing jail service.
             3755          If the legislative body of a county of the first class creates an administrative control
             3756      board under this part for a special service district that provides jail service as provided in
             3757      Subsection 17D-1-201 (10), the administrative control board may review and approve any
             3758      amount charged to the special service district as reimbursement to the county for services
             3759      provided under Subsection 17D-1-103 (2)(i) before the amount is included in the special service
             3760      district budget.
             3761          Section 76. Section 17D-1-401 is enacted to read:
             3762     
Part 4. Annexing a New Area and Adding a New Service

             3763          17D-1-401. Annexing an area or adding a service to an existing special service
             3764      district.
             3765          (1) Except as provided in Subsections (3) and (4), a county or municipal legislative
             3766      body may, as provided in this part:
             3767          (a) annex an area to an existing special service district to provide to that area a service
             3768      that the special service district is authorized to provide;
             3769          (b) add a service under Section 17D-1-201 within the area of an existing special service
             3770      district that the special service district is not already authorized to provide; or
             3771          (c) both annex an area under Subsection (1)(a) and add a service under Subsection
             3772      (1)(b).
             3773          (2) Except for Section 17D-1-209 , the provisions of Part 2, Creating a Special Service
             3774      District, apply to and govern the process of annexing an area to an existing special service
             3775      district or adding a service that the special service district is not already authorized to provide,
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         (3) A county or municipal legislative body may not:
             3778          (a) annex an area to an existing special service district if a local district provides to that
             3779      area the same service that the special service district is proposed to provide to the area, unless
             3780      the local district consents to the annexation; or
             3781          (b) add a service within the area of an existing special service district if a local district
             3782      provides to that area the same service that is proposed to be added, unless the local district
             3783      consents to the addition.
             3784          (4) A county or municipal legislative body may not annex an area to an existing special
             3785      service district or add a service within the area of an existing special service district if the
             3786      creation of a special service district including that area or providing that service would not be
             3787      allowed under Part 2, Creating a Special Service District.
             3788          Section 77. Section 17D-1-402 is enacted to read:
             3789          17D-1-402. Inapplicability of some requirements if petition is filed by all owners
             3790      of taxable real property.
             3791          Notwithstanding Section 17D-1-401 , the notice, hearing, and protest requirements of
             3792      Part 2, Creating a Special Service District, do not apply if a petition to annex an area or to add
             3793      a service to an existing special service district is filed with the legislative body of the county or
             3794      municipality, as the case may be, containing the signatures of all owners of taxable real
             3795      property:
             3796          (1) within the area proposed to be annexed, if the petition is for annexation of an area
             3797      to the special service district; or
             3798          (2) within the special service district, if the petition is for adding a service to be
             3799      provided by the special service district.
             3800          Section 78. Section 17D-1-403 is enacted to read:
             3801          17D-1-403. Notice of annexation to lieutenant governor -- Lieutenant governor
             3802      certification.
             3803          (1) If a county or municipal legislative body adopts a resolution approving the
             3804      annexation of an area to an existing special service district, the legislative body shall, within 30
             3805      days after adopting the resolution, file a notice with the lieutenant governor.
             3806          (2) Each notice under Subsection (1) shall:
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         (i) a copy of the resolution adopted by the legislative body approving the annexation;
             3809      and
             3810          (ii) a map showing the additional area to be annexed to the special service district,
             3811      prepared and certified by a licensed surveyor and filed with the county surveyor in accordance
             3812      with Section 17-23-17 ; and
             3813          (b) include the legislative body's certification that all requirements for the annexation
             3814      of the additional area have been met.
             3815          (3) Upon the lieutenant governor's issuance of the certificate of boundary change under
             3816      Section 67-1a-6.5 , the additional area that is the subject of the legislative body's resolution is
             3817      annexed to the special service district.
             3818          Section 79. Section 17D-1-501 is enacted to read:
             3819     
Part 5. Special Service District Bonds

             3820          17D-1-501. Provisions applicable to a special service district's issuance of bonds.
             3821          Except as otherwise provided in this chapter:
             3822          (1) each special service district that issues bonds shall:
             3823          (a) issue them as provided in, as applicable:
             3824          (i) Title 11, Chapter 14, Local Government Bonding Act; or
             3825          (ii) Title 11, Chapter 42, Assessment Area Act; and
             3826          (b) receive the benefits of Title 11, Chapter 30, Utah Bond Validation Act; and
             3827          (2) each special service district that issues refunding bonds shall issue them as
             3828      provided in Title 11, Chapter 27, Utah Refunding Bond Act.
             3829          Section 80. Section 17D-1-502 is enacted to read:
             3830          17D-1-502. General obligation bonds.
             3831          (1) Except as provided in Subsection (3), if a special service district intends to issue
             3832      general obligation bonds, the special service district shall first obtain the approval of special
             3833      service district voters for issuance of the bonds at an election held for that purpose as provided
             3834      in Title 11, Chapter 14, Local Government Bonding Act.
             3835          (2) General obligation bonds shall be secured by a pledge of the full faith and credit of
             3836      the special service district.
             3837          (3) A special service district may issue refunding general obligation bonds, as provided
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         (4) (a) A special service district may not issue general obligation bonds if the issuance
             3840      of the bonds will cause the outstanding principal amount of all of the special service district's
             3841      general obligation bonds to exceed the amount that results from multiplying the fair market
             3842      value of the taxable property within the special service district, as determined under Subsection
             3843      11-14-301 (3)(b), by .12.
             3844          (b) Bonds or other obligations of a special service district that are not general
             3845      obligation bonds are not included in the limit stated in Subsection (4)(a).
             3846          (5) A special service district may not be considered to be a municipal corporation for
             3847      purposes of the debt limitation of the Utah Constitution Article XIV, Section 4.
             3848          (6) Bonds issued by an administrative or legal entity created under Title 11, Chapter
             3849      13, Interlocal Cooperation Act, may not be considered to be bonds of a special service district
             3850      that participates in the agreement creating the administrative or legal entity.
             3851          Section 81. Section 17D-1-503 is enacted to read:
             3852          17D-1-503. Levy to pay for general obligation bonds.
             3853          (1) (a) If a special service district has issued general obligation bonds, or expects to
             3854      have debt service payments due on general obligation bonds during the current year, the
             3855      legislative body of the county or municipality that created the special service district may make
             3856      an annual levy of ad valorem property taxes in order to:
             3857          (i) pay the principal of and interest on the general obligation bonds;
             3858          (ii) establish a sinking fund for defaults and future debt service on the general
             3859      obligation bonds; and
             3860          (iii) establish a reserve to secure payment of the general obligation bonds.
             3861          (b) A levy under Subsection (1)(a) is:
             3862          (i) without limitation as to rate or amount; and
             3863          (ii) subject to the prior approval of a majority of registered voters of the special service
             3864      district voting in an election held for that purpose.
             3865          (2) (a) Each county or municipality that levies a tax under Subsection (1) shall:
             3866          (i) levy the tax as a separate and special levy for the specific purposes stated in
             3867      Subsection (1); and
             3868          (ii) apply the proceeds from the levy solely for the purpose of paying the principal of
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     or replenish a sinking fund under Subsection (1)(a)(ii) or a reserve under Subsection (1)(a)(iii).
             3871          (b) A levy under Subsection (2)(a) is not subject to a priority in favor of a special
             3872      service district obligation in existence at the time the bonds were issued.
             3873          Section 82. Section 17D-1-504 is enacted to read:
             3874          17D-1-504. Pledge of revenues to pay for bonds.
             3875          Bonds may be payable from and secured by the pledge of all or any specified part of:
             3876          (1) the revenues to be derived by the special service district from providing its services
             3877      and from the operation of its facilities and other properties;
             3878          (2) sales and use taxes, property taxes, and other taxes;
             3879          (3) federal, state, or local grants;
             3880          (4) in the case of special assessment bonds, the special assessments pledged to repay
             3881      the special assessment bonds; and
             3882          (5) other money legally available to the special service district.
             3883          Section 83. Section 17D-1-505 is enacted to read:
             3884          17D-1-505. Revenue bonds -- Requirement to impose rates and charges to cover
             3885      revenue bonds -- Authority to make agreements and covenants to provide for bond
             3886      repayment.
             3887          (1) Subject to Subsection 17D-1-501 (2), a special service district intending to issue
             3888      revenue bonds may, but is not required to, submit to special service district voters for their
             3889      approval the issuance of the revenue bonds at an election held for that purpose as provided in
             3890      Title 11, Chapter 14, Local Government Bonding Act.
             3891          (2) Each special service district that has issued revenue bonds shall impose rates and
             3892      charges for the services or commodities it provides fully sufficient, along with other sources of
             3893      special service district revenues, to carry out all undertakings of the special service district with
             3894      respect to its revenue bonds.
             3895          (3) A special service district that issues revenue bonds may:
             3896          (a) agree to pay operation and maintenance expenses of the special service district from
             3897      the proceeds of the ad valorem taxes that this chapter authorizes the county or municipality that
             3898      created the special service district to levy; and
             3899          (b) for the benefit of bondholders, enter into covenants that:
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         (ii) provide for other pertinent matters that the governing body considers proper to
             3902      assure the marketability of the bonds.
             3903          Section 84. Section 17D-1-506 is enacted to read:
             3904          17D-1-506. Governing body required to fix rates to cover district expenses and
             3905      bonds.
             3906          The governing body shall fix the rate or rates for services or commodities provided by
             3907      the special service district that will, in conjunction with the proceeds of any maintenance and
             3908      operation tax and other special service district revenues:
             3909          (1) pay the special service district's operating expenses;
             3910          (2) provide for repairs and depreciation of works owned or operated by the special
             3911      service district;
             3912          (3) pay the interest on any bonds issued by the special service district; and
             3913          (4) provide, as much as practicable, a sinking or other fund to pay the principal of the
             3914      bonds as they become due.
             3915          Section 85. Section 17D-1-507 is enacted to read:
             3916          17D-1-507. Guaranteed bonds.
             3917          (1) Before a special service district may issue guaranteed bonds:
             3918          (a) the special service district shall:
             3919          (i) obtain a report:
             3920          (A) prepared by:
             3921          (I) a qualified, registered architect or engineer; or
             3922          (II) a person qualified by experience appropriate to the project proposed to be funded
             3923      by the proceeds from the guaranteed bonds;
             3924          (B) setting forth:
             3925          (I) a description of the project proposed to be funded by the proceeds from the
             3926      guaranteed bonds;
             3927          (II) the estimated or, if available, the actual cost of the project;
             3928          (III) the principal amount and date and amount of each stated maturity of:
             3929          (Aa) the guaranteed bonds to be issued; and
             3930          (Bb) any outstanding guaranteed bonds of the special service district;
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     district;
             3933          (V) the amount of the annual debt service for each year during the life of all
             3934      outstanding guaranteed bonds issued by the special service district;
             3935          (VI) the estimated amount of the annual debt service for each year during the life of all
             3936      guaranteed bonds that the special service district intends to issue to finance all or any part of
             3937      the project; and
             3938          (VII) the date or estimated date that the project will be complete; and
             3939          (ii) submit to the Governor's Office of Economic Development:
             3940          (A) the report described in Subsection (1)(a)(i);
             3941          (B) a copy of each proposed guarantee of the guaranteed bonds, certified by the special
             3942      service district;
             3943          (C) a legal opinion indicating that each guarantee, when executed, will be the legal and
             3944      binding obligation of the taxpayer executing the guarantee in accordance with the terms of the
             3945      guarantee; and
             3946          (D) evidence satisfactory to the Governor's Office of Economic Development from
             3947      each taxpayer executing a guarantee of the guaranteed bonds as to the financial ability of the
             3948      taxpayer to perform under the guarantee;
             3949          (b) the Governor's Office of Economic Development shall, if it approves the issuance
             3950      of the guaranteed bonds, deliver to the special service district governing body a written
             3951      statement of its approval; and
             3952          (c) the special service district governing body shall file the written approval statement
             3953      under Subsection (1)(b) with the recorder of the county in which the special service district is
             3954      located.
             3955          (2) The issuance of guaranteed bonds is conditioned upon the approval of special
             3956      service district voters at an election held for that purpose as provided in Title 11, Chapter 14,
             3957      Local Government Bonding Act.
             3958          (3) Guaranteed bonds that have been issued and remain outstanding shall be included
             3959      in the determination of the debt limit under Subsection 17D-1-502 (4) if the bonds by their
             3960      terms no longer enjoy the benefit of the guarantee.
             3961          (4) On July 1 of each year, the governing body shall file with the department of
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         (a) the total amount of bonds issued by the special service district and other debt then
             3964      outstanding and subject to the debt limit of Subsection 17D-1-502 (4);
             3965          (b) the total amount of guaranteed bonds then outstanding and not subject to the debt
             3966      limit of Subsection 17D-1-502 (4); and
             3967          (c) the total amount of guaranteed bonds that, during the preceding 12 months,
             3968      discontinued to enjoy the benefit of the guarantee.
             3969          Section 86. Section 17D-1-508 is enacted to read:
             3970          17D-1-508. Special service district obligations are not obligations of any other
             3971      entity.
             3972          A special service district bond, note, or other obligation or indebtedness, whether or not
             3973      payable from taxes, may not be:
             3974          (1) considered to be a bond, note, or other obligation or indebtedness of or to be
             3975      enforceable against the state or a county, municipality, school district, or other political
             3976      subdivision of the state; or
             3977          (2) taken into account in calculating a debt limit applicable to the state or a county,
             3978      municipality, school district, or other political subdivision of the state.
             3979          Section 87. Section 17D-1-509 is enacted to read:
             3980          17D-1-509. Ratification of previously issued bonds and previously entered
             3981      contracts.
             3982          All bonds issued or contracts entered into by a special service district before May 5,
             3983      2008 are ratified, validated, and confirmed and declared to be valid and legally binding
             3984      obligations of the special service district in accordance with their terms.
             3985          Section 88. Section 17D-1-601 is enacted to read:
             3986     
Part 6. Withdrawal, Dissolution, and Discontinuing Service

             3987          17D-1-601. Adoption of a resolution to approve withdrawal, dissolution, or
             3988      discontinuance of a service.
             3989          Subject to and as provided in this part, the legislative body of the county or
             3990      municipality that created a special service district may by resolution:
             3991          (1) approve the withdrawal of an area from the special service district if the legislative
             3992      body determines that the area should not or cannot be provided the service that the special
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         (2) approve the dissolution of the special service district if the legislative body
             3995      determines that the special service district is no longer needed for the purposes for which it was
             3996      created; or
             3997          (3) discontinue a service that the special service district provides.
             3998          Section 89. Section 17D-1-602 is enacted to read:
             3999          17D-1-602. Limitations on adoption of withdrawal, dissolution, or discontinuance
             4000      resolution.
             4001          (1) A resolution under Subsection 17D-1-601 (1) or (2) to approve the withdrawal of an
             4002      area from a special service district or the dissolution of a special service district may not be
             4003      adopted if:
             4004          (a) any bond, note, or other obligation of the special service district is outstanding and
             4005      unpaid; or
             4006          (b) any contractual obligation to provide service exists.
             4007          (2) (a) A resolution under Subsection 17D-1-601 (3) to discontinue a service may not
             4008      be adopted if the special service district:
             4009          (i) has an outstanding bond payable in whole or in part from fees and charges imposed
             4010      for the service to be discontinued; or
             4011          (ii) is under contractual obligation to provide the service.
             4012          (b) Notwithstanding Subsection (2)(a)(i), a resolution to discontinue a service may be
             4013      adopted if:
             4014          (i) the bond is paid;
             4015          (ii) adequate provision is made for payment of the bond; or
             4016          (iii) the holder of the bond agrees to the discontinuance, if allowed under the bond.
             4017          (c) Notwithstanding Subsection (2)(a)(ii), a resolution to discontinue a service may be
             4018      adopted if all parties to the contract consent to the discontinuance.
             4019          Section 90. Section 17D-1-603 is enacted to read:
             4020          17D-1-603. Notice of adoption of resolution approving a withdrawal or dissolution
             4021      -- Lieutenant governor certificate -- Effective date of withdrawal or dissolution.
             4022          (1) Within 30 days after adopting a resolution approving the withdrawal of an area
             4023      from a special service district or the dissolution of a special service district, the county or
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         (2) Each notice under Subsection (1) shall:
             4026          (a) be accompanied by:
             4027          (i) a copy of the resolution approving the withdrawal or dissolution; and
             4028          (ii) in the case of a withdrawal, a map showing the area to be withdrawn, prepared and
             4029      certified by a licensed surveyor and filed with the county surveyor in accordance with Section
             4030      17-23-17 ; and
             4031          (b) include the legislative body's certification that all requirements for the withdrawal
             4032      or dissolution have been met.
             4033          (3) (a) Upon the lieutenant governor's issuance of the certificate of withdrawal under
             4034      Section 67-1a-6.5 , the area to be withdrawn that is the subject of the legislative body's
             4035      resolution is withdrawn from the special service district.
             4036          (b) Upon the lieutenant governor's issuance of the certificate of dissolution under
             4037      Section 67-1a-6.5 , the special service district is dissolved.
             4038          Section 91. Section 17D-2-101 is enacted to read:
             4039     
CHAPTER 2. LOCAL BUILDING AUTHORITY ACT

             4040     
Part 1. General Provisions

             4041          17D-2-101. Title.
             4042          This chapter is known as the "Local Building Authority Act."
             4043          Section 92. Section 17D-2-102 is enacted to read:
             4044          17D-2-102. Definitions.
             4045          As used in this chapter:
             4046          (1) "Authority board" means the board of directors of a local building authority, as
             4047      described in Section 17D-2-203 .
             4048          (2) "Bond" includes a bond, note, or other instrument issued under this chapter
             4049      evidencing an indebtedness of a local building authority.
             4050          (3) "Creating local entity" means the local entity that creates or created the local
             4051      building authority.
             4052          (4) "Governing body" means:
             4053          (a) for a county, city, or town, the legislative body of the county, city, or town;
             4054          (b) for a school district, the local school board for the school district;
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         (d) for a special service district, the special service district's governing body, as defined
             4057      in Section 17D-1-102 .
             4058          (5) "Local building authority" S. :
             4058a          (a) .S means a nonprofit corporation that is:
             4059           S. [ (a) ] (i) .S created as provided in Section 17D-2-201 ;
             4060           S. [ (b) ] (ii) .S described in Section 17D-2-103 ; and
             4061           S. [ (c) ] (iii) .S subject to and governed by the provisions of this chapter S. ; and
             4061a          (b) includes a nonprofit corporation created as a municipal building authority before
             4061b      May 5, 2008 under the law then in effect .S .
             4062          (6) "Local district" has the same meaning as provided in Section 17B-1-102 .
             4063          (7) "Local entity" means a county, city, town, school district, local district, or special
             4064      service district.
             4065          (8) "Mortgage" means any instrument under which property may be encumbered as
             4066      security for an obligation, including a mortgage, trust deed, indenture, pledge, assignment,
             4067      security agreement, and financing statement.
             4068          (9) "Project" means an improvement, facility, property, or appurtenance to property
             4069      that a local entity is permitted under law to own or acquire, whether located inside or outside
             4070      the local entity's boundary, including:
             4071          (a) a public building or other structure of any kind; and
             4072          (b) a joint or partial interest in the improvement, facility, property, or appurtenance to
             4073      property.
             4074          (10) "Project costs":
             4075          (a) means all costs incurred in the development of a project; and
             4076          (b) includes:
             4077          (i) organizational and incorporation fees, including filing, legal, and financial advisor
             4078      fees;
             4079          (ii) the cost of a site for the project;
             4080          (iii) the cost of equipment and furnishings for the project;
             4081          (iv) the cost of planning and designing the project, including architectural, planning,
             4082      engineering, legal, and fiscal advisor fees;
             4083          (v) contractor fees associated with the project;
             4084          (vi) the cost of issuing local building authority bonds to finance the project, including
             4085      printing costs, document preparation costs, filing fees, recording fees, legal and other
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     fees required to be paid to retire outstanding bonds;
             4088          (vii) interest on local building authority bonds issued to finance the project;
             4089          (viii) carrying costs;
             4090          (ix) interest estimated to accrue on local building authority bonds during the period of
             4091      construction of the project and for 12 months after;
             4092          (x) any amount the governing body finds necessary to establish one or more reserve
             4093      funds;
             4094          (xi) any amount the governing body finds necessary to provide working capital for the
             4095      project;
             4096          (xii) all costs of transferring title of the project to the creating local entity;
             4097          (xiii) all costs of dissolving the local building authority; and
             4098          (xiv) all other reasonable costs associated with the project.
             4099          (11) "Special service district" has the same meaning as provided in Section 17D-1-102 .
             4100          Section 93. Section 17D-2-103 is enacted to read:
             4101          17D-2-103. Status and authority of a local building authority.
             4102          A local building authority:
             4103          (1) is a public entity and an instrumentality of the state, created by a local entity solely
             4104      for the purpose of constructing, acquiring, improving, or extending, and financing the costs of,
             4105      one or more projects on behalf of the local entity;
             4106          (2) shall be known as the "Local Building Authority of (name of the creating local
             4107      entity)"; and
             4108          (3) may:
             4109          (a) as provided in this chapter, construct, acquire, improve, or extend, and finance the
             4110      costs of, one or more projects on behalf of the creating local entity, in order to accomplish the
             4111      public purposes for which the creating local entity exists; and
             4112          (b) as provided in Part 5, Local Building Authority Bonds, issue and sell its bonds for
             4113      the purpose of paying the costs of constructing, acquiring, improving, or extending a project.
             4114          Section 94. Section 17D-2-104 is enacted to read:
             4115          17D-2-104. Local building authority property exempt from taxation.
             4116          Property owned, held, or acquired by a local building authority, including all rent or
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         Section 95. Section 17D-2-105 is enacted to read:
             4119          17D-2-105. Action of a local entity's governing body or a local building
             4120      authority's board of directors.
             4121          (1) The governing body of a local entity or the authority board of a local building
             4122      authority may take an action or proceeding under this chapter by resolution.
             4123          (2) Except as specifically required under this chapter:
             4124          (a) an ordinance, resolution, or proceeding with respect to a transaction under this
             4125      chapter is not necessary; and
             4126          (b) the publication of a resolution, proceeding, or notice relating to a transaction under
             4127      this chapter is not necessary.
             4128          (3) The governing body of a local entity or authority board of a local building authority
             4129      may adopt a proceeding under this chapter on a single reading at a legally convened meeting of
             4130      the governing body or authority board, as the case may be.
             4131          (4) Except as specifically provided in this chapter, a resolution adopted or proceeding
             4132      taken under this chapter is not subject to referendum.
             4133          Section 96. Section 17D-2-106 is enacted to read:
             4134          17D-2-106. Publications in newspapers.
             4135          A publication made under this chapter may be made in a newspaper conforming to the
             4136      terms of this chapter and in which legal notices may be published under the law, without regard
             4137      to whether the newspaper is designated as the local entity's official journal or newspaper.
             4138          Section 97. Section 17D-2-107 is enacted to read:
             4139          17D-2-107. Local building authority not subject to any state board, commission,
             4140      or agency.
             4141          Neither a local building authority nor a project is subject to the jurisdiction of any
             4142      board, commission, or agency of the state, including the Public Service Commission.
             4143          Section 98. Section 17D-2-108 is enacted to read:
             4144          17D-2-108. Other statutory provisions.
             4145          (1) This chapter is supplemental to existing laws relating to a local entity's acquisition,
             4146      use, maintenance, management, or operation of a project.
             4147          (2) Except as provided in this chapter, a local entity or local building authority that
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     concerning the acquisition, construction, use, or maintenance of a project, including:
             4150          (a) a statute relating to public bidding; and
             4151          (b) Title 63, Chapter 56, Utah Procurement Code.
             4152          (3) A local building authority is, to the same extent as if it were a local district, subject
             4153      to and governed by:
             4154          (a) Title 17B, Chapter 1, Part 6, Fiscal Procedures for Local Districts;
             4155          (b) Title 17B, Chapter 1, Part 8, Local District Personnel Management; and
             4156          (c) Section 17B-1-108 .
             4157          Section 99. Section 17D-2-109 is enacted to read:
             4158          17D-2-109. Construction of this chapter -- Conflicts with other provisions.
             4159          (1) To enable a local building authority to perform its essential governmental functions
             4160      on behalf of its creating local entity, this chapter shall be liberally construed.
             4161          (2) (a) If a provision of this chapter conflicts with another statutory provision, the
             4162      provision of this chapter controls.
             4163          (b) Subsection (2)(a) applies notwithstanding Section 11-14-403 .
             4164          Section 100. Section 17D-2-110 is enacted to read:
             4165          17D-2-110. Validation of previous proceedings.
             4166          Each proceeding taken by a local entity before May 5, 2008 in connection with the
             4167      creation and operation of a local building authority is validated, ratified, approved, and
             4168      confirmed.
             4169          Section 101. Section 17D-2-201 is enacted to read:
             4170     
Part 2. Local Building Authority Creation, Powers, and Governance

             4171          17D-2-201. Creating a local building authority -- Articles of incorporation and
             4172      bylaws -- Changing a local building authority.
             4173          (1) The governing body of a local entity may create a local building authority by
             4174      following the procedures in Title 16, Chapter 6a, Utah Revised Nonprofit Corporation Act, for
             4175      the incorporation of a nonprofit corporation.
             4176          (2) The creating local entity's governing body shall approve:
             4177          (a) the local building authority's articles of incorporation before they are filed with the
             4178      Division of Corporations and Commercial Code; and
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         (3) The creating local entity's governing body may, in its sole discretion and at any
             4181      time, change the local building authority's structure, organization, programs, or activities,
             4182      subject to:
             4183          (a) this chapter; and
             4184          (b) the rights of:
             4185          (i) holders of the local building authority's bonds; and
             4186          (ii) parties to other obligations of the local building authority.
             4187          Section 102. Section 17D-2-202 is enacted to read:
             4188          17D-2-202. Staff and personnel of a local building authority -- Legal, accounting,
             4189      and auditing services.
             4190          (1) A local building authority may:
             4191          (a) as necessary for the local building authority's performance of its functions and
             4192      activities:
             4193          (i) subject to Subsection (2), contract for or employ staff and other personnel, including
             4194      the personnel of the creating local entity; and
             4195          (ii) contract with the creating local entity to use the creating local entity's property or
             4196      facilities; and
             4197          (b) include the cost of the use of the creating local entity's personnel, property, or
             4198      facilities under Subsection (1)(a) in the amount the local building authority charges under a
             4199      lease or agreement with the creating local entity.
             4200          (2) (a) If a creating local entity has an elected attorney, that elected attorney shall be the
             4201      legal advisor to and provide all legal services for the local building authority created by the
             4202      creating local entity, subject to Subsection (3).
             4203          (b) If a creating local entity has an elected auditor, that elected auditor shall provide all
             4204      accounting and auditing services for the local building authority created by the creating local
             4205      entity, subject to Subsection (3).
             4206          (c) The local building authority shall reimburse the creating local entity for legal,
             4207      accounting, and auditing services provided by the creating local entity's elected attorney or
             4208      auditor, based on the actual cost of the services, including a reasonable amount that the creating
             4209      local entity allocates for overhead, employee benefits, and general and administrative costs.
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     obtaining:
             4212          (a) with the consent of the elected attorney and the governing body, legal services from
             4213      an outside attorney;
             4214          (b) with the consent of the elected auditor and the governing body, accounting or
             4215      auditing services from an outside accountant or auditor; or
             4216          (c) an opinion of an outside attorney or accountant that is necessary for the issuance of
             4217      the local building authority's bonds.
             4218          (4) If fees for legal, accounting, or auditing services related to a project are paid by the
             4219      creating local entity and not reimbursed by the local building authority, the local building
             4220      authority may not include the cost of those services in the amount the local building authority
             4221      charges under a lease agreement with the creating local entity with respect to that project.
             4222          Section 103. Section 17D-2-203 is enacted to read:
             4223          17D-2-203. Local building authority board of directors.
             4224          (1) Except as provided in Subsection (3), the members of the governing body of the
             4225      creating local entity constitute the authority board of the local building authority created by the
             4226      creating local entity.
             4227          (2) An authority board may be referred to as a board of trustees.
             4228          (3) (a) For a local building authority whose creating local entity is a county that
             4229      operates under the county commission form of government under Section 17-52-501 , two
             4230      members of the authority board may appoint an elected officer of the county to serve
             4231      temporarily as a member of the authority board if the other authority board member:
             4232          (i) is, as a member of the county commission, placed on paid administrative leave
             4233      under Section 17-16-10.5 ;
             4234          (ii) is unable to serve due to a disability;
             4235          (iii) has a conflict of interest with respect to a matter before the authority board that
             4236      disqualifies the authority board member or causes the member to abstain from participating in
             4237      action on that matter; or
             4238          (iv) is unable for any other reason to serve temporarily on the authority board or to
             4239      participate in a matter before the board.
             4240          (b) An elected county officer appointed to an authority board under Subsection (3)(a)
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     for the appointment is no longer present.
             4243          Section 104. Section 17D-2-301 is enacted to read:
             4244     
Part 3. Local Building Authority Projects

             4245          17D-2-301. Project plans and specifications.
             4246          Each local building authority that proposes to construct, acquire, improve, or extend a
             4247      project for the use of its creating local entity shall submit to the governing body of the creating
             4248      local entity:
             4249          (1) plans and specifications for the project; and
             4250          (2) the estimated project costs.
             4251          Section 105. Section 17D-2-302 is enacted to read:
             4252          17D-2-302. Architect or engineer certificate -- Approval of plans and
             4253      specifications.
             4254          (1) The plans and specifications submitted under Subsection 17D-3-301 (1) shall
             4255      include a certificate of the architect or engineer responsible for planning and designing the
             4256      project, stating the estimated useful life of the project.
             4257          (2) The creating local entity's governing body shall approve the plans, specifications,
             4258      and estimated project costs before:
             4259          (a) execution of a lease agreement with respect to the project; and
             4260          (b) the local building authority begins to construct, acquire, improve, or extend the
             4261      project.
             4262          Section 106. Section 17D-2-401 is enacted to read:
             4263     
Part 4. Local Building Authority Lease Agreements

             4264          17D-2-401. Project lease agreements.
             4265          (1) A local building authority and its creating local entity may enter into a lease
             4266      agreement with respect to a project that the local building authority:
             4267          (a) has constructed, acquired, improved, or extended on behalf of the creating local
             4268      entity; or
             4269          (b) will construct, acquire, improve, or extend on behalf of the creating local entity.
             4270          (2) (a) A local building authority and its creating local entity may enter into a lease
             4271      agreement before the local building authority's acquisition of a site or construction of the
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         (b) Each lease agreement described in Subsection (2)(a) shall:
             4274          (i) provide that the creating local entity is not required to make a lease payment until
             4275      acquisition or construction of the project is completed; S. and .S
             4276          (ii) require the local building authority to furnish or cause the construction contractor
             4277      to furnish a bond satisfactory to the creating local entity, conditioned upon:
             4278          (A) final completion of the project as expeditiously as reasonably possible from the
             4279      date of the execution of the lease agreement; and
             4280          (B) delivery of possession of the project to the creating local entity free and clear of all
             4281      liens and encumbrances, except:
             4282          (I) taxes, liens, and encumbrances on the local building authority's interest in the leased
             4283      property; and
             4284          (II) easements and restrictions that the creating local entity accepts.
             4285          Section 107. Section 17D-2-402 is enacted to read:
             4286          17D-2-402. Requirements for lease agreements.
             4287          (1) Each lease agreement between a local building authority and its creating local entity
             4288      shall:
             4289          (a) provide for the payment of lease payments sufficient:
             4290          (i) to pay:
             4291          (A) the principal of and interest on local building authority bonds the proceeds of
             4292      which were used to construct, acquire, improve, or extend the project;
             4293          (B) all fees and expenses of trustees and paying agents for bonds described in
             4294      Subsection S. [ (2) ] (1) .S (a)(i)(A); and
             4295          (C) all costs of maintaining and operating the project; and
             4296          (ii) to accumulate any reasonable reserve that the local building authority considers
             4297      necessary;
             4298          (b) provide that the creating local entity, if not in default under the lease agreement,
             4299      may:
             4300          (i) subject to Subsection (2), renew the lease for a fixed term beyond the initial term by
             4301      giving specified notice before the expiration of the initial term; and
             4302          (ii) subject to Subsection (3) and the terms of the lease agreement, purchase the leased
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         (c) provide that a creating local entity under the lease agreement is not under any
             4305      obligation:
             4306          (i) to purchase the leased property; or
             4307          (ii) to a creditor, shareholder, or security holder of the local building authority; and
             4308          (d) require that:
             4309          (i) title to the project vest in the creating local entity upon payment in full of all
             4310      outstanding local building authority bonds issued to construct, acquire, improve, or extend a
             4311      project; and
             4312          (ii) any remaining assets and net earnings of the local building authority be paid to the
             4313      creating local entity upon dissolution of the local building authority, as provided in Section
             4314      17D-2-702 .
             4315          (2) The term of a lease agreement under this part, including any renewal of the lease
             4316      agreement, may not exceed the lesser of:
             4317          (a) the estimated useful life of the project, as certified under Subsection 17D-2-302 (1);
             4318      and
             4319          (b) 40 years.
             4320          (3) The purchase price of leased property under Subsection (1)(b)(ii) may not exceed
             4321      the project costs that the local building authority actually invested in the project.
             4322          Section 108. Section 17D-2-403 is enacted to read:
             4323          17D-2-403. Provisions that a lease agreement may contain.
             4324          (1) A lease agreement between a local building authority and its creating local entity
             4325      may:
             4326          (a) provide that the creating local entity, as part of the lease payments for the leased
             4327      property:
             4328          (i) pay all taxes and assessments levied against or on account of the leased property or
             4329      rentals from it;
             4330          (ii) maintain insurance on the leased property for the benefit of the local building
             4331      authority and the holders of the local building authority's bonds; and
             4332          (iii) assume all responsibility for any repair, replacement, alteration, or improvement to
             4333      the leased property during the term of the lease agreement; and
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         (i) the state;
             4336          (ii) another local entity; or
             4337          (iii) a private party, including a nonprofit corporation, if the local building authority or
             4338      local entity S. [ ; ] : .S
             4339          (A) intends to own the project throughout the useful life of the project; and
             4340          (B) determines that the local building authority or local entity's ownership of the
             4341      project furthers a legitimate public purpose.
             4342          (2) A local entity that subleases some or all of a project under Subsection (1)(b)
             4343      continues to be responsible for lease payments due under the lease agreement with the local
             4344      building authority.
             4345          Section 109. Section 17D-2-404 is enacted to read:
             4346          17D-2-404. Lease of local entity's site to local building authority.
             4347          (1) A local entity desiring to have a local building authority construct a project for the
             4348      use of the local entity upon a site that the local entity owns may lease the site to the local
             4349      building authority for a nominal rental.
             4350          (2) Each lease under Subsection (1) shall grant the local building authority an option to
             4351      renew the lease on the same terms and conditions if, by the time of the expiration of the lease,
             4352      the local building authority has not been fully repaid the project costs it actually invested in the
             4353      project.
             4354          (3) A lease under this section, including any renewal of the lease under Subsection (2),
             4355      may not exceed the period specified in Subsection 17D-2-402 (2).
             4356          (4) (a) As used in this Subsection (4):
             4357          (i) "Project lease agreement" means a lease agreement between a local building
             4358      authority and its creating local entity under which the local building authority leases to the
             4359      creating local entity a project constructed on a site owned by the creating local entity.
             4360          (ii) "Site lease" means a creating local entity's lease of a site to a local building
             4361      authority.
             4362          (b) A local entity that has entered into a site lease with a local building authority may
             4363      grant the local building authority an option to purchase the site within six months after the
             4364      termination of the creating local entity's lease payment obligation under the project lease
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         (i) defaults under the terms of the project lease agreement; and
             4367          (ii) does not exercise its option to purchase the project under the terms of the project
             4368      lease agreement.
             4369          Section 110. Section 17D-2-405 is enacted to read:
             4370          17D-2-405. Default under a lease agreement.
             4371          If a local entity fails to pay a lease payment due to a local building authority under a
             4372      lease agreement:
             4373          (1) the local entity shall immediately quit and vacate the project;
             4374          (2) the local entity's lease payment obligation under the lease agreement terminates;
             4375      and
             4376          (3) the local building authority may immediately lease the project according to the
             4377      provisions of:
             4378          (a) the proceeding under which bonds to fund the project were authorized; and
             4379          (b) any mortgage given to secure the bonds.
             4380          Section 111. Section 17D-2-501 is enacted to read:
             4381     
Part 5. Local Building Authority Bonds

             4382          17D-2-501. Provisions applicable to issuance of local building authority bonds.
             4383          Except as otherwise provided in this chapter:
             4384          (1) each local building authority that issues bonds shall:
             4385          (a) issue them as provided in Title 11, Chapter 14, Local Government Bonding Act,
             4386      except Section 11-14-306 ; and
             4387          (b) receive the benefits of Title 11, Chapter 30, Utah Bond Validation Act;
             4388          (2) bonds issued by a local building authority are governed by and subject to Title 11,
             4389      Chapter 14, Local Government Bonding Act, except Sections 11-14-306 and 11-14-403 ; and
             4390          (3) each local building authority that issues refunding bonds shall issue them as
             4391      provided in Title 11, Chapter 27, Utah Refunding Bond Act.
             4392          Section 112. Section 17D-2-502 is enacted to read:
             4393          17D-2-502. Required process for issuance of local building authority bonds.
             4394          (1) A local building authority may not issue bonds unless the creating local entity's
             4395      governing body approves the issuance and terms of the bonds.
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     public notice of the authority board's intent to issue bonds.
             4398          (b) (i) A local building authority may not issue bonds without the approval of the
             4399      creating local entity's voters if, within 30 days after the notice under Subsection (2)(a) is given,
             4400      a written petition requesting an election is filed with the local building authority, signed by at
             4401      least 20% of the active voters, as defined in Section 20A-1-102 , within the creating local entity.
             4402          (ii) Each election under Subsection (2)(b)(i) shall be held as provided in Title 11,
             4403      Chapter 14, Local Government Bonding Act, in the same manner as an election for general
             4404      obligation bonds issued by the creating local entity.
             4405          Section 113. Section 17D-2-503 is enacted to read:
             4406          17D-2-503. Proceedings for the issuance of local building authority bonds.
             4407          The proceeding under which a local building authority is authorized to issue bonds
             4408      under this part may:
             4409          (1) contain any agreement or provision customarily contained in an instrument securing
             4410      bonds, including a provision regarding:
             4411          (a) the fixing and collection of lease payments for a project covered by the bond
             4412      proceeding;
             4413          (b) the terms to be incorporated in the lease agreement with respect to the project;
             4414          (c) the operation, maintenance, and insurance of the project;
             4415          (d) the creation and maintenance of a reserve fund from the proceeds of the sale of
             4416      bonds or from lease payment revenue; and
             4417          (e) any rights and remedies available to the holders of the bonds or to the trustee, in the
             4418      event of a default, that the authority board of the local building authority determines in
             4419      accordance with this part;
             4420          (2) provide for the appointment of a trust company or bank, located inside or outside
             4421      the state, as trustee; and
             4422          (3) provide that upon default in the payment of the principal of or interest on the bonds
             4423      or in the performance of any covenant or agreement contained in the proceedings, the payment
             4424      or performance may be enforced by the appointment of a receiver for the project, with power:
             4425          (a) to rent or lease some or all of the property;
             4426          (b) to charge and collect rent; and
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         Section 114. Section 17D-2-504 is enacted to read:
             4429          17D-2-504. Local building authority bonds payable solely from lease payments.
             4430          (1) Except to the extent that they are secured as provided in Section 17D-2-505 , bonds
             4431      issued by a local building authority and interest on the bonds are payable solely from payments
             4432      received under a lease agreement with the creating local entity with respect to the project that
             4433      was financed with the bond proceeds.
             4434          (2) Each bond issued by a local building authority shall recite on its face that the bond
             4435      is payable as provided in Subsection (1).
             4436          Section 115. Section 17D-2-505 is enacted to read:
             4437          17D-2-505. Security for local building authority bonds.
             4438          (1) The principal of and interest on bonds that a local building authority issues under
             4439      this part:
             4440          (a) shall be secured by a pledge and assignment of the revenue that the local building
             4441      authority receives under its lease agreement with respect to the project that was financed with
             4442      the bond proceeds;
             4443          (b) may be secured by:
             4444          (i) a mortgage covering some or all of the project;
             4445          (ii) a pledge and assignment of the lease agreement for that project;
             4446          (iii) money held in a reserve fund; and
             4447          (iv) any other security device with respect to the project that the local building
             4448      authority considers most advantageous.
             4449          (2) A proceeding under which a mortgage is given to secure the bonds of a local
             4450      building authority may contain any agreement or provision listed in Section 17D-2-503 that
             4451      could be contained in a proceeding under which a local building authority is authorized to issue
             4452      bonds under this part.
             4453          (3) A mortgage to secure bonds issued by a local building authority under this part may
             4454      provide that:
             4455          (a) upon default in its payment or the violation of any covenant or agreement contained
             4456      in the mortgage, the mortgage may be foreclosed in the manner permitted by law; and
             4457          (b) the trustee or holder of any bond secured by the mortgage may become the
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         Section 116. Section 17D-2-506 is enacted to read:
             4460          17D-2-506. Other entities not responsible for local building authority bonds or
             4461      breach of mortgage and other obligations.
             4462          (1) Nothing in this part may be construed to require:
             4463          (a) the state or any political subdivision of the state to pay a bond issued under this
             4464      part;
             4465          (b) the state or, except the creating local entity, any political subdivision of the state to
             4466      pay any rent or lease payment due to a local building authority under the terms of a lease
             4467      agreement; or
             4468          (c) the creating local entity to appropriate money to pay:
             4469          (i) principal of or interest on bonds issued by a local building authority; or
             4470          (ii) the lease payments under a lease agreement with the local building authority.
             4471          (2) A breach of a mortgage or a covenant or agreement in a mortgage may not impose a
             4472      general obligation or liability upon or a charge against:
             4473          (a) the creating local entity;
             4474          (b) the general credit or taxing power of the state or any political subdivision of the
             4475      state.
             4476          Section 117. Section 17D-2-507 is enacted to read:
             4477          17D-2-507. Required provision in device securing payment of bonds.
             4478          Each mortgage, trust deed, security agreement, trust indenture, or other security device
             4479      securing payment of bonds issued under this part shall provide that no deficiency judgment
             4480      upon foreclosure may be entered against:
             4481          (1) the local building authority S. [ : ] ; .S
             4482          (2) the state; or
             4483          (3) any political subdivision of the state.
             4484          Section 118. Section 17D-2-601 is enacted to read:
             4485     
Part 6. Contesting a Resolution or Proceeding

             4486          17D-2-601. Publishing notice of local entity or local building authority resolution
             4487      or other proceeding.
             4488          (1) The governing body of a local entity or the authority board of a local building
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     chapter by the governing body or authority board, respectively, in a newspaper of general
             4491      circulation in the local entity.
             4492          (2) (a) If the resolution or other proceeding provides for the local building authority's
             4493      issuance of bonds, the authority board may, in lieu of publishing the entire resolution or other
             4494      proceeding, publish a notice of the bonds to be issued.
             4495          (b) Each notice under Subsection (2)(a) shall comply with the requirements of
             4496      Subsection 11-14-316 (2).
             4497          (c) The authority board of a local building authority publishing a notice under
             4498      Subsection (2)(a) shall make a copy of the resolution or other proceeding authorizing the
             4499      issuance of the local building authority bonds available for public inspection during regular
             4500      business hours at the office of the local building authority for a period of at least 30 days after
             4501      publication of the notice.
             4502          Section 119. Section 17D-2-602 is enacted to read:
             4503          17D-2-602. Contesting the legality of a resolution or other proceeding -- No cause
             4504      of action after contest period.
             4505          (1) For a period of 30 days after publication of a resolution or other proceeding under
             4506      Subsection 17D-1-601 (1) or a notice under S. [ Section ] Subsection .S 17D-1-601 (2), any person
             4506a      in interest may
             4507      file an action in district court contesting the regularity, formality, or legality of:
             4508          (a) a resolution or other proceeding;
             4509          (b) any bonds or a lease agreement authorized by a resolution or other proceeding; or
             4510          (c) any provision made for the security or payment of local building authority bonds or
             4511      lease agreement.
             4512          (2) After the period referred to in Subsection (1), no one may have a cause of action to
             4513      contest for any reason the regularity, formality, or legality of any of the matters listed in
             4514      Subsection (1).
             4515          Section 120. Section 17D-2-701 is enacted to read:
             4516     
Part 7. Dissolution of Local Building Authority

             4517          17D-2-701. Local entity governing body may dissolve local building authority --
             4518      Limitation.
             4519          (1) Subject to Subsection (2), the governing body of the creating local entity may at any
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     procedures in Title 16, Chapter 6a, Utah Revised Nonprofit Corporation Act, for the
             4522      dissolution of a nonprofit corporation.
             4523          (2) A creating local entity's governing body may not dissolve a local building authority
             4524      unless:
             4525          (a) (i) the principal, interest, and any redemption premium on all outstanding bonds of
             4526      the local building authority are paid in full; and
             4527          (ii) all other obligations of the local building authority are paid in full; or
             4528          (b) the local building authority has made provision for the payment S. , .S when due
             4528a      S. , .S of all
             4529      bond and other obligations described in Subsection (2)(a).
             4530          Section 121. Section 17D-2-702 is enacted to read:
             4531          17D-2-702. Effect of dissolution.
             4532          Upon the dissolution of a local building authority:
             4533          (1) title to all of the local building authority's projects vest in the creating local entity;
             4534      and
             4535          (2) all assets and net earnings of the local building authority remaining after the
             4536      payment or providing for the payment of all local building authority bonds and other
             4537      obligations shall be transferred to the creating local entity.
             4538          Section 122. Section 17D-3-101 is enacted to read:
             4539     
CHAPTER 3. CONSERVATION DISTRICT ACT

             4540     
Part 1. General Provisions

             4541          17D-3-101. Title.
             4542          This chapter is known as the "Conservation District Act."
             4543          Section 123. Section 17D-3-102 , which is renumbered from Section 17A-3-800 is
             4544      renumbered and amended to read:
             4545           [17A-3-800].     17D-3-102. Definitions.
             4546          As used in this chapter:
             4547          (1) "Commission" means the Conservation Commission created [by] under Section
             4548      4-18-4 .
             4549          (2) "Conservation district" means a limited purpose local government entity, as
             4550      described in Section 17D-3-103 , that operates under, is subject to, and has the powers set forth
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         [(2)] (3) "Department" means the Department of Agriculture and Food created [in]
             4553      under Section 4-2-1 .
             4554          [(3) "District" means a conservation district created under this chapter.]
             4555          Section 124. Section 17D-3-103 is enacted to read:
             4556          17D-3-103. Conservation district status, authority, and duties.
             4557          (1) A conservation district created under this chapter:
             4558          (a) is a body corporate and politic;
             4559          (b) is a political subdivision of the state; and
             4560          (c) may sue and be sued.
             4561          (2) (a) A conservation district may:
             4562          (i) survey, investigate, and research soil erosion, flood water, nonpoint source water
             4563      pollution, flood control, water pollution, sediment damage, and watershed development;
             4564          (ii) subject to Subsection (2)(b), devise and implement on state or private land a
             4565      measure to prevent soil erosion, floodwater or sediment damage, nonpoint source water
             4566      pollution, or other degradation of a watershed or of property affecting a watershed;
             4567          (iii) subject to Subsection (2)(b), devise and implement a measure to conserve,
             4568      develop, utilize, or dispose of water on state or private land;
             4569          (iv) construct, improve, operate, and maintain a structure that the board of supervisors
             4570      considers necessary or convenient for the conservation district to carry out its purposes under
             4571      this chapter;
             4572          (v) acquire property, real or personal, by purchase or otherwise, and maintain, improve,
             4573      and administer that property consistent with the purposes of this chapter;
             4574          (vi) enter into a contract in the name of the conservation district;
             4575          (vii) receive money from:
             4576          (A) a federal or state agency;
             4577          (B) a county, municipality, or other political subdivision of the state; or
             4578          (C) a private source;
             4579          (viii) subject to Subsection (2)(c), make recommendations governing land use within
             4580      the conservation district, including:
             4581          (A) the observance of particular methods of cultivation;
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         (C) the avoidance of tilling and cultivating highly erosive areas where erosion may not
             4584      be adequately controlled if cultivated;
             4585          (D) the construction of terraces, terrace outlets, check dams, dikes, ponds, or other
             4586      structures; and
             4587          (E) the development or restoration, or both, of range or forest lands or other natural
             4588      resources, whether in private, state, or federal ownership;
             4589          (ix) make recommendations for county and municipal land use authorities within the
             4590      conservation district to consider with respect to land use applications and other development
             4591      proposals;
             4592          (x) employ clerical and other staff personnel, including legal staff, subject to available
             4593      funds; and
             4594          (xi) perform any other act that the board of supervisors considers necessary or
             4595      convenient for the efficient and effective administration of the conservation district.
             4596          (b) A conservation district's authority under Subsections (2)(a)(ii) and (iii) is subject to
             4597      the consent of:
             4598          (i) the land occupier; and
             4599          (ii) in the case of school and institutional trust lands, as defined in Section 53C-1-103 ,
             4600      the director of the School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration, in accordance with
             4601      Sections 53C-1-102 and 53C-1-303 .
             4602          (c) (i) Each recommendation under Subsection (2)(a)(viii) shall be uniform throughout
             4603      the conservation district or, if the board of supervisors classifies land under Subsection
             4604      (2)(c)(ii), throughout each land classification.
             4605          (ii) The board of supervisors may uniformly classify land within the conservation
             4606      district with respect to soil type, degree of slope, degree of threatened or existing erosion,
             4607      cropping and tillage practices in use, or other relevant factors.
             4608          (3) (a) Each conservation district shall annually submit to the commission, no later
             4609      than the date that the commission prescribes:
             4610          (i) a copy of the minutes of each conservation district meeting;
             4611          (ii) a copy of the conservation district's annual work plan; and
             4612          (iii) an accounting of the conservation district's financial affairs, as provided in
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         (b) The accounting required under Subsection (3)(a)(iii) shall:
             4615          (i) be prepared by a disinterested person; and
             4616          (ii) show the conservation district's debits and credits, including accounts payable and
             4617      accounts receivable, the purpose of each debit, the source of each credit, and the actual cash
             4618      balance on hand.
             4619          Section 125. Section 17D-3-104 is enacted to read:
             4620          17D-3-104. District court jurisdiction.
             4621          The district court in which a conservation district is located has jurisdiction to decide
             4622      all cases and controversies involving the construction, application, or enforcement of land use
             4623      ordinances within the conservation district.
             4624          Section 126. Section 17D-3-201 is enacted to read:
             4625     
Part 2. Creation, Consolidation, Division, and Dissolution of Conservation Districts

             4626          17D-3-201. Commission authority to approve the creation, consolidation, division,
             4627      and dissolution of conservation districts -- Notice and hearing requirements.
             4628          (1) As provided in this part, the commission may:
             4629          (a) pursuant to a petition under Section 17D-3-202 , approve the creation of a
             4630      conservation district; or
             4631          (b) pursuant to a petition under Section 17D-3-202 or on its own motion, approve:
             4632          (i) the consolidation of two or more existing conservation districts;
             4633          (ii) the division of an existing conservation district into two or more conservation
             4634      districts; or
             4635          (iii) the dissolution of an existing conservation district.
             4636          (2) Before taking an action authorized under Subsection (1), the commission shall:
             4637          (a) cause notice of a hearing on the proposed creation, consolidation, division, or
             4638      dissolution to be published:
             4639          (i) no more than 30 days after, as the case may be:
             4640          (A) the filing of a petition under Section 17D-3-202 , for a proposed creation,
             4641      consolidation, division, or dissolution; or
             4642          (B) adoption of the commission's own motion, for a proposed consolidation, division,
             4643      or dissolution; and
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         (A) for a proposed creation, the area of the proposed conservation district;
             4646          (B) for a proposed consolidation, the area of each conservation district proposed to be
             4647      consolidated; and
             4648          (C) for a proposed division or dissolution, within the area of the conservation district
             4649      proposed to be divided or dissolved; and
             4650          (b) hold a public hearing on the desirability and necessity of the creation,
             4651      consolidation, division, or dissolution.
             4652          Section 127. Section 17D-3-202 is enacted to read:
             4653          17D-3-202. Petition to create conservation district -- Petition or commission
             4654      motion to consolidate, divide, or dissolve conservation districts -- Petition requirements.
             4655          (1) A petition to create a conservation district, to consolidate two or more existing
             4656      conservation districts, or to divide or dissolve an existing conservation district may be filed by
             4657      25 or more land occupiers residing within:
             4658          (a) for the proposed creation of a conservation district, the area included within the
             4659      proposed conservation district;
             4660          (b) for the proposed consolidation of existing conservation districts, the area included
             4661      within the conservation districts proposed to be consolidated; or
             4662          (c) for the proposed division or dissolution of an existing conservation district, the area
             4663      included within the conservation district proposed to be divided or dissolved.
             4664          (2) Each petition under Subsection (1) shall be:
             4665          (a) in the form that the commission prescribes; and
             4666          (b) filed with the commission.
             4667          Section 128. Section 17D-3-203 is enacted to read:
             4668          17D-3-203. Considerations in determining whether to approve conservation
             4669      district creation, consolidation, division, or dissolution -- Denial or approval --
             4670      Certification to lieutenant governor -- Prohibition against considering similar creation,
             4671      consolidation, division, or dissolution if previously denied.
             4672          (1) In determining whether to approve the creation of a conservation district, the
             4673      consolidation of existing conservation districts, or the division or dissolution of an existing
             4674      conservation district, the commission shall consider:
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     consolidation, division, or dissolution;
             4677          (b) the topography of and soil compositions and prevailing land use practices within
             4678      the area of the proposed or existing conservation district or districts;
             4679          (c) the hydrologic unit code of the watershed in which the area of the proposed or
             4680      existing conservation district or districts is located;
             4681          (d) the relationship of the area of the proposed or existing conservation district or
             4682      districts to existing watersheds and agricultural regions; and
             4683          (e) the sentiment expressed by persons within the area of the proposed or existing
             4684      conservation district or districts with respect to the proposed creation, consolidation, division,
             4685      or dissolution.
             4686          (2) After holding a public hearing as required under Subsection 17D-3-201 (2)(b) and
             4687      considering the factors listed in Subsection (1), the commission shall:
             4688          (a) (i) deny the creation of a conservation district, the consolidation of existing
             4689      conservation districts, or the division or dissolution of an existing conservation district, as the
             4690      case may be, if the commission determines that creation, consolidation, division, or dissolution
             4691      is not necessary or administratively practical; or
             4692          (ii) approve the creation of a conservation district, the consolidation of existing
             4693      conservation districts, or the division or dissolution of an existing conservation district, as the
             4694      case may be, if the commission determines that creation, consolidation, division, or dissolution
             4695      is necessary and administratively practical; and
             4696          (b) set forth in writing the reasons for the commission's action.
             4697          (3) (a) (i) If the commission approves the creation, consolidation, division, or
             4698      dissolution, the commission shall certify its action and deliver a copy of the certification to the
             4699      lieutenant governor.
             4700          (ii) Each certification under Subsection (3)(a)(i) of a creation, consolidation, or
             4701      division shall include an accurate legal description of the conservation district or districts as it
             4702      or they are proposed to exist as a result of the creation, consolidation, or division.
             4703          (b) Upon the lieutenant governor's issuance of the certificate of creation, consolidation,
             4704      division, or dissolution under Section 67-1a-6.5 , as the case may be, the conservation district is
             4705      created and incorporated, consolidated, divided, or dissolved, respectively.
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     Subsection (2)(a)(i), the commission may not, for six months following the denial, consider a
             4708      similar proposal to create, divide, or dissolve the conservation district or to consolidate the
             4709      conservation districts, as the case may be.
             4710          Section 129. Section 17D-3-204 is enacted to read:
             4711          17D-3-204. Commission action if conservation districts are consolidated, divided,
             4712      or dissolved.
             4713          (1) If two or more conservation districts are consolidated, the commission shall merge
             4714      the assets and liabilities of the conservation districts that have been consolidated into the
             4715      conservation district resulting from the consolidation.
             4716          (2) If a conservation district is divided, the commission shall equitably divide the
             4717      assets and liabilities of the divided conservation district between the conservation districts
             4718      resulting from the division.
             4719          (3) If a conservation district is dissolved, the commission shall wind up the affairs of
             4720      the dissolved conservation district.
             4721          Section 130. Section 17D-3-301 is enacted to read:
             4722     
Part 3. Conservation District Board of Supervisors

             4723          17D-3-301. Board of supervisors -- Number -- Term -- Chair and officers --
             4724      Quorum -- Compensation.
             4725          (1) Each conservation district shall be governed by a board of supervisors.
             4726          (2) (a) The board of supervisors of a conservation district consists of five members
             4727      elected as provided in this part, at least three of whom shall be private agricultural land
             4728      operators.
             4729          (b) If the board of supervisors divides the conservation district into watershed voting
             4730      areas under Section 17D-3-308 , at least one member of the board of supervisors shall reside
             4731      within each watershed voting area.
             4732          (3) (a) The term of office of each member of a board of supervisors is four years.
             4733          (b) Notwithstanding Subsection (3)(a), if multiple conservation districts are
             4734      consolidated or a single conservation district divided or dissolved under Part 2, Creation,
             4735      Consolidation, Division, and Dissolution of Conservation Districts:
             4736          (i) the term of each member of the board of supervisors of the consolidated
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     upon consolidation, division, or dissolution; and
             4739          (ii) (A) the commission shall hold an election, as provided in this part, for all board of
             4740      supervisors members of the consolidated conservation district or divided conservation districts,
             4741      as the case may be; and
             4742          (B) the term of the two candidates receiving the highest number of votes at an election
             4743      under Subsection (3)(b)(ii)(A) shall be four years, and the term of the three candidates
             4744      receiving the next highest number of votes shall be two years.
             4745          (4) The board of supervisors shall elect a chair from among their number, and may
             4746      elect other officers from among their number that the board considers necessary.
             4747          (5) A majority of the board of supervisors constitutes a quorum for the transaction of
             4748      board business, and action by a majority of a quorum present at a meeting of the board
             4749      constitutes action of the board.
             4750          (6) For performing official duties, each member of the board of supervisors of a
             4751      conservation district shall receive:
             4752          (a) compensation for travel and time, as fixed by the commission; and
             4753          (b) actual and necessary expenses.
             4754          Section 131. Section 17D-3-302 is enacted to read:
             4755          17D-3-302. Board of supervisor members to be elected -- Candidates nominated
             4756      by nominating committee or petition -- Candidate qualifications.
             4757          (1) As provided in this part, each member of a board of supervisors of a conservation
             4758      district shall be elected at large within the conservation district from candidates nominated by:
             4759          (a) a nominating committee consisting of:
             4760          (i) the chair of the commission or council of the county in which the conservation
             4761      district is located;
             4762          (ii) the chair of the USDA Farm Service Agency Committee of the county in which the
             4763      conservation district is located;
             4764          (iii) (A) the chair of the board of supervisors of the conservation district; or
             4765          (B) the chair's designee, if the chair wishes to be a candidate for reelection;
             4766          (iv) the agricultural extension service designated representative of the county in which
             4767      the conservation district is located; or
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         (2) Each candidate for election to the board of supervisors of a conservation district
             4770      shall be:
             4771          (a) at least 18 years of age; and
             4772          (b) a resident within the conservation district.
             4773          Section 132. Section 17D-3-303 is enacted to read:
             4774          17D-3-303. Nominating committee nomination of candidates for election to the
             4775      board of supervisors.
             4776          The nominating committee under Subsection 17D-3-302 (1)(a) shall:
             4777          (1) nominate for each conservation district election a slate of candidates for election to
             4778      the board of supervisors of the conservation district equal in number to at least one more than
             4779      the number of board of supervisors members to be elected; and
             4780          (2) submit the names of candidates to the commission no later than the date set by the
             4781      commission as the close of nominations.
             4782          Section 133. Section 17D-3-304 is enacted to read:
             4783          17D-3-304. Petition to nominate candidates for election to the board of
             4784      supervisors.
             4785          (1) A person may be nominated to be a candidate for election as a member of a board
             4786      of supervisors of a conservation district by a petition filed with the commission no later than
             4787      the date set by the commission as the close of nominations.
             4788          (2) Each petition under Subsection (1) shall:
             4789          (a) state:
             4790          (i) the candidate's name;
             4791          (ii) that the candidate is at least 18 years of age; and
             4792          (iii) that the candidate is a resident of the conservation district for which the election is
             4793      to be held;
             4794          (b) contain the signatures of at least six persons who reside and are registered voters
             4795      within the conservation district; and
             4796          (c) list the name, address, and voting precinct number of each person who signs the
             4797      petition.
             4798          Section 134. Section 17D-3-305 is enacted to read:
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     the election.
             4801          (1) The commission shall:
             4802          (a) set the date of the election of members of the board of supervisors of a conservation
             4803      district; and
             4804          (b) publish notice of the election in a newspaper or other media outlet method with
             4805      general circulation within the conservation district.
             4806          (2) The date set for an election under Subsection (1)(a) may not be later than six weeks
             4807      after the date set by the commission for the close of nominations.
             4808          (3) The notice required under Subsection (1)(b) shall:
             4809          (a) state:
             4810          (i) the date of the election;
             4811          (ii) the names of all candidates; and
             4812          (iii) that a ballot request form for the election may be obtained from the commission
             4813      office or from any other place that the commission designates; and
             4814          (b) specify the address of the commission office or other place where a ballot request
             4815      form may be obtained.
             4816          Section 135. Section 17D-3-306 is enacted to read:
             4817          17D-3-306. Eligibility to vote in an election for board of supervisors members.
             4818          A person is eligible to vote in an election of members of the board of supervisors of a
             4819      conservation district if the person:
             4820          (1) (a) is a registered voter; and
             4821          (b) resides within the conservation district; or
             4822          (2) (a) owns or operates private agricultural land in the conservation district; and
             4823          (b) (i) requests a ballot; or
             4824          (ii) has voted in one of the last two elections of the conservation district's board of
             4825      supervisors members.
             4826          Section 136. Section 17D-3-307 is enacted to read:
             4827          17D-3-307. Supervisor's election mailing list.
             4828          (1) The commission and department shall establish and maintain for each conservation
             4829      district a supervisor's election mailing list that contains the name and mailing address of each
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         (2) Before each election of board of supervisors members and if requested by the
             4832      nominating committee under Subsection 17D-3-302 (1), the commission shall deliver a copy of
             4833      the supervisor's election mailing list to the nominating committee for the committee's review
             4834      and approval.
             4835          Section 137. Section 17D-3-308 is enacted to read:
             4836          17D-3-308. Watershed voting areas.
             4837          The board of supervisors of a conservation district may divide the conservation district
             4838      into no more than three watershed voting areas.
             4839          Section 138. Section 17D-3-309 is enacted to read:
             4840          17D-3-309. Election of board of supervisors members -- Ballots -- Commission
             4841      duties regarding elections -- Election expenses.
             4842          (1) The commission and department shall conduct by mail each election of members of
             4843      the board of supervisors of a conservation district.
             4844          (2) (a) No later than five days before the date set for the election of board of
             4845      supervisors members, the commission shall mail a ballot to each person listed on the
             4846      supervisor's election mailing list under Section 17D-3-307 .
             4847          (b) Each ballot shall:
             4848          (i) contain:
             4849          (A) the names of all nominees for board of supervisors members, listed in alphabetical
             4850      order according to last name;
             4851          (B) a place for the voter to indicate the person or persons for whom the voter is voting;
             4852      and
             4853          (C) instructions to the voter on how to mark the ballot to indicate the voter's vote; and
             4854          (ii) specify the date after which the ballot will not be accepted for purposes of the
             4855      election.
             4856          (3) The candidates equal in number to the number of board of supervisors positions
             4857      available and receiving the highest number of votes are elected as members of the board of
             4858      supervisors and take office on the date set by the commission for their terms to begin.
             4859          (4) The commission shall:
             4860          (a) determine all questions of voter eligibility;
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         (c) declare and certify each board of supervisors member elected.
             4863          (5) The department shall pay all expenses incident to an election of board of
             4864      supervisors members.
             4865          Section 139. Section 17D-3-310 is enacted to read:
             4866          17D-3-310. Vacancies in the board of supervisors.
             4867          If a vacancy occurs in the office of board of supervisors member, the remaining
             4868      members of the board of supervisors shall appoint a person to fill the vacancy, to serve the
             4869      remainder of the unexpired term of the member creating the vacancy.
             4870          Section 140. Section 19-3-301 is amended to read:
             4871           19-3-301. Restrictions on nuclear waste placement in state.
             4872          (1) The placement, including transfer, storage, decay in storage, treatment, or disposal,
             4873      within the exterior boundaries of Utah of high-level nuclear waste or greater than class C
             4874      radioactive waste is prohibited.
             4875          (2) Notwithstanding Subsection (1) the governor, after consultation with the county
             4876      executive and county legislative body of the affected county and with concurrence of the
             4877      Legislature, may specifically approve the placement as provided in this part, but only if:
             4878          (a) (i) the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission issues a license, pursuant to the
             4879      Nuclear Waste Policy Act, 42 U.S.C.A. 10101 et seq., or the Atomic Energy Act, 42 U.S.C.A.
             4880      2011 et seq., for the placement within the exterior boundaries of Utah of high-level nuclear
             4881      waste or greater than class C radioactive waste; and
             4882          (ii) the authority of the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission to grant a license
             4883      under Subsection (2)(a)(i) is clearly upheld by a final judgment of a court of competent
             4884      jurisdiction; or
             4885          (b) an agency of the federal government is transporting the waste, and all state and
             4886      federal requirements to proceed with the transportation have been met.
             4887          (3) The requirement for the approval of a final court of competent jurisdiction shall be
             4888      met in all of the following categories, in order for a state license proceeding regarding waste to
             4889      begin:
             4890          (a) transfer or transportation, by rail, truck, or other mechanisms;
             4891          (b) storage, including any temporary storage at a site away from the generating reactor;
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         (d) treatment; and
             4894          (e) disposal.
             4895          (4) (a) Upon satisfaction of the requirements of Subsection (2)(a), for each category
             4896      listed in Subsection (3), or satisfaction of the requirements under Subsection (2)(b), the
             4897      governor, with the concurrence of the attorney general, shall certify in writing to the executive
             4898      director of the Department of Environmental Quality that all of the requirements have been
             4899      met, and that any necessary state licensing processes may begin.
             4900          (b) Separate certification under this Subsection (4) shall be given for each category in
             4901      Subsection (3).
             4902          (5) (a) The department shall make, by rule, a determination of the dollar amount of the
             4903      health and economic costs expected to result from a reasonably foreseeable accidental release
             4904      of waste involving a transfer facility or storage facility, or during transportation of waste,
             4905      within the exterior boundaries of the state. The department may initiate rulemaking under this
             4906      Subsection (5)(a) on or after March 15, 2001.
             4907          (b) (i) The department shall also determine the dollar amount currently available to
             4908      cover the costs as determined in Subsection (5)(a):
             4909          (A) under nuclear industry self-insurance;
             4910          (B) under federal insurance requirements; and
             4911          (C) in federal monies.
             4912          (ii) The department may not include any calculations of federal monies that may be
             4913      appropriated in the future in determining the amount under Subsection (5)(b)(i).
             4914          (c) The department shall use the information compiled under Subsections (5)(a) and (b)
             4915      to determine the amount of unfunded potential liability in the event of a release of waste from a
             4916      storage or transfer facility, or a release during the transportation of waste.
             4917          (6) (a) State agencies may not, for the purpose of providing any goods, services, or
             4918      municipal-type services to a storage facility or transfer facility, or to any organization engaged
             4919      in the transportation of waste, enter into any contracts or any other agreements prior to:
             4920          (i) the satisfaction of the conditions in Subsection (4); and
             4921          (ii) the executive director of the department having certified that the requirements of
             4922      Sections 19-3-304 through 19-3-308 have been met for the purposes of a license application
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         (b) Political subdivisions of the state may not enter into any contracts or any other
             4925      agreements for the purpose of providing any goods, services, or municipal-type services to a
             4926      storage facility or transfer facility, or to any organization engaged in the transportation of
             4927      waste.
             4928          (c) This Subsection (6) does not prohibit a state agency from exercising the regulatory
             4929      authority granted to it by law.
             4930          (7) (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any political subdivision may not
             4931      be formed pursuant to the laws of Utah for the purpose of providing any goods, services, or
             4932      municipal-type services to a storage facility or transfer facility prior to the satisfaction of the
             4933      conditions in Subsection (4). These political subdivisions include:
             4934          (i) a cooperative;
             4935          (ii) a local district authorized by Title 17B, Limited Purpose Local Government
             4936      Entities - Local Districts;
             4937          (iii) a special service district under Title [17A] 17D, Chapter [2, Part 13, Utah] 1,
             4938      Special Service District Act;
             4939          (iv) a limited purpose local governmental entities authorized by Title 17, Counties;
             4940          (v) any joint power agreement authorized by Title 11, Cities, Counties, and Local
             4941      Taxing Units; and
             4942          (vi) the formation of a municipality, or any authority of a municipality authorized by
             4943      Title 10, Utah Municipal Code.
             4944          (b) (i) Subsection (7)(a) shall be strictly interpreted. Any political subdivision
             4945      authorized and formed under the laws of the state on or after March 15, 2001 which
             4946      subsequently contracts to, or in any manner agrees to provide, or does provide goods, services,
             4947      or municipal-type services to a storage facility or transfer facility is formed in violation of
             4948      Subsection (7)(a).
             4949          (ii) If the conditions of Subsection (7)(b)(i) apply, the persons who formed the political
             4950      subdivision are considered to have knowingly violated a provision of this part, and the
             4951      penalties of Section 19-3-312 apply.
             4952          (8) (a) An organization may not be formed for the purpose of providing any goods,
             4953      services, or municipal-type services to a storage facility or transfer facility prior to:
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         (ii) the executive director of the department having certified that the requirements of
             4956      Sections 19-3-304 through 19-3-308 have been met.
             4957          (b) A foreign organization may not be registered to do business in the state for the
             4958      purpose of providing any goods, services, or municipal-type services to a storage facility or
             4959      transfer facility prior to:
             4960          (i) the satisfaction of the conditions in Subsection (4); and
             4961          (ii) the executive director of the department having certified that the requirements of
             4962      Sections 19-3-304 through 19-3-308 have been met.
             4963          (c) The prohibitions of Subsections (8)(a) and (b) shall be strictly applied, and:
             4964          (i) the formation of a new organization or registration of a foreign organization within
             4965      the state, any of whose purposes are to provide goods, services, or municipal-type services to a
             4966      storage facility or transfer facility may not be licensed or registered in the state, and the local or
             4967      foreign organization is void and does not have authority to operate within the state;
             4968          (ii) any organization which is formed or registered on or after March 15, 2001, and
             4969      which subsequently contracts to, or in any manner agrees to provide, or does provide goods,
             4970      services, or municipal-type services to a storage facility or transfer facility has been formed or
             4971      registered in violation of Subsection (8)(a) or (b) respectively; and
             4972          (iii) if the conditions of Subsection (8)(c)(ii) apply, the persons who formed the
             4973      organization or the principals of the foreign organization, are considered to have knowingly
             4974      violated a provision of this part, and are subject to the penalties in Section 19-3-312 .
             4975          (9) (a) (i) Any contract or agreement to provide any goods, services, or municipal-type
             4976      services to any organization engaging in, or attempting to engage in the placement of high-level
             4977      nuclear waste or greater than class C radioactive waste at a storage facility or transfer facility
             4978      within the state are declared to be against the greater public interest, health, and welfare of the
             4979      state, by promoting an activity which has the great potential to cause extreme public harm.
             4980          (ii) These contracts or agreements under Subsection (9)(a)(i), whether formal or
             4981      informal, are declared to be void from inception, agreement, or execution as against public
             4982      policy.
             4983          (b) (i) Any contract or other agreement to provide goods, services, or municipal-type
             4984      services to storage or transfer facilities may not be executed within the state.
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             4987          (10) (a) All contracts and agreements under Subsection (10)(b) are assessed an annual
             4988      transaction fee of 75% of the gross value of the contract to the party providing the goods,
             4989      services, or municipal-type services to the storage facility or transfer facility or transportation
             4990      entity. The fee shall be assessed per calendar year, and is payable on a prorated basis on or
             4991      before the last day of each month in accordance with rules established under Subsection
             4992      (10)(d), and as follows:
             4993          (i) 25% of the gross value of the contract to the department; and
             4994          (ii) 50% of the gross value of the contract to the Department of Community and
             4995      Culture, to be used by the Utah Division of Indian Affairs as provided in Subsection (11).
             4996          (b) Contracts and agreements subject to the fee under Subsection (10)(a) are those
             4997      contracts and agreements to provide goods, services, or municipal-type services to a storage or
             4998      transfer facility, or to any organization engaged in the transportation of high-level nuclear
             4999      waste or greater than class C radioactive waste to a transfer facility or storage facility, and
             5000      which:
             5001          (i) are in existence on March 15, 2001; or
             5002          (ii) become effective notwithstanding Subsection (9)(a).
             5003          (c) Any governmental agency which regulates the charges to consumers for services
             5004      provided by utilities or other organizations shall require the regulated utility or organization to
             5005      include the fees under Subsection (10)(a) in the rates charged to the purchaser of the goods,
             5006      services, or municipal-type services affected by Subsection (10)(b).
             5007          (d) (i) The department, in consultation with the State Tax Commission, shall establish
             5008      rules for the valuation of the contracts and assessment and collection of the fees, and other
             5009      rules as necessary to determine the amount of and collection of the fee under Subsection
             5010      (10)(a). The department may initiate rulemaking under this Subsection (10)(d)(i) on or after
             5011      March 15, 2001.
             5012          (ii) Persons and organizations holding contracts affected by Subsection (10)(b) shall
             5013      make a good faith estimate of the fee under Subsection (10)(a) for calendar year 2001, and
             5014      remit that amount to the department on or before July 31, 2001.
             5015          (11) (a) The portion of the fees imposed under Subsection (10) which is to be paid to
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     be used for establishment of a statewide community and economic development program for
             5018      the tribes of Native American people within the exterior boundaries of the state who have by
             5019      tribal procedure established a position rejecting siting of any nuclear waste facility on their
             5020      reservation lands.
             5021          (b) The program under Subsection (11)(a) shall include:
             5022          (i) educational services and facilities;
             5023          (ii) health care services and facilities;
             5024          (iii) programs of economic development;
             5025          (iv) utilities;
             5026          (v) sewer;
             5027          (vi) street lighting;
             5028          (vii) roads and other infrastructure; and
             5029          (viii) oversight and staff support for the program.
             5030          (12) It is the intent of the Legislature that this part does not prohibit or interfere with a
             5031      person's exercise of the rights under the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United
             5032      States or under Utah Constitution Article I, Sec. 15, by an organization attempting to site a
             5033      storage facility or transfer facility within the borders of the state for the placement of high-level
             5034      nuclear waste or greater than class C radioactive waste.
             5035          Section 141. Section 19-6-502 is amended to read:
             5036           19-6-502. Definitions.
             5037          As used in this part:
             5038          (1) "Governing body" means the governing board, commission, or council of a public
             5039      entity.
             5040          (2) "Jurisdiction" means the area within the incorporated limits of a municipality,
             5041      special service district, municipal-type service district, service area, or all of the territorial area
             5042      of a county not lying within a city or town.
             5043          (3) "Long-term agreement" means an agreement or contract having a term of more than
             5044      five years and less than 50 years.
             5045          (4) "Public entity" means a county, municipality, special service district under Title
             5046      [17A] 17D, Chapter [2, Part 13, Utah] 1, Special Service District Act, or service area under
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     under Title 17, Chapter 34, Municipal-type Services to Unincorporated Areas.
             5049          (5) "Resource recovery" means the separation, extraction, recycling, or recovery of
             5050      usable materials, energy, fuel, or heat from solid waste and the disposition of it.
             5051          (6) "Short-term agreement" means any contract or agreement having a term of five
             5052      years or less.
             5053          (7) "Solid waste" means all putrescible and nonputrescible materials or substances
             5054      discarded or rejected as being spent, useless, worthless, or in excess to the owner's needs at the
             5055      time of discard or rejection, including garbage, refuse, industrial and commercial waste,
             5056      sludges from air or water control facilities, rubbish, ashes, contained gaseous material,
             5057      incinerator residue, demolition, and construction debris, discarded automobiles and offal, but
             5058      not including sewage and other highly diluted water carried materials or substances and those
             5059      in gaseous form.
             5060          (8) "Solid waste management" means the purposeful and systematic collection,
             5061      transportation, storage, processing, recovery, and disposal of solid waste.
             5062          (9) "Solid waste management facility" means any facility employed for solid waste
             5063      management, including transfer stations, transport systems, baling facilities, landfills,
             5064      processing systems, including resource recovery facilities or other facilities for reducing solid
             5065      waste volume, plants and facilities for compacting, composting, or pyrolization of solid wastes,
             5066      incinerators and other solid waste disposal, reduction, or conversion facilities, and facilities for
             5067      resource recovery of energy consisting of:
             5068          (a) facilities for the production, transmission, distribution, and sale of heat and steam;
             5069      and
             5070          (b) facilities for the generation and sale of electric energy to a public utility or
             5071      municipality or other public entity which owns and operates an electric power system on March
             5072      15, 1982, and for the generation, sale, and transmission of electric energy on an emergency
             5073      basis only to a military installation of the United States; provided, that solid waste management
             5074      facilities are not a public utility as defined in Section 54-2-1 .
             5075          Section 142. Section 20A-1-102 is amended to read:
             5076           20A-1-102. Definitions.
             5077          As used in this title:
             5078          (1) "Active voter" means a registered voter who has not been classified as an inactive



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     voter by the county clerk.
             5080          (2) "Automatic tabulating equipment" means apparatus that automatically examines
             5081      and counts votes recorded on paper ballots or ballot sheets and tabulates the results.
             5082          (3) "Ballot" means the storage medium, whether paper, mechanical, or electronic, upon
             5083      which a voter records his votes and includes ballot sheets, paper ballots, electronic ballots, and
             5084      secrecy envelopes.
             5085          (4) "Ballot sheet":
             5086          (a) means a ballot that:
             5087          (i) consists of paper or a card where the voter's votes are marked or recorded; and
             5088          (ii) can be counted using automatic tabulating equipment; and
             5089          (b) includes punch card ballots, and other ballots that are machine-countable.
             5090          (5) "Ballot label" means the cards, papers, booklet, pages, or other materials that
             5091      contain the names of offices and candidates and statements of ballot propositions to be voted
             5092      on and which are used in conjunction with ballot sheets that do not display that information.
             5093          (6) "Ballot proposition" means opinion questions specifically authorized by the
             5094      Legislature, constitutional amendments, initiatives, referenda, and judicial retention questions
             5095      that are submitted to the voters for their approval or rejection.
             5096          (7) "Board of canvassers" means the entities established by Sections 20A-4-301 and
             5097      20A-4-306 to canvass election returns.
             5098          (8) "Bond election" means an election held for the purpose of approving or rejecting
             5099      the proposed issuance of bonds by a government entity.
             5100          (9) "Book voter registration form" means voter registration forms contained in a bound
             5101      book that are used by election officers and registration agents to register persons to vote.
             5102          (10) "By-mail voter registration form" means a voter registration form designed to be
             5103      completed by the voter and mailed to the election officer.
             5104          (11) "Canvass" means the review of election returns and the official declaration of
             5105      election results by the board of canvassers.
             5106          (12) "Canvassing judge" means a poll worker designated to assist in counting ballots at
             5107      the canvass.
             5108          (13) "Convention" means the political party convention at which party officers and
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         (14) "Counting center" means one or more locations selected by the election officer in
             5111      charge of the election for the automatic counting of ballots.
             5112          (15) "Counting judge" means a poll worker designated to count the ballots during
             5113      election day.
             5114          (16) "Counting poll watcher" means a person selected as provided in Section
             5115      20A-3-201 to witness the counting of ballots.
             5116          (17) "Counting room" means a suitable and convenient private place or room,
             5117      immediately adjoining the place where the election is being held, for use by the poll workers
             5118      and counting judges to count ballots during election day.
             5119          (18) "County executive" has the meaning as provided in Subsection 68-3-12 (2).
             5120          (19) "County legislative body" has the meaning as provided in Subsection 68-3-12 (2).
             5121          (20) "County officers" means those county officers that are required by law to be
             5122      elected.
             5123          (21) "Election" means a regular general election, a municipal general election, a
             5124      statewide special election, a local special election, a regular primary election, a municipal
             5125      primary election, and a local district election.
             5126          (22) "Election Assistance Commission" means the commission established by Public
             5127      Law 107-252, the Help America Vote Act of 2002.
             5128          (23) "Election cycle" means the period beginning on the first day persons are eligible to
             5129      file declarations of candidacy and ending when the canvass is completed.
             5130          (24) "Election judge" means a poll worker that is assigned to:
             5131          (a) preside over other poll workers at a polling place;
             5132          (b) act as the presiding election judge; or
             5133          (c) serve as a canvassing judge, counting judge, or receiving judge.
             5134          (25) "Election officer" means:
             5135          (a) the lieutenant governor, for all statewide ballots;
             5136          (b) the county clerk or clerks for all county ballots and for certain ballots and elections
             5137      as provided in Section 20A-5-400.5 ;
             5138          (c) the municipal clerk for all municipal ballots and for certain ballots and elections as
             5139      provided in Section 20A-5-400.5 ;
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     provided in Section 20A-5-400.5 ; and
             5142          (e) the business administrator or superintendent of a school district for certain ballots
             5143      or elections as provided in Section 20A-5-400.5 .
             5144          (26) "Election official" means any election officer, election judge, or poll worker.
             5145          (27) "Election results" means, for bond elections, the count of those votes cast for and
             5146      against the bond proposition plus any or all of the election returns that the board of canvassers
             5147      may request.
             5148          (28) "Election returns" includes the pollbook, all affidavits of registration, the military
             5149      and overseas absentee voter registration and voting certificates, one of the tally sheets, any
             5150      unprocessed absentee ballots, all counted ballots, all excess ballots, all unused ballots, all
             5151      spoiled ballots, the ballot disposition form, and the total votes cast form.
             5152          (29) "Electronic ballot" means a ballot that is recorded using a direct electronic voting
             5153      device or other voting device that records and stores ballot information by electronic means.
             5154          (30) (a) "Electronic voting device" means a voting device that uses electronic ballots.
             5155          (b) "Electronic voting device" includes a direct recording electronic voting device.
             5156          (31) "Inactive voter" means a registered voter who has been sent the notice required by
             5157      Section 20A-2-306 and who has failed to respond to that notice.
             5158          (32) "Inspecting poll watcher" means a person selected as provided in this title to
             5159      witness the receipt and safe deposit of voted and counted ballots.
             5160          (33) "Judicial office" means the office filled by any judicial officer.
             5161          (34) "Judicial officer" means any justice or judge of a court of record or any county
             5162      court judge.
             5163          (35) "Local district" means a local government entity under Title 17B, Limited Purpose
             5164      Local Government Entities - Local Districts, and includes a special service district under Title
             5165      [17A] 17D, Chapter [2, Part 13, Utah] 1, Special Service District Act.
             5166          (36) "Local district officers" means those local district officers that are required by law
             5167      to be elected.
             5168          (37) "Local election" means a regular municipal election, a local special election, a
             5169      local district election, and a bond election.
             5170          (38) "Local political subdivision" means a county, a municipality, a local district, or a
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         (39) "Local special election" means a special election called by the governing body of a
             5173      local political subdivision in which all registered voters of the local political subdivision may
             5174      vote.
             5175          (40) "Municipal executive" means:
             5176          (a) the city council or town council in the traditional management arrangement
             5177      established by Title 10, Chapter 3, Part 1, Governing Body;
             5178          (b) the mayor in the council-mayor optional form of government defined in Section
             5179      10-3-101 ; and
             5180          (c) the manager in the council-manager optional form of government defined in
             5181      Section 10-3-101 .
             5182          (41) "Municipal general election" means the election held in municipalities and local
             5183      districts on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of each odd-numbered year
             5184      for the purposes established in Section 20A-1-202 .
             5185          (42) "Municipal legislative body" means:
             5186          (a) the city council or town council in the traditional management arrangement
             5187      established by Title 10, Chapter 3, Part 1, Governing Body;
             5188          (b) the municipal council in the council-mayor optional form of government defined in
             5189      Section 10-3-101 ; and
             5190          (c) the municipal council in the council-manager optional form of government defined
             5191      in Section 10-3-101 .
             5192          (43) "Municipal officers" means those municipal officers that are required by law to be
             5193      elected.
             5194          (44) "Municipal primary election" means an election held to nominate candidates for
             5195      municipal office.
             5196          (45) "Official ballot" means the ballots distributed by the election officer to the poll
             5197      workers to be given to voters to record their votes.
             5198          (46) "Official endorsement" means:
             5199          (a) the information on the ballot that identifies:
             5200          (i) the ballot as an official ballot;
             5201          (ii) the date of the election; and
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         (b) the information on the ballot stub that identifies:
             5204          (i) the poll worker's initials; and
             5205          (ii) the ballot number.
             5206          (47) "Official register" means the official record furnished to election officials by the
             5207      election officer that contains the information required by Section 20A-5-401 .
             5208          (48) "Paper ballot" means a paper that contains:
             5209          (a) the names of offices and candidates and statements of ballot propositions to be
             5210      voted on; and
             5211          (b) spaces for the voter to record his vote for each office and for or against each ballot
             5212      proposition.
             5213          (49) "Political party" means an organization of registered voters that has qualified to
             5214      participate in an election by meeting the requirements of Title 20A, Chapter 8, Political Party
             5215      Formation and Procedures.
             5216          (50) (a) "Poll worker" means a person assigned by an election official to assist with an
             5217      election, voting, or counting votes.
             5218          (b) "Poll worker" includes election judges.
             5219          (c) "Poll worker" does not include a watcher.
             5220          (51) "Pollbook" means a record of the names of voters in the order that they appear to
             5221      cast votes.
             5222          (52) "Polling place" means the building where voting is conducted.
             5223          (53) "Position" means a square, circle, rectangle, or other geometric shape on a ballot
             5224      in which the voter marks his choice.
             5225          (54) "Provisional ballot" means a ballot voted provisionally by a person:
             5226          (a) whose name is not listed on the official register at the polling place;
             5227          (b) whose legal right to vote is challenged as provided in this title; or
             5228          (c) whose identity was not sufficiently established by a poll worker.
             5229          (55) "Provisional ballot envelope" means an envelope printed in the form required by
             5230      Section 20A-6-105 that is used to identify provisional ballots and to provide information to
             5231      verify a person's legal right to vote.
             5232          (56) "Primary convention" means the political party conventions at which nominees for
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         (57) "Protective counter" means a separate counter, which cannot be reset, that is built
             5235      into a voting machine and records the total number of movements of the operating lever.
             5236          (58) "Qualify" or "qualified" means to take the oath of office and begin performing the
             5237      duties of the position for which the person was elected.
             5238          (59) "Receiving judge" means the poll worker that checks the voter's name in the
             5239      official register, provides the voter with a ballot, and removes the ballot stub from the ballot
             5240      after the voter has voted.
             5241          (60) "Registration form" means a book voter registration form and a by-mail voter
             5242      registration form.
             5243          (61) "Regular ballot" means a ballot that is not a provisional ballot.
             5244          (62) "Regular general election" means the election held throughout the state on the first
             5245      Tuesday after the first Monday in November of each even-numbered year for the purposes
             5246      established in Section 20A-1-201 .
             5247          (63) "Regular primary election" means the election on the fourth Tuesday of June of
             5248      each even-numbered year, at which candidates of political parties and nonpolitical groups are
             5249      voted for nomination.
             5250          (64) "Resident" means a person who resides within a specific voting precinct in Utah.
             5251          (65) "Sample ballot" means a mock ballot similar in form to the official ballot printed
             5252      and distributed as provided in Section 20A-5-405 .
             5253          (66) "Scratch vote" means to mark or punch the straight party ticket and then mark or
             5254      punch the ballot for one or more candidates who are members of different political parties.
             5255          (67) "Secrecy envelope" means the envelope given to a voter along with the ballot into
             5256      which the voter places the ballot after he has voted it in order to preserve the secrecy of the
             5257      voter's vote.
             5258          (68) "Special election" means an election held as authorized by Section 20A-1-204 .
             5259          (69) "Spoiled ballot" means each ballot that:
             5260          (a) is spoiled by the voter;
             5261          (b) is unable to be voted because it was spoiled by the printer or a poll worker; or
             5262          (c) lacks the official endorsement.
             5263          (70) "Statewide special election" means a special election called by the governor or the
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         (71) "Stub" means the detachable part of each ballot.
             5266          (72) "Substitute ballots" means replacement ballots provided by an election officer to
             5267      the poll workers when the official ballots are lost or stolen.
             5268          (73) "Ticket" means each list of candidates for each political party or for each group of
             5269      petitioners.
             5270          (74) "Transfer case" means the sealed box used to transport voted ballots to the
             5271      counting center.
             5272          (75) "Vacancy" means the absence of a person to serve in any position created by
             5273      statute, whether that absence occurs because of death, disability, disqualification, resignation,
             5274      or other cause.
             5275          (76) "Valid voter identification" means:
             5276          (a) a form of identification that bears the name and photograph of the voter which may
             5277      include:
             5278          (i) a currently valid Utah driver license;
             5279          (ii) a currently valid identification card that is issued by:
             5280          (A) the state;
             5281          (B) a local government within the state; or
             5282          (C) a branch, department, or agency of the United States;
             5283          (iii) an identification card that is issued by an employer for an employee;
             5284          (iv) a currently valid identification card that is issued by a college, university, technical
             5285      school, or professional school that is located within the state;
             5286          (v) a currently valid Utah permit to carry a concealed weapon;
             5287          (vi) a currently valid United States passport; or
             5288          (vii) a valid tribal identification card; or
             5289          (b) two forms of identification that bear the name of the voter and provide evidence
             5290      that the voter resides in the voting precinct, which may include:
             5291          (i) a voter identification card;
             5292          (ii) a current utility bill or a legible copy thereof;
             5293          (iii) a bank or other financial account statement, or a legible copy thereof;
             5294          (iv) a certified birth certificate;
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         (vi) a check issued by the state or the federal government or a legible copy thereof;
             5297          (vii) a paycheck from the voter's employer, or a legible copy thereof;
             5298          (viii) a currently valid Utah hunting or fishing license;
             5299          (ix) a currently valid United States military identification card;
             5300          (x) certified naturalization documentation;
             5301          (xi) a currently valid license issued by an authorized agency of the United States;
             5302          (xii) a certified copy of court records showing the voter's adoption or name change;
             5303          (xiii) a Bureau of Indian Affairs card;
             5304          (xiv) a tribal treaty card;
             5305          (xv) a valid Medicaid card, Medicare card, or Electronic Benefits Transfer Card; or
             5306          (xvi) a form of identification listed in Subsection (76)(a) that does not contain a
             5307      photograph, but establishes the name of the voter and provides evidence that the voter resides
             5308      in the voting precinct.
             5309          (77) "Valid write-in candidate" means a candidate who has qualified as a write-in
             5310      candidate by following the procedures and requirements of this title.
             5311          (78) "Voter" means a person who meets the requirements for voting in an election,
             5312      meets the requirements of election registration, is registered to vote, and is listed in the official
             5313      register book.
             5314          (79) "Voter registration deadline" means the registration deadline provided in Section
             5315      20A-2-102.5 .
             5316          (80) "Voting area" means the area within six feet of the voting booths, voting
             5317      machines, and ballot box.
             5318          (81) "Voting booth" means:
             5319          (a) the space or compartment within a polling place that is provided for the preparation
             5320      of ballots, including the voting machine enclosure or curtain; or
             5321          (b) a voting device that is free standing.
             5322          (82) "Voting device" means:
             5323          (a) an apparatus in which ballot sheets are used in connection with a punch device for
             5324      piercing the ballots by the voter;
             5325          (b) a device for marking the ballots with ink or another substance;
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     electronically, or any component thereof;
             5328          (d) an automated voting system under Section 20A-5-302 ; or
             5329          (e) any other method for recording votes on ballots so that the ballot may be tabulated
             5330      by means of automatic tabulating equipment.
             5331          (83) "Voting machine" means a machine designed for the sole purpose of recording
             5332      and tabulating votes cast by voters at an election.
             5333          (84) "Voting poll watcher" means a person appointed as provided in this title to
             5334      witness the distribution of ballots and the voting process.
             5335          (85) "Voting precinct" means the smallest voting unit established as provided by law
             5336      within which qualified voters vote at one polling place.
             5337          (86) "Watcher" means a voting poll watcher, a counting poll watcher, an inspecting
             5338      poll watcher, and a testing watcher.
             5339          (87) "Western States Presidential Primary" means the election established in Title 20A,
             5340      Chapter 9, Part 8.
             5341          (88) "Write-in ballot" means a ballot containing any write-in votes.
             5342          (89) "Write-in vote" means a vote cast for a person whose name is not printed on the
             5343      ballot according to the procedures established in this title.
             5344          Section 143. Section 20A-3-605 is enacted to read:
             5345          20A-3-605. Inapplicability to local district and special service district elections.
             5346          This part does not apply to an election of a board member of a local district.
             5347          Section 144. Section 20A-11-1202 is amended to read:
             5348           20A-11-1202. Definitions.
             5349          As used in this chapter:
             5350          (1) "Ballot proposition" means constitutional amendments, initiatives, referenda,
             5351      judicial retention questions, opinion questions, bond approvals, or other questions submitted to
             5352      the voters for their approval or rejection.
             5353          (2) (a) "Commercial interlocal cooperation agency" means an interlocal cooperation
             5354      agency that receives its revenues from conduct of its commercial operations.
             5355          (b) "Commercial interlocal cooperation agency" does not mean an interlocal
             5356      cooperation agency that receives some or all of its revenues from:
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         (ii) taxes;
             5359          (iii) government fees imposed for regulatory or revenue raising purposes; or
             5360          (iv) interest earned on public funds or other returns on investment of public funds.
             5361          (3) "Expenditure" means:
             5362          (a) a purchase, payment, donation, distribution, loan, advance, deposit, gift of money,
             5363      or anything of value made for political purposes;
             5364          (b) an express, legally enforceable contract, promise, or agreement to make any
             5365      purchase, payment, donation, distribution, loan, advance, deposit, gift of money, or anything of
             5366      value for political purposes;
             5367          (c) a transfer of funds between a public entity and a candidate's personal campaign
             5368      committee;
             5369          (d) a transfer of funds between a public entity and a political issues committee; or
             5370          (e) goods or services provided to or for the benefit of a candidate, a candidate's
             5371      personal campaign committee, or a political issues committee for political purposes at less than
             5372      fair market value.
             5373          (4) "Governmental interlocal cooperation agency" means an interlocal cooperation
             5374      agency that receives some or all of its revenues from:
             5375          (a) government appropriations;
             5376          (b) taxes;
             5377          (c) government fees imposed for regulatory or revenue raising purposes; or
             5378          (d) interest earned on public funds or other returns on investment of public funds.
             5379          (5) (a) "Influence" means to campaign or advocate for or against a ballot proposition.
             5380          (b) "Influence" does not mean providing a brief statement about a public entity's
             5381      position on a ballot proposition and the reason for that position.
             5382          (6) "Interlocal cooperation agency" means an entity created by interlocal agreement
             5383      under the authority of Title 11, Chapter 13, Interlocal Cooperation Act.
             5384          (7) "Local district" means an entity under Title 17B, Limited Purpose Local
             5385      Government Entities - Local Districts, and includes a special service district under Title [17A]
             5386      17D, Chapter [2, Part 13, Utah] 1, Special Service District Act.
             5387          (8) (a) "Political issues committee" means an entity, or any group of individuals or
             5388      entities within or outside this state, that solicits or receives contributions from any other person,



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     group, or entity and makes expenditures from these contributions to influence, or to intend to
             5390      influence, directly or indirectly, any person to assist in placing a ballot proposition on the
             5391      ballot, to assist in keeping a ballot proposition off the ballot, or to refrain from voting or to vote
             5392      for or to vote against any ballot proposition.
             5393          (b) "Political issues committee" does not mean an entity that provides goods or
             5394      services to an individual or committee in the regular course of its business at the same price
             5395      that would be provided to the general public.
             5396          (9) "Political purposes" means an act done with the intent or in a way to influence or
             5397      intend to influence, directly or indirectly, any person to refrain from voting or to vote for or
             5398      against any candidate for public office at any caucus, political convention, primary, or election.
             5399          (10) (a) "Public entity" includes the state, each state agency, each county, municipality,
             5400      school district, local district, governmental interlocal cooperation agency, and each
             5401      administrative subunit of each of them.
             5402          (b) "Public entity" does not include a commercial interlocal cooperation agency.
             5403          (c) "Public entity" includes local health departments created under Title 26, Chapter 1,
             5404      Local Health Departments.
             5405          (11) (a) "Public funds" means any monies received by a public entity from
             5406      appropriations, taxes, fees, interest, or other returns on investment.
             5407          (b) "Public funds" does not include monies donated to a public entity by a person or
             5408      entity.
             5409          (12) (a) "Public official" means an elected or appointed member of government with
             5410      authority to make or determine public policy.
             5411          (b) "Public official" includes the person or group that:
             5412          (i) has supervisory authority over the personnel and affairs of a public entity; and
             5413          (ii) approves the expenditure of funds for the public entity.
             5414          (13) (a) "State agency" means each department, commission, board, council, agency,
             5415      institution, officer, corporation, fund, division, office, committee, authority, laboratory, library,
             5416      unit, bureau, panel, or other administrative unit of the state.
             5417          (b) "State agency" includes the legislative branch, the Board of Regents, the
             5418      institutional councils of each higher education institution, and each higher education
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         Section 145. Section 26-8a-405.1 is amended to read:
             5421           26-8a-405.1. Selection of provider by political subdivision.
             5422          (1) For purposes of this section and Sections 26-8a-405.2 and 26-8a-405.3 :
             5423          (a) "911 ambulance or paramedic services" means either 911 ambulance service, or 911
             5424      paramedic service, or both and:
             5425          (i) means a 911 call received by a designated dispatch center that receives 911 or E911
             5426      calls; and
             5427          (ii) does not mean a seven digit telephone call received directly by an ambulance
             5428      provider licensed under this chapter.
             5429          (b) "Governing body" means:
             5430          (i) in the case of a municipality or county, the elected council, commission, or other
             5431      legislative body that is vested with the legislative power of the municipality;
             5432          (ii) in the case of a special service district, local service district, or county service area,
             5433      each elected council, commission, or other legislative body that is vested with the legislative
             5434      power of the municipalities or counties that are members of the district or service area; and
             5435          (iii) in the case of a local district or special service district for fire protection or
             5436      interlocal entity, the board or other body vested with the power to adopt, amend, and repeal
             5437      rules, bylaws, policies, and procedures for the regulation of its affairs and the conduct of its
             5438      business.
             5439          (c) "Political subdivision" means:
             5440          (i) a city or town located in a county of the first or second class as defined in Section
             5441      17-50-501 ;
             5442          (ii) a county of the first or second class;
             5443          (iii) the following districts located in a county of the first or second class:
             5444          (A) a special service district created under Title [17A] 17D, Chapter [2, Part 13, Utah]
             5445      1, Special Service District Act; and
             5446          (B) a local district under Title 17B, Limited Purpose Local Government Entities -
             5447      Local Districts, for the purpose of providing fire protection, paramedic, and emergency
             5448      services; or
             5449          (iv) areas coming together as described in Subsection 26-8a-405.2 (2)(b)(ii);
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     Interlocal Cooperation Act; or
             5452          (vi) a special service district for fire protection [as defined in Section 17A-2-1304 ]
             5453      service under Subsection 17D-1-201 (9).
             5454          (2) (a) Only an applicant approved under Section 26-8a-405 may respond to a request
             5455      for a proposal for 911 ambulance or paramedic services issued in accordance with Section
             5456      26-8a-405.2 by a political subdivision.
             5457          (b) A response to a request for proposal is subject to the maximum rates established by
             5458      the department under Section 26-8a-403 .
             5459          (c) A political subdivision may award a contract to an applicant for the provision of
             5460      911 ambulance or paramedic services:
             5461          (i) in accordance with Section 26-8a-405.2 ; and
             5462          (ii) subject to Subsection (3).
             5463          (3) (a) The department shall issue a license to an applicant selected by a political
             5464      subdivision under Subsection (2) unless the department finds that issuing a license to that
             5465      applicant would jeopardize the health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of the geographic
             5466      service area.
             5467          (b) A license issued under this Subsection (3):
             5468          (i) is for the exclusive geographic service area approved by the department in
             5469      accordance with Subsection 26-8a-405.2 (2);
             5470          (ii) is valid for four years;
             5471          (iii) is not subject to a request for license from another applicant under the provisions
             5472      of Sections 26-8a-406 through 26-8a-409 during the four-year term, unless the applicant's
             5473      license is revoked under Section 26-8a-504 ; and
             5474          (iv) is subject to supervision by the department under Sections 26-8a-503 and
             5475      26-8a-504 .
             5476          (4) Except as provided in Subsection 26-8a-405.3 (4)(a), the provisions of Sections
             5477      26-8a-406 through 26-8a-409 do not apply to a license issued under this section.
             5478          Section 146. Section 26-8a-405.2 is amended to read:
             5479           26-8a-405.2. Selection of provider -- Request for competitive sealed proposal --
             5480      Public convenience and necessity.
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     26-8a-404 to provide 911 ambulance or paramedic services for the geographic service area that
             5483      is approved by the department in accordance with Subsection (2), if the political subdivision
             5484      complies with the provisions of this section and Section 26-8a-405.3 .
             5485          (b) The provisions of this section and Sections 26-8a-405.1 and 26-8a-405.3 do not
             5486      require a political subdivision to issue a request for proposal for ambulance or paramedic
             5487      services. If a political subdivision does not contract with an applicant in accordance with this
             5488      section and Section 26-8a-405.3 , the provisions of Sections 26-8a-406 through 26-8a-409 apply
             5489      to the issuance of a license for ambulance or paramedic services in the geographic service area
             5490      that is within the boundaries of the political subdivision.
             5491          (c) (i) For purposes of this Subsection (1)(c):
             5492          (A) "Local district" [and "county service area" are defined in Subsection
             5493      26-8a-405.1 (1)(b)(iii);] means a local district under Title 17B, Limited Purpose Local
             5494      Government Entities - Local Districts, that:
             5495          (I) is located in a county of the first or second class; and
             5496          (II) provides fire protection, paramedic, and emergency services.
             5497          (B) "Participating municipality" means a city or town whose area is partly or entirely
             5498      included within a county service area or local district[; and].
             5499          (C) "Participating county" means a county whose unincorporated area is partly or
             5500      entirely included within a [county service area or] local district.
             5501          (ii) A participating municipality or participating county may contract with a provider
             5502      for 911 ambulance or paramedic service as provided in this section and Section 26-8a-405.3 .
             5503          (iii) If the participating municipality or participating county contracts with a provider
             5504      for 911 ambulance or paramedic services under this section and Section 26-8a-405.3 :
             5505          (A) the [county service area or] local district is not obligated to provide the ambulance
             5506      or paramedic services that are included in the contract between the participating municipality
             5507      or the participating county and the 911 ambulance or paramedic provider;
             5508          (B) the [county service area and] local district may impose taxes and obligations within
             5509      the [county service area or] local district in the same manner as if the participating municipality
             5510      or participating county were receiving all services offered by the local district [or county
             5511      service area]; and
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     district [or county service area] are not diminished.
             5514          (2) (a) The political subdivision shall submit the request for proposal and the exclusive
             5515      geographic service area to be included in the request for proposal to the department for
             5516      approval prior to issuing the request for proposal. The department shall approve the request for
             5517      proposal and the exclusive geographic service area:
             5518          (i) unless the geographic service area creates an orphaned area; and
             5519          (ii) in accordance with Subsections (2)(b) and (c).
             5520          (b) The exclusive geographic service area may:
             5521          (i) include the entire geographic service area that is within the political subdivision's
             5522      boundaries;
             5523          (ii) include islands within or adjacent to other peripheral areas not included in the
             5524      political subdivision that governs the geographic service area; or
             5525          (iii) exclude portions of the geographic service area within the political subdivision's
             5526      boundaries if another political subdivision or licensed provider agrees to include the excluded
             5527      area within their license.
             5528          (c) The proposed geographic service area for 911 ambulance or paramedic service must
             5529      demonstrate that non-911 ambulance or paramedic service will be provided in the geographic
             5530      service area, either by the current provider, the applicant, or some other method acceptable to
             5531      the department. The department may consider the effect of the proposed geographic service
             5532      area on the costs to the non-911 provider and that provider's ability to provide only non-911
             5533      services in the proposed area.
             5534          Section 147. Section 51-7-3 is amended to read:
             5535           51-7-3. Definitions.
             5536          As used in this chapter:
             5537          (1) "Agent" means "agent" as defined in Section 61-1-13 .
             5538          (2) "Certified dealer" means:
             5539          (a) a primary reporting dealer recognized by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York
             5540      who is certified by the director as having met the applicable criteria of council rule; or
             5541          (b) a broker dealer who:
             5542          (i) has and maintains an office and a resident registered principal in the state;
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         (iii) meets the requirements for good standing established by council rule; and
             5545          (iv) is certified by the director as meeting quality criteria established by council rule.
             5546          (3) "Certified investment adviser" means a federal covered adviser, as defined in
             5547      Section 61-1-13 , or an investment adviser, as defined in Section 61-1-13 , who is certified by
             5548      the director as having met the applicable criteria of council rule.
             5549          (4) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of financial institutions.
             5550          (5) "Council" means the State Money Management Council created by Section
             5551      51-7-16 .
             5552          (6) "Director" means the director of the Utah State Division of Securities of the
             5553      Department of Commerce.
             5554          (7) (a) "Endowment funds" means gifts, devises, or bequests of property of any kind
             5555      donated to a higher education institution from any source.
             5556          (b) "Endowment funds" does not mean monies used for the general operation of a
             5557      higher education institution that are received by the higher education institution from:
             5558          (i) state appropriations;
             5559          (ii) federal contracts;
             5560          (iii) federal grants;
             5561          (iv) private research grants; and
             5562          (v) tuition and fees collected from students.
             5563          (8) "First tier commercial paper" means commercial paper rated by at least two
             5564      nationally recognized statistical rating organizations in the highest short-term rating category.
             5565          (9) "Funds functioning as endowments" means funds, regardless of source, whose
             5566      corpus is intended to be held in perpetuity by formal institutional designation according to the
             5567      institution's policy for designating those funds.
             5568          (10) "GASB" or "Governmental Accounting Standards Board" means the
             5569      Governmental Accounting Standards Board that is responsible for accounting standards used
             5570      by public entities.
             5571          (11) "Hard put" means an unconditional sell-back provision or a redemption provision
             5572      applicable at issue to a note or bond, allowing holders to sell their holdings back to the issuer
             5573      or to an equal or higher-rated third party provider at specific intervals and specific prices
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         (12) "Higher education institution" means the institutions specified in Section
             5576      53B-1-102 .
             5577          (13) "Investment adviser representative" means "investment adviser representative" as
             5578      defined in Section 61-1-13 .
             5579          (14) (a) "Investment agreement" means any written agreement that has specifically
             5580      negotiated withdrawal or reinvestment provisions and a specifically negotiated interest rate.
             5581          (b) "Investment agreement" includes any agreement to supply investments on one or
             5582      more future dates.
             5583          (15) "Local government" means a county, municipality, school district, local district
             5584      under Title 17B, Limited Purpose Local Government Entities - Local Districts, special service
             5585      district under Title [17A] 17D, Chapter [2, Part 13, Utah] 1, Special Service District Act, or
             5586      any other political subdivision of the state.
             5587          (16) "Market value" means market value as defined in the Master Repurchase
             5588      Agreement.
             5589          (17) "Master Repurchase Agreement" means the current standard Master Repurchase
             5590      Agreement approved by the Public Securities Association or by any successor organization.
             5591          (18) "Maximum amount" means, with respect to qualified depositories, the total
             5592      amount of:
             5593          (a) deposits in excess of the federal deposit insurance limit; and
             5594          (b) nonqualifying repurchase agreements.
             5595          (19) "Money market mutual fund" means an open-end managed investment fund:
             5596          (a) that complies with the diversification, quality, and maturity requirements of Rule
             5597      2a-7 or any successor rule of the Securities and Exchange Commission applicable to money
             5598      market mutual funds; and
             5599          (b) that assesses no sales load on the purchase of shares and no contingent deferred
             5600      sales charge or other similar charges, however designated.
             5601          (20) "Nationally recognized statistical rating organization" means an organization that
             5602      has been designated as a nationally recognized statistical rating organization by the Securities
             5603      and Exchange Commission's Division of Market Regulation.
             5604          (21) "Nonqualifying repurchase agreement" means a repurchase agreement evidencing
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     States Treasury or other authorized investments to public treasurers that is:
             5607          (a) evidenced by a safekeeping receipt issued by the qualified depository;
             5608          (b) included in the depository's maximum amount of public funds; and
             5609          (c) valued and maintained at market value plus an appropriate margin collateral
             5610      requirement based upon the term of the agreement and the type of securities acquired.
             5611          (22) "Operating funds" means current balances and other funds that are to be disbursed
             5612      for operation of the state government or any of its boards, commissions, institutions,
             5613      departments, divisions, agencies, or other similar instrumentalities, or any county, city, school
             5614      district, political subdivision, or other public body.
             5615          (23) "Permanent funds" means funds whose principal may not be expended, the
             5616      earnings from which are to be used for purposes designated by law.
             5617          (24) "Permitted depository" means any out-of-state financial institution that meets
             5618      quality criteria established by rule of the council.
             5619          (25) "Public funds" means monies, funds, and accounts, regardless of the source from
             5620      which the monies, funds, and accounts are derived, that are owned, held, or administered by the
             5621      state or any of its boards, commissions, institutions, departments, divisions, agencies, bureaus,
             5622      laboratories, or other similar instrumentalities, or any county, city, school district, political
             5623      subdivision, or other public body.
             5624          (26) (a) "Public monies" means "public funds."
             5625          (b) "Public monies," as used in Article VII, Sec. 15, Utah Constitution, means the same
             5626      as "state funds."
             5627          (27) "Public treasurer" includes the state treasurer and the official of any state board,
             5628      commission, institution, department, division, agency, or other similar instrumentality, or of
             5629      any county, city, school district, political subdivision, or other public body who has the
             5630      responsibility for the safekeeping and investment of any public funds.
             5631          (28) "Qualified depository" means a Utah depository institution or an out-of-state
             5632      depository institution, as those terms are defined in Section 7-1-103 that is authorized to
             5633      conduct business in this state under Section 7-1-702 or Title 7, Chapter 19, Acquisition of
             5634      Failing Depository Institutions or Holding Companies, whose deposits are insured by an
             5635      agency of the federal government and that has been certified by the commissioner of financial
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     council to be eligible to receive deposits of public funds.
             5638          (29) "Qualifying repurchase agreement" means a repurchase agreement evidencing
             5639      indebtedness of a financial institution or government securities dealer acting as principal
             5640      arising from the transfer of obligations of the United States Treasury or other authorized
             5641      investments to public treasurers only if purchased securities are:
             5642          (a) delivered to the public treasurer's safekeeping agent or custodian as contemplated
             5643      by Section 7 of the Master Repurchase Agreement; and
             5644          (b) valued and maintained at market value plus an appropriate margin collateral
             5645      requirement based upon the term of the agreement and the type of securities acquired.
             5646          (30) "Securities division" means Utah's Division of Securities created within the
             5647      Department of Commerce by Section 13-1-2 .
             5648          (31) "State funds" means:
             5649          (a) public monies raised by operation of law for the support and operation of the state
             5650      government; and
             5651          (b) all other monies, funds, and accounts, regardless of the source from which the
             5652      monies, funds, or accounts are derived, that are owned, held, or administered by the state or any
             5653      of its boards, commissions, institutions, departments, divisions, agencies, bureaus, laboratories,
             5654      or other similar instrumentalities.
             5655          Section 148. Section 52-4-202 is amended to read:
             5656           52-4-202. Public notice of meetings -- Emergency meetings.
             5657          (1) A public body shall give not less than 24 hours public notice of each meeting
             5658      including the meeting:
             5659          (a) agenda;
             5660          (b) date;
             5661          (c) time; and
             5662          (d) place.
             5663          (2) (a) In addition to the requirements under Subsection (1), a public body which holds
             5664      regular meetings that are scheduled in advance over the course of a year shall give public
             5665      notice at least once each year of its annual meeting schedule as provided in this section.
             5666          (b) The public notice under Subsection (2)(a) shall specify the date, time, and place of
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         (3) (a) Public notice shall be satisfied by:
             5669          (i) posting written notice:
             5670          (A) at the principal office of the public body, or if no principal office exists, at the
             5671      building where the meeting is to be held; and
             5672          (B) beginning April 1, 2008 and except as provided in Subsection (3)(b), on the Utah
             5673      Public Notice Website created under Section 63F-1-701 ; and
             5674          (ii) providing notice to:
             5675          (A) at least one newspaper of general circulation within the geographic jurisdiction of
             5676      the public body; or
             5677          (B) a local media correspondent.
             5678          (b) A public body of a municipality under Title 10, Utah Municipal Code, a local
             5679      district under Title 17B, Limited Purpose Local Government Entities - Local Districts, or a
             5680      special service district under Title [17A] 17D, Chapter [2, Part 13, Utah] 1, Special Service
             5681      District Act, [or a dependent district under Title 17A, Chapter 3, Dependent Districts,] is
             5682      encouraged, but not required, to post written notice on the Utah Public Notice Website, if the
             5683      municipality or district has a current annual budget of less than $1 million.
             5684          (c) A public body is in compliance with the provisions of Subsection (3)(a)(ii) by
             5685      providing notice to a newspaper or local media correspondent under the provisions of
             5686      Subsection 63F-1-701 (4)(d).
             5687          (4) A public body is encouraged to develop and use additional electronic means to
             5688      provide notice of its meetings under Subsection (3).
             5689          (5) (a) The notice requirement of Subsection (1) may be disregarded if:
             5690          (i) because of unforeseen circumstances it is necessary for a public body to hold an
             5691      emergency meeting to consider matters of an emergency or urgent nature; and
             5692          (ii) the public body gives the best notice practicable of:
             5693          (A) the time and place of the emergency meeting; and
             5694          (B) the topics to be considered at the emergency meeting.
             5695          (b) An emergency meeting of a public body may not be held unless:
             5696          (i) an attempt has been made to notify all the members of the public body; and
             5697          (ii) a majority of the members of the public body approve the meeting.
             5698          (6) (a) A public notice that is required to include an agenda under Subsection (1) shall



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     provide reasonable specificity to notify the public as to the topics to be considered at the
             5700      meeting. Each topic shall be listed under an agenda item on the meeting agenda.
             5701          (b) Subject to the provisions of Subsection (6)(c), and at the discretion of the presiding
             5702      member of the public body, a topic raised by the public may be discussed during an open
             5703      meeting, even if the topic raised by the public was not included in the agenda or advance public
             5704      notice for the meeting.
             5705          (c) Except as provided in Subsection (5), relating to emergency meetings, a public
             5706      body may not take final action on a topic in an open meeting unless the topic is:
             5707          (i) listed under an agenda item as required by Subsection (6)(a); and
             5708          (ii) included with the advance public notice required by this section.
             5709          Section 149. Section 52-4-203 is amended to read:
             5710           52-4-203. Minutes of open meetings -- Public records -- Recording of meetings.
             5711          (1) Except as provided under Subsection (8), written minutes and a recording shall be
             5712      kept of all open meetings.
             5713          (2) Written minutes of an open meeting shall include:
             5714          (a) the date, time, and place of the meeting;
             5715          (b) the names of members present and absent;
             5716          (c) the substance of all matters proposed, discussed, or decided by the public body
             5717      which may include a summary of comments made by members of the public body;
             5718          (d) a record, by individual member, of each vote taken by the public body;
             5719          (e) the name of each person who is not a member of the public body, and upon
             5720      recognition by the presiding member of the public body, provided testimony or comments to
             5721      the public body;
             5722          (f) the substance, in brief, of the testimony or comments provided by the public under
             5723      Subsection (2)(e); and
             5724          (g) any other information that any member requests be entered in the minutes or
             5725      recording.
             5726          (3) A recording of an open meeting shall:
             5727          (a) be a complete and unedited record of all open portions of the meeting from the
             5728      commencement of the meeting through adjournment of the meeting; and
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         (4) (a) The minutes and recordings of an open meeting are public records and shall be
             5731      available within a reasonable time after the meeting.
             5732          (b) An open meeting record kept only by a recording must be converted to written
             5733      minutes within a reasonable time upon request.
             5734          (5) All or any part of an open meeting may be independently recorded by any person in
             5735      attendance if the recording does not interfere with the conduct of the meeting.
             5736          (6) Minutes or recordings of an open meeting that are required to be retained
             5737      permanently shall be maintained in or converted to a format that meets long-term records
             5738      storage requirements.
             5739          (7) Written minutes and recordings of open meetings are public records under Title 63,
             5740      Chapter 2, Government Records Access and Management Act, but written minutes shall be the
             5741      official record of action taken at the meeting.
             5742          (8) Either written minutes or a recording shall be kept of:
             5743          (a) an open meeting that is a site visit or a traveling tour, if no vote or action is taken
             5744      by the public body; and
             5745          (b) an open meeting of a local district under Title 17B, Limited Purpose Local
             5746      Government Entities - Local Districts, or special service district under Title [17A] 17D,
             5747      Chapter [2, Part 13, Utah] 1, Special Service District Act, if the district's annual budgeted
             5748      expenditures for all funds, excluding capital expenditures and debt service, are $50,000 or less.
             5749          Section 150. Section 53-2-502 is amended to read:
             5750           53-2-502. Definitions.
             5751          As used in this part:
             5752          (1) "Committee" means the statewide mutual aid committee established in Section
             5753      53-2-503 .
             5754          (2) "Director" means the director of the division, appointed under Section 53-2-103 .
             5755          (3) "Division" means the Division of Homeland Security, created under Section
             5756      53-2-103 .
             5757          (4) "Emergency responder":
             5758          (a) means a person in the public or private sector:
             5759          (i) who has special skills, qualification, training, knowledge, or experience, whether or
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     qualification, training, knowledge, or experience, that would benefit a participating political
             5762      subdivision in responding to a locally declared emergency or in an authorized drill or exercise;
             5763      and
             5764          (ii) that a participating political subdivision requests or authorizes to assist in
             5765      responding to a locally declared emergency or in an authorized drill or exercise; and
             5766          (b) includes:
             5767          (i) a law enforcement officer;
             5768          (ii) a firefighter;
             5769          (iii) an emergency medical services worker;
             5770          (iv) a physician, nurse, or other public health worker;
             5771          (v) an emergency management official;
             5772          (vi) a public works worker;
             5773          (vii) a building inspector;
             5774          (viii) an architect, engineer, or other design professional; or
             5775          (ix) a person with specialized equipment operations skills or training or with any other
             5776      skills needed to provide aid in a declared emergency.
             5777          (5) "Participating political subdivision" means each county, municipality, public safety
             5778      district, and public safety interlocal entity that has not adopted a resolution under Section
             5779      53-2-506 withdrawing itself from the statewide mutual aid system.
             5780          (6) "Public safety interlocal entity" means an interlocal entity under Title 11, Chapter
             5781      13, Interlocal Cooperation Act, that provides public safety service.
             5782          (7) "Public safety service" means a service provided to the public to protect life and
             5783      property and includes fire protection, police protection, emergency medical service, and
             5784      hazardous material response service.
             5785          (8) "Public safety district" means a local district under Title 17B, Limited Purpose
             5786      Local Government Entities - Local Districts, or special service district under Title [17A] 17D,
             5787      Chapter [2, Part 13, Utah] 1, Special Service District Act, that provides public safety service.
             5788          (9) "Requesting political subdivision" means a participating political subdivision that
             5789      requests emergency assistance under Section 53-2-507 from one or more other participating
             5790      political subdivisions.
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     responds to a request under Section 53-2-507 from a requesting political subdivision.
             5793          (11) "Statewide mutual aid system" or "system" means the aggregate of all
             5794      participating political subdivisions.
             5795          Section 151. Section 53A-2-123 is amended to read:
             5796           53A-2-123. Notice before preparing or amending a long-range plan or acquiring
             5797      certain property.
             5798          (1) As used in this section:
             5799          (a) "Affected entity" means each county, municipality, local district under Title 17B,
             5800      Limited Purpose Local Government Entities - Local Districts, special service district under
             5801      Title [17A] 17D, Chapter [2, Part 13, Utah] 1, Special Service District Act, interlocal
             5802      cooperation entity established under Title 11, Chapter 13, Interlocal Cooperation Act, and
             5803      specified public utility:
             5804          (i) whose services or facilities are likely to require expansion or significant
             5805      modification because of an intended use of land; or
             5806          (ii) that has filed with the school district a copy of the general or long-range plan of the
             5807      county, municipality, local district, special service district, school district, interlocal
             5808      cooperation entity, or specified public utility.
             5809          (b) "Specified public utility" means an electrical corporation, gas corporation, or
             5810      telephone corporation, as those terms are defined in Section 54-2-1 .
             5811          (2) (a) If a school district located in a county of the first or second class prepares a
             5812      long-range plan regarding its facilities proposed for the future or amends an already existing
             5813      long-range plan, the school district shall, before preparing a long-range plan or amendments to
             5814      an existing long-range plan, provide written notice, as provided in this section, of its intent to
             5815      prepare a long-range plan or to amend an existing long-range plan.
             5816          (b) Each notice under Subsection (2)(a) shall:
             5817          (i) indicate that the school district intends to prepare a long-range plan or to amend a
             5818      long-range plan, as the case may be;
             5819          (ii) describe or provide a map of the geographic area that will be affected by the
             5820      long-range plan or amendments to a long-range plan;
             5821          (iii) be sent to:
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     boundaries is located the land on which the proposed long-range plan or amendments to a
             5824      long-range plan are expected to indicate that the proposed facilities will be located;
             5825          (B) each affected entity;
             5826          (C) the Automated Geographic Reference Center created in Section 63F-1-506 ;
             5827          (D) each association of governments, established pursuant to an interlocal agreement
             5828      under Title 11, Chapter 13, Interlocal Cooperation Act, of which a county or municipality
             5829      described in Subsection (2)(b)(iii)(A) is a member; and
             5830          (E) the state planning coordinator appointed under Section 63-38d-202 ;
             5831          (iv) with respect to the notice to counties and municipalities described in Subsection
             5832      (2)(b)(iii)(A) and affected entities, invite them to provide information for the school district to
             5833      consider in the process of preparing, adopting, and implementing the long-range plan or
             5834      amendments to a long-range plan concerning:
             5835          (A) impacts that the use of land proposed in the proposed long-range plan or
             5836      amendments to a long-range plan may have on the county, municipality, or affected entity; and
             5837          (B) uses of land that the county, municipality, or affected entity is planning or
             5838      considering that may conflict with the proposed long-range plan or amendments to a long-range
             5839      plan; and
             5840          (v) include the address of an Internet website, if the school district has one, and the
             5841      name and telephone number of a person where more information can be obtained concerning
             5842      the school district's proposed long-range plan or amendments to a long-range plan.
             5843          (3) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (3)(d), each school district intending to
             5844      acquire real property in a county of the first or second class for the purpose of expanding the
             5845      district's infrastructure or other facilities shall provide written notice, as provided in this
             5846      Subsection (3), of its intent to acquire the property if the intended use of the property is
             5847      contrary to:
             5848          (i) the anticipated use of the property under the county or municipality's general plan;
             5849      or
             5850          (ii) the property's current zoning designation.
             5851          (b) Each notice under Subsection (3)(a) shall:
             5852          (i) indicate that the school district intends to acquire real property;
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         (iii) be sent to:
             5855          (A) each county in whose unincorporated area and each municipality in whose
             5856      boundaries the property is located; and
             5857          (B) each affected entity.
             5858          (c) A notice under this Subsection (3) is a protected record as provided in Subsection
             5859      63-2-304 (7).
             5860          (d) (i) The notice requirement of Subsection (3)(a) does not apply if the school district
             5861      previously provided notice under Subsection (2) identifying the general location within the
             5862      municipality or unincorporated part of the county where the property to be acquired is located.
             5863          (ii) If a school district is not required to comply with the notice requirement of
             5864      Subsection (3)(a) because of application of Subsection (3)(d)(i), the school district shall
             5865      provide the notice specified in Subsection (3)(a) as soon as practicable after its acquisition of
             5866      the real property.
             5867          Section 152. Section 54-14-103 is amended to read:
             5868           54-14-103. Definitions.
             5869          As used in this chapter:
             5870          (1) "Actual excess cost" means the difference in cost between:
             5871          (a) the standard cost of a facility; and
             5872          (b) the actual cost of the facility, including any necessary right-of-way, as determined
             5873      in accordance with Section 54-14-203 .
             5874          (2) "Board" means the Utility Facility Review Board.
             5875          (3) "Commencement of construction of a facility" includes the project design and the
             5876      ordering of materials necessary to construct the facility.
             5877          (4) "Estimated excess cost" means any material difference in estimated cost between
             5878      the costs of a facility, including any necessary right-of-way, if constructed in accordance with
             5879      the requirements of a local government and the standard cost of the facility.
             5880          (5) "Facility" means a transmission line, a substation, a gas pipeline, a tap, a measuring
             5881      device, or a treatment device.
             5882          (6) (a) "Gas pipeline" means equipment, material, and structures used to transport gas
             5883      to the public utility's customers, including:
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         (ii) a compressor;
             5886          (iii) a pressure regulator;
             5887          (iv) a support structure; and
             5888          (v) any other equipment or structure used to transport or facilitate transportation of gas
             5889      through a pipe.
             5890          (b) "Gas pipeline" does not include a service line.
             5891          (7) "Local government":
             5892          (a) means a city or town as defined in Section 10-1-104 or a county; or
             5893          (b) may refer to one or more of the local governments in whose jurisdiction a facility is
             5894      located if a facility is proposed to be located in more than one local government jurisdiction.
             5895          (8) "Pay" includes, in reference to a local government paying the actual excess cost of a
             5896      facility, payment by:
             5897          (a) a local district under Title 17B, Limited Purpose Local Government Entities - Local
             5898      Districts;
             5899          (b) a special service district under Title [17A] 17D, Chapter [2, Part 13, Utah] 1,
             5900      Special Service District Act; or
             5901          (c) a private entity other than the public utility pursuant to a regulation or decision of
             5902      the local government.
             5903          (9) (a) "Standard cost" means the estimated cost of a facility, including any necessary
             5904      right-of-way, if constructed in accordance with:
             5905          (i) the public utility's normal practices; and
             5906          (ii) zoning, subdivision, and building code regulations of a local government, including
             5907      siting, setback, screening, and landscaping requirements:
             5908          (A) imposed on similar land uses in the same zone; and
             5909          (B) that do not impair the ability of the public utility to provide service to its customers
             5910      in a safe, reliable, adequate, and efficient manner.
             5911          (b) With respect to a transmission line, "standard cost" is the cost of any overhead line
             5912      constructed in accordance with the public utility's normal practices.
             5913          (c) With respect to a facility of a gas corporation, "standard cost" is the cost of
             5914      constructing the facility in accordance with the public utility's normal practices.
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     located for the purpose of switching, regulating, transforming, or otherwise modifying the
             5917      characteristics of electricity, including:
             5918          (i) electrical equipment such as transformers, circuit breakers, voltage regulating
             5919      equipment, buses, switches, capacitor banks, reactors, protection and control equipment, and
             5920      other related equipment;
             5921          (ii) the site at which the equipment is located, any foundations, support structures,
             5922      buildings, or driveways necessary to locate, operate, and maintain the equipment at the site;
             5923      and
             5924          (iii) the structure intended to restrict access to the equipment to qualified persons.
             5925          (b) "Substation" does not include a distribution pole-mounted or pad-mounted
             5926      transformer that is used for the final transformation of power to the voltage level utilized by the
             5927      customer.
             5928          (11) "Transmission line" means an electrical line, including structures, equipment,
             5929      plant, or fixtures associated with the electrical line, operated at a nominal voltage of 34,000
             5930      volts or above.
             5931          Section 153. Section 59-2-102 is amended to read:
             5932           59-2-102. Definitions.
             5933          As used in this chapter and title:
             5934          (1) "Aerial applicator" means aircraft or rotorcraft used exclusively for the purpose of
             5935      engaging in dispensing activities directly affecting agriculture or horticulture with an
             5936      airworthiness certificate from the Federal Aviation Administration certifying the aircraft or
             5937      rotorcraft's use for agricultural and pest control purposes.
             5938          (2) "Air charter service" means an air carrier operation which requires the customer to
             5939      hire an entire aircraft rather than book passage in whatever capacity is available on a scheduled
             5940      trip.
             5941          (3) "Air contract service" means an air carrier operation available only to customers
             5942      who engage the services of the carrier through a contractual agreement and excess capacity on
             5943      any trip and is not available to the public at large.
             5944          (4) "Aircraft" is as defined in Section 72-10-102 .
             5945          (5) "Airline" means any air carrier operating interstate routes on a scheduled basis
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     routes.
             5948          (6) "Assessment roll" means a permanent record of the assessment of property as
             5949      assessed by the county assessor and the commission and may be maintained manually or as a
             5950      computerized file as a consolidated record or as multiple records by type, classification, or
             5951      categories.
             5952          (7) (a) "Certified revenue levy" means a property tax levy that provides the same
             5953      amount of ad valorem property tax revenue as was collected for the prior year, plus new
             5954      growth, but exclusive of revenue from collections from redemptions, interest, and penalties.
             5955          (b) For purposes of this Subsection (7), "ad valorem property tax revenue" does not
             5956      include property tax revenue received by a taxing entity from personal property that is:
             5957          (i) assessed by a county assessor in accordance with Part 3, County Assessment; and
             5958          (ii) semiconductor manufacturing equipment.
             5959          (8) "County-assessed commercial vehicle" means:
             5960          (a) any commercial vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer which is not apportioned under
             5961      Section 41-1a-301 and is not operated interstate to transport the vehicle owner's goods or
             5962      property in furtherance of the owner's commercial enterprise;
             5963          (b) any passenger vehicle owned by a business and used by its employees for
             5964      transportation as a company car or vanpool vehicle; and
             5965          (c) vehicles which are:
             5966          (i) especially constructed for towing or wrecking, and which are not otherwise used to
             5967      transport goods, merchandise, or people for compensation;
             5968          (ii) used or licensed as taxicabs or limousines;
             5969          (iii) used as rental passenger cars, travel trailers, or motor homes;
             5970          (iv) used or licensed in this state for use as ambulances or hearses;
             5971          (v) especially designed and used for garbage and rubbish collection; or
             5972          (vi) used exclusively to transport students or their instructors to or from any private,
             5973      public, or religious school or school activities.
             5974          (9) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (9)(b), for purposes of Section 59-2-801 ,
             5975      "designated tax area" means a tax area created by the overlapping boundaries of only the
             5976      following taxing entities:
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         (ii) a school district.
             5979          (b) Notwithstanding Subsection (9)(a), "designated tax area" includes a tax area created
             5980      by the overlapping boundaries of:
             5981          (i) the taxing entities described in Subsection (9)(a); and
             5982          (ii) (A) a city or town if the boundaries of the school district under Subsection (9)(a)
             5983      and the boundaries of the city or town are identical; or
             5984          (B) a special service district if the boundaries of the school district under Subsection
             5985      (9)(a) are located entirely within the special service district.
             5986          (10) "Eligible judgment" means a final and unappealable judgment or order under
             5987      Section 59-2-1330 :
             5988          (a) that became a final and unappealable judgment or order no more than 14 months
             5989      prior to the day on which the notice required by Subsection 59-2-919 (4) is required to be
             5990      mailed; and
             5991          (b) for which a taxing entity's share of the final and unappealable judgment or order is
             5992      greater than or equal to the lesser of:
             5993          (i) $5,000; or
             5994          (ii) 2.5% of the total ad valorem property taxes collected by the taxing entity in the
             5995      previous fiscal year.
             5996          (11) (a) "Escaped property" means any property, whether personal, land, or any
             5997      improvements to the property, subject to taxation and is:
             5998          (i) inadvertently omitted from the tax rolls, assigned to the incorrect parcel, or assessed
             5999      to the wrong taxpayer by the assessing authority;
             6000          (ii) undervalued or omitted from the tax rolls because of the failure of the taxpayer to
             6001      comply with the reporting requirements of this chapter; or
             6002          (iii) undervalued because of errors made by the assessing authority based upon
             6003      incomplete or erroneous information furnished by the taxpayer.
             6004          (b) Property which is undervalued because of the use of a different valuation
             6005      methodology or because of a different application of the same valuation methodology is not
             6006      "escaped property."
             6007          (12) "Fair market value" means the amount at which property would change hands
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     and both having reasonable knowledge of the relevant facts. For purposes of taxation, "fair
             6010      market value" shall be determined using the current zoning laws applicable to the property in
             6011      question, except in cases where there is a reasonable probability of a change in the zoning laws
             6012      affecting that property in the tax year in question and the change would have an appreciable
             6013      influence upon the value.
             6014          (13) "Farm machinery and equipment," for purposes of the exemption provided under
             6015      Section 59-2-1101 , means tractors, milking equipment and storage and cooling facilities, feed
             6016      handling equipment, irrigation equipment, harvesters, choppers, grain drills and planters, tillage
             6017      tools, scales, combines, spreaders, sprayers, haying equipment, and any other machinery or
             6018      equipment used primarily for agricultural purposes; but does not include vehicles required to be
             6019      registered with the Motor Vehicle Division or vehicles or other equipment used for business
             6020      purposes other than farming.
             6021          (14) "Geothermal fluid" means water in any form at temperatures greater than 120
             6022      degrees centigrade naturally present in a geothermal system.
             6023          (15) "Geothermal resource" means:
             6024          (a) the natural heat of the earth at temperatures greater than 120 degrees centigrade;
             6025      and
             6026          (b) the energy, in whatever form, including pressure, present in, resulting from, created
             6027      by, or which may be extracted from that natural heat, directly or through a material medium.
             6028          (16) (a) "Goodwill" means:
             6029          (i) acquired goodwill that is reported as goodwill on the books and records:
             6030          (A) of a taxpayer; and
             6031          (B) that are maintained for financial reporting purposes; or
             6032          (ii) the ability of a business to:
             6033          (A) generate income:
             6034          (I) that exceeds a normal rate of return on assets; and
             6035          (II) resulting from a factor described in Subsection (16)(b); or
             6036          (B) obtain an economic or competitive advantage resulting from a factor described in
             6037      Subsection (16)(b).
             6038          (b) The following factors apply to Subsection (16)(a)(ii):
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         (ii) reputation;
             6041          (iii) customer relationships;
             6042          (iv) patronage; or
             6043          (v) a factor similar to Subsections (16)(b)(i) through (iv).
             6044          (c) "Goodwill" does not include:
             6045          (i) the intangible property described in Subsection (20)(a) or (b);
             6046          (ii) locational attributes of real property, including:
             6047          (A) zoning;
             6048          (B) location;
             6049          (C) view;
             6050          (D) a geographic feature;
             6051          (E) an easement;
             6052          (F) a covenant;
             6053          (G) proximity to raw materials;
             6054          (H) the condition of surrounding property; or
             6055          (I) proximity to markets;
             6056          (iii) value attributable to the identification of an improvement to real property,
             6057      including:
             6058          (A) reputation of the designer, builder, or architect of the improvement;
             6059          (B) a name given to, or associated with, the improvement; or
             6060          (C) the historic significance of an improvement; or
             6061          (iv) the enhancement or assemblage value specifically attributable to the interrelation
             6062      of the existing tangible property in place working together as a unit.
             6063          (17) "Governing body" means:
             6064          (a) for a county, city, or town, the legislative body of the county, city, or town;
             6065          (b) for a local district under Title 17B, Limited Purpose Local Government Entities -
             6066      Local Districts, the local district's board of trustees;
             6067          (c) for a school district, the local board of education; or
             6068          (d) for a special service district under Title [17A] 17D, Chapter [2, Part 13, Utah] 1,
             6069      Special Service District Act:
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     district, to the extent that the county or municipal legislative body has not delegated authority
             6072      to an administrative control board established under Section [ 17A-2-1326 ] 17D-1-301 ; or
             6073          (ii) the administrative control board, to the extent that the county or municipal
             6074      legislative body has delegated authority to an administrative control board established under
             6075      Section [ 17A-2-1326 ] 17D-1-301 .
             6076          (18) (a) For purposes of Section 59-2-103 :
             6077          (i) "household" means the association of persons who live in the same dwelling,
             6078      sharing its furnishings, facilities, accommodations, and expenses; and
             6079          (ii) "household" includes married individuals, who are not legally separated, that have
             6080      established domiciles at separate locations within the state.
             6081          (b) In accordance with Title 63, Chapter 46a, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, the
             6082      commission may make rules defining the term "domicile."
             6083          (19) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (19)(c), "improvement" means a building,
             6084      structure, fixture, fence, or other item that is permanently attached to land, regardless of
             6085      whether the title has been acquired to the land, if:
             6086          (i) (A) attachment to land is essential to the operation or use of the item; and
             6087          (B) the manner of attachment to land suggests that the item will remain attached to the
             6088      land in the same place over the useful life of the item; or
             6089          (ii) removal of the item would:
             6090          (A) cause substantial damage to the item; or
             6091          (B) require substantial alteration or repair of a structure to which the item is attached.
             6092          (b) "Improvement" includes:
             6093          (i) an accessory to an item described in Subsection (19)(a) if the accessory is:
             6094          (A) essential to the operation of the item described in Subsection (19)(a); and
             6095          (B) installed solely to serve the operation of the item described in Subsection (19)(a);
             6096      and
             6097          (ii) an item described in Subsection (19)(a) that:
             6098          (A) is temporarily detached from the land for repairs; and
             6099          (B) remains located on the land.
             6100          (c) Notwithstanding Subsections (19)(a) and (b), "improvement" does not include:
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     with Section 59-2-107 ;
             6103          (ii) a moveable item that is attached to land:
             6104          (A) for stability only; or
             6105          (B) for an obvious temporary purpose;
             6106          (iii) (A) manufacturing equipment and machinery; or
             6107          (B) essential accessories to manufacturing equipment and machinery;
             6108          (iv) an item attached to the land in a manner that facilitates removal without substantial
             6109      damage to:
             6110          (A) the land; or
             6111          (B) the item; or
             6112          (v) a transportable factory-built housing unit as defined in Section 59-2-1502 if that
             6113      transportable factory-built housing unit is considered to be personal property under Section
             6114      59-2-1503 .
             6115          (20) "Intangible property" means:
             6116          (a) property that is capable of private ownership separate from tangible property,
             6117      including:
             6118          (i) moneys;
             6119          (ii) credits;
             6120          (iii) bonds;
             6121          (iv) stocks;
             6122          (v) representative property;
             6123          (vi) franchises;
             6124          (vii) licenses;
             6125          (viii) trade names;
             6126          (ix) copyrights; and
             6127          (x) patents;
             6128          (b) a low-income housing tax credit; or
             6129          (c) goodwill.
             6130          (21) "Low-income housing tax credit" means:
             6131          (a) a federal low-income housing tax credit under Section 42, Internal Revenue Code;
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         (b) a low-income housing tax credit under:
             6134          (i) Section 59-7-607 ; or
             6135          (ii) Section 59-10-1010 .
             6136          (22) "Metalliferous minerals" includes gold, silver, copper, lead, zinc, and uranium.
             6137          (23) "Mine" means a natural deposit of either metalliferous or nonmetalliferous
             6138      valuable mineral.
             6139          (24) "Mining" means the process of producing, extracting, leaching, evaporating, or
             6140      otherwise removing a mineral from a mine.
             6141          (25) (a) "Mobile flight equipment" means tangible personal property that is:
             6142          (i) owned or operated by an:
             6143          (A) air charter service;
             6144          (B) air contract service; or
             6145          (C) airline; and
             6146          (ii) (A) capable of flight;
             6147          (B) attached to an aircraft that is capable of flight; or
             6148          (C) contained in an aircraft that is capable of flight if the tangible personal property is
             6149      intended to be used:
             6150          (I) during multiple flights;
             6151          (II) during a takeoff, flight, or landing; and
             6152          (III) as a service provided by an air charter service, air contract service, or airline.
             6153          (b) (i) "Mobile flight equipment" does not include a spare part other than a spare
             6154      engine that is rotated:
             6155          (A) at regular intervals; and
             6156          (B) with an engine that is attached to the aircraft.
             6157          (ii) In accordance with Title 63, Chapter 46a, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act,
             6158      the commission may make rules defining the term "regular intervals."
             6159          (26) "Nonmetalliferous minerals" includes, but is not limited to, oil, gas, coal, salts,
             6160      sand, rock, gravel, and all carboniferous materials.
             6161          (27) "Personal property" includes:
             6162          (a) every class of property as defined in Subsection (28) which is the subject of
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         (b) gas and water mains and pipes laid in roads, streets, or alleys;
             6165          (c) bridges and ferries;
             6166          (d) livestock which, for the purposes of the exemption provided under Section
             6167      59-2-1112 , means all domestic animals, honeybees, poultry, fur-bearing animals, and fish; and
             6168          (e) outdoor advertising structures as defined in Section 72-7-502 .
             6169          (28) (a) "Property" means property that is subject to assessment and taxation according
             6170      to its value.
             6171          (b) "Property" does not include intangible property as defined in this section.
             6172          (29) "Public utility," for purposes of this chapter, means the operating property of a
             6173      railroad, gas corporation, oil or gas transportation or pipeline company, coal slurry pipeline
             6174      company, electrical corporation, telephone corporation, sewerage corporation, or heat
             6175      corporation where the company performs the service for, or delivers the commodity to, the
             6176      public generally or companies serving the public generally, or in the case of a gas corporation
             6177      or an electrical corporation, where the gas or electricity is sold or furnished to any member or
             6178      consumers within the state for domestic, commercial, or industrial use. Public utility also
             6179      means the operating property of any entity or person defined under Section 54-2-1 except water
             6180      corporations.
             6181          (30) "Real estate" or "real property" includes:
             6182          (a) the possession of, claim to, ownership of, or right to the possession of land;
             6183          (b) all mines, minerals, and quarries in and under the land, all timber belonging to
             6184      individuals or corporations growing or being on the lands of this state or the United States, and
             6185      all rights and privileges appertaining to these; and
             6186          (c) improvements.
             6187          (31) "Residential property," for the purposes of the reductions and adjustments under
             6188      this chapter, means any property used for residential purposes as a primary residence. It does
             6189      not include property used for transient residential use or condominiums used in rental pools.
             6190          (32) For purposes of Subsection 59-2-801 (1)(e), "route miles" means the number of
             6191      miles calculated by the commission that is:
             6192          (a) measured in a straight line by the commission; and
             6193          (b) equal to the distance between a geographical location that begins or ends:
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         (ii) where an aircraft:
             6196          (A) takes off; or
             6197          (B) lands.
             6198          (33) (a) "State-assessed commercial vehicle" means:
             6199          (i) any commercial vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer which operates interstate or intrastate
             6200      to transport passengers, freight, merchandise, or other property for hire; or
             6201          (ii) any commercial vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer which operates interstate and
             6202      transports the vehicle owner's goods or property in furtherance of the owner's commercial
             6203      enterprise.
             6204          (b) "State-assessed commercial vehicle" does not include vehicles used for hire which
             6205      are specified in Subsection (8)(c) as county-assessed commercial vehicles.
             6206          (34) "Taxable value" means fair market value less any applicable reduction allowed for
             6207      residential property under Section 59-2-103 .
             6208          (35) "Tax area" means a geographic area created by the overlapping boundaries of one
             6209      or more taxing entities.
             6210          (36) "Taxing entity" means any county, city, town, school district, special taxing
             6211      district, local district under Title 17B, Limited Purpose Local Government Entities - Local
             6212      Districts, or other political subdivision of the state with the authority to levy a tax on property.
             6213          (37) "Tax roll" means a permanent record of the taxes charged on property, as extended
             6214      on the assessment roll and may be maintained on the same record or records as the assessment
             6215      roll or may be maintained on a separate record properly indexed to the assessment roll. It
             6216      includes tax books, tax lists, and other similar materials.
             6217          Section 154. Section 59-2-924 is amended to read:
             6218           59-2-924. Report of valuation of property to county auditor and commission --
             6219      Transmittal by auditor to governing bodies -- Certified tax rate -- Calculation of certified
             6220      tax rate -- Rulemaking authority -- Adoption of tentative budget.
             6221          (1) (a) Before June 1 of each year, the county assessor of each county shall deliver to
             6222      the county auditor and the commission the following statements:
             6223          (i) a statement containing the aggregate valuation of all taxable property in each taxing
             6224      entity; and
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     estimated by the county assessor to be subject to taxation in the current year.
             6227          (b) The county auditor shall, on or before June 8, transmit to the governing body of
             6228      each taxing entity:
             6229          (i) the statements described in Subsections (1)(a)(i) and (ii);
             6230          (ii) an estimate of the revenue from personal property;
             6231          (iii) the certified tax rate; and
             6232          (iv) all forms necessary to submit a tax levy request.
             6233          (2) (a) (i) The "certified tax rate" means a tax rate that will provide the same ad
             6234      valorem property tax revenues for a taxing entity as were budgeted by that taxing entity for the
             6235      prior year.
             6236          (ii) For purposes of this Subsection (2), "ad valorem property tax revenues" do not
             6237      include:
             6238          (A) collections from redemptions;
             6239          (B) interest;
             6240          (C) penalties; and
             6241          (D) revenue received by a taxing entity from personal property that is:
             6242          (I) assessed by a county assessor in accordance with Part 3, County Assessment; and
             6243          (II) semiconductor manufacturing equipment.
             6244          (iii) (A) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the certified tax rate shall be
             6245      calculated by dividing the ad valorem property tax revenues budgeted for the prior year by the
             6246      taxing entity by the amount calculated under Subsection (2)(a)(iii)(B).
             6247          (B) For purposes of Subsection (2)(a)(iii)(A), the legislative body of a taxing entity
             6248      shall calculate an amount as follows:
             6249          (I) calculate for the taxing entity the difference between:
             6250          (Aa) the aggregate taxable value of all property taxed; and
             6251          (Bb) any redevelopment adjustments for the current calendar year;
             6252          (II) after making the calculation required by Subsection (2)(a)(iii)(B)(I), calculate an
             6253      amount determined by increasing or decreasing the amount calculated under Subsection
             6254      (2)(a)(iii)(B)(I) by the average of the percentage net change in the value of taxable property for
             6255      the equalization period for the three calendar years immediately preceding the current calendar
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         (III) after making the calculation required by Subsection (2)(a)(iii)(B)(II), calculate the
             6258      product of:
             6259          (Aa) the amount calculated under Subsection (2)(a)(iii)(B)(II); and
             6260          (Bb) the percentage of property taxes collected for the five calendar years immediately
             6261      preceding the current calendar year; and
             6262          (IV) after making the calculation required by Subsection (2)(a)(iii)(B)(III), calculate an
             6263      amount determined by subtracting from the amount calculated under Subsection
             6264      (2)(a)(iii)(B)(III) any new growth as defined in this section:
             6265          (Aa) within the taxing entity; and
             6266          (Bb) for the current calendar year.
             6267          (C) For purposes of Subsection (2)(a)(iii)(B)(I), the aggregate taxable value of all
             6268      property taxed:
             6269          (I) except as provided in Subsection (2)(a)(iii)(C)(II), includes the total taxable value of
             6270      the real and personal property contained on the tax rolls of the taxing entity; and
             6271          (II) does not include the total taxable value of personal property contained on the tax
             6272      rolls of the taxing entity that is:
             6273          (Aa) assessed by a county assessor in accordance with Part 3, County Assessment; and
             6274          (Bb) semiconductor manufacturing equipment.
             6275          (D) For purposes of Subsection (2)(a)(iii)(B)(II), for calendar years beginning on or
             6276      after January 1, 2007, the value of taxable property does not include the value of personal
             6277      property that is:
             6278          (I) within the taxing entity assessed by a county assessor in accordance with Part 3,
             6279      County Assessment; and
             6280          (II) semiconductor manufacturing equipment.
             6281          (E) For purposes of Subsection (2)(a)(iii)(B)(III)(Bb), for calendar years beginning on
             6282      or after January 1, 2007, the percentage of property taxes collected does not include property
             6283      taxes collected from personal property that is:
             6284          (I) within the taxing entity assessed by a county assessor in accordance with Part 3,
             6285      County Assessment; and
             6286          (II) semiconductor manufacturing equipment.
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     the commission may prescribe rules for calculating redevelopment adjustments for a calendar
             6289      year.
             6290          (iv) (A) In accordance with Title 63, Chapter 46a, Utah Administrative Rulemaking
             6291      Act, the commission shall make rules determining the calculation of ad valorem property tax
             6292      revenues budgeted by a taxing entity.
             6293          (B) For purposes of Subsection (2)(a)(iv)(A), ad valorem property tax revenues
             6294      budgeted by a taxing entity shall be calculated in the same manner as budgeted property tax
             6295      revenues are calculated for purposes of Section 59-2-913 .
             6296          (v) The certified tax rates for the taxing entities described in this Subsection (2)(a)(v)
             6297      shall be calculated as follows:
             6298          (A) except as provided in Subsection (2)(a)(v)(B), for new taxing entities the certified
             6299      tax rate is zero;
             6300          (B) for each municipality incorporated on or after July 1, 1996, the certified tax rate is:
             6301          (I) in a county of the first, second, or third class, the levy imposed for municipal-type
             6302      services under Sections 17-34-1 and 17-36-9 ; and
             6303          (II) in a county of the fourth, fifth, or sixth class, the levy imposed for general county
             6304      purposes and such other levies imposed solely for the municipal-type services identified in
             6305      Section 17-34-1 and Subsection 17-36-3 (22); and
             6306          (C) for debt service voted on by the public, the certified tax rate shall be the actual levy
             6307      imposed by that section, except that the certified tax rates for the following levies shall be
             6308      calculated in accordance with Section 59-2-913 and this section:
             6309          (I) school leeways provided for under Sections 11-2-7 , 53A-16-110 , 53A-17a-125 ,
             6310      53A-17a-127 , 53A-17a-133 , 53A-17a-134 , 53A-17a-143 , 53A-17a-145 , and 53A-21-103 ; and
             6311          (II) levies to pay for the costs of state legislative mandates or judicial or administrative
             6312      orders under Section 59-2-906.3 .
             6313          (vi) (A) A judgment levy imposed under Section 59-2-1328 or 59-2-1330 shall be
             6314      established at that rate which is sufficient to generate only the revenue required to satisfy one
             6315      or more eligible judgments, as defined in Section 59-2-102 .
             6316          (B) The ad valorem property tax revenue generated by the judgment levy shall not be
             6317      considered in establishing the taxing entity's aggregate certified tax rate.
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     the taxable value of property on the assessment roll.
             6320          (ii) For purposes of Subsection (2)(b)(i), the taxable value of property on the
             6321      assessment roll does not include:
             6322          (A) new growth as defined in Subsection (2)(b)(iii); or
             6323          (B) the total taxable value of personal property contained on the tax rolls of the taxing
             6324      entity that is:
             6325          (I) assessed by a county assessor in accordance with Part 3, County Assessment; and
             6326          (II) semiconductor manufacturing equipment.
             6327          (iii) "New growth" means:
             6328          (A) the difference between the increase in taxable value of the taxing entity from the
             6329      previous calendar year to the current year; minus
             6330          (B) the amount of an increase in taxable value described in Subsection (2)(b)(v).
             6331          (iv) For purposes of Subsection (2)(b)(iii), the taxable value of the taxing entity does
             6332      not include the taxable value of personal property that is:
             6333          (A) contained on the tax rolls of the taxing entity if that property is assessed by a
             6334      county assessor in accordance with Part 3, County Assessment; and
             6335          (B) semiconductor manufacturing equipment.
             6336          (v) Subsection (2)(b)(iii)(B) applies to the following increases in taxable value:
             6337          (A) the amount of increase to locally assessed real property taxable values resulting
             6338      from factoring, reappraisal, or any other adjustments; or
             6339          (B) the amount of an increase in the taxable value of property assessed by the
             6340      commission under Section 59-2-201 resulting from a change in the method of apportioning the
             6341      taxable value prescribed by:
             6342          (I) the Legislature;
             6343          (II) a court;
             6344          (III) the commission in an administrative rule; or
             6345          (IV) the commission in an administrative order.
             6346          (c) Beginning January 1, 1997, if a taxing entity receives increased revenues from
             6347      uniform fees on tangible personal property under Section 59-2-404 , 59-2-405 , 59-2-405.1 ,
             6348      59-2-405.2 , or 59-2-405.3 as a result of any county imposing a sales and use tax under Chapter
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     rate to offset the increased revenues.
             6351          (d) (i) Beginning July 1, 1997, if a county has imposed a sales and use tax under
             6352      Chapter 12, Part 11, County Option Sales and Use Tax, the county's certified tax rate shall be:
             6353          (A) decreased on a one-time basis by the amount of the estimated sales and use tax
             6354      revenue to be distributed to the county under Subsection 59-12-1102 (3); and
             6355          (B) increased by the amount necessary to offset the county's reduction in revenue from
             6356      uniform fees on tangible personal property under Section 59-2-404 , 59-2-405 , 59-2-405.1 ,
             6357      59-2-405.2 , or 59-2-405.3 as a result of the decrease in the certified tax rate under Subsection
             6358      (2)(d)(i)(A).
             6359          (ii) The commission shall determine estimates of sales and use tax distributions for
             6360      purposes of Subsection (2)(d)(i).
             6361          (e) Beginning January 1, 1998, if a municipality has imposed an additional resort
             6362      communities sales tax under Section 59-12-402 , the municipality's certified tax rate shall be
             6363      decreased on a one-time basis by the amount necessary to offset the first 12 months of
             6364      estimated revenue from the additional resort communities sales and use tax imposed under
             6365      Section 59-12-402 .
             6366          (f) (i) (A) For fiscal year 2000, the certified tax rate of each county required under
             6367      Subsection 17-34-1 (4)(a) to provide advanced life support and paramedic services to the
             6368      unincorporated area of the county shall be decreased by the amount necessary to reduce
             6369      revenues in that fiscal year by an amount equal to the difference between the amount the county
             6370      budgeted in its 2000 fiscal year budget for advanced life support and paramedic services
             6371      countywide and the amount the county spent during fiscal year 2000 for those services,
             6372      excluding amounts spent from a municipal services fund for those services.
             6373          (B) For fiscal year 2001, the certified tax rate of each county to which Subsection
             6374      (2)(f)(i)(A) applies shall be decreased by the amount necessary to reduce revenues in that fiscal
             6375      year by the amount that the county spent during fiscal year 2000 for advanced life support and
             6376      paramedic services countywide, excluding amounts spent from a municipal services fund for
             6377      those services.
             6378          (ii) (A) A city or town located within a county of the first class to which Subsection
             6379      (2)(f)(i) applies may increase its certified tax rate by the amount necessary to generate within
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     town if the decrease under Subsection (2)(f)(i) did not occur.
             6382          (B) An increase under Subsection (2)(f)(ii)(A), whether occurring in a single fiscal year
             6383      or spread over multiple fiscal years, is not subject to the notice and hearing requirements of
             6384      Sections 59-2-918 and 59-2-919 .
             6385          (g) (i) The certified tax rate of each county required under Subsection 17-34-1 (4)(b) to
             6386      provide detective investigative services to the unincorporated area of the county shall be
             6387      decreased:
             6388          (A) in fiscal year 2001 by the amount necessary to reduce revenues in that fiscal year
             6389      by at least $4,400,000; and
             6390          (B) in fiscal year 2002 by the amount necessary to reduce revenues in that fiscal year
             6391      by an amount equal to the difference between $9,258,412 and the amount of the reduction in
             6392      revenues under Subsection (2)(g)(i)(A).
             6393          (ii) (A) (I) Beginning with municipal fiscal year 2002, a city or town located within a
             6394      county to which Subsection (2)(g)(i) applies may increase its certified tax rate to generate
             6395      within the city or town the same amount of revenue as the county would have collected during
             6396      county fiscal year 2001 from within the city or town except for Subsection (2)(g)(i)(A).
             6397          (II) Beginning with municipal fiscal year 2003, a city or town located within a county
             6398      to which Subsection (2)(g)(i) applies may increase its certified tax rate to generate within the
             6399      city or town the same amount of revenue as the county would have collected during county
             6400      fiscal year 2002 from within the city or town except for Subsection (2)(g)(i)(B).
             6401          (B) (I) Except as provided in Subsection (2)(g)(ii)(B)(II), an increase in the city or
             6402      town's certified tax rate under Subsection (2)(g)(ii)(A), whether occurring in a single fiscal year
             6403      or spread over multiple fiscal years, is subject to the notice and hearing requirements of
             6404      Sections 59-2-918 and 59-2-919 .
             6405          (II) For an increase under this Subsection (2)(g)(ii) that generates revenue that does not
             6406      exceed the same amount of revenue as the county would have collected except for Subsection
             6407      (2)(g)(i), the requirements of Sections 59-2-918 and 59-2-919 do not apply if the city or town:
             6408          (Aa) publishes a notice that meets the size, type, placement, and frequency
             6409      requirements of Section 59-2-919 , reflects that the increase is a shift of a tax from one imposed
             6410      by the county to one imposed by the city or town, and explains how the revenues from the tax
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         (Bb) holds a public hearing on the tax shift that may be held in conjunction with the
             6413      city or town's regular budget hearing.
             6414          (h) (i) This Subsection (2)(h) applies to each county that:
             6415          (A) establishes a countywide special service district under Title [17A] 17D, Chapter [2,
             6416      Part 13, Utah] 1, Special Service District Act, to provide jail service, as provided in Subsection
             6417      [ 17A-2-1304 (1)(a)(x)] 17D-1-201 (10); and
             6418          (B) levies a property tax on behalf of the special service district under Section
             6419      [ 17A-2-1322 ] 17D-1-105 .
             6420          (ii) (A) The certified tax rate of each county to which this Subsection (2)(h) applies
             6421      shall be decreased by the amount necessary to reduce county revenues by the same amount of
             6422      revenues that will be generated by the property tax imposed on behalf of the special service
             6423      district.
             6424          (B) Each decrease under Subsection (2)(h)(ii)(A) shall occur contemporaneously with
             6425      the levy on behalf of the special service district under Section [ 17A-2-1322 ] 17D-1-105 .
             6426          (i) (i) As used in this Subsection (2)(i):
             6427          (A) "Annexing county" means a county whose unincorporated area is included within a
             6428      fire district by annexation.
             6429          (B) "Annexing municipality" means a municipality whose area is included within a fire
             6430      district by annexation.
             6431          (C) "Equalized fire protection tax rate" means the tax rate that results from:
             6432          (I) calculating, for each participating county and each participating municipality, the
             6433      property tax revenue necessary to cover all of the costs associated with providing fire
             6434      protection, paramedic, and emergency services:
             6435          (Aa) for a participating county, in the unincorporated area of the county; and
             6436          (Bb) for a participating municipality, in the municipality; and
             6437          (II) adding all the amounts calculated under Subsection (2)(i)(i)(C)(I) for all
             6438      participating counties and all participating municipalities and then dividing that sum by the
             6439      aggregate taxable value of the property, as adjusted in accordance with Section 59-2-913 :
             6440          (Aa) for participating counties, in the unincorporated area of all participating counties;
             6441      and
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         (D) "Fire district" means a service area under Title 17B, Chapter 2a, Part 9, Service
             6444      Area Act, in the creation of which an election was not required under Subsection
             6445      17B-1-214 (3)(c).
             6446          (E) "Fire protection tax rate" means:
             6447          (I) for an annexing county, the property tax rate that, when applied to taxable property
             6448      in the unincorporated area of the county, generates enough property tax revenue to cover all the
             6449      costs associated with providing fire protection, paramedic, and emergency services in the
             6450      unincorporated area of the county; and
             6451          (II) for an annexing municipality, the property tax rate that generates enough property
             6452      tax revenue in the municipality to cover all the costs associated with providing fire protection,
             6453      paramedic, and emergency services in the municipality.
             6454          (F) "Participating county" means a county whose unincorporated area is included
             6455      within a fire district at the time of the creation of the fire district.
             6456          (G) "Participating municipality" means a municipality whose area is included within a
             6457      fire district at the time of the creation of the fire district.
             6458          (ii) In the first year following creation of a fire district, the certified tax rate of each
             6459      participating county and each participating municipality shall be decreased by the amount of
             6460      the equalized fire protection tax rate.
             6461          (iii) In the first year following annexation to a fire district, the certified tax rate of each
             6462      annexing county and each annexing municipality shall be decreased by the fire protection tax
             6463      rate.
             6464          (iv) Each tax levied under this section by a fire district shall be considered to be levied
             6465      by:
             6466          (A) each participating county and each annexing county for purposes of the county's
             6467      tax limitation under Section 59-2-908 ; and
             6468          (B) each participating municipality and each annexing municipality for purposes of the
             6469      municipality's tax limitation under Section 10-5-112 , for a town, or Section 10-6-133 , for a
             6470      city.
             6471          (j) For the calendar year beginning on January 1, 2007, the calculation of a taxing
             6472      entity's certified tax rate shall be adjusted by the amount necessary to offset any change in the
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     Subsection (2)(a) enacted by the Legislature during the 2007 General Session:
             6475          (i) personal property tax revenue:
             6476          (A) received by a taxing entity;
             6477          (B) assessed by a county assessor in accordance with Part 3, County Assessment; and
             6478          (C) for personal property that is semiconductor manufacturing equipment; or
             6479          (ii) the taxable value of personal property:
             6480          (A) contained on the tax rolls of a taxing entity;
             6481          (B) assessed by a county assessor in accordance with Part 3, County Assessment; and
             6482          (C) that is semiconductor manufacturing equipment.
             6483          (3) (a) On or before June 22, each taxing entity shall annually adopt a tentative budget.
             6484          (b) If the taxing entity intends to exceed the certified tax rate, it shall notify the county
             6485      auditor of:
             6486          (i) its intent to exceed the certified tax rate; and
             6487          (ii) the amount by which it proposes to exceed the certified tax rate.
             6488          (c) The county auditor shall notify all property owners of any intent to exceed the
             6489      certified tax rate in accordance with Subsection 59-2-919 (2).
             6490          (4) (a) The taxable value for the base year under Subsection 17C-1-102 (6) shall be
             6491      reduced for any year to the extent necessary to provide a community development and renewal
             6492      agency established under Title 17C, Limited Purpose Local Government Entities - Community
             6493      Development and Renewal Agencies, with approximately the same amount of money the
             6494      agency would have received without a reduction in the county's certified tax rate if:
             6495          (i) in that year there is a decrease in the certified tax rate under Subsection (2)(c) or
             6496      (2)(d)(i);
             6497          (ii) the amount of the decrease is more than 20% of the county's certified tax rate of the
             6498      previous year; and
             6499          (iii) the decrease results in a reduction of the amount to be paid to the agency under
             6500      Section 17C-1-403 or 17C-1-404 .
             6501          (b) The base taxable value under Subsection 17C-1-102 (6) shall be increased in any
             6502      year to the extent necessary to provide a community development and renewal agency with
             6503      approximately the same amount of money as the agency would have received without an
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         (i) in that year the base taxable value under Subsection 17C-1-102 (6) is reduced due to
             6506      a decrease in the certified tax rate under Subsection (2)(c) or (2)(d)(i); and
             6507          (ii) The certified tax rate of a city, school district, local district, or special service
             6508      district increases independent of the adjustment to the taxable value of the base year.
             6509          (c) Notwithstanding a decrease in the certified tax rate under Subsection (2)(c) or
             6510      (2)(d)(i), the amount of money allocated and, when collected, paid each year to a community
             6511      development and renewal agency established under Title 17C, Limited Purpose Local
             6512      Government Entities - Community Development and Renewal Agencies, for the payment of
             6513      bonds or other contract indebtedness, but not for administrative costs, may not be less than that
             6514      amount would have been without a decrease in the certified tax rate under Subsection (2)(c) or
             6515      (2)(d)(i).
             6516          Section 155. Section 59-21-1 is amended to read:
             6517           59-21-1. Disposition of federal mineral lease monies -- Priority to political
             6518      subdivisions impacted by mineral development -- Disposition of mineral bonus payments
             6519      -- Appropriation of monies attributable to royalties from extraction of minerals on
             6520      federal land located within boundaries of Grand Staircase-Escalante National
             6521      Monument.
             6522          (1) Except as provided in Subsections (2) through (4), all monies received from the
             6523      United States under the provisions of the Mineral Lands Leasing Act, 30 U.S.C. Sec. 181 et
             6524      seq., shall:
             6525          (a) be deposited in the Mineral Lease Account of the General Fund; and
             6526          (b) be appropriated by the Legislature giving priority to those subdivisions of the state
             6527      socially or economically impacted by development of minerals leased under the Mineral Lands
             6528      Leasing Act, for:
             6529          (i) planning;
             6530          (ii) construction and maintenance of public facilities; and
             6531          (iii) provision of public services.
             6532          (2) Seventy percent of money received from federal mineral lease bonus payments
             6533      shall be deposited into the Permanent Community Impact Fund and shall be used as provided
             6534      in Title 9, Chapter 4, Part 3, Community Impact Alleviation.
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     be deposited in the Mineral Bonus Account created by Subsection 59-21-2 (1) and appropriated
             6537      as provided in that subsection.
             6538          (4) (a) For purposes of this Subsection (4):
             6539          (i) the "boundaries of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument" means the
             6540      boundaries:
             6541          (A) established by Presidential Proclamation No. 6920, 61 Fed. Reg. 50,223 (1996);
             6542      and
             6543          (B) modified by:
             6544          (I) Pub. L. No. 105-335, 112 Stat. 3139; and
             6545          (II) Pub. L. No. 105-355, 112 Stat. 3247; and
             6546          (ii) a special service district, school district, or federal land is considered to be located
             6547      within the boundaries of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument if a portion of the
             6548      special service district, school district, or federal land is located within the boundaries
             6549      described in Subsection (4)(a)(i).
             6550          (b) Beginning on July 1, 1999, the Legislature shall appropriate, as provided in
             6551      Subsections (4)(c) through (g), monies received from the United States that are attributable to
             6552      royalties from the extraction of minerals on federal land that, on September 18, 1996, was
             6553      located within the boundaries of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument.
             6554          (c) The Legislature shall annually appropriate 40% of the monies described in
             6555      Subsection (4)(b) to the Department of Transportation to be distributed by the Department of
             6556      Transportation to special service districts that are:
             6557          (i) established by counties under Title [17A] 17D, Chapter [2, Part 13, Utah] 1, Special
             6558      Service District Act;
             6559          (ii) socially or economically impacted by the development of minerals under the
             6560      Mineral Lands Leasing Act; and
             6561          (iii) located within the boundaries of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National
             6562      Monument.
             6563          (d) The Department of Transportation shall distribute the money described in
             6564      Subsection (4)(c) in amounts proportionate to the amount of federal mineral lease money
             6565      generated by the county in which a special service district is located.
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     Subsection (4)(b) to the State Board of Education to be distributed equally to school districts
             6568      that are:
             6569          (i) socially or economically impacted by the development of minerals under the
             6570      Mineral Lands Leasing Act; and
             6571          (ii) located within the boundaries of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National
             6572      Monument.
             6573          (f) The Legislature shall annually appropriate 2.25% of the monies described in
             6574      Subsection (4)(b) to the Utah Geological Survey to facilitate the development of energy and
             6575      mineral resources in counties that are:
             6576          (i) socially or economically impacted by the development of minerals under the
             6577      Mineral Lands Leasing Act; and
             6578          (ii) located within the boundaries of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National
             6579      Monument.
             6580          (g) Seventeen and three-fourths percent of the monies described in Subsection (4)(b)
             6581      shall be deposited annually into the State School Fund established by Utah Constitution Article
             6582      X, Section 5.
             6583          Section 156. Section 59-21-2 is amended to read:
             6584           59-21-2. Mineral Bonus Account created -- Contents -- Use of Mineral Bonus
             6585      Account money -- Mineral Lease Account created -- Contents -- Appropriation of monies
             6586      from Mineral Lease Account.
             6587          (1) (a) The Mineral Bonus Account is created within the General Fund.
             6588          (b) The Mineral Bonus Account consists of federal mineral lease bonus payments
             6589      deposited pursuant to Subsection 59-21-1 (3).
             6590          (c) The Legislature shall make appropriations from the Mineral Bonus Account in
             6591      accordance with Section 35 of the Mineral Lands Leasing Act of 1920, 30 U.S.C. Sec. 191.
             6592          (d) The state treasurer shall:
             6593          (i) invest the money in the Mineral Bonus Account by following the procedures and
             6594      requirements of Title 51, Chapter 7, State Money Management Act; and
             6595          (ii) deposit all interest or other earnings derived from the account into the Mineral
             6596      Bonus Account.
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         (b) The Mineral Lease Account consists of federal mineral lease money deposited
             6599      pursuant to Subsection 59-21-1 (1).
             6600          (c) The Legislature shall make appropriations from the Mineral Lease Account as
             6601      provided in Subsection 59-21-1 (1) and this Subsection (2).
             6602          (d) The Legislature shall annually appropriate 32.5% of all deposits made to the
             6603      Mineral Lease Account to the Permanent Community Impact Fund established by Section
             6604      9-4-303 .
             6605          (e) The Legislature shall annually appropriate 2.25% of all deposits made to the
             6606      Mineral Lease Account to the State Board of Education, to be used for education research and
             6607      experimentation in the use of staff and facilities designed to improve the quality of education in
             6608      Utah.
             6609          (f) The Legislature shall annually appropriate 2.25% of all deposits made to the
             6610      Mineral Lease Account to the Utah Geological Survey, to be used for activities carried on by
             6611      the survey having as a purpose the development and exploitation of natural resources in the
             6612      state.
             6613          (g) The Legislature shall annually appropriate 2.25% of all deposits made to the
             6614      Mineral Lease Account to the Water Research Laboratory at Utah State University, to be used
             6615      for activities carried on by the laboratory having as a purpose the development and exploitation
             6616      of water resources in the state.
             6617          (h) (i) The Legislature shall annually appropriate to the Department of Transportation
             6618      40% of all deposits made to the Mineral Lease Account to be distributed as provided in
             6619      Subsection (2)(h)(ii) to:
             6620          (A) counties;
             6621          (B) special service districts established:
             6622          (I) by counties;
             6623          (II) under Title [17A] 17D, Chapter [2, Part 13, Utah] 1, Special Service District Act;
             6624      and
             6625          (III) for the purpose of constructing, repairing, or maintaining roads; or
             6626          (C) special service districts established:
             6627          (I) by counties;
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     and
             6630          (III) for other purposes authorized by statute.
             6631          (ii) The Department of Transportation shall allocate the funds specified in Subsection
             6632      (2)(h)(i):
             6633          (A) in amounts proportionate to the amount of mineral lease money generated by each
             6634      county; and
             6635          (B) to a county or special service district established by a county under Title [17A]
             6636      17D, Chapter [2, Part 13, Utah] 1, Special Service District Act, as determined by the county
             6637      legislative body.
             6638          (i) (i) The Legislature shall annually appropriate 5% of all deposits made to the
             6639      Mineral Lease Account to the Department of Community and Culture to be distributed to:
             6640          (A) special service districts established:
             6641          (I) by counties;
             6642          (II) under Title [17A] 17D, Chapter [2, Part 13, Utah] 1, Special Service District Act;
             6643      and
             6644          (III) for the purpose of constructing, repairing, or maintaining roads; or
             6645          (B) special service districts established:
             6646          (I) by counties;
             6647          (II) under Title [17A] 17D, Chapter [2, Part 13, Utah] 1, Special Service District Act;
             6648      and
             6649          (III) for other purposes authorized by statute.
             6650          (ii) The Department of Community and Culture may distribute the amounts described
             6651      in Subsection (2)(i)(i) only to special service districts established under Title [17A] 17D,
             6652      Chapter [2, Part 13, Utah] 1, Special Service District Act, by counties:
             6653          (A) of the third, fourth, fifth, or sixth class;
             6654          (B) in which 4.5% or less of the mineral lease moneys within the state are generated;
             6655      and
             6656          (C) that are significantly socially or economically impacted as provided in Subsection
             6657      (3)(i)(iii) by the development of minerals under the Mineral Lands Leasing Act, 30 U.S.C. Sec.
             6658      181 et seq.
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     shall be as a result of:
             6661          (A) the transportation within the county of hydrocarbons, including solid hydrocarbons
             6662      as defined in Section 59-5-101 ;
             6663          (B) the employment of persons residing within the county in hydrocarbon extraction,
             6664      including the extraction of solid hydrocarbons as defined in Section 59-5-101 ; or
             6665          (C) a combination of Subsections (2)(i)(iii)(A) and (B).
             6666          (iv) For purposes of distributing the appropriations under this Subsection (2)(i) to
             6667      special service districts established by counties under Title [17A] 17D, Chapter [2, Part 13,
             6668      Utah] 1, Special Service District Act, the Department of Community and Culture shall:
             6669          (A) (I) allocate 50% of the appropriations equally among the counties meeting the
             6670      requirements of Subsections (2)(i)(ii) and (iii); and
             6671          (II) allocate 50% of the appropriations based on the ratio that the population of each
             6672      county meeting the requirements of Subsections (2)(i)(ii) and (iii) bears to the total population
             6673      of all of the counties meeting the requirements of Subsections (2)(i)(ii) and (iii); and
             6674          (B) after making the allocations described in Subsection (2)(i)(iv)(A), distribute the
             6675      allocated revenues to special service districts established by the counties under Title [17A]
             6676      17D, Chapter [2, Part 13, Utah] 1, Special Service District Act, as determined by the executive
             6677      director of the Department of Community and Culture after consulting with the county
             6678      legislative bodies of the counties meeting the requirements of Subsections (2)(i)(ii) and (iii).
             6679          (v) The executive director of the Department of Community and Culture:
             6680          (A) shall determine whether a county meets the requirements of Subsections (2)(i)(ii)
             6681      and (iii);
             6682          (B) shall distribute the appropriations under Subsection (2)(i)(i) to special service
             6683      districts established by counties under Title [17A] 17D, Chapter [2, Part 13, Utah] 1, Special
             6684      Service District Act, that meet the requirements of Subsections (2)(i)(ii) and (iii); and
             6685          (C) in accordance with Title 63, Chapter 46a, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act,
             6686      may make rules:
             6687          (I) providing a procedure for making the distributions under this Subsection (2)(i) to
             6688      special service districts; and
             6689          (II) defining the term "population" for purposes of Subsection (2)(i)(iv).
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     Mineral Lease Account:
             6692          (A) an amount equal to 52 cents multiplied by the number of acres of school or
             6693      institutional trust lands, lands owned by the Division of Parks and Recreation, and lands owned
             6694      by the Division of Wildlife Resources that are not under an in lieu of taxes contract, to each
             6695      county in which those lands are located;
             6696          (B) to each county in which school or institutional trust lands are transferred to the
             6697      federal government after December 31, 1992, an amount equal to the number of transferred
             6698      acres in the county multiplied by a payment per acre equal to the difference between 52 cents
             6699      per acre and the per acre payment made to that county in the most recent payment under the
             6700      federal payment in lieu of taxes program, 31 U.S.C. Sec. 6901 et seq., unless the federal
             6701      payment was equal to or exceeded the 52 cents per acre, in which case a payment under this
             6702      Subsection (2)(j)(i)(B) may not be made for the transferred lands;
             6703          (C) to each county in which federal lands, which are entitlement lands under the federal
             6704      in lieu of taxes program, are transferred to the school or institutional trust, an amount equal to
             6705      the number of transferred acres in the county multiplied by a payment per acre equal to the
             6706      difference between the most recent per acre payment made under the federal payment in lieu of
             6707      taxes program and 52 cents per acre, unless the federal payment was equal to or less than 52
             6708      cents per acre, in which case a payment under this Subsection (2)(j)(i)(C) may not be made for
             6709      the transferred land; and
             6710          (D) to a county of the fifth or sixth class, an amount equal to the product of:
             6711          (I) $1,000; and
             6712          (II) the number of residences described in Subsection (2)(j)(iv) that are located within
             6713      the county.
             6714          (ii) A county receiving money under Subsection (2)(j)(i) may, as determined by the
             6715      county legislative body, distribute the money or a portion of the money to:
             6716          (A) special service districts established by the county under Title [17A] 17D, Chapter
             6717      [2, Part 13, Utah] 1, Special Service District Act;
             6718          (B) school districts; or
             6719          (C) public institutions of higher education.
             6720          (iii) (A) Beginning in fiscal year 1994-95 and in each year after fiscal year 1994-95, the
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     (2)(j)(i)(A) through (C) by the average annual change in the Consumer Price Index for all urban
             6723      consumers published by the Department of Labor.
             6724          (B) For fiscal years beginning on or after fiscal year 2001-02, the Division of Finance
             6725      shall increase or decrease the amount described in Subsection (2)(j)(i)(D)(I) by the average
             6726      annual change in the Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers published by the
             6727      Department of Labor.
             6728          (iv) Residences for purposes of Subsection (2)(j)(i)(D)(II) are residences that are:
             6729          (A) owned by:
             6730          (I) the Division of Parks and Recreation; or
             6731          (II) the Division of Wildlife Resources;
             6732          (B) located on lands that are owned by:
             6733          (I) the Division of Parks and Recreation; or
             6734          (II) the Division of Wildlife Resources; and
             6735          (C) are not subject to taxation under:
             6736          (I) Chapter 2, Property Tax Act; or
             6737          (II) Chapter 4, Privilege Tax.
             6738          (k) The Legislature shall annually appropriate to the Permanent Community Impact
             6739      Fund all deposits remaining in the Mineral Lease Account after making the appropriations
             6740      provided for in Subsections (2)(d) through (j).
             6741          (3) (a) Each agency, board, institution of higher education, and political subdivision
             6742      receiving money under this chapter shall provide the Legislature, through the Office of the
             6743      Legislative Fiscal Analyst, with a complete accounting of the use of that money on an annual
             6744      basis.
             6745          (b) The accounting required under Subsection (3)(a) shall:
             6746          (i) include actual expenditures for the prior fiscal year, budgeted expenditures for the
             6747      current fiscal year, and planned expenditures for the following fiscal year; and
             6748          (ii) be reviewed by the Economic Development and Human Resources Appropriation
             6749      Subcommittee as part of its normal budgetary process under Title 63, Chapter 38, Budgetary
             6750      Procedures Act.
             6751          Section 157. Section 63-9-68 is amended to read:
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         (1) As used in this section:
             6754          (a) "State agency" means any of the following of the state that holds title to state land:
             6755          (i) a department;
             6756          (ii) a division;
             6757          (iii) a board;
             6758          (iv) an institution of higher education; or
             6759          (v) for the judicial branch, the state court administrator.
             6760          (b) "State agency" does not mean a local district under Title 17B, Limited Purpose
             6761      Local Government Entities - Local Districts, or a special service district under Title [17A] 17D,
             6762      Chapter [2, Part 13, Utah] 1, Special Service District Act[, or a dependent district under Title
             6763      17A, Chapter 3, Dependent Districts].
             6764          (2) The Legislature, the governor, or a state agency may authorize the use or donation
             6765      of state land for the purpose of maintaining, erecting, or contributing to the erection or
             6766      maintenance of a memorial to commemorate those individuals who have:
             6767          (a) participated in or have given their lives in any of the one or more wars or military
             6768      conflicts in which the United States of America has been a participant; or
             6769          (b) given their lives in association with public service on behalf of the state, including
             6770      firefighters, peace officers, highway patrol officers, or other public servants.
             6771          (3) The use or donation of state land in relation to a memorial described in Subsection
             6772      (2) may include:
             6773          (a) using or appropriating public funds for the purchase, development, improvement, or
             6774      maintenance of state land on which a memorial is located or established;
             6775          (b) using or appropriating public funds for the erection, improvement, or maintenance
             6776      of a memorial;
             6777          (c) donating or selling state land for use in relation to a memorial; or
             6778          (d) authorizing the use of state land for a memorial that is funded or maintained in part
             6779      or in full by another public or private entity.
             6780          (4) The Legislature, the governor, or a state agency may specify the form, placement,
             6781      and design of a memorial that is subject to this section if the Legislature, the governor, or the
             6782      state agency holds title to, has authority over, or donates the land on which a memorial is
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         (5) Memorials within the definition of a capital development as defined in Section
             6785      63A-5-104 must be approved as provided for in Section 63A-5-104 .
             6786          (6) Nothing in this section shall be construed as a prohibition of memorials, including
             6787      those for purposes not covered by this section, which have been erected within the approval
             6788      requirements in effect at the time of their erection or which may be duly authorized through
             6789      other legal means.
             6790          Section 158. Section 63E-1-102 is amended to read:
             6791           63E-1-102. Definitions.
             6792          As used in this title:
             6793          (1) "Authorizing statute" means the statute creating an entity as an independent entity.
             6794          (2) "Committee" means the Retirement and Independent Entities Committee created in
             6795      Section 63E-1-201 .
             6796          (3) "Independent corporation" means a corporation incorporated in accordance with
             6797      Chapter 2, Independent Corporations Act.
             6798          (4) (a) "Independent entity" means an entity having a public purpose relating to the
             6799      state or its citizens that is individually created by the state or is given by the state the right to
             6800      exist and conduct its affairs as an:
             6801          (i) independent state agency; or
             6802          (ii) independent corporation.
             6803          (b) "Independent entity" includes the:
             6804          (i) Dairy Commission created in Title 4, Chapter 22, Dairy Promotion Act;
             6805          (ii) Heber Valley Railroad Authority created in Title 9, Chapter 3, Part 3, Heber Valley
             6806      Historic Railroad Authority;
             6807          (iii) Utah Science Center Authority created in Title 9, Chapter 3, Part 4, Utah Science
             6808      Center Authority;
             6809          (iv) Utah Housing Corporation created in Title 9, Chapter 4, Part 9, Utah Housing
             6810      Corporation Act;
             6811          (v) Utah State Fair Corporation created in Title 9, Chapter 4, Part 11, Utah State Fair
             6812      Corporation Act;
             6813          (vi) Workers' Compensation Fund created in Title 31A, Chapter 33, Workers'
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         (vii) Utah State Retirement Office created in Title 49, Chapter 11, Utah State
             6816      Retirement Systems Administration;
             6817          (viii) School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration created in Title 53C,
             6818      Chapter 1, Part 2, School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration;
             6819          (ix) Utah Communications Agency Network created in Title 63C, Chapter 7, Utah
             6820      Communications Agency Network Act; and
             6821          (x) Utah Capital Investment Corporation created in Title 63, Chapter 38f, Part 12, Utah
             6822      Venture Capital Enhancement Act.
             6823          (c) Notwithstanding this Subsection (4), "independent entity" does not include:
             6824          (i) the Public Service Commission of Utah created in Section 54-1-1 ;
             6825          (ii) an institution within the state system of higher education;
             6826          (iii) a city, county, or town;
             6827          (iv) a local school district;
             6828          (v) a local district under Title 17B, Limited Purpose Local Government Entities - Local
             6829      Districts; or
             6830          (vi) a special service district under Title [17A] 17D, Chapter [2, Part 13, Utah] 1,
             6831      Special Service District Act.
             6832          (5) "Independent state agency" means an entity that is created by the state, but is
             6833      independent of the governor's direct supervisory control.
             6834          (6) "Monies held in trust" means monies maintained for the benefit of:
             6835          (a) one or more private individuals, including public employees;
             6836          (b) one or more public or private entities; or
             6837          (c) the owners of a quasi-public corporation.
             6838          (7) "Public corporation" means an artificial person, public in ownership, individually
             6839      created by the state as a body politic and corporate for the administration of a public purpose
             6840      relating to the state or its citizens.
             6841          (8) "Quasi-public corporation" means an artificial person, private in ownership,
             6842      individually created as a corporation by the state which has accepted from the state the grant of
             6843      a franchise or contract involving the performance of a public purpose relating to the state or its
             6844      citizens.
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          67-1a-6.5. Lieutenant governor certification of governmental entity creation,
             6847      consolidation, division, dissolution, or boundary change.
             6848          (1) As used in this section:
             6849          (a) "AGRC" means the Automated Geographic Reference Center created under Section
             6850      63F-1-506 .
             6851          (b) "Boundary change" means the adjustment of an entity's boundary either through
             6852      gaining territory (annexation), losing territory (withdrawal), adjusting the common boundary
             6853      with an adjacent entity (may gain territory, lose territory, or a combination of both gaining and
             6854      losing territory), or any other adjustment of the entity's boundary.
             6855          (c) "Consolidation" means the combining of two or more entities into a single entity
             6856      such that the consolidated entity's boundary contains all of the territory of the original entities,
             6857      but no additional territory.
             6858          (d) "County attorney" means the county attorney of each county which contains any
             6859      part of the area affected by the entity creation, consolidation, division, dissolution, or boundary
             6860      change.
             6861          (e) (i) "County auditor" means the county auditor of each county which contains any
             6862      part of the area affected by the entity creation, consolidation, division, dissolution, or boundary
             6863      change.
             6864          (ii) If the county does not have a county auditor, "county auditor" means the county
             6865      clerk or other government official acting as the county auditor.
             6866          (f) "County recorder" means the county recorder of each county which contains any
             6867      part of the area affected by the entity creation, consolidation, division, dissolution, or boundary
             6868      change.
             6869          (g) "County surveyor" means the county surveyor of each county which contains any
             6870      part of the area affected by the entity creation, consolidation, division, dissolution, or boundary
             6871      change.
             6872          (h) "Creation" means the forming of a new entity where that entity did not exist before
             6873      its creation.
             6874          (i) "Dissolution" means the disbandment of an entity.
             6875          (j) "Division" means the dividing of one entity into two or more entities such that the
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     territory.
             6878          (k) "Entity" means the entity that is created, consolidated, divided, dissolved, or whose
             6879      boundary is changed.
             6880          (l) "Initiating body" means the county legislative body, municipal legislative body,
             6881      local district or special service district board, court, public official, or other authorized person
             6882      or body that initiates the creation, dissolution, consolidation, or boundary change of an entity or
             6883      entities.
             6884          (m) "Notice of entity boundary change" means the notice the lieutenant governor
             6885      receives under Subsection 10-1-116 (1), 10-2-419 (4), 10-2-425 (1), 10-2-507 (1), 17-2-9 (2),
             6886      17-2-13 (3), 17-50-104 (3), 17-50-105 (1)(b) or (2)(e), [ 17A-2-1327 (4),] 17B-1-414 (2),
             6887      17B-1-417 (6), 17B-1-512 (1), or 53A-2-101.5 (1), or Section 17D-1-403 or 17D-1-603 of an
             6888      entity's pending boundary change.
             6889          (n) "Notice of entity consolidation" means the notice the lieutenant governor receives
             6890      under Section 10-2-610 or Subsection 10-1-116 (1) [or], 17-2-4 (2), or 17D-3-203 (3) of entities'
             6891      pending consolidation.
             6892          (o) "Notice of entity creation" means the notice the lieutenant governor receives under
             6893      Subsection 10-1-116 (1), 10-2-119 (1), 10-2-125 (8), 11-13-204 (4), 11-13-205 (6),
             6894      [ 17A-2-1311 (2),] 17B-1-215 (1), 17C-1-201 (2), 17D-3-203 (3), or 53A-2-101.5 (1) or Section
             6895      17D-1-209 of an entity's pending creation.
             6896          (p) "Notice of entity dissolution" means the notice the lieutenant governor receives
             6897      under Subsection 10-1-116 (1), 10-2-712 (2), [17A-2-1329 (3),] 17B-1-1308 (4), [or]
             6898      17C-1-701 (2)(a), or 17D-3-203 (3), or Section 17D-1-603 of an entity's pending dissolution.
             6899          (q) "Notice of entity division" means the notice the lieutenant governor receives under
             6900      Subsection 17-3-3 (3) or 17D-3-203 (3) of an entity's pending division.
             6901          (r) "Notice of intention to file articles of incorporation" means the notice the lieutenant
             6902      governor receives under Subsection 10-2-120 (1).
             6903          (s) "Lieutenant governor" means the lieutenant governor created in Article VII, Section
             6904      1 of the Utah Constitution.
             6905          (t) "State auditor" means the state auditor created in Article VII, Section 1 of the Utah
             6906      Constitution.
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     Section 6 of the Utah Constitution.
             6909          (2) Within ten days after receiving a notice of entity creation, the lieutenant governor
             6910      shall:
             6911          (a) issue a certificate of entity creation;
             6912          (b) (i) send a copy of the certificate issued under Subsection (2)(a) and a copy of the
             6913      notice of entity creation, including the accompanying map or legal description, to the State Tax
             6914      Commission, AGRC, county recorder, county surveyor, county auditor, and county attorney;
             6915      and
             6916          (ii) send a copy of the certificate issued under Subsection (2)(a) to the state auditor;
             6917      and
             6918          (c) send to the initiating body a copy of the certificate issued under Subsection (2)(a)
             6919      and a statement indicating completion of Subsection (2)(b).
             6920          (3) Within ten days after receiving a notice of intention to file articles of incorporation,
             6921      the lieutenant governor shall:
             6922          (a) issue a certificate indicating receipt of a notice of intention to file articles of
             6923      incorporation;
             6924          (b) (i) send a copy of the certificate issued under Subsection (3)(a) and a copy of the
             6925      notice of intention to file articles of incorporation, including the accompanying map or legal
             6926      description, to the State Tax Commission, AGRC, county recorder, county surveyor, county
             6927      auditor, and county attorney; and
             6928          (ii) send a copy of the certificate issued under Subsection (3)(a) to the state auditor;
             6929      and
             6930          (c) send to the initiating body a copy of the certificate issued under Subsection (3)(a)
             6931      and a statement indicating completion of Subsection (3)(b).
             6932          (4) Within ten days after receiving a notice of entity consolidation, the lieutenant
             6933      governor shall:
             6934          (a) issue a certificate of entity consolidation;
             6935          (b) (i) send a copy of the certificate issued under Subsection (4)(a) and a copy of the
             6936      notice of entity consolidation to the State Tax Commission, AGRC, county recorder, county
             6937      surveyor, county auditor, and county attorney; and
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     and
             6940          (c) send to the initiating body and the entities being consolidated, if different from the
             6941      initiating body, a copy of the certificate issued under Subsection (4)(a) and a statement
             6942      indicating completion of Subsection (4)(b).
             6943          (5) Within ten days after receiving a notice of entity division, the lieutenant governor
             6944      shall:
             6945          (a) issue a certificate of entity division;
             6946          (b) (i) send a copy of the certificate issued under Subsection (5)(a) and a copy of the
             6947      notice of entity consolidation, including the accompanying map or legal description, to the
             6948      State Tax Commission, AGRC, county recorder, county surveyor, county auditor, and county
             6949      attorney; and
             6950          (ii) send a copy of the certificate issued under Subsection (5)(a) to the state auditor;
             6951      and
             6952          (c) send to the initiating body a copy of the certificate issued under Subsection (5)(a)
             6953      and a statement indicating completion of Subsection (5)(b).
             6954          (6) Within ten days after receiving a notice of entity dissolution, the lieutenant
             6955      governor shall:
             6956          (a) issue a certificate of entity dissolution;
             6957          (b) (i) send a copy of the certificate issued under Subsection (6)(a) and a copy of the
             6958      notice of entity dissolution to the State Tax Commission, AGRC, county recorder, county
             6959      surveyor, county auditor, and county attorney; and
             6960          (ii) send a copy of the certificate issued under Subsection (6)(a) to the state auditor;
             6961      and
             6962          (c) send to the initiating body and the entity being dissolved, if different than the
             6963      initiating body, a copy of the certificate issued under Subsection (6)(a) and a statement
             6964      indicating completion of Subsection (6)(b).
             6965          (7) Within ten days after receiving a notice of entity boundary change, the lieutenant
             6966      governor shall:
             6967          (a) issue a certificate of entity boundary change;
             6968          (b) send a copy of the certificate issued under Subsection (7)(a) and a copy of the
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     State Tax Commission, AGRC, county recorder, county surveyor, county auditor, and county
             6971      attorney; and
             6972          (c) send to the initiating body or bodies, and each entity whose boundary is changed, if
             6973      different than the initiating body, a copy of the certificate issued under Subsection (7)(a) and a
             6974      statement indicating completion of Subsection (7)(b).
             6975          (8) (a) The lieutenant governor shall keep, index, maintain, and make available to the
             6976      public certificates, notices, maps, and other documents necessary in performing the duties of
             6977      Subsections (2) through (7).
             6978          (b) The lieutenant governor shall furnish a certified copy of documents to any person
             6979      who requests a certified copy.
             6980          (c) The lieutenant governor may charge a reasonable fee for copies of documents or
             6981      certified copies of documents.
             6982          Section 160. Section 67-3-1 is amended to read:
             6983           67-3-1. Functions and duties.
             6984          (1) (a) The state auditor is the auditor of public accounts and is independent of any
             6985      executive or administrative officers of the state.
             6986          (b) The state auditor is not limited in the selection of personnel or in the determination
             6987      of the reasonable and necessary expenses of his office.
             6988          (2) The state auditor shall examine and certify annually in respect to each fiscal year,
             6989      financial statements showing:
             6990          (a) the condition of the state's finances;
             6991          (b) the revenues received or accrued;
             6992          (c) expenditures paid or accrued;
             6993          (d) the amount of unexpended or unencumbered balances of the appropriations to the
             6994      agencies, departments, divisions, commissions, and institutions; and
             6995          (e) the cash balances of the funds in the custody of the state treasurer.
             6996          (3) (a) The state auditor shall:
             6997          (i) audit each permanent fund, each special fund, the General Fund, and the accounts of
             6998      any department of state government or any independent agency or public corporation as the law
             6999      requires, as the auditor determines is necessary, or upon request of the governor or the
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         (ii) perform the audits in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards and
             7002      other auditing procedures as promulgated by recognized authoritative bodies;
             7003          (iii) as the auditor determines is necessary, conduct the audits to determine:
             7004          (A) honesty and integrity in fiscal affairs;
             7005          (B) accuracy and reliability of financial statements;
             7006          (C) effectiveness and adequacy of financial controls; and
             7007          (D) compliance with the law.
             7008          (b) If any state entity receives federal funding, the state auditor shall ensure that the
             7009      audit is performed in accordance with federal audit requirements.
             7010          (c) (i) The costs of the federal compliance portion of the audit may be paid from an
             7011      appropriation to the state auditor from the General Fund.
             7012          (ii) If an appropriation is not provided, or if the federal government does not
             7013      specifically provide for payment of audit costs, the costs of the federal compliance portions of
             7014      the audit shall be allocated on the basis of the percentage that each state entity's federal funding
             7015      bears to the total federal funds received by the state.
             7016          (iii) The allocation shall be adjusted to reflect any reduced audit time required to audit
             7017      funds passed through the state to local governments and to reflect any reduction in audit time
             7018      obtained through the use of internal auditors working under the direction of the state auditor.
             7019          (4) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (4)(b), the state auditor shall, in addition to
             7020      financial audits, and as the auditor determines is necessary, conduct performance and special
             7021      purpose audits, examinations, and reviews of any entity that receives public funds, including a
             7022      determination of any or all of the following:
             7023          (i) the honesty and integrity of all its fiscal affairs;
             7024          (ii) whether or not its administrators have faithfully complied with legislative intent;
             7025          (iii) whether or not its operations have been conducted in an efficient, effective, and
             7026      cost-efficient manner;
             7027          (iv) whether or not its programs have been effective in accomplishing the intended
             7028      objectives; and
             7029          (v) whether or not its management, control, and information systems are adequate and
             7030      effective.
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     examinations, and reviews of any entity that receives public funds if the entity:
             7033          (i) has an elected auditor; and
             7034          (ii) has, within the entity's last budget year, had its financial statements or performance
             7035      formally reviewed by another outside auditor.
             7036          (5) The state auditor shall administer any oath or affirmation necessary to the
             7037      performance of the duties of the auditor's office, and may subpoena witnesses and documents,
             7038      whether electronic or otherwise, and examine into any matter that the auditor considers
             7039      necessary.
             7040          (6) The state auditor may require all persons who have had the disposition or
             7041      management of any property of this state or its political subdivisions to submit statements
             7042      regarding it at the time and in the form that the auditor requires.
             7043          (7) The state auditor shall:
             7044          (a) except where otherwise provided by law, institute suits in Salt Lake County in
             7045      relation to the assessment, collection, and payment of its revenues against:
             7046          (i) persons who by any means have become entrusted with public monies or property
             7047      and have failed to pay over or deliver those monies or property; and
             7048          (ii) all debtors of the state;
             7049          (b) collect and pay into the state treasury all fees received by the state auditor;
             7050          (c) perform the duties of a member of all boards of which the state auditor is a member
             7051      by the constitution or laws of the state, and any other duties that are prescribed by the
             7052      constitution and by law;
             7053          (d) stop the payment of the salary of any state official or state employee who:
             7054          (i) refuses to settle accounts or provide required statements about the custody and
             7055      disposition of public funds or other state property;
             7056          (ii) refuses, neglects, or ignores the instruction of the state auditor or any controlling
             7057      board or department head with respect to the manner of keeping prescribed accounts or funds;
             7058      or
             7059          (iii) fails to correct any delinquencies, improper procedures, and errors brought to the
             7060      official's or employee's attention;
             7061          (e) establish accounting systems, methods, and forms for public accounts in all taxing
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         (f) superintend the contractual auditing of all state accounts;
             7064          (g) subject to Subsection (8), withhold state allocated funds or the disbursement of
             7065      property taxes from any state taxing or fee-assessing unit, if necessary, to ensure that officials
             7066      and employees in those taxing units of the state comply with state laws and procedures in the
             7067      budgeting, expenditures, and financial reporting of public funds; and
             7068          (h) subject to Subsection (9), withhold the disbursement of tax monies from any
             7069      county, if necessary, to ensure that officials and employees in the county comply with Section
             7070      59-2-303.1 .
             7071          (8) Except as otherwise provided by law, the state auditor may not withhold funds
             7072      under Subsection (7)(g) until a taxing or fee-assessing unit has received formal written notice
             7073      of noncompliance from the auditor and has been given 60 days to make the specified
             7074      corrections.
             7075          (9) The state auditor may not withhold funds under Subsection (7)(h) until a county has
             7076      received formal written notice of noncompliance from the auditor and has been given 60 days
             7077      to make the specified corrections.
             7078          (10) The state auditor shall:
             7079          (a) establish audit guidelines and procedures for audits of local mental health and
             7080      substance abuse authorities and their contract providers, conducted pursuant to Title 17,
             7081      Chapter 43, Parts 2, Local Substance Abuse Authorities and 3, Local Mental Health
             7082      Authorities, Title 51, Chapter 2a, Accounting Reports from Political Subdivisions, Interlocal
             7083      Organizations, and Other Local Entities Act, and Title 62A, Chapter 15, Substance Abuse and
             7084      Mental Health Act; and
             7085          (b) ensure that those guidelines and procedures provide assurances to the state that:
             7086          (i) state and federal funds appropriated to local mental health authorities are used for
             7087      mental health purposes;
             7088          (ii) a private provider under an annual or otherwise ongoing contract to provide
             7089      comprehensive mental health programs or services for a local mental health authority is in
             7090      compliance with state and local contract requirements, and state and federal law;
             7091          (iii) state and federal funds appropriated to local substance abuse authorities are used
             7092      for substance abuse programs and services; and
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     comprehensive substance abuse programs or services for a local substance abuse authority is in
             7095      compliance with state and local contract requirements, and state and federal law.
             7096          (11) The state auditor may, in accordance with the auditor's responsibilities for political
             7097      subdivisions of the state as provided in Title 51, Chapter 2a, Accounting Reports from Political
             7098      Subdivisions, Interlocal Organizations, and Other Local Entities Act, initiate audits or
             7099      investigations of any political subdivision that are necessary to determine honesty and integrity
             7100      in fiscal affairs, accuracy and reliability of financial statements, effectiveness, and adequacy of
             7101      financial controls and compliance with the law.
             7102          (12) (a) The state auditor may not audit work that the state auditor performed before
             7103      becoming state auditor.
             7104          (b) If the state auditor has previously been a responsible official in state government
             7105      whose work has not yet been audited, the Legislature shall:
             7106          (i) designate how that work shall be audited; and
             7107          (ii) provide additional funding for those audits, if necessary.
             7108          (13) The state auditor shall:
             7109          (a) with the assistance, advice, and recommendations of an advisory committee
             7110      appointed by the state auditor from among local district boards of trustees, officers, and
             7111      employees and special service district boards, officers, and employees:
             7112          (i) prepare a Uniform Accounting Manual for Local Districts that:
             7113          (A) prescribes a uniform system of accounting and uniform budgeting and reporting
             7114      procedures for local districts under Title 17B, Limited Purpose Local Government Entities -
             7115      Local Districts, and special service districts under Title [17A] 17D, Chapter [2, Part 13, Utah]
             7116      1, Special Service District Act;
             7117          (B) conforms with generally accepted accounting principles; and
             7118          (C) prescribes reasonable exceptions and modifications for smaller districts to the
             7119      uniform system of accounting, budgeting, and reporting;
             7120          (ii) maintain the manual under Subsection (13)(a) so that it continues to reflect
             7121      generally accepted accounting principles;
             7122          (iii) conduct a continuing review and modification of procedures in order to improve
             7123      them;
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         (v) prepare instructional materials, conduct training programs, and render other
             7126      services considered necessary to assist local districts and special service districts in
             7127      implementing the uniform accounting, budgeting, and reporting procedures; and
             7128          (b) continually analyze and evaluate the accounting, budgeting, and reporting practices
             7129      and experiences of specific local districts and special service districts selected by the state
             7130      auditor and make the information available to all districts.
             7131          (14) (a) The following records in the custody or control of the state auditor are
             7132      protected records under Title 63, Chapter 2, Government Records Access and Management
             7133      Act:
             7134          (i) records that would disclose information relating to allegations of personal
             7135      misconduct, gross mismanagement, or illegal activity of a past or present governmental
             7136      employee if the information or allegation cannot be corroborated by the state auditor through
             7137      other documents or evidence, and the records relating to the allegation are not relied upon by
             7138      the state auditor in preparing a final audit report;
             7139          (ii) records and audit workpapers to the extent they would disclose the identity of a
             7140      person who during the course of an audit, communicated the existence of any waste of public
             7141      funds, property, or manpower, or a violation or suspected violation of a law, rule, or regulation
             7142      adopted under the laws of this state, a political subdivision of the state, or any recognized entity
             7143      of the United States, if the information was disclosed on the condition that the identity of the
             7144      person be protected;
             7145          (iii) before an audit is completed and the final audit report is released, records or drafts
             7146      circulated to a person who is not an employee or head of a governmental entity for their
             7147      response or information;
             7148          (iv) records that would disclose an outline or part of any audit survey plans or audit
             7149      program; and
             7150          (v) requests for audits, if disclosure would risk circumvention of an audit.
             7151          (b) The provisions of Subsections (14)(a)(i), (ii), and (iii) do not prohibit the disclosure
             7152      of records or information that relate to a violation of the law by a governmental entity or
             7153      employee to a government prosecutor or peace officer.
             7154          (c) The provisions of this Subsection (14) do not limit the authority otherwise given to
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     63, Chapter 2, Government Records Access and Management Act.
             7157          Section 161. Section 69-2-4 is amended to read:
             7158           69-2-4. Administration.
             7159          The administration of the 911 emergency telephone system shall be provided by the
             7160      governing authority of the public agency establishing 911 emergency telephone service either
             7161      directly or by the appointment of employees of the public agency as directed by the governing
             7162      authority, except that any 911 emergency telephone service established by a special service
             7163      district shall be administered as set forth in Title [17A] 17D, Chapter [2, Part 13] 1, Special
             7164      Service District Act.
             7165          Section 162. Section 69-2-5 is amended to read:
             7166           69-2-5. Funding for 911 emergency telephone service.
             7167          (1) In providing funding of 911 emergency telephone service, any public agency
             7168      establishing a 911 emergency telephone service may:
             7169          (a) seek assistance from the federal or state government, to the extent constitutionally
             7170      permissible, in the form of loans, advances, grants, subsidies, and otherwise, directly or
             7171      indirectly;
             7172          (b) seek funds appropriated by local governmental taxing authorities for the funding of
             7173      public safety agencies; and
             7174          (c) seek gifts, donations, or grants from individuals, corporations, or other private
             7175      entities.
             7176          (2) For purposes of providing funding of 911 emergency telephone service, special
             7177      service districts may raise funds as provided in Section [ 17A-2-1322 ] 17D-1-105 and may
             7178      borrow money and incur indebtedness as provided in Section [ 17A-2-1316 ] 17D-1-103 .
             7179          (3) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (3)(b) and subject to the other provisions of
             7180      this Subsection (3) a county, city, or town within which 911 emergency telephone service is
             7181      provided may levy monthly an emergency services telephone charge on:
             7182          (i) each local exchange service switched access line within the boundaries of the
             7183      county, city, or town;
             7184          (ii) each revenue producing radio communications access line with a billing address
             7185      within the boundaries of the county, city, or town; and
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     the boundaries of the county, city, or town that allows the user to make calls to and receive
             7188      calls from the public switched telephone network, including commercial mobile radio service
             7189      networks.
             7190          (b) Notwithstanding Subsection (3)(a), an access line provided for public coin
             7191      telephone service is exempt from emergency telephone charges.
             7192          (c) The amount of the charge levied under this section may not exceed:
             7193          (i) 61 cents per month for each local exchange service switched access line;
             7194          (ii) 61 cents per month for each radio communications access line; and
             7195          (iii) 61 cents per month for each service under Subsection (3)(a)(iii).
             7196          (d) (i) For purposes of this Subsection (3)(d) the following terms shall be defined as
             7197      provided in Section 59-12-102 :
             7198          (A) "mobile telecommunications service";
             7199          (B) "primary place of use";
             7200          (C) "service address"; and
             7201          (D) "telephone service."
             7202          (ii) An access line described in Subsection (3)(a) is considered to be within the
             7203      boundaries of a county, city, or town if the telephone services provided over the access line are
             7204      located within the county, city, or town:
             7205          (A) for purposes of sales and use taxes under Title 59, Chapter 12, Sales and Use Tax
             7206      Act; and
             7207          (B) determined in accordance with Section 59-12-207.4 .
             7208          (iii) The rate imposed on an access line under this section shall be determined in
             7209      accordance with Subsection (3)(d)(iv) if the location of an access line described in Subsection
             7210      (3)(a) is determined under Subsection (3)(d)(ii) to be a county, city, or town other than county,
             7211      city, or town in which is located:
             7212          (A) for telephone service other than mobile telecommunications service, the
             7213      purchaser's service address; or
             7214          (B) for mobile telecommunications service, the purchaser's primary place of use.
             7215          (iv) The rate imposed on an access line under this section shall be the lower of:
             7216          (A) the rate imposed by the county, city, or town in which the access line is located
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         (B) the rate imposed by the county, city, or town in which it is located:
             7219          (I) for telephone service other than mobile telecommunications service, the purchaser's
             7220      service address; or
             7221          (II) for mobile telecommunications service, the purchaser's primary place of use.
             7222          (e) (i) A county, city, or town shall notify the Public Service Commission of the intent
             7223      to levy the charge under this Subsection (3) at least 30 days before the effective date of the
             7224      charge being levied.
             7225          (ii) For purposes of this Subsection (3)(e):
             7226          (A) "Annexation" means an annexation to:
             7227          (I) a city or town under Title 10, Chapter 2, Part 4, Annexation; or
             7228          (II) a county under Title 17, Chapter 2, Annexation to County.
             7229          (B) "Annexing area" means an area that is annexed into a county, city, or town.
             7230          (iii) (A) Except as provided in Subsection (3)(e)(iii)(C) or (D), if on or after July 1,
             7231      2003, a county, city, or town enacts or repeals a charge or changes the amount of the charge
             7232      under this section, the enactment, repeal, or change shall take effect:
             7233          (I) on the first day of a calendar quarter; and
             7234          (II) after a 90-day period beginning on the date the State Tax Commission receives
             7235      notice meeting the requirements of Subsection (3)(e)(iii)(B) from the county, city, or town.
             7236          (B) The notice described in Subsection (3)(e)(iii)(A) shall state:
             7237          (I) that the county, city, or town will enact or repeal a charge or change the amount of
             7238      the charge under this section;
             7239          (II) the statutory authority for the charge described in Subsection (3)(e)(iii)(B)(I);
             7240          (III) the effective date of the charge described in Subsection (3)(e)(iii)(B)(I); and
             7241          (IV) if the county, city, or town enacts the charge or changes the amount of the charge
             7242      described in Subsection (3)(e)(iii)(B)(I), the amount of the charge.
             7243          (C) Notwithstanding Subsection (3)(e)(iii)(A), the enactment of a charge or a charge
             7244      increase under this section shall take effect on the first day of the first billing period:
             7245          (I) that begins after the effective date of the enactment of the charge or the charge
             7246      increase; and
             7247          (II) if the billing period for the charge begins before the effective date of the enactment
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         (D) Notwithstanding Subsection (3)(e)(iii)(A), the repeal of a charge or a charge
             7250      decrease under this section shall take effect on the first day of the last billing period:
             7251          (I) that began before the effective date of the repeal of the charge or the charge
             7252      decrease; and
             7253          (II) if the billing period for the charge begins before the effective date of the repeal of
             7254      the charge or the charge decrease imposed under this section.
             7255          (iv) (A) Except as provided in Subsection (3)(e)(iv)(C) or (D), if for an annexation
             7256      that occurs on or after July 1, 2003, the annexation will result in the enactment, repeal, or a
             7257      change in the amount of a charge imposed under this section for an annexing area, the
             7258      enactment, repeal, or change shall take effect:
             7259          (I) on the first day of a calendar quarter; and
             7260          (II) after a 90-day period beginning on the date the State Tax Commission receives
             7261      notice meeting the requirements of Subsection (3)(e)(iv)(B) from the county, city, or town that
             7262      annexes the annexing area.
             7263          (B) The notice described in Subsection (3)(e)(iv)(A) shall state:
             7264          (I) that the annexation described in Subsection (3)(e)(iv)(A) will result in an
             7265      enactment, repeal, or a change in the charge being imposed under this section for the annexing
             7266      area;
             7267          (II) the statutory authority for the charge described in Subsection (3)(e)(iv)(B)(I);
             7268          (III) the effective date of the charge described in Subsection (3)(e)(iv)(B)(I); and
             7269          (IV) if the county, city, or town enacts the charge or changes the amount of the charge
             7270      described in Subsection (3)(e)(iv)(B)(I), the amount of the charge.
             7271          (C) Notwithstanding Subsection (3)(e)(iv)(A), the enactment of a charge or a charge
             7272      increase under this section shall take effect on the first day of the first billing period:
             7273          (I) that begins after the effective date of the enactment of the charge or the charge
             7274      increase; and
             7275          (II) if the billing period for the charge begins before the effective date of the enactment
             7276      of the charge or the charge increase imposed under this section.
             7277          (D) Notwithstanding Subsection (3)(e)(iv)(A), the repeal of a charge or a charge
             7278      decrease under this section shall take effect on the first day of the last billing period:
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     decrease; and
             7281          (II) if the billing period for the charge begins before the effective date of the repeal of
             7282      the charge or the charge decrease imposed under this section.
             7283          (f) Subject to Subsection (3)(g), an emergency services telephone charge levied under
             7284      this section shall:
             7285          (i) be billed and collected by the person that provides the:
             7286          (A) local exchange service switched access line services; or
             7287          (B) radio communications access line services; and
             7288          (ii) except for costs retained under Subsection (3)(h), remitted to the State Tax
             7289      Commission.
             7290          (g) An emergency services telephone charge on a mobile telecommunications service
             7291      may be levied, billed, and collected only to the extent permitted by the Mobile
             7292      Telecommunications Sourcing Act, 4 U.S.C. Sec. 116 et seq.
             7293          (h) The person that bills and collects the charges levied under Subsection (3)(f) may:
             7294          (i) bill the charge imposed by this section in combination with the charge levied under
             7295      Section 69-2-5.6 as one line item charge; and
             7296          (ii) retain an amount not to exceed 1.5% of the levy collected under this section as
             7297      reimbursement for the cost of billing, collecting, and remitting the levy.
             7298          (i) The State Tax Commission shall:
             7299          (i) collect, enforce, and administer the charge imposed under this Subsection (3) using
             7300      the same procedures used in the administration, collection, and enforcement of the state sales
             7301      and use taxes under:
             7302          (A) Title 59, Chapter 1, General Taxation Policies; and
             7303          (B) Title 59, Chapter 12, Part 1, Tax Collection, except for:
             7304          (I) Section 59-12-104 ;
             7305          (II) Section 59-12-104.1 ;
             7306          (III) Section 59-12-104.2 ; and
             7307          (IV) Section 59-12-107.1 ;
             7308          (ii) transmit monies collected under this Subsection (3):
             7309          (A) monthly; and
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     imposes the charge; and
             7312          (iii) charge the county, city, or town for the State Tax Commission's services under this
             7313      Subsection (3) in an amount:
             7314          (A) sufficient to reimburse the State Tax Commission for the cost to the State Tax
             7315      Commission in rendering the services; and
             7316          (B) that may not exceed an amount equal to 1.5% of the charges imposed under this
             7317      Subsection (3).
             7318          (4) (a) Any money received by a public agency for the provision of 911 emergency
             7319      telephone service shall be deposited in a special emergency telephone service fund.
             7320          (b) (i) Except as provided in Subsection (5), the money in the emergency telephone
             7321      service fund shall be expended by the public agency to pay the costs of establishing, installing,
             7322      maintaining, and operating a 911 emergency telephone system or integrating a 911 system into
             7323      an established public safety dispatch center, including contracting with the providers of local
             7324      exchange service, radio communications service, and vendors of appropriate terminal
             7325      equipment as necessary to implement the 911 emergency telephone service.
             7326          (ii) Revenues derived for the funding of 911 emergency telephone service may only be
             7327      used for that portion of costs related to the operation of the 911 emergency telephone system
             7328      when such a system is integrated with any public safety dispatch system.
             7329          (c) Any unexpended money in the emergency telephone service fund at the end of a
             7330      fiscal year does not lapse, and must be carried forward to be used for the purposes described in
             7331      this section.
             7332          (5) (a) Revenue received by a local entity from an increase in the levy imposed under
             7333      Subsection (3) after the 2004 Annual General Session, or from grants from the Utah 911
             7334      Committee pursuant to Section 53-10-605 :
             7335          (i) shall be deposited into the special emergency telephone service fund described in
             7336      Subsection (4)(a); and
             7337          (ii) shall only be used for that portion of the costs related to the development and
             7338      operation of wireless and land-based enhanced 911 emergency telephone service and the
             7339      implementation of wireless E-911 Phase I and Phase II services as provided in Subsection
             7340      (5)(b).
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     answering point's or local entity's costs for:
             7343          (i) acquisition, upgrade, modification, maintenance, and operation of public service
             7344      answering point equipment capable of receiving E-911 information;
             7345          (ii) database development, operation, and maintenance; and
             7346          (iii) personnel costs associated with establishing, installing, maintaining, and operating
             7347      wireless E-911 Phase I and Phase II services, including training emergency service personnel
             7348      regarding receipt and use of E-911 wireless service information and educating consumers
             7349      regarding the appropriate and responsible use of E-911 wireless service.
             7350          (6) A local entity that increases the levy it imposes under Subsection (3)(c) after the
             7351      2004 Annual General Session shall increase the levy to the maximum amount permitted by
             7352      Subsection (3)(c).
             7353          Section 163. Section 73-2-1 is amended to read:
             7354           73-2-1. State engineer -- Term -- Powers and duties -- Qualification for duties.
             7355          (1) There shall be a state engineer.
             7356          (2) The state engineer shall:
             7357          (a) be appointed by the governor with the consent of the Senate;
             7358          (b) hold office for the term of four years and until a successor is appointed; and
             7359          (c) have five years experience as a practical engineer or the theoretical knowledge,
             7360      practical experience, and skill necessary for the position.
             7361          (3) (a) The state engineer shall be responsible for the general administrative
             7362      supervision of the waters of the state and the measurement, appropriation, apportionment, and
             7363      distribution of those waters.
             7364          (b) The state engineer may secure the equitable apportionment and distribution of the
             7365      water according to the respective rights of appropriators.
             7366          (4) The state engineer shall make rules, in accordance with Title 63, Chapter 46a, Utah
             7367      Administrative Rulemaking Act, consistent with the purposes and provisions of this title,
             7368      regarding:
             7369          (a) reports of water right conveyances;
             7370          (b) the construction of water wells and the licensing of water well drillers;
             7371          (c) dam construction and safety;
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         (e) sewage effluent reuse;
             7374          (f) geothermal resource conservation; and
             7375          (g) enforcement orders and the imposition of fines and penalties.
             7376          (5) The state engineer may make rules, in accordance with Title 63, Chapter 46a, Utah
             7377      Administrative Rulemaking Act, consistent with the purposes and provisions of this title,
             7378      governing:
             7379          (a) water distribution systems and water commissioners;
             7380          (b) water measurement and reporting;
             7381          (c) ground-water recharge and recovery;
             7382          (d) the determination of water rights; and
             7383          (e) the form and content of applications and related documents, maps, and reports.
             7384          (6) The state engineer may bring suit in courts of competent jurisdiction to:
             7385          (a) enjoin the unlawful appropriation, diversion, and use of surface and underground
             7386      water without first seeking redress through the administrative process;
             7387          (b) prevent theft, waste, loss, or pollution of those waters;
             7388          (c) enable him to carry out the duties of his office; and
             7389          (d) enforce administrative orders and collect fines and penalties.
             7390          (7) The state engineer may:
             7391          (a) upon request from the board of trustees of an irrigation district under Title 17B,
             7392      Chapter 2a, Part 5, Irrigation District Act, or another local district under Title 17B, Limited
             7393      Purpose Local Government Entities - Local Districts, or a special service district under Title
             7394      [17A] 17D, Chapter [2, Part 13, Utah] 1, Special Service District Act, that operates an
             7395      irrigation water system, cause a water survey to be made of all lands proposed to be annexed to
             7396      the district in order to determine and allot the maximum amount of water that could be
             7397      beneficially used on the land, with a separate survey and allotment being made for each 40-acre
             7398      or smaller tract in separate ownership; and
             7399          (b) upon completion of the survey and allotment under Subsection (7)(a), file with the
             7400      district board a return of the survey and report of the allotment.
             7401          (8) (a) The state engineer may establish water distribution systems and define their
             7402      boundaries.
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         (i) secures the best protection to the water claimants; and
             7405          (ii) is the most economical for the state to supervise.
             7406          Section 164. Section 73-5-15 is amended to read:
             7407           73-5-15. Groundwater management plan.
             7408          (1) As used in this section:
             7409          (a) "Critical management area" means a groundwater basin in which the groundwater
             7410      withdrawals consistently exceed the safe yield.
             7411          (b) "Safe yield" means the amount of groundwater that can be withdrawn from a
             7412      groundwater basin over a period of time without exceeding the long-term recharge of the basin
             7413      or unreasonably affecting the basin's physical and chemical integrity.
             7414          (2) (a) The state engineer may regulate groundwater withdrawals within a specific
             7415      groundwater basin by adopting a groundwater management plan in accordance with this section
             7416      for any groundwater basin or aquifer or combination of hydrologically connected groundwater
             7417      basins or aquifers.
             7418          (b) The objectives of a groundwater management plan are to:
             7419          (i) limit groundwater withdrawals to safe yield;
             7420          (ii) protect the physical integrity of the aquifer; and
             7421          (iii) protect water quality.
             7422          (c) The state engineer shall adopt a groundwater management plan for a groundwater
             7423      basin if more than 1/3 of the water right owners in the groundwater basin request that the state
             7424      engineer adopt a groundwater management plan.
             7425          (3) (a) In developing a groundwater management plan, the state engineer may consider:
             7426          (i) the hydrology of the groundwater basin;
             7427          (ii) the physical characteristics of the groundwater basin;
             7428          (iii) the relationship between surface water and groundwater, including whether the
             7429      groundwater should be managed in conjunction with hydrologically connected surface waters;
             7430          (iv) the geographic spacing and location of groundwater withdrawals;
             7431          (v) water quality;
             7432          (vi) local well interference; and
             7433          (vii) other relevant factors.
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     the principles of prior appropriation.
             7436          (c) (i) The state engineer shall use the best available scientific method to determine
             7437      safe yield.
             7438          (ii) As hydrologic conditions change or additional information becomes available, safe
             7439      yield determinations made by the state engineer may be revised by following the procedures
             7440      listed in Subsection (5).
             7441          (4) (a) (i) Except as provided in Subsection (4)(b), the withdrawal of water from a
             7442      groundwater basin shall be limited to the basin's safe yield.
             7443          (ii) Before limiting withdrawals in a groundwater basin to safe yield, the state engineer
             7444      shall:
             7445          (A) determine the groundwater basin's safe yield; and
             7446          (B) adopt a groundwater management plan for the groundwater basin.
             7447          (iii) If the state engineer determines that groundwater withdrawals in a groundwater
             7448      basin exceed the safe yield, the state engineer shall regulate groundwater rights in that
             7449      groundwater basin based on the priority date of the water rights under the groundwater
             7450      management plan, unless a voluntary arrangement exists under Subsection (4)(c) that requires a
             7451      different distribution.
             7452          (b) When adopting a groundwater management plan for a critical management area, the
             7453      state engineer shall, based on economic and other impacts to an individual water user or a local
             7454      community caused by the implementation of safe yield limits on withdrawals, allow gradual
             7455      implementation of the groundwater management plan.
             7456          (c) (i) In consultation with the state engineer, water users in a groundwater basin may
             7457      agree to participate in a voluntary arrangement for managing withdrawals at any time, either
             7458      before or after a determination that groundwater withdrawals exceed the groundwater basin's
             7459      safe yield.
             7460          (ii) A voluntary arrangement under Subsection (4)(c)(i) shall be consistent with other
             7461      law.
             7462          (iii) The adoption of a voluntary arrangement under this Subsection (4)(c) by less than
             7463      all of the water users in a groundwater basin does not affect the rights of water users who do
             7464      not agree to the voluntary arrangement.
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         (a) give notice as specified in Subsection (7) at least 30 days before the first public
             7467      meeting held in accordance with Subsection (5)(b):
             7468          (i) that the state engineer proposes to adopt a groundwater management plan;
             7469          (ii) describing generally the land area proposed to be included in the groundwater
             7470      management plan; and
             7471          (iii) stating the location, date, and time of each public meeting to be held in accordance
             7472      with Subsection (5)(b);
             7473          (b) hold one or more public meetings in the geographic area proposed to be included
             7474      within the groundwater management plan to:
             7475          (i) address the need for a groundwater management plan;
             7476          (ii) present any data, studies, or reports that the state engineer intends to consider in
             7477      preparing the groundwater management plan;
             7478          (iii) address safe yield and any other subject that may be included in the groundwater
             7479      management plan;
             7480          (iv) outline the estimated administrative costs, if any, that groundwater users are likely
             7481      to incur if the plan is adopted; and
             7482          (v) receive any public comments and other information presented at the public
             7483      meeting, including comments from any of the entities listed in Subsection (7)(a)(iii);
             7484          (c) receive and consider written comments concerning the proposed groundwater
             7485      management plan from any person for a period determined by the state engineer of not less
             7486      than 60 days after the day on which the notice required by Subsection (5)(a) is given;
             7487          (d) (i) at least 60 days prior to final adoption of the groundwater management plan,
             7488      publish notice:
             7489          (A) that a draft of the groundwater management plan has been proposed; and
             7490          (B) specifying where a copy of the draft plan may be reviewed; and
             7491          (ii) promptly provide a copy of the draft plan in printed or electronic form to each of
             7492      the entities listed in Subsection (7)(a)(iii) that makes written request for a copy; and
             7493          (e) provide notice of the adoption of the groundwater management plan.
             7494          (6) A groundwater management plan shall become effective on the date notice of
             7495      adoption is completed under Subsection (7), or on a later date if specified in the plan.
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         (i) published once a week for two successive weeks in a newspaper of general
             7498      circulation in each county that encompasses a portion of the land area proposed to be included
             7499      within the groundwater management plan;
             7500          (ii) published conspicuously on the state engineer's Internet website; and
             7501          (iii) mailed to each of the following that has within its boundaries a portion of the land
             7502      area to be included within the proposed groundwater management plan:
             7503          (A) county;
             7504          (B) incorporated city or town;
             7505          (C) improvement district under Title 17B, Chapter 2a, Part 4, Improvement District
             7506      Act;
             7507          (D) service area, under Title 17B, Chapter 2a, Part 9, Service Area Act;
             7508          (E) drainage district, under Title 17B, Chapter 2a, Part 2, Drainage District Act;
             7509          (F) irrigation district, under Title 17B, Chapter 2a, Part 5, Irrigation District Act;
             7510          (G) metropolitan water district, under Title 17B, Chapter 2a, Part 6, Metropolitan
             7511      Water District Act;
             7512          (H) special service district providing water, sewer, drainage, or flood control services,
             7513      under Title [17A] 17D, Chapter [2, Part 13, Utah] 1, Special Service District Act;
             7514          (I) water conservancy district, under Title 17B, Chapter 2a, Part 10, Water
             7515      Conservancy District Act; and
             7516          (J) conservation district, under Title [17A] 17D, Chapter 3, [Part 8,] Conservation
             7517      [Districts] District Act.
             7518          (b) A notice required by this section is effective upon substantial compliance with
             7519      Subsections (7)(a)(i) through (iii).
             7520          (8) A groundwater management plan may be amended in the same manner as a
             7521      groundwater management plan may be adopted under this section.
             7522          (9) The existence of a groundwater management plan does not preclude any otherwise
             7523      eligible person from filing any application or challenging any decision made by the state
             7524      engineer within the affected groundwater basin.
             7525          (10) (a) A person aggrieved by a groundwater management plan may challenge any
             7526      aspect of the groundwater management plan by filing a complaint within 60 days after the
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     groundwater basin is found.
             7529          (b) Notwithstanding Subsection (9), a person may challenge the components of a
             7530      groundwater management plan only in the manner provided by Subsection (10)(a).
             7531          (c) An action brought under this Subsection (10) is reviewed de novo by the district
             7532      court.
             7533          (d) A person challenging a groundwater management plan under this Subsection (10)
             7534      shall join the state engineer as a defendant in the action challenging the groundwater
             7535      management plan.
             7536          (e) (i) Within 30 days after the day on which a person files an action challenging any
             7537      aspect of a groundwater management plan under Subsection (10)(a), the person filing the action
             7538      shall publish notice of the action in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which
             7539      the district court is located.
             7540          (ii) The notice required by Subsection (10)(e)(i) shall be published once a week for two
             7541      consecutive weeks.
             7542          (iii) The notice required by Subsection (10)(e)(i) shall:
             7543          (A) identify the groundwater management plan the person is challenging;
             7544          (B) identify the case number assigned by the district court;
             7545          (C) state that a person affected by the groundwater management plan may petition the
             7546      district court to intervene in the action challenging the groundwater management plan; and
             7547          (D) list the address for the clerk of the district court in which the action is filed.
             7548          (iv) (A) Any person affected by the groundwater management plan may petition to
             7549      intervene in the action within 60 days after the day on which notice is last published under
             7550      Subsections (10)(e)(i) and (ii).
             7551          (B) The district court's treatment of a petition to intervene under this Subsection
             7552      (10)(e)(iv) is governed by the Utah Rules of Civil Procedure.
             7553          (v) A district court in which an action is brought under Subsection (10)(a) shall
             7554      consolidate all actions brought under that Subsection and include in the consolidated action any
             7555      person whose petition to intervene is granted.
             7556          (11) A groundwater management plan adopted or amended in accordance with this
             7557      section is exempt from the requirements in Title 63, Chapter 46a, Utah Administrative
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         (12) Recharge and recovery projects permitted under Chapter 3b, Groundwater
             7560      Recharge and Recovery Act, are exempted from this section.
             7561          (13) Nothing in this section may be interpreted to require the development,
             7562      implementation, or consideration of a groundwater management plan as a prerequisite or
             7563      condition to the exercise of the state engineer's enforcement powers under other law, including
             7564      powers granted under Section 73-2-25 .
             7565          (14) A groundwater management plan adopted in accordance with this section may not
             7566      apply to the dewatering of a mine.
             7567          (15) (a) A groundwater management plan adopted by the state engineer before May 1,
             7568      2006, remains in force and has the same legal effect as it had on the day on which it was
             7569      adopted by the state engineer.
             7570          (b) If a groundwater management plan that existed before May 1, 2006, is amended on
             7571      or after May 1, 2006, the amendment is subject to this section's provisions.
             7572          Section 165. Section 73-10-21 is amended to read:
             7573           73-10-21. Loans for water systems -- Eligible projects.
             7574          This chapter shall apply to all eligible projects of incorporated cities and towns, local
             7575      districts under Title 17B, Limited Purpose Local Government Entities - Local Districts,
             7576      assessment areas under Title 11, Chapter 42, Assessment Area Act, and special service districts
             7577      under Title [17A] 17D, Chapter [2, Part 13, Utah] 1, Special Service District Act. Eligible
             7578      projects are those for the acquisition, improvement, or construction of water systems used for
             7579      the production, supply, transmission, storage, distribution, or treatment of water for cities,
             7580      towns, metropolitan water districts, water conservancy districts, improvement districts, special
             7581      improvement districts, or special service districts, or the improvement or extension of such
             7582      systems.
             7583          Section 166. Section 77-7-18 is amended to read:
             7584           77-7-18. Citation on misdemeanor or infraction charge.
             7585          A peace officer, in lieu of taking a person into custody, any public official of any county
             7586      or municipality charged with the enforcement of the law, a port-of-entry agent as defined in
             7587      Section 72-1-102 , an animal control officer of a special service district under Title 17D,
             7588      Chapter 1, Special Service District Act, that is authorized to provide animal control service,
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     citation requiring any person subject to arrest or prosecution on a misdemeanor or infraction
             7591      charge to appear at the court of the magistrate before whom the person should be taken
             7592      pursuant to law if the person had been arrested.
             7593          Section 167. S. [ Section 78-27-63 ] 78B-4-509 .S is amended to read:
             7594           S. [ 78-27-63. Inherent risks of certain recreational activities -- Claim barred against
             7595      county or municipality -- No effect on duty or liability of person participating in
             7596      recreational activity or other person.
             7597          (1) As used in this section:
             7598          (a) "Inherent risks" means those dangers, conditions, and potentials for personal injury
             7599      or property damage that are an integral and natural part of participating in a recreational
             7600      activity.
             7601          (b) "Municipality" has the meaning as defined in Section 10-1-104 .
             7602          (c) "Person" includes an individual, regardless of age, maturity, ability, capability, or
             7603      experience, and a corporation, partnership, limited liability company, or any other form of
             7604      business enterprise.
             7605          (d) "Recreational activity" includes a rodeo, an equestrian activity, skateboarding,
             7606      skydiving, para gliding, hang gliding, roller skating, ice skating, fishing, hiking, walking,
             7607      running, jogging, bike riding, or in-line skating on property:
             7608          (i) owned, leased, or rented by, or otherwise made available to:
             7609          (A) with respect to a claim against a county, the county; and
             7610          (B) with respect to a claim against a municipality, the municipality; and
             7611          (ii) intended for the specific use in question.
             7612          (2) Notwithstanding anything in Sections 78-27-37 , 78-27-38 , 78-27-39 , 78-27-40 ,
             7613      78-27-41 , 78-27-42 , and 78-27-43 to the contrary, no person may make a claim against or
             7614      recover from any of the following entities for personal injury or property damage resulting
             7615      from any of the inherent risks of participating in a recreational activity:
             7616          (a) a county, municipality, local district under Title 17B, Limited Purpose Local
             7617      Government Entities - Local Districts, or special service district under Title [17A] 17D,
             7618      Chapter [2, Part 13, Utah] 1, Special Service District Act[, or dependent district under Title
             7619      17A, Chapter 3, Dependent Districts]; or
             7620          (b) the owner of property that is leased, rented, or otherwise made available to a
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     S. [ county, municipality, local district, special service district, or dependent district for the purpose
             7622      of providing or operating a recreational activity.
             7623          (3) (a) Nothing in this section may be construed to relieve a person participating in a
             7624      recreational activity from an obligation that the person would have in the absence of this
             7625      section to exercise due care or from the legal consequences of a failure to exercise due care.
             7626          (b) Nothing in this section may be construed to relieve any other person from an
             7627      obligation that the person would have in the absence of this section to exercise due care or
             7628      from the legal consequences of a failure to exercise due care.
]

             7628a      78B-4-509.   Inherent risks of certain recreational activities -- Claim barred against county or
             7628b      municipality -- No effect on duty or liability of person participating in recreational activity or
             7628c      other person.
             7628d          (1) As used in this section:
             7628e          (a) "Inherent risks" means those dangers, conditions, and potentials for personal
             7628f      injury or property damage that are an integral and natural part of participating in a
             7628g      recreational activity.
             7628h          (b) "Municipality" has the meaning as defined in Section 10-1-104.
             7628i          (c) "Person" includes an individual, regardless of age, maturity, ability, capability, or
             7628j      experience, and a corporation, partnership, limited liability company, or any other form of
             7628k      business enterprise.
             7628l          (d) "Recreational activity" includes a rodeo, an equestrian activity, skateboarding,
             7628m      skydiving, para gliding, hang gliding, roller skating, ice skating, fishing, hiking, walking,
             7628n      running, jogging, bike riding, or in-line skating on property:
             7628o          (i) owned, leased, or rented by, or otherwise made available to:
             7628p          (A) with respect to a claim against a county, the county; and
             7628q          (B) with respect to a claim against a municipality, the municipality; and
             7628r          (ii) intended for the specific use in question.
             7628s          (2) Notwithstanding anything in Sections 78B-5-817 through 78B-5-823 to the contrary,
             7628t      no person may make a claim against or recover from any of the following entities for personal
             7628u      injury or property damage resulting from any of the inherent risks of participating in a
             7628v      recreational activity:
             7628w          (a) a county, municipality, local district under Title 17B, Limited Purpose Local
             7628x      Government Entities - Local Districts, or special service district under Title
             7628y      17A 17D, Chapter 2, Part 13, Utah 1 , Special Service District Act , or


             7628z      dependent district under Title 17A, Chapter 3, Dependent Districts ; or .S


            
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7628aa
     S.    (b) the owner of property that is leased, rented, or otherwise made available to a
             7628ab      county, municipality, local district, or special service district , or dependent district
             7628ac      for the purpose of providing or operating a recreational activity.
             7628ad          (3) (a) Nothing in this section may be construed to relieve a person participating in a
             7628ae      recreational activity from an obligation that the person would have in the absence of this
             7628af      section to exercise due care or from the legal consequences of a failure to exercise due care.
             7628ag          (b) Nothing in this section may be construed to relieve any other person from an
             7628ah      obligation that the person would have in the absence of this section to exercise due care or
             7628ai      from the legal consequences of a failure to exercise due care. .S
             7629          Section 168. Repealer.
             7630          This bill repeals:
             7631          Section 17A-2-1301, Short title.
             7632          Section 17A-2-1302, Definitions.
             7633          Section 17A-2-1303, Purpose.
             7634          Section 17A-2-1304, Establishing special service districts -- Improvement districts
             7635      within special service districts.
             7636          Section 17A-2-1305, Establishment of district by resolution based on motion or
             7637      petition.
             7638          Section 17A-2-1306, Resolution proposing district to include part of another
             7639      subdivision or district -- Action by governing body of other entity -- Jurisdiction on
             7640      approval.
             7641          Section 17A-2-1307, Notice of intention to establish district -- Hearing.
             7642          Section 17A-2-1308, Publication of notice.
             7643          Section 17A-2-1309, Protests -- Procedures -- Effect.
             7644          Section 17A-2-1310, Petition or protest -- Corporation or property held by more
             7645      than one person.
             7646          Section 17A-2-1311, Adoption of resolution -- Notice to lieutenant governor --
             7647      Judicial review.
             7648          Section 17A-2-1312, General obligation bonds authorized by petition of property
             7649      owners -- Contest.
             7650          Section 17A-2-1313, Service district as separate body politic -- Supervision and
             7651      control by governing authority.



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             7652
         Section 17A-2-1314, Rights, powers, and authority of special service district.
             7653          Section 17A-2-1315, Designation of assessment area by special service district.
             7654          Section 17A-2-1316, Borrowing power -- Issuance of bonds and notes -- Use of
             7655      proceeds.
             7656          Section 17A-2-1317, Bonds payable from taxes -- Limitations.
             7657          Section 17A-2-1318, Guaranteed bonds.
             7658          Section 17A-2-1319, Service district indebtedness not enforceable against state,
             7659      county, municipality, school district, other public corporations.
             7660          Section 17A-2-1320, Fees or charges -- Penalties for delinquencies.
             7661          Section 17A-2-1321, Delinquent fees and charges.
             7662          Section 17A-2-1322, Tax levy and bonds -- Approval by majority of electors voting
             7663      in election -- Procedure for election.
             7664          Section 17A-2-1323, Intent of Legislature regarding bond elections -- Validation of
             7665      elections.
             7666          Section 17A-2-1324, Effect of voter approval.
             7667          Section 17A-2-1325, Exceptions to election requirements.
             7668          Section 17A-2-1326, Administrative control board -- Powers -- Compensation.
             7669          Section 17A-2-1327, Adding additional services -- Annexing additional area --
             7670      Notice to lieutenant governor.
             7671          Section 17A-2-1328, Discontinuance of service.
             7672          Section 17A-2-1329, Dissolution of district -- Withdrawal of area from district --
             7673      Notice to lieutenant governor.
             7674          Section 17A-2-1330, Other districts not affected -- Election by other districts to
             7675      become service districts.
             7676          Section 17A-2-1331, Part controlling in conflict of laws.
             7677          Section 17A-2-1332, Validation of creation and prior actions of districts.
             7678          Section 17A-3-401, Short title.
             7679          Section 17A-3-402, Purpose.
             7680          Section 17A-3-403, Definitions.
             7681          Section 17A-3-404, Establishment of improvement district -- Tax levy -- Parking
             7682      and business improvement fund.



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         Section 17A-3-405, Resolution -- Petition.
             7684          Section 17A-3-406, Notice of intention to establish district -- Contents.
             7685          Section 17A-3-407, Publication or posting of notice.
             7686          Section 17A-3-408, Protests -- Hearing -- Abandonment.
             7687          Section 17A-3-409, Signature of petition or protest on behalf of business.
             7688          Section 17A-3-410, Resolution -- Contents -- Judicial review.
             7689          Section 17A-3-411, Funds of district -- Budget -- Collection -- Investment --
             7690      Expenditures.
             7691          Section 17A-3-412, Control of district by governing authority -- Administrative
             7692      board of directors -- Powers.
             7693          Section 17A-3-413, Disestablishment of districts -- Hearing -- Resolution.
             7694          Section 17A-3-414, Disestablishment of districts -- Disposition of assets and
             7695      liabilities.
             7696          Section 17A-3-801, Organization -- Petition.
             7697          Section 17A-3-802, Hearing -- Factors considered -- Action on petition -- Denial.
             7698          Section 17A-3-803, Consolidation, division, or termination of district -- Action on
             7699      petition.
             7700          Section 17A-3-804, Governing body of districts -- Candidates' qualifications --
             7701      Procedures -- Termination of office upon consolidation, division, or termination -- New
             7702      elections.
             7703          Section 17A-3-805, District a political subdivision -- Functions, powers, and duties.
             7704          Section 17A-3-806, Land use recommendations authorized.
             7705          Section 17A-3-807, District courts have jurisdiction.
             7706          Section 17A-3-1201, Districts for road improvements.
             7707          Section 17A-3-1202, Abutting property to bear cost -- Taxation.
             7708          Section 17A-3-1203, Notice of proposed tax -- Objections.
             7709          Section 17A-3-1204, Hearings.
             7710          Section 17A-3-1205, Tax becomes a lien.
             7711          Section 17A-3-1206, Manner of collecting -- Delinquencies.
             7712          Section 17A-3-1301, Short title.
             7713          Section 17A-3-1302, Declaration of legislative intent.



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             7714
         Section 17A-3-1303, Expenditure of public funds.
             7715          Section 17A-3-1304, Power of counties, cities, and towns.
             7716          Section 17A-3-1305, Existing powers to acquire private property not limited.
             7717          Section 17A-3-1306, Existing powers with respect to historic areas not limited.
             7717a      S. Section 169. Coordinating S.B. 47 with H.B. 77 -- Technical amendments.
             7717b          If this S.B. 47 and H.B. 77, Personal Property Tax Amendments both pass, it is the
             7717c      intent of the Legislature that the Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel, in
             7717d      preparing the Utah Code database for publication, modify Subsection 59-2-924.2(5) in H.B. 77
             7717e      to read:
             7717f          .(5)(a) This Subsection (5) applies to each county that:
             7717g          (i) establishes a countywide special service district under Title 17D, Chapter 1, Special
             7717h      Service District Act, to provide jail service, as provided in Subsection 17D-1-201(10); and
             7717i          (ii) levies a property tax on behalf of the special service district under Section
             7717j      17D-1-105.
             7717k          (b)(i) The certified tax rate of each county to which this Subsection (5) applies shall be
             7717l      decreased by the amount necessary to reduce county revenues by the same amount of revenues
             7717m      that will be generated by the property tax imposed on behalf of the special service district.
             7717n          (ii) Each decrease under Subsection (5)(b)(i) shall occur contemporaneously with the
             7717o      levy on behalf of the special service district under Section 17D-1-105.. .S


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