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             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 districts
             16      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;
             26          .    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 public
             44      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 to 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
             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 fees
             67      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          This bill coordinates with H.B. 77, Personal Property Tax Amendments, by providing
             81      technical amendments.
             82      Utah Code Sections Affected:
             83      AMENDS:
             84          4-18-3, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 179
             85          4-18-5, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 179


             86          4-20-1.5, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 179
             87          10-2-101, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 329
             88          10-2-401, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 329
             89          10-2-428, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 329
             90          10-9a-103, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapters 188, 199, and 329
             91          10-15-4, as last amended by Laws of Utah 1992, Chapter 30
             92          10-15-6, as last amended by Laws of Utah 1992, Chapter 30
             93          11-14-102, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 329
             94          11-17-3, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2005, Chapter 105
             95          11-27-2, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 329
             96          11-32-2, as last amended by Laws of Utah 1993, Chapter 227
             97          11-36-102, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 329
             98          11-36-201, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 329
             99          11-39-101, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 329
             100          11-40-101, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 329
             101          11-42-102, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 329
             102          11-39-104, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2003, Chapter 259
             103          11-43-102, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 118
             104          17-27a-103, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapters 188, 199, and 329
             105          17-52-403, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 329
             106          17-53-311, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2005, Chapter 102
             107          17B-1-102, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 329
             108          17B-1-103, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 329
             109          17B-1-202, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 329
             110          17B-1-203, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 329
             111          17B-1-205, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 329
             112          17B-1-215, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 329
             113          17B-1-302, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 329


             114          17B-1-303, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 329
             115          17B-1-306, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 329
             116          17B-1-312, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 329
             117          17B-1-643, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 329
             118          17B-1-1002, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 329
             119          17B-1-1101, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 329
             120          17B-1-1103, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 329
             121          17B-1-1104, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 329
             122          17B-2a-404, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 329
             123          17B-2a-405, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 329
             124          17B-2a-406, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 329
             125          17B-2a-804, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 329
             126          17B-2a-813, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 329
             127          17B-2a-1005, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 329
             128          17B-2a-1007, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 329
             129          19-3-301, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 329
             130          19-6-502, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 329
             131          20A-1-102, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapters 75, 256, 285, and 329
             132          20A-11-1202, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 329
             133          26-8a-405.1, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 329
             134          26-8a-405.2, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2005, Chapters 25 and 205
             135          51-7-3, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 207
             136          52-4-202, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapters 45 and 249
             137          52-4-203, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapters 35, 204, and 329
             138          53-2-502, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 331
             139          53A-2-123, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 329
             140          54-14-103, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapters 242 and 329
             141          59-2-102, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapters 107, 234, and 329


             142          59-2-924, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapters 107 and 329
             143          59-21-1, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 303
             144          59-21-2, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 303
             145          63-9-68, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 118
             146          63E-1-102, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 329
             147          67-1a-6.5, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapters 212 and 329
             148          67-3-1, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 329
             149          69-2-4, as last amended by Laws of Utah 1992, Chapter 30
             150          69-2-5, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 241
             151          73-2-1, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 329
             152          73-5-15, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapters 179 and 329
             153          73-10-21, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 329
             154          77-7-18, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2005, Chapter 2
             155          78B-4-509, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 2008, Chapter 3
             156      ENACTS:
             157          10-8-85.9, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             158          17-50-324, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             159          17D-1-101, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             160          17D-1-102, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             161          17D-1-103, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             162          17D-1-104, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             163          17D-1-105, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             164          17D-1-106, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             165          17D-1-107, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             166          17D-1-108, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             167          17D-1-109, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             168          17D-1-201, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             169          17D-1-202, Utah Code Annotated 1953


             170          17D-1-203, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             171          17D-1-204, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             172          17D-1-205, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             173          17D-1-206, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             174          17D-1-207, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             175          17D-1-208, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             176          17D-1-209, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             177          17D-1-210, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             178          17D-1-211, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             179          17D-1-212, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             180          17D-1-301, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             181          17D-1-302, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             182          17D-1-303, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             183          17D-1-304, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             184          17D-1-305, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             185          17D-1-306, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             186          17D-1-401, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             187          17D-1-402, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             188          17D-1-403, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             189          17D-1-501, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             190          17D-1-502, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             191          17D-1-503, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             192          17D-1-504, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             193          17D-1-505, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             194          17D-1-506, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             195          17D-1-507, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             196          17D-1-508, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             197          17D-1-509, Utah Code Annotated 1953


             198          17D-1-601, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             199          17D-1-602, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             200          17D-1-603, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             201          17D-2-101, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             202          17D-2-102, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             203          17D-2-103, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             204          17D-2-104, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             205          17D-2-105, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             206          17D-2-106, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             207          17D-2-107, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             208          17D-2-108, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             209          17D-2-109, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             210          17D-2-110, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             211          17D-2-201, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             212          17D-2-202, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             213          17D-2-203, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             214          17D-2-301, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             215          17D-2-302, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             216          17D-2-401, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             217          17D-2-402, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             218          17D-2-403, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             219          17D-2-404, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             220          17D-2-405, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             221          17D-2-501, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             222          17D-2-502, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             223          17D-2-503, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             224          17D-2-504, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             225          17D-2-505, Utah Code Annotated 1953


             226          17D-2-506, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             227          17D-2-507, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             228          17D-2-601, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             229          17D-2-602, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             230          17D-2-701, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             231          17D-2-702, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             232          17D-3-101, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             233          17D-3-103, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             234          17D-3-104, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             235          17D-3-201, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             236          17D-3-202, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             237          17D-3-203, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             238          17D-3-204, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             239          17D-3-301, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             240          17D-3-302, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             241          17D-3-303, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             242          17D-3-304, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             243          17D-3-305, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             244          17D-3-306, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             245          17D-3-307, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             246          17D-3-308, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             247          17D-3-309, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             248          17D-3-310, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             249          20A-3-605, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             250      RENUMBERS AND AMENDS:
             251          17B-1-306.5, (Renumbered from 17B-2a-906, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2007,
             252      Chapter 329)
             253          17D-3-102, (Renumbered from 17A-3-800, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2007,


             254      Chapter 179)
             255      REPEALS:
             256          17A-2-1301, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 1990, Chapter 186
             257          17A-2-1302, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2003, Chapter 292
             258          17A-2-1303, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 1990, Chapter 186
             259          17A-2-1304, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapters 183 and 203
             260          17A-2-1305, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 1990, Chapter 186
             261          17A-2-1306, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 1990, Chapter 186
             262          17A-2-1307, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 1990, Chapter 186
             263          17A-2-1308, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2003, Chapter 292
             264          17A-2-1309, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 1990, Chapter 186
             265          17A-2-1310, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 1990, Chapter 186
             266          17A-2-1311, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2005, Chapter 233
             267          17A-2-1312, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2005, Chapter 105
             268          17A-2-1313, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2005, Chapter 233
             269          17A-2-1314, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 329
             270          17A-2-1315, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 329
             271          17A-2-1316, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2005, Chapter 105
             272          17A-2-1317, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 1990, Chapter 186
             273          17A-2-1318, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2005, Chapter 148
             274          17A-2-1319, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 1990, Chapter 186
             275          17A-2-1320, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2001, Chapter 195
             276          17A-2-1321, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2004, Chapter 316
             277          17A-2-1322, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2005, Chapters 105 and 260
             278          17A-2-1323, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 1990, Chapter 186
             279          17A-2-1324, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 1990, Chapter 186
             280          17A-2-1325, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 1990, Chapter 186
             281          17A-2-1326, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapters 203 and 329


             282          17A-2-1327, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2005, Chapter 233
             283          17A-2-1328, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 1990, Chapter 186
             284          17A-2-1329, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2005, Chapter 233
             285          17A-2-1330, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 329
             286          17A-2-1331, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 1990, Chapter 186
             287          17A-2-1332, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 1990, Chapter 186
             288          17A-3-401, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 1990, Chapter 186
             289          17A-3-402, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 1990, Chapter 186
             290          17A-3-403, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 1990, Chapter 186
             291          17A-3-404, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 1990, Chapter 186
             292          17A-3-405, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 1990, Chapter 186
             293          17A-3-406, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 1990, Chapter 186
             294          17A-3-407, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2003, Chapter 292
             295          17A-3-408, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 1990, Chapter 186
             296          17A-3-409, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 1990, Chapter 186
             297          17A-3-410, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 1990, Chapter 186
             298          17A-3-411, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 1990, Chapter 186
             299          17A-3-412, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2000, Chapter 1
             300          17A-3-413, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 1990, Chapter 186
             301          17A-3-414, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 1990, Chapter 186
             302          17A-3-801, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 1990, Chapter 186
             303          17A-3-802, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 1990, Chapter 186
             304          17A-3-803, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 1990, Chapter 186
             305          17A-3-804, as last amended by Laws of Utah 1997, Chapter 180
             306          17A-3-805, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2005, Chapter 39
             307          17A-3-806, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 1990, Chapter 186
             308          17A-3-807, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 1990, Chapter 186
             309          17A-3-1201, as last amended by Laws of Utah 1993, Chapter 227


             310          17A-3-1202, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 1990, Chapter 186
             311          17A-3-1203, as last amended by Laws of Utah 1993, Chapter 227
             312          17A-3-1204, as last amended by Laws of Utah 1994, Chapter 146
             313          17A-3-1205, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 1990, Chapter 186
             314          17A-3-1206, as last amended by Laws of Utah 1993, Chapter 227
             315          17A-3-1301, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 1990, Chapter 186
             316          17A-3-1302, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 1990, Chapter 186
             317          17A-3-1303, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 1990, Chapter 186
             318          17A-3-1304, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 1990, Chapter 186
             319          17A-3-1305, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 1990, Chapter 186
             320          17A-3-1306, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 1990, Chapter 186
             321     
             322      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             323          Section 1. Section 4-18-3 is amended to read:
             324           4-18-3. Definitions.
             325          As used in this chapter:
             326          (1) "Alternate" means a substitute for a district supervisor if the district supervisor
             327      cannot attend a meeting.
             328          (2) (a) "Animal feeding operation" means a facility where animals, other than aquatic
             329      animals, are stabled or confined and fed or maintained for a total of 45 days or more in any
             330      12-month period.
             331          (b) "Animal feeding operation" does not include an operation where animals are in areas
             332      such as pastures or rangeland that sustain crops or forage growth during the entire time the
             333      animals are present.
             334          (3) "Commission" means the Conservation Commission created in Section 4-18-4 .
             335          (4) "Comprehensive nutrient management plan" means a plan that identifies actions or
             336      priorities that will be followed to meet clearly defined nutrient management goals at an animal
             337      feeding operation.


             338          (5) "District" or " conservation district" [means a governmental subdivision of this state
             339      organized under Title 17A, Chapter 3, Part 8, Conservation Districts] has the same meaning as
             340      "conservation district" as defined in Section 17D-3-102 .
             341          Section 2. Section 4-18-5 is amended to read:
             342           4-18-5. Conservation commission -- Functions and duties.
             343          (1) The commission shall:
             344          (a) facilitate the development and implementation of the strategies and programs
             345      necessary to protect, conserve, utilize, and develop the soil and water resources of the state;
             346          (b) disseminate information regarding districts' activities and programs;
             347          (c) supervise the formation, reorganization, or dissolution of districts according to the
             348      requirements of Title [17A] 17D, Chapter 3, [Part 8,] Conservation [Districts] District Act;
             349          (d) prescribe uniform accounting and recordkeeping procedures for districts and require
             350      each district to submit annually an audit of its funds to the commission;
             351          (e) approve and make loans for agricultural purposes, from the Agriculture Resource
             352      Development Fund for:
             353          (i) nonfederal rangeland improvement and management projects;
             354          (ii) watershed protection and flood prevention projects;
             355          (iii) agricultural cropland soil and water conservation projects; and
             356          (iv) programs designed to promote energy efficient farming practices;
             357          (f) administer federal or state funds in accordance with applicable federal or state
             358      guidelines and make loans or grants from those funds to land occupiers for the conservation of
             359      soil or water resources;
             360          (g) seek to coordinate soil and water protection, conservation, and development
             361      activities and programs of state agencies, local governmental units, other states, special interest
             362      groups, and federal agencies; and
             363          (h) plan watershed and flood control projects in cooperation with appropriate local,
             364      state, and federal authorities and coordinate flood control projects in the state.
             365          (2) The commission may:


             366          (a) employ, with the approval of the department, an administrator and necessary
             367      technical experts and employees;
             368          (b) execute contracts or other instruments necessary to exercise its powers;
             369          (c) sue and be sued; and
             370          (d) adopt rules, in accordance with Title 63, Chapter 46a, Utah Administrative
             371      Rulemaking Act, necessary to carry out the powers and duties specified in Subsections (1)(d),
             372      (e), (f), and (2)(b).
             373          Section 3. Section 4-20-1.5 is amended to read:
             374           4-20-1.5. State Grazing Advisory Board -- Duties.
             375          (1) (a) There is created within the department the State Grazing Advisory Board.
             376          (b) The commissioner shall appoint the following members:
             377          (i) one member from each regional board;
             378          (ii) one member from the Conservation Commission created in Section 4-18-4 ;
             379          (iii) one representative of the Department of Natural Resources;
             380          (iv) two livestock producers at-large; and
             381          (v) one representative of the oil, gas, or mining industry.
             382          (2) The term of office for a state board member is four years.
             383          (3) Members of the state board shall elect a chair, who shall serve for two years.
             384          (4) (a) (i) A member who is not a government employee may not receive compensation
             385      or benefits for the member's service, but may receive per diem and expenses incurred in the
             386      performance of the member's official duties at the rates established by the Division of Finance
             387      under Sections 63A-3-106 and 63A-3-107 .
             388          (ii) A member may decline to receive per diem and expenses for the member's service.
             389          (b) (i) A state government officer and employee member who does not receive salary,
             390      per diem, or expenses from the agency the member represents for the member's service may
             391      receive per diem and expenses incurred in the performance of the member's official duties at the
             392      rates established by the Division of Finance under Sections 63A-3-106 and 63A-3-107 .
             393          (ii) A state government officer and employee member may decline to receive per diem


             394      and expenses for the member's service.
             395          (c) (i) A local government member who does not receive salary, per diem, or expenses
             396      from the entity that the member represents for the member's service may receive per diem and
             397      expenses incurred in the performance of the member's official duties at the rates established by
             398      the Division of Finance under Sections 63A-3-106 and 63A-3-107 .
             399          (ii) A local government member may decline to receive per diem and expenses for the
             400      member's service.
             401          (5) The state board shall:
             402          (a) receive:
             403          (i) advice and recommendations from a regional board concerning:
             404          (A) management plans for public lands, state lands, and school and institutional trust
             405      lands as defined in Section 53C-1-103 , within the regional board's region; and
             406          (B) any issue that impacts grazing on private lands, public lands, state lands, or school
             407      and institutional trust lands as defined in Section 53C-1-103 , in its region; and
             408          (ii) requests for fund monies from the entities described in Subsections (5)(c)(i) through
             409      (iv);
             410          (b) recommend state policy positions and cooperative agency participation in federal
             411      and state land management plans to the department and to the Public Lands Policy Coordinating
             412      Office created under Section 63-38d-602 ; and
             413          (c) advise the department on the requests and recommendations of:
             414          (i) regional boards;
             415          (ii) county weed control boards created under Section 4-17-4 ;
             416          (iii) cooperative weed management associations; and
             417          (iv) conservation districts created under the authority of Title [17A] 17D, Chapter 3,
             418      [Part 8,] Conservation [Districts] District Act.
             419          Section 4. Section 10-2-101 is amended to read:
             420           10-2-101. Definitions.
             421          (1) As used in this part:


             422          (a) "Commission" means a boundary commission established under Section 10-2-409
             423      for the county in which the property that is proposed to be incorporated is located.
             424          (b) "Feasibility consultant" means a person or firm with expertise in the processes and
             425      economics of local government.
             426          (c) "Private," with respect to real property, means not owned by the United States or
             427      any agency of the federal government, the state, a county, a municipality, a school district, a
             428      local district under Title 17B, Limited Purpose Local Government Entities - Local Districts, a
             429      special service district under Title [17A] 17D, Chapter [2, Part 13, Utah] 1, Special Service
             430      District Act, or any other political subdivision or governmental entity of the state.
             431          (2) For purposes of this part:
             432          (a) the owner of real property shall be the record title owner according to the records of
             433      the county recorder on the date of the filing of the request or petition; and
             434          (b) the value of private real property shall be determined according to the last
             435      assessment roll for county taxes before the filing of the request or petition.
             436          (3) For purposes of each provision of this part that requires the owners of private real
             437      property covering a percentage or fraction of the total private land area within an area to sign a
             438      request or petition:
             439          (a) a parcel of real property may not be included in the calculation of the required
             440      percentage or fraction unless the request or petition is signed by:
             441          (i) except as provided in Subsection (3)(a)(ii), owners representing a majority
             442      ownership interest in that parcel; or
             443          (ii) if the parcel is owned by joint tenants or tenants by the entirety, 50% of the number
             444      of owners of that parcel;
             445          (b) the signature of a person signing a request or petition in a representative capacity on
             446      behalf of an owner is invalid unless:
             447          (i) the person's representative capacity and the name of the owner the person represents
             448      are indicated on the request or petition with the person's signature; and
             449          (ii) the person provides documentation accompanying the request or petition that


             450      substantiates the person's representative capacity; and
             451          (c) subject to Subsection (3)(b), a duly appointed personal representative may sign a
             452      request or petition on behalf of a deceased owner.
             453          Section 5. Section 10-2-401 is amended to read:
             454           10-2-401. Definitions -- Property owner provisions.
             455          (1) As used in this part:
             456          (a) "Affected entity" means:
             457          (i) a county in whose unincorporated area the area proposed for annexation is located;
             458          (ii) a local district under Title 17B, Limited Purpose Local Government Entities - Local
             459      Districts, or special service district under Title [17A] 17D, Chapter [2, Part 13, Utah] 1, Special
             460      Service District Act, whose boundaries include any part of an area proposed for annexation;
             461          (iii) a school district whose boundaries include any part of an area proposed for
             462      annexation; and
             463          (iv) a municipality whose boundaries are within 1/2 mile of an area proposed for
             464      annexation.
             465          (b) "Annexation petition" means a petition under Section 10-2-403 proposing the
             466      annexation to a municipality of a contiguous, unincorporated area that is contiguous to the
             467      municipality.
             468          (c) "Commission" means a boundary commission established under Section 10-2-409
             469      for the county in which the property that is proposed for annexation is located.
             470          (d) "Expansion area" means the unincorporated area that is identified in an annexation
             471      policy plan under Section 10-2-401.5 as the area that the municipality anticipates annexing in
             472      the future.
             473          (e) "Feasibility consultant" means a person or firm with expertise in the processes and
             474      economics of local government.
             475          (f) "Municipal selection committee" means a committee in each county composed of the
             476      mayor of each municipality within that county.
             477          (g) "Private," with respect to real property, means not owned by the United States or


             478      any agency of the federal government, the state, a county, a municipality, a school district, a
             479      local district under Title 17B, Limited Purpose Local Government Entities - Local Districts, a
             480      special service district under Title [17A] 17D, Chapter [2, Part 13, Utah] 1, Special Service
             481      District Act, or any other political subdivision or governmental entity of the state.
             482          (h) "Specified county" means a county of the second, third, fourth, fifth, or sixth class.
             483          (i) "Urban development" means:
             484          (i) a housing development with more than 15 residential units and an average density
             485      greater than one residential unit per acre; or
             486          (ii) a commercial or industrial development for which cost projections exceed $750,000
             487      for all phases.
             488          (2) For purposes of this part:
             489          (a) the owner of real property shall be the record title owner according to the records of
             490      the county recorder on the date of the filing of the petition or protest; and
             491          (b) the value of private real property shall be determined according to the last
             492      assessment roll for county taxes before the filing of the petition or protest.
             493          (3) For purposes of each provision of this part that requires the owners of private real
             494      property covering a percentage or majority of the total private land area within an area to sign a
             495      petition or protest:
             496          (a) a parcel of real property may not be included in the calculation of the required
             497      percentage or majority unless the petition or protest is signed by:
             498          (i) except as provided in Subsection (3)(a)(ii), owners representing a majority
             499      ownership interest in that parcel; or
             500          (ii) if the parcel is owned by joint tenants or tenants by the entirety, 50% of the number
             501      of owners of that parcel;
             502          (b) the signature of a person signing a petition or protest in a representative capacity on
             503      behalf of an owner is invalid unless:
             504          (i) the person's representative capacity and the name of the owner the person represents
             505      are indicated on the petition or protest with the person's signature; and


             506          (ii) the person provides documentation accompanying the petition or protest that
             507      substantiates the person's representative capacity; and
             508          (c) subject to Subsection (3)(b), a duly appointed personal representative may sign a
             509      petition or protest on behalf of a deceased owner.
             510          Section 6. Section 10-2-428 is amended to read:
             511           10-2-428. Neither annexation nor boundary adjustment has an effect on the
             512      boundaries of most local districts or special service districts.
             513          Except as provided in Section 17B-1-416 and Subsection 17B-1-502 (2), the annexation
             514      of an unincorporated area by a municipality or the adjustment of a boundary shared by
             515      municipalities does not affect the boundaries of a local district under Title 17B, Limited Purpose
             516      Local Government Entities - Local Districts, or a special service district under Title [17A] 17D,
             517      Chapter [2, Part 13, Utah] 1, Special Service District Act.
             518          Section 7. Section 10-8-85.9 is enacted to read:
             519     
CHAPTER 8. POWERS AND DUTIES OF MUNICIPALITIES

             520          10-8-85.9. Preservation of historical areas and sites.
             521          A municipality may:
             522          (1) expend public funds to preserve, protect, or enhance an historical area or site;
             523          (2) acquire an historical area or site by direct purchase, contract, lease, trade, or gift;
             524          (3) obtain an easement or right-of-way across public or private property to ensure
             525      access or proper development of an historical area or site;
             526          (4) protect an historical area or site;
             527          (5) ensure proper development and utilization of land or an area adjacent to an
             528      historical area or site; and
             529          (6) enter into an agreement with a private individual for the right to purchase an
             530      historical area or site if and when the private individual elects to sell or dispose of the owner's
             531      property.
             532          Section 8. Section 10-9a-103 is amended to read:
             533           10-9a-103. Definitions.


             534          As used in this chapter:
             535          (1) "Affected entity" means a county, municipality, local district, special service district
             536      under Title [17A] 17D, Chapter [2, Part 13, Utah] 1, Special Service District Act, school
             537      district, interlocal cooperation entity established under Title 11, Chapter 13, Interlocal
             538      Cooperation Act, specified public utility, a property owner, a property owners association, or
             539      the Utah Department of Transportation, if:
             540          (a) the entity's services or facilities are likely to require expansion or significant
             541      modification because of an intended use of land;
             542          (b) the entity has filed with the municipality a copy of the entity's general or long-range
             543      plan; or
             544          (c) the entity has filed with the municipality a request for notice during the same
             545      calendar year and before the municipality provides notice to an affected entity in compliance
             546      with a requirement imposed under this chapter.
             547          (2) "Appeal authority" means the person, board, commission, agency, or other body
             548      designated by ordinance to decide an appeal of a decision of a land use application or a
             549      variance.
             550          (3) "Billboard" means a freestanding ground sign located on industrial, commercial, or
             551      residential property if the sign is designed or intended to direct attention to a business, product,
             552      or service that is not sold, offered, or existing on the property where the sign is located.
             553          (4) "Charter school" includes:
             554          (a) an operating charter school;
             555          (b) a charter school applicant that has its application approved by a chartering entity in
             556      accordance with Title 53A, Chapter 1a, Part 5, The Utah Charter Schools Act; and
             557          (c) an entity who is working on behalf of a charter school or approved charter applicant
             558      to develop or construct a charter school building.
             559          (5) "Chief executive officer" means the:
             560          (a) mayor in municipalities operating under all forms of municipal government except
             561      the council-manager form; or


             562          (b) city manager in municipalities operating under the council-manager form of
             563      municipal government.
             564          (6) "Conditional use" means a land use that, because of its unique characteristics or
             565      potential impact on the municipality, surrounding neighbors, or adjacent land uses, may not be
             566      compatible in some areas or may be compatible only if certain conditions are required that
             567      mitigate or eliminate the detrimental impacts.
             568          (7) "Constitutional taking" means a governmental action that results in a taking of
             569      private property so that compensation to the owner of the property is required by the:
             570          (a) Fifth or Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States; or
             571          (b) Utah Constitution Article I, Section 22.
             572          (8) "Culinary water authority" means the department, agency, or public entity with
             573      responsibility to review and approve the feasibility of the culinary water system and sources for
             574      the subject property.
             575          (9) (a) "Disability" means a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one
             576      or more of a person's major life activities, including a person having a record of such an
             577      impairment or being regarded as having such an impairment.
             578          (b) "Disability" does not include current illegal use of, or addiction to, any federally
             579      controlled substance, as defined in Section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act, 21 U.S.C.
             580      802.
             581          (10) "Elderly person" means a person who is 60 years old or older, who desires or
             582      needs to live with other elderly persons in a group setting, but who is capable of living
             583      independently.
             584          (11) "Fire authority" means the department, agency, or public entity with responsibility
             585      to review and approve the feasibility of fire protection and suppression services for the subject
             586      property.
             587          (12) "General plan" means a document that a municipality adopts that sets forth general
             588      guidelines for proposed future development of the land within the municipality.
             589          (13) "Identical plans" means building plans submitted to a municipality that are


             590      substantially identical to building plans that were previously submitted to and reviewed and
             591      approved by the municipality and describe a building that is:
             592          (a) located on land zoned the same as the land on which the building described in the
             593      previously approved plans is located; and
             594          (b) subject to the same geological and meteorological conditions and the same law as
             595      the building described in the previously approved plans.
             596          (14) "Land use application" means an application required by a municipality's land use
             597      ordinance.
             598          (15) "Land use authority" means a person, board, commission, agency, or other body
             599      designated by the local legislative body to act upon a land use application.
             600          (16) "Land use ordinance" means a planning, zoning, development, or subdivision
             601      ordinance of the municipality, but does not include the general plan.
             602          (17) "Land use permit" means a permit issued by a land use authority.
             603          (18) "Legislative body" means the municipal council.
             604          (19) "Local district" means an entity under Title 17B, Limited Purpose Local
             605      Government Entities - Local Districts, and any other governmental or quasi-governmental entity
             606      that is not a county, municipality, school district, or unit of the state.
             607          (20) "Lot line adjustment" means the relocation of the property boundary line in a
             608      subdivision between two adjoining lots with the consent of the owners of record.
             609          (21) "Moderate income housing" means housing occupied or reserved for occupancy by
             610      households with a gross household income equal to or less than 80% of the median gross
             611      income for households of the same size in the county in which the city is located.
             612          (22) "Nominal fee" means a fee that reasonably reimburses a municipality only for time
             613      spent and expenses incurred in:
             614          (a) verifying that building plans are identical plans; and
             615          (b) reviewing and approving those minor aspects of identical plans that differ from the
             616      previously reviewed and approved building plans.
             617          (23) "Noncomplying structure" means a structure that:


             618          (a) legally existed before its current land use designation; and
             619          (b) because of one or more subsequent land use ordinance changes, does not conform
             620      to the setback, height restrictions, or other regulations, excluding those regulations, which
             621      govern the use of land.
             622          (24) "Nonconforming use" means a use of land that:
             623          (a) legally existed before its current land use designation;
             624          (b) has been maintained continuously since the time the land use ordinance governing
             625      the land changed; and
             626          (c) because of one or more subsequent land use ordinance changes, does not conform
             627      to the regulations that now govern the use of the land.
             628          (25) "Official map" means a map drawn by municipal authorities and recorded in a
             629      county recorder's office that:
             630          (a) shows actual and proposed rights-of-way, centerline alignments, and setbacks for
             631      highways and other transportation facilities;
             632          (b) provides a basis for restricting development in designated rights-of-way or between
             633      designated setbacks to allow the government authorities time to purchase or otherwise reserve
             634      the land; and
             635          (c) has been adopted as an element of the municipality's general plan.
             636          (26) "Person" means an individual, corporation, partnership, organization, association,
             637      trust, governmental agency, or any other legal entity.
             638          (27) "Plan for moderate income housing" means a written document adopted by a city
             639      legislative body that includes:
             640          (a) an estimate of the existing supply of moderate income housing located within the
             641      city;
             642          (b) an estimate of the need for moderate income housing in the city for the next five
             643      years as revised biennially;
             644          (c) a survey of total residential land use;
             645          (d) an evaluation of how existing land uses and zones affect opportunities for moderate


             646      income housing; and
             647          (e) a description of the city's program to encourage an adequate supply of moderate
             648      income housing.
             649          (28) "Plat" means a map or other graphical representation of lands being laid out and
             650      prepared in accordance with Section 10-9a-603 , 17-23-17 , or 57-8-13 .
             651          (29) "Public hearing" means a hearing at which members of the public are provided a
             652      reasonable opportunity to comment on the subject of the hearing.
             653          (30) "Public meeting" means a meeting that is required to be open to the public under
             654      Title 52, Chapter 4, Open and Public Meetings Act.
             655          (31) "Record of survey map" means a map of a survey of land prepared in accordance
             656      with Section 17-23-17 .
             657          (32) "Receiving zone" means an area of a municipality that the municipality's land use
             658      authority designates as an area in which an owner of land may receive transferrable development
             659      rights.
             660          (33) "Residential facility for elderly persons" means a single-family or multiple-family
             661      dwelling unit that meets the requirements of Section 10-9a-516 , but does not include a health
             662      care facility as defined by Section 26-21-2 .
             663          (34) "Residential facility for persons with a disability" means a residence:
             664          (a) in which more than one person with a disability resides; and
             665          (b) (i) is licensed or certified by the Department of Human Services under Title 62A,
             666      Chapter 2, Licensure of Programs and Facilities; or
             667          (ii) is licensed or certified by the Department of Health under Title 26, Chapter 21,
             668      Health Care Facility Licensing and Inspection Act.
             669          (35) "Sanitary sewer authority" means the department, agency, or public entity with
             670      responsibility to review and approve the feasibility of sanitary sewer services or onsite
             671      wastewater systems.
             672          (36) "Sending zone" means an area of a municipality that the municipality's land use
             673      authority designates as an area from which an owner of land may transfer transferrable


             674      development rights to an owner of land in a receiving zone.
             675          (37) "Specified public utility" means an electrical corporation, gas corporation, or
             676      telephone corporation, as those terms are defined in Section 54-2-1 .
             677          (38) "Street" means a public right-of-way, including a highway, avenue, boulevard,
             678      parkway, road, lane, walk, alley, viaduct, subway, tunnel, bridge, public easement, or other 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 neither
             692      the resulting combined parcel nor the parcel remaining from the division or partition violates an
             693      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.
             707          (d) The joining of a subdivided parcel of property to another parcel of property that has
             708      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 the
             713      date that a completed land use application is filed seeking the approval of development activity
             714      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 to


             730      the operation of such streets as a pedestrian mall, included but not limited to paving, sidewalks,
             731      curbs, gutters, sewers, drainage works, lighting facilities, fire protection facilities, flood
             732      protection facilities, water distribution facilities, vehicular parking areas, retaining walls,
             733      landscaping, tree planting, statuaries, fountains, decorative structures, benches, rest rooms, child
             734      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 or
             738      any portions thereof, are referred to in this act as "improvements";
             739          (5) to pay from the general funds of the municipality or other available moneys, or from
             740      the proceeds of assessments levied on property benefited by any such improvements, or from
             741      the proceeds of special improvement warrants or bonds, the whole or any portion of the costs of
             742      acquisition, construction, and maintenance of such improvements in accordance with the
             743      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 [act] chapter.
             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 Municipal
             754      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 ]
             769      17D-1-301 ; or
             770          (ii) the administrative control board, if one has been established under Section
             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 county
             785      within which a state university is located, unless an agreement under the Interlocal Cooperation


             786      Act has been entered into as authorized by Subsection (5), except that if a governing body finds,
             787      by resolution, that the effects of international trade practices have been or will be adverse to
             788      Utah manufacturers of industrial products and, therefore, it is desirable to finance a project in
             789      order to maintain or enlarge domestic or foreign markets for Utah industrial products, a project
             790      may consist of the financing on behalf of a user of the costs of acquiring industrial products
             791      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
             800      may be issued in one or more series or issues where considered advisable, and each series or
             801      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 the


             814      bond offering.
             815          (2) An economic development or new venture investment fund shall be considered to be
             816      located in the municipality or county where its headquarters is located or where any office of it
             817      is located, as long as it is headquartered within the state. It need not make all of its investments
             818      within the state [of Utah] or such county or municipality, so long as it locates within the state
             819      [of Utah] or such county or municipality its headquarters where its actual investment decisions
             820      and management functions occur and agrees to, and does, limit the aggregate amount of its
             821      investments in companies located outside the state [of Utah] 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 [of Utah] 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 [of Utah]. 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,
             831      improving, maintaining, equipping, or furnishing any industrial park project, the governing body
             832      of the state university, county, or municipality shall adopt and establish a plan of development
             833      for the tracts of land to constitute the industrial park and shall, by resolution, find that the
             834      project for the establishment of the industrial park is well conceived and has a reasonable
             835      prospect of success, that the project will tend to provide proper economic development of the
             836      municipality or county and will encourage industry to locate within or near the municipality or
             837      county or, in the case of state universities, will further, through industrial research and
             838      development, the instructional progress of the state university. There may be included as a part
             839      of any plan of development for any industrial park zoning regulations, restrictions on usage of
             840      sites within the boundaries of the industrial park, minimum size of sites, parking and loading
             841      regulations, and methods for the providing and furnishing of police and fire protection and for


             842      the furnishing of other municipal or county services which are considered necessary in order to
             843      provide for the maintenance of the public health and safety. If any water or sewerage facilities
             844      are to be acquired as part of the development of the land for an industrial park under this
             845      chapter, water and sewerage facilities may be acquired as part of the issue of bonds issued under
             846      this chapter, through the issuance of bonds payable from water and sewer charges in the manner
             847      as is now or as may hereafter be provided by law, in combination with an issue of refunding
             848      bonds, in combination with an issue of bonds upon the consent of the holders of outstanding
             849      bonds issued for the same purpose, in combination with bonds issued for the purposes of
             850      financing water and sewer facilities which will not be a part of an industrial park, or in any
             851      combination of the foregoing. Any municipality, county, or state university establishing an
             852      industrial park may lease any land acquired and developed as part of an industrial park to one or
             853      more lessees. The lessee may sublease all or a portion of the land so leased from the
             854      municipality or county. Municipalities, counties, and state universities may sell or lease land in
             855      connection with the establishment, acquisition, development, maintenance, and operation of an
             856      industrial park project. Any such lease or sale of land shall be undertaken only after the
             857      adoption by the governing body of a resolution authorizing the lease or sale of the land for
             858      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
             862      not apply to projects involving research conducted, administered, or managed by a state
             863      university.
             864          (b) No municipality, county, or state university may, under this chapter, acquire or lease
             865      projects, or issue revenue bonds for the purpose of defraying the cost of any project or part of
             866      it, used for the generation, transmission, or distribution of electric energy beyond the project
             867      site, or the production, transmission, or distribution of natural gas, except for any project
             868      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 service
             872      districts created pursuant to Title [17A] 17D, Chapter [2, Part 13, Utah] 1, Special Service
             873      District Act, in order to accomplish economies of scale or other cost savings and any other
             874      additional purposes to be specified in the interlocal agreement, for the issuance of bonds under
             875      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 for
             877      the financing or acquisition of projects qualifying as a project under Subsection 11-17-2 (8). For
             878      all purposes of Section 11-13-207 the signatory to the interlocal agreement designated as the
             879      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 for
             890      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
             893      under the authority contained in this Subsection (6)(c);
             894          (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 no
             913      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
             924      agreements entered into under Subsection (7)(c) that the obligations of the municipality, county,
             925      or special service district, as the case may be, under an agreement shall be special obligations


             926      payable solely from the revenues derived from the operation or management of the project,
             927      owned by the municipality, county, or special service district, as the case may be, and the
             928      governing body of the municipality, county, or special service district, as the case may be, shall
             929      pledge all or any part of such revenues to the payment of its obligations under an agreement;
             930      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 liquidity
             941      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,
             955      special improvement bond, local building authority bond, or refunding bond.
             956          (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 of
             961      directors, board of trustees, board of education, board of regents, or other legislative body of a
             962      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
             986      constitutional or statutory debt limitation;
             987          (b) any obligation issued in anticipation of the collection of taxes, where the entire issue
             988      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; Title
             996      [17A] 11, Chapter [3, Part 2, County Improvement Districts] 42, Assessment Area Act; or any
             997      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 agreement,
             1007      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 within
             1012      the county, as of January 15 of the following year, plus any interest and penalties accruing or
             1013      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 financing
             1016      authority for the participant members solely for the purpose of financing the assignment of the
             1017      delinquent tax receivables of the participant members for which it was created.
             1018          (5) "Governing body" means the council, commission, county legislative body, board of
             1019      education, board of trustees, or any other governing entity of a public body in which the
             1020      legislative powers of the public body are vested.
             1021          (6) "Participant members" means those public bodies, including the county, the
             1022      governing bodies of which approve the creation of an authority as provided in Section 11-32-3
             1023      and on whose behalf the authority acts.
             1024          (7) "Public body" means any city, town, county, school district, special service district,
             1025      [water and sewer improvement] local district, [redevelopment] community development and
             1026      renewal agency, [parking and business improvement district, fire protection district, special
             1027      service area, metropolitan water district, water conservancy district,] or any other entity entitled
             1028      to receive ad valorem property taxes, existing under the laws of the state [of Utah].
             1029          Section 15. Section 11-36-102 is amended to read:
             1030           11-36-102. Definitions.
             1031          As used in this chapter:
             1032          (1) "Building permit fee" means the fees charged to enforce the uniform codes adopted
             1033      pursuant to Title 58, Chapter 56, Utah Uniform Building Standards Act, that are not greater
             1034      than the fees indicated in the appendix to the International Building Code.
             1035          (2) "Capital facilities plan" means the plan required by Section 11-36-201 .
             1036          (3) "Development activity" means any construction or expansion of a building,
             1037      structure, or use, any change in use of a building or structure, or any changes in the use of land


             1038      that creates additional demand and need for public facilities.
             1039          (4) "Development approval" means any written authorization from a local political
             1040      subdivision that authorizes the commencement of development activity.
             1041          (5) "Enactment" means:
             1042          (a) a municipal ordinance, for municipalities;
             1043          (b) a county ordinance, for counties; and
             1044          (c) a governing board resolution, for local districts or special service districts.
             1045          (6) "Hookup fees" means reasonable fees, not in excess of the approximate average
             1046      costs to the political subdivision, for services provided for and directly attributable to the
             1047      connection to utility services, including gas, water, sewer, power, or other municipal, county,
             1048      local district, or special service district utility services.
             1049          (7) (a) "Impact fee" means a payment of money imposed upon development activity as
             1050      a condition of development approval.
             1051          (b) "Impact fee" does not mean a tax, a special assessment, a building permit fee, a
             1052      hookup fee, a fee for project improvements, or other reasonable permit or application fee.
             1053          (8) (a) "Local political subdivision" means a county, a municipality, a local district
             1054      under Title 17B, Limited Purpose Local Government Entities - Local Districts, or a special
             1055      service district under Title [17A] 17D, Chapter [2, Part 13, Utah] 1, Special Service District
             1056      Act.
             1057          (b) "Local political subdivision" does not mean school districts, whose impact fee
             1058      activity is governed by Section 53A-20-100.5 .
             1059          (9) "Private entity" means an entity with private ownership that provides culinary water
             1060      that is required to be used as a condition of development.
             1061          (10) (a) "Project improvements" means site improvements and facilities that are:
             1062          (i) planned and designed to provide service for development resulting from a
             1063      development activity; and
             1064          (ii) necessary for the use and convenience of the occupants or users of development
             1065      resulting from a development activity.


             1066          (b) "Project improvements" does not mean system improvements.
             1067          (11) "Proportionate share" means the cost of public facility improvements that are
             1068      roughly proportionate and reasonably related to the service demands and needs of any
             1069      development activity.
             1070          (12) "Public facilities" means only the following capital facilities that have a life
             1071      expectancy of ten or more years and are owned or operated by or on behalf of a local political
             1072      subdivision or private entity:
             1073          (a) water rights and water supply, treatment, and distribution facilities;
             1074          (b) wastewater collection and treatment facilities;
             1075          (c) storm water, drainage, and flood control facilities;
             1076          (d) municipal power facilities;
             1077          (e) roadway facilities;
             1078          (f) parks, recreation facilities, open space, and trails; and
             1079          (g) public safety facilities.
             1080          (13) (a) "Public safety facility" means:
             1081          (i) a building constructed or leased to house police, fire, or other public safety entities;
             1082      or
             1083          (ii) a fire suppression vehicle with a ladder reach of at least 75 feet, costing in excess of
             1084      $1,250,000, that is necessary for fire suppression in commercial areas with one or more
             1085      buildings at least five stories high.
             1086          (b) "Public safety facility" does not mean a jail, prison, or other place of involuntary
             1087      incarceration.
             1088          (14) (a) "Roadway facilities" means streets or roads that have been designated on an
             1089      officially adopted subdivision plat, roadway plan, or general plan of a political subdivision,
             1090      together with all necessary appurtenances.
             1091          (b) "Roadway facilities" includes associated improvements to federal or state roadways
             1092      only when the associated improvements:
             1093          (i) are necessitated by the new development; and


             1094          (ii) are not funded by the state or federal government.
             1095          (c) "Roadway facilities" does not mean federal or state roadways.
             1096          (15) (a) "Service area" means a geographic area designated by a local political
             1097      subdivision on the basis of sound planning or engineering principles in which a defined set of
             1098      public facilities provide service within the area.
             1099          (b) "Service area" may include the entire local political subdivision.
             1100          (16) (a) "System improvements" means:
             1101          (i) existing public facilities that are designed to provide services to service areas within
             1102      the community at large; and
             1103          (ii) future public facilities identified in a capital facilities plan that are intended to
             1104      provide services to service areas within the community at large.
             1105          (b) "System improvements" does not mean project improvements.
             1106          Section 16. Section 11-36-201 is amended to read:
             1107           11-36-201. Impact fees -- Analysis -- Capital facilities plan -- Notice of plan --
             1108      Summary -- Exemptions.
             1109          (1) (a) Each local political subdivision and private entity shall comply with the
             1110      requirements of this chapter before establishing or modifying any impact fee.
             1111          (b) A local political subdivision may not:
             1112          (i) establish any new impact fees that are not authorized by this chapter; or
             1113          (ii) impose or charge any other fees as a condition of development approval unless
             1114      those fees are a reasonable charge for the service provided.
             1115          (c) Notwithstanding any other requirements of this chapter, each local political
             1116      subdivision shall ensure that each existing impact fee that is charged for any public facility not
             1117      authorized by Subsection 11-36-102 (12) is repealed by July 1, 1995.
             1118          (d) (i) Existing impact fees for public facilities authorized in Subsection 11-36-102 (12)
             1119      that are charged by local political subdivisions need not comply with the requirements of this
             1120      chapter until July 1, 1997.
             1121          (ii) By July 1, 1997, each local political subdivision shall:


             1122          (A) review any impact fees in existence as of the effective date of this act, and prepare
             1123      and approve the analysis required by this section for each of those impact fees; and
             1124          (B) ensure that the impact fees comply with the requirements of this chapter.
             1125          (2) (a) Before imposing impact fees, each local political subdivision shall prepare a
             1126      capital facilities plan.
             1127          (b) (i) As used in this Subsection (2)(b):
             1128          (A) (I) "Affected entity" means each county, municipality, local district under Title 17B,
             1129      Limited Purpose Local Government Entities - Local Districts, special service district under Title
             1130      [17A] 17D, Chapter [2, Part 13, Utah] 1, Special Service District Act, school district, interlocal
             1131      cooperation entity established under Chapter 13, Interlocal Cooperation Act, and specified
             1132      public utility:
             1133          (Aa) whose services or facilities are likely to require expansion or significant
             1134      modification because of the facilities proposed in the proposed capital facilities plan; or
             1135          (Bb) that has filed with the local political subdivision or private entity a copy of the
             1136      general or long-range plan of the county, municipality, local district, special service district,
             1137      school district, interlocal cooperation entity, or specified public utility.
             1138          (II) "Affected entity" does not include the local political subdivision or private entity
             1139      that is required under this Subsection (2) to provide notice.
             1140          (B) "Specified public utility" means an electrical corporation, gas corporation, or
             1141      telephone corporation, as those terms are defined in Section 54-2-1 .
             1142          (ii) Before preparing a capital facilities plan for facilities proposed on land located
             1143      within a county of the first or second class, each local political subdivision and each private
             1144      entity shall provide written notice, as provided in this Subsection (2)(b), of its intent to prepare
             1145      a capital facilities plan.
             1146          (iii) Each notice under Subsection (2)(b)(ii) shall:
             1147          (A) indicate that the local political subdivision or private entity intends to prepare a
             1148      capital facilities plan;
             1149          (B) describe or provide a map of the geographic area where the proposed capital


             1150      facilities will be located;
             1151          (C) be sent to:
             1152          (I) each county in whose unincorporated area and each municipality in whose
             1153      boundaries is located the land on which the proposed facilities will be located;
             1154          (II) each affected entity;
             1155          (III) the Automated Geographic Reference Center created in Section 63F-1-506 ;
             1156          (IV) the association of governments, established pursuant to an interlocal agreement
             1157      under Title 11, Chapter 13, Interlocal Cooperation Act, in which the facilities are proposed to
             1158      be located; and
             1159          (V) the state planning coordinator appointed under Section 63-38d-202 ; and
             1160          (D) with respect to the notice to affected entities, invite the affected entities to provide
             1161      information for the local political subdivision or private entity to consider in the process of
             1162      preparing, adopting, and implementing a capital facilities plan concerning:
             1163          (I) impacts that the facilities proposed in the capital facilities plan may have on the
             1164      affected entity; and
             1165          (II) facilities or uses of land that the affected entity is planning or considering that may
             1166      conflict with the facilities proposed in the capital facilities plan.
             1167          (c) The plan shall identify:
             1168          (i) demands placed upon existing public facilities by new development activity; and
             1169          (ii) the proposed means by which the local political subdivision will meet those
             1170      demands.
             1171          (d) Municipalities and counties need not prepare a separate capital facilities plan if the
             1172      general plan required by Sections 10-9a-401 and 17-27a-401 contains the elements required by
             1173      Subsection (2)(c).
             1174          (e) (i) If a local political subdivision prepares an independent capital facilities plan rather
             1175      than including a capital facilities element in the general plan, the local political subdivision shall,
             1176      before adopting the capital facilities plan:
             1177          (A) give public notice of the plan according to this Subsection (2)(e);


             1178          (B) at least 14 days before the date of the public hearing:
             1179          (I) make a copy of the plan, together with a summary designed to be understood by a
             1180      lay person, available to the public; and
             1181          (II) place a copy of the plan and summary in each public library within the local political
             1182      subdivision; and
             1183          (C) hold a public hearing to hear public comment on the plan.
             1184          (ii) Municipalities shall comply with the notice and hearing requirements of, and, except
             1185      as provided in Subsection 11-36-401 (4)(f), receive the protections of Sections 10-9a-205 and
             1186      10-9a-801 and Subsection 10-9a-502 (2).
             1187          (iii) Counties shall comply with the notice and hearing requirements of, and, except as
             1188      provided in Subsection 11-36-401 (4)(f), receive the protections of Sections 17-27a-205 and
             1189      17-27a-801 and Subsection 17-27a-502 (2).
             1190          (iv) Local districts, special service districts, and private entities shall comply with the
             1191      notice and hearing requirements of, and receive the protections of, Section 17B-1-111 .
             1192          (v) Nothing contained in this Subsection (2)(e) or in the subsections referenced in
             1193      Subsections (2)(e)(ii) and (iii) may be construed to require involvement by a planning
             1194      commission in the capital facilities planning process.
             1195          (f) (i) Local political subdivisions with a population or serving a population of less than
             1196      5,000 as of the last federal census need not comply with the capital facilities plan requirements
             1197      of this part, but shall ensure that the impact fees imposed by them are based upon a reasonable
             1198      plan.
             1199          (ii) Subsection (2)(f)(i) does not apply to private entities.
             1200          (3) In preparing the plan, each local political subdivision shall generally consider all
             1201      revenue sources, including impact fees, to finance the impacts on system improvements.
             1202          (4) A local political subdivision may only impose impact fees on development activities
             1203      when its plan for financing system improvements establishes that impact fees are necessary to
             1204      achieve an equitable allocation to the costs borne in the past and to be borne in the future, in
             1205      comparison to the benefits already received and yet to be received.


             1206          (5) (a) Each local political subdivision imposing impact fees shall prepare a written
             1207      analysis of each impact fee that:
             1208          (i) identifies the impact on system improvements required by the development activity;
             1209          (ii) demonstrates how those impacts on system improvements are reasonably related to
             1210      the development activity;
             1211          (iii) estimates the proportionate share of the costs of impacts on system improvements
             1212      that are reasonably related to the new development activity; and
             1213          (iv) based upon those factors and the requirements of this chapter, identifies how the
             1214      impact fee was calculated.
             1215          (b) In analyzing whether or not the proportionate share of the costs of public facilities
             1216      are reasonably related to the new development activity, the local political subdivision shall
             1217      identify, if applicable:
             1218          (i) the cost of existing public facilities;
             1219          (ii) the manner of financing existing public facilities, such as user charges, special
             1220      assessments, bonded indebtedness, general taxes, or federal grants;
             1221          (iii) the relative extent to which the newly developed properties and the other properties
             1222      in the municipality have already contributed to the cost of existing public facilities, by such
             1223      means as user charges, special assessments, or payment from the proceeds of general taxes;
             1224          (iv) the relative extent to which the newly developed properties and the other properties
             1225      in the municipality will contribute to the cost of existing public facilities in the future;
             1226          (v) the extent to which the newly developed properties are entitled to a credit because
             1227      the municipality is requiring their developers or owners, by contractual arrangement or
             1228      otherwise, to provide common facilities, inside or outside the proposed development, that have
             1229      been provided by the municipality and financed through general taxation or other means, apart
             1230      from user charges, in other parts of the municipality;
             1231          (vi) extraordinary costs, if any, in servicing the newly developed properties; and
             1232          (vii) the time-price differential inherent in fair comparisons of amounts paid at different
             1233      times.


             1234          (c) Each local political subdivision that prepares a written analysis under this Subsection
             1235      (5) on or after July 1, 2000 shall also prepare a summary of the written analysis, designed to be
             1236      understood by a lay person.
             1237          (6) Each local political subdivision that adopts an impact fee enactment under Section
             1238      11-36-202 on or after July 1, 2000 shall, at least 14 days before adopting the enactment, submit
             1239      to each public library within the local political subdivision:
             1240          (a) a copy of the written analysis required by Subsection (5)(a); and
             1241          (b) a copy of the summary required by Subsection (5)(c).
             1242          (7) Nothing in this chapter may be construed to repeal or otherwise eliminate any
             1243      impact fee in effect on the effective date of this chapter that is pledged as a source of revenues
             1244      to pay bonded indebtedness that was incurred before the effective date of this chapter.
             1245          Section 17. Section 11-39-101 is amended to read:
             1246           11-39-101. Definitions.
             1247          As used in this chapter:
             1248          (1) "Bid limit" means:
             1249          (a) for a building improvement:
             1250          (i) for the year 2003, $40,000; and
             1251          (ii) for each year after 2003, the amount of the bid limit for the previous year, plus an
             1252      amount calculated by multiplying the amount of the bid limit for the previous year by the lesser
             1253      of 3% or the actual percent change in the Consumer Price Index during the previous calendar
             1254      year; and
             1255          (b) for a public works project:
             1256          (i) for the year 2003, $125,000; and
             1257          (ii) for each year after 2003, the amount of the bid limit for the previous year, plus an
             1258      amount calculated by multiplying the amount of the bid limit for the previous year by the lesser
             1259      of 3% or the actual percent change in the Consumer Price Index during the previous calendar
             1260      year.
             1261          (2) "Building improvement":


             1262          (a) means the construction or repair of a public building or structure; and
             1263          (b) does not include construction or repair at an international airport.
             1264          (3) "Consumer Price Index" means the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers
             1265      as published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department of Labor.
             1266          (4) "Design-build project":
             1267          (a) means a building improvement or public works project costing over $250,000 with
             1268      respect to which both the design and construction are provided for in a single contract with a
             1269      contractor or combination of contractors capable of providing design-build services; and
             1270          (b) does not include a building improvement or public works project:
             1271          (i) that is undertaken by a local entity under contract with a construction manager that
             1272      guarantees the contract price and is at risk for any amount over the contract price; and
             1273          (ii) each component of which is competitively bid.
             1274          (5) "Design-build services" means the engineering, architectural, and other services
             1275      necessary to formulate and implement a design-build project, including its actual construction.
             1276          (6) "Emergency repairs" means a building improvement or public works project
             1277      undertaken on an expedited basis to:
             1278          (a) eliminate an imminent risk of damage to or loss of public or private property;
             1279          (b) remedy a condition that poses an immediate physical danger; or
             1280          (c) reduce a substantial, imminent risk of interruption of an essential public service.
             1281          (7) "Governing body" means:
             1282          (a) for a county, city, or town, the legislative body of the county, city, or town;
             1283          (b) for a local district, the board of trustees of the local district; and
             1284          (c) for a special service district:
             1285          (i) the legislative body of the county, city, or town that established the special service
             1286      district, if no administrative control board has been appointed under Section [ 17A-2-1326 ]
             1287      17D-1-301 ; or
             1288          (ii) the administrative control board of the special service district, if an administrative
             1289      control board has been appointed under Section [ 17A-2-1326 ] 17D-1-301 .


             1290          (8) "Local district" has the same meaning as defined in Section 17B-1-102 .
             1291          (9) "Local entity" means a county, city, town, local district, or special service district.
             1292          (10) "Lowest responsive responsible bidder" means a prime contractor who:
             1293          (a) has submitted a bid in compliance with the invitation to bid and within the
             1294      requirements of the plans and specifications for the building improvement or public works
             1295      project;
             1296          (b) is the lowest bidder that satisfies the local entity's criteria relating to financial
             1297      strength, past performance, integrity, reliability, and other factors that the local entity uses to
             1298      assess the ability of a bidder to perform fully and in good faith the contract requirements;
             1299          (c) has furnished a bid bond or equivalent in money as a condition to the award of a
             1300      prime contract; and
             1301          (d) furnishes a payment and performance bond as required by law.
             1302          (11) "Procurement code" means the provisions of Title 63, Chapter 56, Utah
             1303      Procurement Code.
             1304          (12) "Public works project":
             1305          (a) means the construction of:
             1306          (i) a park or recreational facility; or
             1307          (ii) a pipeline, culvert, dam, canal, or other system for water, sewage, storm water, or
             1308      flood control; and
             1309          (b) does not include:
             1310          (i) the replacement or repair of existing infrastructure on private property;
             1311          (ii) construction commenced before June 1, 2003; and
             1312          (iii) construction or repair at an international airport.
             1313          (13) "Special service district" [means a special service district under Title 17A, Chapter
             1314      2, Part 13, Utah Special Service District Act] has the same meaning as defined in Section
             1315      17D-1-102 .
             1316          Section 18. Section 11-39-104 is amended to read:
             1317           11-39-104. Exceptions.


             1318          (1) The requirements of Section 11-39-103 do not apply to:
             1319          (a) emergency repairs;
             1320          (b) a building improvement or public works project if the estimated cost under Section
             1321      11-39-102 is less than the bid limit; or
             1322          (c) the conduct or management of any of the departments, business, or property of the
             1323      local entity.
             1324          (2) This section may not be construed to limit the application of Section 72-6-108 to an
             1325      improvement project, as defined in Section 72-6-109 , that would otherwise be subject to
             1326      Section 72-6-108 .
             1327          (3) This part applies to a building improvement or public works project of a special
             1328      service district only to the extent that the contract for the building improvement or public works
             1329      project is in a class of contract designated under Section 17D-1-107 as subject to this part.
             1330          Section 19. Section 11-40-101 is amended to read:
             1331           11-40-101. Definitions.
             1332          As used in this chapter:
             1333          (1) "Applicant" means a person who seeks employment with a public water utility,
             1334      either as an employee or as an independent contractor, and who, after employment, would, in
             1335      the judgment of the public water utility, be in a position to affect the safety or security of the
             1336      publicly owned treatment works or public water system or to affect the safety or well-being of
             1337      patrons of the public water utility.
             1338          (2) "Division" means the Criminal Investigation and Technical Services Division of the
             1339      Department of Public Safety, established in Section 53-10-103 .
             1340          (3) "Independent contractor":
             1341          (a) means an engineer, contractor, consultant, or supplier who designs, constructs,
             1342      operates, maintains, repairs, replaces, or provides water treatment or conveyance facilities or
             1343      equipment, or related control or security facilities or equipment, to the public water utility; and
             1344          (b) includes the employees and agents of the engineer, contractor, consultant, or
             1345      supplier.


             1346          (4) "Person seeking access" means a person who seeks access to a public water utility's
             1347      public water system or publicly owned treatment works and who, after obtaining access, would,
             1348      in the judgment of the public water utility, be in a position to affect the safety or security of the
             1349      publicly owned treatment works or public water system or to affect the safety or well-being of
             1350      patrons of the public water utility.
             1351          (5) "Publicly owned treatment works" has the same meaning as defined in Section
             1352      19-5-102 .
             1353          (6) "Public water system" has the same meaning as defined in Section 19-4-102 .
             1354          (7) "Public water utility" means a county, city, town, local district under Title 17B,
             1355      Chapter 1, Provisions Applicable to All Local Districts, special service district under Title [17A]
             1356      17D, Chapter [2, Part 13, Utah] 1, Special Service District Act, or other political subdivision of
             1357      the state that operates publicly owned treatment works or a public water system.
             1358          Section 20. Section 11-42-102 is amended to read:
             1359           11-42-102. Definitions.
             1360          (1) "Adequate protests" means timely filed, written protests under Section 11-42-203
             1361      that represent at least 50% of the frontage, area, taxable value, fair market value, lots, number
             1362      of connections, or equivalent residential units of the property proposed to be assessed,
             1363      according to the same assessment method by which the assessment is proposed to be levied,
             1364      after eliminating:
             1365          (a) protests relating to:
             1366          (i) property that has been deleted from a proposed assessment area; or
             1367          (ii) an improvement that has been deleted from the proposed improvements to be
             1368      provided to property within the proposed assessment area; and
             1369          (b) protests that have been withdrawn under Subsection 11-42-203 (3).
             1370          (2) "Assessment area" means an area, or, if more than one area is designated, the
             1371      aggregate of all areas within a local entity's jurisdictional boundaries that is designated by a local
             1372      entity under Part 2, Designating an Assessment Area, for the purpose of financing the costs of
             1373      improvements, operation and maintenance, or economic promotion activities that benefit


             1374      property within the area.
             1375          (3) "Assessment bonds" means bonds that are:
             1376          (a) issued under Section 11-42-605 ; and
             1377          (b) payable in part or in whole from assessments levied in an assessment area,
             1378      improvement revenues, and a guaranty fund or reserve fund.
             1379          (4) "Assessment fund" means a special fund that a local entity establishes under Section
             1380      11-42-412 .
             1381          (5) "Assessment lien" means a lien on property within an assessment area that arises
             1382      from the levy of an assessment, as provided in Section 11-42-501 .
             1383          (6) "Assessment method" means the method by which an assessment is levied against
             1384      property, whether by frontage, area, taxable value, fair market value, lot, number of
             1385      connections, equivalent residential unit, or any combination of these methods.
             1386          (7) "Assessment ordinance" means an ordinance adopted by a local entity under Section
             1387      11-42-404 that levies an assessment on benefitted property within an assessment area.
             1388          (8) "Assessment resolution" means a resolution adopted by a local entity under Section
             1389      11-42-404 that levies an assessment on benefitted property within an assessment area.
             1390          (9) "Benefitted property" means property within an assessment area that benefits from
             1391      improvements, operation and maintenance, or economic promotion activities.
             1392          (10) "Bond anticipation notes" means notes issued under Section 11-42-602 in
             1393      anticipation of the issuance of assessment bonds.
             1394          (11) "Bonds" means assessment bonds and refunding assessment bonds.
             1395          (12) "Commercial area" means an area in which at least 75% of the property is devoted
             1396      to the interchange of goods or commodities.
             1397          (13) "Connection fee" means a fee charged by a local entity to pay for the costs of
             1398      connecting property to a publicly owned sewer, water, gas, telecommunications, or electrical
             1399      system, whether or not improvements are installed on the property.
             1400          (14) "Contract price" means:
             1401          (a) the cost of acquiring an improvement, if the improvement is acquired; or


             1402          (b) the amount payable to one or more contractors for the design, engineering,
             1403      inspection, and construction of an improvement.
             1404          (15) "Designation ordinance" means an ordinance adopted by a local entity under
             1405      Section 11-42-206 designating an assessment area.
             1406          (16) "Designation resolution" means a resolution adopted by a local entity under
             1407      Section 11-42-206 designating an assessment area.
             1408          (17) "Economic promotion activities" means activities that promote economic growth
             1409      in a commercial area of a local entity, including:
             1410          (a) sponsoring festivals and markets;
             1411          (b) promoting business investment or activities;
             1412          (c) helping to coordinate public and private actions; and
             1413          (d) developing and issuing publications designed to improve the economic well-being of
             1414      the commercial area.
             1415          (18) "Equivalent residential unit" means a dwelling, unit, or development that is equal
             1416      to a single-family residence in terms of the nature of its use or impact on an improvement to be
             1417      provided in the assessment area.
             1418          (19) "Governing body" means:
             1419          (a) for a county, city, or town, the legislative body of the county, city, or town;
             1420          (b) for a local district, the board of trustees of the local district; and
             1421          (c) for a special service district:
             1422          (i) the legislative body of the county, city, or town that established the special service
             1423      district, if no administrative control board has been appointed under Section [ 17A-2-1326 ]
             1424      17D-1-301 ; or
             1425          (ii) the administrative control board of the special service district, if an administrative
             1426      control board has been appointed under Section [ 17A-2-1326 ] 17D-1-301 .
             1427          (20) "Guaranty fund" means the fund established by a local entity under Section
             1428      11-42-701 .
             1429          (21) "Improved property" means property proposed to be assessed within an


             1430      assessment area upon which a residential, commercial, or other building has been built.
             1431          (22) "Improvement" means any publicly owned infrastructure, system, or other facility
             1432      that:
             1433          (a) a local entity is authorized to provide; or
             1434          (b) the governing body of a local entity determines is necessary or convenient to enable
             1435      the local entity to provide a service that the local entity is authorized to provide.
             1436          (23) "Improvement revenues":
             1437          (a) means charges, fees, impact fees, or other revenues that a local entity receives from
             1438      improvements; and
             1439          (b) does not include revenue from assessments.
             1440          (24) "Incidental refunding costs" means any costs of issuing refunding assessment bonds
             1441      and calling, retiring, or paying prior bonds, including:
             1442          (a) legal and accounting fees;
             1443          (b) charges of fiscal agents, escrow agents, and trustees;
             1444          (c) underwriting discount costs, printing costs, the costs of giving notice;
             1445          (d) any premium necessary in the calling or retiring of prior bonds;
             1446          (e) fees to be paid to the local entity to issue the refunding assessment bonds and to
             1447      refund the outstanding prior bonds;
             1448          (f) any other costs that the governing body determines are necessary or desirable to
             1449      incur in connection with the issuance of refunding assessment bonds; and
             1450          (g) any interest on the prior bonds that is required to be paid in connection with the
             1451      issuance of the refunding assessment bonds.
             1452          (25) "Installment payment date" means the date on which an installment payment of an
             1453      assessment is payable.
             1454          (26) "Interim warrant" means a warrant issued by a local entity under Section
             1455      11-42-601 .
             1456          (27) "Jurisdictional boundaries" means:
             1457          (a) for a county, the boundaries of the unincorporated area of the county; and


             1458          (b) for each other local entity, the boundaries of the local entity.
             1459          (28) "Local district" means a local district under Title 17B, Limited Purpose Local
             1460      Government Entities - Local Districts.
             1461          (29) "Local entity" means a county, city, town, special service district, or local district.
             1462          (30) "Local entity obligations" means assessment bonds, refunding assessment bonds,
             1463      interim warrants, and bond anticipation notes issued by a local entity.
             1464          (31) "Mailing address" means:
             1465          (a) a property owner's last-known address using the name and address appearing on the
             1466      last completed real property assessment roll of the county in which the property is located; and
             1467          (b) if the property is improved property:
             1468          (i) the property's street number; or
             1469          (ii) the post office box, rural route number, or other mailing address of the property, if a
             1470      street number has not been assigned.
             1471          (32) "Net improvement revenues" means all improvement revenues that a local entity
             1472      has received since the last installment payment date, less all amounts payable by the local entity
             1473      from those improvement revenues for operation and maintenance costs.
             1474          (33) "Operation and maintenance costs" means the costs that a local entity incurs in
             1475      operating and maintaining improvements in an assessment area, including service charges,
             1476      administrative costs, ongoing maintenance charges, and tariffs or other charges for electrical,
             1477      water, gas, or other utility usage.
             1478          (34) "Optional facilities":
             1479          (a) means facilities in an assessment area that:
             1480          (i) can be conveniently installed at the same time as improvements in the assessment
             1481      area; and
             1482          (ii) are requested by a property owner on whose property or for whose benefit the
             1483      improvements are being installed; and
             1484          (b) includes private driveways, irrigation ditches, and water turnouts.
             1485          (35) "Overhead costs" means the actual costs incurred or the estimated costs to be


             1486      incurred by a local entity in connection with an assessment area for appraisals, legal fees, filing
             1487      fees, financial advisory charges, underwriting fees, placement fees, escrow, trustee, and paying
             1488      agent fees, publishing and mailing costs, costs of levying an assessment, recording costs, and all
             1489      other incidental costs.
             1490          (36) "Prior bonds" means the assessment bonds that are refunded in part or in whole by
             1491      refunding assessment bonds.
             1492          (37) "Prior assessment ordinance" means the ordinance levying the assessments from
             1493      which the prior bonds are payable.
             1494          (38) "Prior assessment resolution" means the resolution levying the assessments from
             1495      which the prior bonds are payable.
             1496          (39) "Project engineer" means the surveyor or engineer employed by or private
             1497      consulting engineer engaged by a local entity to perform the necessary engineering services for
             1498      and to supervise the construction or installation of the improvements.
             1499          (40) "Property" includes real property and any interest in real property, including water
             1500      rights, leasehold rights, and personal property related to the property.
             1501          (41) "Property price" means the price at which a local entity purchases or acquires by
             1502      eminent domain property to make improvements in an assessment area.
             1503          (42) "Provide" or "providing," with reference to an improvement, includes the
             1504      acquisition, construction, reconstruction, renovation, maintenance, repair, operation, and
             1505      expansion of an improvement.
             1506          (43) "Public agency" means:
             1507          (a) the state or any agency, department, or division of the state; and
             1508          (b) a political subdivision of the state.
             1509          (44) "Reduced payment obligation" means the full obligation of an owner of property
             1510      within an assessment area to pay an assessment levied on the property after the assessment has
             1511      been reduced because of the issuance of refunding assessment bonds, as provided in Section
             1512      11-42-608 .
             1513          (45) "Refunding assessment bonds" means assessment bonds that a local entity issues


             1514      under Section 11-42-607 to refund, in part or in whole, assessment bonds.
             1515          (46) "Reserve fund" means a fund established by a local entity under Section
             1516      11-42-702 .
             1517          (47) "Service" means water, sewer, garbage collection, library, recreation, or electric
             1518      service, economic promotion activities, or any other service that a local entity is required or
             1519      authorized to provide.
             1520          (48) "Special service district" [means a special service district under Title 17A, Chapter
             1521      2, Part 13, Utah Special Service District Act] has the same meaning as defined in Section
             1522      17D-1-102 .
             1523          (49) "Unimproved property" means property upon which no residential, commercial, or
             1524      other building has been built.
             1525          (50) "Voluntary assessment area" means an assessment area that contains only property
             1526      whose owners have voluntarily consented to an assessment.
             1527          Section 21. Section 11-43-102 is amended to read:
             1528           11-43-102. Memorials by political subdivisions.
             1529          (1) As used in this section:
             1530          (a) "Political subdivision" means any county, city, town, or school district.
             1531          (b) "Political subdivision" does not mean a local district under Title 17B, Limited
             1532      Purpose Local Government Entities - Local Districts, or a special service district under Title
             1533      [17A] 17D, Chapter [2, Part 13, Utah] 1, Special Service District Act[, or a dependent district
             1534      under Title 17A, Chapter 3, Dependent Districts].
             1535          (2) A political subdivision may authorize the use or donation of the political
             1536      subdivision's land for the purpose of maintaining, erecting, or contributing to the erection or
             1537      maintenance of a memorial to commemorate those individuals who have:
             1538          (a) participated in or have given their lives in any of the one or more wars or military
             1539      conflicts in which the United States of America has been a participant; or
             1540          (b) given their lives in association with public service on behalf of the state or the
             1541      political subdivision, including firefighters, peace officers, highway patrol officers, or other


             1542      public servants.
             1543          (3) The use or donation of a political subdivision's land in relation to a memorial
             1544      described in Subsection (2) may include:
             1545          (a) using or appropriating public funds for the purchase, development, improvement, or
             1546      maintenance of public land on which a memorial is located or established;
             1547          (b) using or appropriating public funds for the erection, improvement, or maintenance
             1548      of a memorial;
             1549          (c) donating or selling public land for use in relation to a memorial; or
             1550          (d) authorizing the use of a political subdivision's land for a memorial that is funded or
             1551      maintained in part or in full by another public or private entity.
             1552          (4) The political subdivision may specify the form, placement, and design of a memorial
             1553      that is subject to this section.
             1554          Section 22. Section 17-27a-103 is amended to read:
             1555           17-27a-103. Definitions.
             1556          As used in this chapter:
             1557          (1) "Affected entity" means a county, municipality, local district, special service district
             1558      under Title [17A] 17D, Chapter [2, Part 13, Utah] 1, Special Service District Act, school
             1559      district, interlocal cooperation entity established under Title 11, Chapter 13, Interlocal
             1560      Cooperation Act, specified property owner, property owners association, public utility, or the
             1561      Utah Department of Transportation, if:
             1562          (a) the entity's services or facilities are likely to require expansion or significant
             1563      modification because of an intended use of land;
             1564          (b) the entity has filed with the county a copy of the entity's general or long-range plan;
             1565      or
             1566          (c) the entity has filed with the county a request for notice during the same calendar
             1567      year and before the county provides notice to an affected entity in compliance with a
             1568      requirement imposed under this chapter.
             1569          (2) "Appeal authority" means the person, board, commission, agency, or other body


             1570      designated by ordinance to decide an appeal of a decision of a land use application or a
             1571      variance.
             1572          (3) "Billboard" means a freestanding ground sign located on industrial, commercial, or
             1573      residential property if the sign is designed or intended to direct attention to a business, product,
             1574      or service that is not sold, offered, or existing on the property where the sign is located.
             1575          (4) "Charter school" includes:
             1576          (a) an operating charter school;
             1577          (b) a charter school applicant that has its application approved by a chartering entity in
             1578      accordance with Title 53A, Chapter 1a, Part 5, The Utah Charter Schools Act; and
             1579          (c) an entity who is working on behalf of a charter school or approved charter applicant
             1580      to develop or construct a charter school building.
             1581          (5) "Chief executive officer" means the person or body that exercises the executive
             1582      powers of the county.
             1583          (6) "Conditional use" means a land use that, because of its unique characteristics or
             1584      potential impact on the county, surrounding neighbors, or adjacent land uses, may not be
             1585      compatible in some areas or may be compatible only if certain conditions are required that
             1586      mitigate or eliminate the detrimental impacts.
             1587          (7) "Constitutional taking" means a governmental action that results in a taking of
             1588      private property so that compensation to the owner of the property is required by the:
             1589          (a) Fifth or Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States; or
             1590          (b) Utah Constitution Article I, Section 22.
             1591          (8) "Culinary water authority" means the department, agency, or public entity with
             1592      responsibility to review and approve the feasibility of the culinary water system and sources for
             1593      the subject property.
             1594          (9) (a) "Disability" means a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one
             1595      or more of a person's major life activities, including a person having a record of such an
             1596      impairment or being regarded as having such an impairment.
             1597          (b) "Disability" does not include current illegal use of, or addiction to, any federally


             1598      controlled substance, as defined in Section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act, 21 U.S.C.
             1599      802.
             1600          (10) "Elderly person" means a person who is 60 years old or older, who desires or
             1601      needs to live with other elderly persons in a group setting, but who is capable of living
             1602      independently.
             1603          (11) "Fire authority" means the department, agency, or public entity with responsibility
             1604      to review and approve the feasibility of fire protection and suppression services for the subject
             1605      property.
             1606          (12) "Gas corporation" has the same meaning as defined in Section 54-2-1 .
             1607          (13) "General plan" means a document that a county adopts that sets forth general
             1608      guidelines for proposed future development of the unincorporated land within the county.
             1609          (14) "Identical plans" means building plans submitted to a county that are substantially
             1610      identical building plans that were previously submitted to and reviewed and approved by the
             1611      county and describe a building that is:
             1612          (a) located on land zoned the same as the land on which the building described in the
             1613      previously approved plans is located; and
             1614          (b) subject to the same geological and meteorological conditions and the same law as
             1615      the building described in the previously approved plans.
             1616          (15) "Interstate pipeline company" means a person or entity engaged in natural gas
             1617      transportation subject to the jurisdiction of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission under
             1618      the Natural Gas Act, 15 U.S.C. Sec. 717 et seq.
             1619          (16) "Intrastate pipeline company" means a person or entity engaged in natural gas
             1620      transportation that is not subject to the jurisdiction of the Federal Energy Regulatory
             1621      Commission under the Natural Gas Act, 15 U.S.C. Sec. 717 et seq.
             1622          (17) "Land use application" means an application required by a county's land use
             1623      ordinance.
             1624          (18) "Land use authority" means a person, board, commission, agency, or other body
             1625      designated by the local legislative body to act upon a land use application.


             1626          (19) "Land use ordinance" means a planning, zoning, development, or subdivision
             1627      ordinance of the county, but does not include the general plan.
             1628          (20) "Land use permit" means a permit issued by a land use authority.
             1629          (21) "Legislative body" means the county legislative body, or for a county that has
             1630      adopted an alternative form of government, the body exercising legislative powers.
             1631          (22) "Local district" means any entity under Title 17B, Limited Purpose Local
             1632      Government Entities - Local Districts, and any other governmental or quasi-governmental entity
             1633      that is not a county, municipality, school district, or unit of the state.
             1634          (23) "Lot line adjustment" means the relocation of the property boundary line in a
             1635      subdivision between two adjoining lots with the consent of the owners of record.
             1636          (24) "Moderate income housing" means housing occupied or reserved for occupancy by
             1637      households with a gross household income equal to or less than 80% of the median gross
             1638      income for households of the same size in the county in which the housing is located.
             1639          (25) "Nominal fee" means a fee that reasonably reimburses a county only for time spent
             1640      and expenses incurred in:
             1641          (a) verifying that building plans are identical plans; and
             1642          (b) reviewing and approving those minor aspects of identical plans that differ from the
             1643      previously reviewed and approved building plans.
             1644          (26) "Noncomplying structure" means a structure that:
             1645          (a) legally existed before its current land use designation; and
             1646          (b) because of one or more subsequent land use ordinance changes, does not conform
             1647      to the setback, height restrictions, or other regulations, excluding those regulations that govern
             1648      the use of land.
             1649          (27) "Nonconforming use" means a use of land that:
             1650          (a) legally existed before its current land use designation;
             1651          (b) has been maintained continuously since the time the land use ordinance regulation
             1652      governing the land changed; and
             1653          (c) because of one or more subsequent land use ordinance changes, does not conform


             1654      to the regulations that now govern the use of the land.
             1655          (28) "Official map" means a map drawn by county authorities and recorded in the
             1656      county recorder's office that:
             1657          (a) shows actual and proposed rights-of-way, centerline alignments, and setbacks for
             1658      highways and other transportation facilities;
             1659          (b) provides a basis for restricting development in designated rights-of-way or between
             1660      designated setbacks to allow the government authorities time to purchase or otherwise reserve
             1661      the land; and
             1662          (c) has been adopted as an element of the county's general plan.
             1663          (29) "Person" means an individual, corporation, partnership, organization, association,
             1664      trust, governmental agency, or any other legal entity.
             1665          (30) "Plan for moderate income housing" means a written document adopted by a
             1666      county legislative body that includes:
             1667          (a) an estimate of the existing supply of moderate income housing located within the
             1668      county;
             1669          (b) an estimate of the need for moderate income housing in the county for the next five
             1670      years as revised biennially;
             1671          (c) a survey of total residential land use;
             1672          (d) an evaluation of how existing land uses and zones affect opportunities for moderate
             1673      income housing; and
             1674          (e) a description of the county's program to encourage an adequate supply of moderate
             1675      income housing.
             1676          (31) "Plat" means a map or other graphical representation of lands being laid out and
             1677      prepared in accordance with Section 17-27a-603 , 17-23-17 , or 57-8-13 .
             1678          (32) "Public hearing" means a hearing at which members of the public are provided a
             1679      reasonable opportunity to comment on the subject of the hearing.
             1680          (33) "Public meeting" means a meeting that is required to be open to the public under
             1681      Title 52, Chapter 4, Open and Public Meetings Act.


             1682          (34) "Receiving zone" means an unincorporated area of a county that the county's land
             1683      use authority designates as an area in which an owner of land may receive transferrable
             1684      development rights.
             1685          (35) "Record of survey map" means a map of a survey of land prepared in accordance
             1686      with Section 17-23-17 .
             1687          (36) "Residential facility for elderly persons" means a single-family or multiple-family
             1688      dwelling unit that meets the requirements of Section 17-27a-515 , but does not include a health
             1689      care facility as defined by Section 26-21-2 .
             1690          (37) "Residential facility for persons with a disability" means a residence:
             1691          (a) in which more than one person with a disability resides; and
             1692          (b) (i) is licensed or certified by the Department of Human Services under Title 62A,
             1693      Chapter 2, Licensure of Programs and Facilities; or
             1694          (ii) is licensed or certified by the Department of Health under Title 26, Chapter 21,
             1695      Health Care Facility Licensing and Inspection Act.
             1696          (38) "Sanitary sewer authority" means the department, agency, or public entity with
             1697      responsibility to review and approve the feasibility of sanitary sewer services or onsite
             1698      wastewater systems.
             1699          (39) "Sending zone" means an unincorporated area of a county that the county's land
             1700      use authority designates as an area from which an owner of land may transfer transferrable
             1701      development rights to an owner of land in a receiving zone.
             1702          (40) "Specified public utility" means an electrical corporation, gas corporation, or
             1703      telephone corporation, as those terms are defined in Section 54-2-1 .
             1704          (41) "Street" means a public right-of-way, including a highway, avenue, boulevard,
             1705      parkway, road, lane, walk, alley, viaduct, subway, tunnel, bridge, public easement, or other way.
             1706          (42) (a) "Subdivision" means any land that is divided, resubdivided or proposed to be
             1707      divided into two or more lots, parcels, sites, units, plots, or other division of land for the
             1708      purpose, whether immediate or future, for offer, sale, lease, or development either on the
             1709      installment plan or upon any and all other plans, terms, and conditions.


             1710          (b) "Subdivision" includes:
             1711          (i) the division or development of land whether by deed, metes and bounds description,
             1712      devise and testacy, map, plat, or other recorded instrument; and
             1713          (ii) except as provided in Subsection (42)(c), divisions of land for residential and
             1714      nonresidential uses, including land used or to be used for commercial, agricultural, and
             1715      industrial purposes.
             1716          (c) "Subdivision" does not include:
             1717          (i) a bona fide division or partition of agricultural land for agricultural purposes;
             1718          (ii) a recorded agreement between owners of adjoining properties adjusting their mutual
             1719      boundary if:
             1720          (A) no new lot is created; and
             1721          (B) the adjustment does not violate applicable land use ordinances;
             1722          (iii) a recorded document, executed by the owner of record:
             1723          (A) revising the legal description of more than one contiguous unsubdivided parcel of
             1724      property into one legal description encompassing all such parcels of property; or
             1725          (B) joining a subdivided parcel of property to another parcel of property that has not
             1726      been subdivided, if the joinder does not violate applicable land use ordinances;
             1727          (iv) a bona fide division or partition of land in a county other than a first class county
             1728      for the purpose of siting, on one or more of the resulting separate parcels:
             1729          (A) an unmanned facility appurtenant to a pipeline owned or operated by a gas
             1730      corporation, interstate pipeline company, or intrastate pipeline company; or
             1731          (B) an unmanned telecommunications, microwave, fiber optic, electrical, or other utility
             1732      service regeneration, transformation, retransmission, or amplification facility; or
             1733          (v) a recorded agreement between owners of adjoining subdivided properties adjusting
             1734      their mutual boundary if:
             1735          (A) no new dwelling lot or housing unit will result from the adjustment; and
             1736          (B) the adjustment will not violate any applicable land use ordinance.
             1737          (d) The joining of a subdivided parcel of property to another parcel of property that has


             1738      not been subdivided does not constitute a subdivision under this Subsection (42) as to the
             1739      unsubdivided parcel of property or subject the unsubdivided parcel to the county's subdivision
             1740      ordinance.
             1741          (43) "Township" means a contiguous, geographically defined portion of the
             1742      unincorporated area of a county, established under this part or reconstituted or reinstated under
             1743      Section 17-27a-306 , with planning and zoning functions as exercised through the township
             1744      planning commission, as provided in this chapter, but with no legal or political identity separate
             1745      from the county and no taxing authority, except that "township" means a former township under
             1746      Chapter 308, Laws of Utah 1996 where the context so indicates.
             1747          (44) "Transferrable development right" means the entitlement to develop land within a
             1748      sending zone that would vest according to the county's existing land use ordinances on the date
             1749      that a completed land use application is filed seeking the approval of development activity on
             1750      the land.
             1751          (45) "Unincorporated" means the area outside of the incorporated area of a
             1752      municipality.
             1753          (46) "Zoning map" means a map, adopted as part of a land use ordinance, that depicts
             1754      land use zones, overlays, or districts.
             1755          Section 23. Section 17-52-403 is amended to read:
             1756           17-52-403. Adoption of optional plan -- Effect of adoption.
             1757          (1) If a proposed optional plan is approved at an election held under Section 17-52-206 :
             1758          (a) the proposed optional plan becomes effective according to its terms and, subject to
             1759      Subsection 17-52-401 (1)(c), at the time specified in it, is public record open to inspection by the
             1760      public, and is judicially noticeable by all courts;
             1761          (b) the county clerk shall, within ten days of the canvass of the election, file with the
             1762      lieutenant governor a copy of the optional plan, certified by the clerk to be a true and correct
             1763      copy;
             1764          (c) all public officers and employees shall cooperate fully in making the transition
             1765      between forms of county government; and


             1766          (d) the county legislative body may enact and enforce necessary ordinances to bring
             1767      about an orderly transition to the new form of government, including any transfer of power,
             1768      records, documents, properties, assets, funds, liabilities, or personnel that are consistent with
             1769      the approved optional plan and necessary or convenient to place it into full effect.
             1770          (2) Adoption of an optional plan changing only the form of county government without
             1771      adopting one of the structural forms under Chapter 35b, Part 3, Structural Forms of County
             1772      Government, does not alter or affect the boundaries, organization, powers, duties, or functions
             1773      of any:
             1774          (a) school district;
             1775          (b) justice court;
             1776          (c) local district under Title 17B, Limited Purpose Local Government Entities - Local
             1777      Districts;
             1778          (d) special service district under Title [17A] 17D, Chapter [2, Part 13, Utah] 1, Special
             1779      Service District Act;
             1780          (e) city or town; or
             1781          (f) entity created by an interlocal agreement under Title 11, Chapter 13, Interlocal
             1782      Cooperation Act.
             1783          (3) After the adoption of an optional plan, the county remains vested with all powers
             1784      and duties vested generally in counties by statute.
             1785          Section 24. Section 17-50-324 is enacted to read:
             1786          17-50-324. Preservation of historical areas and sites.
             1787          A county may:
             1788          (1) expend public funds to preserve, protect, or enhance an historical area or site;
             1789          (2) acquire an historical area or site by direct purchase, contract, lease, trade, or gift;
             1790          (3) obtain an easement or right-of-way across public or private property to ensure
             1791      access or proper development of an historical area or site;
             1792          (4) protect an historical area or site;
             1793          (5) ensure proper development and utilization of land or an area adjacent to an


             1794      historical area or site; and
             1795          (6) enter into an agreement with a private individual for the right to purchase an
             1796      historical area or site if and when the private individual elects to sell or dispose of the owner's
             1797      property.
             1798          Section 25. Section 17-53-311 is amended to read:
             1799           17-53-311. Contracting for management, maintenance, operation, or construction
             1800      of jails.
             1801          (1) (a) With the approval of the sheriff, a county executive may contract with private
             1802      contractors for management, maintenance, operation, and construction of county jails.
             1803          (b) A county executive may include a provision in the contract that allows use of a
             1804      building authority created under the provisions of Title [17A] 17D, Chapter [3, Part 9,
             1805      Municipal] 2, Local Building [Authorities] Authority Act, to construct or acquire a jail facility.
             1806          (c) A county executive may include a provision in the contract that requires that any jail
             1807      facility meet any federal, state, or local standards for the construction of jails.
             1808          (2) If a county executive contracts only for the management, maintenance, or operation
             1809      of a jail, the county executive shall include provisions in the contract that:
             1810          (a) require the private contractor to post a performance bond in the amount set by the
             1811      county legislative body;
             1812          (b) establish training standards that must be met by jail personnel;
             1813          (c) require the private contractor to provide and fund training for jail personnel so that
             1814      the personnel meet the standards established in the contract and any other federal, state, or local
             1815      standards for the operation of jails and the treatment of jail prisoners;
             1816          (d) require the private contractor to indemnify the county for errors, omissions,
             1817      defalcations, and other activities committed by the private contractor that result in liability to the
             1818      county;
             1819          (e) require the private contractor to show evidence of liability insurance protecting the
             1820      county and its officers, employees, and agents from liability arising from the construction,
             1821      operation, or maintenance of the jail, in an amount not less than those specified in Title 63,


             1822      Chapter 30d, Governmental Immunity Act of Utah;
             1823          (f) require the private contractor to:
             1824          (i) receive all prisoners committed to the jail by competent authority; and
             1825          (ii) provide them with necessary food, clothing, and bedding in the manner prescribed
             1826      by the governing body; and
             1827          (g) prohibit the use of inmates by the private contractor for private business purposes of
             1828      any kind.
             1829          (3) A contractual provision requiring the private contractor to maintain liability
             1830      insurance in an amount not less than the liability limits established by Title 63, Chapter 30d,
             1831      Governmental Immunity Act of Utah, may not be construed as waiving the limitation on
             1832      damages recoverable from a governmental entity or its employees established by that chapter.
             1833          Section 26. Section 17B-1-102 is amended to read:
             1834           17B-1-102. Definitions.
             1835          As used in this title:
             1836          (1) "Appointing authority" means the person or body authorized to make an
             1837      appointment to the board of trustees.
             1838          (2) "Basic local district":
             1839          (a) means a local district that is not a [cemetery maintenance district, drainage district,
             1840      fire protection district, improvement district, irrigation district, metropolitan water district,
             1841      mosquito abatement district, public transit district, service area, or water conservancy]
             1842      specialized local district; and
             1843          (b) includes an entity that was, under the law in effect before April 30, 2007, created
             1844      and operated as a local district, as defined under the law in effect before April 30, 2007.
             1845          (3) "Bond" means:
             1846          (a) a written obligation to repay borrowed money, whether denominated a bond, note,
             1847      warrant, certificate of indebtedness, or otherwise; and
             1848          (b) a lease agreement, installment purchase agreement, or other agreement that:
             1849          (i) includes an obligation by the district to pay money; and


             1850          (ii) the district's board of trustees, in its discretion, treats as a bond for purposes of Title
             1851      11, Chapter 14, Local Government Bonding Act, or Title 11, Chapter 27, Utah Refunding Bond
             1852      Act.
             1853          (4) "Cemetery maintenance district" means a local district that operates under and is
             1854      subject to the provisions of this chapter and Chapter 2a, Part 1, Cemetery Maintenance District
             1855      Act, including an entity that was created and operated as a cemetery maintenance district under
             1856      the law in effect before April 30, 2007.
             1857          (5) "Drainage district" means a local district that operates under and is subject to the
             1858      provisions of this chapter and Chapter 2a, Part 2, Drainage District Act, including an entity that
             1859      was created and operated as a drainage district under the law in effect before April 30, 2007.
             1860          (6) "Facility" or "facilities" includes any structure, building, system, land, water right,
             1861      water, or other real or personal property required to provide a service that a local district is
             1862      authorized to provide, including any related or appurtenant easement or right-of-way,
             1863      improvement, utility, landscaping, sidewalk, road, curb, gutter, equipment, or furnishing.
             1864          (7) "Fire protection district" means a local district that operates under and is subject to
             1865      the provisions of this chapter and Chapter 2a, Part 3, Fire Protection District Act, including an
             1866      entity that was created and operated as a fire protection district under the law in effect before
             1867      April 30, 2007.
             1868          (8) "General obligation bond":
             1869          (a) means a bond that is directly payable from and secured by ad valorem property taxes
             1870      that are:
             1871          (i) levied:
             1872          (A) by the district that issues the bond; and
             1873          (B) on taxable property within the district; and
             1874          (ii) in excess of the ad valorem property taxes of the district for the current fiscal year;
             1875      and
             1876          (b) does not include:
             1877          (i) a short-term bond;


             1878          (ii) a tax and revenue anticipation bond; or
             1879          (iii) a special assessment bond.
             1880          (9) "Improvement district" means a local district that operates under and is subject to
             1881      the provisions of this chapter and Chapter 2a, Part 4, Improvement District Act, including an
             1882      entity that was created and operated as a county improvement district under the law in effect
             1883      before April 30, 2007.
             1884          (10) "Irrigation district" means a local district that operates under and is subject to the
             1885      provisions of this chapter and Chapter 2a, Part 5, Irrigation District Act, including an entity that
             1886      was created and operated as an irrigation district under the law in effect before April 30, 2007.
             1887          (11) "Local district" means a limited purpose local government entity, as described in
             1888      Section 17B-1-103 , that operates under, is subject to, and has the powers set forth in:
             1889          (a) this chapter; or
             1890          (b) (i) this chapter; and
             1891          (ii) (A) Chapter 2a, Part 1, Cemetery Maintenance District Act;
             1892          (B) Chapter 2a, Part 2, Drainage District Act;
             1893          (C) Chapter 2a, Part 3, Fire Protection District Act;
             1894          (D) Chapter 2a, Part 4, Improvement District Act;
             1895          (E) Chapter 2a, Part 5, Irrigation District Act;
             1896          (F) Chapter 2a, Part 6, Metropolitan Water District Act;
             1897          (G) Chapter 2a, Part 7, Mosquito Abatement District Act;
             1898          (H) Chapter 2a, Part 8, Public Transit District Act;
             1899          (I) Chapter 2a, Part 9, Service Area Act; or
             1900          (J) Chapter 2a, Part 10, Water Conservancy District Act.
             1901          (12) "Metropolitan water district" means a local district that operates under and is
             1902      subject to the provisions of this chapter and Chapter 2a, Part 6, Metropolitan Water District
             1903      Act, including an entity that was created and operated as a metropolitan water district under the
             1904      law in effect before April 30, 2007.
             1905          (13) "Mosquito abatement district" means a local district that operates under and is


             1906      subject to the provisions of this chapter and Chapter 2a, Part 7, Mosquito Abatement District
             1907      Act, including an entity that was created and operated as a mosquito abatement district under
             1908      the law in effect before April 30, 2007.
             1909          (14) "Municipal" means of or relating to a municipality.
             1910          (15) "Municipality" means a city or town.
             1911          (16) "Person" has the same meaning as defined in Section 68-3-12 .
             1912          (17) "Political subdivision" means a county, city, town, local district under this title,
             1913      special service district under Title [17A] 17D, Chapter [2] 1, [Part 13, Utah] Special Service
             1914      District Act, an entity created by interlocal cooperation agreement under Title 11, Chapter 13,
             1915      Interlocal Cooperation Act, or any other governmental entity designated in statute as a political
             1916      subdivision of the state.
             1917          (18) "Private," with respect to real property, means not owned by the United States or
             1918      any agency of the federal government, the state, a county, or a political subdivision.
             1919          (19) "Public entity" means:
             1920          (a) the United States or an agency of the United States;
             1921          (b) the state or an agency of the state;
             1922          (c) a political subdivision of the state or an agency of a political subdivision of the state;
             1923          (d) another state or an agency of that state; or
             1924          (e) a political subdivision of another state or an agency of that political subdivision.
             1925          (20) "Public transit district" means a local district that operates under and is subject to
             1926      the provisions of this chapter and Chapter 2a, Part 8, Public Transit District Act, including an
             1927      entity that was created and operated as a public transit district under the law in effect before
             1928      April 30, 2007.
             1929          (21) "Revenue bond":
             1930          (a) means a bond payable from designated taxes or other revenues other than the local
             1931      district's ad valorem property taxes; and
             1932          (b) does not include:
             1933          (i) an obligation constituting an indebtedness within the meaning of an applicable


             1934      constitutional or statutory debt limit;
             1935          (ii) a tax and revenue anticipation bond; or
             1936          (iii) a special assessment bond.
             1937          (22) "Service area" means a local district that operates under and is subject to the
             1938      provisions of this chapter and Chapter 2a, Part 9, Service Area Act, including an entity that was
             1939      created and operated as a county service area or a regional service area under the law in effect
             1940      before April 30, 2007.
             1941          (23) "Short-term bond" means a bond that is required to be repaid during the fiscal year
             1942      in which the bond is issued.
             1943          (24) "Special assessment" means an assessment levied against property to pay all or a
             1944      portion of the costs of making improvements that benefit the property.
             1945          (25) "Special assessment bond" means a bond payable from special assessments.
             1946          (26) "Specialized local district" means a local district that is a cemetery maintenance
             1947      district, a drainage district, a fire protection district, an improvement district, an irrigation
             1948      district, a metropolitan water district, a mosquito abatement district, a public transit district, a
             1949      service area, or a water conservancy district.
             1950          [(26)] (27) "Taxable value" means the taxable value of property as computed from the
             1951      most recent equalized assessment roll for county purposes.
             1952          [(27)] (28) "Tax and revenue anticipation bond" means a bond:
             1953          (a) issued in anticipation of the collection of taxes or other revenues or a combination
             1954      of taxes and other revenues; and
             1955          (b) that matures within the same fiscal year as the fiscal year in which the bond is
             1956      issued.
             1957          [(28)] (29) "Unincorporated" means not included within a municipality.
             1958          [(29)] (30) "Water conservancy district" means a local district that operates under and
             1959      is subject to the provisions of this chapter and Chapter 2a, Part 10, Water Conservancy District
             1960      Act, including an entity that was created and operated as a water conservancy district under the
             1961      law in effect before April 30, 2007.


             1962          [(30)] (31) "Works" includes a dam, reservoir, well, canal, conduit, pipeline, drain,
             1963      tunnel, power plant, and any facility, improvement, or property necessary or convenient for
             1964      supplying or treating water for any beneficial use, and for otherwise accomplishing the purposes
             1965      of a local district.
             1966          Section 27. Section 17B-1-103 is amended to read:
             1967           17B-1-103. Local district status and powers.
             1968          (1) A local district:
             1969          (a) is:
             1970          (i) a body corporate and politic with perpetual succession;
             1971          (ii) a quasi-municipal corporation; and
             1972          (iii) a political subdivision of the state; and
             1973          (b) may sue and be sued.
             1974          (2) A local district may:
             1975          (a) acquire, by any lawful means, or lease any real or personal property necessary or
             1976      convenient to the full exercise of the district's powers;
             1977          (b) acquire, by any lawful means, any interest in real or personal property necessary or
             1978      convenient to the full exercise of the district's powers;
             1979          (c) transfer an interest in or dispose of any property or interest described in Subsections
             1980      (2)(a) and (b);
             1981          (d) acquire or construct works, facilities, and improvements necessary or convenient to
             1982      the full exercise of the district's powers, and operate, control, maintain, and use those works,
             1983      facilities, and improvements;
             1984          (e) borrow money and incur indebtedness for any lawful district purpose;
             1985          (f) issue bonds, including refunding bonds:
             1986          (i) for any lawful district purpose; and
             1987          (ii) as provided in and subject to Part [10] 11, Local District Bonds;
             1988          (g) levy and collect property taxes:
             1989          (i) for any lawful district purpose or expenditure, including to cover a deficit resulting


             1990      from tax delinquencies in a preceding year; and
             1991          (ii) as provided in and subject to Part 10, Local District Property Tax Levy;
             1992          (h) as provided in Title 78, Chapter 34, Eminent Domain, acquire by eminent domain
             1993      property necessary to the exercise of the district's powers;
             1994          (i) invest money as provided in Title 51, Chapter 7, State Money Management Act;
             1995          (j) (i) impose fees or other charges for commodities, services, or facilities provided by
             1996      the district, to pay some or all of the district's costs of providing the commodities, services, and
             1997      facilities, including the costs of:
             1998          (A) maintaining and operating the district;
             1999          (B) acquiring, purchasing, constructing, improving, or enlarging district facilities;
             2000          (C) issuing bonds and paying debt service on district bonds; and
             2001          (D) providing a reserve established by the board of trustees; and
             2002          (ii) take action the board of trustees considers appropriate and adopt regulations to
             2003      assure the collection of all fees and charges that the district imposes;
             2004          (k) if applicable, charge and collect a fee to pay for the cost of connecting a customer's
             2005      property to district facilities in order for the district to provide service to the property;
             2006          (l) enter into a contract that the local district board of trustees considers necessary,
             2007      convenient, or desirable to carry out the district's purposes, including a contract:
             2008          (i) with the United States or any department or agency of the United States;
             2009          (ii) to indemnify and save harmless; or
             2010          (iii) to do any act to exercise district powers;
             2011          (m) purchase supplies, equipment, and materials;
             2012          (n) encumber district property upon terms and conditions that the board of trustees
             2013      considers appropriate;
             2014          (o) exercise other powers and perform other functions that are provided by law;
             2015          (p) construct and maintain works and establish and maintain facilities, including works
             2016      or facilities:
             2017          (i) across or along any public street or highway, subject to Subsection (3) and if the


             2018      district:
             2019          (A) promptly restores the street or highway, as much as practicable, to its former state
             2020      of usefulness; and
             2021          (B) does not use the street or highway in a manner that completely or unnecessarily
             2022      impairs the usefulness of it;
             2023          (ii) in, upon, or over any vacant public lands that are or become the property of the
             2024      state, including school and institutional trust lands, as defined in Section 53C-1-103 , if the
             2025      director of the School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration, acting under Sections
             2026      53C-1-102 and 53C-1-303 , consents; or
             2027          (iii) across any stream of water or watercourse, subject to Section 73-3-29 ;
             2028          (q) perform any act or exercise any power reasonably necessary for the efficient
             2029      operation of the local district in carrying out its purposes;
             2030          (r) designate an assessment area and levy an assessment on land within the assessment
             2031      area, as provided in Title 11, Chapter 42, Assessment Area Act;
             2032          (s) contract with another political subdivision of the state to allow the other political
             2033      subdivision to use the district's surplus water or capacity [of] or have an ownership interest in
             2034      the district's works or facilities, upon the terms and for the consideration, whether monetary or
             2035      nonmonetary consideration or no consideration, that the district's board of trustees considers to
             2036      be in the best interests of the district and the public; and
             2037          (t) [contract with another political subdivision of the state or with a public or private
             2038      owner of property on which the district has a right-of-way to allow the political subdivision or
             2039      owner to use the surface of the land on which the district has a right-of-way,] upon the terms
             2040      and for the consideration, whether monetary or nonmonetary consideration or no consideration,
             2041      that the district's board of trustees considers to be in the best interests of the district and the
             2042      public[.], agree:
             2043          (i) with:
             2044          (A) another political subdivision of the state; or
             2045          (B) a public or private owner of property:


             2046          (I) on which the district has a right-of-way; or
             2047          (II) adjacent to which the district owns fee title to property; and
             2048          (ii) to allow the use of property:
             2049          (A) owned by the district; or
             2050          (B) on which the district has a right-of-way.
             2051          (3) With respect to a local district's use of a street or highway, as provided in
             2052      Subsection (2)(p)(i):
             2053          (a) the district shall comply with the reasonable rules and regulations of the
             2054      governmental entity, whether state, county, or municipal, with jurisdiction over the street or
             2055      highway, concerning:
             2056          (i) an excavation and the refilling of an excavation;
             2057          (ii) the relaying of pavement; and
             2058          (iii) the protection of the public during a construction period; and
             2059          (b) the governmental entity, whether state, county, or municipal, with jurisdiction over
             2060      the street or highway:
             2061          (i) may not require the district to pay a license or permit fee or file a bond; and
             2062          (ii) may require the district to pay a reasonable inspection fee.
             2063          (4) (a) A local district may:
             2064          (i) acquire, lease, or construct and operate electrical generation, transmission, and
             2065      distribution facilities, if:
             2066          (A) the purpose of the facilities is to harness energy that results inherently from the
             2067      district's:
             2068          (I) operation of a project or facilities that the district is authorized to operate; or
             2069          (II) providing a service that the district is authorized to provide;
             2070          (B) the generation of electricity from the facilities is incidental to the primary operations
             2071      of the district; and
             2072          (C) operation of the facilities will not hinder or interfere with the primary operations of
             2073      the district;


             2074          (ii) (A) use electricity generated by the facilities; or
             2075          (B) subject to Subsection (4)(b), sell electricity generated by the facilities to an electric
             2076      utility or municipality with an existing system for distributing electricity.
             2077          (b) A district may not act as a retail distributor or seller of electricity.
             2078          (c) Revenue that a district receives from the sale of electricity from electrical generation
             2079      facilities it owns or operates under this section may be used for any lawful district purpose,
             2080      including the payment of bonds issued to pay some or all of the cost of acquiring or
             2081      constructing the facilities.
             2082          (5) A local district may adopt and, after adoption, alter a corporate seal.
             2083          Section 28. Section 17B-1-202 is amended to read:
             2084           17B-1-202. Local district may be created -- Services that may be provided --
             2085      Limitations.
             2086          (1) (a) A local district may be created as provided in this part to provide within its
             2087      boundaries service consisting of:
             2088          (i) the operation of an airport;
             2089          (ii) the operation of a cemetery;
             2090          (iii) fire protection, paramedic, and emergency services;
             2091          (iv) garbage collection and disposal;
             2092          (v) health care, including health department or hospital service;
             2093          (vi) the operation of a library;
             2094          (vii) abatement or control of mosquitos and other insects;
             2095          (viii) the operation of parks or recreation facilities or services;
             2096          (ix) the operation of a sewage system;
             2097          (x) street lighting;
             2098          (xi) the construction and maintenance of curb, gutter, and sidewalk;
             2099          (xii) transportation, including public transit and providing streets and roads;
             2100          (xiii) the operation of a system, or one or more components of a system, for the
             2101      collection, storage, retention, control, conservation, treatment, supplying, distribution, or


             2102      reclamation of water, including storm, flood, sewage, irrigation, and culinary water, whether the
             2103      system is operated on a wholesale or retail level or both;
             2104          (xiv) extended police protection; or
             2105          (xv) subject to Subsection (1)(b), the underground installation of an electric utility line
             2106      or the conversion to underground of an existing electric utility line.
             2107          (b) Each local district that provides the service of the underground installation of an
             2108      electric utility line or the conversion to underground of an existing electric utility line shall, in
             2109      installing or converting the line, provide advance notice to and coordinate with the utility that
             2110      owns the line.
             2111          (2) For purposes of this section:
             2112          (a) "Operation" means all activities involved in providing the indicated service including
             2113      acquisition and ownership of property reasonably necessary to provide the indicated service and
             2114      acquisition, construction, and maintenance of facilities and equipment reasonably necessary to
             2115      provide the indicated service.
             2116          (b) "System" means the aggregate of interrelated components that combine together to
             2117      provide the indicated service including, for a sewage system, collection and treatment.
             2118          (3) (a) A local district may not be created to provide and may not after its creation
             2119      provide more than [two] four of the services listed in Subsection (1).
             2120          (b) Subsection (3)(a) may not be construed to prohibit a local district from providing
             2121      more than [two] four services if, before April 30, 2007, the local district was authorized to
             2122      provide those services.
             2123          (4) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (4)(b), a local district may not be created to
             2124      provide and may not after its creation provide to an area the same service already being
             2125      provided to that area by another political subdivision, unless the other political subdivision gives
             2126      its written consent.
             2127          (b) For purposes of Subsection (4)(a), a local district does not provide the same service
             2128      as another political subdivision if it operates a component of a system that is different from a
             2129      component operated by another political subdivision but within the same:


             2130          (i) sewage system; or
             2131          (ii) water system.
             2132          (5) (a) Except for a local district in the creation of which an election is not required
             2133      under Subsection 17B-1-214 (3)(c), the area of a local district may include all or part of the
             2134      unincorporated area of one or more counties and all or part of one or more municipalities.
             2135          (b) The area of a local district need not be contiguous.
             2136          (6) For a local district created before May 5, 2008, the authority to provide fire
             2137      protection service also includes the authority to provide:
             2138          (a) paramedic service; and
             2139          (b) emergency service, including hazardous materials response service.
             2140          Section 29. Section 17B-1-203 is amended to read:
             2141           17B-1-203. Process to initiate the creation of a local district -- Petition or
             2142      resolution.
             2143          (1) The process to create a local district may be initiated by:
             2144          (a) subject to Section 17B-1-204 , a petition signed by the owners of private real
             2145      property that:
             2146          (i) is located within the proposed local district;
             2147          (ii) covers at least 33% of the total private land area within the proposed local district
             2148      as a whole and within each applicable area;
             2149          (iii) is equal in value to at least 25% of the value of all private real property within the
             2150      proposed local district as a whole and within each applicable area; and
             2151          (iv) complies with the requirements of Subsection 17B-1-205 (1) and Section
             2152      17B-1-208 ;
             2153          (b) subject to Section 17B-1-204 , a petition that:
             2154          (i) is signed by registered voters residing within the proposed local district as a whole
             2155      and within each applicable area, equal in number to at least 33% of the number of votes cast in
             2156      the proposed local district as a whole and in each applicable area, respectively, for the office of
             2157      governor at the last regular general election prior to the filing of the petition; and


             2158          (ii) complies with the requirements of Subsection 17B-1-205 (1) and Section
             2159      17B-1-208 ;
             2160          (c) a resolution proposing the creation of a local district, adopted by the legislative body
             2161      of each county whose unincorporated area includes and each municipality whose boundaries
             2162      include any of the proposed local district; or
             2163          (d) a resolution proposing the creation of a local district, adopted by the board of
             2164      trustees of an existing local district whose boundaries completely encompass the proposed local
             2165      district, if:
             2166          (i) the proposed local district is being created to provide one or more components of
             2167      the same service that the initiating local district is authorized to provide; and
             2168          (ii) the initiating local district is not providing to the area of the proposed local district
             2169      any of the components that the proposed local district is being created to provide.
             2170          (2) (a) Each resolution under Subsection (1)(c) or (d) shall:
             2171          (i) describe the area proposed to be included in the proposed local district;
             2172          (ii) be accompanied by a map that shows the boundaries of the proposed local district;
             2173          (iii) describe the service proposed to be provided by the proposed local district;
             2174          (iv) if the resolution proposes the creation of a specialized local district, specify the type
             2175      of specialized local district proposed to be created;
             2176          [(iv)] (v) explain the anticipated method of paying the costs of providing the proposed
             2177      service;
             2178          [(v)] (vi) state the estimated average financial impact on a household within the
             2179      proposed local district;
             2180          [(vi)] (vii) state the number of members that the board of trustees of the proposed local
             2181      district will have, consistent with the requirements of Subsection 17B-1-302 (2);
             2182          [(vii)] (viii) for a proposed basic local district:
             2183          (A) state whether the members of the board of trustees will be elected or appointed or
             2184      whether some members will be elected and some appointed, as provided in Section 17B-1-1402 ;
             2185          (B) if one or more members will be elected, state the basis upon which each elected


             2186      member will be elected; and
             2187          (C) if applicable, explain how the election or appointment of board members will
             2188      transition from one method to another based on stated milestones or events, as provided in
             2189      Section 17B-1-1402 ;
             2190          [(viii)] (ix) for a proposed improvement district whose remaining area members or
             2191      county members, as those terms are defined in Section 17B-2a-404 , are to be elected, state that
             2192      those members will be elected; and
             2193          [(ix)] (x) for a proposed service area that is entirely within the unincorporated area of a
             2194      single county, state whether the initial board of trustees will be:
             2195          (A) the county legislative body;
             2196          (B) appointed as provided in Section 17B-1-304 ; or
             2197          (C) elected as provided in Section 17B-1-306 .
             2198          (b) Each county or municipal legislative body adopting a resolution under Subsection
             2199      (1)(c) shall, on or before the first public hearing under Section 17B-1-210 , mail or deliver a
             2200      copy of the resolution to the responsible body if the county or municipal legislative body's
             2201      resolution is one of multiple resolutions adopted by multiple county or municipal legislative
             2202      bodies proposing the creation of the same local district.
             2203          Section 30. Section 17B-1-205 is amended to read:
             2204           17B-1-205. Petition and request requirements -- Withdrawal of signature.
             2205          (1) Each petition and request shall:
             2206          (a) indicate the typed or printed name and current residence address of each property
             2207      owner or registered voter signing the petition;
             2208          (b) if it is a property owner request or petition, indicate the address of the property as
             2209      to which the owner is signing the request or petition;
             2210          (c) describe the entire area of the proposed local district;
             2211          (d) be accompanied by a map showing the boundaries of the entire proposed local
             2212      district;
             2213          (e) specify the service proposed to be provided by the proposed local district;


             2214          (f) if the petition or request proposes the creation of a specialized local district, specify
             2215      the type of specialized local district proposed to be created;
             2216          [(f)] (g) for a proposed basic local district:
             2217          (i) state whether the members of the board of trustees will be elected or appointed or
             2218      whether some members will be elected and some appointed, as provided in Section 17B-1-1402 ;
             2219          (ii) if one or more members will be elected, state the basis upon which each elected
             2220      member will be elected; and
             2221          (iii) if applicable, explain how the election or appointment of board members will
             2222      transition from one method to another based on stated milestones or events, as provided in
             2223      Section 17B-1-1402 ;
             2224          [(g)] (h) for a proposed improvement district whose remaining area members or county
             2225      members, as those terms are defined in Section 17B-2a-404 , are to be elected, state that those
             2226      members will be elected; and
             2227          [(h)] (i) for a proposed service area that is entirely within the unincorporated area of a
             2228      single county, state whether the initial board of trustees will be:
             2229          (i) the county legislative body;
             2230          (ii) appointed as provided in Section 17B-1-304 ; or
             2231          (iii) elected as provided in Section 17B-1-306 ; and
             2232          [(i)] (j) designate up to five signers of the petition or request as sponsors, one of whom
             2233      shall be designated as the contact sponsor, with the mailing address and telephone number of
             2234      each.
             2235          (2) A signer of a request or petition may withdraw or, once withdrawn, reinstate the
             2236      signer's signature at any time before the filing of the request or petition by filing a written
             2237      withdrawal or reinstatement with:
             2238          (a) in the case of a request:
             2239          (i) the clerk of the county or the clerk or recorder of the municipality in whose
             2240      applicable area the signer's property is located, if the request is a property owner request; or
             2241          (ii) the clerk of the county or the clerk or recorder of the municipality in whose


             2242      applicable area the signer resides, if the request is a registered voter request; or
             2243          (b) in the case of a petition, the responsible clerk.
             2244          Section 31. Section 17B-1-215 is amended to read:
             2245           17B-1-215. Notice to lieutenant governor -- Certificate of incorporation -- Local
             2246      district incorporated as specialized local district or basic local district.
             2247          (1) The responsible body shall file a notice with the lieutenant governor within ten days
             2248      after:
             2249          (a) the canvass of an election under Section 17B-1-214 , if a majority of those voting at
             2250      the election within the proposed local district as a whole vote in favor of the creation of a local
             2251      district;
             2252          (b) certification of a petition as to which the election requirement of Subsection
             2253      17B-1-214 (1) does not apply because of Subsection 17B-1-214 (3)(a) or (b); or
             2254          (c) adoption of a resolution under Subsection 17B-1-213 (4) approving the creation of a
             2255      local district for which an election was not required under Subsection 17B-1-214 (3)(c) or (d),
             2256      by the legislative body of each county whose unincorporated area is included within and the
             2257      legislative body of each municipality whose area is included within the proposed local district,
             2258      or by the board of trustees of the initiating local district.
             2259          (2) The area of each local district shall consist of:
             2260          (a) if an election was held under Section 17B-1-214 , the area of the new local district as
             2261      approved at the election;
             2262          (b) if an election was not required because of Subsection 17B-1-214 (3)(a) or (b), the
             2263      area of the proposed local district as described in the petition; or
             2264          (c) if an election was not required because of Subsection 17B-1-214 (3)(c) or (d), the
             2265      area of the new local district as described in the resolution adopted under Subsection
             2266      17B-1-213 (4).
             2267          (3) In each notice under Subsection (1) the responsible body shall:
             2268          (a) if the notice follows an election under Section 17B-1-214 , certify the results of the
             2269      election;


             2270          (b) describe the boundaries of the new local district with an accurate map or plat
             2271      showing the boundaries delineated in Subsection (2), prepared and certified by a licensed
             2272      surveyor and filed with the county surveyor in accordance with Section 17-23-17 ; and
             2273          (c) certify that all requirements for the creation of a local district have been complied
             2274      with.
             2275          (4) Upon the lieutenant governor's issuance of the certificate of creation under Section
             2276      67-1a-6.5 , the local district is created and incorporated[.] as:
             2277          (a) the type of specialized local district that was specified in the petition under
             2278      Subsection 17B-1-203 (1)(a) or (b) or resolution under Subsection 17B-1-203 (1)(c) or (d), if
             2279      the petition or resolution proposed the creation of a specialized local district; or
             2280          (b) a basic local district, if the petition or resolution did not propose the creation of a
             2281      specialized local district.
             2282          Section 32. Section 17B-1-302 is amended to read:
             2283           17B-1-302. Board member qualifications -- Number of board members.
             2284          (1) (a) Each member of a local district board of trustees shall be:
             2285          (i) a registered voter at the location of the member's residence; and
             2286          (ii) except as provided in Subsections (1)(b) and (c), a resident within:
             2287          (A) the boundaries of the local district; and
             2288          (B) if applicable, the boundaries of the division of the local district from which the
             2289      member is elected.
             2290          (b) (i) As used in this Subsection (1)(b):
             2291          (A) "Proportional number" means the number of members of a board of trustees that
             2292      bears, as close as mathematically possible, the same proportion to all members of the board that
             2293      the number of seasonally occupied homes bears to all residences within the district that receive
             2294      service from the district.
             2295          (B) "Seasonally occupied home" means a single-family residence:
             2296          (I) that is located within the local district;
             2297          (II) that receives service from the local district; and


             2298          (III) whose owner:
             2299          (Aa) does not reside permanently at the residence; and
             2300          (Bb) may occupy the residence on a temporary or seasonal basis.
             2301          (ii) If over 50% of the residences within a local district that receive service from the
             2302      local district are seasonally occupied homes, the requirement under Subsection (1)(a)(ii) is
             2303      replaced, for a proportional number of members of the board of trustees, with the requirement
             2304      that the member be an owner of land, or an agent or officer of the owner of land, that:
             2305          (A) receives service from the district; and
             2306          (B) is located within:
             2307          (I) the local district; and
             2308          (II) if applicable, the division from which the member is elected.
             2309          (c) For a board of trustees member in a basic local district that has within its boundaries
             2310      fewer than one residential dwelling unit per ten acres of land, the requirement under Subsection
             2311      (1)(a)(ii) is replaced with the requirement that the member be an owner of land within the local
             2312      district that receives service from the district, or an agent or officer of the owner.
             2313          (2) Except as otherwise provided by statute, the number of members of each board of
             2314      trustees of a local district shall be an odd number that is no less than three [and no more than
             2315      nine].
             2316          (3) For a newly created local district, the number of members of the initial board of
             2317      trustees shall be the number specified:
             2318          (a) for a local district whose creation was initiated by a petition under Subsection
             2319      17B-1-203 (1)(a) or (b), in the petition; or
             2320          (b) for a local district whose creation was initiated by a resolution under Subsection
             2321      17B-1-203 (1)(c) or (d), in the resolution.
             2322          (4) (a) For an existing local district, the number of members of the board of trustees
             2323      may be changed by a two-thirds vote of the board of trustees.
             2324          (b) No change in the number of members of a board of trustees under Subsection (4)(a)
             2325      may:


             2326          (i) violate Subsection (2); or
             2327          (ii) serve to shorten the term of any member of the board.
             2328          Section 33. Section 17B-1-303 is amended to read:
             2329           17B-1-303. Term of board of trustees members -- Oath of office -- Bond.
             2330          (1) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (1)(b), the term of each member of a board of
             2331      trustees shall begin at noon on the [first Monday of] January 1 following the member's election
             2332      or appointment.
             2333          (b) The term of each member of the initial board of trustees of a newly created local
             2334      district shall begin:
             2335          (i) upon appointment, for an appointed member; and
             2336          (ii) upon the member taking the oath of office after the canvass of the election at which
             2337      the member is elected, for an elected member.
             2338          (2) (a) (i) Subject to Subsection (2)(a)(ii), the term of each member of a board of
             2339      trustees shall be four years, except that approximately half the members of the initial board of
             2340      trustees, chosen by lot, shall serve a two-year term so that the term of approximately half the
             2341      board members expires every two years.
             2342          (ii) (A) If the terms of members of the initial board of trustees of a newly created local
             2343      district do not begin on the first Monday of January because of application of Subsection (1)(b),
             2344      the terms of those members shall be adjusted as necessary, subject to Subsection (2)(a)(ii)(B),
             2345      to result in the terms of their successors complying with:
             2346          (I) the requirement under Subsection (1)(a) for a term to begin on the first Monday of
             2347      January; and
             2348          (II) the requirement under Subsection (2)(a)(i) that terms be four years.
             2349          (B) An adjustment under Subsection (2)(a)(ii)(A) may not add more than a year to or
             2350      subtract more than a year from a member's term.
             2351          (b) Each board of trustees member shall serve until a successor is duly elected or
             2352      appointed and qualified, unless the member earlier is removed from office or resigns or
             2353      otherwise leaves office.


             2354          (c) If a member of a board of trustees no longer meets the qualifications of Subsection
             2355      17B-1-302 (1):
             2356          (i) the member's position is considered vacant, subject to Subsection (2)(c)(ii); and
             2357          (ii) the member may continue to serve until a successor is duly elected or appointed and
             2358      qualified.
             2359          (3) (a) (i) Before entering upon the duties of office, each member of a board of trustees
             2360      shall take the oath of office specified in Utah Constitution Article IV, Section 10.
             2361          (ii) An oath of office may be administered by a judge, county clerk, notary public, or the
             2362      local district clerk.
             2363          (b) Each oath of office shall be filed with the clerk of the local district.
             2364          [(b)] (c) The failure of a board of trustees member to take the oath required by
             2365      Subsection (3)(a) does not invalidate any official act of that member.
             2366          (4) A board of trustees member is not limited in the number of terms the member may
             2367      serve.
             2368          (5) Except as provided in Subsection (6), each midterm vacancy in a board of trustees
             2369      position shall be filled as provided in Section 20A-1-512 .
             2370          (6) (a) For purposes of this Subsection (6):
             2371          (i) "Appointed official" means a person who:
             2372          (A) is appointed as a member of a local district board of trustees by a county or
             2373      municipality entitled to appoint a member to the board; and
             2374          (B) holds an elected position with the appointing county or municipality.
             2375          (ii) "Appointing entity" means the county or municipality that appointed the appointed
             2376      official to the board of trustees.
             2377          (b) The board of trustees shall declare a midterm vacancy for the board position held by
             2378      an appointed official if:
             2379          (i) during the appointed official's term on the board of trustees, the appointed official
             2380      ceases to hold the elected position with the appointing entity; and
             2381          (ii) the appointing entity submits a written request to the board to declare the vacancy.


             2382          (c) Upon the board's declaring a midterm vacancy under Subsection (6)(b), the
             2383      appointing entity shall appoint another person to fill the remaining unexpired term on the board
             2384      of trustees.
             2385          (7) (a) Each member of a board of trustees shall give a bond for the faithful
             2386      performance of the member's duties, in the amount and with the sureties prescribed by the board
             2387      of trustees.
             2388          (b) The local district shall pay the cost of each bond required under Subsection (7)(a).
             2389          Section 34. Section 17B-1-306 is amended to read:
             2390           17B-1-306. Local district board -- Election procedures.
             2391          (1) Except as provided in Subsection (11), each elected board member shall be selected
             2392      as provided in this section.
             2393          (2) (a) Each election of a local district board member shall be held:
             2394          (i) [in conjunction with] at the same time as the municipal general election; and
             2395          (ii) at polling places designated by the clerk of each county in which the local district is
             2396      located.
             2397          (b) (i) Subject to Subsections (4)(f) and (g), the number of polling places under
             2398      Subsection (2)(a)(ii) in an election of board members of an irrigation district shall be one polling
             2399      place per division of the district, designated by the district board.
             2400          (ii) Each polling place designated by an irrigation district board under Subsection
             2401      (2)(b)(i) shall coincide with a polling place designated by the county clerk under Subsection
             2402      (2)(a)(ii).
             2403          (3) (a) The clerk of each local district with a board member position to be filled at the
             2404      next municipal general election shall provide notice of:
             2405          (i) each elective position of the local district to be filled at the next municipal general
             2406      election;
             2407          (ii) the constitutional and statutory qualifications for each position; and
             2408          (iii) the dates and times for filing a declaration of candidacy.
             2409          (b) The notice required under Subsection (3)(a) shall be:


             2410          (i) posted in at least five public places within the local district at least ten days before
             2411      the first day for filing a declaration of candidacy; or
             2412          (ii) published in a newspaper of general circulation within the local district at least three
             2413      but no more than ten days before the first day for filing a declaration of candidacy.
             2414          (4) (a) To become a candidate for an elective local district board position, the
             2415      prospective candidate shall file a declaration of candidacy in person with the local district,
             2416      during office hours and not later than 5 p.m. between July 15 and August 15 of any
             2417      odd-numbered year.
             2418          (b) When August 15 is a Saturday or Sunday, the filing time shall be extended until 5
             2419      p.m. on the following Monday.
             2420          (c) (i) Before the filing officer may accept any declaration of candidacy, the filing officer
             2421      shall:
             2422          (A) read to the prospective candidate the constitutional and statutory qualification
             2423      requirements for the office that the candidate is seeking; and
             2424          (B) require the candidate to state whether or not the candidate meets those
             2425      requirements.
             2426          (ii) If the prospective candidate does not meet the qualification requirements for the
             2427      office, the filing officer may not accept the declaration of candidacy.
             2428          (iii) If it appears that the prospective candidate meets the requirements of candidacy,
             2429      the filing officer shall accept the declaration of candidacy.
             2430          (d) The declaration of candidacy shall substantially comply with the following form:
             2431          "I, (print name) ____________, being first duly sworn, say that I reside at (Street)
             2432      ____________, City of ________________, County of ________________, State of Utah,
             2433      (Zip Code) ______, (Telephone Number, if any)____________; that I meet the qualifications
             2434      for the office of board of trustees member for _______________________ (state the name of
             2435      the local district); that I am a candidate for that office to be voted upon at the November
             2436      municipal general election to be held on Tuesday, the ______ day of November, ____, and I
             2437      hereby request that my name be printed upon the official ballot for that election.


             2438          (Signed) _________________________________________
             2439          Subscribed and sworn to (or affirmed) before me by ____________ on this ______ day
             2440      of ____________, ____.
             2441          (Signed) ________________________
             2442              (Clerk or Notary Public)"
             2443          (e) Each person wishing to become a valid write-in candidate for an elective local
             2444      district board position is governed by Section 20A-9-601 .
             2445          (f) If at least one person does not file a declaration of candidacy as required by this
             2446      section, a person shall be appointed to fill that board position by following the procedures and
             2447      requirements for appointment established in Section 20A-1-512 .
             2448          (g) If only one candidate files a declaration of candidacy for a position on the board of
             2449      an irrigation district, the board need not hold an election for that position and may appoint that
             2450      candidate to the board.
             2451          (5) There shall be no primary election.
             2452          (6) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (6)(c), the local district clerk shall certify the
             2453      candidate names to the clerk of each county in which the local district is located no later than
             2454      August 20 of the municipal election year.
             2455          (b) (i) Except as provided in Subsection (6)(c), the clerk of each county in which the
             2456      local district is located shall coordinate the placement of the name of each candidate for local
             2457      district office in the nonpartisan section of the municipal general election ballot with the
             2458      municipal election clerk.
             2459          (ii) If consolidation of the local district election ballot with the municipal general
             2460      election ballot is not feasible, the county clerk shall provide for a separate local district election
             2461      ballot to be administered by separate election judges at polling locations designated by the
             2462      county clerk in consultation with the local district.
             2463          (c) (i) Subsections (6)(a) and (b) do not apply to an election of a member of the board
             2464      of an irrigation district established under Chapter 2a, Part 5, Irrigation District Act.
             2465          (ii) (A) Subject to Subsection (6)(c)(ii)(B), the board of each irrigation district shall


             2466      prescribe the form of the ballot for each board member election.
             2467          (B) Each ballot for an election of an irrigation district board member shall be in a
             2468      nonpartisan format.
             2469          (7) (a) Each voter at an election for a board of trustees member of a local district shall:
             2470          (i) be a registered voter within the district, except for an election of:
             2471          (A) an irrigation district board of trustees member; or
             2472          (B) a basic local district board of trustees member who is elected by property owners;
             2473      and
             2474          (ii) meet the requirements to vote established by the district.
             2475          (b) Each voter may vote for as many candidates as there are offices to be filled.
             2476          (c) The candidates who receive the highest number of votes are elected.
             2477          (8) Except as otherwise provided by this section, the election of local district board
             2478      members is governed by Title 20A, Election Code.
             2479          (9) (a) A person elected to serve on a local district board shall serve a four-year term,
             2480      beginning at noon on the January 1 after the person's election.
             2481          (b) A person elected shall be sworn in as soon as practical after January 1.
             2482          (10) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (10)(b), each local district shall reimburse the
             2483      county holding an election under this section for the costs of the election attributable to that
             2484      local district.
             2485          (b) Each irrigation district shall bear its own costs of each election it holds under this
             2486      section.
             2487          (11) This section does not apply to an improvement district that provides electric or gas
             2488      service.
             2489          (12) The provisions of Title 20A, Chapter 3, Part 3, Early Voting, do not apply to an
             2490      election under this section.
             2491          Section 35. Section 17B-1-306.5 , which is renumbered from Section 17B-2a-906 is
             2492      renumbered and amended to read:
             2493           [17B-2a-906].     17B-1-306.5. Dividing a local district into divisions.


             2494          (1) Subject to Subsection (2), the board of trustees of a [service area] local district may,
             2495      upon a vote of two-thirds of the members of the board, divide the [service area] local district
             2496      into divisions so that some or all of the members of the board of trustees may be elected by
             2497      division rather than at large.
             2498          (2) Before dividing a [service area] local district into divisions under Subsection (1) or
             2499      before changing the boundaries of divisions already established, the board of trustees shall:
             2500          (a) prepare a proposal that describes the boundaries of the proposed divisions; and
             2501          (b) hold a public hearing at which any interested person may appear and speak for or
             2502      against the proposal.
             2503          (3) (a) The board of trustees shall review the division boundaries at least every ten
             2504      years.
             2505          (b) Except for changes in the divisions necessitated by annexations to or withdrawals
             2506      from the [service area] local district, the boundaries of divisions established under Subsection
             2507      (1) may not be changed more often than every five years.
             2508          (c) Changes to the boundaries of divisions already established under Subsection (1) are
             2509      not subject to the two-thirds vote requirement of Subsection (1).
             2510          Section 36. Section 17B-1-312 is amended to read:
             2511           17B-1-312. Training for board members.
             2512          (1) Each member of a board of trustees of a local district, elected or appointed on or
             2513      after May 3, 1999, should, within one year after taking office, complete the training described in
             2514      Subsection (2).
             2515          (2) In conjunction with the Utah Association of Special Districts, the state auditor shall:
             2516          (a) develop a training curriculum for the members of local district boards; and
             2517          (b) with the assistance of other state offices and departments the state auditor considers
             2518      appropriate and at times and locations established by the state auditor, carry out the training of
             2519      members of local district boards.
             2520          (3) (a) A local district board of trustees may compensate each member of the board up
             2521      to $100 per day for each day of training described in Subsection (2) that the member completes.


             2522          (b) The per diem amount authorized under Subsection (3)(a) is in addition to all other
             2523      amounts of compensation and expense reimbursement authorized under this chapter.
             2524          (c) A board of trustees may not pay compensation under Subsection (3)(a) to any board
             2525      member more than once [in any consecutive two-year period] per year.
             2526          (4) The state auditor shall issue a certificate of completion to each board member that
             2527      completes the training described in Subsection (2).
             2528          Section 37. Section 17B-1-643 is amended to read:
             2529           17B-1-643. Imposing or increasing a fee for service provided by local district.
             2530          (1) (a) Before imposing a new fee or increasing an existing fee for a service provided by
             2531      a local district, each local district board of trustees shall first hold a public hearing at which any
             2532      interested person may speak for or against the proposal to impose a fee or to increase an
             2533      existing fee.
             2534          (b) Each public hearing under Subsection (1)(a) shall be held in the evening beginning
             2535      no earlier than 6 p.m.
             2536          (c) A public hearing required under this Subsection (1) may be combined with a public
             2537      hearing on a tentative budget required under Section 17B-1-610 .
             2538          (d) Except to the extent that this section imposes more stringent notice requirements,
             2539      the local district board shall comply with Title 52, Chapter 4, Open and Public Meetings Act, in
             2540      holding the public hearing under Subsection (1)(a).
             2541          (2) (a) Each local district board shall give notice of a hearing under Subsection (1) as
             2542      provided in Subsection (2)(b)(i) or (ii).
             2543          (b) (i) (A) The notice required under Subsection (2)(a) shall be published in a
             2544      newspaper or combination of newspapers of general circulation in the local district, if there is a
             2545      newspaper or combination of newspapers of general circulation in the local district.
             2546          (B) The notice shall be no less than 1/4 page in size and the type used shall be no
             2547      smaller than 18 point, and surrounded by a 1/4-inch border.
             2548          (C) The notice may not be placed in that portion of the newspaper where legal notices
             2549      and classified advertisements appear.


             2550          (D) It is legislative intent that, whenever possible, the advertisement appear in a
             2551      newspaper that is published at least one day per week.
             2552          (E) It is further the intent of the Legislature that the newspaper or combination of
             2553      newspapers selected be of general interest and readership in the local district, and not of limited
             2554      subject matter.
             2555          (F) The notice shall be run once each week for the two weeks preceding the hearing.
             2556          (G) The notice shall state that the local district board intends to impose or increase a fee
             2557      for a service provided by the local district and will hold a public hearing on a certain day, time,
             2558      and place fixed in the notice, which shall be not less than seven days after the day the first notice
             2559      is published, for the purpose of hearing comments regarding the proposed imposition or
             2560      increase of a fee and to explain the reasons for the proposed imposition or increase.
             2561          (ii) (A) If there is no newspaper or combination of newspapers of general circulation in
             2562      the local district, the local district board shall post at least one notice per 1,000 population
             2563      within the local district, at places within the local district that are most likely to provide actual
             2564      notice to residents within the local district.
             2565          (B) Each notice under Subsection (2)(b)(ii)(A) shall comply with Subsection
             2566      (2)(b)(i)(G).
             2567          (c) (i) In lieu of providing notice under Subsection (2)(b), the local district board of
             2568      trustees may give the notice required under Subsection (2)(a) by mailing the notice to those
             2569      within the district who:
             2570          (A) will be charged the fee for a district service, if the fee is being imposed for the first
             2571      time; or
             2572          (B) are being charged a fee, if the fee is proposed to be increased.
             2573          (ii) Each notice under Subsection (2)(c)(i) shall comply with Subsection (2)(b)(i)(G).
             2574          (iii) A notice under Subsection (2)(c)(i) may accompany a district bill for an existing
             2575      fee.
             2576          (d) If the hearing required under this section is combined with the public hearing
             2577      required under Section 17B-1-610 , the notice requirement under this Subsection (2) is satisfied


             2578      if a notice that meets the requirements of Subsection (2)(b)(i)(G) is combined with the notice
             2579      required under Section 17B-1-609 .
             2580          (e) Proof that notice was given as provided in Subsection (2)(b) or (c) is prima facie
             2581      evidence that notice was properly given.
             2582          (f) If no challenge is made to the notice given of a hearing required by Subsection (1)
             2583      within 30 days after the date of the hearing, the notice is considered adequate and proper.
             2584          (3) After holding a public hearing under Subsection (1), a local district board may:
             2585          (a) impose the new fee or increase the existing fee as proposed;
             2586          (b) adjust the amount of the proposed new fee or the increase of the existing fee and
             2587      then impose the new fee or increase the existing fee as adjusted; or
             2588          (c) decline to impose the new fee or increase the existing fee.
             2589          (4) This section applies to each new fee imposed and each increase of an existing fee
             2590      that occurs on or after July 1, 1998.
             2591          (5) (a) This section does not apply to an impact fee.
             2592          (b) The imposition or increase of an impact fee is governed by Title 11, Chapter 36,
             2593      Impact Fees Act.
             2594          Section 38. Section 17B-1-1002 is amended to read:
             2595           17B-1-1002. Limit on local district property tax levy -- Exclusions.
             2596          (1) The rate at which a local district levies a property tax for district operation and
             2597      maintenance expenses on the taxable value of taxable property within the district may not
             2598      exceed:
             2599          (a) .0008, for a basic local district;
             2600          (b) .0004, for a cemetery maintenance district;
             2601          (c) .0004, for a drainage district;
             2602          (d) .0008, for a fire protection district;
             2603          (e) .0008, for an improvement district;
             2604          (f) .0005, for a metropolitan water district;
             2605          (g) .0004, for a mosquito abatement district;


             2606          (h) .0004, for a public transit district;
             2607          (i) (i) .0023, for a service area that:
             2608          (A) is located in a county of the first or second class; and
             2609          (B) provides fire protection, paramedic, and emergency services; or
             2610          (ii) .0014, for each other service area; or
             2611          (j) the rates provided in Section 17B-2a-1006 , for a water conservancy district.
             2612          (2) Property taxes levied by a local district are excluded from the limit applicable to that
             2613      district under Subsection (1) if the taxes are:
             2614          (a) levied under Section 17B-1-1103 by a local district, other than a water conservancy
             2615      district, to pay principal of and interest on general obligation bonds issued by the district;
             2616          (b) levied to pay debt and interest owed to the United States; or
             2617          (c) levied to pay assessments or other amounts due to a water users association or other
             2618      public cooperative or private entity from which the district procures water.
             2619          Section 39. Section 17B-1-1101 is amended to read:
             2620           17B-1-1101. Provisions applicable to a local district's issuance of bonds.
             2621          Subject to the provisions of this part:
             2622          (1) each local district that issues bonds shall:
             2623          (a) issue them as provided in, as applicable:
             2624          (i) Title 11, Chapter 14, Local Government Bonding Act; [and] or
             2625          (ii) Title 11, Chapter 42, Assessment Area Act; and
             2626          (b) receive the benefits of Title 11, Chapter 30, Utah Bond Validation Act; and
             2627          (2) each local district that issues refunding bonds shall issue them as provided in Title
             2628      11, Chapter 27, Utah Refunding Bond Act.
             2629          Section 40. Section 17B-1-1103 is amended to read:
             2630           17B-1-1103. Levy to pay for general obligation bonds.
             2631          (1) (a) If a district has issued general obligation bonds, or expects to have debt service
             2632      payments due on general obligation bonds during the current year, the district's board of
             2633      trustees may make an annual levy of ad valorem property taxes in order to:


             2634          (i) pay the principal of and interest on the general obligation bonds;
             2635          (ii) establish a sinking fund for defaults and future debt service on the general obligation
             2636      bonds; and
             2637          (iii) establish a reserve to secure payment of the general obligation bonds.
             2638          (b) A levy under Subsection (1)(a) is:
             2639          (i) for a water conservancy district, subject to the limit stated in Section 17B-2a-1006 ;
             2640      and
             2641          (ii) for each other local district, without limitation as to rate or amount.
             2642          (2) (a) Each district that levies a tax under Subsection (1) shall:
             2643          (i) levy the tax as a separate and special levy for the specific purposes stated in
             2644      Subsection (1); and
             2645          (ii) apply the proceeds from the levy solely for the purpose of paying the principal of
             2646      and interest on the general obligation bonds, even though the proceeds may be used to establish
             2647      or replenish a sinking fund under Subsection (1)[(b)](a)(ii) or a reserve under Subsection
             2648      (1)[(c)](a)(iii).
             2649          (b) A levy under Subsection (2)(a) is not subject to a priority in favor of a district
             2650      obligation in existence at the time the bonds were issued.
             2651          Section 41. Section 17B-1-1104 is amended to read:
             2652           17B-1-1104. Pledge of revenues to pay for bonds.
             2653          Bonds may be payable from and secured by the pledge of all or any specified part of:
             2654          (1) the revenues to be derived by the district from providing its services and from the
             2655      operation of its facilities and other properties;
             2656          (2) sales and use taxes, property taxes, and other taxes;
             2657          (3) federal, state, or local grants; [and]
             2658          (4) in the case of special assessment bonds, the special assessments pledged to repay the
             2659      special assessment bonds; and
             2660          [(4)] (5) other money legally available to the district.
             2661          Section 42. Section 17B-2a-404 is amended to read:


             2662           17B-2a-404. Improvement district board of trustees.
             2663          (1) As used in this section:
             2664          (a) "County district" means an improvement district that does not include within its
             2665      boundaries any territory of a municipality.
             2666          (b) "County member" means a member of a board of trustees of a county district.
             2667          (c) "Electric district" means an improvement district that was created for the purpose of
             2668      providing electric service.
             2669          (d) "Included municipality" means a municipality whose boundaries are entirely
             2670      contained within but do not coincide with the boundaries of an improvement district.
             2671          (e) "Municipal district" means an improvement district whose boundaries coincide with
             2672      the boundaries of a single municipality.
             2673          (f) "Regular district" means an improvement district that is not a county district, electric
             2674      district, or municipal district.
             2675          (g) "Remaining area"means the area of a regular district that:
             2676          (i) is outside the boundaries of an included municipality; and
             2677          (ii) includes the area of an included municipality whose legislative body elects, under
             2678      Subsection (4)(a)(i)(B), not to appoint a member to the board of trustees of the regular district.
             2679          (h) "Remaining area member" means a member of a board of trustees of a regular
             2680      district who is appointed, or, if applicable, elected to represent the remaining area of the district.
             2681          (2) The legislative body of the municipality included within a municipal district may:
             2682          (a) elect, at the time of the creation of the district, to be the board of trustees of the
             2683      district; and
             2684          (b) adopt at any time a resolution providing for:
             2685          (i) the election of board of trustees members, as provided in Section 17B-1-306 ; or
             2686          (ii) the appointment of board of trustees members, as provided in Section 17B-1-304 .
             2687          (3) The legislative body of a county whose unincorporated area is partly or completely
             2688      within a county district may:
             2689          (a) elect, at the time of the creation of the district, to be the board of trustees of the


             2690      district; and
             2691          (b) adopt at any time a resolution providing for:
             2692          (i) the election of board of trustees members, as provided in Section 17B-1-306 ; or
             2693          (ii) the appointment of board of trustees members, as provided in Section 17B-1-304 .
             2694          (4) (a) (i) [(A)] Except as provided in [Subsections] Subsection (4)(a)[(i)(B) and] (ii),
             2695      the legislative body of each included municipality shall each appoint one member to the board of
             2696      trustees of a regular district.
             2697          [(B)] (ii) The legislative body of an included municipality may elect not to appoint a
             2698      member to the board under Subsection (4)(a)(i)(A).
             2699          [(ii) If municipalities are combined under Subsection (6)(b)(i), the legislative bodies of
             2700      the combined municipalities shall collectively appoint one member to the board of trustees, as
             2701      provided in Section 17B-1-304 .]
             2702          (b) Except as provided in Subsection (5), the legislative body of each county whose
             2703      boundaries include a remaining area shall appoint all other members to the board of trustees of a
             2704      regular district.
             2705          (5) Each remaining area member of a regular district and each county member of a
             2706      county district shall be elected, as provided in Section 17B-1-306 , if:
             2707          (a) the petition or resolution initiating the creation of the district provides for remaining
             2708      area or county members to be elected;
             2709          (b) the district holds an election to approve the district's issuance of bonds;
             2710          (c) for a regular district, an included municipality elects, under Subsection (4)(a)(i)(B),
             2711      not to appoint a member to the board of trustees; or
             2712          (d) (i) at least 90 days before the municipal general election, a petition is filed with the
             2713      district's board of trustees requesting remaining area members or county members, as the case
             2714      may be, to be elected; and
             2715          (ii) the petition is signed by registered voters within the remaining area or county
             2716      district, as the case may be, equal in number to at least 10% of the number of registered voters
             2717      within the remaining area or county district, respectively, who voted in the last gubernatorial


             2718      election.
             2719          (6) [(a)] Subject to Section 17B-1-302 , the number of members of a board of trustees
             2720      of a regular district shall be:
             2721          [(i)] (a) the number of included municipalities within the district, if:
             2722          [(A)] (i) the number is an odd number; and
             2723          [(B)] (ii) the district does not include a remaining area;
             2724          [(ii)] (b) the number of included municipalities plus one, if the number of included
             2725      municipalities within the district is even; and
             2726          [(iii)] (c) the number of included municipalities plus two, if:
             2727          [(A)] (i) the number of included municipalities is odd; and
             2728          [(B)] (ii) the district includes a remaining area.
             2729          [(b) (i) If the number of board members under Subsection (6)(a) exceeds nine, then,
             2730      except as provided in Subsection (6)(b)(ii):]
             2731          [(A) the number of members shall be nine; and]
             2732          [(B) the least populated included municipalities shall be combined for purposes of
             2733      representation to the extent necessary to result in nine members.]
             2734          [(ii) Application of Subsection (6)(b)(i) may not cause an included municipality to lose
             2735      its separate representation on the board until the end of the term of the board member appointed
             2736      by that municipality.]
             2737          (7) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (7)(b), each remaining area member of the
             2738      board of trustees of a regular district shall reside within the remaining area.
             2739          (b) Notwithstanding Subsection (7)(a), if the population of the remaining area is less
             2740      than 5% of the total district population, each remaining area member shall be chosen from the
             2741      district at large.
             2742          (8) If the election of remaining area or county members of the board of trustees is
             2743      required because of a bond election, as provided in Subsection (5)(b):
             2744          (a) a person may file a declaration of candidacy if:
             2745          (i) the person resides within:


             2746          (A) the remaining area, for a regular district; or
             2747          (B) the county district, for a county district; and
             2748          (ii) otherwise qualifies as a candidate;
             2749          (b) the board of trustees shall, if required, provide a ballot separate from the bond
             2750      election ballot, containing the names of candidates and blanks in which a voter may write
             2751      additional names; and
             2752          (c) the election shall otherwise be governed by Title 20A, Election Code.
             2753          (9) (a) (i) This Subsection (9) applies to the board of trustees members of an electric
             2754      district.
             2755          (ii) Subsections (2) through (8) do not apply to an electric district.
             2756          (b) The legislative body of the county in which an electric district is located may
             2757      appoint the initial board of trustees of the electric district as provided in Section 17B-1-304 .
             2758          (c) After the initial board of trustees is appointed as provided in Subsection (9)(b), each
             2759      member of the board of trustees of an electric district shall be elected by persons using
             2760      electricity from and within the district.
             2761          (d) Each member of the board of trustees of an electric district shall be a user of
             2762      electricity from the district and, if applicable, the division of the district from which elected.
             2763          (e) The board of trustees of an electric district may be elected from geographic divisions
             2764      within the district.
             2765          (f) A municipality within an electric district is not entitled to automatic representation
             2766      on the board of trustees.
             2767          Section 43. Section 17B-2a-405 is amended to read:
             2768           17B-2a-405. Board of trustees of certain sewer improvement districts.
             2769          (1) As used in this section:
             2770          (a) "Jurisdictional boundaries" means:
             2771          (i) for a qualified county, the boundaries that include:
             2772          (A) the area of the unincorporated part of the county that is included within a sewer
             2773      improvement district; and


             2774          (B) the area of each nonappointing municipality that is included within the sewer
             2775      improvement district; and
             2776          (ii) for a qualified municipality, the boundaries that include the area of the municipality
             2777      that is included within a sewer improvement district.
             2778          (b) "Nonappointing municipality" means a municipality that:
             2779          (i) is partly included within a sewer improvement district; and
             2780          (ii) is not a qualified municipality.
             2781          (c) "Qualified county" means a county:
             2782          (i) some or all of whose unincorporated area is included within a sewer improvement
             2783      district; or
             2784          (ii) which includes within its boundaries a nonappointing municipality.
             2785          (d) "Qualified county member" means a member of a board of trustees of a sewer
             2786      improvement district appointed under Subsection (3)(a)(ii).
             2787          (e) "Qualified municipality" means a municipality that is partly or entirely included
             2788      within a sewer improvement district that includes:
             2789          (i) all of the municipality that is capable of receiving sewage treatment service from the
             2790      sewer improvement district; and
             2791          (ii) more than half of:
             2792          (A) the municipality's land area; or
             2793          (B) the assessed value of all private real property within the municipality.
             2794          (f) "Qualified municipality member" means a member of a board of trustees of a sewer
             2795      improvement district appointed under Subsection (3)(a)(i).
             2796          (g) "Sewer improvement district" means an improvement district that:
             2797          (i) provides sewage collection, treatment, and disposal service; and
             2798          (ii) made an election before 1954 under [Chapter 29,] Laws of Utah 1953, Chapter 29,
             2799      to enable it to continue to appoint its board of trustees members as provided in this section.
             2800          (2) (a) Notwithstanding Section 17B-2a-404 , the board of trustees members of a sewer
             2801      improvement district shall be appointed as provided in this section.


             2802          (b) The board of trustees of a sewer improvement district may revoke the election
             2803      under Subsection (1)(d)(ii) and become subject to the provisions of Section 17B-2a-404 only by
             2804      the unanimous vote of all members of the sewer improvement district's board of trustees at a
             2805      time when there is no vacancy on the board.
             2806          (3) (a) The board of trustees of each sewer improvement district shall consist of:
             2807          (i) at least one person but not more than three persons appointed by the mayor of each
             2808      qualified municipality, with the consent of the legislative body of that municipality; and
             2809          (ii) at least one person but not more than three persons appointed by:
             2810          (A) the county executive, with the consent of the county legislative body, for a qualified
             2811      county operating under a county executive-council form of county government; or
             2812          (B) the county legislative body, for each other qualified county.
             2813          (b) Each qualified county member appointed under Subsection (3)(a)(ii) shall represent
             2814      the area within the jurisdictional boundaries of the qualified county.
             2815          (4) Notwithstanding Subsection 17B-1-302 (2), the number of board of trustees
             2816      members of a sewer improvement district shall be the number that results from application of
             2817      Subsection (3)(a).
             2818          (5) Except as provided in this section, an appointment to the board of trustees of a
             2819      sewer improvement district is governed by Section 17B-1-304 .
             2820          (6) A quorum of a board of trustees of a sewer improvement district consists of
             2821      members representing more than 50% of the total number of qualified county and qualified
             2822      municipality votes under Subsection (7).
             2823          (7) (a) Subject to Subsection (7)(b), each qualified county and each qualified
             2824      municipality is entitled to one vote on the board of trustees of a sewer improvement district for
             2825      each $10,000,000, or fractional part larger than 1/2 of that amount, of assessed valuation of
             2826      private real property taxable for district purposes within the respective jurisdictional boundaries,
             2827      as shown by the assessment records of the county and evidenced by a certificate of the county
             2828      auditor.
             2829          (b) Notwithstanding Subsection (7)(a), each qualified county and each qualified


             2830      municipality shall have at least one vote.
             2831          (8) If a qualified county or qualified municipality appoints more than one board
             2832      member, all the votes to which the qualified county or qualified municipality is entitled under
             2833      Subsection (7) for an item of board business shall collectively be cast by a majority of the
             2834      qualified county members or qualified municipal members, respectively, present at a meeting of
             2835      the board of trustees.
             2836          Section 44. Section 17B-2a-406 is amended to read:
             2837           17B-2a-406. Improvement districts providing electric service -- Public Service
             2838      Commission jurisdiction -- Exceptions.
             2839          (1) (a) An improvement district that provides electric service as authorized under
             2840      Subsection 17B-2a-403 (1)(a)(iv):
             2841          (i) is a public utility and subject to the jurisdiction of the Public Service Commission[.];
             2842          (ii) may include only an area where:
             2843          (A) no retail electricity has been provided to commercial, industrial, residential, and
             2844      other users of electricity from an investor-owned utility within any part of an area certificated by
             2845      the Public Service Commission or an area adjacent to that area, municipal agency, or electric
             2846      cooperative within the five years immediately preceding September 1, 1985; and
             2847          (B) electric service is provided to at least one user of electricity within the electric
             2848      service district as of September 1, 1985; and
             2849          (iii) shall have filed an application for certification and received approval by the Public
             2850      Service Commission by September 1, 1986.
             2851          (b) Nothing in this part may be construed to give the Public Service Commission
             2852      jurisdiction over:
             2853          (i) an improvement district, other than an improvement district that provides electric
             2854      service as authorized under Subsection 17B-2a-403 (1)(a)(iv); or
             2855          (ii) a municipality or an association of municipalities organized under Title 11, Chapter
             2856      13, Interlocal Cooperation Act.
             2857          (c) Before an improvement district providing electric service serves any customer, the


             2858      improvement district shall obtain a certificate of public convenience and necessity from the
             2859      Public Service Commission.
             2860          (2) (a) Section 54-7-12 does not apply to rate changes of an improvement district that
             2861      provides electric service as authorized under Subsection 17B-2a-403 (1)(a)(iv) if:
             2862          (i) the district is organized for the purpose of distributing electricity to customers within
             2863      the boundaries of the district on a not-for-profit basis;
             2864          (ii) the schedule of new rates or other change that results in new rates has been
             2865      approved by the board of trustees of the district;
             2866          (iii) prior to the implementation of any rate increases, the district first holds a public
             2867      meeting for all its customers to whom mailed notice of the meeting is sent at least ten days prior
             2868      to the meeting; and
             2869          (iv) the district has filed the schedule of new rates or other change with the Public
             2870      Service Commission.
             2871          (b) The Public Service Commission shall make the district's schedule of new rates or
             2872      other change available for public inspection.
             2873          Section 45. Section 17B-2a-804 is amended to read:
             2874           17B-2a-804. Additional public transit district powers.
             2875          (1) In addition to the powers conferred on a public transit district under Section
             2876      17B-1-103 , a public transit district may:
             2877          (a) provide a public transit system for the transportation of passengers and their
             2878      incidental baggage;
             2879          (b) notwithstanding Subsection 17B-1-103 (2)[(i)](g) and subject to Section
             2880      17B-2a-817 , levy and collect property taxes only for the purpose of paying:
             2881          (i) principal and interest of bonded indebtedness of the public transit district; or
             2882          (ii) a final judgment against the public transit district if:
             2883          (A) the amount of the judgment exceeds the amount of any collectable insurance or
             2884      indemnity policy; and
             2885          (B) the district is required by a final court order to levy a tax to pay the judgment;


             2886          (c) insure against:
             2887          (i) loss of revenues from damage to or destruction of some or all of a public transit
             2888      system from any cause;
             2889          (ii) public liability;
             2890          (iii) property damage; or
             2891          (iv) any other type of event, act, or omission;
             2892          (d) acquire, contract for, lease, construct, own, operate, control, or use:
             2893          (i) a right-of-way, rail line, monorail, bus line, station, platform, switchyard, terminal,
             2894      parking lot, or any other facility necessary or convenient for public transit service; or
             2895          (ii) any structure necessary for access by persons and vehicles;
             2896          (e) (i) hire, lease, or contract for the supplying or management of a facility, operation,
             2897      equipment, service, employee, or management staff of an operator; and
             2898          (ii) provide for a sublease or subcontract by the operator upon terms that are in the
             2899      public interest;
             2900          (f) operate feeder bus lines and other feeder services as necessary;
             2901          (g) accept a grant, contribution, or loan, directly through the sale of securities or
             2902      equipment trust certificates or otherwise, from the United States, or from a department,
             2903      instrumentality, or agency of the United States, to:
             2904          (i) establish, finance, construct, improve, maintain, or operate transit facilities and
             2905      equipment; or
             2906          (ii) study and plan transit facilities in accordance with any legislation passed by
             2907      Congress;
             2908          (h) cooperate with and enter into an agreement with the state or an agency of the state
             2909      to establish transit facilities and equipment or to study or plan transit facilities;
             2910          (i) issue bonds as provided in and subject to Chapter 1, Part 11, Local District Bonds,
             2911      to carry out the purposes of the district;
             2912          (j) from bond proceeds or any other available funds, reimburse the state or an agency of
             2913      the state for an advance or contribution from the state or state agency; and


             2914          (k) do anything necessary to avail itself of any aid, assistance, or cooperation available
             2915      under federal law, including complying with labor standards and making arrangements for
             2916      employees required by the United States or a department, instrumentality, or agency of the
             2917      United States.
             2918          (2) A public transit district may be funded from any combination of federal, state, or
             2919      local funds.
             2920          (3) A public transit district may not acquire property by eminent domain.
             2921          Section 46. Section 17B-2a-813 is amended to read:
             2922           17B-2a-813. Rights, benefits, and protective conditions for employees of a public
             2923      transit district -- Strike prohibited -- Employees of an acquired transit system.
             2924          (1) The rights, benefits, and other employee protective conditions and remedies of
             2925      Section 13(c) of the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964, 49 U.S.C. Sec. 5333(b), as
             2926      determined by the Secretary of Labor, apply to[: (a)] a public transit district's establishment and
             2927      operation of a public transit service or system[; and].
             2928          [(b) a lease, contract, or other arrangement that a public transit district enters into for
             2929      the operation of a public transit service or system.]
             2930          (2) (a) Employees of a public transit system established and operated by a public transit
             2931      district have the right to:
             2932          (i) self-organization;
             2933          (ii) form, join, or assist labor organizations; and
             2934          (iii) bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing.
             2935          (b) Employees of a public transit district and labor organizations may not join in a strike
             2936      against the public transit system operated by the public transit district.
             2937          (c) Each public transit district shall:
             2938          (i) recognize and bargain exclusively with any labor organization representing a
             2939      majority of the district's employees in an appropriate unit with respect to wages, salaries, hours,
             2940      working conditions, and welfare, pension, and retirement provisions; and
             2941          (ii) upon reaching agreement with the labor organization, enter into and execute a


             2942      written contract incorporating the agreement.
             2943          (3) If a public transit district acquires an existing public transit system:
             2944          (a) all employees of the acquired system who are necessary for the operation of the
             2945      acquired system, except executive and administrative officers and employees, shall be:
             2946          (i) transferred to and appointed employees of the acquiring public transit district; and
             2947          (ii) given sick leave, seniority, vacation, and pension or retirement credits in accordance
             2948      with the acquired system's records;
             2949          (b) members and beneficiaries of a pension or retirement plan or other program of
             2950      benefits that the acquired system has established shall continue to have rights, privileges,
             2951      benefits, obligations, and status with respect to that established plan or program; and
             2952          (c) the public transit district may establish, amend, or modify, by agreement with
             2953      employees or their authorized representatives, the terms, conditions, and provisions of a pension
             2954      or retirement plan or of an amendment or modification of a pension or retirement plan.
             2955          Section 47. Section 17B-2a-1005 is amended to read:
             2956           17B-2a-1005. Water conservancy district board of trustees -- Selection of
             2957      members -- Number -- Qualifications -- Terms -- Vacancies -- Surety bonds -- Authority.
             2958          (1) (a) Within 45 days after the creation of a water conservancy district as provided in
             2959      Section 17B-1-215 , the board of trustees shall be selected as provided in this Subsection (1).
             2960          (b) For a district located entirely within the boundaries of a single county, the county
             2961      legislative body of that county shall appoint each trustee.
             2962          (c) (i) For a district located in more than a single county, the governor, with the consent
             2963      of the Senate, shall appoint each trustee from nominees submitted as provided in this Subsection
             2964      (1)(c).
             2965          (ii) (A) Except as provided in Subsection (1)(c)(ii)(B), in a division composed solely of
             2966      municipalities, the legislative body of each municipality within the division shall submit two
             2967      nominees per trustee.
             2968          (B) Notwithstanding Subsection (1)(c)(ii)(A), the legislative body of a municipality may
             2969      submit fewer than two nominees per trustee if the legislative body certifies in writing to the


             2970      governor that the legislative body is unable, after reasonably diligent effort, to identify two
             2971      nominees who are willing and qualified to serve as trustee.
             2972          (iii) (A) Except as provided in Subsection (1)(c)(iii)(B), in all other divisions, the
             2973      county legislative body of the county in which the division is located shall submit three
             2974      nominees per trustee.
             2975          (B) Notwithstanding Subsection (1)(c)(iii)(A), the county legislative body may submit
             2976      fewer than three nominees per trustee if the county legislative body certifies in writing to the
             2977      governor that the county legislative body is unable, after reasonably diligent effort, to identify
             2978      three nominees who are willing and qualified to serve as trustee.
             2979          (iv) If a trustee represents a division located in more than one county, the county
             2980      legislative bodies of those counties shall collectively compile the list of three nominees.
             2981          (v) For purposes of this Subsection (1)(c), a municipality that is located in more than
             2982      one county shall be considered to be located in only the county in which more of the municipal
             2983      area is located than in any other county.
             2984          (d) In districts where substantial water is allocated for irrigated agriculture, one trustee
             2985      appointed in that district shall be a person who owns irrigation rights and uses those rights as
             2986      part of that person's livelihood.
             2987          (2) (a) The board of trustees of a water conservancy district shall consist of:
             2988          (i) except as provided in Subsection (2)(a)(ii), not more than 11 persons who are
             2989      residents of the district; or
             2990          (ii) if the district consists of five or more counties, not more than 21 persons who are
             2991      residents of the district.
             2992          (b) At least 90 days before expiration of a trustee's term, the board shall[: (i)] give
             2993      written notice of the upcoming vacancy and the date when the trustee's term expires to the
             2994      county legislative body in single county districts and to the nominating entities and the governor
             2995      in all other districts[; and].
             2996          [(ii) publish the notice in a newspaper having general circulation within the district.]
             2997          (c) (i) Upon receipt of the notice of the expiration of a trustee's term or notice of a


             2998      vacancy in the office of trustee, the county or municipal legislative body, as the case may be,
             2999      shall nominate candidates to fill the unexpired term of office pursuant to Subsection (1).
             3000          (ii) If a trustee is to be appointed by the governor and the entity charged with
             3001      nominating candidates has not submitted the list of nominees within 90 days after service of the
             3002      notice, the governor shall make the appointment from qualified candidates without consultation
             3003      with the county or municipal legislative body.
             3004          (iii) If the governor fails to appoint, the incumbent shall continue to serve until a
             3005      successor is appointed and qualified.
             3006          (iv) Appointment by the governor vests in the appointee, upon qualification, the
             3007      authority to discharge the duties of trustee, subject only to the consent of the Senate.
             3008          (d) Each trustee shall hold office during the term for which appointed and until a
             3009      successor is duly appointed and has qualified.
             3010          (3) Each trustee shall furnish a corporate surety bond at the expense of the district,
             3011      conditioned for the faithful performance of duties as a trustee.
             3012          (4) (a) The board of trustees of a water conservancy district may:
             3013          (i) make and enforce all reasonable rules and regulations for the management, control,
             3014      delivery, use, and distribution of water;
             3015          (ii) withhold the delivery of water with respect to which there is a default or
             3016      delinquency of payment;
             3017          (iii) provide for and declare a forfeiture of the right to the use of water upon the default
             3018      or failure to comply with an order, contract, or agreement for the purchase, lease, or use of
             3019      water, and resell, lease, or otherwise dispose of water with respect to which a forfeiture has
             3020      been declared;
             3021          (iv) allocate and reallocate the use of water to lands within the district;
             3022          (v) provide for and grant the right, upon terms, to transfer water from lands to which
             3023      water has been allocated to other lands within the district;
             3024          (vi) create a lien, as provided in this part, upon land to which the use of water is
             3025      transferred;


             3026          (vii) discharge a lien from land to which a lien has attached; and
             3027          (viii) subject to Subsection (4)(b), enter into a written contract for the sale, lease, or
             3028      other disposition of the use of water.
             3029          (b) (i) A contract under Subsection (4)(a)(viii) may provide for the use of water
             3030      perpetually or for a specified term.
             3031          (ii) (A) If a contract under Subsection (4)(a)(viii) makes water available to the
             3032      purchasing party without regard to actual taking or use, the board may require that the
             3033      purchasing party give security for the payment to be made under the contract, unless the
             3034      contract requires the purchasing party to pay for certain specified annual minimums.
             3035          (B) The security requirement under Subsection (4)(b)(iii)(A) in a contract with a public
             3036      entity may be met by including in the contract a provision for the public entity's levy of a special
             3037      assessment to make annual payments to the district.
             3038          Section 48. Section 17B-2a-1007 is amended to read:
             3039           17B-2a-1007. Contract assessments.
             3040          (1) As used in this section:
             3041          (a) "Assessed land" means:
             3042          (i) for a contract assessment under a water contract with a private water user, the land
             3043      owned by the private water user that receives the beneficial use of water under the water
             3044      contract; or
             3045          (ii) for a contract assessment under a water contract with a public water user, the land
             3046      within the boundaries of the public water user that is within the boundaries of the water
             3047      conservancy district and that receives the beneficial use of water under the water contract.
             3048          (b) "Contract assessment" means an assessment levied as provided in this section by a
             3049      water conservancy district on assessed land.
             3050          (c) "Governing body" means:
             3051          (i) for a county, city, or town, the legislative body of the county, city, or town;
             3052          (ii) for a local district, the board of trustees of the local district;
             3053          (iii) for a special service district:


             3054          (A) the legislative body of the county, city, or town that established the special service
             3055      district, if no administrative control board has been appointed under Section [ 17A-2-1326 ]
             3056      17D-1-301 ; or
             3057          (B) the administrative control board of the special service district, if an administrative
             3058      control board has been appointed under Section [ 17A-2-1326 ] 17D-1-301 ; and
             3059          (iv) for any other political subdivision of the state, the person or body with authority to
             3060      govern the affairs of the political subdivision.
             3061          (d) "Petitioner" means a private petitioner or a public petitioner.
             3062          (e) "Private petitioner" means an owner of land within a water conservancy district who
             3063      submits a petition to a water conservancy district under Subsection (3) to enter into a water
             3064      contract with the district.
             3065          (f) "Private water user" means an owner of land within a water conservancy district
             3066      who enters into a water contract with the district.
             3067          (g) "Public petitioner" means a political subdivision of the state:
             3068          (i) whose territory is partly or entirely within the boundaries of a water conservancy
             3069      district; and
             3070          (ii) that submits a petition to a water conservancy district under Subsection (3) to enter
             3071      into a water contract with the district.
             3072          (h) "Public water user" means a political subdivision of the state:
             3073          (i) whose territory is partly or entirely within the boundaries of a water conservancy
             3074      district; and
             3075          (ii) that enters into a water contract with the district.
             3076          (i) "Water contract" means a contract between a water conservancy district and a
             3077      private water user or a public water user under which the water user purchases, leases, or
             3078      otherwise acquires the beneficial use of water from the water conservancy district for the benefit
             3079      of:
             3080          (i) land owned by the private water user; or
             3081          (ii) land within the public water user's boundaries that is also within the boundaries of


             3082      the water conservancy district.
             3083          (j) "Water user" means a private water user or a public water user.
             3084          (2) A water conservancy district may levy a contract assessment as provided in this
             3085      section.
             3086          (3) (a) The governing body of a public petitioner may authorize its chief executive
             3087      officer to submit a written petition on behalf of the public petitioner to a water conservancy
             3088      district requesting to enter into a water contract.
             3089          (b) A private petitioner may submit a written petition to a water conservancy district
             3090      requesting to enter into a water contract.
             3091          (c) Each petition under this Subsection (3) shall include:
             3092          (i) the petitioner's name;
             3093          (ii) the quantity of water the petitioner desires to purchase or otherwise acquire;
             3094          (iii) a description of the land upon which the water will be used;
             3095          (iv) the price to be paid for the water;
             3096          (v) the amount of any service, turnout, connection, distribution system, or other charge
             3097      to be paid;
             3098          (vi) whether payment will be made in cash or annual installments;
             3099          (vii) a provision requiring the contract assessment to become a lien on the land for
             3100      which the water is petitioned and is to be allotted; and
             3101          (viii) an agreement that the petitioner is bound by the provisions of this part and the
             3102      rules and regulations of the water conservancy district board of trustees.
             3103          (4) (a) If the board of a water conservancy district desires to consider a petition
             3104      submitted by a petitioner under Subsection (3), the board shall:
             3105          (i) publish notice of the petition and of the hearing required under Subsection (4)(a)(ii)
             3106      at least once a week in two successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation within the
             3107      county in which the political subdivision or private petitioner's land, as the case may be, is
             3108      located; and
             3109          (ii) hold a public hearing on the petition.


             3110          (b) Each notice under Subsection (4)(a)(i) shall:
             3111          (i) state that a petition has been filed and that the district is considering levying a
             3112      contract assessment; and
             3113          (ii) give the date, time, and place of the hearing required under Subsection (4)(a)(ii).
             3114          (c) (i) At each hearing required under Subsection (4)(a)(ii), the board of trustees of the
             3115      water conservancy district shall:
             3116          (A) allow any interested person to appear and explain why the petition should not be
             3117      granted; and
             3118          (B) consider each written objection to the granting of the petition that the board
             3119      receives before or at the hearing.
             3120          (ii) The board of trustees may adjourn and reconvene the hearing as the board considers
             3121      appropriate.
             3122          (d) (i) Any interested person may file with the board of the water conservancy district,
             3123      at or before the hearing under Subsection (4)(a)(ii), a written objection to the district's granting
             3124      a petition.
             3125          (ii) Each person who fails to submit a written objection within the time provided under
             3126      Subsection (4)(d)(i) is considered to have consented to the district's granting the petition and
             3127      levying a contract assessment.
             3128          (5) After holding a public hearing as required under Subsection (4)(a)(ii), the board of
             3129      trustees of a water conservancy district may:
             3130          (a) deny the petition; or
             3131          (b) grant the petition, if the board considers granting the petition to be in the best
             3132      interests of the district.
             3133          (6) The board of a water conservancy district that grants a petition under this section
             3134      may:
             3135          (a) make an allotment of water for the benefit of assessed land;
             3136          (b) authorize any necessary construction to provide for the use of water upon the terms
             3137      and conditions stated in the water contract;


             3138          (c) divide the district into units and fix a different rate for water purchased or otherwise
             3139      acquired and for other charges within each unit, if the rates and charges are equitable, although
             3140      not equal and uniform, for similar classes of services throughout the district; and
             3141          (d) levy a contract assessment on assessed land.
             3142          (7) (a) The board of trustees of each water conservancy district that levies a contract
             3143      assessment under this section shall:
             3144          (i) cause a certified copy of the resolution, ordinance, or order levying the assessment
             3145      to be recorded in the office of the recorder of each county in which assessed land is located; and
             3146          (ii) on or before July 1 of each year after levying the contract assessment, certify to the
             3147      auditor of each county in which assessed land is located the amount of the contract assessment.
             3148          (b) Upon the recording of the resolution or ordinance under Subsection (7)(a)(i), the
             3149      contract assessment associated with allotting water to the assessed land under the water
             3150      contract becomes a perpetual lien on the assessed land.
             3151          (c) Each county in which assessed land is located shall collect the contract assessment
             3152      in the same manner as taxes levied by the county.
             3153          (8) (a) The board of trustees of each water conservancy district that levies a contract
             3154      assessment under this section shall:
             3155          (i) hold a public hearing, before August 8 of each year in which a contract assessment is
             3156      levied, to hear and consider objections filed under Subsection (8)(b); and
             3157          (ii) twice publish a notice, at least a week apart:
             3158          (A) (I) in a newspaper of general circulation in each county with assessed land included
             3159      within the district boundaries; or
             3160          (II) if there is no newspaper of general circulation within the county, in a newspaper of
             3161      general circulation in an adjoining county;
             3162          (B) that contains:
             3163          (I) a general description of the assessed land;
             3164          (II) the amount of the contract assessment; and
             3165          (III) the time and place of the public hearing under Subsection (8)(a)(i).


             3166          (b) An owner of assessed land within the water conservancy district who believes that
             3167      the contract assessment on the owner's land is excessive, erroneous, or illegal may, before the
             3168      hearing under Subsection (8)(a)(i), file with the board of trustees a verified, written objection to
             3169      the assessment, stating the grounds for the objection.
             3170          (c) (i) At each hearing under Subsection (8)(a)(i), the board of trustees shall hear and
             3171      consider the evidence and arguments supporting each objection.
             3172          (ii) After hearing and considering the evidence and arguments supporting an objection,
             3173      the board of trustees:
             3174          (A) shall enter a written order, stating its decision; and
             3175          (B) may modify the assessment.
             3176          (d) (i) An owner of assessed land may file a petition in district court seeking review of a
             3177      board of trustees' order under Subsection (8)(c)(i)(A).
             3178          (ii) Each petition under Subsection (8)(d)(i) shall:
             3179          (A) be filed within 30 days after the board enters its written order;
             3180          (B) state specifically the part of the board's order for which review is sought; and
             3181          (C) be accompanied by a bond with good and sufficient security in an amount not
             3182      exceeding $200, as determined by the court clerk.
             3183          (iii) If more than one owner of assessed land seeks review, the court may, upon a
             3184      showing that the reviews may be consolidated without injury to anyone's interests, consolidate
             3185      the reviews and hear them together.
             3186          (iv) The court shall act as quickly as possible after a petition is filed.
             3187          (v) A court may not disturb a board of trustees' order unless the court finds that the
             3188      contract assessment on the petitioner's assessed land is manifestly disproportionate to
             3189      assessments imposed upon other land in the district.
             3190          (e) If no petition under Subsection (8)(d) is timely filed, the contract assessment is
             3191      conclusively considered to have been made in proportion to the benefits conferred on the land in
             3192      the district.
             3193          (9) Each resolution, ordinance, or order under which a water conservancy district levied


             3194      a Class B, Class C, or Class D assessment before April 30, 2007 under the law in effect at the
             3195      time of the levy is validated, ratified, and confirmed, and a water conservancy district may
             3196      continue to levy the assessment according to the terms of the resolution, ordinance, or order.
             3197          (10) A contract assessment is not a levy of an ad valorem property tax and is not
             3198      subject to the limits stated in Section 17B-2a-1006 .
             3199          Section 49. Section 17D-1-101 is enacted to read:
             3200     
TITLE 17D. LIMITED PURPOSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ENTITIES - OTHER

             3201     
ENTITIES

             3202     
CHAPTER 1. SPECIAL SERVICE DISTRICT ACT

             3203     
Part 1. General Provisions

             3204          17D-1-101. Title.
             3205          (1) This title is known as "Limited Purpose Local Government Entities - Other
             3206      Entities."
             3207          (2) This chapter is known as the "Special Service District Act."
             3208          Section 50. Section 17D-1-102 is enacted to read:
             3209          17D-1-102. Definitions.
             3210          As used in this chapter:
             3211          (1) "Adequate protests" means written protests timely filed by:
             3212          (a) owners of property within the applicable area representing more than 33% of the
             3213      taxable value of all taxable property within the applicable area; or
             3214          (b) more than 33% of all registered voters within the applicable area.
             3215          (2) "Applicable area" means:
             3216          (a) for a proposal to create a special service district, the area included within the
             3217      proposed special service district;
             3218          (b) for a proposal to annex an area to an existing special service district, the area
             3219      proposed to be annexed;
             3220          (c) for a proposal to add a service to the service or services provided by a special
             3221      service district, the area included within the special service district; and


             3222          (d) for a proposal to consolidate special service districts, the area included within each
             3223      special service district proposed to be consolidated.
             3224          (3) "Facility" or "facilities" includes any structure, building, system, land, water right,
             3225      water, or other real or personal property required to provide a service that a special service
             3226      district is authorized to provide, including any related or appurtenant easement or right-of-way,
             3227      improvement, utility, landscaping, sidewalk, road, curb, gutter, equipment, or furnishing.
             3228          (4) "General obligation bond":
             3229          (a) means a bond that is directly payable from and secured by ad valorem property taxes
             3230      that are:
             3231          (i) levied:
             3232          (A) by the county or municipality that created the special service district that issues the
             3233      bond; and
             3234          (B) on taxable property within the special service district; and
             3235          (ii) in excess of the ad valorem property taxes for the current fiscal year; and
             3236          (b) does not include:
             3237          (i) a short-term bond;
             3238          (ii) a tax and revenue anticipation bond; or
             3239          (iii) a special assessment bond.
             3240          (5) "Governing body" means:
             3241          (a) the legislative body of the county or municipality that creates the special service
             3242      district, to the extent that the county or municipal legislative body has not delegated authority to
             3243      an administrative control board appointed under Section 17D-1-301 ; or
             3244          (b) the administrative control board of the special service district, to the extent that the
             3245      county or municipal legislative body has delegated authority to an administrative control board
             3246      appointed under Section 17D-1-301 .
             3247          (6) "Guaranteed bonds" means bonds:
             3248          (a) issued by a special service district; and
             3249          (b) the debt service of which is guaranteed by one or more taxpayers owning property


             3250      within the special service district.
             3251          (7) "Local district" has the same meaning as defined in Section 17B-1-102 .
             3252          (8) "Revenue bond":
             3253          (a) means a bond payable from designated taxes or other revenues other than the ad
             3254      valorem property taxes of the county or municipality that created the special service district; and
             3255          (b) does not include:
             3256          (i) an obligation constituting an indebtedness within the meaning of an applicable
             3257      constitutional or statutory debt limit;
             3258          (ii) a tax and revenue anticipation bond; or
             3259          (iii) a special assessment bond.
             3260          (9) "Special assessment" means an assessment levied against property to pay all or a
             3261      portion of the costs of making improvements that benefit the property.
             3262          (10) "Special assessment bond" means a bond payable from special assessments.
             3263          (11) "Special service district" means a limited purpose local government entity, as
             3264      described in Section 17D-1-103 , that:
             3265          (a) is created under authority of the Utah Constitution Article XI, Section 7; and
             3266          (b) operates under, is subject to, and has the powers set forth in this chapter.
             3267          (12) "Tax and revenue anticipation bond" means a bond:
             3268          (a) issued in anticipation of the collection of taxes or other revenues or a combination
             3269      of taxes and other revenues; and
             3270          (b) that matures within the same fiscal year as the fiscal year in which the bond is
             3271      issued.
             3272          Section 51. Section 17D-1-103 is enacted to read:
             3273          17D-1-103. Special service district status, powers, and duties -- Limitation on
             3274      districts providing jail service.
             3275          (1) A special service district:
             3276          (a) is a body corporate and politic with perpetual succession, separate and distinct from
             3277      the county or municipality that creates it;


             3278          (b) is a quasi-municipal corporation; and
             3279          (c) may sue and be sued.
             3280          (2) A special service district may:
             3281          (a) exercise the power of eminent domain possessed by the county or municipality that
             3282      creates the special service district;
             3283          (b) enter into a contract that the governing authority considers desirable to carry out
             3284      special service district functions, including a contract:
             3285          (i) with the United States or an agency of the United States, the state, an institution of
             3286      higher education, a county, a municipality, a school district, a local district, another special
             3287      service district, or any other political subdivision of the state; or
             3288          (ii) that includes provisions concerning the use, operation, and maintenance of special
             3289      service district facilities and the collection of fees or charges with respect to commodities,
             3290      services, or facilities that the district provides;
             3291          (c) acquire or construct facilities;
             3292          (d) acquire real or personal property, or an interest in real or personal property,
             3293      including water and water rights, whether by purchase, lease, gift, devise, bequest, or otherwise,
             3294      and whether the property is located inside or outside the special service district, and own, hold,
             3295      improve, use, finance, or otherwise deal in and with the property or property right;
             3296          (e) sell, convey, lease, exchange, transfer, or otherwise dispose of all or any part of the
             3297      special service district's property or assets, including water and water rights;
             3298          (f) mortgage, pledge, or otherwise encumber all or any part of the special service
             3299      district's property or assets, including water and water rights;
             3300          (g) enter into a contract with respect to the use, operation, or maintenance of all or any
             3301      part of the special service district's property or assets, including water and water rights;
             3302          (h) accept a government grant or loan and comply with the conditions of the grant or
             3303      loan;
             3304          (i) use an officer, employee, property, equipment, office, or facility of the county or
             3305      municipality that created the special service district, subject to reimbursement as provided in


             3306      Subsection (3);
             3307          (j) employ one or more officers, employees, or agents, including one or more engineers,
             3308      accountants, attorneys, or financial consultants, and establish their compensation;
             3309          (k) designate an assessment area and levy an assessment as provided in Title 11,
             3310      Chapter 42, Assessment Area Act;
             3311          (l) contract with a franchised, certificated public utility for the construction and
             3312      operation of an electrical service distribution system within the special service district;
             3313          (m) borrow money and incur indebtedness;
             3314          (n) as provided in Part 5, Special Service District Bonds, issue bonds for the purpose of
             3315      acquiring, constructing, and equipping any of the facilities required for the services the special
             3316      service district is authorized to provide, including:
             3317          (i) bonds payable in whole or in part from taxes levied on the taxable property in the
             3318      special service district;
             3319          (ii) bonds payable from revenues derived from the operation of revenue-producing
             3320      facilities of the special service district;
             3321          (iii) bonds payable from both taxes and revenues;
             3322          (iv) guaranteed bonds, payable in whole or in part from taxes levied on the taxable
             3323      property in the special service district;
             3324          (v) tax anticipation notes;
             3325          (vi) bond anticipation notes;
             3326          (vii) refunding bonds;
             3327          (viii) special assessment bonds; and
             3328          (ix) bonds payable in whole or in part from mineral lease payments as provided in
             3329      Section 11-14-308 ;
             3330          (o) except as provided in Subsection (4), impose fees or charges or both for
             3331      commodities, services, or facilities that the special service district provides;
             3332          (p) provide to an area outside the special service district's boundary, whether inside or
             3333      outside the state, a service that the special service district is authorized to provide within its


             3334      boundary, if the governing body makes a finding that there is a public benefit to providing the
             3335      service to the area outside the special service district's boundary;
             3336          (q) provide other services that the governing body determines will more effectively
             3337      carry out the purposes of the special service district; and
             3338          (r) adopt an official seal for the special service district.
             3339          (3) Each special service district that uses an officer, employee, property, equipment,
             3340      office, or facility of the county or municipality that created the special service district shall
             3341      reimburse the county or municipality a reasonable amount for what the special service district
             3342      uses.
             3343          (4) (a) A special service district that provides jail service as provided in Subsection
             3344      17D-1-201 (10) may not impose a fee or charge for the service it provides.
             3345          (b) Subsection (4)(a) may not be construed to limit a special service district that
             3346      provides jail service from:
             3347          (i) entering into a contract with the federal government, the state, or a political
             3348      subdivision of the state to provide jail service for compensation; or
             3349          (ii) receiving compensation for jail service it provides under a contract described in
             3350      Subsection (4)(b)(i).
             3351          Section 52. Section 17D-1-104 is enacted to read:
             3352          17D-1-104. Property owner provisions -- Determination of registered voters.
             3353          (1) For purposes of this chapter:
             3354          (a) the owner of real property is the fee title owner according to the records of the
             3355      county recorder on the date of the filing of the petition or protest; and
             3356          (b) the value of private real property is determined according to the last assessment
             3357      before the filing of the petition or protest, as determined by:
             3358          (i) (A) the county under Title 59, Chapter 2, Part 3, County Assessment, for property
             3359      subject to assessment by the county; or
             3360          (B) the State Tax Commission under Title 59, Chapter 2, Part 2, Assessment of
             3361      Property, for property subject to assessment by the State Tax Commission; and


             3362          (ii) the county, for all other property.
             3363          (2) For purposes of each provision of this chapter that requires the owners of private
             3364      real property covering a percentage of the total private land area within the applicable area to
             3365      sign a petition or protest:
             3366          (a) a parcel of real property may not be included in the calculation of the required
             3367      percentage unless the petition or protest is signed by:
             3368          (i) except as provided in Subsection (2)(a)(ii), owners representing a majority
             3369      ownership interest in that parcel; or
             3370          (ii) if the parcel is owned by joint tenants or tenants by the entirety, 50% of the number
             3371      of owners of that parcel;
             3372          (b) the signature of a person signing a petition or protest in a representative capacity on
             3373      behalf of an owner is invalid unless:
             3374          (i) the person's representative capacity and the name of the owner the person represents
             3375      are indicated on the petition or protest with the person's signature; and
             3376          (ii) the person provides documentation accompanying the petition or protest that
             3377      reasonably substantiates the person's representative capacity; and
             3378          (c) subject to Subsection (2)(b), a duly appointed personal representative may sign a
             3379      petition or protest on behalf of a deceased owner.
             3380          (3) For purposes of this chapter, registered voters shall be determined according to the
             3381      official register.
             3382          Section 53. Section 17D-1-105 is enacted to read:
             3383          17D-1-105. Authority of county or municipality to levy property tax on property
             3384      within a special service district.
             3385          (1) Subject to Subsections (2) and (3), a county or municipality that has created a
             3386      special service district may levy a tax on the taxable property in the special service district.
             3387          (2) Each levy under Subsection (1) is subject to the prior approval of a majority of the
             3388      registered voters of the special service district voting in an election held for that purpose under
             3389      Title 11, Chapter 14, Local Government Bonding Act, in the same manner as for an election for


             3390      the issuance of bonds.
             3391          (3) A tax levied under this section for a special service district that provides jail service
             3392      as provided in Subsection 17D-1-201 (10) is considered to be levied by the county for purposes
             3393      of the county's tax limitation under Section 59-2-908 .
             3394          Section 54. Section 17D-1-106 is enacted to read:
             3395          17D-1-106. Special service districts subject to other provisions.
             3396          (1) A special service district is, to the same extent as if it were a local district, subject to
             3397      and governed by:
             3398          (a) Sections 17B-1-105 , 17B-1-107, 17B-1-108 , 17B-1-109 , 17B-1-110 , 17B-1-111 ,
             3399      17B-1-112 , 17B-1-113, and 17B-1-116;
             3400          (b) Sections 17B-1-304 , 17B-1-305, 17B-1-306 , 17B-1-307 , 17B-1-310 , 17B-1-312 ,
             3401      and 17B-1-313 ;
             3402          (c) Title 17B, Chapter 1, Part 6, Fiscal Procedures for Local Districts;
             3403          (d) Title 17B, Chapter 1, Part 7, Local District Budgets and Audit Reports;
             3404          (e) Title 17B, Chapter 1, Part 8, Local District Personnel Management; and
             3405          (f) Title 17B, Chapter 1, Part 9, Collection of Service Fees and Charges.
             3406          (2) For purposes of applying the provisions listed in Subsection (1) to a special service
             3407      district, each reference in those provisions to the local district board of trustees means the
             3408      governing authority.
             3409          Section 55. Section 17D-1-107 is enacted to read:
             3410          17D-1-107. Contracts subject to building improvement and public works
             3411      provisions.
             3412          (1) For each special service district created by a county, the legislative body of that
             3413      county shall by ordinance designate the classes of special service district contracts that are
             3414      subject to the requirements of Title 11, Chapter 39, Building Improvements and Public Works
             3415      Projects.
             3416          (2) For each special service district created by a municipality, the legislative body of
             3417      that municipality shall by ordinance designate the classes of special service district contracts that


             3418      are subject to the requirements of Title 11, Chapter 39, Building Improvements and Public
             3419      Works Projects.
             3420          Section 56. Section 17D-1-108 is enacted to read:
             3421          17D-1-108. Conflict.
             3422          If a provision of this chapter conflicts with any other statutory provision, the provision
             3423      of this chapter controls.
             3424          Section 57. Section 17D-1-109 is enacted to read:
             3425          17D-1-109. Validation of previously created special service districts.
             3426          Each special service district created before May 5, 2008 is validated, ratified, and
             3427      confirmed and declared to be validly existing.
             3428          Section 58. Section 17D-1-201 is enacted to read:
             3429     
Part 2. Creating a Special Service District

             3430          17D-1-201. Services that a special service district may be created to provide.
             3431          As provided in this part, a county or municipality may create a special service district to
             3432      provide any combination of the following services:
             3433          (1) water;
             3434          (2) sewerage;
             3435          (3) drainage;
             3436          (4) flood control;
             3437          (5) garbage collection and disposal;
             3438          (6) health care;
             3439          (7) transportation;
             3440          (8) recreation;
             3441          (9) fire protection and, if fire protection service is provided, emergency medical or
             3442      ambulance or both;
             3443          (10) providing, operating, and maintaining correctional and rehabilitative facilities and
             3444      programs for municipal, state, and other detainees and prisoners;
             3445          (11) street lighting;


             3446          (12) consolidated 911 and emergency dispatch;
             3447          (13) animal shelter and control;
             3448          (14) receiving federal mineral lease funds under Title 59, Chapter 21, Mineral Lease
             3449      Funds, and expending those funds to provide construction and maintenance of public facilities,
             3450      traditional governmental services, and planning, as a means for mitigating impacts from
             3451      extractive mineral industries; and
             3452          (15) in a county of the first class, extended police protection.
             3453          Section 59. Section 17D-1-202 is enacted to read:
             3454          17D-1-202. Limitations on the creation of a special service district.
             3455          (1) Subject to Subsection (2), the boundary of a proposed special service district may
             3456      include all or part of the area within the boundary of the county or municipality that creates the
             3457      special service district.
             3458          (2) (a) The boundary of a proposed special service district may not include an area
             3459      included within the boundary of an existing special service district that provides the same
             3460      service that the proposed special service district is proposed to provide.
             3461          (b) The boundary of a proposed special service district may not include an area included
             3462      within the boundary of an existing local district that provides the same service that the proposed
             3463      special service district is proposed to provide, unless the local district consents.
             3464          (c) A proposed special service district may not include land that will not be benefitted
             3465      by the service that the special service district is proposed to provide, unless the owner of the
             3466      nonbenefitted land consents to the inclusion.
             3467          (d) A county may not create a special service district that includes some or all of the
             3468      area within a municipality unless the legislative body of that municipality adopts a resolution or
             3469      ordinance consenting to the inclusion.
             3470          (3) All areas included within a special service district need not be contiguous.
             3471          Section 60. Section 17D-1-203 is enacted to read:
             3472          17D-1-203. Initiating the process to create a special service district.
             3473          (1) The process to create a special service district is initiated by:


             3474          (a) the legislative body of a county or municipality that proposes to create a special
             3475      service district adopting a resolution that:
             3476          (i) declares that the public health, convenience, and necessity require the creation of a
             3477      special service district;
             3478          (ii) indicates the legislative body's intent to create a special service district; and
             3479          (iii) complies with the requirements of Subsection (3); or
             3480          (b) the filing of a petition that:
             3481          (i) proposes the creation of a special service district;
             3482          (ii) complies with the requirements of Subsections (2) and (3); and
             3483          (iii) is filed with the legislative body of the county or municipality in whose boundary
             3484      the proposed special service district is located.
             3485          (2) Each petition under Subsection (1)(b) shall:
             3486          (a) be signed by:
             3487          (i) the owners of at least 10% of the taxable value of taxable property within the
             3488      proposed special service district; or
             3489          (ii) at least 10% of the registered voters residing within the proposed special service
             3490      district; and
             3491          (b) indicate:
             3492          (i) the residence address of each person who signs the petition; and
             3493          (ii) if the person signs the petition as a property owner, the address or other description
             3494      of the person's property sufficient to identify the property.
             3495          (3) Each resolution under Subsection (1)(a) and petition under Subsection (1)(b) shall:
             3496          (a) describe the boundaries of the proposed special service district;
             3497          (b) specify each service that the special service district is proposed to provide; and
             3498          (c) designate a name for the proposed special service district.
             3499          Section 61. Section 17D-1-204 is enacted to read:
             3500          17D-1-204. Prerequisites for adopting a resolution or ordinance creating a special
             3501      service district.


             3502          Before the legislative body of a county or municipality may adopt a resolution or
             3503      ordinance under Section 17D-1-208 creating a special service district:
             3504          (1) the clerk or recorder, as the case may be, of the county or municipality shall give
             3505      written notice as provided in Section 17D-1-205 ;
             3506          (2) the legislative body shall hold a public hearing, as provided in Section 17D-1-207 ;
             3507      and
             3508          (3) the period for filing protests under Section 17D-1-206 shall have passed without
             3509      adequate protests having been filed.
             3510          Section 62. Section 17D-1-205 is enacted to read:
             3511          17D-1-205. Notice.
             3512          (1) Each notice required under Subsection 17D-1-204 (1) shall:
             3513          (a) state that:
             3514          (i) the legislative body has adopted a resolution stating its intent to create a special
             3515      service district; or
             3516          (ii) a petition has been filed proposing the creation of a special service district;
             3517          (b) describe the boundary of the proposed special service district;
             3518          (c) generally describe each service that the special service district is proposed to
             3519      provide;
             3520          (d) state that taxes may be levied annually upon all taxable property within the proposed
             3521      special service district;
             3522          (e) state that fees or charges may be imposed to pay for some or all of the services that
             3523      the special service district is proposed to provide;
             3524          (f) explain the process, requirements, and timetable for filing a protest against the
             3525      creation of the special service district or against a service that the special service district is
             3526      proposed to provide;
             3527          (g) designate a date, time, and place for a public hearing on the proposed creation of
             3528      the special service district; and
             3529          (h) except as provided in Subsection (2), be published at least once a week during three


             3530      consecutive weeks:
             3531          (i) not less than 21 days or more than 35 days before the date of the public hearing
             3532      required under Subsection 17D-1-204 (2); and
             3533          (ii) in a newspaper of general circulation in the county or municipality by which the
             3534      special service district is proposed to be created.
             3535          (2) Notwithstanding Subsection (1)(h), if the proposed special service district is located
             3536      entirely within a city of the third, fourth, or fifth class or a town that has no newspaper of
             3537      general circulation in the city or town, the legislative body of the city or town may provide that
             3538      the notice required under Subsection 17D-1-204 (1) be given by posting the notice in at least
             3539      five public places in the city or town at least 21 days before the public hearing required under
             3540      Subsection 17D-1-204 (2).
             3541          (3) The legislative body of the county or municipality by which the special service
             3542      district is proposed to be created may include in a notice under this section any other
             3543      information that the legislative body considers necessary or appropriate.
             3544          Section 63. Section 17D-1-206 is enacted to read:
             3545          17D-1-206. Protests.
             3546          (1) An interested person may protest:
             3547          (a) the creation of a special service district; or
             3548          (b) a service that the special service district is proposed to provide.
             3549          (2) Each protest under Subsection (1) shall:
             3550          (a) be in writing;
             3551          (b) be submitted:
             3552          (i) to the legislative body of the county or municipality by which the special service
             3553      district is proposed to be created; and
             3554          (ii) no later than 15 days after the public hearing required under Subsection
             3555      17D-1-204 (2); and
             3556          (c) explain why the person is protesting.
             3557          (3) A person who submitted a written protest against the creation of a special service


             3558      district may withdraw the protest or, having withdrawn a protest, cancel the withdrawal, until
             3559      30 days after the public hearing required under Subsection 17D-1-204 (2).
             3560          (4) The legislative body of a county or municipality may not adopt a resolution or
             3561      ordinance creating a special service district if adequate protests are filed with respect to the
             3562      creation of the special service district.
             3563          (5) The legislative body of a county or municipality may not adopt a resolution or
             3564      ordinance authorizing a special service district to provide a service if adequate protests are filed
             3565      with respect to that service.
             3566          Section 64. Section 17D-1-207 is enacted to read:
             3567          17D-1-207. Public hearing.
             3568          (1) On the date and at the time and place specified in the notice under Section
             3569      17D-1-205 , the legislative body of the county or municipality by which the special service
             3570      district is proposed to be created shall hold a public hearing.
             3571          (2) At each public hearing under this section, the legislative body shall:
             3572          (a) give full consideration to each written protest that has been filed; and
             3573          (b) hear and consider each interested person desiring to be heard.
             3574          (3) The legislative body may continue the hearing to another date and time.
             3575          Section 65. Section 17D-1-208 is enacted to read:
             3576          17D-1-208. Adoption of a resolution or ordinance creating a special service
             3577      district.
             3578          (1) Subject to the provisions of and as provided in this part, the legislative body of a
             3579      county or municipality may adopt a resolution or ordinance creating a special service district.
             3580          (2) (a) Subject to Subsection (2)(b), a resolution or ordinance adopted by a legislative
             3581      body under Subsection (1) may contain changes from the proposal as set forth in a resolution
             3582      under Subsection 17D-1-203 (1)(a) or a petition under Subsection 17D-1-203 (1)(b), including
             3583      changes in:
             3584          (i) the boundary of the special service district; and
             3585          (ii) the services to be provided by the special service district.


             3586          (b) The legislative body of a county or municipality may not adopt a resolution or
             3587      ordinance under Subsection (1) that creates a special service district with a boundary that
             3588      includes more area than is included in, or that authorizes the special service district to provide a
             3589      service not proposed in, a resolution under Subsection 17D-1-203 (1)(a) or a petition under
             3590      Subsection 17D-1-203 (1)(b), unless the requirements of Sections 17D-1-205 , 17D-1-206 , and
             3591      17D-1-207 are met with respect to the additional area or service, as the case may be.
             3592          Section 66. Section 17D-1-209 is enacted to read:
             3593          17D-1-209. Notice to lieutenant governor.
             3594          (1) Within 30 days after adopting a resolution or ordinance under Subsection
             3595      17D-1-208 (1) creating a special service district, the legislative body adopting the resolution or
             3596      ordinance shall file a notice with the lieutenant governor.
             3597          (2) Each notice under Subsection (1) shall:
             3598          (a) be accompanied by:
             3599          (i) a copy of the resolution or ordinance creating the special service district; and
             3600          (ii) a map showing the boundaries of the special service district, prepared and certified
             3601      by a licensed surveyor and filed with the county surveyor in accordance with Section 17-23-17 ;
             3602      and
             3603          (b) include the legislative body's certification that all requirements for the creation of the
             3604      special service district have been met.
             3605          (3) Upon the lieutenant governor's issuance of a certificate of creation under Section
             3606      67-1a-6.5 , the special service district is created and incorporated.
             3607          Section 67. Section 17D-1-210 is enacted to read:
             3608          17D-1-210. Services that special service district is authorized to provide.
             3609          (1) After its creation, a special service district may provide the service or services:
             3610          (a) specified in the resolution or ordinance creating the special service district; or
             3611          (b) added under Part 4, Annexing a New Area and Adding a New Service.
             3612          (2) Notwithstanding Subsection (1), a special service district created before May 5,
             3613      2008 may continue on and after that date to provide a service that the special service district


             3614      was authorized before May 5, 2008 to provide.
             3615          Section 68. Section 17D-1-211 is enacted to read:
             3616          17D-1-211. Municipality's ability to provide temporary jail facilities not affected
             3617      by the creation of a special service district to provide jail services.
             3618          The creation of a special service district to provide jail services as provided in
             3619      Subsection 17D-1-201 (10) does not affect the ability of a municipality under Section 10-8-58 to
             3620      provide, operate, and maintain facilities for the temporary incarceration, not to exceed 72 hours,
             3621      of persons charged with the violation of a municipal ordinance.
             3622          Section 69. Section 17D-1-212 is enacted to read:
             3623          17D-1-212. Action to challenge the creation of a special service district or a service
             3624      to be provided.
             3625          (1) A person may file an action in district court challenging the creation of a special
             3626      service district or a service that a special service district is proposed to provide if:
             3627          (a) the person filed a written protest under Section 17D-1-206 ;
             3628          (b) the person:
             3629          (i) (A) is a registered voter within the special service district; and
             3630          (B) alleges in the action that the procedures used to create the special service district
             3631      violated applicable law; or
             3632          (ii) (A) is an owner of property included within the boundary of the special service
             3633      district; and
             3634          (B) alleges in the action that:
             3635          (I) the person's property will not be benefitted by a service that the special service
             3636      district is proposed to provide; or
             3637          (II) the procedures used to create the special service district violated applicable law;
             3638      and
             3639          (c) the action is filed within 30 days after the date that the legislative body adopts a
             3640      resolution or ordinance creating the special service district.
             3641          (2) If an action is not filed within the time specified under Subsection (1), a registered


             3642      voter or an owner of property located within the special service district may not contest the
             3643      creation of the special service district or a service that the special service district is proposed to
             3644      provide.
             3645          Section 70. Section 17D-1-301 is enacted to read:
             3646     
Part 3. Administrative Control Board

             3647          17D-1-301. Governance of a special service district -- Authority to create and
             3648      delegate authority to an administrative control board -- Limitations on authority to
             3649      delegate.
             3650          (1) Each special service district shall be governed by the legislative body of the county
             3651      or municipality that creates the special service district, subject to any delegation under this
             3652      section of a right, power, or authority to an administrative control board.
             3653          (2) At the time a special service district is created or at any time thereafter, the
             3654      legislative body of a county or municipality that creates a special service district may, by
             3655      resolution or ordinance:
             3656          (a) create an administrative control board for the special service district; and
             3657          (b) subject to Subsection (3), delegate to the administrative control board the exercise
             3658      of any right, power, or authority that the legislative body possesses with respect to the
             3659      governance of the special service district.
             3660          (3) A county or municipal legislative body may not delegate to an administrative control
             3661      board of a special service district the power to:
             3662          (a) annex an area to an existing special service district or add a service within the area
             3663      of an existing special service district under Part 4, Annexing a New Area and Adding a New
             3664      Service;
             3665          (b) designate, under Section 17D-1-107 , the classes of special service district contracts
             3666      that are subject to Title 11, Chapter 39, Building Improvements and Public Works Projects;
             3667          (c) levy a tax on the taxable property within the special service district;
             3668          (d) issue special service district bonds payable from taxes;
             3669          (e) call or hold an election for the authorization of a property tax or the issuance of


             3670      bonds;
             3671          (f) levy an assessment;
             3672          (g) issue interim warrants or bonds payable from an assessment; or
             3673          (h) appoint a board of equalization under Section 11-42-404 .
             3674          (4) (a) A county or municipal legislative body that has delegated a right, power, or
             3675      authority under this section to an administrative control board may at any time modify, limit, or
             3676      revoke any right, power, or authority delegated to the administrative control board.
             3677          (b) A modification, limitation, or revocation under Subsection (4)(a) does not affect the
             3678      validity of an action taken by an administrative control board before the modification, limitation,
             3679      or revocation.
             3680          Section 71. Section 17D-1-302 is enacted to read:
             3681          17D-1-302. Number of members of an administrative control board.
             3682          (1) Each administrative control board shall consist of at least three members.
             3683          (2) The number of administrative control board members for a special service district
             3684      established by a county of the first class to provide jail service as provided in Subsection
             3685      17D-1-201 (10) is nine.
             3686          Section 72. Section 17D-1-303 is enacted to read:
             3687          17D-1-303. Election or appointment of administrative control board members.
             3688          (1) Except as provided in Subsection (2)(b)(iii), a county or municipal legislative body
             3689      that creates an administrative control board may provide for board members to be elected or
             3690      appointed, or for some members to be elected and some appointed.
             3691          (2) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (2)(b), each member of an administrative
             3692      control board shall be elected or appointed as provided for the election or appointment,
             3693      respectively, of a member of a board of trustees of a local district under Title 17B, Chapter 1,
             3694      Part 3, Board of Trustees.
             3695          (b) (i) A municipality or improvement district under Title 17B, Chapter 2a, Part 4,
             3696      Improvement District Act, may appoint one member to represent it on an administrative control
             3697      board created by a special service district if:


             3698          (A) the special service district was created by a county;
             3699          (B) the special service district provides the same service as the municipality or
             3700      improvement district; and
             3701          (C) the special service district includes some or all of the area included within the
             3702      municipality or improvement district.
             3703          (ii) An institution of higher education for which a special service district provides
             3704      commodities, services, or facilities may appoint the number of members of an administrative
             3705      control board of that special service district that are equal in number to at least 1/3 of the total
             3706      number of board members.
             3707          (iii) With respect to an administrative control board created for a special service district
             3708      created by a county of the first class to provide jail service as provided in Subsection
             3709      17D-1-201 (10), the county legislative body shall appoint:
             3710          (A) three members from a list of at least six recommendations from the county sheriff;
             3711          (B) three members from a list of at least six recommendations from municipalities
             3712      within the county; and
             3713          (C) three members from a list of at least six recommendations from the county
             3714      executive.
             3715          Section 73. Section 17D-1-304 is enacted to read:
             3716          17D-1-304. Qualifications of administrative control board members -- Term of
             3717      office.
             3718          (1) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (1)(b), each member of an administrative
             3719      control board shall be:
             3720          (i) a registered voter within the special service district; or
             3721          (ii) an officer or employee of the county or municipality that created the special service
             3722      district.
             3723          (b) Subsection (1)(a) does not apply if:
             3724          (i) at least 90% of the owners of real property within the special service district are not
             3725      registered voters within the special service district; or


             3726          (ii) the member is appointed under Subsection 17D-1-303 (2)(b)(i) or (ii).
             3727          (2) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (2)(b), the term of each member of an
             3728      administrative control board is four years.
             3729          (b) The term of as close as possible to half of the initial members of an administrative
             3730      control board, chosen by lot, is two years.
             3731          Section 74. Section 17D-1-305 is enacted to read:
             3732          17D-1-305. Compensation for administrative control board members.
             3733          An administrative control board member may receive compensation and reimbursement
             3734      of expenses as provided in Section 17B-1-307 to the same extent as if the member were a
             3735      member of a board of trustees of a local district.
             3736          Section 75. Section 17D-1-306 is enacted to read:
             3737          17D-1-306. Administrative control board review of certain charges in special
             3738      service districts providing jail service.
             3739          If the legislative body of a county of the first class creates an administrative control
             3740      board under this part for a special service district that provides jail service as provided in
             3741      Subsection 17D-1-201 (10), the administrative control board may review and approve any
             3742      amount charged to the special service district as reimbursement to the county for services
             3743      provided under Subsection 17D-1-103 (2)(i) before the amount is included in the special service
             3744      district budget.
             3745          Section 76. Section 17D-1-401 is enacted to read:
             3746     
Part 4. Annexing a New Area and Adding a New Service

             3747          17D-1-401. Annexing an area or adding a service to an existing special service
             3748      district.
             3749          (1) Except as provided in Subsections (3) and (4), a county or municipal legislative
             3750      body may, as provided in this part:
             3751          (a) annex an area to an existing special service district to provide to that area a service
             3752      that the special service district is authorized to provide;
             3753          (b) add a service under Section 17D-1-201 within the area of an existing special service


             3754      district that the special service district is not already authorized to provide; or
             3755          (c) both annex an area under Subsection (1)(a) and add a service under Subsection
             3756      (1)(b).
             3757          (2) Except for Section 17D-1-209 , the provisions of Part 2, Creating a Special Service
             3758      District, apply to and govern the process of annexing an area to an existing special service
             3759      district or adding a service that the special service district is not already authorized to provide,
             3760      to the same extent as if the annexation or addition were the creation of a special service district.
             3761          (3) A county or municipal legislative body may not:
             3762          (a) annex an area to an existing special service district if a local district provides to that
             3763      area the same service that the special service district is proposed to provide to the area, unless
             3764      the local district consents to the annexation; or
             3765          (b) add a service within the area of an existing special service district if a local district
             3766      provides to that area the same service that is proposed to be added, unless the local district
             3767      consents to the addition.
             3768          (4) A county or municipal legislative body may not annex an area to an existing special
             3769      service district or add a service within the area of an existing special service district if the
             3770      creation of a special service district including that area or providing that service would not be
             3771      allowed under Part 2, Creating a Special Service District.
             3772          Section 77. Section 17D-1-402 is enacted to read:
             3773          17D-1-402. Inapplicability of some requirements if petition is filed by all owners
             3774      of taxable real property.
             3775          Notwithstanding Section 17D-1-401 , the notice, hearing, and protest requirements of
             3776      Part 2, Creating a Special Service District, do not apply if a petition to annex an area or to add a
             3777      service to an existing special service district is filed with the legislative body of the county or
             3778      municipality, as the case may be, containing the signatures of all owners of taxable real
             3779      property:
             3780          (1) within the area proposed to be annexed, if the petition is for annexation of an area
             3781      to the special service district; or


             3782          (2) within the special service district, if the petition is for adding a service to be
             3783      provided by the special service district.
             3784          Section 78. Section 17D-1-403 is enacted to read:
             3785          17D-1-403. Notice of annexation to lieutenant governor -- Lieutenant governor
             3786      certification.
             3787          (1) If a county or municipal legislative body adopts a resolution approving the
             3788      annexation of an area to an existing special service district, the legislative body shall, within 30
             3789      days after adopting the resolution, file a notice with the lieutenant governor.
             3790          (2) Each notice under Subsection (1) shall:
             3791          (a) be accompanied by:
             3792          (i) a copy of the resolution adopted by the legislative body approving the annexation;
             3793      and
             3794          (ii) a map showing the additional area to be annexed to the special service district,
             3795      prepared and certified by a licensed surveyor and filed with the county surveyor in accordance
             3796      with Section 17-23-17 ; and
             3797          (b) include the legislative body's certification that all requirements for the annexation of
             3798      the additional area have been met.
             3799          (3) Upon the lieutenant governor's issuance of the certificate of boundary change under
             3800      Section 67-1a-6.5 , the additional area that is the subject of the legislative body's resolution is
             3801      annexed to the special service district.
             3802          Section 79. Section 17D-1-501 is enacted to read:
             3803     
Part 5. Special Service District Bonds

             3804          17D-1-501. Provisions applicable to a special service district's issuance of bonds.
             3805          Except as otherwise provided in this chapter:
             3806          (1) each special service district that issues bonds shall:
             3807          (a) issue them as provided in, as applicable:
             3808          (i) Title 11, Chapter 14, Local Government Bonding Act; or
             3809          (ii) Title 11, Chapter 42, Assessment Area Act; and


             3810          (b) receive the benefits of Title 11, Chapter 30, Utah Bond Validation Act; and
             3811          (2) each special service district that issues refunding bonds shall issue them as provided
             3812      in Title 11, Chapter 27, Utah Refunding Bond Act.
             3813          Section 80. Section 17D-1-502 is enacted to read:
             3814          17D-1-502. General obligation bonds.
             3815          (1) Except as provided in Subsection (3), if a special service district intends to issue
             3816      general obligation bonds, the special service district shall first obtain the approval of special
             3817      service district voters for issuance of the bonds at an election held for that purpose as provided
             3818      in Title 11, Chapter 14, Local Government Bonding Act.
             3819          (2) General obligation bonds shall be secured by a pledge of the full faith and credit of
             3820      the special service district.
             3821          (3) A special service district may issue refunding general obligation bonds, as provided
             3822      in Title 11, Chapter 27, Utah Refunding Bond Act, without obtaining voter approval.
             3823          (4) (a) A special service district may not issue general obligation bonds if the issuance
             3824      of the bonds will cause the outstanding principal amount of all of the special service district's
             3825      general obligation bonds to exceed the amount that results from multiplying the fair market
             3826      value of the taxable property within the special service district, as determined under Subsection
             3827      11-14-301 (3)(b), by .12.
             3828          (b) Bonds or other obligations of a special service district that are not general obligation
             3829      bonds are not included in the limit stated in Subsection (4)(a).
             3830          (5) A special service district may not be considered to be a municipal corporation for
             3831      purposes of the debt limitation of the Utah Constitution Article XIV, Section 4.
             3832          (6) Bonds issued by an administrative or legal entity created under Title 11, Chapter 13,
             3833      Interlocal Cooperation Act, may not be considered to be bonds of a special service district that
             3834      participates in the agreement creating the administrative or legal entity.
             3835          Section 81. Section 17D-1-503 is enacted to read:
             3836          17D-1-503. Levy to pay for general obligation bonds.
             3837          (1) (a) If a special service district has issued general obligation bonds, or expects to


             3838      have debt service payments due on general obligation bonds during the current year, the
             3839      legislative body of the county or municipality that created the special service district may make
             3840      an annual levy of ad valorem property taxes in order to:
             3841          (i) pay the principal of and interest on the general obligation bonds;
             3842          (ii) establish a sinking fund for defaults and future debt service on the general obligation
             3843      bonds; and
             3844          (iii) establish a reserve to secure payment of the general obligation bonds.
             3845          (b) A levy under Subsection (1)(a) is:
             3846          (i) without limitation as to rate or amount; and
             3847          (ii) subject to the prior approval of a majority of registered voters of the special service
             3848      district voting in an election held for that purpose.
             3849          (2) (a) Each county or municipality that levies a tax under Subsection (1) shall:
             3850          (i) levy the tax as a separate and special levy for the specific purposes stated in
             3851      Subsection (1); and
             3852          (ii) apply the proceeds from the levy solely for the purpose of paying the principal of
             3853      and interest on the general obligation bonds, even though the proceeds may be used to establish
             3854      or replenish a sinking fund under Subsection (1)(a)(ii) or a reserve under Subsection (1)(a)(iii).
             3855          (b) A levy under Subsection (2)(a) is not subject to a priority in favor of a special
             3856      service district obligation in existence at the time the bonds were issued.
             3857          Section 82. Section 17D-1-504 is enacted to read:
             3858          17D-1-504. Pledge of revenues to pay for bonds.
             3859          Bonds may be payable from and secured by the pledge of all or any specified part of:
             3860          (1) the revenues to be derived by the special service district from providing its services
             3861      and from the operation of its facilities and other properties;
             3862          (2) sales and use taxes, property taxes, and other taxes;
             3863          (3) federal, state, or local grants;
             3864          (4) in the case of special assessment bonds, the special assessments pledged to repay the
             3865      special assessment bonds; and


             3866          (5) other money legally available to the special service district.
             3867          Section 83. Section 17D-1-505 is enacted to read:
             3868          17D-1-505. Revenue bonds -- Requirement to impose rates and charges to cover
             3869      revenue bonds -- Authority to make agreements and covenants to provide for bond
             3870      repayment.
             3871          (1) Subject to Subsection 17D-1-501 (2), a special service district intending to issue
             3872      revenue bonds may, but is not required to, submit to special service district voters for their
             3873      approval the issuance of the revenue bonds at an election held for that purpose as provided in
             3874      Title 11, Chapter 14, Local Government Bonding Act.
             3875          (2) Each special service district that has issued revenue bonds shall impose rates and
             3876      charges for the services or commodities it provides fully sufficient, along with other sources of
             3877      special service district revenues, to carry out all undertakings of the special service district with
             3878      respect to its revenue bonds.
             3879          (3) A special service district that issues revenue bonds may:
             3880          (a) agree to pay operation and maintenance expenses of the special service district from
             3881      the proceeds of the ad valorem taxes that this chapter authorizes the county or municipality that
             3882      created the special service district to levy; and
             3883          (b) for the benefit of bondholders, enter into covenants that:
             3884          (i) are permitted by Title 11, Chapter 14, Local Government Bonding Act; and
             3885          (ii) provide for other pertinent matters that the governing body considers proper to
             3886      assure the marketability of the bonds.
             3887          Section 84. Section 17D-1-506 is enacted to read:
             3888          17D-1-506. Governing body required to fix rates to cover district expenses and
             3889      bonds.
             3890          The governing body shall fix the rate or rates for services or commodities provided by
             3891      the special service district that will, in conjunction with the proceeds of any maintenance and
             3892      operation tax and other special service district revenues:
             3893          (1) pay the special service district's operating expenses;


             3894          (2) provide for repairs and depreciation of works owned or operated by the special
             3895      service district;
             3896          (3) pay the interest on any bonds issued by the special service district; and
             3897          (4) provide, as much as practicable, a sinking or other fund to pay the principal of the
             3898      bonds as they become due.
             3899          Section 85. Section 17D-1-507 is enacted to read:
             3900          17D-1-507. Guaranteed bonds.
             3901          (1) Before a special service district may issue guaranteed bonds:
             3902          (a) the special service district shall:
             3903          (i) obtain a report:
             3904          (A) prepared by:
             3905          (I) a qualified, registered architect or engineer; or
             3906          (II) a person qualified by experience appropriate to the project proposed to be funded
             3907      by the proceeds from the guaranteed bonds;
             3908          (B) setting forth:
             3909          (I) a description of the project proposed to be funded by the proceeds from the
             3910      guaranteed bonds;
             3911          (II) the estimated or, if available, the actual cost of the project;
             3912          (III) the principal amount and date and amount of each stated maturity of:
             3913          (Aa) the guaranteed bonds to be issued; and
             3914          (Bb) any outstanding guaranteed bonds of the special service district;
             3915          (IV) the interest rate or rates of any outstanding guaranteed bonds of the special service
             3916      district;
             3917          (V) the amount of the annual debt service for each year during the life of all outstanding
             3918      guaranteed bonds issued by the special service district;
             3919          (VI) the estimated amount of the annual debt service for each year during the life of all
             3920      guaranteed bonds that the special service district intends to issue to finance all or any part of the
             3921      project; and


             3922          (VII) the date or estimated date that the project will be complete; and
             3923          (ii) submit to the Governor's Office of Economic Development:
             3924          (A) the report described in Subsection (1)(a)(i);
             3925          (B) a copy of each proposed guarantee of the guaranteed bonds, certified by the special
             3926      service district;
             3927          (C) a legal opinion indicating that each guarantee, when executed, will be the legal and
             3928      binding obligation of the taxpayer executing the guarantee in accordance with the terms of the
             3929      guarantee; and
             3930          (D) evidence satisfactory to the Governor's Office of Economic Development from each
             3931      taxpayer executing a guarantee of the guaranteed bonds as to the financial ability of the taxpayer
             3932      to perform under the guarantee;
             3933          (b) the Governor's Office of Economic Development shall, if it approves the issuance of
             3934      the guaranteed bonds, deliver to the special service district governing body a written statement
             3935      of its approval; and
             3936          (c) the special service district governing body shall file the written approval statement
             3937      under Subsection (1)(b) with the recorder of the county in which the special service district is
             3938      located.
             3939          (2) The issuance of guaranteed bonds is conditioned upon the approval of special
             3940      service district voters at an election held for that purpose as provided in Title 11, Chapter 14,
             3941      Local Government Bonding Act.
             3942          (3) Guaranteed bonds that have been issued and remain outstanding shall be included in
             3943      the determination of the debt limit under Subsection 17D-1-502 (4) if the bonds by their terms
             3944      no longer enjoy the benefit of the guarantee.
             3945          (4) On July 1 of each year, the governing body shall file with the department of
             3946      community affairs a report certifying:
             3947          (a) the total amount of bonds issued by the special service district and other debt then
             3948      outstanding and subject to the debt limit of Subsection 17D-1-502 (4);
             3949          (b) the total amount of guaranteed bonds then outstanding and not subject to the debt


             3950      limit of Subsection 17D-1-502 (4); and
             3951          (c) the total amount of guaranteed bonds that, during the preceding 12 months,
             3952      discontinued to enjoy the benefit of the guarantee.
             3953          Section 86. Section 17D-1-508 is enacted to read:
             3954          17D-1-508. Special service district obligations are not obligations of any other
             3955      entity.
             3956          A special service district bond, note, or other obligation or indebtedness, whether or not
             3957      payable from taxes, may not be:
             3958          (1) considered to be a bond, note, or other obligation or indebtedness of or to be
             3959      enforceable against the state or a county, municipality, school district, or other political
             3960      subdivision of the state; or
             3961          (2) taken into account in calculating a debt limit applicable to the state or a county,
             3962      municipality, school district, or other political subdivision of the state.
             3963          Section 87. Section 17D-1-509 is enacted to read:
             3964          17D-1-509. Ratification of previously issued bonds and previously entered
             3965      contracts.
             3966          All bonds issued or contracts entered into by a special service district before May 5,
             3967      2008 are ratified, validated, and confirmed and declared to be valid and legally binding
             3968      obligations of the special service district in accordance with their terms.
             3969          Section 88. Section 17D-1-601 is enacted to read:
             3970     
Part 6. Withdrawal, Dissolution, and Discontinuing Service

             3971          17D-1-601. Adoption of a resolution to approve withdrawal, dissolution, or
             3972      discontinuance of a service.
             3973          Subject to and as provided in this part, the legislative body of the county or municipality
             3974      that created a special service district may by resolution:
             3975          (1) approve the withdrawal of an area from the special service district if the legislative
             3976      body determines that the area should not or cannot be provided the service that the special
             3977      service district provides;


             3978          (2) approve the dissolution of the special service district if the legislative body
             3979      determines that the special service district is no longer needed for the purposes for which it was
             3980      created; or
             3981          (3) discontinue a service that the special service district provides.
             3982          Section 89. Section 17D-1-602 is enacted to read:
             3983          17D-1-602. Limitations on adoption of withdrawal, dissolution, or discontinuance
             3984      resolution.
             3985          (1) A resolution under Subsection 17D-1-601 (1) or (2) to approve the withdrawal of an
             3986      area from a special service district or the dissolution of a special service district may not be
             3987      adopted if:
             3988          (a) any bond, note, or other obligation of the special service district is outstanding and
             3989      unpaid; or
             3990          (b) any contractual obligation to provide service exists.
             3991          (2) (a) A resolution under Subsection 17D-1-601 (3) to discontinue a service may not be
             3992      adopted if the special service district:
             3993          (i) has an outstanding bond payable in whole or in part from fees and charges imposed
             3994      for the service to be discontinued; or
             3995          (ii) is under contractual obligation to provide the service.
             3996          (b) Notwithstanding Subsection (2)(a)(i), a resolution to discontinue a service may be
             3997      adopted if:
             3998          (i) the bond is paid;
             3999          (ii) adequate provision is made for payment of the bond; or
             4000          (iii) the holder of the bond agrees to the discontinuance, if allowed under the bond.
             4001          (c) Notwithstanding Subsection (2)(a)(ii), a resolution to discontinue a service may be
             4002      adopted if all parties to the contract consent to the discontinuance.
             4003          Section 90. Section 17D-1-603 is enacted to read:
             4004          17D-1-603. Notice of adoption of resolution approving a withdrawal or dissolution
             4005      -- Lieutenant governor certificate -- Effective date of withdrawal or dissolution.


             4006          (1) Within 30 days after adopting a resolution approving the withdrawal of an area from
             4007      a special service district or the dissolution of a special service district, the county or municipal
             4008      legislative body, as the case may be, shall file a notice with the lieutenant governor.
             4009          (2) Each notice under Subsection (1) shall:
             4010          (a) be accompanied by:
             4011          (i) a copy of the resolution approving the withdrawal or dissolution; and
             4012          (ii) in the case of a withdrawal, a map showing the area to be withdrawn, prepared and
             4013      certified by a licensed surveyor and filed with the county surveyor in accordance with Section
             4014      17-23-17 ; and
             4015          (b) include the legislative body's certification that all requirements for the withdrawal or
             4016      dissolution have been met.
             4017          (3) (a) Upon the lieutenant governor's issuance of the certificate of withdrawal under
             4018      Section 67-1a-6.5 , the area to be withdrawn that is the subject of the legislative body's
             4019      resolution is withdrawn from the special service district.
             4020          (b) Upon the lieutenant governor's issuance of the certificate of dissolution under
             4021      Section 67-1a-6.5 , the special service district is dissolved.
             4022          Section 91. Section 17D-2-101 is enacted to read:
             4023     
CHAPTER 2. LOCAL BUILDING AUTHORITY ACT

             4024     
Part 1. General Provisions

             4025          17D-2-101. Title.
             4026          This chapter is known as the "Local Building Authority Act."
             4027          Section 92. Section 17D-2-102 is enacted to read:
             4028          17D-2-102. Definitions.
             4029          As used in this chapter:
             4030          (1) "Authority board" means the board of directors of a local building authority, as
             4031      described in Section 17D-2-203 .
             4032          (2) "Bond" includes a bond, note, or other instrument issued under this chapter
             4033      evidencing an indebtedness of a local building authority.


             4034          (3) "Creating local entity" means the local entity that creates or created the local
             4035      building authority.
             4036          (4) "Governing body" means:
             4037          (a) for a county, city, or town, the legislative body of the county, city, or town;
             4038          (b) for a school district, the local school board for the school district;
             4039          (c) for a local district, the local district's board of trustees; and
             4040          (d) for a special service district, the special service district's governing body, as defined
             4041      in Section 17D-1-102 .
             4042          (5) "Local building authority":
             4043          (a) means a nonprofit corporation that is:
             4044          (i) created as provided in Section 17D-2-201 ;
             4045          (ii) described in Section 17D-2-103 ; and
             4046          (iii) subject to and governed by the provisions of this chapter; and
             4047          (b) includes a nonprofit corporation created as a municipal building authority before
             4048      May 5, 2008 under the law then in effect.
             4049          (6) "Local district" has the same meaning as provided in Section 17B-1-102 .
             4050          (7) "Local entity" means a county, city, town, school district, local district, or special
             4051      service district.
             4052          (8) "Mortgage" means any instrument under which property may be encumbered as
             4053      security for an obligation, including a mortgage, trust deed, indenture, pledge, assignment,
             4054      security agreement, and financing statement.
             4055          (9) "Project" means an improvement, facility, property, or appurtenance to property
             4056      that a local entity is permitted under law to own or acquire, whether located inside or outside
             4057      the local entity's boundary, including:
             4058          (a) a public building or other structure of any kind; and
             4059          (b) a joint or partial interest in the improvement, facility, property, or appurtenance to
             4060      property.
             4061          (10) "Project costs":


             4062          (a) means all costs incurred in the development of a project; and
             4063          (b) includes:
             4064          (i) organizational and incorporation fees, including filing, legal, and financial advisor
             4065      fees;
             4066          (ii) the cost of a site for the project;
             4067          (iii) the cost of equipment and furnishings for the project;
             4068          (iv) the cost of planning and designing the project, including architectural, planning,
             4069      engineering, legal, and fiscal advisor fees;
             4070          (v) contractor fees associated with the project;
             4071          (vi) the cost of issuing local building authority bonds to finance the project, including
             4072      printing costs, document preparation costs, filing fees, recording fees, legal and other
             4073      professional fees, underwriting costs, bond discount costs, any premium on the bonds, and any
             4074      fees required to be paid to retire outstanding bonds;
             4075          (vii) interest on local building authority bonds issued to finance the project;
             4076          (viii) carrying costs;
             4077          (ix) interest estimated to accrue on local building authority bonds during the period of
             4078      construction of the project and for 12 months after;
             4079          (x) any amount the governing body finds necessary to establish one or more reserve
             4080      funds;
             4081          (xi) any amount the governing body finds necessary to provide working capital for the
             4082      project;
             4083          (xii) all costs of transferring title of the project to the creating local entity;
             4084          (xiii) all costs of dissolving the local building authority; and
             4085          (xiv) all other reasonable costs associated with the project.
             4086          (11) "Special service district" has the same meaning as provided in Section 17D-1-102 .
             4087          Section 93. Section 17D-2-103 is enacted to read:
             4088          17D-2-103. Status and authority of a local building authority.
             4089          A local building authority:


             4090          (1) is a public entity and an instrumentality of the state, created by a local entity solely
             4091      for the purpose of constructing, acquiring, improving, or extending, and financing the costs of,
             4092      one or more projects on behalf of the local entity;
             4093          (2) shall be known as the "Local Building Authority of (name of the creating local
             4094      entity)"; and
             4095          (3) may:
             4096          (a) as provided in this chapter, construct, acquire, improve, or extend, and finance the
             4097      costs of, one or more projects on behalf of the creating local entity, in order to accomplish the
             4098      public purposes for which the creating local entity exists; and
             4099          (b) as provided in Part 5, Local Building Authority Bonds, issue and sell its bonds for
             4100      the purpose of paying the costs of constructing, acquiring, improving, or extending a project.
             4101          Section 94. Section 17D-2-104 is enacted to read:
             4102          17D-2-104. Local building authority property exempt from taxation.
             4103          Property owned, held, or acquired by a local building authority, including all rent or
             4104      other payment due under a lease agreement, is exempt from all taxation in the state.
             4105          Section 95. Section 17D-2-105 is enacted to read:
             4106          17D-2-105. Action of a local entity's governing body or a local building
             4107      authority's board of directors.
             4108          (1) The governing body of a local entity or the authority board of a local building
             4109      authority may take an action or proceeding under this chapter by resolution.
             4110          (2) Except as specifically required under this chapter:
             4111          (a) an ordinance, resolution, or proceeding with respect to a transaction under this
             4112      chapter is not necessary; and
             4113          (b) the publication of a resolution, proceeding, or notice relating to a transaction under
             4114      this chapter is not necessary.
             4115          (3) The governing body of a local entity or authority board of a local building authority
             4116      may adopt a proceeding under this chapter on a single reading at a legally convened meeting of
             4117      the governing body or authority board, as the case may be.


             4118          (4) Except as specifically provided in this chapter, a resolution adopted or proceeding
             4119      taken under this chapter is not subject to referendum.
             4120          Section 96. Section 17D-2-106 is enacted to read:
             4121          17D-2-106. Publications in newspapers.
             4122          A publication made under this chapter may be made in a newspaper conforming to the
             4123      terms of this chapter and in which legal notices may be published under the law, without regard
             4124      to whether the newspaper is designated as the local entity's official journal or newspaper.
             4125          Section 97. Section 17D-2-107 is enacted to read:
             4126          17D-2-107. Local building authority not subject to any state board, commission,
             4127      or agency.
             4128          Neither a local building authority nor a project is subject to the jurisdiction of any board,
             4129      commission, or agency of the state, including the Public Service Commission.
             4130          Section 98. Section 17D-2-108 is enacted to read:
             4131          17D-2-108. Other statutory provisions.
             4132          (1) This chapter is supplemental to existing laws relating to a local entity's acquisition,
             4133      use, maintenance, management, or operation of a project.
             4134          (2) Except as provided in this chapter, a local entity or local building authority that
             4135      complies with the provisions of this chapter need not comply with any other statutory provision
             4136      concerning the acquisition, construction, use, or maintenance of a project, including:
             4137          (a) a statute relating to public bidding; and
             4138          (b) Title 63, Chapter 56, Utah Procurement Code.
             4139          (3) A local building authority is, to the same extent as if it were a local district, subject
             4140      to and governed by:
             4141          (a) Title 17B, Chapter 1, Part 6, Fiscal Procedures for Local Districts;
             4142          (b) Title 17B, Chapter 1, Part 8, Local District Personnel Management; and
             4143          (c) Section 17B-1-108 .
             4144          Section 99. Section 17D-2-109 is enacted to read:
             4145          17D-2-109. Construction of this chapter -- Conflicts with other provisions.


             4146          (1) To enable a local building authority to perform its essential governmental functions
             4147      on behalf of its creating local entity, this chapter shall be liberally construed.
             4148          (2) (a) If a provision of this chapter conflicts with another statutory provision, the
             4149      provision of this chapter controls.
             4150          (b) Subsection (2)(a) applies notwithstanding Section 11-14-403 .
             4151          Section 100. Section 17D-2-110 is enacted to read:
             4152          17D-2-110. Validation of previous proceedings.
             4153          Each proceeding taken by a local entity before May 5, 2008 in connection with the
             4154      creation and operation of a local building authority is validated, ratified, approved, and
             4155      confirmed.
             4156          Section 101. Section 17D-2-201 is enacted to read:
             4157     
Part 2. Local Building Authority Creation, Powers, and Governance

             4158          17D-2-201. Creating a local building authority -- Articles of incorporation and
             4159      bylaws -- Changing a local building authority.
             4160          (1) The governing body of a local entity may create a local building authority by
             4161      following the procedures in Title 16, Chapter 6a, Utah Revised Nonprofit Corporation Act, for
             4162      the incorporation of a nonprofit corporation.
             4163          (2) The creating local entity's governing body shall approve:
             4164          (a) the local building authority's articles of incorporation before they are filed with the
             4165      Division of Corporations and Commercial Code; and
             4166          (b) the local building authority's bylaws.
             4167          (3) The creating local entity's governing body may, in its sole discretion and at any time,
             4168      change the local building authority's structure, organization, programs, or activities, subject to:
             4169          (a) this chapter; and
             4170          (b) the rights of:
             4171          (i) holders of the local building authority's bonds; and
             4172          (ii) parties to other obligations of the local building authority.
             4173          Section 102. Section 17D-2-202 is enacted to read:


             4174          17D-2-202. Staff and personnel of a local building authority -- Legal, accounting,
             4175      and auditing services.
             4176          (1) A local building authority may:
             4177          (a) as necessary for the local building authority's performance of its functions and
             4178      activities:
             4179          (i) subject to Subsection (2), contract for or employ staff and other personnel, including
             4180      the personnel of the creating local entity; and
             4181          (ii) contract with the creating local entity to use the creating local entity's property or
             4182      facilities; and
             4183          (b) include the cost of the use of the creating local entity's personnel, property, or
             4184      facilities under Subsection (1)(a) in the amount the local building authority charges under a
             4185      lease or agreement with the creating local entity.
             4186          (2) (a) If a creating local entity has an elected attorney, that elected attorney shall be the
             4187      legal advisor to and provide all legal services for the local building authority created by the
             4188      creating local entity, subject to Subsection (3).
             4189          (b) If a creating local entity has an elected auditor, that elected auditor shall provide all
             4190      accounting and auditing services for the local building authority created by the creating local
             4191      entity, subject to Subsection (3).
             4192          (c) The local building authority shall reimburse the creating local entity for legal,
             4193      accounting, and auditing services provided by the creating local entity's elected attorney or
             4194      auditor, based on the actual cost of the services, including a reasonable amount that the creating
             4195      local entity allocates for overhead, employee benefits, and general and administrative costs.
             4196          (3) Subsection (2) may not be construed to prevent a local building authority from
             4197      obtaining:
             4198          (a) with the consent of the elected attorney and the governing body, legal services from
             4199      an outside attorney;
             4200          (b) with the consent of the elected auditor and the governing body, accounting or
             4201      auditing services from an outside accountant or auditor; or


             4202          (c) an opinion of an outside attorney or accountant that is necessary for the issuance of
             4203      the local building authority's bonds.
             4204          (4) If fees for legal, accounting, or auditing services related to a project are paid by the
             4205      creating local entity and not reimbursed by the local building authority, the local building
             4206      authority may not include the cost of those services in the amount the local building authority
             4207      charges under a lease agreement with the creating local entity with respect to that project.
             4208          Section 103. Section 17D-2-203 is enacted to read:
             4209          17D-2-203. Local building authority board of directors.
             4210          (1) Except as provided in Subsection (3), the members of the governing body of the
             4211      creating local entity constitute the authority board of the local building authority created by the
             4212      creating local entity.
             4213          (2) An authority board may be referred to as a board of trustees.
             4214          (3) (a) For a local building authority whose creating local entity is a county that
             4215      operates under the county commission form of government under Section 17-52-501 , two
             4216      members of the authority board may appoint an elected officer of the county to serve
             4217      temporarily as a member of the authority board if the other authority board member:
             4218          (i) is, as a member of the county commission, placed on paid administrative leave under
             4219      Section 17-16-10.5 ;
             4220          (ii) is unable to serve due to a disability;
             4221          (iii) has a conflict of interest with respect to a matter before the authority board that
             4222      disqualifies the authority board member or causes the member to abstain from participating in
             4223      action on that matter; or
             4224          (iv) is unable for any other reason to serve temporarily on the authority board or to
             4225      participate in a matter before the board.
             4226          (b) An elected county officer appointed to an authority board under Subsection (3)(a)
             4227      may serve only until the condition under Subsection (3)(a)(i), (ii), (iii), or (iv) causing the need
             4228      for the appointment is no longer present.
             4229          Section 104. Section 17D-2-301 is enacted to read:


             4230     
Part 3. Local Building Authority Projects

             4231          17D-2-301. Project plans and specifications.
             4232          Each local building authority that proposes to construct, acquire, improve, or extend a
             4233      project for the use of its creating local entity shall submit to the governing body of the creating
             4234      local entity:
             4235          (1) plans and specifications for the project; and
             4236          (2) the estimated project costs.
             4237          Section 105. Section 17D-2-302 is enacted to read:
             4238          17D-2-302. Architect or engineer certificate -- Approval of plans and
             4239      specifications.
             4240          (1) The plans and specifications submitted under Subsection 17D-3-301 (1) shall include
             4241      a certificate of the architect or engineer responsible for planning and designing the project,
             4242      stating the estimated useful life of the project.
             4243          (2) The creating local entity's governing body shall approve the plans, specifications,
             4244      and estimated project costs before:
             4245          (a) execution of a lease agreement with respect to the project; and
             4246          (b) the local building authority begins to construct, acquire, improve, or extend the
             4247      project.
             4248          Section 106. Section 17D-2-401 is enacted to read:
             4249     
Part 4. Local Building Authority Lease Agreements

             4250          17D-2-401. Project lease agreements.
             4251          (1) A local building authority and its creating local entity may enter into a lease
             4252      agreement with respect to a project that the local building authority:
             4253          (a) has constructed, acquired, improved, or extended on behalf of the creating local
             4254      entity; or
             4255          (b) will construct, acquire, improve, or extend on behalf of the creating local entity.
             4256          (2) (a) A local building authority and its creating local entity may enter into a lease
             4257      agreement before the local building authority's acquisition of a site or construction of the


             4258      project.
             4259          (b) Each lease agreement described in Subsection (2)(a) shall:
             4260          (i) provide that the creating local entity is not required to make a lease payment until
             4261      acquisition or construction of the project is completed; and
             4262          (ii) require the local building authority to furnish or cause the construction contractor to
             4263      furnish a bond satisfactory to the creating local entity, conditioned upon:
             4264          (A) final completion of the project as expeditiously as reasonably possible from the date
             4265      of the execution of the lease agreement; and
             4266          (B) delivery of possession of the project to the creating local entity free and clear of all
             4267      liens and encumbrances, except:
             4268          (I) taxes, liens, and encumbrances on the local building authority's interest in the leased
             4269      property; and
             4270          (II) easements and restrictions that the creating local entity accepts.
             4271          Section 107. Section 17D-2-402 is enacted to read:
             4272          17D-2-402. Requirements for lease agreements.
             4273          (1) Each lease agreement between a local building authority and its creating local entity
             4274      shall:
             4275          (a) provide for the payment of lease payments sufficient:
             4276          (i) to pay:
             4277          (A) the principal of and interest on local building authority bonds the proceeds of which
             4278      were used to construct, acquire, improve, or extend the project;
             4279          (B) all fees and expenses of trustees and paying agents for bonds described in
             4280      Subsection (1)(a)(i)(A); and
             4281          (C) all costs of maintaining and operating the project; and
             4282          (ii) to accumulate any reasonable reserve that the local building authority considers
             4283      necessary;
             4284          (b) provide that the creating local entity, if not in default under the lease agreement,
             4285      may:


             4286          (i) subject to Subsection (2), renew the lease for a fixed term beyond the initial term by
             4287      giving specified notice before the expiration of the initial term; and
             4288          (ii) subject to Subsection (3) and the terms of the lease agreement, purchase the leased
             4289      property on a date fixed in the agreement;
             4290          (c) provide that a creating local entity under the lease agreement is not under any
             4291      obligation:
             4292          (i) to purchase the leased property; or
             4293          (ii) to a creditor, shareholder, or security holder of the local building authority; and
             4294          (d) require that:
             4295          (i) title to the project vest in the creating local entity upon payment in full of all
             4296      outstanding local building authority bonds issued to construct, acquire, improve, or extend a
             4297      project; and
             4298          (ii) any remaining assets and net earnings of the local building authority be paid to the
             4299      creating local entity upon dissolution of the local building authority, as provided in Section
             4300      17D-2-702 .
             4301          (2) The term of a lease agreement under this part, including any renewal of the lease
             4302      agreement, may not exceed the lesser of:
             4303          (a) the estimated useful life of the project, as certified under Subsection 17D-2-302 (1);
             4304      and
             4305          (b) 40 years.
             4306          (3) The purchase price of leased property under Subsection (1)(b)(ii) may not exceed
             4307      the project costs that the local building authority actually invested in the project.
             4308          Section 108. Section 17D-2-403 is enacted to read:
             4309          17D-2-403. Provisions that a lease agreement may contain.
             4310          (1) A lease agreement between a local building authority and its creating local entity
             4311      may:
             4312          (a) provide that the creating local entity, as part of the lease payments for the leased
             4313      property:


             4314          (i) pay all taxes and assessments levied against or on account of the leased property or
             4315      rentals from it;
             4316          (ii) maintain insurance on the leased property for the benefit of the local building
             4317      authority and the holders of the local building authority's bonds; and
             4318          (iii) assume all responsibility for any repair, replacement, alteration, or improvement to
             4319      the leased property during the term of the lease agreement; and
             4320          (b) authorize the local entity to sublease all or specified portions of a project to:
             4321          (i) the state;
             4322          (ii) another local entity; or
             4323          (iii) a private party, including a nonprofit corporation, if the local building authority or
             4324      local entity:
             4325          (A) intends to own the project throughout the useful life of the project; and
             4326          (B) determines that the local building authority or local entity's ownership of the project
             4327      furthers a legitimate public purpose.
             4328          (2) A local entity that subleases some or all of a project under Subsection (1)(b)
             4329      continues to be responsible for lease payments due under the lease agreement with the local
             4330      building authority.
             4331          Section 109. Section 17D-2-404 is enacted to read:
             4332          17D-2-404. Lease of local entity's site to local building authority.
             4333          (1) A local entity desiring to have a local building authority construct a project for the
             4334      use of the local entity upon a site that the local entity owns may lease the site to the local
             4335      building authority for a nominal rental.
             4336          (2) Each lease under Subsection (1) shall grant the local building authority an option to
             4337      renew the lease on the same terms and conditions if, by the time of the expiration of the lease,
             4338      the local building authority has not been fully repaid the project costs it actually invested in the
             4339      project.
             4340          (3) A lease under this section, including any renewal of the lease under Subsection (2),
             4341      may not exceed the period specified in Subsection 17D-2-402 (2).


             4342          (4) (a) As used in this Subsection (4):
             4343          (i) "Project lease agreement" means a lease agreement between a local building
             4344      authority and its creating local entity under which the local building authority leases to the
             4345      creating local entity a project constructed on a site owned by the creating local entity.
             4346          (ii) "Site lease" means a creating local entity's lease of a site to a local building
             4347      authority.
             4348          (b) A local entity that has entered into a site lease with a local building authority may
             4349      grant the local building authority an option to purchase the site within six months after the
             4350      termination of the creating local entity's lease payment obligation under the project lease
             4351      agreement, to be exercised if the creating local entity under the project lease agreement:
             4352          (i) defaults under the terms of the project lease agreement; and
             4353          (ii) does not exercise its option to purchase the project under the terms of the project
             4354      lease agreement.
             4355          Section 110. Section 17D-2-405 is enacted to read:
             4356          17D-2-405. Default under a lease agreement.
             4357          If a local entity fails to pay a lease payment due to a local building authority under a
             4358      lease agreement:
             4359          (1) the local entity shall immediately quit and vacate the project;
             4360          (2) the local entity's lease payment obligation under the lease agreement terminates; and
             4361          (3) the local building authority may immediately lease the project according to the
             4362      provisions of:
             4363          (a) the proceeding under which bonds to fund the project were authorized; and
             4364          (b) any mortgage given to secure the bonds.
             4365          Section 111. Section 17D-2-501 is enacted to read:
             4366     
Part 5. Local Building Authority Bonds

             4367          17D-2-501. Provisions applicable to issuance of local building authority bonds.
             4368          Except as otherwise provided in this chapter:
             4369          (1) each local building authority that issues bonds shall:


             4370          (a) issue them as provided in Title 11, Chapter 14, Local Government Bonding Act,
             4371      except Section 11-14-306 ; and
             4372          (b) receive the benefits of Title 11, Chapter 30, Utah Bond Validation Act;
             4373          (2) bonds issued by a local building authority are governed by and subject to Title 11,
             4374      Chapter 14, Local Government Bonding Act, except Sections 11-14-306 and 11-14-403 ; and
             4375          (3) each local building authority that issues refunding bonds shall issue them as
             4376      provided in Title 11, Chapter 27, Utah Refunding Bond Act.
             4377          Section 112. Section 17D-2-502 is enacted to read:
             4378          17D-2-502. Required process for issuance of local building authority bonds.
             4379          (1) A local building authority may not issue bonds unless the creating local entity's
             4380      governing body approves the issuance and terms of the bonds.
             4381          (2) (a) Before issuing bonds, the authority board of a local building authority shall give
             4382      public notice of the authority board's intent to issue bonds.
             4383          (b) (i) A local building authority may not issue bonds without the approval of the
             4384      creating local entity's voters if, within 30 days after the notice under Subsection (2)(a) is given,
             4385      a written petition requesting an election is filed with the local building authority, signed by at
             4386      least 20% of the active voters, as defined in Section 20A-1-102 , within the creating local entity.
             4387          (ii) Each election under Subsection (2)(b)(i) shall be held as provided in Title 11,
             4388      Chapter 14, Local Government Bonding Act, in the same manner as an election for general
             4389      obligation bonds issued by the creating local entity.
             4390          Section 113. Section 17D-2-503 is enacted to read:
             4391          17D-2-503. Proceedings for the issuance of local building authority bonds.
             4392          The proceeding under which a local building authority is authorized to issue bonds under
             4393      this part may:
             4394          (1) contain any agreement or provision customarily contained in an instrument securing
             4395      bonds, including a provision regarding:
             4396          (a) the fixing and collection of lease payments for a project covered by the bond
             4397      proceeding;


             4398          (b) the terms to be incorporated in the lease agreement with respect to the project;
             4399          (c) the operation, maintenance, and insurance of the project;
             4400          (d) the creation and maintenance of a reserve fund from the proceeds of the sale of
             4401      bonds or from lease payment revenue; and
             4402          (e) any rights and remedies available to the holders of the bonds or to the trustee, in the
             4403      event of a default, that the authority board of the local building authority determines in
             4404      accordance with this part;
             4405          (2) provide for the appointment of a trust company or bank, located inside or outside
             4406      the state, as trustee; and
             4407          (3) provide that upon default in the payment of the principal of or interest on the bonds
             4408      or in the performance of any covenant or agreement contained in the proceedings, the payment
             4409      or performance may be enforced by the appointment of a receiver for the project, with power:
             4410          (a) to rent or lease some or all of the property;
             4411          (b) to charge and collect rent; and
             4412          (c) to apply revenue from the project in accordance with the bond proceeding.
             4413          Section 114. Section 17D-2-504 is enacted to read:
             4414          17D-2-504. Local building authority bonds payable solely from lease payments.
             4415          (1) Except to the extent that they are secured as provided in Section 17D-2-505 , bonds
             4416      issued by a local building authority and interest on the bonds are payable solely from payments
             4417      received under a lease agreement with the creating local entity with respect to the project that
             4418      was financed with the bond proceeds.
             4419          (2) Each bond issued by a local building authority shall recite on its face that the bond is
             4420      payable as provided in Subsection (1).
             4421          Section 115. Section 17D-2-505 is enacted to read:
             4422          17D-2-505. Security for local building authority bonds.
             4423          (1) The principal of and interest on bonds that a local building authority issues under
             4424      this part:
             4425          (a) shall be secured by a pledge and assignment of the revenue that the local building


             4426      authority receives under its lease agreement with respect to the project that was financed with
             4427      the bond proceeds;
             4428          (b) may be secured by:
             4429          (i) a mortgage covering some or all of the project;
             4430          (ii) a pledge and assignment of the lease agreement for that project;
             4431          (iii) money held in a reserve fund; and
             4432          (iv) any other security device with respect to the project that the local building authority
             4433      considers most advantageous.
             4434          (2) A proceeding under which a mortgage is given to secure the bonds of a local
             4435      building authority may contain any agreement or provision listed in Section 17D-2-503 that
             4436      could be contained in a proceeding under which a local building authority is authorized to issue
             4437      bonds under this part.
             4438          (3) A mortgage to secure bonds issued by a local building authority under this part may
             4439      provide that:
             4440          (a) upon default in its payment or the violation of any covenant or agreement contained
             4441      in the mortgage, the mortgage may be foreclosed in the manner permitted by law; and
             4442          (b) the trustee or holder of any bond secured by the mortgage may become the
             4443      purchaser at a foreclosure sale, if the trustee or holder is the highest bidder.
             4444          Section 116. Section 17D-2-506 is enacted to read:
             4445          17D-2-506. Other entities not responsible for local building authority bonds or
             4446      breach of mortgage and other obligations.
             4447          (1) Nothing in this part may be construed to require:
             4448          (a) the state or any political subdivision of the state to pay a bond issued under this part;
             4449          (b) the state or, except the creating local entity, any political subdivision of the state to
             4450      pay any rent or lease payment due to a local building authority under the terms of a lease
             4451      agreement; or
             4452          (c) the creating local entity to appropriate money to pay:
             4453          (i) principal of or interest on bonds issued by a local building authority; or


             4454          (ii) the lease payments under a lease agreement with the local building authority.
             4455          (2) A breach of a mortgage or a covenant or agreement in a mortgage may not impose a
             4456      general obligation or liability upon or a charge against:
             4457          (a) the creating local entity;
             4458          (b) the general credit or taxing power of the state or any political subdivision of the
             4459      state.
             4460          Section 117. Section 17D-2-507 is enacted to read:
             4461          17D-2-507. Required provision in device securing payment of bonds.
             4462          Each mortgage, trust deed, security agreement, trust indenture, or other security device
             4463      securing payment of bonds issued under this part shall provide that no deficiency judgment upon
             4464      foreclosure may be entered against:
             4465          (1) the local building authority;
             4466          (2) the state; or
             4467          (3) any political subdivision of the state.
             4468          Section 118. Section 17D-2-601 is enacted to read:
             4469     
Part 6. Contesting a Resolution or Proceeding

             4470          17D-2-601. Publishing notice of local entity or local building authority resolution
             4471      or other proceeding.
             4472          (1) The governing body of a local entity or the authority board of a local building
             4473      authority may provide for the publication of a resolution or other proceeding adopted under this
             4474      chapter by the governing body or authority board, respectively, in a newspaper of general
             4475      circulation in the local entity.
             4476          (2) (a) If the resolution or other proceeding provides for the local building authority's
             4477      issuance of bonds, the authority board may, in lieu of publishing the entire resolution or other
             4478      proceeding, publish a notice of the bonds to be issued.
             4479          (b) Each notice under Subsection (2)(a) shall comply with the requirements of
             4480      Subsection 11-14-316 (2).
             4481          (c) The authority board of a local building authority publishing a notice under


             4482      Subsection (2)(a) shall make a copy of the resolution or other proceeding authorizing the
             4483      issuance of the local building authority bonds available for public inspection during regular
             4484      business hours at the office of the local building authority for a period of at least 30 days after
             4485      publication of the notice.
             4486          Section 119. Section 17D-2-602 is enacted to read:
             4487          17D-2-602. Contesting the legality of a resolution or other proceeding -- No cause
             4488      of action after contest period.
             4489          (1) For a period of 30 days after publication of a resolution or other proceeding under
             4490      Subsection 17D-1-601 (1) or a notice under Subsection 17D-1-601 (2), any person in interest
             4491      may file an action in district court contesting the regularity, formality, or legality of:
             4492          (a) a resolution or other proceeding;
             4493          (b) any bonds or a lease agreement authorized by a resolution or other proceeding; or
             4494          (c) any provision made for the security or payment of local building authority bonds or
             4495      lease agreement.
             4496          (2) After the period referred to in Subsection (1), no one may have a cause of action to
             4497      contest for any reason the regularity, formality, or legality of any of the matters listed in
             4498      Subsection (1).
             4499          Section 120. Section 17D-2-701 is enacted to read:
             4500     
Part 7. Dissolution of Local Building Authority

             4501          17D-2-701. Local entity governing body may dissolve local building authority --
             4502      Limitation.
             4503          (1) Subject to Subsection (2), the governing body of the creating local entity may at any
             4504      time dissolve a local building authority created by the creating local entity, by following the
             4505      procedures in Title 16, Chapter 6a, Utah Revised Nonprofit Corporation Act, for the dissolution
             4506      of a nonprofit corporation.
             4507          (2) A creating local entity's governing body may not dissolve a local building authority
             4508      unless:
             4509          (a) (i) the principal, interest, and any redemption premium on all outstanding bonds of


             4510      the local building authority are paid in full; and
             4511          (ii) all other obligations of the local building authority are paid in full; or
             4512          (b) the local building authority has made provision for the payment, when due, of all
             4513      bond and other obligations described in Subsection (2)(a).
             4514          Section 121. Section 17D-2-702 is enacted to read:
             4515          17D-2-702. Effect of dissolution.
             4516          Upon the dissolution of a local building authority:
             4517          (1) title to all of the local building authority's projects vest in the creating local entity;
             4518      and
             4519          (2) all assets and net earnings of the local building authority remaining after the
             4520      payment or providing for the payment of all local building authority bonds and other obligations
             4521      shall be transferred to the creating local entity.
             4522          Section 122. Section 17D-3-101 is enacted to read:
             4523     
CHAPTER 3. CONSERVATION DISTRICT ACT

             4524     
Part 1. General Provisions

             4525          17D-3-101. Title.
             4526          This chapter is known as the "Conservation District Act."
             4527          Section 123. Section 17D-3-102 , which is renumbered from Section 17A-3-800 is
             4528      renumbered and amended to read:
             4529           [17A-3-800].     17D-3-102. Definitions.
             4530          As used in this chapter:
             4531          (1) "Commission" means the Conservation Commission created [by] under Section
             4532      4-18-4 .
             4533          (2) "Conservation district" means a limited purpose local government entity, as
             4534      described in Section 17D-3-103 , that operates under, is subject to, and has the powers set forth
             4535      in this chapter.
             4536          [(2)] (3) "Department" means the Department of Agriculture and Food created [in]
             4537      under Section 4-2-1 .


             4538          [(3) "District" means a conservation district created under this chapter.]
             4539          Section 124. Section 17D-3-103 is enacted to read:
             4540          17D-3-103. Conservation district status, authority, and duties.
             4541          (1) A conservation district created under this chapter:
             4542          (a) is a body corporate and politic;
             4543          (b) is a political subdivision of the state; and
             4544          (c) may sue and be sued.
             4545          (2) (a) A conservation district may:
             4546          (i) survey, investigate, and research soil erosion, floodwater, nonpoint source water
             4547      pollution, flood control, water pollution, sediment damage, and watershed development;
             4548          (ii) subject to Subsection (2)(b), devise and implement on state or private land a
             4549      measure to prevent soil erosion, floodwater or sediment damage, nonpoint source water
             4550      pollution, or other degradation of a watershed or of property affecting a watershed;
             4551          (iii) subject to Subsection (2)(b), devise and implement a measure to conserve, develop,
             4552      utilize, or dispose of water on state or private land;
             4553          (iv) construct, improve, operate, and maintain a structure that the board of supervisors
             4554      considers necessary or convenient for the conservation district to carry out its purposes under
             4555      this chapter;
             4556          (v) acquire property, real or personal, by purchase or otherwise, and maintain, improve,
             4557      and administer that property consistent with the purposes of this chapter;
             4558          (vi) enter into a contract in the name of the conservation district;
             4559          (vii) receive money from:
             4560          (A) a federal or state agency;
             4561          (B) a county, municipality, or other political subdivision of the state; or
             4562          (C) a private source;
             4563          (viii) subject to Subsection (2)(c), make recommendations governing land use within
             4564      the conservation district, including:
             4565          (A) the observance of particular methods of cultivation;


             4566          (B) the use of specific crop programs and tillage practices;
             4567          (C) the avoidance of tilling and cultivating highly erosive areas where erosion may not
             4568      be adequately controlled if cultivated;
             4569          (D) the construction of terraces, terrace outlets, check dams, dikes, ponds, or other
             4570      structures; and
             4571          (E) the development or restoration, or both, of range or forest lands or other natural
             4572      resources, whether in private, state, or federal ownership;
             4573          (ix) make recommendations for county and municipal land use authorities within the
             4574      conservation district to consider with respect to land use applications and other development
             4575      proposals;
             4576          (x) employ clerical and other staff personnel, including legal staff, subject to available
             4577      funds; and
             4578          (xi) perform any other act that the board of supervisors considers necessary or
             4579      convenient for the efficient and effective administration of the conservation district.
             4580          (b) A conservation district's authority under Subsections (2)(a)(ii) and (iii) is subject to
             4581      the consent of:
             4582          (i) the land occupier; and
             4583          (ii) in the case of school and institutional trust lands, as defined in Section 53C-1-103 ,
             4584      the director of the School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration, in accordance with
             4585      Sections 53C-1-102 and 53C-1-303 .
             4586          (c) (i) Each recommendation under Subsection (2)(a)(viii) shall be uniform throughout
             4587      the conservation district or, if the board of supervisors classifies land under Subsection
             4588      (2)(c)(ii), throughout each land classification.
             4589          (ii) The board of supervisors may uniformly classify land within the conservation district
             4590      with respect to soil type, degree of slope, degree of threatened or existing erosion, cropping and
             4591      tillage practices in use, or other relevant factors.
             4592          (3) (a) Each conservation district shall annually submit to the commission, no later than
             4593      the date that the commission prescribes:


             4594          (i) a copy of the minutes of each conservation district meeting;
             4595          (ii) a copy of the conservation district's annual work plan; and
             4596          (iii) an accounting of the conservation district's financial affairs, as provided in
             4597      Subsection (3)(b).
             4598          (b) The accounting required under Subsection (3)(a)(iii) shall:
             4599          (i) be prepared by a disinterested person; and
             4600          (ii) show the conservation district's debits and credits, including accounts payable and
             4601      accounts receivable, the purpose of each debit, the source of each credit, and the actual cash
             4602      balance on hand.
             4603          Section 125. Section 17D-3-104 is enacted to read:
             4604          17D-3-104. District court jurisdiction.
             4605          The district court in which a conservation district is located has jurisdiction to decide all
             4606      cases and controversies involving the construction, application, or enforcement of land use
             4607      ordinances within the conservation district.
             4608          Section 126. Section 17D-3-201 is enacted to read:
             4609     
Part 2. Creation, Consolidation, Division, and Dissolution of Conservation Districts

             4610          17D-3-201. Commission authority to approve the creation, consolidation, division,
             4611      and dissolution of conservation districts -- Notice and hearing requirements.
             4612          (1) As provided in this part, the commission may:
             4613          (a) pursuant to a petition under Section 17D-3-202 , approve the creation of a
             4614      conservation district; or
             4615          (b) pursuant to a petition under Section 17D-3-202 or on its own motion, approve:
             4616          (i) the consolidation of two or more existing conservation districts;
             4617          (ii) the division of an existing conservation district into two or more conservation
             4618      districts; or
             4619          (iii) the dissolution of an existing conservation district.
             4620          (2) Before taking an action authorized under Subsection (1), the commission shall:
             4621          (a) cause notice of a hearing on the proposed creation, consolidation, division, or


             4622      dissolution to be published:
             4623          (i) no more than 30 days after, as the case may be:
             4624          (A) the filing of a petition under Section 17D-3-202 , for a proposed creation,
             4625      consolidation, division, or dissolution; or
             4626          (B) adoption of the commission's own motion, for a proposed consolidation, division,
             4627      or dissolution; and
             4628          (ii) within:
             4629          (A) for a proposed creation, the area of the proposed conservation district;
             4630          (B) for a proposed consolidation, the area of each conservation district proposed to be
             4631      consolidated; and
             4632          (C) for a proposed division or dissolution, within the area of the conservation district
             4633      proposed to be divided or dissolved; and
             4634          (b) hold a public hearing on the desirability and necessity of the creation, consolidation,
             4635      division, or dissolution.
             4636          Section 127. Section 17D-3-202 is enacted to read:
             4637          17D-3-202. Petition to create conservation district -- Petition or commission
             4638      motion to consolidate, divide, or dissolve conservation districts -- Petition requirements.
             4639          (1) A petition to create a conservation district, to consolidate two or more existing
             4640      conservation districts, or to divide or dissolve an existing conservation district may be filed by
             4641      25 or more land occupiers residing within:
             4642          (a) for the proposed creation of a conservation district, the area included within the
             4643      proposed conservation district;
             4644          (b) for the proposed consolidation of existing conservation districts, the area included
             4645      within the conservation districts proposed to be consolidated; or
             4646          (c) for the proposed division or dissolution of an existing conservation district, the area
             4647      included within the conservation district proposed to be divided or dissolved.
             4648          (2) Each petition under Subsection (1) shall be:
             4649          (a) in the form that the commission prescribes; and


             4650          (b) filed with the commission.
             4651          Section 128. Section 17D-3-203 is enacted to read:
             4652          17D-3-203. Considerations in determining whether to approve conservation
             4653      district creation, consolidation, division, or dissolution -- Denial or approval --
             4654      Certification to lieutenant governor -- Prohibition against considering similar creation,
             4655      consolidation, division, or dissolution if previously denied.
             4656          (1) In determining whether to approve the creation of a conservation district, the
             4657      consolidation of existing conservation districts, or the division or dissolution of an existing
             4658      conservation district, the commission shall consider:
             4659          (a) the demonstrated necessity and administrative practicality of the creation,
             4660      consolidation, division, or dissolution;
             4661          (b) the topography of and soil compositions and prevailing land use practices within the
             4662      area of the proposed or existing conservation district or districts;
             4663          (c) the hydrologic unit code of the watershed in which the area of the proposed or
             4664      existing conservation district or districts is located;
             4665          (d) the relationship of the area of the proposed or existing conservation district or
             4666      districts to existing watersheds and agricultural regions; and
             4667          (e) the sentiment expressed by persons within the area of the proposed or existing
             4668      conservation district or districts with respect to the proposed creation, consolidation, division,
             4669      or dissolution.
             4670          (2) After holding a public hearing as required under Subsection 17D-3-201 (2)(b) and
             4671      considering the factors listed in Subsection (1), the commission shall:
             4672          (a) (i) deny the creation of a conservation district, the consolidation of existing
             4673      conservation districts, or the division or dissolution of an existing conservation district, as the
             4674      case may be, if the commission determines that creation, consolidation, division, or dissolution
             4675      is not necessary or administratively practical; or
             4676          (ii) approve the creation of a conservation district, the consolidation of existing
             4677      conservation districts, or the division or dissolution of an existing conservation district, as the


             4678      case may be, if the commission determines that creation, consolidation, division, or dissolution
             4679      is necessary and administratively practical; and
             4680          (b) set forth in writing the reasons for the commission's action.
             4681          (3) (a) (i) If the commission approves the creation, consolidation, division, or
             4682      dissolution, the commission shall certify its action and deliver a copy of the certification to the
             4683      lieutenant governor.
             4684          (ii) Each certification under Subsection (3)(a)(i) of a creation, consolidation, or division
             4685      shall include an accurate legal description of the conservation district or districts as it or they are
             4686      proposed to exist as a result of the creation, consolidation, or division.
             4687          (b) Upon the lieutenant governor's issuance of the certificate of creation, consolidation,
             4688      division, or dissolution under Section 67-1a-6.5 , as the case may be, the conservation district is
             4689      created and incorporated, consolidated, divided, or dissolved, respectively.
             4690          (4) If the commission denies a creation, consolidation, division, or dissolution under
             4691      Subsection (2)(a)(i), the commission may not, for six months following the denial, consider a
             4692      similar proposal to create, divide, or dissolve the conservation district or to consolidate the
             4693      conservation districts, as the case may be.
             4694          Section 129. Section 17D-3-204 is enacted to read:
             4695          17D-3-204. Commission action if conservation districts are consolidated, divided,
             4696      or dissolved.
             4697          (1) If two or more conservation districts are consolidated, the commission shall merge
             4698      the assets and liabilities of the conservation districts that have been consolidated into the
             4699      conservation district resulting from the consolidation.
             4700          (2) If a conservation district is divided, the commission shall equitably divide the assets
             4701      and liabilities of the divided conservation district between the conservation districts resulting
             4702      from the division.
             4703          (3) If a conservation district is dissolved, the commission shall wind up the affairs of the
             4704      dissolved conservation district.
             4705          Section 130. Section 17D-3-301 is enacted to read:


             4706     
Part 3. Conservation District Board of Supervisors

             4707          17D-3-301. Board of supervisors -- Number -- Term -- Chair and officers --
             4708      Quorum -- Compensation.
             4709          (1) Each conservation district shall be governed by a board of supervisors.
             4710          (2) (a) The board of supervisors of a conservation district consists of five members
             4711      elected as provided in this part, at least three of whom shall be private agricultural land
             4712      operators.
             4713          (b) If the board of supervisors divides the conservation district into watershed voting
             4714      areas under Section 17D-3-308 , at least one member of the board of supervisors shall reside
             4715      within each watershed voting area.
             4716          (3) (a) The term of office of each member of a board of supervisors is four years.
             4717          (b) Notwithstanding Subsection (3)(a), if multiple conservation districts are
             4718      consolidated or a single conservation district divided or dissolved under Part 2, Creation,
             4719      Consolidation, Division, and Dissolution of Conservation Districts:
             4720          (i) the term of each member of the board of supervisors of the consolidated
             4721      conservation districts or the divided or dissolved conservation district terminates immediately
             4722      upon consolidation, division, or dissolution; and
             4723          (ii) (A) the commission shall hold an election, as provided in this part, for all board of
             4724      supervisors members of the consolidated conservation district or divided conservation districts,
             4725      as the case may be; and
             4726          (B) the term of the two candidates receiving the highest number of votes at an election
             4727      under Subsection (3)(b)(ii)(A) shall be four years, and the term of the three candidates receiving
             4728      the next highest number of votes shall be two years.
             4729          (4) The board of supervisors shall elect a chair from among their number, and may elect
             4730      other officers from among their number that the board considers necessary.
             4731          (5) A majority of the board of supervisors constitutes a quorum for the transaction of
             4732      board business, and action by a majority of a quorum present at a meeting of the board
             4733      constitutes action of the board.


             4734          (6) For performing official duties, each member of the board of supervisors of a
             4735      conservation district shall receive:
             4736          (a) compensation for travel and time, as fixed by the commission; and
             4737          (b) actual and necessary expenses.
             4738          Section 131. Section 17D-3-302 is enacted to read:
             4739          17D-3-302. Board of supervisors members to be elected -- Candidates nominated
             4740      by nominating committee or petition -- Candidate qualifications.
             4741          (1) As provided in this part, each member of a board of supervisors of a conservation
             4742      district shall be elected at large within the conservation district from candidates nominated by:
             4743          (a) a nominating committee consisting of:
             4744          (i) the chair of the commission or council of the county in which the conservation
             4745      district is located;
             4746          (ii) the chair of the USDA Farm Service Agency Committee of the county in which the
             4747      conservation district is located;
             4748          (iii) (A) the chair of the board of supervisors of the conservation district; or
             4749          (B) the chair's designee, if the chair wishes to be a candidate for reelection;
             4750          (iv) the agricultural extension service designated representative of the county in which
             4751      the conservation district is located; or
             4752          (b) petition under Section 17D-3-304 .
             4753          (2) Each candidate for election to the board of supervisors of a conservation district
             4754      shall be:
             4755          (a) at least 18 years of age; and
             4756          (b) a resident within the conservation district.
             4757          Section 132. Section 17D-3-303 is enacted to read:
             4758          17D-3-303. Nominating committee nomination of candidates for election to the
             4759      board of supervisors.
             4760          The nominating committee under Subsection 17D-3-302 (1)(a) shall:
             4761          (1) nominate for each conservation district election a slate of candidates for election to


             4762      the board of supervisors of the conservation district equal in number to at least one more than
             4763      the number of board of supervisors members to be elected; and
             4764          (2) submit the names of candidates to the commission no later than the date set by the
             4765      commission as the close of nominations.
             4766          Section 133. Section 17D-3-304 is enacted to read:
             4767          17D-3-304. Petition to nominate candidates for election to the board of
             4768      supervisors.
             4769          (1) A person may be nominated to be a candidate for election as a member of a board of
             4770      supervisors of a conservation district by a petition filed with the commission no later than the
             4771      date set by the commission as the close of nominations.
             4772          (2) Each petition under Subsection (1) shall:
             4773          (a) state:
             4774          (i) the candidate's name;
             4775          (ii) that the candidate is at least 18 years of age; and
             4776          (iii) that the candidate is a resident of the conservation district for which the election is
             4777      to be held;
             4778          (b) contain the signatures of at least six persons who reside and are registered voters
             4779      within the conservation district; and
             4780          (c) list the name, address, and voting precinct number of each person who signs the
             4781      petition.
             4782          Section 134. Section 17D-3-305 is enacted to read:
             4783          17D-3-305. Setting the date of an election of the board of supervisors -- Notice of
             4784      the election.
             4785          (1) The commission shall:
             4786          (a) set the date of the election of members of the board of supervisors of a conservation
             4787      district; and
             4788          (b) publish notice of the election in a newspaper or other media outlet method with
             4789      general circulation within the conservation district.


             4790          (2) The date set for an election under Subsection (1)(a) may not be later than six weeks
             4791      after the date set by the commission for the close of nominations.
             4792          (3) The notice required under Subsection (1)(b) shall:
             4793          (a) state:
             4794          (i) the date of the election;
             4795          (ii) the names of all candidates; and
             4796          (iii) that a ballot request form for the election may be obtained from the commission
             4797      office or from any other place that the commission designates; and
             4798          (b) specify the address of the commission office or other place where a ballot request
             4799      form may be obtained.
             4800          Section 135. Section 17D-3-306 is enacted to read:
             4801          17D-3-306. Eligibility to vote in an election for board of supervisors members.
             4802          A person is eligible to vote in an election of members of the board of supervisors of a
             4803      conservation district if the person:
             4804          (1) (a) is a registered voter; and
             4805          (b) resides within the conservation district; or
             4806          (2) (a) owns or operates private agricultural land in the conservation district; and
             4807          (b) (i) requests a ballot; or
             4808          (ii) has voted in one of the last two elections of the conservation district's board of
             4809      supervisors members.
             4810          Section 136. Section 17D-3-307 is enacted to read:
             4811          17D-3-307. Supervisor's election mailing list.
             4812          (1) The commission and department shall establish and maintain for each conservation
             4813      district a supervisor's election mailing list that contains the name and mailing address of each
             4814      person eligible to vote in an election of board of supervisors members.
             4815          (2) Before each election of board of supervisors members and if requested by the
             4816      nominating committee under Subsection 17D-3-302 (1), the commission shall deliver a copy of
             4817      the supervisor's election mailing list to the nominating committee for the committee's review and


             4818      approval.
             4819          Section 137. Section 17D-3-308 is enacted to read:
             4820          17D-3-308. Watershed voting areas.
             4821          The board of supervisors of a conservation district may divide the conservation district
             4822      into no more than three watershed voting areas.
             4823          Section 138. Section 17D-3-309 is enacted to read:
             4824          17D-3-309. Election of board of supervisors members -- Ballots -- Commission
             4825      duties regarding elections -- Election expenses.
             4826          (1) The commission and department shall conduct by mail each election of members of
             4827      the board of supervisors of a conservation district.
             4828          (2) (a) No later than five days before the date set for the election of board of
             4829      supervisors members, the commission shall mail a ballot to each person listed on the supervisor's
             4830      election mailing list under Section 17D-3-307 .
             4831          (b) Each ballot shall:
             4832          (i) contain:
             4833          (A) the names of all nominees for board of supervisors members, listed in alphabetical
             4834      order according to last name;
             4835          (B) a place for the voter to indicate the person or persons for whom the voter is voting;
             4836      and
             4837          (C) instructions to the voter on how to mark the ballot to indicate the voter's vote; and
             4838          (ii) specify the date after which the ballot will not be accepted for purposes of the
             4839      election.
             4840          (3) The candidates equal in number to the number of board of supervisors positions
             4841      available and receiving the highest number of votes are elected as members of the board of
             4842      supervisors and take office on the date set by the commission for their terms to begin.
             4843          (4) The commission shall:
             4844          (a) determine all questions of voter eligibility;
             4845          (b) certify the count and tally of ballots and votes cast; and


             4846          (c) declare and certify each board of supervisors member elected.
             4847          (5) The department shall pay all expenses incident to an election of board of supervisors
             4848      members.
             4849          Section 139. Section 17D-3-310 is enacted to read:
             4850          17D-3-310. Vacancies in the board of supervisors.
             4851          If a vacancy occurs in the office of board of supervisors member, the remaining
             4852      members of the board of supervisors shall appoint a person to fill the vacancy, to serve the
             4853      remainder of the unexpired term of the member creating the vacancy.
             4854          Section 140. Section 19-3-301 is amended to read:
             4855           19-3-301. Restrictions on nuclear waste placement in state.
             4856          (1) The placement, including transfer, storage, decay in storage, treatment, or disposal,
             4857      within the exterior boundaries of Utah of high-level nuclear waste or greater than class C
             4858      radioactive waste is prohibited.
             4859          (2) Notwithstanding Subsection (1) the governor, after consultation with the county
             4860      executive and county legislative body of the affected county and with concurrence of the
             4861      Legislature, may specifically approve the placement as provided in this part, but only if:
             4862          (a) (i) the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission issues a license, pursuant to the
             4863      Nuclear Waste Policy Act, 42 U.S.C.A. 10101 et seq., or the Atomic Energy Act, 42 U.S.C.A.
             4864      2011 et seq., for the placement within the exterior boundaries of Utah of high-level nuclear
             4865      waste or greater than class C radioactive waste; and
             4866          (ii) the authority of the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission to grant a license under
             4867      Subsection (2)(a)(i) is clearly upheld by a final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction; or
             4868          (b) an agency of the federal government is transporting the waste, and all state and
             4869      federal requirements to proceed with the transportation have been met.
             4870          (3) The requirement for the approval of a final court of competent jurisdiction shall be
             4871      met in all of the following categories, in order for a state license proceeding regarding waste to
             4872      begin:
             4873          (a) transfer or transportation, by rail, truck, or other mechanisms;


             4874          (b) storage, including any temporary storage at a site away from the generating reactor;
             4875          (c) decay in storage;
             4876          (d) treatment; and
             4877          (e) disposal.
             4878          (4) (a) Upon satisfaction of the requirements of Subsection (2)(a), for each category
             4879      listed in Subsection (3), or satisfaction of the requirements under Subsection (2)(b), the
             4880      governor, with the concurrence of the attorney general, shall certify in writing to the executive
             4881      director of the Department of Environmental Quality that all of the requirements have been met,
             4882      and that any necessary state licensing processes may begin.
             4883          (b) Separate certification under this Subsection (4) shall be given for each category in
             4884      Subsection (3).
             4885          (5) (a) The department shall make, by rule, a determination of the dollar amount of the
             4886      health and economic costs expected to result from a reasonably foreseeable accidental release of
             4887      waste involving a transfer facility or storage facility, or during transportation of waste, within
             4888      the exterior boundaries of the state. The department may initiate rulemaking under this
             4889      Subsection (5)(a) on or after March 15, 2001.
             4890          (b) (i) The department shall also determine the dollar amount currently available to
             4891      cover the costs as determined in Subsection (5)(a):
             4892          (A) under nuclear industry self-insurance;
             4893          (B) under federal insurance requirements; and
             4894          (C) in federal monies.
             4895          (ii) The department may not include any calculations of federal monies that may be
             4896      appropriated in the future in determining the amount under Subsection (5)(b)(i).
             4897          (c) The department shall use the information compiled under Subsections (5)(a) and (b)
             4898      to determine the amount of unfunded potential liability in the event of a release of waste from a
             4899      storage or transfer facility, or a release during the transportation of waste.
             4900          (6) (a) State agencies may not, for the purpose of providing any goods, services, or
             4901      municipal-type services to a storage facility or transfer facility, or to any organization engaged


             4902      in the transportation of waste, enter into any contracts or any other agreements prior to:
             4903          (i) the satisfaction of the conditions in Subsection (4); and
             4904          (ii) the executive director of the department having certified that the requirements of
             4905      Sections 19-3-304 through 19-3-308 have been met for the purposes of a license application
             4906      proceeding for a storage facility or transfer facility.
             4907          (b) Political subdivisions of the state may not enter into any contracts or any other
             4908      agreements for the purpose of providing any goods, services, or municipal-type services to a
             4909      storage facility or transfer facility, or to any organization engaged in the transportation of waste.
             4910          (c) This Subsection (6) does not prohibit a state agency from exercising the regulatory
             4911      authority granted to it by law.
             4912          (7) (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any political subdivision may not be
             4913      formed pursuant to the laws of Utah for the purpose of providing any goods, services, or
             4914      municipal-type services to a storage facility or transfer facility prior to the satisfaction of the
             4915      conditions in Subsection (4). These political subdivisions include:
             4916          (i) a cooperative;
             4917          (ii) a local district authorized by Title 17B, Limited Purpose Local Government Entities
             4918      - Local Districts;
             4919          (iii) a special service district under Title [17A] 17D, Chapter [2, Part 13, Utah] 1,
             4920      Special Service District Act;
             4921          (iv) a limited purpose local governmental entities authorized by Title 17, Counties;
             4922          (v) any joint power agreement authorized by Title 11, Cities, Counties, and Local
             4923      Taxing Units; and
             4924          (vi) the formation of a municipality, or any authority of a municipality authorized by
             4925      Title 10, Utah Municipal Code.
             4926          (b) (i) Subsection (7)(a) shall be strictly interpreted. Any political subdivision
             4927      authorized and formed under the laws of the state on or after March 15, 2001 which
             4928      subsequently contracts to, or in any manner agrees to provide, or does provide goods, services,
             4929      or municipal-type services to a storage facility or transfer facility is formed in violation of


             4930      Subsection (7)(a).
             4931          (ii) If the conditions of Subsection (7)(b)(i) apply, the persons who formed the political
             4932      subdivision are considered to have knowingly violated a provision of this part, and the penalties
             4933      of Section 19-3-312 apply.
             4934          (8) (a) An organization may not be formed for the purpose of providing any goods,
             4935      services, or municipal-type services to a storage facility or transfer facility prior to:
             4936          (i) the satisfaction of the conditions in Subsection (4); and
             4937          (ii) the executive director of the department having certified that the requirements of
             4938      Sections 19-3-304 through 19-3-308 have been met.
             4939          (b) A foreign organization may not be registered to do business in the state for the
             4940      purpose of providing any goods, services, or municipal-type services to a storage facility or
             4941      transfer facility prior to:
             4942          (i) the satisfaction of the conditions in Subsection (4); and
             4943          (ii) the executive director of the department having certified that the requirements of
             4944      Sections 19-3-304 through 19-3-308 have been met.
             4945          (c) The prohibitions of Subsections (8)(a) and (b) shall be strictly applied, and:
             4946          (i) the formation of a new organization or registration of a foreign organization within
             4947      the state, any of whose purposes are to provide goods, services, or municipal-type services to a
             4948      storage facility or transfer facility may not be licensed or registered in the state, and the local or
             4949      foreign organization is void and does not have authority to operate within the state;
             4950          (ii) any organization which is formed or registered on or after March 15, 2001, and
             4951      which subsequently contracts to, or in any manner agrees to provide, or does provide goods,
             4952      services, or municipal-type services to a storage facility or transfer facility has been formed or
             4953      registered in violation of Subsection (8)(a) or (b) respectively; and
             4954          (iii) if the conditions of Subsection (8)(c)(ii) apply, the persons who formed the
             4955      organization or the principals of the foreign organization, are considered to have knowingly
             4956      violated a provision of this part, and are subject to the penalties in Section 19-3-312 .
             4957          (9) (a) (i) Any contract or agreement to provide any goods, services, or municipal-type


             4958      services to any organization engaging in, or attempting to engage in the placement of high-level
             4959      nuclear waste or greater than class C radioactive waste at a storage facility or transfer facility
             4960      within the state are declared to be against the greater public interest, health, and welfare of the
             4961      state, by promoting an activity which has the great potential to cause extreme public harm.
             4962          (ii) These contracts or agreements under Subsection (9)(a)(i), whether formal or
             4963      informal, are declared to be void from inception, agreement, or execution as against public
             4964      policy.
             4965          (b) (i) Any contract or other agreement to provide goods, services, or municipal-type
             4966      services to storage or transfer facilities may not be executed within the state.
             4967          (ii) Any contract or other agreement, existing or executed on or after March 15, 2001,
             4968      is considered void from the time of agreement or execution.
             4969          (10) (a) All contracts and agreements under Subsection (10)(b) are assessed an annual
             4970      transaction fee of 75% of the gross value of the contract to the party providing the goods,
             4971      services, or municipal-type services to the storage facility or transfer facility or transportation
             4972      entity. The fee shall be assessed per calendar year, and is payable on a prorated basis on or
             4973      before the last day of each month in accordance with rules established under Subsection (10)(d),
             4974      and as follows:
             4975          (i) 25% of the gross value of the contract to the department; and
             4976          (ii) 50% of the gross value of the contract to the Department of Community and
             4977      Culture, to be used by the Utah Division of Indian Affairs as provided in Subsection (11).
             4978          (b) Contracts and agreements subject to the fee under Subsection (10)(a) are those
             4979      contracts and agreements to provide goods, services, or municipal-type services to a storage or
             4980      transfer facility, or to any organization engaged in the transportation of high-level nuclear waste
             4981      or greater than class C radioactive waste to a transfer facility or storage facility, and which:
             4982          (i) are in existence on March 15, 2001; or
             4983          (ii) become effective notwithstanding Subsection (9)(a).
             4984          (c) Any governmental agency which regulates the charges to consumers for services
             4985      provided by utilities or other organizations shall require the regulated utility or organization to


             4986      include the fees under Subsection (10)(a) in the rates charged to the purchaser of the goods,
             4987      services, or municipal-type services affected by Subsection (10)(b).
             4988          (d) (i) The department, in consultation with the State Tax Commission, shall establish
             4989      rules for the valuation of the contracts and assessment and collection of the fees, and other rules
             4990      as necessary to determine the amount of and collection of the fee under Subsection (10)(a).
             4991      The department may initiate rulemaking under this Subsection (10)(d)(i) on or after March 15,
             4992      2001.
             4993          (ii) Persons and organizations holding contracts affected by Subsection (10)(b) shall
             4994      make a good faith estimate of the fee under Subsection (10)(a) for calendar year 2001, and
             4995      remit that amount to the department on or before July 31, 2001.
             4996          (11) (a) The portion of the fees imposed under Subsection (10) which is to be paid to
             4997      the Department of Community and Culture for use by the Utah Division of Indian Affairs shall
             4998      be used for establishment of a statewide community and economic development program for the
             4999      tribes of Native American people within the exterior boundaries of the state who have by tribal
             5000      procedure established a position rejecting siting of any nuclear waste facility on their reservation
             5001      lands.
             5002          (b) The program under Subsection (11)(a) shall include:
             5003          (i) educational services and facilities;
             5004          (ii) health care services and facilities;
             5005          (iii) programs of economic development;
             5006          (iv) utilities;
             5007          (v) sewer;
             5008          (vi) street lighting;
             5009          (vii) roads and other infrastructure; and
             5010          (viii) oversight and staff support for the program.
             5011          (12) It is the intent of the Legislature that this part does not prohibit or interfere with a
             5012      person's exercise of the rights under the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United
             5013      States or under Utah Constitution Article I, Sec. 15, by an organization attempting to site a


             5014      storage facility or transfer facility within the borders of the state for the placement of high-level
             5015      nuclear waste or greater than class C radioactive waste.
             5016          Section 141. Section 19-6-502 is amended to read:
             5017           19-6-502. Definitions.
             5018          As used in this part:
             5019          (1) "Governing body" means the governing board, commission, or council of a public
             5020      entity.
             5021          (2) "Jurisdiction" means the area within the incorporated limits of a municipality, special
             5022      service district, municipal-type service district, service area, or all of the territorial area of a
             5023      county not lying within a city or town.
             5024          (3) "Long-term agreement" means an agreement or contract having a term of more than
             5025      five years and less than 50 years.
             5026          (4) "Public entity" means a county, municipality, special service district under Title
             5027      [17A] 17D, Chapter [2, Part 13, Utah] 1, Special Service District Act, or service area under
             5028      Title 17B, Chapter 2a, Part 9, Service Area Act and a municipal-type service district created
             5029      under Title 17, Chapter 34, Municipal-type Services to Unincorporated Areas.
             5030          (5) "Resource recovery" means the separation, extraction, recycling, or recovery of
             5031      usable materials, energy, fuel, or heat from solid waste and the disposition of it.
             5032          (6) "Short-term agreement" means any contract or agreement having a term of five
             5033      years or less.
             5034          (7) "Solid waste" means all putrescible and nonputrescible materials or substances
             5035      discarded or rejected as being spent, useless, worthless, or in excess to the owner's needs at the
             5036      time of discard or rejection, including garbage, refuse, industrial and commercial waste, sludges
             5037      from air or water control facilities, rubbish, ashes, contained gaseous material, incinerator
             5038      residue, demolition, and construction debris, discarded automobiles and offal, but not including
             5039      sewage and other highly diluted water carried materials or substances and those in gaseous
             5040      form.
             5041          (8) "Solid waste management" means the purposeful and systematic collection,


             5042      transportation, storage, processing, recovery, and disposal of solid waste.
             5043          (9) "Solid waste management facility" means any facility employed for solid waste
             5044      management, including transfer stations, transport systems, baling facilities, landfills, processing
             5045      systems, including resource recovery facilities or other facilities for reducing solid waste
             5046      volume, plants and facilities for compacting, composting, or pyrolization of solid wastes,
             5047      incinerators and other solid waste disposal, reduction, or conversion facilities, and facilities for
             5048      resource recovery of energy consisting of:
             5049          (a) facilities for the production, transmission, distribution, and sale of heat and steam;
             5050      and
             5051          (b) facilities for the generation and sale of electric energy to a public utility or
             5052      municipality or other public entity which owns and operates an electric power system on March
             5053      15, 1982, and for the generation, sale, and transmission of electric energy on an emergency
             5054      basis only to a military installation of the United States; provided, that solid waste management
             5055      facilities are not a public utility as defined in Section 54-2-1 .
             5056          Section 142. Section 20A-1-102 is amended to read:
             5057           20A-1-102. Definitions.
             5058          As used in this title:
             5059          (1) "Active voter" means a registered voter who has not been classified as an inactive
             5060      voter by the county clerk.
             5061          (2) "Automatic tabulating equipment" means apparatus that automatically examines and
             5062      counts votes recorded on paper ballots or ballot sheets and tabulates the results.
             5063          (3) "Ballot" means the storage medium, whether paper, mechanical, or electronic, upon
             5064      which a voter records his votes and includes ballot sheets, paper ballots, electronic ballots, and
             5065      secrecy envelopes.
             5066          (4) "Ballot sheet":
             5067          (a) means a ballot that:
             5068          (i) consists of paper or a card where the voter's votes are marked or recorded; and
             5069          (ii) can be counted using automatic tabulating equipment; and


             5070          (b) includes punch card ballots, and other ballots that are machine-countable.
             5071          (5) "Ballot label" means the cards, papers, booklet, pages, or other materials that
             5072      contain the names of offices and candidates and statements of ballot propositions to be voted on
             5073      and which are used in conjunction with ballot sheets that do not display that information.
             5074          (6) "Ballot proposition" means opinion questions specifically authorized by the
             5075      Legislature, constitutional amendments, initiatives, referenda, and judicial retention questions
             5076      that are submitted to the voters for their approval or rejection.
             5077          (7) "Board of canvassers" means the entities established by Sections 20A-4-301 and
             5078      20A-4-306 to canvass election returns.
             5079          (8) "Bond election" means an election held for the purpose of approving or rejecting the
             5080      proposed issuance of bonds by a government entity.
             5081          (9) "Book voter registration form" means voter registration forms contained in a bound
             5082      book that are used by election officers and registration agents to register persons to vote.
             5083          (10) "By-mail voter registration form" means a voter registration form designed to be
             5084      completed by the voter and mailed to the election officer.
             5085          (11) "Canvass" means the review of election returns and the official declaration of
             5086      election results by the board of canvassers.
             5087          (12) "Canvassing judge" means a poll worker designated to assist in counting ballots at
             5088      the canvass.
             5089          (13) "Convention" means the political party convention at which party officers and
             5090      delegates are selected.
             5091          (14) "Counting center" means one or more locations selected by the election officer in
             5092      charge of the election for the automatic counting of ballots.
             5093          (15) "Counting judge" means a poll worker designated to count the ballots during
             5094      election day.
             5095          (16) "Counting poll watcher" means a person selected as provided in Section
             5096      20A-3-201 to witness the counting of ballots.
             5097          (17) "Counting room" means a suitable and convenient private place or room,


             5098      immediately adjoining the place where the election is being held, for use by the poll workers and
             5099      counting judges to count ballots during election day.
             5100          (18) "County executive" has the meaning as provided in Subsection 68-3-12 (2).
             5101          (19) "County legislative body" has the meaning as provided in Subsection 68-3-12 (2).
             5102          (20) "County officers" means those county officers that are required by law to be
             5103      elected.
             5104          (21) "Election" means a regular general election, a municipal general election, a
             5105      statewide special election, a local special election, a regular primary election, a municipal
             5106      primary election, and a local district election.
             5107          (22) "Election Assistance Commission" means the commission established by Public
             5108      Law 107-252, the Help America Vote Act of 2002.
             5109          (23) "Election cycle" means the period beginning on the first day persons are eligible to
             5110      file declarations of candidacy and ending when the canvass is completed.
             5111          (24) "Election judge" means a poll worker that is assigned to:
             5112          (a) preside over other poll workers at a polling place;
             5113          (b) act as the presiding election judge; or
             5114          (c) serve as a canvassing judge, counting judge, or receiving judge.
             5115          (25) "Election officer" means:
             5116          (a) the lieutenant governor, for all statewide ballots;
             5117          (b) the county clerk or clerks for all county ballots and for certain ballots and elections
             5118      as provided in Section 20A-5-400.5 ;
             5119          (c) the municipal clerk for all municipal ballots and for certain ballots and elections as
             5120      provided in Section 20A-5-400.5 ;
             5121          (d) the local district clerk or chief executive officer for certain ballots and elections as
             5122      provided in Section 20A-5-400.5 ; and
             5123          (e) the business administrator or superintendent of a school district for certain ballots or
             5124      elections as provided in Section 20A-5-400.5 .
             5125          (26) "Election official" means any election officer, election judge, or poll worker.


             5126          (27) "Election results" means, for bond elections, the count of those votes cast for and
             5127      against the bond proposition plus any or all of the election returns that the board of canvassers
             5128      may request.
             5129          (28) "Election returns" includes the pollbook, all affidavits of registration, the military
             5130      and overseas absentee voter registration and voting certificates, one of the tally sheets, any
             5131      unprocessed absentee ballots, all counted ballots, all excess ballots, all unused ballots, all spoiled
             5132      ballots, the ballot disposition form, and the total votes cast form.
             5133          (29) "Electronic ballot" means a ballot that is recorded using a direct electronic voting
             5134      device or other voting device that records and stores ballot information by electronic means.
             5135          (30) (a) "Electronic voting device" means a voting device that uses electronic ballots.
             5136          (b) "Electronic voting device" includes a direct recording electronic voting device.
             5137          (31) "Inactive voter" means a registered voter who has been sent the notice required by
             5138      Section 20A-2-306 and who has failed to respond to that notice.
             5139          (32) "Inspecting poll watcher" means a person selected as provided in this title to
             5140      witness the receipt and safe deposit of voted and counted ballots.
             5141          (33) "Judicial office" means the office filled by any judicial officer.
             5142          (34) "Judicial officer" means any justice or judge of a court of record or any county
             5143      court judge.
             5144          (35) "Local district" means a local government entity under Title 17B, Limited Purpose
             5145      Local Government Entities - Local Districts, and includes a special service district under Title
             5146      [17A] 17D, Chapter [2, Part 13, Utah] 1, Special Service District Act.
             5147          (36) "Local district officers" means those local district officers that are required by law
             5148      to be elected.
             5149          (37) "Local election" means a regular municipal election, a local special election, a local
             5150      district election, and a bond election.
             5151          (38) "Local political subdivision" means a county, a municipality, a local district, or a
             5152      local school district.
             5153          (39) "Local special election" means a special election called by the governing body of a


             5154      local political subdivision in which all registered voters of the local political subdivision may
             5155      vote.
             5156          (40) "Municipal executive" means:
             5157          (a) the city council or town council in the traditional management arrangement
             5158      established by Title 10, Chapter 3, Part 1, Governing Body;
             5159          (b) the mayor in the council-mayor optional form of government defined in Section
             5160      10-3-101 ; and
             5161          (c) the manager in the council-manager optional form of government defined in Section
             5162      10-3-101 .
             5163          (41) "Municipal general election" means the election held in municipalities and local
             5164      districts on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of each odd-numbered year for
             5165      the purposes established in Section 20A-1-202 .
             5166          (42) "Municipal legislative body" means:
             5167          (a) the city council or town council in the traditional management arrangement
             5168      established by Title 10, Chapter 3, Part 1, Governing Body;
             5169          (b) the municipal council in the council-mayor optional form of government defined in
             5170      Section 10-3-101 ; and
             5171          (c) the municipal council in the council-manager optional form of government defined in
             5172      Section 10-3-101 .
             5173          (43) "Municipal officers" means those municipal officers that are required by law to be
             5174      elected.
             5175          (44) "Municipal primary election" means an election held to nominate candidates for
             5176      municipal office.
             5177          (45) "Official ballot" means the ballots distributed by the election officer to the poll
             5178      workers to be given to voters to record their votes.
             5179          (46) "Official endorsement" means:
             5180          (a) the information on the ballot that identifies:
             5181          (i) the ballot as an official ballot;


             5182          (ii) the date of the election; and
             5183          (iii) the facsimile signature of the election officer; and
             5184          (b) the information on the ballot stub that identifies:
             5185          (i) the poll worker's initials; and
             5186          (ii) the ballot number.
             5187          (47) "Official register" means the official record furnished to election officials by the
             5188      election officer that contains the information required by Section 20A-5-401 .
             5189          (48) "Paper ballot" means a paper that contains:
             5190          (a) the names of offices and candidates and statements of ballot propositions to be
             5191      voted on; and
             5192          (b) spaces for the voter to record his vote for each office and for or against each ballot
             5193      proposition.
             5194          (49) "Political party" means an organization of registered voters that has qualified to
             5195      participate in an election by meeting the requirements of Title 20A, Chapter 8, Political Party
             5196      Formation and Procedures.
             5197          (50) (a) "Poll worker" means a person assigned by an election official to assist with an
             5198      election, voting, or counting votes.
             5199          (b) "Poll worker" includes election judges.
             5200          (c) "Poll worker" does not include a watcher.
             5201          (51) "Pollbook" means a record of the names of voters in the order that they appear to
             5202      cast votes.
             5203          (52) "Polling place" means the building where voting is conducted.
             5204          (53) "Position" means a square, circle, rectangle, or other geometric shape on a ballot in
             5205      which the voter marks his choice.
             5206          (54) "Provisional ballot" means a ballot voted provisionally by a person:
             5207          (a) whose name is not listed on the official register at the polling place;
             5208          (b) whose legal right to vote is challenged as provided in this title; or
             5209          (c) whose identity was not sufficiently established by a poll worker.


             5210          (55) "Provisional ballot envelope" means an envelope printed in the form required by
             5211      Section 20A-6-105 that is used to identify provisional ballots and to provide information to
             5212      verify a person's legal right to vote.
             5213          (56) "Primary convention" means the political party conventions at which nominees for
             5214      the regular primary election are selected.
             5215          (57) "Protective counter" means a separate counter, which cannot be reset, that is built
             5216      into a voting machine and records the total number of movements of the operating lever.
             5217          (58) "Qualify" or "qualified" means to take the oath of office and begin performing the
             5218      duties of the position for which the person was elected.
             5219          (59) "Receiving judge" means the poll worker that checks the voter's name in the
             5220      official register, provides the voter with a ballot, and removes the ballot stub from the ballot
             5221      after the voter has voted.
             5222          (60) "Registration form" means a book voter registration form and a by-mail voter
             5223      registration form.
             5224          (61) "Regular ballot" means a ballot that is not a provisional ballot.
             5225          (62) "Regular general election" means the election held throughout the state on the first
             5226      Tuesday after the first Monday in November of each even-numbered year for the purposes
             5227      established in Section 20A-1-201 .
             5228          (63) "Regular primary election" means the election on the fourth Tuesday of June of
             5229      each even-numbered year, at which candidates of political parties and nonpolitical groups are
             5230      voted for nomination.
             5231          (64) "Resident" means a person who resides within a specific voting precinct in Utah.
             5232          (65) "Sample ballot" means a mock ballot similar in form to the official ballot printed
             5233      and distributed as provided in Section 20A-5-405 .
             5234          (66) "Scratch vote" means to mark or punch the straight party ticket and then mark or
             5235      punch the ballot for one or more candidates who are members of different political parties.
             5236          (67) "Secrecy envelope" means the envelope given to a voter along with the ballot into
             5237      which the voter places the ballot after he has voted it in order to preserve the secrecy of the


             5238      voter's vote.
             5239          (68) "Special election" means an election held as authorized by Section 20A-1-204 .
             5240          (69) "Spoiled ballot" means each ballot that:
             5241          (a) is spoiled by the voter;
             5242          (b) is unable to be voted because it was spoiled by the printer or a poll worker; or
             5243          (c) lacks the official endorsement.
             5244          (70) "Statewide special election" means a special election called by the governor or the
             5245      Legislature in which all registered voters in Utah may vote.
             5246          (71) "Stub" means the detachable part of each ballot.
             5247          (72) "Substitute ballots" means replacement ballots provided by an election officer to
             5248      the poll workers when the official ballots are lost or stolen.
             5249          (73) "Ticket" means each list of candidates for each political party or for each group of
             5250      petitioners.
             5251          (74) "Transfer case" means the sealed box used to transport voted ballots to the
             5252      counting center.
             5253          (75) "Vacancy" means the absence of a person to serve in any position created by
             5254      statute, whether that absence occurs because of death, disability, disqualification, resignation, or
             5255      other cause.
             5256          (76) "Valid voter identification" means:
             5257          (a) a form of identification that bears the name and photograph of the voter which may
             5258      include:
             5259          (i) a currently valid Utah driver license;
             5260          (ii) a currently valid identification card that is issued by:
             5261          (A) the state;
             5262          (B) a local government within the state; or
             5263          (C) a branch, department, or agency of the United States;
             5264          (iii) an identification card that is issued by an employer for an employee;
             5265          (iv) a currently valid identification card that is issued by a college, university, technical


             5266      school, or professional school that is located within the state;
             5267          (v) a currently valid Utah permit to carry a concealed weapon;
             5268          (vi) a currently valid United States passport; or
             5269          (vii) a valid tribal identification card; or
             5270          (b) two forms of identification that bear the name of the voter and provide evidence that
             5271      the voter resides in the voting precinct, which may include:
             5272          (i) a voter identification card;
             5273          (ii) a current utility bill or a legible copy thereof;
             5274          (iii) a bank or other financial account statement, or a legible copy thereof;
             5275          (iv) a certified birth certificate;
             5276          (v) a valid Social Security card;
             5277          (vi) a check issued by the state or the federal government or a legible copy thereof;
             5278          (vii) a paycheck from the voter's employer, or a legible copy thereof;
             5279          (viii) a currently valid Utah hunting or fishing license;
             5280          (ix) a currently valid United States military identification card;
             5281          (x) certified naturalization documentation;
             5282          (xi) a currently valid license issued by an authorized agency of the United States;
             5283          (xii) a certified copy of court records showing the voter's adoption or name change;
             5284          (xiii) a Bureau of Indian Affairs card;
             5285          (xiv) a tribal treaty card;
             5286          (xv) a valid Medicaid card, Medicare card, or Electronic Benefits Transfer Card; or
             5287          (xvi) a form of identification listed in Subsection (76)(a) that does not contain a
             5288      photograph, but establishes the name of the voter and provides evidence that the voter resides in
             5289      the voting precinct.
             5290          (77) "Valid write-in candidate" means a candidate who has qualified as a write-in
             5291      candidate by following the procedures and requirements of this title.
             5292          (78) "Voter" means a person who meets the requirements for voting in an election,
             5293      meets the requirements of election registration, is registered to vote, and is listed in the official


             5294      register book.
             5295          (79) "Voter registration deadline" means the registration deadline provided in Section
             5296      20A-2-102.5 .
             5297          (80) "Voting area" means the area within six feet of the voting booths, voting machines,
             5298      and ballot box.
             5299          (81) "Voting booth" means:
             5300          (a) the space or compartment within a polling place that is provided for the preparation
             5301      of ballots, including the voting machine enclosure or curtain; or
             5302          (b) a voting device that is free standing.
             5303          (82) "Voting device" means:
             5304          (a) an apparatus in which ballot sheets are used in connection with a punch device for
             5305      piercing the ballots by the voter;
             5306          (b) a device for marking the ballots with ink or another substance;
             5307          (c) an electronic voting device or other device used to make selections and cast a ballot
             5308      electronically, or any component thereof;
             5309          (d) an automated voting system under Section 20A-5-302 ; or
             5310          (e) any other method for recording votes on ballots so that the ballot may be tabulated
             5311      by means of automatic tabulating equipment.
             5312          (83) "Voting machine" means a machine designed for the sole purpose of recording and
             5313      tabulating votes cast by voters at an election.
             5314          (84) "Voting poll watcher" means a person appointed as provided in this title to witness
             5315      the distribution of ballots and the voting process.
             5316          (85) "Voting precinct" means the smallest voting unit established as provided by law
             5317      within which qualified voters vote at one polling place.
             5318          (86) "Watcher" means a voting poll watcher, a counting poll watcher, an inspecting poll
             5319      watcher, and a testing watcher.
             5320          (87) "Western States Presidential Primary" means the election established in Title 20A,
             5321      Chapter 9, Part 8.


             5322          (88) "Write-in ballot" means a ballot containing any write-in votes.
             5323          (89) "Write-in vote" means a vote cast for a person whose name is not printed on the
             5324      ballot according to the procedures established in this title.
             5325          Section 143. Section 20A-3-605 is enacted to read:
             5326          20A-3-605. Inapplicability to local district and special service district elections.
             5327          This part does not apply to an election of a board member of a local district.
             5328          Section 144. Section 20A-11-1202 is amended to read:
             5329           20A-11-1202. Definitions.
             5330          As used in this chapter:
             5331          (1) "Ballot proposition" means constitutional amendments, initiatives, referenda, judicial
             5332      retention questions, opinion questions, bond approvals, or other questions submitted to the
             5333      voters for their approval or rejection.
             5334          (2) (a) "Commercial interlocal cooperation agency" means an interlocal cooperation
             5335      agency that receives its revenues from conduct of its commercial operations.
             5336          (b) "Commercial interlocal cooperation agency" does not mean an interlocal
             5337      cooperation agency that receives some or all of its revenues from:
             5338          (i) government appropriations;
             5339          (ii) taxes;
             5340          (iii) government fees imposed for regulatory or revenue raising purposes; or
             5341          (iv) interest earned on public funds or other returns on investment of public funds.
             5342          (3) "Expenditure" means:
             5343          (a) a purchase, payment, donation, distribution, loan, advance, deposit, gift of money,
             5344      or anything of value made for political purposes;
             5345          (b) an express, legally enforceable contract, promise, or agreement to make any
             5346      purchase, payment, donation, distribution, loan, advance, deposit, gift of money, or anything of
             5347      value for political purposes;
             5348          (c) a transfer of funds between a public entity and a candidate's personal campaign
             5349      committee;


             5350          (d) a transfer of funds between a public entity and a political issues committee; or
             5351          (e) goods or services provided to or for the benefit of a candidate, a candidate's
             5352      personal campaign committee, or a political issues committee for political purposes at less than
             5353      fair market value.
             5354          (4) "Governmental interlocal cooperation agency" means an interlocal cooperation
             5355      agency that receives some or all of its revenues from:
             5356          (a) government appropriations;
             5357          (b) taxes;
             5358          (c) government fees imposed for regulatory or revenue raising purposes; or
             5359          (d) interest earned on public funds or other returns on investment of public funds.
             5360          (5) (a) "Influence" means to campaign or advocate for or against a ballot proposition.
             5361          (b) "Influence" does not mean providing a brief statement about a public entity's
             5362      position on a ballot proposition and the reason for that position.
             5363          (6) "Interlocal cooperation agency" means an entity created by interlocal agreement
             5364      under the authority of Title 11, Chapter 13, Interlocal Cooperation Act.
             5365          (7) "Local district" means an entity under Title 17B, Limited Purpose Local
             5366      Government Entities - Local Districts, and includes a special service district under Title [17A]
             5367      17D, Chapter [2, Part 13, Utah] 1, Special Service District Act.
             5368          (8) (a) "Political issues committee" means an entity, or any group of individuals or
             5369      entities within or outside this state, that solicits or receives contributions from any other person,
             5370      group, or entity and makes expenditures from these contributions to influence, or to intend to
             5371      influence, directly or indirectly, any person to assist in placing a ballot proposition on the ballot,
             5372      to assist in keeping a ballot proposition off the ballot, or to refrain from voting or to vote for or
             5373      to vote against any ballot proposition.
             5374          (b) "Political issues committee" does not mean an entity that provides goods or services
             5375      to an individual or committee in the regular course of its business at the same price that would
             5376      be provided to the general public.
             5377          (9) "Political purposes" means an act done with the intent or in a way to influence or


             5378      intend to influence, directly or indirectly, any person to refrain from voting or to vote for or
             5379      against any candidate for public office at any caucus, political convention, primary, or election.
             5380          (10) (a) "Public entity" includes the state, each state agency, each county, municipality,
             5381      school district, local district, governmental interlocal cooperation agency, and each
             5382      administrative subunit of each of them.
             5383          (b) "Public entity" does not include a commercial interlocal cooperation agency.
             5384          (c) "Public entity" includes local health departments created under Title 26, Chapter 1,
             5385      Local Health Departments.
             5386          (11) (a) "Public funds" means any monies received by a public entity from
             5387      appropriations, taxes, fees, interest, or other returns on investment.
             5388          (b) "Public funds" does not include monies donated to a public entity by a person or
             5389      entity.
             5390          (12) (a) "Public official" means an elected or appointed member of government with
             5391      authority to make or determine public policy.
             5392          (b) "Public official" includes the person or group that:
             5393          (i) has supervisory authority over the personnel and affairs of a public entity; and
             5394          (ii) approves the expenditure of funds for the public entity.
             5395          (13) (a) "State agency" means each department, commission, board, council, agency,
             5396      institution, officer, corporation, fund, division, office, committee, authority, laboratory, library,
             5397      unit, bureau, panel, or other administrative unit of the state.
             5398          (b) "State agency" includes the legislative branch, the Board of Regents, the
             5399      institutional councils of each higher education institution, and each higher education institution.
             5400          Section 145. Section 26-8a-405.1 is amended to read:
             5401           26-8a-405.1. Selection of provider by political subdivision.
             5402          (1) For purposes of this section and Sections 26-8a-405.2 and 26-8a-405.3 :
             5403          (a) "911 ambulance or paramedic services" means either 911 ambulance service, or 911
             5404      paramedic service, or both and:
             5405          (i) means a 911 call received by a designated dispatch center that receives 911 or E911


             5406      calls; and
             5407          (ii) does not mean a seven digit telephone call received directly by an ambulance
             5408      provider licensed under this chapter.
             5409          (b) "Governing body" means:
             5410          (i) in the case of a municipality or county, the elected council, commission, or other
             5411      legislative body that is vested with the legislative power of the municipality;
             5412          (ii) in the case of a special service district, local service district, or county service area,
             5413      each elected council, commission, or other legislative body that is vested with the legislative
             5414      power of the municipalities or counties that are members of the district or service area; and
             5415          (iii) in the case of a local district or special service district for fire protection or
             5416      interlocal entity, the board or other body vested with the power to adopt, amend, and repeal
             5417      rules, bylaws, policies, and procedures for the regulation of its affairs and the conduct of its
             5418      business.
             5419          (c) "Political subdivision" means:
             5420          (i) a city or town located in a county of the first or second class as defined in Section
             5421      17-50-501 ;
             5422          (ii) a county of the first or second class;
             5423          (iii) the following districts located in a county of the first or second class:
             5424          (A) a special service district created under Title [17A] 17D, Chapter [2, Part 13, Utah]
             5425      1, Special Service District Act; and
             5426          (B) a local district under Title 17B, Limited Purpose Local Government Entities - Local
             5427      Districts, for the purpose of providing fire protection, paramedic, and emergency services; or
             5428          (iv) areas coming together as described in Subsection 26-8a-405.2 (2)(b)(ii);
             5429          (v) municipalities and counties joining together pursuant to Title 11, Chapter 13,
             5430      Interlocal Cooperation Act; or
             5431          (vi) a special service district for fire protection [as defined in Section 17A-2-1304 ]
             5432      service under Subsection 17D-1-201 (9).
             5433          (2) (a) Only an applicant approved under Section 26-8a-405 may respond to a request


             5434      for a proposal for 911 ambulance or paramedic services issued in accordance with Section
             5435      26-8a-405.2 by a political subdivision.
             5436          (b) A response to a request for proposal is subject to the maximum rates established by
             5437      the department under Section 26-8a-403 .
             5438          (c) A political subdivision may award a contract to an applicant for the provision of 911
             5439      ambulance or paramedic services:
             5440          (i) in accordance with Section 26-8a-405.2 ; and
             5441          (ii) subject to Subsection (3).
             5442          (3) (a) The department shall issue a license to an applicant selected by a political
             5443      subdivision under Subsection (2) unless the department finds that issuing a license to that
             5444      applicant would jeopardize the health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of the geographic
             5445      service area.
             5446          (b) A license issued under this Subsection (3):
             5447          (i) is for the exclusive geographic service area approved by the department in
             5448      accordance with Subsection 26-8a-405.2 (2);
             5449          (ii) is valid for four years;
             5450          (iii) is not subject to a request for license from another applicant under the provisions of
             5451      Sections 26-8a-406 through 26-8a-409 during the four-year term, unless the applicant's license
             5452      is revoked under Section 26-8a-504 ; and
             5453          (iv) is subject to supervision by the department under Sections 26-8a-503 and
             5454      26-8a-504 .
             5455          (4) Except as provided in Subsection 26-8a-405.3 (4)(a), the provisions of Sections
             5456      26-8a-406 through 26-8a-409 do not apply to a license issued under this section.
             5457          Section 146. Section 26-8a-405.2 is amended to read:
             5458           26-8a-405.2. Selection of provider -- Request for competitive sealed proposal --
             5459      Public convenience and necessity.
             5460          (1) (a) A political subdivision may contract with an applicant approved under Section
             5461      26-8a-404 to provide 911 ambulance or paramedic services for the geographic service area that


             5462      is approved by the department in accordance with Subsection (2), if the political subdivision
             5463      complies with the provisions of this section and Section 26-8a-405.3 .
             5464          (b) The provisions of this section and Sections 26-8a-405.1 and 26-8a-405.3 do not
             5465      require a political subdivision to issue a request for proposal for ambulance or paramedic
             5466      services. If a political subdivision does not contract with an applicant in accordance with this
             5467      section and Section 26-8a-405.3 , the provisions of Sections 26-8a-406 through 26-8a-409 apply
             5468      to the issuance of a license for ambulance or paramedic services in the geographic service area
             5469      that is within the boundaries of the political subdivision.
             5470          (c) (i) For purposes of this Subsection (1)(c):
             5471          (A) "Local district" [and "county service area" are defined in Subsection
             5472      26-8a-405.1 (1)(b)(iii);] means a local district under Title 17B, Limited Purpose Local
             5473      Government Entities - Local Districts, that:
             5474          (I) is located in a county of the first or second class; and
             5475          (II) provides fire protection, paramedic, and emergency services.
             5476          (B) "Participating municipality" means a city or town whose area is partly or entirely
             5477      included within a county service area or local district[; and].
             5478          (C) "Participating county" means a county whose unincorporated area is partly or
             5479      entirely included within a [county service area or] local district.
             5480          (ii) A participating municipality or participating county may contract with a provider for
             5481      911 ambulance or paramedic service as provided in this section and Section 26-8a-405.3 .
             5482          (iii) If the participating municipality or participating county contracts with a provider
             5483      for 911 ambulance or paramedic services under this section and Section 26-8a-405.3 :
             5484          (A) the [county service area or] local district is not obligated to provide the ambulance
             5485      or paramedic services that are included in the contract between the participating municipality or
             5486      the participating county and the 911 ambulance or paramedic provider;
             5487          (B) the [county service area and] local district may impose taxes and obligations within
             5488      the [county service area or] local district in the same manner as if the participating municipality
             5489      or participating county were receiving all services offered by the local district [or county service


             5490      area]; and
             5491          (C) the participating municipality's and participating county's obligations to the local
             5492      district [or county service area] are not diminished.
             5493          (2) (a) The political subdivision shall submit the request for proposal and the exclusive
             5494      geographic service area to be included in the request for proposal to the department for
             5495      approval prior to issuing the request for proposal. The department shall approve the request for
             5496      proposal and the exclusive geographic service area:
             5497          (i) unless the geographic service area creates an orphaned area; and
             5498          (ii) in accordance with Subsections (2)(b) and (c).
             5499          (b) The exclusive geographic service area may:
             5500          (i) include the entire geographic service area that is within the political subdivision's
             5501      boundaries;
             5502          (ii) include islands within or adjacent to other peripheral areas not included in the
             5503      political subdivision that governs the geographic service area; or
             5504          (iii) exclude portions of the geographic service area within the political subdivision's
             5505      boundaries if another political subdivision or licensed provider agrees to include the excluded
             5506      area within their license.
             5507          (c) The proposed geographic service area for 911 ambulance or paramedic service must
             5508      demonstrate that non-911 ambulance or paramedic service will be provided in the geographic
             5509      service area, either by the current provider, the applicant, or some other method acceptable to
             5510      the department. The department may consider the effect of the proposed geographic service
             5511      area on the costs to the non-911 provider and that provider's ability to provide only non-911
             5512      services in the proposed area.
             5513          Section 147. Section 51-7-3 is amended to read:
             5514           51-7-3. Definitions.
             5515          As used in this chapter:
             5516          (1) "Agent" means "agent" as defined in Section 61-1-13 .
             5517          (2) "Certified dealer" means:


             5518          (a) a primary reporting dealer recognized by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York
             5519      who is certified by the director as having met the applicable criteria of council rule; or
             5520          (b) a broker dealer who:
             5521          (i) has and maintains an office and a resident registered principal in the state;
             5522          (ii) meets the capital requirements established by council rules;
             5523          (iii) meets the requirements for good standing established by council rule; and
             5524          (iv) is certified by the director as meeting quality criteria established by council rule.
             5525          (3) "Certified investment adviser" means a federal covered adviser, as defined in Section
             5526      61-1-13 , or an investment adviser, as defined in Section 61-1-13 , who is certified by the director
             5527      as having met the applicable criteria of council rule.
             5528          (4) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of financial institutions.
             5529          (5) "Council" means the State Money Management Council created by Section 51-7-16 .
             5530          (6) "Director" means the director of the Utah State Division of Securities of the
             5531      Department of Commerce.
             5532          (7) (a) "Endowment funds" means gifts, devises, or bequests of property of any kind
             5533      donated to a higher education institution from any source.
             5534          (b) "Endowment funds" does not mean monies used for the general operation of a
             5535      higher education institution that are received by the higher education institution from:
             5536          (i) state appropriations;
             5537          (ii) federal contracts;
             5538          (iii) federal grants;
             5539          (iv) private research grants; and
             5540          (v) tuition and fees collected from students.
             5541          (8) "First tier commercial paper" means commercial paper rated by at least two
             5542      nationally recognized statistical rating organizations in the highest short-term rating category.
             5543          (9) "Funds functioning as endowments" means funds, regardless of source, whose
             5544      corpus is intended to be held in perpetuity by formal institutional designation according to the
             5545      institution's policy for designating those funds.


             5546          (10) "GASB" or "Governmental Accounting Standards Board" means the
             5547      Governmental Accounting Standards Board that is responsible for accounting standards used by
             5548      public entities.
             5549          (11) "Hard put" means an unconditional sell-back provision or a redemption provision
             5550      applicable at issue to a note or bond, allowing holders to sell their holdings back to the issuer or
             5551      to an equal or higher-rated third party provider at specific intervals and specific prices
             5552      determined at the time of issuance.
             5553          (12) "Higher education institution" means the institutions specified in Section
             5554      53B-1-102 .
             5555          (13) "Investment adviser representative" means "investment adviser representative" as
             5556      defined in Section 61-1-13 .
             5557          (14) (a) "Investment agreement" means any written agreement that has specifically
             5558      negotiated withdrawal or reinvestment provisions and a specifically negotiated interest rate.
             5559          (b) "Investment agreement" includes any agreement to supply investments on one or
             5560      more future dates.
             5561          (15) "Local government" means a county, municipality, school district, local district
             5562      under Title 17B, Limited Purpose Local Government Entities - Local Districts, special service
             5563      district under Title [17A] 17D, Chapter [2, Part 13, Utah] 1, Special Service District Act, or
             5564      any other political subdivision of the state.
             5565          (16) "Market value" means market value as defined in the Master Repurchase
             5566      Agreement.
             5567          (17) "Master Repurchase Agreement" means the current standard Master Repurchase
             5568      Agreement approved by the Public Securities Association or by any successor organization.
             5569          (18) "Maximum amount" means, with respect to qualified depositories, the total amount
             5570      of:
             5571          (a) deposits in excess of the federal deposit insurance limit; and
             5572          (b) nonqualifying repurchase agreements.
             5573          (19) "Money market mutual fund" means an open-end managed investment fund:


             5574          (a) that complies with the diversification, quality, and maturity requirements of Rule
             5575      2a-7 or any successor rule of the Securities and Exchange Commission applicable to money
             5576      market mutual funds; and
             5577          (b) that assesses no sales load on the purchase of shares and no contingent deferred
             5578      sales charge or other similar charges, however designated.
             5579          (20) "Nationally recognized statistical rating organization" means an organization that
             5580      has been designated as a nationally recognized statistical rating organization by the Securities
             5581      and Exchange Commission's Division of Market Regulation.
             5582          (21) "Nonqualifying repurchase agreement" means a repurchase agreement evidencing
             5583      indebtedness of a qualified depository arising from the transfer of obligations of the United
             5584      States Treasury or other authorized investments to public treasurers that is:
             5585          (a) evidenced by a safekeeping receipt issued by the qualified depository;
             5586          (b) included in the depository's maximum amount of public funds; and
             5587          (c) valued and maintained at market value plus an appropriate margin collateral
             5588      requirement based upon the term of the agreement and the type of securities acquired.
             5589          (22) "Operating funds" means current balances and other funds that are to be disbursed
             5590      for operation of the state government or any of its boards, commissions, institutions,
             5591      departments, divisions, agencies, or other similar instrumentalities, or any county, city, school
             5592      district, political subdivision, or other public body.
             5593          (23) "Permanent funds" means funds whose principal may not be expended, the
             5594      earnings from which are to be used for purposes designated by law.
             5595          (24) "Permitted depository" means any out-of-state financial institution that meets
             5596      quality criteria established by rule of the council.
             5597          (25) "Public funds" means monies, funds, and accounts, regardless of the source from
             5598      which the monies, funds, and accounts are derived, that are owned, held, or administered by the
             5599      state or any of its boards, commissions, institutions, departments, divisions, agencies, bureaus,
             5600      laboratories, or other similar instrumentalities, or any county, city, school district, political
             5601      subdivision, or other public body.


             5602          (26) (a) "Public monies" means "public funds."
             5603          (b) "Public monies," as used in Article VII, Sec. 15, Utah Constitution, means the same
             5604      as "state funds."
             5605          (27) "Public treasurer" includes the state treasurer and the official of any state board,
             5606      commission, institution, department, division, agency, or other similar instrumentality, or of any
             5607      county, city, school district, political subdivision, or other public body who has the
             5608      responsibility for the safekeeping and investment of any public funds.
             5609          (28) "Qualified depository" means a Utah depository institution or an out-of-state
             5610      depository institution, as those terms are defined in Section 7-1-103 that is authorized to
             5611      conduct business in this state under Section 7-1-702 or Title 7, Chapter 19, Acquisition of
             5612      Failing Depository Institutions or Holding Companies, whose deposits are insured by an agency
             5613      of the federal government and that has been certified by the commissioner of financial
             5614      institutions as having met the requirements established under this chapter and the rules of the
             5615      council to be eligible to receive deposits of public funds.
             5616          (29) "Qualifying repurchase agreement" means a repurchase agreement evidencing
             5617      indebtedness of a financial institution or government securities dealer acting as principal arising
             5618      from the transfer of obligations of the United States Treasury or other authorized investments to
             5619      public treasurers only if purchased securities are:
             5620          (a) delivered to the public treasurer's safekeeping agent or custodian as contemplated by
             5621      Section 7 of the Master Repurchase Agreement; and
             5622          (b) valued and maintained at market value plus an appropriate margin collateral
             5623      requirement based upon the term of the agreement and the type of securities acquired.
             5624          (30) "Securities division" means Utah's Division of Securities created within the
             5625      Department of Commerce by Section 13-1-2 .
             5626          (31) "State funds" means:
             5627          (a) public monies raised by operation of law for the support and operation of the state
             5628      government; and
             5629          (b) all other monies, funds, and accounts, regardless of the source from which the


             5630      monies, funds, or accounts are derived, that are owned, held, or administered by the state or any
             5631      of its boards, commissions, institutions, departments, divisions, agencies, bureaus, laboratories,
             5632      or other similar instrumentalities.
             5633          Section 148. Section 52-4-202 is amended to read:
             5634           52-4-202. Public notice of meetings -- Emergency meetings.
             5635          (1) A public body shall give not less than 24 hours public notice of each meeting
             5636      including the meeting:
             5637          (a) agenda;
             5638          (b) date;
             5639          (c) time; and
             5640          (d) place.
             5641          (2) (a) In addition to the requirements under Subsection (1), a public body which holds
             5642      regular meetings that are scheduled in advance over the course of a year shall give public notice
             5643      at least once each year of its annual meeting schedule as provided in this section.
             5644          (b) The public notice under Subsection (2)(a) shall specify the date, time, and place of
             5645      the scheduled meetings.
             5646          (3) (a) Public notice shall be satisfied by:
             5647          (i) posting written notice:
             5648          (A) at the principal office of the public body, or if no principal office exists, at the
             5649      building where the meeting is to be held; and
             5650          (B) beginning April 1, 2008 and except as provided in Subsection (3)(b), on the Utah
             5651      Public Notice Website created under Section 63F-1-701 ; and
             5652          (ii) providing notice to:
             5653          (A) at least one newspaper of general circulation within the geographic jurisdiction of
             5654      the public body; or
             5655          (B) a local media correspondent.
             5656          (b) A public body of a municipality under Title 10, Utah Municipal Code, a local district
             5657      under Title 17B, Limited Purpose Local Government Entities - Local Districts, or a special


             5658      service district under Title [17A] 17D, Chapter [2, Part 13, Utah] 1, Special Service District
             5659      Act, [or a dependent district under Title 17A, Chapter 3, Dependent Districts,] is encouraged,
             5660      but not required, to post written notice on the Utah Public Notice Website, if the municipality
             5661      or district has a current annual budget of less than $1 million.
             5662          (c) A public body is in compliance with the provisions of Subsection (3)(a)(ii) by
             5663      providing notice to a newspaper or local media correspondent under the provisions of
             5664      Subsection 63F-1-701 (4)(d).
             5665          (4) A public body is encouraged to develop and use additional electronic means to
             5666      provide notice of its meetings under Subsection (3).
             5667          (5) (a) The notice requirement of Subsection (1) may be disregarded if:
             5668          (i) because of unforeseen circumstances it is necessary for a public body to hold an
             5669      emergency meeting to consider matters of an emergency or urgent nature; and
             5670          (ii) the public body gives the best notice practicable of:
             5671          (A) the time and place of the emergency meeting; and
             5672          (B) the topics to be considered at the emergency meeting.
             5673          (b) An emergency meeting of a public body may not be held unless:
             5674          (i) an attempt has been made to notify all the members of the public body; and
             5675          (ii) a majority of the members of the public body approve the meeting.
             5676          (6) (a) A public notice that is required to include an agenda under Subsection (1) shall
             5677      provide reasonable specificity to notify the public as to the topics to be considered at the
             5678      meeting. Each topic shall be listed under an agenda item on the meeting agenda.
             5679          (b) Subject to the provisions of Subsection (6)(c), and at the discretion of the presiding
             5680      member of the public body, a topic raised by the public may be discussed during an open
             5681      meeting, even if the topic raised by the public was not included in the agenda or advance public
             5682      notice for the meeting.
             5683          (c) Except as provided in Subsection (5), relating to emergency meetings, a public body
             5684      may not take final action on a topic in an open meeting unless the topic is:
             5685          (i) listed under an agenda item as required by Subsection (6)(a); and


             5686          (ii) included with the advance public notice required by this section.
             5687          Section 149. Section 52-4-203 is amended to read:
             5688           52-4-203. Minutes of open meetings -- Public records -- Recording of meetings.
             5689          (1) Except as provided under Subsection (8), written minutes and a recording shall be
             5690      kept of all open meetings.
             5691          (2) Written minutes of an open meeting shall include:
             5692          (a) the date, time, and place of the meeting;
             5693          (b) the names of members present and absent;
             5694          (c) the substance of all matters proposed, discussed, or decided by the public body
             5695      which may include a summary of comments made by members of the public body;
             5696          (d) a record, by individual member, of each vote taken by the public body;
             5697          (e) the name of each person who is not a member of the public body, and upon
             5698      recognition by the presiding member of the public body, provided testimony or comments to the
             5699      public body;
             5700          (f) the substance, in brief, of the testimony or comments provided by the public under
             5701      Subsection (2)(e); and
             5702          (g) any other information that any member requests be entered in the minutes or
             5703      recording.
             5704          (3) A recording of an open meeting shall:
             5705          (a) be a complete and unedited record of all open portions of the meeting from the
             5706      commencement of the meeting through adjournment of the meeting; and
             5707          (b) be properly labeled or identified with the date, time, and place of the meeting.
             5708          (4) (a) The minutes and recordings of an open meeting are public records and shall be
             5709      available within a reasonable time after the meeting.
             5710          (b) An open meeting record kept only by a recording must be converted to written
             5711      minutes within a reasonable time upon request.
             5712          (5) All or any part of an open meeting may be independently recorded by any person in
             5713      attendance if the recording does not interfere with the conduct of the meeting.


             5714          (6) Minutes or recordings of an open meeting that are required to be retained
             5715      permanently shall be maintained in or converted to a format that meets long-term records
             5716      storage requirements.
             5717          (7) Written minutes and recordings of open meetings are public records under Title 63,
             5718      Chapter 2, Government Records Access and Management Act, but written minutes shall be the
             5719      official record of action taken at the meeting.
             5720          (8) Either written minutes or a recording shall be kept of:
             5721          (a) an open meeting that is a site visit or a traveling tour, if no vote or action is taken by
             5722      the public body; and
             5723          (b) an open meeting of a local district under Title 17B, Limited Purpose Local
             5724      Government Entities - Local Districts, or special service district under Title [17A] 17D, Chapter
             5725      [2, Part 13, Utah] 1, Special Service District Act, if the district's annual budgeted expenditures
             5726      for all funds, excluding capital expenditures and debt service, are $50,000 or less.
             5727          Section 150. Section 53-2-502 is amended to read:
             5728           53-2-502. Definitions.
             5729          As used in this part:
             5730          (1) "Committee" means the statewide mutual aid committee established in Section
             5731      53-2-503 .
             5732          (2) "Director" means the director of the division, appointed under Section 53-2-103 .
             5733          (3) "Division" means the Division of Homeland Security, created under Section
             5734      53-2-103 .
             5735          (4) "Emergency responder":
             5736          (a) means a person in the public or private sector:
             5737          (i) who has special skills, qualification, training, knowledge, or experience, whether or
             5738      not possessing a license, certificate, permit, or other official recognition for the skills,
             5739      qualification, training, knowledge, or experience, that would benefit a participating political
             5740      subdivision in responding to a locally declared emergency or in an authorized drill or exercise;
             5741      and


             5742          (ii) that a participating political subdivision requests or authorizes to assist in
             5743      responding to a locally declared emergency or in an authorized drill or exercise; and
             5744          (b) includes:
             5745          (i) a law enforcement officer;
             5746          (ii) a firefighter;
             5747          (iii) an emergency medical services worker;
             5748          (iv) a physician, nurse, or other public health worker;
             5749          (v) an emergency management official;
             5750          (vi) a public works worker;
             5751          (vii) a building inspector;
             5752          (viii) an architect, engineer, or other design professional; or
             5753          (ix) a person with specialized equipment operations skills or training or with any other
             5754      skills needed to provide aid in a declared emergency.
             5755          (5) "Participating political subdivision" means each county, municipality, public safety
             5756      district, and public safety interlocal entity that has not adopted a resolution under Section
             5757      53-2-506 withdrawing itself from the statewide mutual aid system.
             5758          (6) "Public safety interlocal entity" means an interlocal entity under Title 11, Chapter
             5759      13, Interlocal Cooperation Act, that provides public safety service.
             5760          (7) "Public safety service" means a service provided to the public to protect life and
             5761      property and includes fire protection, police protection, emergency medical service, and
             5762      hazardous material response service.
             5763          (8) "Public safety district" means a local district under Title 17B, Limited Purpose
             5764      Local Government Entities - Local Districts, or special service district under Title [17A] 17D,
             5765      Chapter [2, Part 13, Utah] 1, Special Service District Act, that provides public safety service.
             5766          (9) "Requesting political subdivision" means a participating political subdivision that
             5767      requests emergency assistance under Section 53-2-507 from one or more other participating
             5768      political subdivisions.
             5769          (10) "Responding political subdivision" means a participating political subdivision that


             5770      responds to a request under Section 53-2-507 from a requesting political subdivision.
             5771          (11) "Statewide mutual aid system" or "system" means the aggregate of all participating
             5772      political subdivisions.
             5773          Section 151. Section 53A-2-123 is amended to read:
             5774           53A-2-123. Notice before preparing or amending a long-range plan or acquiring
             5775      certain property.
             5776          (1) As used in this section:
             5777          (a) "Affected entity" means each county, municipality, local district under Title 17B,
             5778      Limited Purpose Local Government Entities - Local Districts, special service district under Title
             5779      [17A] 17D, Chapter [2, Part 13, Utah] 1, Special Service District Act, interlocal cooperation
             5780      entity established under Title 11, Chapter 13, Interlocal Cooperation Act, and specified public
             5781      utility:
             5782          (i) whose services or facilities are likely to require expansion or significant modification
             5783      because of an intended use of land; or
             5784          (ii) that has filed with the school district a copy of the general or long-range plan of the
             5785      county, municipality, local district, special service district, school district, interlocal cooperation
             5786      entity, or specified public utility.
             5787          (b) "Specified public utility" means an electrical corporation, gas corporation, or
             5788      telephone corporation, as those terms are defined in Section 54-2-1 .
             5789          (2) (a) If a school district located in a county of the first or second class prepares a
             5790      long-range plan regarding its facilities proposed for the future or amends an already existing
             5791      long-range plan, the school district shall, before preparing a long-range plan or amendments to
             5792      an existing long-range plan, provide written notice, as provided in this section, of its intent to
             5793      prepare a long-range plan or to amend an existing long-range plan.
             5794          (b) Each notice under Subsection (2)(a) shall:
             5795          (i) indicate that the school district intends to prepare a long-range plan or to amend a
             5796      long-range plan, as the case may be;
             5797          (ii) describe or provide a map of the geographic area that will be affected by the


             5798      long-range plan or amendments to a long-range plan;
             5799          (iii) be sent to:
             5800          (A) each county in whose unincorporated area and each municipality in whose
             5801      boundaries is located the land on which the proposed long-range plan or amendments to a
             5802      long-range plan are expected to indicate that the proposed facilities will be located;
             5803          (B) each affected entity;
             5804          (C) the Automated Geographic Reference Center created in Section 63F-1-506 ;
             5805          (D) each association of governments, established pursuant to an interlocal agreement
             5806      under Title 11, Chapter 13, Interlocal Cooperation Act, of which a county or municipality
             5807      described in Subsection (2)(b)(iii)(A) is a member; and
             5808          (E) the state planning coordinator appointed under Section 63-38d-202 ;
             5809          (iv) with respect to the notice to counties and municipalities described in Subsection
             5810      (2)(b)(iii)(A) and affected entities, invite them to provide information for the school district to
             5811      consider in the process of preparing, adopting, and implementing the long-range plan or
             5812      amendments to a long-range plan concerning:
             5813          (A) impacts that the use of land proposed in the proposed long-range plan or
             5814      amendments to a long-range plan may have on the county, municipality, or affected entity; and
             5815          (B) uses of land that the county, municipality, or affected entity is planning or
             5816      considering that may conflict with the proposed long-range plan or amendments to a long-range
             5817      plan; and
             5818          (v) include the address of an Internet website, if the school district has one, and the
             5819      name and telephone number of a person where more information can be obtained concerning the
             5820      school district's proposed long-range plan or amendments to a long-range plan.
             5821          (3) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (3)(d), each school district intending to
             5822      acquire real property in a county of the first or second class for the purpose of expanding the
             5823      district's infrastructure or other facilities shall provide written notice, as provided in this
             5824      Subsection (3), of its intent to acquire the property if the intended use of the property is
             5825      contrary to:


             5826          (i) the anticipated use of the property under the county or municipality's general plan; or
             5827          (ii) the property's current zoning designation.
             5828          (b) Each notice under Subsection (3)(a) shall:
             5829          (i) indicate that the school district intends to acquire real property;
             5830          (ii) identify the real property; and
             5831          (iii) be sent to:
             5832          (A) each county in whose unincorporated area and each municipality in whose
             5833      boundaries the property is located; and
             5834          (B) each affected entity.
             5835          (c) A notice under this Subsection (3) is a protected record as provided in Subsection
             5836      63-2-304 (7).
             5837          (d) (i) The notice requirement of Subsection (3)(a) does not apply if the school district
             5838      previously provided notice under Subsection (2) identifying the general location within the
             5839      municipality or unincorporated part of the county where the property to be acquired is located.
             5840          (ii) If a school district is not required to comply with the notice requirement of
             5841      Subsection (3)(a) because of application of Subsection (3)(d)(i), the school district shall provide
             5842      the notice specified in Subsection (3)(a) as soon as practicable after its acquisition of the real
             5843      property.
             5844          Section 152. Section 54-14-103 is amended to read:
             5845           54-14-103. Definitions.
             5846          As used in this chapter:
             5847          (1) "Actual excess cost" means the difference in cost between:
             5848          (a) the standard cost of a facility; and
             5849          (b) the actual cost of the facility, including any necessary right-of-way, as determined in
             5850      accordance with Section 54-14-203 .
             5851          (2) "Board" means the Utility Facility Review Board.
             5852          (3) "Commencement of construction of a facility" includes the project design and the
             5853      ordering of materials necessary to construct the facility.


             5854          (4) "Estimated excess cost" means any material difference in estimated cost between the
             5855      costs of a facility, including any necessary right-of-way, if constructed in accordance with the
             5856      requirements of a local government and the standard cost of the facility.
             5857          (5) "Facility" means a transmission line, a substation, a gas pipeline, a tap, a measuring
             5858      device, or a treatment device.
             5859          (6) (a) "Gas pipeline" means equipment, material, and structures used to transport gas
             5860      to the public utility's customers, including:
             5861          (i) pipe;
             5862          (ii) a compressor;
             5863          (iii) a pressure regulator;
             5864          (iv) a support structure; and
             5865          (v) any other equipment or structure used to transport or facilitate transportation of gas
             5866      through a pipe.
             5867          (b) "Gas pipeline" does not include a service line.
             5868          (7) "Local government":
             5869          (a) means a city or town as defined in Section 10-1-104 or a county; or
             5870          (b) may refer to one or more of the local governments in whose jurisdiction a facility is
             5871      located if a facility is proposed to be located in more than one local government jurisdiction.
             5872          (8) "Pay" includes, in reference to a local government paying the actual excess cost of a
             5873      facility, payment by:
             5874          (a) a local district under Title 17B, Limited Purpose Local Government Entities - Local
             5875      Districts;
             5876          (b) a special service district under Title [17A] 17D, Chapter [2, Part 13, Utah] 1,
             5877      Special Service District Act; or
             5878          (c) a private entity other than the public utility pursuant to a regulation or decision of
             5879      the local government.
             5880          (9) (a) "Standard cost" means the estimated cost of a facility, including any necessary
             5881      right-of-way, if constructed in accordance with:


             5882          (i) the public utility's normal practices; and
             5883          (ii) zoning, subdivision, and building code regulations of a local government, including
             5884      siting, setback, screening, and landscaping requirements:
             5885          (A) imposed on similar land uses in the same zone; and
             5886          (B) that do not impair the ability of the public utility to provide service to its customers
             5887      in a safe, reliable, adequate, and efficient manner.
             5888          (b) With respect to a transmission line, "standard cost" is the cost of any overhead line
             5889      constructed in accordance with the public utility's normal practices.
             5890          (c) With respect to a facility of a gas corporation, "standard cost" is the cost of
             5891      constructing the facility in accordance with the public utility's normal practices.
             5892          (10) (a) "Substation" means a separate space within which electric supply equipment is
             5893      located for the purpose of switching, regulating, transforming, or otherwise modifying the
             5894      characteristics of electricity, including:
             5895          (i) electrical equipment such as transformers, circuit breakers, voltage regulating
             5896      equipment, buses, switches, capacitor banks, reactors, protection and control equipment, and
             5897      other related equipment;
             5898          (ii) the site at which the equipment is located, any foundations, support structures,
             5899      buildings, or driveways necessary to locate, operate, and maintain the equipment at the site; and
             5900          (iii) the structure intended to restrict access to the equipment to qualified persons.
             5901          (b) "Substation" does not include a distribution pole-mounted or pad-mounted
             5902      transformer that is used for the final transformation of power to the voltage level utilized by the
             5903      customer.
             5904          (11) "Transmission line" means an electrical line, including structures, equipment, plant,
             5905      or fixtures associated with the electrical line, operated at a nominal voltage of 34,000 volts or
             5906      above.
             5907          Section 153. Section 59-2-102 is amended to read:
             5908           59-2-102. Definitions.
             5909          As used in this chapter and title:


             5910          (1) "Aerial applicator" means aircraft or rotorcraft used exclusively for the purpose of
             5911      engaging in dispensing activities directly affecting agriculture or horticulture with an
             5912      airworthiness certificate from the Federal Aviation Administration certifying the aircraft or
             5913      rotorcraft's use for agricultural and pest control purposes.
             5914          (2) "Air charter service" means an air carrier operation which requires the customer to
             5915      hire an entire aircraft rather than book passage in whatever capacity is available on a scheduled
             5916      trip.
             5917          (3) "Air contract service" means an air carrier operation available only to customers
             5918      who engage the services of the carrier through a contractual agreement and excess capacity on
             5919      any trip and is not available to the public at large.
             5920          (4) "Aircraft" is as defined in Section 72-10-102 .
             5921          (5) "Airline" means any air carrier operating interstate routes on a scheduled basis
             5922      which offers to fly passengers or cargo on the basis of available capacity on regularly scheduled
             5923      routes.
             5924          (6) "Assessment roll" means a permanent record of the assessment of property as
             5925      assessed by the county assessor and the commission and may be maintained manually or as a
             5926      computerized file as a consolidated record or as multiple records by type, classification, or
             5927      categories.
             5928          (7) (a) "Certified revenue levy" means a property tax levy that provides the same
             5929      amount of ad valorem property tax revenue as was collected for the prior year, plus new
             5930      growth, but exclusive of revenue from collections from redemptions, interest, and penalties.
             5931          (b) For purposes of this Subsection (7), "ad valorem property tax revenue" does not
             5932      include property tax revenue received by a taxing entity from personal property that is:
             5933          (i) assessed by a county assessor in accordance with Part 3, County Assessment; and
             5934          (ii) semiconductor manufacturing equipment.
             5935          (8) "County-assessed commercial vehicle" means:
             5936          (a) any commercial vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer which is not apportioned under
             5937      Section 41-1a-301 and is not operated interstate to transport the vehicle owner's goods or


             5938      property in furtherance of the owner's commercial enterprise;
             5939          (b) any passenger vehicle owned by a business and used by its employees for
             5940      transportation as a company car or vanpool vehicle; and
             5941          (c) vehicles which are:
             5942          (i) especially constructed for towing or wrecking, and which are not otherwise used to
             5943      transport goods, merchandise, or people for compensation;
             5944          (ii) used or licensed as taxicabs or limousines;
             5945          (iii) used as rental passenger cars, travel trailers, or motor homes;
             5946          (iv) used or licensed in this state for use as ambulances or hearses;
             5947          (v) especially designed and used for garbage and rubbish collection; or
             5948          (vi) used exclusively to transport students or their instructors to or from any private,
             5949      public, or religious school or school activities.
             5950          (9) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (9)(b), for purposes of Section 59-2-801 ,
             5951      "designated tax area" means a tax area created by the overlapping boundaries of only the
             5952      following taxing entities:
             5953          (i) a county; and
             5954          (ii) a school district.
             5955          (b) Notwithstanding Subsection (9)(a), "designated tax area" includes a tax area created
             5956      by the overlapping boundaries of:
             5957          (i) the taxing entities described in Subsection (9)(a); and
             5958          (ii) (A) a city or town if the boundaries of the school district under Subsection (9)(a)
             5959      and the boundaries of the city or town are identical; or
             5960          (B) a special service district if the boundaries of the school district under Subsection
             5961      (9)(a) are located entirely within the special service district.
             5962          (10) "Eligible judgment" means a final and unappealable judgment or order under
             5963      Section 59-2-1330 :
             5964          (a) that became a final and unappealable judgment or order no more than 14 months
             5965      prior to the day on which the notice required by Subsection 59-2-919 (4) is required to be


             5966      mailed; and
             5967          (b) for which a taxing entity's share of the final and unappealable judgment or order is
             5968      greater than or equal to the lesser of:
             5969          (i) $5,000; or
             5970          (ii) 2.5% of the total ad valorem property taxes collected by the taxing entity in the
             5971      previous fiscal year.
             5972          (11) (a) "Escaped property" means any property, whether personal, land, or any
             5973      improvements to the property, subject to taxation and is:
             5974          (i) inadvertently omitted from the tax rolls, assigned to the incorrect parcel, or assessed
             5975      to the wrong taxpayer by the assessing authority;
             5976          (ii) undervalued or omitted from the tax rolls because of the failure of the taxpayer to
             5977      comply with the reporting requirements of this chapter; or
             5978          (iii) undervalued because of errors made by the assessing authority based upon
             5979      incomplete or erroneous information furnished by the taxpayer.
             5980          (b) Property which is undervalued because of the use of a different valuation
             5981      methodology or because of a different application of the same valuation methodology is not
             5982      "escaped property."
             5983          (12) "Fair market value" means the amount at which property would change hands
             5984      between a willing buyer and a willing seller, neither being under any compulsion to buy or sell
             5985      and both having reasonable knowledge of the relevant facts. For purposes of taxation, "fair
             5986      market value" shall be determined using the current zoning laws applicable to the property in
             5987      question, except in cases where there is a reasonable probability of a change in the zoning laws
             5988      affecting that property in the tax year in question and the change would have an appreciable
             5989      influence upon the value.
             5990          (13) "Farm machinery and equipment," for purposes of the exemption provided under
             5991      Section 59-2-1101 , means tractors, milking equipment and storage and cooling facilities, feed
             5992      handling equipment, irrigation equipment, harvesters, choppers, grain drills and planters, tillage
             5993      tools, scales, combines, spreaders, sprayers, haying equipment, and any other machinery or


             5994      equipment used primarily for agricultural purposes; but does not include vehicles required to be
             5995      registered with the Motor Vehicle Division or vehicles or other equipment used for business
             5996      purposes other than farming.
             5997          (14) "Geothermal fluid" means water in any form at temperatures greater than 120
             5998      degrees centigrade naturally present in a geothermal system.
             5999          (15) "Geothermal resource" means:
             6000          (a) the natural heat of the earth at temperatures greater than 120 degrees centigrade;
             6001      and
             6002          (b) the energy, in whatever form, including pressure, present in, resulting from, created
             6003      by, or which may be extracted from that natural heat, directly or through a material medium.
             6004          (16) (a) "Goodwill" means:
             6005          (i) acquired goodwill that is reported as goodwill on the books and records:
             6006          (A) of a taxpayer; and
             6007          (B) that are maintained for financial reporting purposes; or
             6008          (ii) the ability of a business to:
             6009          (A) generate income:
             6010          (I) that exceeds a normal rate of return on assets; and
             6011          (II) resulting from a factor described in Subsection (16)(b); or
             6012          (B) obtain an economic or competitive advantage resulting from a factor described in
             6013      Subsection (16)(b).
             6014          (b) The following factors apply to Subsection (16)(a)(ii):
             6015          (i) superior management skills;
             6016          (ii) reputation;
             6017          (iii) customer relationships;
             6018          (iv) patronage; or
             6019          (v) a factor similar to Subsections (16)(b)(i) through (iv).
             6020          (c) "Goodwill" does not include:
             6021          (i) the intangible property described in Subsection (20)(a) or (b);


             6022          (ii) locational attributes of real property, including:
             6023          (A) zoning;
             6024          (B) location;
             6025          (C) view;
             6026          (D) a geographic feature;
             6027          (E) an easement;
             6028          (F) a covenant;
             6029          (G) proximity to raw materials;
             6030          (H) the condition of surrounding property; or
             6031          (I) proximity to markets;
             6032          (iii) value attributable to the identification of an improvement to real property,
             6033      including:
             6034          (A) reputation of the designer, builder, or architect of the improvement;
             6035          (B) a name given to, or associated with, the improvement; or
             6036          (C) the historic significance of an improvement; or
             6037          (iv) the enhancement or assemblage value specifically attributable to the interrelation of
             6038      the existing tangible property in place working together as a unit.
             6039          (17) "Governing body" means:
             6040          (a) for a county, city, or town, the legislative body of the county, city, or town;
             6041          (b) for a local district under Title 17B, Limited Purpose Local Government Entities -
             6042      Local Districts, the local district's board of trustees;
             6043          (c) for a school district, the local board of education; or
             6044          (d) for a special service district under Title [17A] 17D, Chapter [2, Part 13, Utah] 1,
             6045      Special Service District Act:
             6046          (i) the legislative body of the county or municipality that created the special service
             6047      district, to the extent that the county or municipal legislative body has not delegated authority to
             6048      an administrative control board established under Section [ 17A-2-1326 ] 17D-1-301 ; or
             6049          (ii) the administrative control board, to the extent that the county or municipal


             6050      legislative body has delegated authority to an administrative control board established under
             6051      Section [ 17A-2-1326 ] 17D-1-301 .
             6052          (18) (a) For purposes of Section 59-2-103 :
             6053          (i) "household" means the association of persons who live in the same dwelling, sharing
             6054      its furnishings, facilities, accommodations, and expenses; and
             6055          (ii) "household" includes married individuals, who are not legally separated, that have
             6056      established domiciles at separate locations within the state.
             6057          (b) In accordance with Title 63, Chapter 46a, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, the
             6058      commission may make rules defining the term "domicile."
             6059          (19) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (19)(c), "improvement" means a building,
             6060      structure, fixture, fence, or other item that is permanently attached to land, regardless of
             6061      whether the title has been acquired to the land, if:
             6062          (i) (A) attachment to land is essential to the operation or use of the item; and
             6063          (B) the manner of attachment to land suggests that the item will remain attached to the
             6064      land in the same place over the useful life of the item; or
             6065          (ii) removal of the item would:
             6066          (A) cause substantial damage to the item; or
             6067          (B) require substantial alteration or repair of a structure to which the item is attached.
             6068          (b) "Improvement" includes:
             6069          (i) an accessory to an item described in Subsection (19)(a) if the accessory is:
             6070          (A) essential to the operation of the item described in Subsection (19)(a); and
             6071          (B) installed solely to serve the operation of the item described in Subsection (19)(a);
             6072      and
             6073          (ii) an item described in Subsection (19)(a) that:
             6074          (A) is temporarily detached from the land for repairs; and
             6075          (B) remains located on the land.
             6076          (c) Notwithstanding Subsections (19)(a) and (b), "improvement" does not include:
             6077          (i) an item considered to be personal property pursuant to rules made in accordance


             6078      with Section 59-2-107 ;
             6079          (ii) a moveable item that is attached to land:
             6080          (A) for stability only; or
             6081          (B) for an obvious temporary purpose;
             6082          (iii) (A) manufacturing equipment and machinery; or
             6083          (B) essential accessories to manufacturing equipment and machinery;
             6084          (iv) an item attached to the land in a manner that facilitates removal without substantial
             6085      damage to:
             6086          (A) the land; or
             6087          (B) the item; or
             6088          (v) a transportable factory-built housing unit as defined in Section 59-2-1502 if that
             6089      transportable factory-built housing unit is considered to be personal property under Section
             6090      59-2-1503 .
             6091          (20) "Intangible property" means:
             6092          (a) property that is capable of private ownership separate from tangible property,
             6093      including:
             6094          (i) moneys;
             6095          (ii) credits;
             6096          (iii) bonds;
             6097          (iv) stocks;
             6098          (v) representative property;
             6099          (vi) franchises;
             6100          (vii) licenses;
             6101          (viii) trade names;
             6102          (ix) copyrights; and
             6103          (x) patents;
             6104          (b) a low-income housing tax credit; or
             6105          (c) goodwill.


             6106          (21) "Low-income housing tax credit" means:
             6107          (a) a federal low-income housing tax credit under Section 42, Internal Revenue Code;
             6108      or
             6109          (b) a low-income housing tax credit under:
             6110          (i) Section 59-7-607 ; or
             6111          (ii) Section 59-10-1010 .
             6112          (22) "Metalliferous minerals" includes gold, silver, copper, lead, zinc, and uranium.
             6113          (23) "Mine" means a natural deposit of either metalliferous or nonmetalliferous valuable
             6114      mineral.
             6115          (24) "Mining" means the process of producing, extracting, leaching, evaporating, or
             6116      otherwise removing a mineral from a mine.
             6117          (25) (a) "Mobile flight equipment" means tangible personal property that is:
             6118          (i) owned or operated by an:
             6119          (A) air charter service;
             6120          (B) air contract service; or
             6121          (C) airline; and
             6122          (ii) (A) capable of flight;
             6123          (B) attached to an aircraft that is capable of flight; or
             6124          (C) contained in an aircraft that is capable of flight if the tangible personal property is
             6125      intended to be used:
             6126          (I) during multiple flights;
             6127          (II) during a takeoff, flight, or landing; and
             6128          (III) as a service provided by an air charter service, air contract service, or airline.
             6129          (b) (i) "Mobile flight equipment" does not include a spare part other than a spare engine
             6130      that is rotated:
             6131          (A) at regular intervals; and
             6132          (B) with an engine that is attached to the aircraft.
             6133          (ii) In accordance with Title 63, Chapter 46a, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, the


             6134      commission may make rules defining the term "regular intervals."
             6135          (26) "Nonmetalliferous minerals" includes, but is not limited to, oil, gas, coal, salts,
             6136      sand, rock, gravel, and all carboniferous materials.
             6137          (27) "Personal property" includes:
             6138          (a) every class of property as defined in Subsection (28) which is the subject of
             6139      ownership and not included within the meaning of the terms "real estate" and "improvements";
             6140          (b) gas and water mains and pipes laid in roads, streets, or alleys;
             6141          (c) bridges and ferries;
             6142          (d) livestock which, for the purposes of the exemption provided under Section
             6143      59-2-1112 , means all domestic animals, honeybees, poultry, fur-bearing animals, and fish; and
             6144          (e) outdoor advertising structures as defined in Section 72-7-502 .
             6145          (28) (a) "Property" means property that is subject to assessment and taxation according
             6146      to its value.
             6147          (b) "Property" does not include intangible property as defined in this section.
             6148          (29) "Public utility," for purposes of this chapter, means the operating property of a
             6149      railroad, gas corporation, oil or gas transportation or pipeline company, coal slurry pipeline
             6150      company, electrical corporation, telephone corporation, sewerage corporation, or heat
             6151      corporation where the company performs the service for, or delivers the commodity to, the
             6152      public generally or companies serving the public generally, or in the case of a gas corporation or
             6153      an electrical corporation, where the gas or electricity is sold or furnished to any member or
             6154      consumers within the state for domestic, commercial, or industrial use. Public utility also means
             6155      the operating property of any entity or person defined under Section 54-2-1 except water
             6156      corporations.
             6157          (30) "Real estate" or "real property" includes:
             6158          (a) the possession of, claim to, ownership of, or right to the possession of land;
             6159          (b) all mines, minerals, and quarries in and under the land, all timber belonging to
             6160      individuals or corporations growing or being on the lands of this state or the United States, and
             6161      all rights and privileges appertaining to these; and


             6162          (c) improvements.
             6163          (31) "Residential property," for the purposes of the reductions and adjustments under
             6164      this chapter, means any property used for residential purposes as a primary residence. It does
             6165      not include property used for transient residential use or condominiums used in rental pools.
             6166          (32) For purposes of Subsection 59-2-801 (1)(e), "route miles" means the number of
             6167      miles calculated by the commission that is:
             6168          (a) measured in a straight line by the commission; and
             6169          (b) equal to the distance between a geographical location that begins or ends:
             6170          (i) at a boundary of the state; and
             6171          (ii) where an aircraft:
             6172          (A) takes off; or
             6173          (B) lands.
             6174          (33) (a) "State-assessed commercial vehicle" means:
             6175          (i) any commercial vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer which operates interstate or intrastate
             6176      to transport passengers, freight, merchandise, or other property for hire; or
             6177          (ii) any commercial vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer which operates interstate and
             6178      transports the vehicle owner's goods or property in furtherance of the owner's commercial
             6179      enterprise.
             6180          (b) "State-assessed commercial vehicle" does not include vehicles used for hire which
             6181      are specified in Subsection (8)(c) as county-assessed commercial vehicles.
             6182          (34) "Taxable value" means fair market value less any applicable reduction allowed for
             6183      residential property under Section 59-2-103 .
             6184          (35) "Tax area" means a geographic area created by the overlapping boundaries of one
             6185      or more taxing entities.
             6186          (36) "Taxing entity" means any county, city, town, school district, special taxing
             6187      district, local district under Title 17B, Limited Purpose Local Government Entities - Local
             6188      Districts, or other political subdivision of the state with the authority to levy a tax on property.
             6189          (37) "Tax roll" means a permanent record of the taxes charged on property, as extended


             6190      on the assessment roll and may be maintained on the same record or records as the assessment
             6191      roll or may be maintained on a separate record properly indexed to the assessment roll. It
             6192      includes tax books, tax lists, and other similar materials.
             6193          Section 154. Section 59-2-924 is amended to read:
             6194           59-2-924. Report of valuation of property to county auditor and commission --
             6195      Transmittal by auditor to governing bodies -- Certified tax rate -- Calculation of certified
             6196      tax rate -- Rulemaking authority -- Adoption of tentative budget.
             6197          (1) (a) Before June 1 of each year, the county assessor of each county shall deliver to
             6198      the county auditor and the commission the following statements:
             6199          (i) a statement containing the aggregate valuation of all taxable property in each taxing
             6200      entity; and
             6201          (ii) a statement containing the taxable value of any additional personal property
             6202      estimated by the county assessor to be subject to taxation in the current year.
             6203          (b) The county auditor shall, on or before June 8, transmit to the governing body of
             6204      each taxing entity:
             6205          (i) the statements described in Subsections (1)(a)(i) and (ii);
             6206          (ii) an estimate of the revenue from personal property;
             6207          (iii) the certified tax rate; and
             6208          (iv) all forms necessary to submit a tax levy request.
             6209          (2) (a) (i) The "certified tax rate" means a tax rate that will provide the same ad valorem
             6210      property tax revenues for a taxing entity as were budgeted by that taxing entity for the prior
             6211      year.
             6212          (ii) For purposes of this Subsection (2), "ad valorem property tax revenues" do not
             6213      include:
             6214          (A) collections from redemptions;
             6215          (B) interest;
             6216          (C) penalties; and
             6217          (D) revenue received by a taxing entity from personal property that is:


             6218          (I) assessed by a county assessor in accordance with Part 3, County Assessment; and
             6219          (II) semiconductor manufacturing equipment.
             6220          (iii) (A) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the certified tax rate shall be
             6221      calculated by dividing the ad valorem property tax revenues budgeted for the prior year by the
             6222      taxing entity by the amount calculated under Subsection (2)(a)(iii)(B).
             6223          (B) For purposes of Subsection (2)(a)(iii)(A), the legislative body of a taxing entity
             6224      shall calculate an amount as follows:
             6225          (I) calculate for the taxing entity the difference between:
             6226          (Aa) the aggregate taxable value of all property taxed; and
             6227          (Bb) any redevelopment adjustments for the current calendar year;
             6228          (II) after making the calculation required by Subsection (2)(a)(iii)(B)(I), calculate an
             6229      amount determined by increasing or decreasing the amount calculated under Subsection
             6230      (2)(a)(iii)(B)(I) by the average of the percentage net change in the value of taxable property for
             6231      the equalization period for the three calendar years immediately preceding the current calendar
             6232      year;
             6233          (III) after making the calculation required by Subsection (2)(a)(iii)(B)(II), calculate the
             6234      product of:
             6235          (Aa) the amount calculated under Subsection (2)(a)(iii)(B)(II); and
             6236          (Bb) the percentage of property taxes collected for the five calendar years immediately
             6237      preceding the current calendar year; and
             6238          (IV) after making the calculation required by Subsection (2)(a)(iii)(B)(III), calculate an
             6239      amount determined by subtracting from the amount calculated under Subsection
             6240      (2)(a)(iii)(B)(III) any new growth as defined in this section:
             6241          (Aa) within the taxing entity; and
             6242          (Bb) for the current calendar year.
             6243          (C) For purposes of Subsection (2)(a)(iii)(B)(I), the aggregate taxable value of all
             6244      property taxed:
             6245          (I) except as provided in Subsection (2)(a)(iii)(C)(II), includes the total taxable value of


             6246      the real and personal property contained on the tax rolls of the taxing entity; and
             6247          (II) does not include the total taxable value of personal property contained on the tax
             6248      rolls of the taxing entity that is:
             6249          (Aa) assessed by a county assessor in accordance with Part 3, County Assessment; and
             6250          (Bb) semiconductor manufacturing equipment.
             6251          (D) For purposes of Subsection (2)(a)(iii)(B)(II), for calendar years beginning on or
             6252      after January 1, 2007, the value of taxable property does not include the value of personal
             6253      property that is:
             6254          (I) within the taxing entity assessed by a county assessor in accordance with Part 3,
             6255      County Assessment; and
             6256          (II) semiconductor manufacturing equipment.
             6257          (E) For purposes of Subsection (2)(a)(iii)(B)(III)(Bb), for calendar years beginning on
             6258      or after January 1, 2007, the percentage of property taxes collected does not include property
             6259      taxes collected from personal property that is:
             6260          (I) within the taxing entity assessed by a county assessor in accordance with Part 3,
             6261      County Assessment; and
             6262          (II) semiconductor manufacturing equipment.
             6263          (F) In accordance with Title 63, Chapter 46a, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, the
             6264      commission may prescribe rules for calculating redevelopment adjustments for a calendar year.
             6265          (iv) (A) In accordance with Title 63, Chapter 46a, Utah Administrative Rulemaking
             6266      Act, the commission shall make rules determining the calculation of ad valorem property tax
             6267      revenues budgeted by a taxing entity.
             6268          (B) For purposes of Subsection (2)(a)(iv)(A), ad valorem property tax revenues
             6269      budgeted by a taxing entity shall be calculated in the same manner as budgeted property tax
             6270      revenues are calculated for purposes of Section 59-2-913 .
             6271          (v) The certified tax rates for the taxing entities described in this Subsection (2)(a)(v)
             6272      shall be calculated as follows:
             6273          (A) except as provided in Subsection (2)(a)(v)(B), for new taxing entities the certified


             6274      tax rate is zero;
             6275          (B) for each municipality incorporated on or after July 1, 1996, the certified tax rate is:
             6276          (I) in a county of the first, second, or third class, the levy imposed for municipal-type
             6277      services under Sections 17-34-1 and 17-36-9 ; and
             6278          (II) in a county of the fourth, fifth, or sixth class, the levy imposed for general county
             6279      purposes and such other levies imposed solely for the municipal-type services identified in
             6280      Section 17-34-1 and Subsection 17-36-3 (22); and
             6281          (C) for debt service voted on by the public, the certified tax rate shall be the actual levy
             6282      imposed by that section, except that the certified tax rates for the following levies shall be
             6283      calculated in accordance with Section 59-2-913 and this section:
             6284          (I) school leeways provided for under Sections 11-2-7 , 53A-16-110 , 53A-17a-125 ,
             6285      53A-17a-127 , 53A-17a-133 , 53A-17a-134 , 53A-17a-143 , 53A-17a-145 , and 53A-21-103 ; and
             6286          (II) levies to pay for the costs of state legislative mandates or judicial or administrative
             6287      orders under Section 59-2-906.3 .
             6288          (vi) (A) A judgment levy imposed under Section 59-2-1328 or 59-2-1330 shall be
             6289      established at that rate which is sufficient to generate only the revenue required to satisfy one or
             6290      more eligible judgments, as defined in Section 59-2-102 .
             6291          (B) The ad valorem property tax revenue generated by the judgment levy shall not be
             6292      considered in establishing the taxing entity's aggregate certified tax rate.
             6293          (b) (i) For the purpose of calculating the certified tax rate, the county auditor shall use
             6294      the taxable value of property on the assessment roll.
             6295          (ii) For purposes of Subsection (2)(b)(i), the taxable value of property on the
             6296      assessment roll does not include:
             6297          (A) new growth as defined in Subsection (2)(b)(iii); or
             6298          (B) the total taxable value of personal property contained on the tax rolls of the taxing
             6299      entity that is:
             6300          (I) assessed by a county assessor in accordance with Part 3, County Assessment; and
             6301          (II) semiconductor manufacturing equipment.


             6302          (iii) "New growth" means:
             6303          (A) the difference between the increase in taxable value of the taxing entity from the
             6304      previous calendar year to the current year; minus
             6305          (B) the amount of an increase in taxable value described in Subsection (2)(b)(v).
             6306          (iv) For purposes of Subsection (2)(b)(iii), the taxable value of the taxing entity does
             6307      not include the taxable value of personal property that is:
             6308          (A) contained on the tax rolls of the taxing entity if that property is assessed by a
             6309      county assessor in accordance with Part 3, County Assessment; and
             6310          (B) semiconductor manufacturing equipment.
             6311          (v) Subsection (2)(b)(iii)(B) applies to the following increases in taxable value:
             6312          (A) the amount of increase to locally assessed real property taxable values resulting
             6313      from factoring, reappraisal, or any other adjustments; or
             6314          (B) the amount of an increase in the taxable value of property assessed by the
             6315      commission under Section 59-2-201 resulting from a change in the method of apportioning the
             6316      taxable value prescribed by:
             6317          (I) the Legislature;
             6318          (II) a court;
             6319          (III) the commission in an administrative rule; or
             6320          (IV) the commission in an administrative order.
             6321          (c) Beginning January 1, 1997, if a taxing entity receives increased revenues from
             6322      uniform fees on tangible personal property under Section 59-2-404 , 59-2-405 , 59-2-405.1 ,
             6323      59-2-405.2 , or 59-2-405.3 as a result of any county imposing a sales and use tax under Chapter
             6324      12, Part 11, County Option Sales and Use Tax, the taxing entity shall decrease its certified tax
             6325      rate to offset the increased revenues.
             6326          (d) (i) Beginning July 1, 1997, if a county has imposed a sales and use tax under
             6327      Chapter 12, Part 11, County Option Sales and Use Tax, the county's certified tax rate shall be:
             6328          (A) decreased on a one-time basis by the amount of the estimated sales and use tax
             6329      revenue to be distributed to the county under Subsection 59-12-1102 (3); and


             6330          (B) increased by the amount necessary to offset the county's reduction in revenue from
             6331      uniform fees on tangible personal property under Section 59-2-404 , 59-2-405 , 59-2-405.1 ,
             6332      59-2-405.2 , or 59-2-405.3 as a result of the decrease in the certified tax rate under Subsection
             6333      (2)(d)(i)(A).
             6334          (ii) The commission shall determine estimates of sales and use tax distributions for
             6335      purposes of Subsection (2)(d)(i).
             6336          (e) Beginning January 1, 1998, if a municipality has imposed an additional resort
             6337      communities sales tax under Section 59-12-402 , the municipality's certified tax rate shall be
             6338      decreased on a one-time basis by the amount necessary to offset the first 12 months of estimated
             6339      revenue from the additional resort communities sales and use tax imposed under Section
             6340      59-12-402 .
             6341          (f) (i) (A) For fiscal year 2000, the certified tax rate of each county required under
             6342      Subsection 17-34-1 (4)(a) to provide advanced life support and paramedic services to the
             6343      unincorporated area of the county shall be decreased by the amount necessary to reduce
             6344      revenues in that fiscal year by an amount equal to the difference between the amount the county
             6345      budgeted in its 2000 fiscal year budget for advanced life support and paramedic services
             6346      countywide and the amount the county spent during fiscal year 2000 for those services,
             6347      excluding amounts spent from a municipal services fund for those services.
             6348          (B) For fiscal year 2001, the certified tax rate of each county to which Subsection
             6349      (2)(f)(i)(A) applies shall be decreased by the amount necessary to reduce revenues in that fiscal
             6350      year by the amount that the county spent during fiscal year 2000 for advanced life support and
             6351      paramedic services countywide, excluding amounts spent from a municipal services fund for
             6352      those services.
             6353          (ii) (A) A city or town located within a county of the first class to which Subsection
             6354      (2)(f)(i) applies may increase its certified tax rate by the amount necessary to generate within
             6355      the city or town the same amount of revenues as the county would collect from that city or
             6356      town if the decrease under Subsection (2)(f)(i) did not occur.
             6357          (B) An increase under Subsection (2)(f)(ii)(A), whether occurring in a single fiscal year


             6358      or spread over multiple fiscal years, is not subject to the notice and hearing requirements of
             6359      Sections 59-2-918 and 59-2-919 .
             6360          (g) (i) The certified tax rate of each county required under Subsection 17-34-1 (4)(b) to
             6361      provide detective investigative services to the unincorporated area of the county shall be
             6362      decreased:
             6363          (A) in fiscal year 2001 by the amount necessary to reduce revenues in that fiscal year by
             6364      at least $4,400,000; and
             6365          (B) in fiscal year 2002 by the amount necessary to reduce revenues in that fiscal year by
             6366      an amount equal to the difference between $9,258,412 and the amount of the reduction in
             6367      revenues under Subsection (2)(g)(i)(A).
             6368          (ii) (A) (I) Beginning with municipal fiscal year 2002, a city or town located within a
             6369      county to which Subsection (2)(g)(i) applies may increase its certified tax rate to generate
             6370      within the city or town the same amount of revenue as the county would have collected during
             6371      county fiscal year 2001 from within the city or town except for Subsection (2)(g)(i)(A).
             6372          (II) Beginning with municipal fiscal year 2003, a city or town located within a county to
             6373      which Subsection (2)(g)(i) applies may increase its certified tax rate to generate within the city
             6374      or town the same amount of revenue as the county would have collected during county fiscal
             6375      year 2002 from within the city or town except for Subsection (2)(g)(i)(B).
             6376          (B) (I) Except as provided in Subsection (2)(g)(ii)(B)(II), an increase in the city or
             6377      town's certified tax rate under Subsection (2)(g)(ii)(A), whether occurring in a single fiscal year
             6378      or spread over multiple fiscal years, is subject to the notice and hearing requirements of Sections
             6379      59-2-918 and 59-2-919 .
             6380          (II) For an increase under this Subsection (2)(g)(ii) that generates revenue that does not
             6381      exceed the same amount of revenue as the county would have collected except for Subsection
             6382      (2)(g)(i), the requirements of Sections 59-2-918 and 59-2-919 do not apply if the city or town:
             6383          (Aa) publishes a notice that meets the size, type, placement, and frequency requirements
             6384      of Section 59-2-919 , reflects that the increase is a shift of a tax from one imposed by the county
             6385      to one imposed by the city or town, and explains how the revenues from the tax increase will be


             6386      used; and
             6387          (Bb) holds a public hearing on the tax shift that may be held in conjunction with the city
             6388      or town's regular budget hearing.
             6389          (h) (i) This Subsection (2)(h) applies to each county that:
             6390          (A) establishes a countywide special service district under Title [17A] 17D, Chapter [2,
             6391      Part 13, Utah] 1, Special Service District Act, to provide jail service, as provided in Subsection
             6392      [ 17A-2-1304 (1)(a)(x)] 17D-1-201 (10); and
             6393          (B) levies a property tax on behalf of the special service district under Section
             6394      [ 17A-2-1322 ] 17D-1-105 .
             6395          (ii) (A) The certified tax rate of each county to which this Subsection (2)(h) applies
             6396      shall be decreased by the amount necessary to reduce county revenues by the same amount of
             6397      revenues that will be generated by the property tax imposed on behalf of the special service
             6398      district.
             6399          (B) Each decrease under Subsection (2)(h)(ii)(A) shall occur contemporaneously with
             6400      the levy on behalf of the special service district under Section [ 17A-2-1322 ] 17D-1-105 .
             6401          (i) (i) As used in this Subsection (2)(i):
             6402          (A) "Annexing county" means a county whose unincorporated area is included within a
             6403      fire district by annexation.
             6404          (B) "Annexing municipality" means a municipality whose area is included within a fire
             6405      district by annexation.
             6406          (C) "Equalized fire protection tax rate" means the tax rate that results from:
             6407          (I) calculating, for each participating county and each participating municipality, the
             6408      property tax revenue necessary to cover all of the costs associated with providing fire
             6409      protection, paramedic, and emergency services:
             6410          (Aa) for a participating county, in the unincorporated area of the county; and
             6411          (Bb) for a participating municipality, in the municipality; and
             6412          (II) adding all the amounts calculated under Subsection (2)(i)(i)(C)(I) for all
             6413      participating counties and all participating municipalities and then dividing that sum by the


             6414      aggregate taxable value of the property, as adjusted in accordance with Section 59-2-913 :
             6415          (Aa) for participating counties, in the unincorporated area of all participating counties;
             6416      and
             6417          (Bb) for participating municipalities, in all the participating municipalities.
             6418          (D) "Fire district" means a service area under Title 17B, Chapter 2a, Part 9, Service
             6419      Area Act, in the creation of which an election was not required under Subsection
             6420      17B-1-214 (3)(c).
             6421          (E) "Fire protection tax rate" means:
             6422          (I) for an annexing county, the property tax rate that, when applied to taxable property
             6423      in the unincorporated area of the county, generates enough property tax revenue to cover all the
             6424      costs associated with providing fire protection, paramedic, and emergency services in the
             6425      unincorporated area of the county; and
             6426          (II) for an annexing municipality, the property tax rate that generates enough property
             6427      tax revenue in the municipality to cover all the costs associated with providing fire protection,
             6428      paramedic, and emergency services in the municipality.
             6429          (F) "Participating county" means a county whose unincorporated area is included within
             6430      a fire district at the time of the creation of the fire district.
             6431          (G) "Participating municipality" means a municipality whose area is included within a
             6432      fire district at the time of the creation of the fire district.
             6433          (ii) In the first year following creation of a fire district, the certified tax rate of each
             6434      participating county and each participating municipality shall be decreased by the amount of the
             6435      equalized fire protection tax rate.
             6436          (iii) In the first year following annexation to a fire district, the certified tax rate of each
             6437      annexing county and each annexing municipality shall be decreased by the fire protection tax
             6438      rate.
             6439          (iv) Each tax levied under this section by a fire district shall be considered to be levied
             6440      by:
             6441          (A) each participating county and each annexing county for purposes of the county's tax


             6442      limitation under Section 59-2-908 ; and
             6443          (B) each participating municipality and each annexing municipality for purposes of the
             6444      municipality's tax limitation under Section 10-5-112 , for a town, or Section 10-6-133 , for a city.
             6445          (j) For the calendar year beginning on January 1, 2007, the calculation of a taxing
             6446      entity's certified tax rate shall be adjusted by the amount necessary to offset any change in the
             6447      certified tax rate that may result from excluding the following from the certified tax rate under
             6448      Subsection (2)(a) enacted by the Legislature during the 2007 General Session:
             6449          (i) personal property tax revenue:
             6450          (A) received by a taxing entity;
             6451          (B) assessed by a county assessor in accordance with Part 3, County Assessment; and
             6452          (C) for personal property that is semiconductor manufacturing equipment; or
             6453          (ii) the taxable value of personal property:
             6454          (A) contained on the tax rolls of a taxing entity;
             6455          (B) assessed by a county assessor in accordance with Part 3, County Assessment; and
             6456          (C) that is semiconductor manufacturing equipment.
             6457          (3) (a) On or before June 22, each taxing entity shall annually adopt a tentative budget.
             6458          (b) If the taxing entity intends to exceed the certified tax rate, it shall notify the county
             6459      auditor of:
             6460          (i) its intent to exceed the certified tax rate; and
             6461          (ii) the amount by which it proposes to exceed the certified tax rate.
             6462          (c) The county auditor shall notify all property owners of any intent to exceed the
             6463      certified tax rate in accordance with Subsection 59-2-919 (2).
             6464          (4) (a) The taxable value for the base year under Subsection 17C-1-102 (6) shall be
             6465      reduced for any year to the extent necessary to provide a community development and renewal
             6466      agency established under Title 17C, Limited Purpose Local Government Entities - Community
             6467      Development and Renewal Agencies, with approximately the same amount of money the agency
             6468      would have received without a reduction in the county's certified tax rate if:
             6469          (i) in that year there is a decrease in the certified tax rate under Subsection (2)(c) or


             6470      (2)(d)(i);
             6471          (ii) the amount of the decrease is more than 20% of the county's certified tax rate of the
             6472      previous year; and
             6473          (iii) the decrease results in a reduction of the amount to be paid to the agency under
             6474      Section 17C-1-403 or 17C-1-404 .
             6475          (b) The base taxable value under Subsection 17C-1-102 (6) shall be increased in any
             6476      year to the extent necessary to provide a community development and renewal agency with
             6477      approximately the same amount of money as the agency would have received without an
             6478      increase in the certified tax rate that year if:
             6479          (i) in that year the base taxable value under Subsection 17C-1-102 (6) is reduced due to
             6480      a decrease in the certified tax rate under Subsection (2)(c) or (2)(d)(i); and
             6481          (ii) The certified tax rate of a city, school district, local district, or special service
             6482      district increases independent of the adjustment to the taxable value of the base year.
             6483          (c) Notwithstanding a decrease in the certified tax rate under Subsection (2)(c) or
             6484      (2)(d)(i), the amount of money allocated and, when collected, paid each year to a community
             6485      development and renewal agency established under Title 17C, Limited Purpose Local
             6486      Government Entities - Community Development and Renewal Agencies, for the payment of
             6487      bonds or other contract indebtedness, but not for administrative costs, may not be less than that
             6488      amount would have been without a decrease in the certified tax rate under Subsection (2)(c) or
             6489      (2)(d)(i).
             6490          Section 155. Section 59-21-1 is amended to read:
             6491           59-21-1. Disposition of federal mineral lease monies -- Priority to political
             6492      subdivisions impacted by mineral development -- Disposition of mineral bonus payments
             6493      -- Appropriation of monies attributable to royalties from extraction of minerals on federal
             6494      land located within boundaries of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument.
             6495          (1) Except as provided in Subsections (2) through (4), all monies received from the
             6496      United States under the provisions of the Mineral Lands Leasing Act, 30 U.S.C. Sec. 181 et
             6497      seq., shall:


             6498          (a) be deposited in the Mineral Lease Account of the General Fund; and
             6499          (b) be appropriated by the Legislature giving priority to those subdivisions of the state
             6500      socially or economically impacted by development of minerals leased under the Mineral Lands
             6501      Leasing Act, for:
             6502          (i) planning;
             6503          (ii) construction and maintenance of public facilities; and
             6504          (iii) provision of public services.
             6505          (2) Seventy percent of money received from federal mineral lease bonus payments shall
             6506      be deposited into the Permanent Community Impact Fund and shall be used as provided in Title
             6507      9, Chapter 4, Part 3, Community Impact Alleviation.
             6508          (3) Thirty percent of money received from federal mineral lease bonus payments shall
             6509      be deposited in the Mineral Bonus Account created by Subsection 59-21-2 (1) and appropriated
             6510      as provided in that subsection.
             6511          (4) (a) For purposes of this Subsection (4):
             6512          (i) the "boundaries of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument" means the
             6513      boundaries:
             6514          (A) established by Presidential Proclamation No. 6920, 61 Fed. Reg. 50,223 (1996);
             6515      and
             6516          (B) modified by:
             6517          (I) Pub. L. No. 105-335, 112 Stat. 3139; and
             6518          (II) Pub. L. No. 105-355, 112 Stat. 3247; and
             6519          (ii) a special service district, school district, or federal land is considered to be located
             6520      within the boundaries of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument if a portion of the
             6521      special service district, school district, or federal land is located within the boundaries described
             6522      in Subsection (4)(a)(i).
             6523          (b) Beginning on July 1, 1999, the Legislature shall appropriate, as provided in
             6524      Subsections (4)(c) through (g), monies received from the United States that are attributable to
             6525      royalties from the extraction of minerals on federal land that, on September 18, 1996, was


             6526      located within the boundaries of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument.
             6527          (c) The Legislature shall annually appropriate 40% of the monies described in
             6528      Subsection (4)(b) to the Department of Transportation to be distributed by the Department of
             6529      Transportation to special service districts that are:
             6530          (i) established by counties under Title [17A] 17D, Chapter [2, Part 13, Utah] 1, Special
             6531      Service District Act;
             6532          (ii) socially or economically impacted by the development of minerals under the Mineral
             6533      Lands Leasing Act; and
             6534          (iii) located within the boundaries of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National
             6535      Monument.
             6536          (d) The Department of Transportation shall distribute the money described in
             6537      Subsection (4)(c) in amounts proportionate to the amount of federal mineral lease money
             6538      generated by the county in which a special service district is located.
             6539          (e) The Legislature shall annually appropriate 40% of the monies described in
             6540      Subsection (4)(b) to the State Board of Education to be distributed equally to school districts
             6541      that are:
             6542          (i) socially or economically impacted by the development of minerals under the Mineral
             6543      Lands Leasing Act; and
             6544          (ii) located within the boundaries of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument.
             6545          (f) The Legislature shall annually appropriate 2.25% of the monies described in
             6546      Subsection (4)(b) to the Utah Geological Survey to facilitate the development of energy and
             6547      mineral resources in counties that are:
             6548          (i) socially or economically impacted by the development of minerals under the Mineral
             6549      Lands Leasing Act; and
             6550          (ii) located within the boundaries of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument.
             6551          (g) Seventeen and three-fourths percent of the monies described in Subsection (4)(b)
             6552      shall be deposited annually into the State School Fund established by Utah Constitution Article
             6553      X, Section 5.


             6554          Section 156. Section 59-21-2 is amended to read:
             6555           59-21-2. Mineral Bonus Account created -- Contents -- Use of Mineral Bonus
             6556      Account money -- Mineral Lease Account created -- Contents -- Appropriation of monies
             6557      from Mineral Lease Account.
             6558          (1) (a) The Mineral Bonus Account is created within the General Fund.
             6559          (b) The Mineral Bonus Account consists of federal mineral lease bonus payments
             6560      deposited pursuant to Subsection 59-21-1 (3).
             6561          (c) The Legislature shall make appropriations from the Mineral Bonus Account in
             6562      accordance with Section 35 of the Mineral Lands Leasing Act of 1920, 30 U.S.C. Sec. 191.
             6563          (d) The state treasurer shall:
             6564          (i) invest the money in the Mineral Bonus Account by following the procedures and
             6565      requirements of Title 51, Chapter 7, State Money Management Act; and
             6566          (ii) deposit all interest or other earnings derived from the account into the Mineral
             6567      Bonus Account.
             6568          (2) (a) The Mineral Lease Account is created within the General Fund.
             6569          (b) The Mineral Lease Account consists of federal mineral lease money deposited
             6570      pursuant to Subsection 59-21-1 (1).
             6571          (c) The Legislature shall make appropriations from the Mineral Lease Account as
             6572      provided in Subsection 59-21-1 (1) and this Subsection (2).
             6573          (d) The Legislature shall annually appropriate 32.5% of all deposits made to the Mineral
             6574      Lease Account to the Permanent Community Impact Fund established by Section 9-4-303 .
             6575          (e) The Legislature shall annually appropriate 2.25% of all deposits made to the Mineral
             6576      Lease Account to the State Board of Education, to be used for education research and
             6577      experimentation in the use of staff and facilities designed to improve the quality of education in
             6578      Utah.
             6579          (f) The Legislature shall annually appropriate 2.25% of all deposits made to the Mineral
             6580      Lease Account to the Utah Geological Survey, to be used for activities carried on by the survey
             6581      having as a purpose the development and exploitation of natural resources in the state.


             6582          (g) The Legislature shall annually appropriate 2.25% of all deposits made to the Mineral
             6583      Lease Account to the Water Research Laboratory at Utah State University, to be used for
             6584      activities carried on by the laboratory having as a purpose the development and exploitation of
             6585      water resources in the state.
             6586          (h) (i) The Legislature shall annually appropriate to the Department of Transportation
             6587      40% of all deposits made to the Mineral Lease Account to be distributed as provided in
             6588      Subsection (2)(h)(ii) to:
             6589          (A) counties;
             6590          (B) special service districts established:
             6591          (I) by counties;
             6592          (II) under Title [17A] 17D, Chapter [2, Part 13, Utah] 1, Special Service District Act;
             6593      and
             6594          (III) for the purpose of constructing, repairing, or maintaining roads; or
             6595          (C) special service districts established:
             6596          (I) by counties;
             6597          (II) under Title [17A] 17D, Chapter [2, Part 13, Utah] 1, Special Service District Act;
             6598      and
             6599          (III) for other purposes authorized by statute.
             6600          (ii) The Department of Transportation shall allocate the funds specified in Subsection
             6601      (2)(h)(i):
             6602          (A) in amounts proportionate to the amount of mineral lease money generated by each
             6603      county; and
             6604          (B) to a county or special service district established by a county under Title [17A]
             6605      17D, Chapter [2, Part 13, Utah] 1, Special Service District Act, as determined by the county
             6606      legislative body.
             6607          (i) (i) The Legislature shall annually appropriate 5% of all deposits made to the Mineral
             6608      Lease Account to the Department of Community and Culture to be distributed to:
             6609          (A) special service districts established:


             6610          (I) by counties;
             6611          (II) under Title [17A] 17D, Chapter [2, Part 13, Utah] 1, Special Service District Act;
             6612      and
             6613          (III) for the purpose of constructing, repairing, or maintaining roads; or
             6614          (B) special service districts established:
             6615          (I) by counties;
             6616          (II) under Title [17A] 17D, Chapter [2, Part 13, Utah] 1, Special Service District Act;
             6617      and
             6618          (III) for other purposes authorized by statute.
             6619          (ii) The Department of Community and Culture may distribute the amounts described in
             6620      Subsection (2)(i)(i) only to special service districts established under Title [17A] 17D, Chapter
             6621      [2, Part 13, Utah] 1, Special Service District Act, by counties:
             6622          (A) of the third, fourth, fifth, or sixth class;
             6623          (B) in which 4.5% or less of the mineral lease moneys within the state are generated;
             6624      and
             6625          (C) that are significantly socially or economically impacted as provided in Subsection
             6626      (3)(i)(iii) by the development of minerals under the Mineral Lands Leasing Act, 30 U.S.C. Sec.
             6627      181 et seq.
             6628          (iii) The significant social or economic impact required under Subsection (2)(i)(ii)(C)
             6629      shall be as a result of:
             6630          (A) the transportation within the county of hydrocarbons, including solid hydrocarbons
             6631      as defined in Section 59-5-101 ;
             6632          (B) the employment of persons residing within the county in hydrocarbon extraction,
             6633      including the extraction of solid hydrocarbons as defined in Section 59-5-101 ; or
             6634          (C) a combination of Subsections (2)(i)(iii)(A) and (B).
             6635          (iv) For purposes of distributing the appropriations under this Subsection (2)(i) to
             6636      special service districts established by counties under Title [17A] 17D, Chapter [2, Part 13,
             6637      Utah] 1, Special Service District Act, the Department of Community and Culture shall:


             6638          (A) (I) allocate 50% of the appropriations equally among the counties meeting the
             6639      requirements of Subsections (2)(i)(ii) and (iii); and
             6640          (II) allocate 50% of the appropriations based on the ratio that the population of each
             6641      county meeting the requirements of Subsections (2)(i)(ii) and (iii) bears to the total population
             6642      of all of the counties meeting the requirements of Subsections (2)(i)(ii) and (iii); and
             6643          (B) after making the allocations described in Subsection (2)(i)(iv)(A), distribute the
             6644      allocated revenues to special service districts established by the counties under Title [17A] 17D,
             6645      Chapter [2, Part 13, Utah] 1, Special Service District Act, as determined by the executive
             6646      director of the Department of Community and Culture after consulting with the county
             6647      legislative bodies of the counties meeting the requirements of Subsections (2)(i)(ii) and (iii).
             6648          (v) The executive director of the Department of Community and Culture:
             6649          (A) shall determine whether a county meets the requirements of Subsections (2)(i)(ii)
             6650      and (iii);
             6651          (B) shall distribute the appropriations under Subsection (2)(i)(i) to special service
             6652      districts established by counties under Title [17A] 17D, Chapter [2, Part 13, Utah] 1, Special
             6653      Service District Act, that meet the requirements of Subsections (2)(i)(ii) and (iii); and
             6654          (C) in accordance with Title 63, Chapter 46a, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act,
             6655      may make rules:
             6656          (I) providing a procedure for making the distributions under this Subsection (2)(i) to
             6657      special service districts; and
             6658          (II) defining the term "population" for purposes of Subsection (2)(i)(iv).
             6659          (j) (i) The Legislature shall annually make the following appropriations from the
             6660      Mineral Lease Account:
             6661          (A) an amount equal to 52 cents multiplied by the number of acres of school or
             6662      institutional trust lands, lands owned by the Division of Parks and Recreation, and lands owned
             6663      by the Division of Wildlife Resources that are not under an in lieu of taxes contract, to each
             6664      county in which those lands are located;
             6665          (B) to each county in which school or institutional trust lands are transferred to the


             6666      federal government after December 31, 1992, an amount equal to the number of transferred
             6667      acres in the county multiplied by a payment per acre equal to the difference between 52 cents
             6668      per acre and the per acre payment made to that county in the most recent payment under the
             6669      federal payment in lieu of taxes program, 31 U.S.C. Sec. 6901 et seq., unless the federal
             6670      payment was equal to or exceeded the 52 cents per acre, in which case a payment under this
             6671      Subsection (2)(j)(i)(B) may not be made for the transferred lands;
             6672          (C) to each county in which federal lands, which are entitlement lands under the federal
             6673      in lieu of taxes program, are transferred to the school or institutional trust, an amount equal to
             6674      the number of transferred acres in the county multiplied by a payment per acre equal to the
             6675      difference between the most recent per acre payment made under the federal payment in lieu of
             6676      taxes program and 52 cents per acre, unless the federal payment was equal to or less than 52
             6677      cents per acre, in which case a payment under this Subsection (2)(j)(i)(C) may not be made for
             6678      the transferred land; and
             6679          (D) to a county of the fifth or sixth class, an amount equal to the product of:
             6680          (I) $1,000; and
             6681          (II) the number of residences described in Subsection (2)(j)(iv) that are located within
             6682      the county.
             6683          (ii) A county receiving money under Subsection (2)(j)(i) may, as determined by the
             6684      county legislative body, distribute the money or a portion of the money to:
             6685          (A) special service districts established by the county under Title [17A] 17D, Chapter
             6686      [2, Part 13, Utah] 1, Special Service District Act;
             6687          (B) school districts; or
             6688          (C) public institutions of higher education.
             6689          (iii) (A) Beginning in fiscal year 1994-95 and in each year after fiscal year 1994-95, the
             6690      Division of Finance shall increase or decrease the amounts per acre provided for in Subsections
             6691      (2)(j)(i)(A) through (C) by the average annual change in the Consumer Price Index for all urban
             6692      consumers published by the Department of Labor.
             6693          (B) For fiscal years beginning on or after fiscal year 2001-02, the Division of Finance


             6694      shall increase or decrease the amount described in Subsection (2)(j)(i)(D)(I) by the average
             6695      annual change in the Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers published by the
             6696      Department of Labor.
             6697          (iv) Residences for purposes of Subsection (2)(j)(i)(D)(II) are residences that are:
             6698          (A) owned by:
             6699          (I) the Division of Parks and Recreation; or
             6700          (II) the Division of Wildlife Resources;
             6701          (B) located on lands that are owned by:
             6702          (I) the Division of Parks and Recreation; or
             6703          (II) the Division of Wildlife Resources; and
             6704          (C) are not subject to taxation under:
             6705          (I) Chapter 2, Property Tax Act; or
             6706          (II) Chapter 4, Privilege Tax.
             6707          (k) The Legislature shall annually appropriate to the Permanent Community Impact
             6708      Fund all deposits remaining in the Mineral Lease Account after making the appropriations
             6709      provided for in Subsections (2)(d) through (j).
             6710          (3) (a) Each agency, board, institution of higher education, and political subdivision
             6711      receiving money under this chapter shall provide the Legislature, through the Office of the
             6712      Legislative Fiscal Analyst, with a complete accounting of the use of that money on an annual
             6713      basis.
             6714          (b) The accounting required under Subsection (3)(a) shall:
             6715          (i) include actual expenditures for the prior fiscal year, budgeted expenditures for the
             6716      current fiscal year, and planned expenditures for the following fiscal year; and
             6717          (ii) be reviewed by the Economic Development and Human Resources Appropriation
             6718      Subcommittee as part of its normal budgetary process under Title 63, Chapter 38, Budgetary
             6719      Procedures Act.
             6720          Section 157. Section 63-9-68 is amended to read:
             6721           63-9-68. Memorials by the state or state agencies.


             6722          (1) As used in this section:
             6723          (a) "State agency" means any of the following of the state that holds title to state land:
             6724          (i) a department;
             6725          (ii) a division;
             6726          (iii) a board;
             6727          (iv) an institution of higher education; or
             6728          (v) for the judicial branch, the state court administrator.
             6729          (b) "State agency" does not mean a local district under Title 17B, Limited Purpose
             6730      Local Government Entities - Local Districts, or a special service district under Title [17A] 17D,
             6731      Chapter [2, Part 13, Utah] 1, Special Service District Act[, or a dependent district under Title
             6732      17A, Chapter 3, Dependent Districts].
             6733          (2) The Legislature, the governor, or a state agency may authorize the use or donation
             6734      of state land for the purpose of maintaining, erecting, or contributing to the erection or
             6735      maintenance of a memorial to commemorate those individuals who have:
             6736          (a) participated in or have given their lives in any of the one or more wars or military
             6737      conflicts in which the United States of America has been a participant; or
             6738          (b) given their lives in association with public service on behalf of the state, including
             6739      firefighters, peace officers, highway patrol officers, or other public servants.
             6740          (3) The use or donation of state land in relation to a memorial described in Subsection
             6741      (2) may include:
             6742          (a) using or appropriating public funds for the purchase, development, improvement, or
             6743      maintenance of state land on which a memorial is located or established;
             6744          (b) using or appropriating public funds for the erection, improvement, or maintenance
             6745      of a memorial;
             6746          (c) donating or selling state land for use in relation to a memorial; or
             6747          (d) authorizing the use of state land for a memorial that is funded or maintained in part
             6748      or in full by another public or private entity.
             6749          (4) The Legislature, the governor, or a state agency may specify the form, placement,


             6750      and design of a memorial that is subject to this section if the Legislature, the governor, or the
             6751      state agency holds title to, has authority over, or donates the land on which a memorial is
             6752      established.
             6753          (5) Memorials within the definition of a capital development as defined in Section
             6754      63A-5-104 must be approved as provided for in Section 63A-5-104 .
             6755          (6) Nothing in this section shall be construed as a prohibition of memorials, including
             6756      those for purposes not covered by this section, which have been erected within the approval
             6757      requirements in effect at the time of their erection or which may be duly authorized through
             6758      other legal means.
             6759          Section 158. Section 63E-1-102 is amended to read:
             6760           63E-1-102. Definitions.
             6761          As used in this title:
             6762          (1) "Authorizing statute" means the statute creating an entity as an independent entity.
             6763          (2) "Committee" means the Retirement and Independent Entities Committee created in
             6764      Section 63E-1-201 .
             6765          (3) "Independent corporation" means a corporation incorporated in accordance with
             6766      Chapter 2, Independent Corporations Act.
             6767          (4) (a) "Independent entity" means an entity having a public purpose relating to the
             6768      state or its citizens that is individually created by the state or is given by the state the right to
             6769      exist and conduct its affairs as an:
             6770          (i) independent state agency; or
             6771          (ii) independent corporation.
             6772          (b) "Independent entity" includes the:
             6773          (i) Dairy Commission created in Title 4, Chapter 22, Dairy Promotion Act;
             6774          (ii) Heber Valley Railroad Authority created in Title 9, Chapter 3, Part 3, Heber Valley
             6775      Historic Railroad Authority;
             6776          (iii) Utah Science Center Authority created in Title 9, Chapter 3, Part 4, Utah Science
             6777      Center Authority;


             6778          (iv) Utah Housing Corporation created in Title 9, Chapter 4, Part 9, Utah Housing
             6779      Corporation Act;
             6780          (v) Utah State Fair Corporation created in Title 9, Chapter 4, Part 11, Utah State Fair
             6781      Corporation Act;
             6782          (vi) Workers' Compensation Fund created in Title 31A, Chapter 33, Workers'
             6783      Compensation Fund;
             6784          (vii) Utah State Retirement Office created in Title 49, Chapter 11, Utah State
             6785      Retirement Systems Administration;
             6786          (viii) School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration created in Title 53C, Chapter
             6787      1, Part 2, School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration;
             6788          (ix) Utah Communications Agency Network created in Title 63C, Chapter 7, Utah
             6789      Communications Agency Network Act; and
             6790          (x) Utah Capital Investment Corporation created in Title 63, Chapter 38f, Part 12, Utah
             6791      Venture Capital Enhancement Act.
             6792          (c) Notwithstanding this Subsection (4), "independent entity" does not include:
             6793          (i) the Public Service Commission of Utah created in Section 54-1-1 ;
             6794          (ii) an institution within the state system of higher education;
             6795          (iii) a city, county, or town;
             6796          (iv) a local school district;
             6797          (v) a local district under Title 17B, Limited Purpose Local Government Entities - Local
             6798      Districts; or
             6799          (vi) a special service district under Title [17A] 17D, Chapter [2, Part 13, Utah] 1,
             6800      Special Service District Act.
             6801          (5) "Independent state agency" means an entity that is created by the state, but is
             6802      independent of the governor's direct supervisory control.
             6803          (6) "Monies held in trust" means monies maintained for the benefit of:
             6804          (a) one or more private individuals, including public employees;
             6805          (b) one or more public or private entities; or


             6806          (c) the owners of a quasi-public corporation.
             6807          (7) "Public corporation" means an artificial person, public in ownership, individually
             6808      created by the state as a body politic and corporate for the administration of a public purpose
             6809      relating to the state or its citizens.
             6810          (8) "Quasi-public corporation" means an artificial person, private in ownership,
             6811      individually created as a corporation by the state which has accepted from the state the grant of
             6812      a franchise or contract involving the performance of a public purpose relating to the state or its
             6813      citizens.
             6814          Section 159. Section 67-1a-6.5 is amended to read:
             6815           67-1a-6.5. Lieutenant governor certification of governmental entity creation,
             6816      consolidation, division, dissolution, or boundary change.
             6817          (1) As used in this section:
             6818          (a) "AGRC" means the Automated Geographic Reference Center created under Section
             6819      63F-1-506 .
             6820          (b) "Boundary change" means the adjustment of an entity's boundary either through
             6821      gaining territory (annexation), losing territory (withdrawal), adjusting the common boundary
             6822      with an adjacent entity (may gain territory, lose territory, or a combination of both gaining and
             6823      losing territory), or any other adjustment of the entity's boundary.
             6824          (c) "Consolidation" means the combining of two or more entities into a single entity
             6825      such that the consolidated entity's boundary contains all of the territory of the original entities,
             6826      but no additional territory.
             6827          (d) "County attorney" means the county attorney of each county which contains any
             6828      part of the area affected by the entity creation, consolidation, division, dissolution, or boundary
             6829      change.
             6830          (e) (i) "County auditor" means the county auditor of each county which contains any
             6831      part of the area affected by the entity creation, consolidation, division, dissolution, or boundary
             6832      change.
             6833          (ii) If the county does not have a county auditor, "county auditor" means the county


             6834      clerk or other government official acting as the county auditor.
             6835          (f) "County recorder" means the county recorder of each county which contains any
             6836      part of the area affected by the entity creation, consolidation, division, dissolution, or boundary
             6837      change.
             6838          (g) "County surveyor" means the county surveyor of each county which contains any
             6839      part of the area affected by the entity creation, consolidation, division, dissolution, or boundary
             6840      change.
             6841          (h) "Creation" means the forming of a new entity where that entity did not exist before
             6842      its creation.
             6843          (i) "Dissolution" means the disbandment of an entity.
             6844          (j) "Division" means the dividing of one entity into two or more entities such that the
             6845      original entity's boundary contains all of the territory of the resultant entities, but no additional
             6846      territory.
             6847          (k) "Entity" means the entity that is created, consolidated, divided, dissolved, or whose
             6848      boundary is changed.
             6849          (l) "Initiating body" means the county legislative body, municipal legislative body, local
             6850      district or special service district board, court, public official, or other authorized person or
             6851      body that initiates the creation, dissolution, consolidation, or boundary change of an entity or
             6852      entities.
             6853          (m) "Notice of entity boundary change" means the notice the lieutenant governor
             6854      receives under Subsection 10-1-116 (1), 10-2-419 (4), 10-2-425 (1), 10-2-507 (1), 17-2-9 (2),
             6855      17-2-13 (3), 17-50-104 (3), 17-50-105 (1)(b) or (2)(e), [ 17A-2-1327 (4),] 17B-1-414 (2),
             6856      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
             6857      entity's pending boundary change.
             6858          (n) "Notice of entity consolidation" means the notice the lieutenant governor receives
             6859      under Section 10-2-610 or Subsection 10-1-116 (1) [or], 17-2-4 (2), or 17D-3-203 (3) of entities'
             6860      pending consolidation.
             6861          (o) "Notice of entity creation" means the notice the lieutenant governor receives under


             6862      Subsection 10-1-116 (1), 10-2-119 (1), 10-2-125 (8), 11-13-204 (4), 11-13-205 (6),
             6863      [ 17A-2-1311 (2),] 17B-1-215 (1), 17C-1-201 (2), 17D-3-203 (3), or 53A-2-101.5 (1) or Section
             6864      17D-1-209 of an entity's pending creation.
             6865          (p) "Notice of entity dissolution" means the notice the lieutenant governor receives
             6866      under Subsection 10-1-116 (1), 10-2-712 (2), [17A-2-1329 (3),] 17B-1-1308 (4), [or]
             6867      17C-1-701 (2)(a), or 17D-3-203 (3), or Section 17D-1-603 of an entity's pending dissolution.
             6868          (q) "Notice of entity division" means the notice the lieutenant governor receives under
             6869      Subsection 17-3-3 (3) or 17D-3-203 (3) of an entity's pending division.
             6870          (r) "Notice of intention to file articles of incorporation" means the notice the lieutenant
             6871      governor receives under Subsection 10-2-120 (1).
             6872          (s) "Lieutenant governor" means the lieutenant governor created in Article VII, Section
             6873      1 of the Utah Constitution.
             6874          (t) "State auditor" means the state auditor created in Article VII, Section 1 of the Utah
             6875      Constitution.
             6876          (u) "State Tax Commission" means the State Tax Commission created in Article XIII,
             6877      Section 6 of the Utah Constitution.
             6878          (2) Within ten days after receiving a notice of entity creation, the lieutenant governor
             6879      shall:
             6880          (a) issue a certificate of entity creation;
             6881          (b) (i) send a copy of the certificate issued under Subsection (2)(a) and a copy of the
             6882      notice of entity creation, including the accompanying map or legal description, to the State Tax
             6883      Commission, AGRC, county recorder, county surveyor, county auditor, and county attorney;
             6884      and
             6885          (ii) send a copy of the certificate issued under Subsection (2)(a) to the state auditor; and
             6886          (c) send to the initiating body a copy of the certificate issued under Subsection (2)(a)
             6887      and a statement indicating completion of Subsection (2)(b).
             6888          (3) Within ten days after receiving a notice of intention to file articles of incorporation,
             6889      the lieutenant governor shall:


             6890          (a) issue a certificate indicating receipt of a notice of intention to file articles of
             6891      incorporation;
             6892          (b) (i) send a copy of the certificate issued under Subsection (3)(a) and a copy of the
             6893      notice of intention to file articles of incorporation, including the accompanying map or legal
             6894      description, to the State Tax Commission, AGRC, county recorder, county surveyor, county
             6895      auditor, and county attorney; and
             6896          (ii) send a copy of the certificate issued under Subsection (3)(a) to the state auditor; and
             6897          (c) send to the initiating body a copy of the certificate issued under Subsection (3)(a)
             6898      and a statement indicating completion of Subsection (3)(b).
             6899          (4) Within ten days after receiving a notice of entity consolidation, the lieutenant
             6900      governor shall:
             6901          (a) issue a certificate of entity consolidation;
             6902          (b) (i) send a copy of the certificate issued under Subsection (4)(a) and a copy of the
             6903      notice of entity consolidation to the State Tax Commission, AGRC, county recorder, county
             6904      surveyor, county auditor, and county attorney; and
             6905          (ii) send a copy of the certificate issued under Subsection (4)(a) to the state auditor; and
             6906          (c) send to the initiating body and the entities being consolidated, if different from the
             6907      initiating body, a copy of the certificate issued under Subsection (4)(a) and a statement
             6908      indicating completion of Subsection (4)(b).
             6909          (5) Within ten days after receiving a notice of entity division, the lieutenant governor
             6910      shall:
             6911          (a) issue a certificate of entity division;
             6912          (b) (i) send a copy of the certificate issued under Subsection (5)(a) and a copy of the
             6913      notice of entity consolidation, including the accompanying map or legal description, to the State
             6914      Tax Commission, AGRC, county recorder, county surveyor, county auditor, and county
             6915      attorney; and
             6916          (ii) send a copy of the certificate issued under Subsection (5)(a) to the state auditor; and
             6917          (c) send to the initiating body a copy of the certificate issued under Subsection (5)(a)


             6918      and a statement indicating completion of Subsection (5)(b).
             6919          (6) Within ten days after receiving a notice of entity dissolution, the lieutenant governor
             6920      shall:
             6921          (a) issue a certificate of entity dissolution;
             6922          (b) (i) send a copy of the certificate issued under Subsection (6)(a) and a copy of the
             6923      notice of entity dissolution to the State Tax Commission, AGRC, county recorder, county
             6924      surveyor, county auditor, and county attorney; and
             6925          (ii) send a copy of the certificate issued under Subsection (6)(a) to the state auditor; and
             6926          (c) send to the initiating body and the entity being dissolved, if different than the
             6927      initiating body, a copy of the certificate issued under Subsection (6)(a) and a statement
             6928      indicating completion of Subsection (6)(b).
             6929          (7) Within ten days after receiving a notice of entity boundary change, the lieutenant
             6930      governor shall:
             6931          (a) issue a certificate of entity boundary change;
             6932          (b) send a copy of the certificate issued under Subsection (7)(a) and a copy of the
             6933      notice of entity boundary change, including the accompanying map or legal description, to the
             6934      State Tax Commission, AGRC, county recorder, county surveyor, county auditor, and county
             6935      attorney; and
             6936          (c) send to the initiating body or bodies, and each entity whose boundary is changed, if
             6937      different than the initiating body, a copy of the certificate issued under Subsection (7)(a) and a
             6938      statement indicating completion of Subsection (7)(b).
             6939          (8) (a) The lieutenant governor shall keep, index, maintain, and make available to the
             6940      public certificates, notices, maps, and other documents necessary in performing the duties of
             6941      Subsections (2) through (7).
             6942          (b) The lieutenant governor shall furnish a certified copy of documents to any person
             6943      who requests a certified copy.
             6944          (c) The lieutenant governor may charge a reasonable fee for copies of documents or
             6945      certified copies of documents.


             6946          Section 160. Section 67-3-1 is amended to read:
             6947           67-3-1. Functions and duties.
             6948          (1) (a) The state auditor is the auditor of public accounts and is independent of any
             6949      executive or administrative officers of the state.
             6950          (b) The state auditor is not limited in the selection of personnel or in the determination
             6951      of the reasonable and necessary expenses of his office.
             6952          (2) The state auditor shall examine and certify annually in respect to each fiscal year,
             6953      financial statements showing:
             6954          (a) the condition of the state's finances;
             6955          (b) the revenues received or accrued;
             6956          (c) expenditures paid or accrued;
             6957          (d) the amount of unexpended or unencumbered balances of the appropriations to the
             6958      agencies, departments, divisions, commissions, and institutions; and
             6959          (e) the cash balances of the funds in the custody of the state treasurer.
             6960          (3) (a) The state auditor shall:
             6961          (i) audit each permanent fund, each special fund, the General Fund, and the accounts of
             6962      any department of state government or any independent agency or public corporation as the law
             6963      requires, as the auditor determines is necessary, or upon request of the governor or the
             6964      Legislature;
             6965          (ii) perform the audits in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards and
             6966      other auditing procedures as promulgated by recognized authoritative bodies;
             6967          (iii) as the auditor determines is necessary, conduct the audits to determine:
             6968          (A) honesty and integrity in fiscal affairs;
             6969          (B) accuracy and reliability of financial statements;
             6970          (C) effectiveness and adequacy of financial controls; and
             6971          (D) compliance with the law.
             6972          (b) If any state entity receives federal funding, the state auditor shall ensure that the
             6973      audit is performed in accordance with federal audit requirements.


             6974          (c) (i) The costs of the federal compliance portion of the audit may be paid from an
             6975      appropriation to the state auditor from the General Fund.
             6976          (ii) If an appropriation is not provided, or if the federal government does not specifically
             6977      provide for payment of audit costs, the costs of the federal compliance portions of the audit
             6978      shall be allocated on the basis of the percentage that each state entity's federal funding bears to
             6979      the total federal funds received by the state.
             6980          (iii) The allocation shall be adjusted to reflect any reduced audit time required to audit
             6981      funds passed through the state to local governments and to reflect any reduction in audit time
             6982      obtained through the use of internal auditors working under the direction of the state auditor.
             6983          (4) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (4)(b), the state auditor shall, in addition to
             6984      financial audits, and as the auditor determines is necessary, conduct performance and special
             6985      purpose audits, examinations, and reviews of any entity that receives public funds, including a
             6986      determination of any or all of the following:
             6987          (i) the honesty and integrity of all its fiscal affairs;
             6988          (ii) whether or not its administrators have faithfully complied with legislative intent;
             6989          (iii) whether or not its operations have been conducted in an efficient, effective, and
             6990      cost-efficient manner;
             6991          (iv) whether or not its programs have been effective in accomplishing the intended
             6992      objectives; and
             6993          (v) whether or not its management, control, and information systems are adequate and
             6994      effective.
             6995          (b) The auditor may not conduct performance and special purpose audits, examinations,
             6996      and reviews of any entity that receives public funds if the entity:
             6997          (i) has an elected auditor; and
             6998          (ii) has, within the entity's last budget year, had its financial statements or performance
             6999      formally reviewed by another outside auditor.
             7000          (5) The state auditor shall administer any oath or affirmation necessary to the
             7001      performance of the duties of the auditor's office, and may subpoena witnesses and documents,


             7002      whether electronic or otherwise, and examine into any matter that the auditor considers
             7003      necessary.
             7004          (6) The state auditor may require all persons who have had the disposition or
             7005      management of any property of this state or its political subdivisions to submit statements
             7006      regarding it at the time and in the form that the auditor requires.
             7007          (7) The state auditor shall:
             7008          (a) except where otherwise provided by law, institute suits in Salt Lake County in
             7009      relation to the assessment, collection, and payment of its revenues against:
             7010          (i) persons who by any means have become entrusted with public monies or property
             7011      and have failed to pay over or deliver those monies or property; and
             7012          (ii) all debtors of the state;
             7013          (b) collect and pay into the state treasury all fees received by the state auditor;
             7014          (c) perform the duties of a member of all boards of which the state auditor is a member
             7015      by the constitution or laws of the state, and any other duties that are prescribed by the
             7016      constitution and by law;
             7017          (d) stop the payment of the salary of any state official or state employee who:
             7018          (i) refuses to settle accounts or provide required statements about the custody and
             7019      disposition of public funds or other state property;
             7020          (ii) refuses, neglects, or ignores the instruction of the state auditor or any controlling
             7021      board or department head with respect to the manner of keeping prescribed accounts or funds;
             7022      or
             7023          (iii) fails to correct any delinquencies, improper procedures, and errors brought to the
             7024      official's or employee's attention;
             7025          (e) establish accounting systems, methods, and forms for public accounts in all taxing or
             7026      fee-assessing units of the state in the interest of uniformity, efficiency, and economy;
             7027          (f) superintend the contractual auditing of all state accounts;
             7028          (g) subject to Subsection (8), withhold state allocated funds or the disbursement of
             7029      property taxes from any state taxing or fee-assessing unit, if necessary, to ensure that officials


             7030      and employees in those taxing units of the state comply with state laws and procedures in the
             7031      budgeting, expenditures, and financial reporting of public funds; and
             7032          (h) subject to Subsection (9), withhold the disbursement of tax monies from any county,
             7033      if necessary, to ensure that officials and employees in the county comply with Section
             7034      59-2-303.1 .
             7035          (8) Except as otherwise provided by law, the state auditor may not withhold funds
             7036      under Subsection (7)(g) until a taxing or fee-assessing unit has received formal written notice of
             7037      noncompliance from the auditor and has been given 60 days to make the specified corrections.
             7038          (9) The state auditor may not withhold funds under Subsection (7)(h) until a county has
             7039      received formal written notice of noncompliance from the auditor and has been given 60 days to
             7040      make the specified corrections.
             7041          (10) The state auditor shall:
             7042          (a) establish audit guidelines and procedures for audits of local mental health and
             7043      substance abuse authorities and their contract providers, conducted pursuant to Title 17,
             7044      Chapter 43, Parts 2, Local Substance Abuse Authorities and 3, Local Mental Health
             7045      Authorities, Title 51, Chapter 2a, Accounting Reports from Political Subdivisions, Interlocal
             7046      Organizations, and Other Local Entities Act, and Title 62A, Chapter 15, Substance Abuse and
             7047      Mental Health Act; and
             7048          (b) ensure that those guidelines and procedures provide assurances to the state that:
             7049          (i) state and federal funds appropriated to local mental health authorities are used for
             7050      mental health purposes;
             7051          (ii) a private provider under an annual or otherwise ongoing contract to provide
             7052      comprehensive mental health programs or services for a local mental health authority is in
             7053      compliance with state and local contract requirements, and state and federal law;
             7054          (iii) state and federal funds appropriated to local substance abuse authorities are used
             7055      for substance abuse programs and services; and
             7056          (iv) a private provider under an annual or otherwise ongoing contract to provide
             7057      comprehensive substance abuse programs or services for a local substance abuse authority is in


             7058      compliance with state and local contract requirements, and state and federal law.
             7059          (11) The state auditor may, in accordance with the auditor's responsibilities for political
             7060      subdivisions of the state as provided in Title 51, Chapter 2a, Accounting Reports from Political
             7061      Subdivisions, Interlocal Organizations, and Other Local Entities Act, initiate audits or
             7062      investigations of any political subdivision that are necessary to determine honesty and integrity
             7063      in fiscal affairs, accuracy and reliability of financial statements, effectiveness, and adequacy of
             7064      financial controls and compliance with the law.
             7065          (12) (a) The state auditor may not audit work that the state auditor performed before
             7066      becoming state auditor.
             7067          (b) If the state auditor has previously been a responsible official in state government
             7068      whose work has not yet been audited, the Legislature shall:
             7069          (i) designate how that work shall be audited; and
             7070          (ii) provide additional funding for those audits, if necessary.
             7071          (13) The state auditor shall:
             7072          (a) with the assistance, advice, and recommendations of an advisory committee
             7073      appointed by the state auditor from among local district boards of trustees, officers, and
             7074      employees and special service district boards, officers, and employees:
             7075          (i) prepare a Uniform Accounting Manual for Local Districts that:
             7076          (A) prescribes a uniform system of accounting and uniform budgeting and reporting
             7077      procedures for local districts under Title 17B, Limited Purpose Local Government Entities -
             7078      Local Districts, and special service districts under Title [17A] 17D, Chapter [2, Part 13, Utah]
             7079      1, Special Service District Act;
             7080          (B) conforms with generally accepted accounting principles; and
             7081          (C) prescribes reasonable exceptions and modifications for smaller districts to the
             7082      uniform system of accounting, budgeting, and reporting;
             7083          (ii) maintain the manual under Subsection (13)(a) so that it continues to reflect
             7084      generally accepted accounting principles;
             7085          (iii) conduct a continuing review and modification of procedures in order to improve


             7086      them;
             7087          (iv) prepare and supply each district with suitable budget and reporting forms; and
             7088          (v) prepare instructional materials, conduct training programs, and render other services
             7089      considered necessary to assist local districts and special service districts in implementing the
             7090      uniform accounting, budgeting, and reporting procedures; and
             7091          (b) continually analyze and evaluate the accounting, budgeting, and reporting practices
             7092      and experiences of specific local districts and special service districts selected by the state
             7093      auditor and make the information available to all districts.
             7094          (14) (a) The following records in the custody or control of the state auditor are
             7095      protected records under Title 63, Chapter 2, Government Records Access and Management
             7096      Act:
             7097          (i) records that would disclose information relating to allegations of personal
             7098      misconduct, gross mismanagement, or illegal activity of a past or present governmental
             7099      employee if the information or allegation cannot be corroborated by the state auditor through
             7100      other documents or evidence, and the records relating to the allegation are not relied upon by
             7101      the state auditor in preparing a final audit report;
             7102          (ii) records and audit workpapers to the extent they would disclose the identity of a
             7103      person who during the course of an audit, communicated the existence of any waste of public
             7104      funds, property, or manpower, or a violation or suspected violation of a law, rule, or regulation
             7105      adopted under the laws of this state, a political subdivision of the state, or any recognized entity
             7106      of the United States, if the information was disclosed on the condition that the identity of the
             7107      person be protected;
             7108          (iii) before an audit is completed and the final audit report is released, records or drafts
             7109      circulated to a person who is not an employee or head of a governmental entity for their
             7110      response or information;
             7111          (iv) records that would disclose an outline or part of any audit survey plans or audit
             7112      program; and
             7113          (v) requests for audits, if disclosure would risk circumvention of an audit.


             7114          (b) The provisions of Subsections (14)(a)(i), (ii), and (iii) do not prohibit the disclosure
             7115      of records or information that relate to a violation of the law by a governmental entity or
             7116      employee to a government prosecutor or peace officer.
             7117          (c) The provisions of this Subsection (14) do not limit the authority otherwise given to
             7118      the state auditor to classify a document as public, private, controlled, or protected under Title
             7119      63, Chapter 2, Government Records Access and Management Act.
             7120          Section 161. Section 69-2-4 is amended to read:
             7121           69-2-4. Administration.
             7122          The administration of the 911 emergency telephone system shall be provided by the
             7123      governing authority of the public agency establishing 911 emergency telephone service either
             7124      directly or by the appointment of employees of the public agency as directed by the governing
             7125      authority, except that any 911 emergency telephone service established by a special service
             7126      district shall be administered as set forth in Title [17A] 17D, Chapter [2, Part 13] 1, Special
             7127      Service District Act.
             7128          Section 162. Section 69-2-5 is amended to read:
             7129           69-2-5. Funding for 911 emergency telephone service.
             7130          (1) In providing funding of 911 emergency telephone service, any public agency
             7131      establishing a 911 emergency telephone service may:
             7132          (a) seek assistance from the federal or state government, to the extent constitutionally
             7133      permissible, in the form of loans, advances, grants, subsidies, and otherwise, directly or
             7134      indirectly;
             7135          (b) seek funds appropriated by local governmental taxing authorities for the funding of
             7136      public safety agencies; and
             7137          (c) seek gifts, donations, or grants from individuals, corporations, or other private
             7138      entities.
             7139          (2) For purposes of providing funding of 911 emergency telephone service, special
             7140      service districts may raise funds as provided in Section [ 17A-2-1322 ] 17D-1-105 and may
             7141      borrow money and incur indebtedness as provided in Section [ 17A-2-1316 ] 17D-1-103 .


             7142          (3) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (3)(b) and subject to the other provisions of
             7143      this Subsection (3) a county, city, or town within which 911 emergency telephone service is
             7144      provided may levy monthly an emergency services telephone charge on:
             7145          (i) each local exchange service switched access line within the boundaries of the county,
             7146      city, or town;
             7147          (ii) each revenue producing radio communications access line with a billing address
             7148      within the boundaries of the county, city, or town; and
             7149          (iii) any other service, including voice over Internet protocol, provided to a user within
             7150      the boundaries of the county, city, or town that allows the user to make calls to and receive calls
             7151      from the public switched telephone network, including commercial mobile radio service
             7152      networks.
             7153          (b) Notwithstanding Subsection (3)(a), an access line provided for public coin telephone
             7154      service is exempt from emergency telephone charges.
             7155          (c) The amount of the charge levied under this section may not exceed:
             7156          (i) 61 cents per month for each local exchange service switched access line;
             7157          (ii) 61 cents per month for each radio communications access line; and
             7158          (iii) 61 cents per month for each service under Subsection (3)(a)(iii).
             7159          (d) (i) For purposes of this Subsection (3)(d) the following terms shall be defined as
             7160      provided in Section 59-12-102 :
             7161          (A) "mobile telecommunications service";
             7162          (B) "primary place of use";
             7163          (C) "service address"; and
             7164          (D) "telephone service."
             7165          (ii) An access line described in Subsection (3)(a) is considered to be within the
             7166      boundaries of a county, city, or town if the telephone services provided over the access line are
             7167      located within the county, city, or town:
             7168          (A) for purposes of sales and use taxes under Title 59, Chapter 12, Sales and Use Tax
             7169      Act; and


             7170          (B) determined in accordance with Section 59-12-207.4 .
             7171          (iii) The rate imposed on an access line under this section shall be determined in
             7172      accordance with Subsection (3)(d)(iv) if the location of an access line described in Subsection
             7173      (3)(a) is determined under Subsection (3)(d)(ii) to be a county, city, or town other than county,
             7174      city, or town in which is located:
             7175          (A) for telephone service other than mobile telecommunications service, the purchaser's
             7176      service address; or
             7177          (B) for mobile telecommunications service, the purchaser's primary place of use.
             7178          (iv) The rate imposed on an access line under this section shall be the lower of:
             7179          (A) the rate imposed by the county, city, or town in which the access line is located
             7180      under Subsection (3)(d)(ii); or
             7181          (B) the rate imposed by the county, city, or town in which it is located:
             7182          (I) for telephone service other than mobile telecommunications service, the purchaser's
             7183      service address; or
             7184          (II) for mobile telecommunications service, the purchaser's primary place of use.
             7185          (e) (i) A county, city, or town shall notify the Public Service Commission of the intent
             7186      to levy the charge under this Subsection (3) at least 30 days before the effective date of the
             7187      charge being levied.
             7188          (ii) For purposes of this Subsection (3)(e):
             7189          (A) "Annexation" means an annexation to:
             7190          (I) a city or town under Title 10, Chapter 2, Part 4, Annexation; or
             7191          (II) a county under Title 17, Chapter 2, Annexation to County.
             7192          (B) "Annexing area" means an area that is annexed into a county, city, or town.
             7193          (iii) (A) Except as provided in Subsection (3)(e)(iii)(C) or (D), if on or after July 1,
             7194      2003, a county, city, or town enacts or repeals a charge or changes the amount of the charge
             7195      under this section, the enactment, repeal, or change shall take effect:
             7196          (I) on the first day of a calendar quarter; and
             7197          (II) after a 90-day period beginning on the date the State Tax Commission receives


             7198      notice meeting the requirements of Subsection (3)(e)(iii)(B) from the county, city, or town.
             7199          (B) The notice described in Subsection (3)(e)(iii)(A) shall state:
             7200          (I) that the county, city, or town will enact or repeal a charge or change the amount of
             7201      the charge under this section;
             7202          (II) the statutory authority for the charge described in Subsection (3)(e)(iii)(B)(I);
             7203          (III) the effective date of the charge described in Subsection (3)(e)(iii)(B)(I); and
             7204          (IV) if the county, city, or town enacts the charge or changes the amount of the charge
             7205      described in Subsection (3)(e)(iii)(B)(I), the amount of the charge.
             7206          (C) Notwithstanding Subsection (3)(e)(iii)(A), the enactment of a charge or a charge
             7207      increase under this section shall take effect on the first day of the first billing period:
             7208          (I) that begins after the effective date of the enactment of the charge or the charge
             7209      increase; and
             7210          (II) if the billing period for the charge begins before the effective date of the enactment
             7211      of the charge or the charge increase imposed under this section.
             7212          (D) Notwithstanding Subsection (3)(e)(iii)(A), the repeal of a charge or a charge
             7213      decrease under this section shall take effect on the first day of the last billing period:
             7214          (I) that began before the effective date of the repeal of the charge or the charge
             7215      decrease; and
             7216          (II) if the billing period for the charge begins before the effective date of the repeal of
             7217      the charge or the charge decrease imposed under this section.
             7218          (iv) (A) Except as provided in Subsection (3)(e)(iv)(C) or (D), if for an annexation that
             7219      occurs on or after July 1, 2003, the annexation will result in the enactment, repeal, or a change
             7220      in the amount of a charge imposed under this section for an annexing area, the enactment,
             7221      repeal, or change shall take effect:
             7222          (I) on the first day of a calendar quarter; and
             7223          (II) after a 90-day period beginning on the date the State Tax Commission receives
             7224      notice meeting the requirements of Subsection (3)(e)(iv)(B) from the county, city, or town that
             7225      annexes the annexing area.


             7226          (B) The notice described in Subsection (3)(e)(iv)(A) shall state:
             7227          (I) that the annexation described in Subsection (3)(e)(iv)(A) will result in an enactment,
             7228      repeal, or a change in the charge being imposed under this section for the annexing area;
             7229          (II) the statutory authority for the charge described in Subsection (3)(e)(iv)(B)(I);
             7230          (III) the effective date of the charge described in Subsection (3)(e)(iv)(B)(I); and
             7231          (IV) if the county, city, or town enacts the charge or changes the amount of the charge
             7232      described in Subsection (3)(e)(iv)(B)(I), the amount of the charge.
             7233          (C) Notwithstanding Subsection (3)(e)(iv)(A), the enactment of a charge or a charge
             7234      increase under this section shall take effect on the first day of the first billing period:
             7235          (I) that begins after the effective date of the enactment of the charge or the charge
             7236      increase; and
             7237          (II) if the billing period for the charge begins before the effective date of the enactment
             7238      of the charge or the charge increase imposed under this section.
             7239          (D) Notwithstanding Subsection (3)(e)(iv)(A), the repeal of a charge or a charge
             7240      decrease under this section shall take effect on the first day of the last billing period:
             7241          (I) that began before the effective date of the repeal of the charge or the charge
             7242      decrease; and
             7243          (II) if the billing period for the charge begins before the effective date of the repeal of
             7244      the charge or the charge decrease imposed under this section.
             7245          (f) Subject to Subsection (3)(g), an emergency services telephone charge levied under
             7246      this section shall:
             7247          (i) be billed and collected by the person that provides the:
             7248          (A) local exchange service switched access line services; or
             7249          (B) radio communications access line services; and
             7250          (ii) except for costs retained under Subsection (3)(h), remitted to the State Tax
             7251      Commission.
             7252          (g) An emergency services telephone charge on a mobile telecommunications service
             7253      may be levied, billed, and collected only to the extent permitted by the Mobile


             7254      Telecommunications Sourcing Act, 4 U.S.C. Sec. 116 et seq.
             7255          (h) The person that bills and collects the charges levied under Subsection (3)(f) may:
             7256          (i) bill the charge imposed by this section in combination with the charge levied under
             7257      Section 69-2-5.6 as one line item charge; and
             7258          (ii) retain an amount not to exceed 1.5% of the levy collected under this section as
             7259      reimbursement for the cost of billing, collecting, and remitting the levy.
             7260          (i) The State Tax Commission shall:
             7261          (i) collect, enforce, and administer the charge imposed under this Subsection (3) using
             7262      the same procedures used in the administration, collection, and enforcement of the state sales
             7263      and use taxes under:
             7264          (A) Title 59, Chapter 1, General Taxation Policies; and
             7265          (B) Title 59, Chapter 12, Part 1, Tax Collection, except for:
             7266          (I) Section 59-12-104 ;
             7267          (II) Section 59-12-104.1 ;
             7268          (III) Section 59-12-104.2 ; and
             7269          (IV) Section 59-12-107.1 ;
             7270          (ii) transmit monies collected under this Subsection (3):
             7271          (A) monthly; and
             7272          (B) by electronic funds transfer by the commission to the county, city, or town that
             7273      imposes the charge; and
             7274          (iii) charge the county, city, or town for the State Tax Commission's services under this
             7275      Subsection (3) in an amount:
             7276          (A) sufficient to reimburse the State Tax Commission for the cost to the State Tax
             7277      Commission in rendering the services; and
             7278          (B) that may not exceed an amount equal to 1.5% of the charges imposed under this
             7279      Subsection (3).
             7280          (4) (a) Any money received by a public agency for the provision of 911 emergency
             7281      telephone service shall be deposited in a special emergency telephone service fund.


             7282          (b) (i) Except as provided in Subsection (5), the money in the emergency telephone
             7283      service fund shall be expended by the public agency to pay the costs of establishing, installing,
             7284      maintaining, and operating a 911 emergency telephone system or integrating a 911 system into
             7285      an established public safety dispatch center, including contracting with the providers of local
             7286      exchange service, radio communications service, and vendors of appropriate terminal equipment
             7287      as necessary to implement the 911 emergency telephone service.
             7288          (ii) Revenues derived for the funding of 911 emergency telephone service may only be
             7289      used for that portion of costs related to the operation of the 911 emergency telephone system
             7290      when such a system is integrated with any public safety dispatch system.
             7291          (c) Any unexpended money in the emergency telephone service fund at the end of a
             7292      fiscal year does not lapse, and must be carried forward to be used for the purposes described in
             7293      this section.
             7294          (5) (a) Revenue received by a local entity from an increase in the levy imposed under
             7295      Subsection (3) after the 2004 Annual General Session, or from grants from the Utah 911
             7296      Committee pursuant to Section 53-10-605 :
             7297          (i) shall be deposited into the special emergency telephone service fund described in
             7298      Subsection (4)(a); and
             7299          (ii) shall only be used for that portion of the costs related to the development and
             7300      operation of wireless and land-based enhanced 911 emergency telephone service and the
             7301      implementation of wireless E-911 Phase I and Phase II services as provided in Subsection
             7302      (5)(b).
             7303          (b) The costs allowed under Subsection (5)(a)(ii) shall include the public service
             7304      answering point's or local entity's costs for:
             7305          (i) acquisition, upgrade, modification, maintenance, and operation of public service
             7306      answering point equipment capable of receiving E-911 information;
             7307          (ii) database development, operation, and maintenance; and
             7308          (iii) personnel costs associated with establishing, installing, maintaining, and operating
             7309      wireless E-911 Phase I and Phase II services, including training emergency service personnel


             7310      regarding receipt and use of E-911 wireless service information and educating consumers
             7311      regarding the appropriate and responsible use of E-911 wireless service.
             7312          (6) A local entity that increases the levy it imposes under Subsection (3)(c) after the
             7313      2004 Annual General Session shall increase the levy to the maximum amount permitted by
             7314      Subsection (3)(c).
             7315          Section 163. Section 73-2-1 is amended to read:
             7316           73-2-1. State engineer -- Term -- Powers and duties -- Qualification for duties.
             7317          (1) There shall be a state engineer.
             7318          (2) The state engineer shall:
             7319          (a) be appointed by the governor with the consent of the Senate;
             7320          (b) hold office for the term of four years and until a successor is appointed; and
             7321          (c) have five years experience as a practical engineer or the theoretical knowledge,
             7322      practical experience, and skill necessary for the position.
             7323          (3) (a) The state engineer shall be responsible for the general administrative supervision
             7324      of the waters of the state and the measurement, appropriation, apportionment, and distribution
             7325      of those waters.
             7326          (b) The state engineer may secure the equitable apportionment and distribution of the
             7327      water according to the respective rights of appropriators.
             7328          (4) The state engineer shall make rules, in accordance with Title 63, Chapter 46a, Utah
             7329      Administrative Rulemaking Act, consistent with the purposes and provisions of this title,
             7330      regarding:
             7331          (a) reports of water right conveyances;
             7332          (b) the construction of water wells and the licensing of water well drillers;
             7333          (c) dam construction and safety;
             7334          (d) the alteration of natural streams;
             7335          (e) sewage effluent reuse;
             7336          (f) geothermal resource conservation; and
             7337          (g) enforcement orders and the imposition of fines and penalties.


             7338          (5) The state engineer may make rules, in accordance with Title 63, Chapter 46a, Utah
             7339      Administrative Rulemaking Act, consistent with the purposes and provisions of this title,
             7340      governing:
             7341          (a) water distribution systems and water commissioners;
             7342          (b) water measurement and reporting;
             7343          (c) ground-water recharge and recovery;
             7344          (d) the determination of water rights; and
             7345          (e) the form and content of applications and related documents, maps, and reports.
             7346          (6) The state engineer may bring suit in courts of competent jurisdiction to:
             7347          (a) enjoin the unlawful appropriation, diversion, and use of surface and underground
             7348      water without first seeking redress through the administrative process;
             7349          (b) prevent theft, waste, loss, or pollution of those waters;
             7350          (c) enable him to carry out the duties of his office; and
             7351          (d) enforce administrative orders and collect fines and penalties.
             7352          (7) The state engineer may:
             7353          (a) upon request from the board of trustees of an irrigation district under Title 17B,
             7354      Chapter 2a, Part 5, Irrigation District Act, or another local district under Title 17B, Limited
             7355      Purpose Local Government Entities - Local Districts, or a special service district under Title
             7356      [17A] 17D, Chapter [2, Part 13, Utah] 1, Special Service District Act, that operates an
             7357      irrigation water system, cause a water survey to be made of all lands proposed to be annexed to
             7358      the district in order to determine and allot the maximum amount of water that could be
             7359      beneficially used on the land, with a separate survey and allotment being made for each 40-acre
             7360      or smaller tract in separate ownership; and
             7361          (b) upon completion of the survey and allotment under Subsection (7)(a), file with the
             7362      district board a return of the survey and report of the allotment.
             7363          (8) (a) The state engineer may establish water distribution systems and define their
             7364      boundaries.
             7365          (b) The water distribution systems shall be formed in a manner that:


             7366          (i) secures the best protection to the water claimants; and
             7367          (ii) is the most economical for the state to supervise.
             7368          Section 164. Section 73-5-15 is amended to read:
             7369           73-5-15. Groundwater management plan.
             7370          (1) As used in this section:
             7371          (a) "Critical management area" means a groundwater basin in which the groundwater
             7372      withdrawals consistently exceed the safe yield.
             7373          (b) "Safe yield" means the amount of groundwater that can be withdrawn from a
             7374      groundwater basin over a period of time without exceeding the long-term recharge of the basin
             7375      or unreasonably affecting the basin's physical and chemical integrity.
             7376          (2) (a) The state engineer may regulate groundwater withdrawals within a specific
             7377      groundwater basin by adopting a groundwater management plan in accordance with this section
             7378      for any groundwater basin or aquifer or combination of hydrologically connected groundwater
             7379      basins or aquifers.
             7380          (b) The objectives of a groundwater management plan are to:
             7381          (i) limit groundwater withdrawals to safe yield;
             7382          (ii) protect the physical integrity of the aquifer; and
             7383          (iii) protect water quality.
             7384          (c) The state engineer shall adopt a groundwater management plan for a groundwater
             7385      basin if more than 1/3 of the water right owners in the groundwater basin request that the state
             7386      engineer adopt a groundwater management plan.
             7387          (3) (a) In developing a groundwater management plan, the state engineer may consider:
             7388          (i) the hydrology of the groundwater basin;
             7389          (ii) the physical characteristics of the groundwater basin;
             7390          (iii) the relationship between surface water and groundwater, including whether the
             7391      groundwater should be managed in conjunction with hydrologically connected surface waters;
             7392          (iv) the geographic spacing and location of groundwater withdrawals;
             7393          (v) water quality;


             7394          (vi) local well interference; and
             7395          (vii) other relevant factors.
             7396          (b) The state engineer shall base the provisions of a groundwater management plan on
             7397      the principles of prior appropriation.
             7398          (c) (i) The state engineer shall use the best available scientific method to determine safe
             7399      yield.
             7400          (ii) As hydrologic conditions change or additional information becomes available, safe
             7401      yield determinations made by the state engineer may be revised by following the procedures
             7402      listed in Subsection (5).
             7403          (4) (a) (i) Except as provided in Subsection (4)(b), the withdrawal of water from a
             7404      groundwater basin shall be limited to the basin's safe yield.
             7405          (ii) Before limiting withdrawals in a groundwater basin to safe yield, the state engineer
             7406      shall:
             7407          (A) determine the groundwater basin's safe yield; and
             7408          (B) adopt a groundwater management plan for the groundwater basin.
             7409          (iii) If the state engineer determines that groundwater withdrawals in a groundwater
             7410      basin exceed the safe yield, the state engineer shall regulate groundwater rights in that
             7411      groundwater basin based on the priority date of the water rights under the groundwater
             7412      management plan, unless a voluntary arrangement exists under Subsection (4)(c) that requires a
             7413      different distribution.
             7414          (b) When adopting a groundwater management plan for a critical management area, the
             7415      state engineer shall, based on economic and other impacts to an individual water user or a local
             7416      community caused by the implementation of safe yield limits on withdrawals, allow gradual
             7417      implementation of the groundwater management plan.
             7418          (c) (i) In consultation with the state engineer, water users in a groundwater basin may
             7419      agree to participate in a voluntary arrangement for managing withdrawals at any time, either
             7420      before or after a determination that groundwater withdrawals exceed the groundwater basin's
             7421      safe yield.


             7422          (ii) A voluntary arrangement under Subsection (4)(c)(i) shall be consistent with other
             7423      law.
             7424          (iii) The adoption of a voluntary arrangement under this Subsection (4)(c) by less than
             7425      all of the water users in a groundwater basin does not affect the rights of water users who do
             7426      not agree to the voluntary arrangement.
             7427          (5) To adopt a groundwater management plan, the state engineer shall:
             7428          (a) give notice as specified in Subsection (7) at least 30 days before the first public
             7429      meeting held in accordance with Subsection (5)(b):
             7430          (i) that the state engineer proposes to adopt a groundwater management plan;
             7431          (ii) describing generally the land area proposed to be included in the groundwater
             7432      management plan; and
             7433          (iii) stating the location, date, and time of each public meeting to be held in accordance
             7434      with Subsection (5)(b);
             7435          (b) hold one or more public meetings in the geographic area proposed to be included
             7436      within the groundwater management plan to:
             7437          (i) address the need for a groundwater management plan;
             7438          (ii) present any data, studies, or reports that the state engineer intends to consider in
             7439      preparing the groundwater management plan;
             7440          (iii) address safe yield and any other subject that may be included in the groundwater
             7441      management plan;
             7442          (iv) outline the estimated administrative costs, if any, that groundwater users are likely
             7443      to incur if the plan is adopted; and
             7444          (v) receive any public comments and other information presented at the public meeting,
             7445      including comments from any of the entities listed in Subsection (7)(a)(iii);
             7446          (c) receive and consider written comments concerning the proposed groundwater
             7447      management plan from any person for a period determined by the state engineer of not less than
             7448      60 days after the day on which the notice required by Subsection (5)(a) is given;
             7449          (d) (i) at least 60 days prior to final adoption of the groundwater management plan,


             7450      publish notice:
             7451          (A) that a draft of the groundwater management plan has been proposed; and
             7452          (B) specifying where a copy of the draft plan may be reviewed; and
             7453          (ii) promptly provide a copy of the draft plan in printed or electronic form to each of the
             7454      entities listed in Subsection (7)(a)(iii) that makes written request for a copy; and
             7455          (e) provide notice of the adoption of the groundwater management plan.
             7456          (6) A groundwater management plan shall become effective on the date notice of
             7457      adoption is completed under Subsection (7), or on a later date if specified in the plan.
             7458          (7) (a) A notice required by this section shall be:
             7459          (i) published once a week for two successive weeks in a newspaper of general
             7460      circulation in each county that encompasses a portion of the land area proposed to be included
             7461      within the groundwater management plan;
             7462          (ii) published conspicuously on the state engineer's Internet website; and
             7463          (iii) mailed to each of the following that has within its boundaries a portion of the land
             7464      area to be included within the proposed groundwater management plan:
             7465          (A) county;
             7466          (B) incorporated city or town;
             7467          (C) improvement district under Title 17B, Chapter 2a, Part 4, Improvement District
             7468      Act;
             7469          (D) service area, under Title 17B, Chapter 2a, Part 9, Service Area Act;
             7470          (E) drainage district, under Title 17B, Chapter 2a, Part 2, Drainage District Act;
             7471          (F) irrigation district, under Title 17B, Chapter 2a, Part 5, Irrigation District Act;
             7472          (G) metropolitan water district, under Title 17B, Chapter 2a, Part 6, Metropolitan
             7473      Water District Act;
             7474          (H) special service district providing water, sewer, drainage, or flood control services,
             7475      under Title [17A] 17D, Chapter [2, Part 13, Utah] 1, Special Service District Act;
             7476          (I) water conservancy district, under Title 17B, Chapter 2a, Part 10, Water
             7477      Conservancy District Act; and


             7478          (J) conservation district, under Title [17A] 17D, Chapter 3, [Part 8,] Conservation
             7479      [Districts] District Act.
             7480          (b) A notice required by this section is effective upon substantial compliance with
             7481      Subsections (7)(a)(i) through (iii).
             7482          (8) A groundwater management plan may be amended in the same manner as a
             7483      groundwater management plan may be adopted under this section.
             7484          (9) The existence of a groundwater management plan does not preclude any otherwise
             7485      eligible person from filing any application or challenging any decision made by the state engineer
             7486      within the affected groundwater basin.
             7487          (10) (a) A person aggrieved by a groundwater management plan may challenge any
             7488      aspect of the groundwater management plan by filing a complaint within 60 days after the
             7489      adoption of the groundwater management plan in the district court for any county in which the
             7490      groundwater basin is found.
             7491          (b) Notwithstanding Subsection (9), a person may challenge the components of a
             7492      groundwater management plan only in the manner provided by Subsection (10)(a).
             7493          (c) An action brought under this Subsection (10) is reviewed de novo by the district
             7494      court.
             7495          (d) A person challenging a groundwater management plan under this Subsection (10)
             7496      shall join the state engineer as a defendant in the action challenging the groundwater
             7497      management plan.
             7498          (e) (i) Within 30 days after the day on which a person files an action challenging any
             7499      aspect of a groundwater management plan under Subsection (10)(a), the person filing the action
             7500      shall publish notice of the action in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the
             7501      district court is located.
             7502          (ii) The notice required by Subsection (10)(e)(i) shall be published once a week for two
             7503      consecutive weeks.
             7504          (iii) The notice required by Subsection (10)(e)(i) shall:
             7505          (A) identify the groundwater management plan the person is challenging;


             7506          (B) identify the case number assigned by the district court;
             7507          (C) state that a person affected by the groundwater management plan may petition the
             7508      district court to intervene in the action challenging the groundwater management plan; and
             7509          (D) list the address for the clerk of the district court in which the action is filed.
             7510          (iv) (A) Any person affected by the groundwater management plan may petition to
             7511      intervene in the action within 60 days after the day on which notice is last published under
             7512      Subsections (10)(e)(i) and (ii).
             7513          (B) The district court's treatment of a petition to intervene under this Subsection
             7514      (10)(e)(iv) is governed by the Utah Rules of Civil Procedure.
             7515          (v) A district court in which an action is brought under Subsection (10)(a) shall
             7516      consolidate all actions brought under that Subsection and include in the consolidated action any
             7517      person whose petition to intervene is granted.
             7518          (11) A groundwater management plan adopted or amended in accordance with this
             7519      section is exempt from the requirements in Title 63, Chapter 46a, Utah Administrative
             7520      Rulemaking Act.
             7521          (12) Recharge and recovery projects permitted under Chapter 3b, Groundwater
             7522      Recharge and Recovery Act, are exempted from this section.
             7523          (13) Nothing in this section may be interpreted to require the development,
             7524      implementation, or consideration of a groundwater management plan as a prerequisite or
             7525      condition to the exercise of the state engineer's enforcement powers under other law, including
             7526      powers granted under Section 73-2-25 .
             7527          (14) A groundwater management plan adopted in accordance with this section may not
             7528      apply to the dewatering of a mine.
             7529          (15) (a) A groundwater management plan adopted by the state engineer before May 1,
             7530      2006, remains in force and has the same legal effect as it had on the day on which it was
             7531      adopted by the state engineer.
             7532          (b) If a groundwater management plan that existed before May 1, 2006, is amended on
             7533      or after May 1, 2006, the amendment is subject to this section's provisions.


             7534          Section 165. Section 73-10-21 is amended to read:
             7535           73-10-21. Loans for water systems -- Eligible projects.
             7536          This chapter shall apply to all eligible projects of incorporated cities and towns, local
             7537      districts under Title 17B, Limited Purpose Local Government Entities - Local Districts,
             7538      assessment areas under Title 11, Chapter 42, Assessment Area Act, and special service districts
             7539      under Title [17A] 17D, Chapter [2, Part 13, Utah] 1, Special Service District Act. Eligible
             7540      projects are those for the acquisition, improvement, or construction of water systems used for
             7541      the production, supply, transmission, storage, distribution, or treatment of water for cities,
             7542      towns, metropolitan water districts, water conservancy districts, improvement districts, special
             7543      improvement districts, or special service districts, or the improvement or extension of such
             7544      systems.
             7545          Section 166. Section 77-7-18 is amended to read:
             7546           77-7-18. Citation on misdemeanor or infraction charge.
             7547          A peace officer, in lieu of taking a person into custody, any public official of any county
             7548      or municipality charged with the enforcement of the law, a port-of-entry agent as defined in
             7549      Section 72-1-102 , an animal control officer of a special service district under Title 17D, Chapter
             7550      1, Special Service District Act, that is authorized to provide animal control service, and a
             7551      volunteer authorized to issue a citation under Section 41-6a-213 may issue and deliver a citation
             7552      requiring any person subject to arrest or prosecution on a misdemeanor or infraction charge to
             7553      appear at the court of the magistrate before whom the person should be taken pursuant to law if
             7554      the person had been arrested.
             7555          Section 167. Section 78B-4-509 is amended to read:
             7556           78B-4-509. Inherent risks of certain recreational activities -- Claim barred
             7557      against county or municipality -- No effect on duty or liability of person participating in
             7558      recreational activity or other person.
             7559          (1) As used in this section:
             7560          (a) "Inherent risks" means those dangers, conditions, and potentials for personal injury
             7561      or property damage that are an integral and natural part of participating in a recreational


             7562      activity.
             7563          (b) "Municipality" has the meaning as defined in Section 10-1-104 .
             7564          (c) "Person" includes an individual, regardless of age, maturity, ability, capability, or
             7565      experience, and a corporation, partnership, limited liability company, or any other form of
             7566      business enterprise.
             7567          (d) "Recreational activity" includes a rodeo, an equestrian activity, skateboarding,
             7568      skydiving, para gliding, hang gliding, roller skating, ice skating, fishing, hiking, walking,
             7569      running, jogging, bike riding, or in-line skating on property:
             7570          (i) owned, leased, or rented by, or otherwise made available to:
             7571          (A) with respect to a claim against a county, the county; and
             7572          (B) with respect to a claim against a municipality, the municipality; and
             7573          (ii) intended for the specific use in question.
             7574          (2) Notwithstanding anything in Sections 78B-5-817 through 78B-5-823 to the
             7575      contrary, no person may make a claim against or recover from any of the following entities for
             7576      personal injury or property damage resulting from any of the inherent risks of participating in a
             7577      recreational activity:
             7578          (a) a county, municipality, local district under Title 17B, Limited Purpose Local
             7579      Government Entities - Local Districts, or special service district under Title [17A] 17D, Chapter
             7580      [2, Part 13, Utah] 1, Special Service District Act[, or dependent district under Title 17A,
             7581      Chapter 3, Dependent Districts]; or
             7582          (b) the owner of property that is leased, rented, or otherwise made available to a
             7583      county, municipality, local district, or special service district[, or dependent district] for the
             7584      purpose of providing or operating a recreational activity.
             7585          (3) (a) Nothing in this section may be construed to relieve a person participating in a
             7586      recreational activity from an obligation that the person would have in the absence of this section
             7587      to exercise due care or from the legal consequences of a failure to exercise due care.
             7588          (b) Nothing in this section may be construed to relieve any other person from an
             7589      obligation that the person would have in the absence of this section to exercise due care or from


             7590      the legal consequences of a failure to exercise due care.
             7591          Section 168. Repealer.
             7592          This bill repeals:
             7593          Section 17A-2-1301, Short title.
             7594          Section 17A-2-1302, Definitions.
             7595          Section 17A-2-1303, Purpose.
             7596          Section 17A-2-1304, Establishing special service districts -- Improvement districts
             7597      within special service districts.
             7598          Section 17A-2-1305, Establishment of district by resolution based on motion or
             7599      petition.
             7600          Section 17A-2-1306, Resolution proposing district to include part of another
             7601      subdivision or district -- Action by governing body of other entity -- Jurisdiction on
             7602      approval.
             7603          Section 17A-2-1307, Notice of intention to establish district -- Hearing.
             7604          Section 17A-2-1308, Publication of notice.
             7605          Section 17A-2-1309, Protests -- Procedures -- Effect.
             7606          Section 17A-2-1310, Petition or protest -- Corporation or property held by more
             7607      than one person.
             7608          Section 17A-2-1311, Adoption of resolution -- Notice to lieutenant governor --
             7609      Judicial review.
             7610          Section 17A-2-1312, General obligation bonds authorized by petition of property
             7611      owners -- Contest.
             7612          Section 17A-2-1313, Service district as separate body politic -- Supervision and
             7613      control by governing authority.
             7614          Section 17A-2-1314, Rights, powers, and authority of special service district.
             7615          Section 17A-2-1315, Designation of assessment area by special service district.
             7616          Section 17A-2-1316, Borrowing power -- Issuance of bonds and notes -- Use of
             7617      proceeds.


             7618          Section 17A-2-1317, Bonds payable from taxes -- Limitations.
             7619          Section 17A-2-1318, Guaranteed bonds.
             7620          Section 17A-2-1319, Service district indebtedness not enforceable against state,
             7621      county, municipality, school district, other public corporations.
             7622          Section 17A-2-1320, Fees or charges -- Penalties for delinquencies.
             7623          Section 17A-2-1321, Delinquent fees and charges.
             7624          Section 17A-2-1322, Tax levy and bonds -- Approval by majority of electors voting
             7625      in election -- Procedure for election.
             7626          Section 17A-2-1323, Intent of Legislature regarding bond elections -- Validation of
             7627      elections.
             7628          Section 17A-2-1324, Effect of voter approval.
             7629          Section 17A-2-1325, Exceptions to election requirements.
             7630          Section 17A-2-1326, Administrative control board -- Powers -- Compensation.
             7631          Section 17A-2-1327, Adding additional services -- Annexing additional area --
             7632      Notice to lieutenant governor.
             7633          Section 17A-2-1328, Discontinuance of service.
             7634          Section 17A-2-1329, Dissolution of district -- Withdrawal of area from district --
             7635      Notice to lieutenant governor.
             7636          Section 17A-2-1330, Other districts not affected -- Election by other districts to
             7637      become service districts.
             7638          Section 17A-2-1331, Part controlling in conflict of laws.
             7639          Section 17A-2-1332, Validation of creation and prior actions of districts.
             7640          Section 17A-3-401, Short title.
             7641          Section 17A-3-402, Purpose.
             7642          Section 17A-3-403, Definitions.
             7643          Section 17A-3-404, Establishment of improvement district -- Tax levy -- Parking
             7644      and business improvement fund.
             7645          Section 17A-3-405, Resolution -- Petition.


             7646          Section 17A-3-406, Notice of intention to establish district -- Contents.
             7647          Section 17A-3-407, Publication or posting of notice.
             7648          Section 17A-3-408, Protests -- Hearing -- Abandonment.
             7649          Section 17A-3-409, Signature of petition or protest on behalf of business.
             7650          Section 17A-3-410, Resolution -- Contents -- Judicial review.
             7651          Section 17A-3-411, Funds of district -- Budget -- Collection -- Investment --
             7652      Expenditures.
             7653          Section 17A-3-412, Control of district by governing authority -- Administrative
             7654      board of directors -- Powers.
             7655          Section 17A-3-413, Disestablishment of districts -- Hearing -- Resolution.
             7656          Section 17A-3-414, Disestablishment of districts -- Disposition of assets and
             7657      liabilities.
             7658          Section 17A-3-801, Organization -- Petition.
             7659          Section 17A-3-802, Hearing -- Factors considered -- Action on petition -- Denial.
             7660          Section 17A-3-803, Consolidation, division, or termination of district -- Action on
             7661      petition.
             7662          Section 17A-3-804, Governing body of districts -- Candidates' qualifications --
             7663      Procedures -- Termination of office upon consolidation, division, or termination -- New
             7664      elections.
             7665          Section 17A-3-805, District a political subdivision -- Functions, powers, and duties.
             7666          Section 17A-3-806, Land use recommendations authorized.
             7667          Section 17A-3-807, District courts have jurisdiction.
             7668          Section 17A-3-1201, Districts for road improvements.
             7669          Section 17A-3-1202, Abutting property to bear cost -- Taxation.
             7670          Section 17A-3-1203, Notice of proposed tax -- Objections.
             7671          Section 17A-3-1204, Hearings.
             7672          Section 17A-3-1205, Tax becomes a lien.
             7673          Section 17A-3-1206, Manner of collecting -- Delinquencies.


             7674          Section 17A-3-1301, Short title.
             7675          Section 17A-3-1302, Declaration of legislative intent.
             7676          Section 17A-3-1303, Expenditure of public funds.
             7677          Section 17A-3-1304, Power of counties, cities, and towns.
             7678          Section 17A-3-1305, Existing powers to acquire private property not limited.
             7679          Section 17A-3-1306, Existing powers with respect to historic areas not limited.
             7680          Section 169. Coordinating S.B. 47 with H.B. 77 -- Technical amendments.
             7681          If this S.B. 47 and H.B. 77, Personal Property Tax Amendments, both pass, it is the
             7682      intent of the Legislature that the Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel, in
             7683      preparing the Utah Code database for publication, modify Subsection 59-2-924.2 (5) in H.B. 77
             7684      to read:
             7685          "(5) (a) This Subsection (5) applies to each county that:
             7686          (i) establishes a countywide special service district under Title 17D, Chapter 1, Special
             7687      Service District Act, to provide jail service, as provided in Subsection 17D-1-201 (10); and
             7688          (ii) levies a property tax on behalf of the special service district under Section
             7689      17D-1-105 .
             7690          (b) (i) The certified tax rate of each county to which this Subsection (5) applies shall be
             7691      decreased by the amount necessary to reduce county revenues by the same amount of revenues
             7692      that will be generated by the property tax imposed on behalf of the special service district.
             7693          (ii) Each decrease under Subsection (5)(b)(i) shall occur contemporaneously with the
             7694      levy on behalf of the special service district under Section 17D-1-105."


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