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First Substitute S.B. 168

Senator Dennis E. Stowell proposes the following substitute bill:


             1     
HIGHWAY FUNDING AMENDMENTS

             2     
2008 GENERAL SESSION

             3     
STATE OF UTAH

             4     
Chief Sponsor: Dennis E. Stowell

             5     
House Sponsor: Rebecca D. Lockhart

             6     
             7      LONG TITLE
             8      General Description:
             9          This bill modifies the Transportation Code by amending provisions relating to highway
             10      funding.
             11      Highlighted Provisions:
             12          This bill:
             13          .    provides that $500,000 of the 30% appropriated from the Transportation Fund to the
             14      class B and class C roads account shall be transferred to the Department of
             15      Transportation to be used as nonlapsing dedicated credits for the State Park Access
             16      Highways Improvement Program;
             17          .    amends apportionment provisions for the distribution of class B and class C roads
             18      account funds; and
             19          .    makes technical changes.
             20      Monies Appropriated in this Bill:
             21          None
             22      Other Special Clauses:
             23          This bill takes effect on July 1, 2008.
             24      Utah Code Sections Affected:
             25      AMENDS:


             26          72-2-107, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 126
             27          72-2-108, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 126
             28     
             29      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             30          Section 1. Section 72-2-107 is amended to read:
             31           72-2-107. Appropriation from Transportation Fund -- Deposit in class B and
             32      class C roads account.
             33          (1) There is appropriated to the department from the Transportation Fund annually an
             34      amount equal to 30% of an amount which the director of finance shall compute in the
             35      following manner: The total revenue deposited into the Transportation Fund during the fiscal
             36      year from state highway-user taxes and fees, minus:
             37          (a) those amounts appropriated or transferred from the Transportation Fund during the
             38      same fiscal year to:
             39          (i) the Department of Public Safety;
             40          (ii) the State Tax Commission;
             41          (iii) the Division of Finance;
             42          (iv) the Utah Travel Council; and
             43          (v) any other amounts appropriated or transferred for any other state agencies not a part
             44      of the department; and
             45          (b) the amount of sales and use tax revenue deposited in the Transportation Fund in
             46      accordance with Subsection 59-12-103 (6).
             47          (2) [All] (a) Except as provided in Subsection (2)(b), all of this money shall be placed
             48      in an account to be known as the class B and class C roads account to be used as provided in
             49      this title.
             50          (b) The director of finance shall annually transfer $500,000 of the amount calculated
             51      under Subsection (1) to the department as nonlapsing dedicated credits for the State Park
             52      Access Highways Improvement Program created in Section 72-3-207 .
             53          (3) Each quarter of every year the director of finance shall make the necessary
             54      accounting entries to transfer the money appropriated under this section to the class B and class
             55      C roads account.
             56          (4) The funds in the class B and class C roads account shall be expended under the


             57      direction of the department as the Legislature shall provide.
             58          Section 2. Section 72-2-108 is amended to read:
             59           72-2-108. Apportionment of funds available for use on class B and class C roads
             60      -- Bonds.
             61          (1) For purposes of this section:
             62          (a) "Graveled road" means a road:
             63          (i) that is:
             64          (A) graded; and
             65          (B) drained by transverse drainage systems to prevent serious impairment of the road
             66      by surface water;
             67          (ii) that has an improved surface; and
             68          (iii) that has a wearing surface made of:
             69          (A) gravel;
             70          (B) broken stone;
             71          (C) slag;
             72          (D) iron ore;
             73          (E) shale; or
             74          (F) other material that is:
             75          (I) similar to a material described in Subsection (1)(a)(iii)(A) through (E); and
             76          (II) coarser than sand.
             77          (b) "Paved road" includes a graveled road with a chip seal surface.
             78          (c) "Road mile" means a one-mile length of road, regardless of:
             79          (i) the width of the road; or
             80          (ii) the number of lanes into which the road is divided.
             81          (d) "Weighted mileage" means the sum of the following:
             82          (i) paved road miles multiplied by five;
             83          (ii) graveled road miles multiplied by two; and
             84          (iii) all other road type road miles multiplied by one.
             85          (2) Subject to the provisions of Subsections (3) through (5), funds in the class B and
             86      class C roads account shall be apportioned among counties and municipalities in the following
             87      manner:


             88          (a) 50% in the ratio that the class B roads weighted mileage within each county and
             89      class C roads weighted mileage within each municipality bear to the total class B and class C
             90      roads weighted mileage within the state; and
             91          (b) 50% in the ratio that the population of a county or municipality bears to the total
             92      population of the state as of the last official federal census or the United States Bureau of
             93      Census estimate, whichever is most recent, except that if population estimates are not available
             94      from the United States Bureau of Census, population figures shall be derived from the estimate
             95      from the Utah Population Estimates Committee.
             96          (3) For purposes of Subsection (2)(b), "the population of a county" means:
             97          (a) the population of a county outside the corporate limits of municipalities in that
             98      county, if the population of the county outside the corporate limits of municipalities in that
             99      county is not less than 14% of the total population of that county, including municipalities; and
             100          (b) if the population of a county outside the corporate limits of municipalities in the
             101      county is less than 14% of the total population:
             102          (i) the aggregate percentage of the population apportioned to municipalities in that
             103      county shall be reduced by an amount equal to the difference between:
             104          (A) 14%; and
             105          (B) the actual percentage of population outside the corporate limits of municipalities in
             106      that county; and
             107          (ii) the population apportioned to the county shall be 14% of the total population of
             108      that county, including incorporated municipalities.
             109          (4) (a) If an apportionment under Subsection (2) to a county or municipality with a
             110      population of less than [10,000] 14,000 is less than 120% of the amount apportioned to the
             111      county or municipality from the class B and class C roads account for fiscal year 1996-97, the
             112      department shall:
             113          (i) reapportion the funds under Subsection (2) to ensure that the county or municipality
             114      receives an amount equal to 120% of the amount apportioned to the county or municipality
             115      from the class B and class C roads account for fiscal year 1996-97; and
             116          (ii) decrease proportionately as provided in Subsection (4)(b) the apportionments to
             117      counties and municipalities for which the reapportionment under Subsection (4)(a)(i) does not
             118      apply.


             119          (b) The aggregate amount of the funds that the department shall decrease
             120      proportionately from the apportionments under Subsection (4)(a)(ii) is an amount equal to the
             121      aggregate amount reapportioned to counties and municipalities under Subsection (4)(a)(i).
             122          (5) (a) [(i)] In addition to the apportionment adjustments made under Subsection (4), a
             123      county or municipality that qualifies for reapportioned monies under Subsection (4)(a)(i) shall
             124      receive the percentage change in the class B and class C roads account compounded annually
             125      beginning in fiscal year 2006-07.
             126          [(ii) Any percentage increase calculated under Subsection (5)(a)(i) may not include any
             127      increases from increases in fees or tax rates.]
             128          (b) The adjustment under Subsection (5)(a) shall be made in the same way as provided
             129      in Subsection (4)(a)(ii) and (b).
             130          (6) The governing body of any municipality or county may issue bonds redeemable up
             131      to a period of ten years under Title 11, Chapter 14, Local Government Bonding Act, to pay the
             132      costs of constructing, repairing, and maintaining class B or class C roads and may pledge class
             133      B or class C road funds received pursuant to this section to pay principal, interest, premiums,
             134      and reserves for the bonds.
             135          Section 3. Effective date.
             136          This bill takes effect on July 1, 2008.


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