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H.B. 205 Enrolled

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WATER SOURCE PROTECTION AMENDMENTS
             2      2009 GENERAL SESSION
             3      STATE OF UTAH
             4      Chief Sponsor: Michael E. Noel
             5      Senate Sponsor: Stephen H. Urquhart
             6     
             7      LONG TITLE
             8      General Description:
             9          This bill amends a section relating to a water source protection ordinance.
             10      Highlighted Provisions:
             11          This bill:
             12          .    limits the requirement to adopt a water source protection ordinance to counties of
             13      the first or second class; and
             14          .    limits the authorization of a municipality to adopt a water source protection
             15      ordinance to municipalities located within a county of the first or second class.
             16      Monies Appropriated in this Bill:
             17          None
             18      Other Special Clauses:
             19          None
             20      Utah Code Sections Affected:
             21      AMENDS:
             22          19-4-113, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2008, Chapter 51
             23     
             24      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             25          Section 1. Section 19-4-113 is amended to read:
             26           19-4-113. Water source protection ordinance required.
             27          (1) (a) Before May 3, 2010, a first or second class county shall:
             28          (i) adopt an ordinance in compliance with this section after:
             29          (A) considering the rules established by the board to protect a watershed or water

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             30      source used by a public water system;
             31          (B) consulting with a wholesale water supplier or retail water supplier whose drinking
             32      water source is within the county's jurisdiction;
             33          (C) considering the effect of the proposed ordinance on:
             34          (I) agriculture production within an agricultural protection area created under Title 17,
             35      Chapter 41, Agriculture and Industrial Protection Areas; and
             36          (II) a manufacturing, industrial, or mining operation within the county's jurisdiction;
             37      and
             38          (D) holding a public hearing in accordance with Title 52, Chapter 4, Open and Public
             39      Meetings Act; and
             40          (ii) file a copy of the ordinance with the board.
             41          (b) A municipality in a first or second class county may adopt an ordinance that a first
             42      or second class county is required to adopt by this section by following the procedures and
             43      requirements of this section.
             44          (2) (a) A county ordinance adopted in accordance with this section applies to the
             45      incorporated and unincorporated areas of the county unless a municipality adopts an ordinance
             46      in accordance with this section.
             47          (b) A municipal ordinance adopted in accordance with this section supercedes, within
             48      the municipality's jurisdiction, a county ordinance adopted in accordance with this section.
             49          (3) An ordinance required or authorized by this section at a minimum shall:
             50          (a) designate a drinking water source protection zone in accordance with Subsection
             51      (4) for a groundwater source that is:
             52          (i) used by a public water system; and
             53          (ii) located within the county's or municipality's jurisdiction;
             54          (b) contain a zoning provision regulating the storage, handling, use, or production of a
             55      hazardous or toxic substance within a drinking water source protection zone designated under
             56      Subsection (3)(a); and
             57          (c) authorize a retail water supplier or wholesale water supplier to seek enforcement of

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             58      the ordinance provision required by Subsections (3)(a) and (b) in a district court located
             59      within the county or municipality if the county or municipality:
             60          (i) notifies the retail water supplier or wholesale water supplier within ten days of
             61      receiving notice of a violation of the ordinance that the county or municipality will not seek
             62      enforcement of the ordinance; or
             63          (ii) does not seek enforcement within two days of a notice of violation of the
             64      ordinance when the violation may cause irreparable harm to the groundwater source.
             65          (4) A county shall designate a drinking water source protection zone required by
             66      Subsection (3)(a) within:
             67          (a) a 100 foot radius from the groundwater source; and
             68          (b) a 250 day groundwater time of travel to the groundwater source if the supplier
             69      calculates the time of travel in the public water system's drinking water source protection plan
             70      in accordance with board rules.
             71          (5) A zoning provision required by Subsection (3)(b) is not subject to Subsection
             72      17-41-402 (3).
             73          (6) An ordinance authorized by Section 10-8-15 supercedes an ordinance required or
             74      authorized by this section to the extent that the ordinances conflict.
             75          (7) The board shall:
             76          (a) provide information, guidelines, and technical resources to a county or
             77      municipality preparing and implementing an ordinance in accordance with this section; and
             78          (b) report to the Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Interim Committee
             79      before November 30, 2010 on:
             80          (i) compliance with this section's requirement to adopt an ordinance to protect a public
             81      drinking water source; and
             82          (ii) the effectiveness of the ordinance in retaining state primacy in regulating drinking
             83      water.

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