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S.B. 1001

             1     

FOREST RESERVE FUND AMENDMENTS

             2     
2009 FIRST SPECIAL SESSION

             3     
STATE OF UTAH

             4     
Chief Sponsor: Ralph Okerlund

             5     
House Sponsor: Michael E. Noel

             6     
             7      LONG TITLE
             8      General Description:
             9          This bill amends provisions related to the Forest Reserve Fund.
             10      Highlighted Provisions:
             11          This bill:
             12          .    provides procedures for the state treasurer to use in apportioning Title III forest
             13      reserve funds to fire-related special service districts for special projects;
             14          .    clarifies that the services provided by a fire-related special service district may
             15      include emergency search and rescue, Firewise Communities programs, and the
             16      development of community wildfire protection plans; and
             17          .    makes technical changes.
             18      Monies Appropriated in this Bill:
             19          None
             20      Other Special Clauses:
             21          This bill provides an immediate effective date.
             22      Utah Code Sections Affected:
             23      AMENDS:
             24          17D-1-201, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2009, Chapter 8
             25          51-9-602, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2009, Chapter 8
             26          51-9-603, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2009, Chapter 8
             27     


             28      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             29          Section 1. Section 17D-1-201 is amended to read:
             30           17D-1-201. Services that a special service district may be created to provide.
             31          As provided in this part, a county or municipality may create a special service district to
             32      provide any combination of the following services:
             33          (1) water;
             34          (2) sewerage;
             35          (3) drainage;
             36          (4) flood control;
             37          (5) garbage collection and disposal;
             38          (6) health care;
             39          (7) transportation, including the receipt of federal secure rural school funds under
             40      Section 51-9-603 for the purposes of constructing, improving, repairing, or maintaining public
             41      roads;
             42          (8) recreation;
             43          (9) fire protection [and, if fire protection service is provided,], including:
             44          (a) emergency medical [or] services, ambulance [or both;] services, and search and
             45      rescue services, if fire protection service is also provided;
             46          (b) Firewise Communities programs and the development of community wildfire
             47      protection plans; and
             48          (c) the receipt of federal secure rural school funds as provided under Section 51-9-603
             49      for the purposes of carrying out Firewise Communities programs, developing community
             50      wildfire protection plans, and performing emergency services, including firefighting on federal
             51      land and other services authorized under this Subsection (9);
             52          (10) providing, operating, and maintaining correctional and rehabilitative facilities and
             53      programs for municipal, state, and other detainees and prisoners;
             54          (11) street lighting;
             55          (12) consolidated 911 and emergency dispatch;
             56          (13) animal shelter and control;
             57          (14) receiving federal mineral lease funds under Title 59, Chapter 21, Mineral Lease
             58      Funds, and expending those funds to provide construction and maintenance of public facilities,


             59      traditional governmental services, and planning, as a means for mitigating impacts from
             60      extractive mineral industries; and
             61          (15) in a county of the first class, extended police protection.
             62          Section 2. Section 51-9-602 is amended to read:
             63           51-9-602. Creation of fund -- County Road and School Fund from Forest
             64      Reserves.
             65          There is established a fund known as the "County Road and School Fund from Forest
             66      Reserves," comprised of:
             67          (1) monies which shall come into the hands of the state treasurer from the United
             68      States under the Act of May 23, 1908, 16 U.S.C. Sec. 500 et seq. and all acts amendatory
             69      thereof and supplementary thereto; and
             70          (2) monies paid under the act described in Subsection (1) that:
             71          (a) have come into the hands of the state treasurer; and
             72          (b) (i) the state treasurer [has not yet] had not apportioned to counties [at the time the
             73      2009 amendment to this section becomes effective.] as of February 24, 2009; or
             74          (ii) were apportioned to a county by the state treasurer, but were returned by the county
             75      to the state treasurer on or before June 1, 2009.
             76          Section 3. Section 51-9-603 is amended to read:
             77           51-9-603. Apportionment by the county legislative body.
             78          The state treasurer shall, within a reasonable time after receipt of the monies:
             79          (1) apportion monies that the United States determines shall be allocated to each
             80      county for special projects[; and] for deposit in one or more of the following, as directed by the
             81      legislative body of the county:
             82          (a) the county's general fund; or
             83          (b) one or more special service districts, provided that each special service district
             84      receiving monies:
             85          (i) is established by the county under Title 17D, Chapter 1, Special Service District
             86      Act; and
             87          (ii) has as part of its functions the purpose of:
             88          (A) carrying out the Firewise Communities program;
             89          (B) developing community wildfire protection plans; or


             90          (C) performing emergency services on federal land such as search and rescue or
             91      firefighting; and
             92          (2) apportion the remaining net amount of the monies to each county that is entitled to
             93      receive funds as follows:
             94          (a) 50% to the school districts of the county, according to the number of school
             95      children residing in each district that are over the age of six and under the age of 18; and
             96          (b) 50% to the following, as directed by the county legislative body:
             97          (i) the general fund of the county; or
             98          (ii) one or more special service districts, provided that each special service district
             99      receiving monies:
             100          (A) is established by the county under Title 17D, Chapter 1, Special Service District
             101      Act; and
             102          (B) has as one of its functions the purpose of constructing, improving, repairing, or
             103      maintaining public roads.
             104          Section 4. Effective date.
             105          If approved by two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, this bill takes effect
             106      upon approval by the governor, or the day following the constitutional time limit of Utah
             107      Constitution Article VII, Section 8, without the governor's signature, or in the case of a veto,
             108      the date of veto override.




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