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COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND RENEWAL AGENCY

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AMENDMENTS

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2010 GENERAL SESSION

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STATE OF UTAH

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Chief Sponsor: Curtis S. Bramble

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House Sponsor: Rebecca D. Lockhart

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             8      LONG TITLE
             9      General Description:
             10          This bill amends Community Development and Renewal Agencies provisions.
             11      Highlighted Provisions:
             12          This bill:
             13          .    defines terms;
             14          .    amends a public entity's authority to assist with a project;
             15          .    amends notice requirements;
             16          .    amends provisions relating to the payment of tax increment;
             17          .    authorizes, in certain circumstances, an agency to loan tax increment from one
             18      project area fund to another project area fund;
             19          .    amends provisions related to funds allocated for housing;
             20          .    requires, in certain circumstances, a licensed attorney to certify a project area
             21      budget;
             22          .    prohibits, in certain circumstances, a person from contesting a project area budget
             23      or an amendment to a project area budget;
             24          .    permits a successor taxing entity to enforce a resolution or interlocal agreement;
             25          .    prohibits, in certain circumstances, a person from contesting a resolution or
             26      interlocal agreement adopted by a taxing entity or public entity; and
             27          .    makes technical corrections.
             28      Monies Appropriated in this Bill:
             29          None


             30      Other Special Clauses:
             31          None
             32      Utah Code Sections Affected:
             33      AMENDS:
             34          9-4-704, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2008, Chapter 382
             35          10-3-1303, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2008, Chapter 382
             36          11-25-3, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2006, Chapter 359
             37          11-27-2, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2008, Chapter 360
             38          17C-1-101, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 2006, Chapter 359
             39          17C-1-102, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2009, Chapter 387
             40          17C-1-207, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2009, Chapter 387
             41          17C-1-303, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 2006, Chapter 359
             42          17C-1-401, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2009, Chapter 387
             43          17C-1-409, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2009, Chapter 387
             44          17C-1-412, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2009, Chapter 387
             45          17C-2-108, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2009, Chapter 388
             46          17C-2-110, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2009, Chapter 387
             47          17C-2-201, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2009, Chapter 387
             48          17C-2-206, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 2006, Chapter 359
             49          17C-2-502, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 2006, Chapter 359
             50          17C-3-107, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2009, Chapter 388
             51          17C-3-109, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2009, Chapter 387
             52          17C-3-201, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2009, Chapter 387
             53          17C-3-205, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2006, Chapter 359
             54          17C-3-402, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2006, Chapter 359
             55          17C-4-201, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2009, Chapter 387
             56          17C-4-202, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2009, Chapters 387 and 388
             57          17C-4-402, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2006, Chapter 359


             58          59-2-924.2, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2009, Chapter 218
             59          72-1-208, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 329
             60     
             61      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             62          Section 1. Section 9-4-704 is amended to read:
             63           9-4-704. Distribution of fund moneys.
             64          (1) The executive director shall:
             65          (a) make grants and loans from the fund for any of the activities authorized by Section
             66      9-4-705 , as directed by the board;
             67          (b) establish the criteria with the approval of the board by which loans and grants will
             68      be made; and
             69          (c) determine with the approval of the board the order in which projects will be
             70      funded.
             71          (2) The executive director shall distribute, as directed by the board, any federal
             72      moneys contained in the fund according to the procedures, conditions, and restrictions placed
             73      upon the use of those moneys by the federal government.
             74          (3) (a) The executive director shall distribute, as directed by the board, any funds
             75      received pursuant to Section 17C-1-412 to pay the costs of providing income targeted housing
             76      within the community that created the community development and renewal agency under
             77      Title 17C, Limited Purpose Local Government Entities - Community Development and
             78      Renewal Agencies Act.
             79          (b) As used in Subsection (3)(a):
             80          (i) "Community" has the meaning as defined in Section 17C-1-102 .
             81          (ii) "Income targeted housing" has the meaning as defined in Section 17C-1-102 .
             82          (4) Except federal money and money received under Section 17C-1-412 , the
             83      executive director shall distribute, as directed by the board, all other moneys from the fund
             84      according to the following requirements:
             85          (a) Not less than 30% of all fund moneys shall be distributed to rural areas of the state.


             86          (b) At least 50% of the moneys in the fund shall be distributed as loans to be repaid to
             87      the fund by the entity receiving them.
             88          (i) (A) Of the fund moneys distributed as loans, at least 50% shall be distributed to
             89      benefit persons whose annual income is at or below 50% of the median family income for the
             90      state.
             91          (B) The remaining loan moneys shall be distributed to benefit persons whose annual
             92      income is at or below 80% of the median family income for the state.
             93          (ii) The executive director or the executive director's designee shall lend moneys in
             94      accordance with this Subsection (4) at a rate based upon the borrower's ability to pay.
             95          (c) Any fund moneys not distributed as loans shall be distributed as grants.
             96          (i) At least 90% of the fund moneys distributed as grants shall be distributed to benefit
             97      persons whose annual income is at or below 50% of the median family income for the state.
             98          (ii) The remaining fund moneys distributed as grants may be used by the executive
             99      director to obtain federal matching funds or for other uses consistent with the intent of this
             100      part, including the payment of reasonable loan servicing costs, but no more than 3% of the
             101      revenues of the fund may be used to offset other department or board administrative expenses.
             102          (5) The executive director may with the approval of the board:
             103          (a) enact rules to establish procedures for the grant and loan process by following the
             104      procedures and requirements of Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act;
             105      and
             106          (b) service or contract, pursuant to Title 63G, Chapter 6, Utah Procurement Code, for
             107      the servicing of loans made by the fund.
             108          Section 2. Section 10-3-1303 is amended to read:
             109           10-3-1303. Definitions.
             110          As used in this part:
             111          (1) "Appointed officer" means any person appointed to any statutory office or position
             112      or any other person appointed to any position of employment with a city or with a community
             113      development and renewal agency under Title 17C, Limited Purpose Local Government Entities


             114      - Community Development and Renewal Agencies Act. Appointed officers include, but are
             115      not limited to, persons serving on special, regular, or full-time committees, agencies, or boards
             116      whether or not such persons are compensated for their services. The use of the word "officer"
             117      in this part is not intended to make appointed persons or employees "officers" of the
             118      municipality.
             119          (2) "Assist" means to act, or offer or agree to act, in such a way as to help, represent,
             120      aid, advise, furnish information to, or otherwise provide assistance to a person or business
             121      entity, believing that such action is of help, aid, advice, or assistance to such person or
             122      business entity and with the intent to assist such person or business entity.
             123          (3) "Business entity" means a sole proprietorship, partnership, association, joint
             124      venture, corporation, firm, trust, foundation, or other organization or entity used in carrying on
             125      a business.
             126          (4) "Compensation" means anything of economic value, however designated, which is
             127      paid, loaned, granted, given, donated, or transferred to any person or business entity by anyone
             128      other than the governmental employer for or in consideration of personal services, materials,
             129      property, or any other thing whatsoever.
             130          (5) "Elected officer" means any person elected or appointed to the office of mayor,
             131      commissioner, or council member.
             132          (6) "Improper disclosure" means disclosure of private, controlled, or protected
             133      information to any person who does not have both the right and the need to receive the
             134      information.
             135          (7) "Municipal employee" means a person who is not an elected or appointed officer
             136      who is employed on a full or part-time basis by a municipality or by a community
             137      development and renewal agency under Title 17C, Limited Purpose Local Government Entities
             138      - Community Development and Renewal Agencies Act.
             139          (8) "Private, controlled, or protected information" means information classified as
             140      private, controlled, or protected under Title 63G, Chapter 2, Government Records Access and
             141      Management Act or other applicable provision of law.


             142          (9) "Substantial interest" means the ownership, either legally or equitably, by an
             143      individual, the individual's spouse, or the individual's minor children, of at least 10% of the
             144      outstanding shares of a corporation or 10% interest in any other business entity.
             145          Section 3. Section 11-25-3 is amended to read:
             146           11-25-3. Definitions.
             147          As used in this [act] chapter:
             148          (1) "Bonds" mean any bonds, notes, interim certificates, debentures, or other
             149      obligations issued by an agency pursuant to this part and which are payable exclusively from
             150      the revenues, as defined in Subsection (9), and from any other funds specified in this part
             151      upon which the bonds may be made a charge and from which they are payable.
             152          (2) (a) "Citizen participation" means action by the agency to provide persons who will
             153      be affected by residential rehabilitation financed under the provisions of this part with
             154      opportunities to be involved in planning and carrying out the residential rehabilitation
             155      program. "Citizen participation" shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following:
             156          [(a)] (i) Holding a public meeting prior to considering selection of the area for
             157      designation.
             158          [(b)] (ii) Consultation with representatives of owners of property in, and residents of, a
             159      residential rehabilitation area, in developing plans for public improvements and
             160      implementation of the residential rehabilitation program.
             161          [(c)] (iii) Dissemination of information relating to the time and location of meetings,
             162      boundaries of the proposed residential rehabilitation area, and a general description of the
             163      proposed residential rehabilitation program.
             164          (b) (i) Public meetings and consultations described in Subsection (2)(a) shall be
             165      conducted by an official designated by the agency.
             166          (ii) Public meetings shall be held at times and places convenient to residents and
             167      property owners.
             168          (3) "Financing" means the lending of moneys or any other thing of value for the
             169      purpose of residential rehabilitation.


             170          (4) "Agency" means a community development and renewal agency functioning
             171      pursuant to Title 17C, Limited Purpose Local Government Entities - Community Development
             172      and Renewal Agencies Act.
             173          (5) "Participating party" means any person, company, corporation, partnership, firm,
             174      agency, political subdivision of the state, or other entity or group of entities requiring
             175      financing for residential rehabilitation pursuant to the provisions of this part. No elective
             176      officer of the state or any of its political subdivisions shall be eligible to be a participating
             177      party under the provision of this part.
             178          (6) "Residential rehabilitation" means the construction, reconstruction, renovation,
             179      replacement, extension, repair, betterment, equipping, developing, embellishing, or otherwise
             180      improving residences consistent with standards of strength, effectiveness, fire resistance,
             181      durability, and safety, so that the structures are satisfactory and safe to occupy for residential
             182      purposes and are not conducive to ill health, transmission of disease, infant mortality, juvenile
             183      delinquency, or crime because of any one or more of the following factors:
             184          (a) defective design and character of physical construction;
             185          (b) faulty interior arrangement and exterior spacing;
             186          (c) high density of population and overcrowding;
             187          (d) inadequate provision for ventilation, light, sanitation, open spaces, and recreation
             188      facilities;
             189          (e) age, obsolescence, deterioration, dilapidation, mixed character, or shifting of uses;
             190      and
             191          (f) economic dislocation, deterioration, or disuse, resulting from faulty planning.
             192          (7) "Residence" means a residential structure in residential rehabilitation areas. It also
             193      means a commercial structure which, in the judgment of the agency, is an integral part of a
             194      residential neighborhood.
             195          (8) "Rehabilitation standards" mean the applicable local or state standards for the
             196      rehabilitation of buildings located in residential rehabilitation areas, including any higher
             197      standards adopted by the agency as part of its residential rehabilitation financing program.


             198          (9) "Revenues" mean all amounts received as repayment of principal, interest, and all
             199      other charges received for, and all other income and receipts derived by, the agency from the
             200      financing of residential rehabilitation, including moneys deposited in a sinking, redemption, or
             201      reserve fund or other fund to secure the bonds or to provide for the payment of the principal
             202      of, or interest on, the bonds and such other moneys as the legislative body may, in its
             203      discretion, make available therefor.
             204          (10) "Residential rehabilitation area" means the geographical area designated by the
             205      agency as one for inclusion in a comprehensive residential rehabilitation financing program
             206      pursuant to the provisions of this [act] chapter.
             207          Section 4. Section 11-27-2 is amended to read:
             208           11-27-2. Definitions.
             209          As used in this chapter:
             210          (1) "Advance refunding bonds" means refunding bonds issued for the purpose of
             211      refunding outstanding bonds in advance of their maturity.
             212          (2) "Assessments" means a special tax levied against property within a special
             213      improvement district to pay all or a portion of the costs of making improvements in the
             214      district.
             215          (3) "Bond" means any revenue bond, general obligation bond, tax increment bond,
             216      special improvement bond, local building authority bond, or refunding bond.
             217          (4) "General obligation bond" means any bond, note, warrant, certificate of
             218      indebtedness, or other obligation of a public body payable in whole or in part from revenues
             219      derived from ad valorem taxes and that constitutes an indebtedness within the meaning of any
             220      applicable constitutional or statutory debt limitation.
             221          (5) "Governing body" means the council, commission, county legislative body, board
             222      of directors, board of trustees, board of education, board of regents, or other legislative body of
             223      a public body designated in this chapter that is vested with the legislative powers of the public
             224      body, and, with respect to the state, the State Bonding Commission created by Section
             225      63B-1-201 .


             226          (6) "Government obligations" means:
             227          (a) direct obligations of the United States of America, or other securities, the principal
             228      of and interest on which are unconditionally guaranteed by the United States of America; or
             229          (b) obligations of any state, territory, or possession of the United States, or of any of
             230      the political subdivisions of any state, territory, or possession of the United States, or of the
             231      District of Columbia described in Section 103(a), Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
             232          (7) "Issuer" means the public body issuing any bond or bonds.
             233          (8) "Public body" means the state or any agency, authority, instrumentality, or
             234      institution of the state, or any municipal or quasi-municipal corporation, political subdivision,
             235      agency, school district, local district, special service district, or other governmental entity now
             236      or hereafter existing under the laws of the state.
             237          (9) "Refunding bonds" means bonds issued under the authority of this chapter for the
             238      purpose of refunding outstanding bonds.
             239          (10) "Resolution" means a resolution of the governing body of a public body taking
             240      formal action under this chapter.
             241          (11) "Revenue bond" means any bond, note, warrant, certificate of indebtedness, or
             242      other obligation for the payment of money issued by a public body or any predecessor of any
             243      public body and that is payable from designated revenues not derived from ad valorem taxes
             244      or from a special fund composed of revenues not derived from ad valorem taxes, but excluding
             245      all of the following:
             246          (a) any obligation constituting an indebtedness within the meaning of any applicable
             247      constitutional or statutory debt limitation;
             248          (b) any obligation issued in anticipation of the collection of taxes, where the entire
             249      issue matures not later than one year from the date of the issue; and
             250          (c) any special improvement bond.
             251          (12) "Special improvement bond" means any bond, note, warrant, certificate of
             252      indebtedness, or other obligation of a public body or any predecessor of any public body that
             253      is payable from assessments levied on benefitted property and from any special improvement


             254      guaranty fund.
             255          (13) "Special improvement guaranty fund" means any special improvement guaranty
             256      fund established under Title 10, Chapter 6, Uniform Fiscal Procedures Act for Utah Cities;
             257      Title 11, Chapter 42, Assessment Area Act; or any predecessor or similar statute.
             258          (14) "Tax increment bond" means any bond, note, warrant, certificate of indebtedness,
             259      or other obligation of a public body issued under authority of Title 17C, Limited Purpose
             260      Local Government Entities - Community Development and Renewal Agencies Act.
             261          Section 5. Section 17C-1-101 is amended to read:
             262     
TITLE 17C. LIMITED PURPOSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ENTITIES -

             263     
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND RENEWAL AGENCIES ACT

             264           17C-1-101. Title.
             265          This title is known as the "Limited Purpose Local Government Entities - Community
             266      Development and Renewal Agencies Act."
             267          Section 6. Section 17C-1-102 is amended to read:
             268           17C-1-102. Definitions.
             269          As used in this title:
             270          (1) "Adjusted tax increment" means:
             271          (a) for tax increment under a pre-July 1, 1993 project area plan, tax increment under
             272      Section 17C-1-403 , excluding tax increment under Subsection 17C-1-403 (3); and
             273          (b) for tax increment under a post-June 30, 1993 project area plan, tax increment
             274      under Section 17C-1-404 , excluding tax increment under Section 17C-1-406 .
             275          (2) "Affordable housing" means housing to be owned or occupied by persons and
             276      families of low or moderate income, as determined by resolution of the agency.
             277          (3) "Agency" or "community development and renewal agency" means a separate body
             278      corporate and politic, created under Section 17C-1-201 or as a redevelopment agency under
             279      previous law, that is a political subdivision of the state, that is created to undertake or promote
             280      urban renewal, economic development, or community development, or any combination of
             281      them, as provided in this title, and whose geographic boundaries are coterminous with:


             282          (a) for an agency created by a county, the unincorporated area of the county; and
             283          (b) for an agency created by a city or town, the boundaries of the city or town.
             284          (4) "Annual income" has the meaning as defined under regulations of the U.S.
             285      Department of Housing and Urban Development, 24 C.F.R. Sec. 5.609, as amended or as
             286      superseded by replacement regulations.
             287          (5) "Assessment roll" has the meaning as defined in Section 59-2-102 .
             288          (6) "Base taxable value" means:
             289          (a) for an urban renewal or economic development project area, the taxable value of
             290      the property within a project area from which tax increment will be collected, as shown upon
             291      the assessment roll last equalized before:
             292          (i) for a pre-July 1, 1993 project area plan, the effective date of the project area plan;
             293          (ii) for a post-June 30, 1993 project area plan:
             294          (A) the date of the taxing entity committee's approval of the first project area budget;
             295      or
             296          (B) if no taxing entity committee approval is required for the project area budget, the
             297      later of:
             298          (I) the date the project area plan is adopted by the community legislative body; and
             299          (II) the date the agency adopts the first project area budget;
             300          (iii) for a project on an inactive industrial site, a year after the date on which the
             301      inactive industrial site is sold for remediation and development; or
             302          (iv) for a project on an inactive airport site, a year after the later of:
             303          (A) the date on which the inactive airport site is sold for remediation and
             304      development; and
             305          (B) the date on which the airport that had been operated on the inactive airport site
             306      ceased operations; and
             307          (b) for a community development project area, the agreed value specified in a
             308      resolution or interlocal agreement under Subsection 17C-4-201 (2).
             309          (7) "Basic levy" means the portion of a school district's tax levy constituting the


             310      minimum basic levy under Section 59-2-902 .
             311          (8) "Blight" or "blighted" means the condition of an area that meets the requirements
             312      of Subsection 17C-2-303 (1).
             313          (9) "Blight hearing" means a public hearing under Subsection 17C-2-102 (1)(a)(i)(C)
             314      and Section 17C-2-302 regarding the existence or nonexistence of blight within the proposed
             315      urban renewal project area.
             316          (10) "Blight study" means a study to determine the existence or nonexistence of blight
             317      within a survey area as provided in Section 17C-2-301 .
             318          (11) "Board" means the governing body of an agency, as provided in Section
             319      17C-1-203 .
             320          (12) "Budget hearing" means the public hearing on a draft project area budget
             321      required under Subsection 17C-2-201 (2)(d) for an urban renewal project area budget or
             322      Subsection 17C-3-201 (2)(d) for an economic development project area budget.
             323          (13) "Combined incremental value" means the combined total of all incremental
             324      values from all urban renewal project areas, except project areas that contain some or all of a
             325      military installation or inactive industrial site, within the agency's boundaries under adopted
             326      project area plans and adopted project area budgets at the time that a project area budget for a
             327      new urban renewal project area is being considered.
             328          (14) "Community" means a county, city, or town.
             329          (15) "Community development" means development activities within a community,
             330      including the encouragement, promotion, or provision of development.
             331          (16) "Economic development" means to promote the creation or retention of public or
             332      private jobs within the state through:
             333          (a) planning, design, development, construction, rehabilitation, business relocation, or
             334      any combination of these, within a community; and
             335          (b) the provision of office, industrial, manufacturing, warehousing, distribution,
             336      parking, public, or other facilities, or other improvements that benefit the state or a
             337      community.


             338          (17) "Fair share ratio" means the ratio derived by:
             339          (a) for a city or town, comparing the percentage of all housing units within the city or
             340      town that are publicly subsidized income targeted housing units to the percentage of all
             341      housing units within the whole county that are publicly subsidized income targeted housing
             342      units; or
             343          (b) for the unincorporated part of a county, comparing the percentage of all housing
             344      units within the unincorporated county that are publicly subsidized income targeted housing
             345      units to the percentage of all housing units within the whole county that are publicly
             346      subsidized income targeted housing units.
             347          (18) "Family" has the meaning as defined under regulations of the U.S. Department of
             348      Housing and Urban Development, 24 C.F.R. Section 5.403, as amended or as superseded by
             349      replacement regulations.
             350          (19) "Greenfield" means land not developed beyond agricultural or forestry use.
             351          (20) "Hazardous waste" means any substance defined, regulated, or listed as a
             352      hazardous substance, hazardous material, hazardous waste, toxic waste, pollutant,
             353      contaminant, or toxic substance, or identified as hazardous to human health or the
             354      environment, under state or federal law or regulation.
             355          (21) "Housing funds" means the funds allocated in an urban renewal project area
             356      budget under Section 17C-2-203 for the purposes provided in Subsection 17C-1-412 (1).
             357          (22) (a) "Inactive airport site" means land that:
             358          (i) consists of at least 100 acres;
             359          (ii) is occupied by an airport:
             360          (A) (I) that is no longer in operation as an airport; or
             361          (II) (Aa) that is scheduled to be decommissioned; and
             362          (Bb) for which a replacement commercial service airport is under construction; and
             363          (B) that is owned or was formerly owned and operated by a public entity; and
             364          (iii) requires remediation because:
             365          (A) of the presence of hazardous waste or solid waste; or


             366          (B) the site lacks sufficient public infrastructure and facilities, including public roads,
             367      electric service, water system, and sewer system, needed to support development of the site.
             368          (b) "Inactive airport site" includes a perimeter of up to 2,500 feet around the land
             369      described in Subsection (22)(a).
             370          (23) (a) "Inactive industrial site" means land that:
             371          (i) consists of at least 1,000 acres;
             372          (ii) is occupied by an inactive or abandoned factory, smelter, or other heavy industrial
             373      facility; and
             374          (iii) requires remediation because of the presence of hazardous waste or solid waste.
             375          (b) "Inactive industrial site" includes a perimeter of up to 1,500 feet around the land
             376      described in Subsection (23)(a).
             377          (24) "Income targeted housing" means housing to be owned or occupied by a family
             378      whose annual income is at or below 80% of the median annual income for the county in which
             379      the housing is located.
             380          (25) "Incremental value" means a figure derived by multiplying the marginal value of
             381      the property located within an urban renewal project area on which tax increment is collected
             382      by a number that represents the percentage of adjusted tax increment from that project area
             383      that is paid to the agency.
             384          (26) "Loan fund board" means the Olene Walker Housing Loan Fund Board,
             385      established under Title 9, Chapter 4, Part 7, Olene Walker Housing Loan Fund.
             386          (27) "Marginal value" means the difference between actual taxable value and base
             387      taxable value.
             388          (28) "Military installation project area" means a project area or a portion of a project
             389      area located within a federal military installation ordered closed by the federal Defense Base
             390      Realignment and Closure Commission.
             391          (29) "Plan hearing" means the public hearing on a draft project area plan required
             392      under Subsection 17C-2-102 (1)(a)(vi) for an urban renewal project area plan, Subsection
             393      17C-3-102 (1)(d) for an economic development project area plan, and Subsection


             394      17C-4-102 (1)(d) for a community development project area plan.
             395          (30) "Post-June 30, 1993 project area plan" means a project area plan adopted on or
             396      after July 1, 1993, whether or not amended subsequent to its adoption.
             397          (31) "Pre-July 1, 1993 project area plan" means a project area plan adopted before July
             398      1, 1993, whether or not amended subsequent to its adoption.
             399          (32) "Private," with respect to real property, means:
             400          (a) not owned by the United States or any agency of the federal government, a public
             401      entity, or any other governmental entity; and
             402          (b) not dedicated to public use.
             403          (33) "Project area" means the geographic area described in a project area plan or draft
             404      project area plan where the urban renewal, economic development, or community
             405      development, as the case may be, set forth in the project area plan or draft project area plan
             406      takes place or is proposed to take place.
             407          (34) "Project area budget" means a multiyear projection of annual or cumulative
             408      revenues and expenses and other fiscal matters pertaining to a urban renewal or economic
             409      development project area that includes:
             410          (a) the base taxable value of property in the project area;
             411          (b) the projected tax increment expected to be generated within the project area;
             412          (c) the amount of tax increment expected to be shared with other taxing entities;
             413          (d) the amount of tax increment expected to be used to implement the project area
             414      plan, including the estimated amount of tax increment to be used for land acquisition, public
             415      improvements, infrastructure improvements, and loans, grants, or other incentives to private
             416      and public entities;
             417          (e) the tax increment expected to be used to cover the cost of administering the project
             418      area plan;
             419          (f) if the area from which tax increment is to be collected is less than the entire project
             420      area:
             421          (i) the tax identification numbers of the parcels from which tax increment will be


             422      collected; or
             423          (ii) a legal description of the portion of the project area from which tax increment will
             424      be collected;
             425          (g) for property that the agency owns and expects to sell, the expected total cost of the
             426      property to the agency and the expected selling price; and
             427          (h) (i) for an urban renewal project area, the information required under Subsection
             428      17C-2-201 (1)(b); and
             429          (ii) for an economic development project area, the information required under
             430      Subsection 17C-3-201 (1)(b).
             431          (35) "Project area plan" means a written plan under Chapter 2, Part 1, Urban Renewal
             432      Project Area Plan, Chapter 3, Part 1, Economic Development Project Area Plan, or Chapter 4,
             433      Part 1, Community Development Project Area Plan, as the case may be, that, after its effective
             434      date, guides and controls the urban renewal, economic development, or community
             435      development activities within a project area.
             436          (36) "Property tax" includes privilege tax and each levy on an ad valorem basis on
             437      tangible or intangible personal or real property.
             438          (37) "Public entity" means:
             439          (a) the state, including any of its departments or agencies; or
             440          (b) a political subdivision of the state, including a county, city, town, school district,
             441      local district, special service district, or interlocal cooperation entity.
             442          (38) "Publicly owned infrastructure and improvements" means water, sewer, storm
             443      drainage, electrical, and other similar systems and lines, streets, roads, curb, gutter, sidewalk,
             444      walkways, parking facilities, public transportation facilities, and other facilities, infrastructure,
             445      and improvements benefitting the public and to be publicly owned or publicly maintained or
             446      operated.
             447          (39) "Record property owner" or "record owner of property" means the owner of real
             448      property as shown on the records of the recorder of the county in which the property is located
             449      and includes a purchaser under a real estate contract if the contract is recorded in the office of


             450      the recorder of the county in which the property is located or the purchaser gives written notice
             451      of the real estate contract to the agency.
             452          (40) "Superfund site":
             453          (a) means an area included in the National Priorities List under the Comprehensive
             454      Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 9605; and
             455          (b) includes an area formerly included in the National Priorities List, as described in
             456      Subsection (40)(a), but removed from the list following remediation that leaves on site the
             457      waste that caused the area to be included in the National Priorities List.
             458          (41) "Survey area" means an area designated by a survey area resolution for study to
             459      determine whether one or more urban renewal projects within the area are feasible.
             460          (42) "Survey area resolution" means a resolution adopted by the agency board under
             461      Subsection 17C-2-101 (1)(a) designating a survey area.
             462          (43) "Taxable value" means the value of property as shown on the last equalized
             463      assessment roll as certified by the county assessor.
             464          (44) (a) "Tax increment" means, except as provided in Subsection (44)(b), the
             465      difference between:
             466          (i) the amount of property tax revenues generated each tax year by all taxing entities
             467      from the area within a project area designated in the project area plan as the area from which
             468      tax increment is to be collected, using the current assessed value of the property; and
             469          (ii) the amount of property tax revenues that would be generated from that same area
             470      using the base taxable value of the property.
             471          (b) "Tax increment" does not include taxes levied and collected under Section
             472      59-2-1602 on or after January 1, 1994 upon the taxable property in the project area unless:
             473          (i) the project area plan was adopted before May 4, 1993, whether or not the project
             474      area plan was subsequently amended; and
             475          (ii) the taxes were pledged to support bond indebtedness or other contractual
             476      obligations of the agency.
             477          (45) "Taxing entity" means a public entity that levies a tax on a parcel or parcels of


             478      property located within a community.
             479          (46) "Taxing entity committee" means a committee representing the interests of taxing
             480      entities, created as provided in Section 17C-1-402 .
             481          (47) "Unincorporated" means not within a city or town.
             482          (48) (a) "Urban renewal" means the development activities under a project area plan
             483      within an urban renewal project area, including:
             484          (i) planning, design, development, demolition, clearance, construction, rehabilitation,
             485      environmental remediation, or any combination of these, of part or all of a project area;
             486          (ii) the provision of residential, commercial, industrial, public, or other structures or
             487      spaces, including recreational and other facilities incidental or appurtenant to them;
             488          (iii) altering, improving, modernizing, demolishing, reconstructing, or rehabilitating,
             489      or any combination of these, existing structures in a project area;
             490          (iv) providing open space, including streets and other public grounds and space
             491      around buildings;
             492          (v) providing public or private buildings, infrastructure, structures, and improvements;
             493      and
             494          (vi) providing improvements of public or private recreation areas and other public
             495      grounds.
             496          (b) "Urban renewal" means "redevelopment," as defined under the law in effect before
             497      May 1, 2006, if the context requires.
             498          Section 7. Section 17C-1-207 is amended to read:
             499           17C-1-207. Public entities may assist with urban renewal, economic
             500      development, or community development project.
             501          (1) In order to assist and cooperate in the planning, undertaking, construction, or
             502      operation of urban renewal, economic development, or community development within the
             503      area in which it is authorized to act, a public entity may:
             504          (a) (i) provide or cause to be furnished:
             505          (A) parks, playgrounds, or other recreational facilities;


             506          (B) community, educational, water, sewer, or drainage facilities; or
             507          (C) any other works which the public entity is otherwise empowered to undertake;
             508          (ii) provide, furnish, dedicate, close, vacate, pave, install, grade, regrade, plan, or
             509      replan streets, roads, roadways, alleys, sidewalks, or other places;
             510          (iii) in any part of the project area:
             511          [(iii)] (A) (I) plan or replan[,];
             512          (II) plat or replat;
             513          (III) vacate a plat;
             514          (IV) amend a plat; or
             515          (V) zone or rezone [any part of a project area]; and
             516          (B) make any legal exceptions from building regulations and ordinances;
             517          (iv) purchase or legally invest in any of the bonds of an agency and exercise all of the
             518      rights of any holder of the bonds;
             519          (v) enter into an agreement with another public entity concerning action to be taken
             520      pursuant to any of the powers granted in this title;
             521          (vi) do any and all things necessary to aid or cooperate in the planning or carrying out
             522      of the urban renewal, economic development, or community development;
             523          (vii) in connection with the project area plan, become obligated to the extent
             524      authorized and funds have been made available to make required improvements or construct
             525      required structures; and
             526          (viii) lend, grant, or contribute funds to an agency for an urban renewal, economic
             527      development, or community development project; and
             528          (b) 15 days after posting public notice:
             529          (i) purchase or otherwise acquire property or lease property from an agency; or
             530          (ii) sell, grant, convey, or otherwise dispose of the public entity's property or lease the
             531      public entity's property to an agency.
             532          (2) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, an agreement under Subsection (1)(a)(v)
             533      may extend over any period.


             534          (3) A grant or contribution of funds from a public entity to an agency, or from an
             535      agency under a project area plan or project area budget, is not subject to the requirements of
             536      Section 10-8-2 .
             537          Section 8. Section 17C-1-303 is amended to read:
             538           17C-1-303. Summary of sale or other disposition of agency property --
             539      Publication of summary.
             540          (1) Upon the agency's sale, conveyance, grant, or other disposition of real property,
             541      the agency shall prepare a summary of the material provisions of the disposition.
             542          (2) Each summary under Subsection (1) shall be a matter of public record.
             543          (3) The agency shall, no later than one month after the day that the disposition is
             544      concluded:
             545          (a) post each summary under Subsection (1) on the Utah Public Notice Website
             546      described in Section 63F-1-701 ; and
             547          [(a)] (b) (i) publish each summary under Subsection (1) at least once in a newspaper
             548      of general circulation in the agency's boundaries; or
             549          [(b)] (ii) if there is no newspaper of general circulation, post the summary in three
             550      conspicuous places within the agency's boundaries.
             551          Section 9. Section 17C-1-401 is amended to read:
             552           17C-1-401. Agency receipt and use of tax increment and sales tax -- Distribution
             553      of tax increment and sales tax.
             554          (1) An agency may receive and use tax increment and sales tax, as provided in this
             555      part.
             556          (2) (a) The applicable length of time or number of years for which an agency is to be
             557      paid tax increment or sales tax under this part shall be measured:
             558          (i) for a pre-July 1, 1993 project area plan, from the first tax year regarding which the
             559      agency accepts tax increment from the project area;
             560          (ii) for a post-June 30, 1993 urban renewal or economic development project area
             561      plan, from the first tax year for which the agency receives tax increment under the project area


             562      budget; or
             563          (iii) for a community development project area plan, as indicated in the resolution or
             564      interlocal agreement of a taxing entity that establishes the agency's right to receive tax
             565      increment or sales tax.
             566          (b) [Tax] Unless otherwise provided in a project area budget that is approved by a
             567      taxing entity committee, or in an interlocal agreement or resolution adopted by a taxing entity,
             568      tax increment may not be paid to an agency for a tax year prior to the tax year following:
             569          (i) for an urban renewal or economic development project area plan, the effective date
             570      of the project area plan; and
             571          (ii) for a community development project area plan, the effective date of the interlocal
             572      agreement that establishes the agency's right to receive tax increment.
             573          (3) With respect to a community development project area plan:
             574          (a) a taxing entity or public entity may, by resolution or through interlocal agreement,
             575      authorize an agency to be paid any or all of that taxing entity or public entity's tax increment
             576      or sales tax for any period of time; and
             577          (b) the resolution or interlocal agreement authorizing the agency to be paid tax
             578      increment or sales tax shall specify:
             579          (i) the base taxable value of the project area; and
             580          (ii) the method of calculating the amount of tax increment or sales tax to be paid to the
             581      agency.
             582          (4) With the written consent of a taxing entity, an agency may be paid tax increment,
             583      from that taxing entity's tax revenues only, in a higher percentage or for a longer period of
             584      time, or both, than otherwise authorized under this title.
             585          (5) Each county that collects property tax on property within a project area shall pay
             586      and distribute to the agency the tax increment that the agency is entitled to collect under this
             587      title, in the manner and at the time provided in Section 59-2-1365 .
             588          Section 10. Section 17C-1-409 is amended to read:
             589           17C-1-409. Allowable uses of tax increment and sales tax.


             590          (1) (a) An agency may use tax increment and sales tax proceeds received from a taxing
             591      entity:
             592          (i) for any of the purposes for which the use of tax increment is authorized under this
             593      title;
             594          (ii) for administrative, overhead, legal, and other operating expenses of the agency,
             595      including consultant fees and expenses under Subsection 17C-2-102 (1)(b)(ii)(B); [or]
             596          (iii) to pay for, including financing or refinancing, all or part of:
             597          (A) urban renewal activities in the project area from which the tax increment funds are
             598      collected, including environmental remediation activities occurring before or after adoption of
             599      the project area plan;
             600          (B) economic development or community development activities, including
             601      environmental remediation activities occurring before or after adoption of the project area
             602      plan, in the project area from which the tax increment funds are collected;
             603          (C) housing expenditures, projects, or programs as provided in Section 17C-1-411 or
             604      17C-1-412 ;
             605          (D) subject to Subsections (1)(c) and (6), the value of the land for and the cost of the
             606      installation and construction of any publicly owned building, facility, structure, landscaping,
             607      or other improvement within the project area from which the tax increment funds were
             608      collected; and
             609          (E) subject to Subsection (1)(d), the cost of the installation of publicly owned
             610      infrastructure and improvements outside the project area from which the tax increment funds
             611      were collected if the agency board and the community legislative body determine by resolution
             612      that the publicly owned infrastructure and improvements are of benefit to the project area[.];
             613      or
             614          (iv) in an urban renewal project area that includes some or all of an inactive industrial
             615      site and subject to Subsection (1)(f), to reimburse the Department of Transportation created
             616      under Section 72-1-201 , or a public transit district created under Title 17B, Chapter 2a, Part 8,
             617      Public Transit District Act, for the cost of:


             618          (A) construction of a public road, bridge, or overpass;
             619          (B) relocation of a railroad track within the urban renewal project area; or
             620          (C) relocation of a railroad facility within the urban renewal project area.
             621          (b) The determination of the agency board and the community legislative body under
             622      Subsection (1)(a)(iii)(E) regarding benefit to the project area shall be final and conclusive.
             623          (c) An agency may not use tax increment or sales tax proceeds received from a taxing
             624      entity for the purposes stated in Subsection (1)(a)(iii)(D) under an urban renewal or economic
             625      development project area plan without the consent of the community legislative body.
             626          (d) An agency may not use tax increment or sales tax proceeds received from a taxing
             627      entity for the purposes stated in Subsection (1)(a)(iii)(E) under an urban renewal or economic
             628      development project area plan without the consent of the community legislative body and the
             629      taxing entity committee.
             630          (e) (i) Subject to Subsection (1)(e)(ii), an agency may loan tax increment or sales tax
             631      proceeds, or a combination of tax increment and sales tax proceeds, from a project area fund to
             632      another project area fund if:
             633          (A) the agency's board approves; and
             634          (B) the legislative body of each community that created the agency approves.
             635          (ii) An agency may not loan tax increment or sales tax proceeds, or a combination of
             636      tax increment and sales tax proceeds, under Subsection (1)(e)(i) unless the projections for the
             637      future tax increment or sales tax proceeds of the borrowing project area are sufficient to repay
             638      the loan amount prior to when the tax increment or sales tax proceeds are intended for use
             639      under the loaning project area's plan.
             640          (iii) If a borrowing project area's funds are not sufficient to repay a loan made under
             641      Subsection (1)(e)(i) prior to when the tax increment or sales tax proceeds are intended for use
             642      under the loaning project area's plan, the community that created the agency shall repay the
             643      loan to the loaning project area's fund prior to when the tax increment or sales tax proceeds are
             644      intended for use under the loaning project area's plan.
             645          (f) Before an agency may pay any tax increment or sales tax revenue under Subsection


             646      (1)(a)(iv), the agency shall enter into an interlocal agreement defining the terms of the
             647      reimbursement with:
             648          (i) the Department of Transportation; or
             649          (ii) a public transit district.
             650          (2) Sales tax proceeds that an agency receives from another public entity are not
             651      subject to the prohibition or limitations of Title 11, Chapter 41, Prohibition on Sales and Use
             652      Tax Incentive Payments Act.
             653          (3) An agency may use sales tax proceeds it receives under a resolution or interlocal
             654      agreement under Section 17C-4-201 for the uses authorized in the resolution or interlocal
             655      agreement.
             656          (4) (a) An agency may contract with the community that created the agency or another
             657      public entity to use tax increment to reimburse the cost of items authorized by this title to be
             658      paid by the agency that have been or will be paid by the community or other public entity.
             659          (b) If land has been or will be acquired or the cost of an improvement has been or will
             660      be paid by another public entity and the land or improvement has been or will be leased to the
             661      community, an agency may contract with and make reimbursement from tax increment funds
             662      to the community.
             663          (5) An agency created by a city of the first or second class may use tax increment from
             664      one project area in another project area to pay all or part of the value of the land for and the
             665      cost of the installation and construction of a publicly or privately owned convention center or
             666      sports complex or any building, facility, structure, or other improvement related to the
             667      convention center or sports complex, including parking and infrastructure improvements, if:
             668          (a) construction of the convention center or sports complex or related building,
             669      facility, structure, or other improvement is commenced on or before June 30, 2002; and
             670          (b) the tax increment is pledged to pay all or part of the value of the land for and the
             671      cost of the installation and construction of the convention center or sports complex or related
             672      building, facility, structure, or other improvement.
             673          (6) Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, an agency may not use tax


             674      increment to construct municipal buildings, courts or other judicial buildings, or fire stations.
             675          (7) Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, an agency may not use tax
             676      increment under an urban renewal or economic development project area plan, to pay any of
             677      the cost of the land, infrastructure, or construction of a stadium or arena constructed after
             678      March 1, 2005, unless the tax increment has been pledged for that purpose before February 15,
             679      2005.
             680          (8) (a) An agency may not use tax increment to pay the debt service of or any other
             681      amount related to a bond issued or other obligation incurred if the bond was issued or the
             682      obligation was incurred:
             683          (i) by an interlocal entity created under Title 11, Chapter 13, Interlocal Cooperation
             684      Act;
             685          (ii) on or after March 30, 2009; and
             686          (iii) to finance a telecommunication facility.
             687          (b) Subsection (8)(a) may not be construed to prohibit the refinancing, restatement, or
             688      refunding of a bond issued before March 30, 2009.
             689          Section 11. Section 17C-1-412 is amended to read:
             690           17C-1-412. Use of funds allocated for housing -- Separate accounting required --
             691      Issuance of bonds for housing -- Action to compel agency to provide housing funds.
             692          (1) (a) Each agency shall use all funds allocated for housing under [this section]
             693      Section 17C-2-203 or 17C-3-202 to:
             694          (i) pay part or all of the cost of land or construction of income targeted housing within
             695      the boundary of the agency, if practicable in a mixed income development or area;
             696          (ii) pay part or all of the cost of rehabilitation of income targeted housing within the
             697      boundary of the agency;
             698          (iii) lend, grant, or contribute money to a person, public entity, housing authority,
             699      private entity or business, or nonprofit corporation for income targeted housing within the
             700      boundary of the agency;
             701          (iv) plan or otherwise promote income targeted housing within the boundary of the


             702      agency;
             703          (v) pay part or all of the cost of land or installation, construction, or rehabilitation of
             704      any building, facility, structure, or other housing improvement, including infrastructure
             705      improvements, related to housing located in a project area where blight has been found to
             706      exist;
             707          (vi) replace housing units lost as a result of the urban renewal, economic development,
             708      or community development;
             709          (vii) make payments on or establish a reserve fund for bonds:
             710          (A) issued by the agency, the community, or the housing authority that provides
             711      income targeted housing within the community; and
             712          (B) all or part of the proceeds of which are used within the community for the
             713      purposes stated in Subsection (1)(a)(i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), or (vi);
             714          (viii) if the community's fair share ratio at the time of the first adoption of the project
             715      area budget is at least 1.1 to 1.0, make payments on bonds:
             716          (A) that were previously issued by the agency, the community, or the housing
             717      authority that provides income targeted housing within the community; and
             718          (B) all or part of the proceeds of which were used within the community for the
             719      purposes stated in Subsection (1)(a)(i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), or (vi); or
             720          (ix) relocate mobile home park residents displaced by an urban renewal, economic
             721      development, or community development project.
             722          (b) As an alternative to the requirements of Subsection (1)(a), an agency may pay all
             723      or any portion of housing funds to:
             724          (i) the community for use as provided under Subsection (1)(a);
             725          (ii) the housing authority that provides income targeted housing within the community
             726      for use in providing income targeted housing within the community; or
             727          (iii) the Olene Walker Housing Loan Fund, established under Title 9, Chapter 4, Part
             728      7, Olene Walker Housing Loan Fund, for use in providing income targeted housing within the
             729      community.


             730          (2) The agency or community shall separately account for the housing funds, together
             731      with all interest earned by the housing funds and all payments or repayments for loans,
             732      advances, or grants from the housing funds.
             733          (3) An agency may:
             734          (a) issue bonds from time to time to finance a housing undertaking under this section,
             735      including the payment of principal and interest upon advances for surveys and plans or
             736      preliminary loans; and
             737          (b) issue refunding bonds for the payment or retirement of bonds under Subsection
             738      (3)(a) previously issued by the agency.
             739          (4) An agency:
             740          (a) shall allocate housing funds each year in which the agency receives sufficient tax
             741      increment to make a housing allocation required by the project area budget; and
             742          (b) is relieved, to the extent tax increment is insufficient in a year, of an obligation to
             743      allocate housing funds for the year tax increment is insufficient.
             744          [(4) (a) If] (5) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (4), if an agency fails to provide
             745      housing funds in accordance with the project area budget and, if applicable, the housing plan
             746      adopted under Subsection 17C-2-204 (2), the loan fund board may bring legal action to compel
             747      the agency to provide the housing funds.
             748          (b) In an action under Subsection [(4)] (5)(a), the court:
             749          (i) shall award the loan fund board [a] reasonable attorney [fee] fees, unless the court
             750      finds that the action was frivolous; and
             751          (ii) may not award the agency its attorney fees, unless the court finds that the action
             752      was frivolous.
             753          Section 12. Section 17C-2-108 is amended to read:
             754           17C-2-108. Notice of urban renewal project area plan adoption -- Effective date
             755      of plan -- Contesting the formation of the plan.
             756          (1) (a) [(i)] Upon the community legislative body's adoption of an urban renewal
             757      project area plan, or an amendment to a project area plan under Section 17C-2-110 , the


             758      legislative body shall provide notice as provided in Subsection (1)(b) by [publishing or
             759      causing to be published a notice]:
             760          (i) (A) publishing or causing to be published a notice in a newspaper of general
             761      circulation within the agency's boundaries; or
             762          (B) if there is no newspaper of general circulation within the agency's boundaries,
             763      causing a notice to be posted in at least three public places within the agency's boundaries; and
             764          [(ii) as required in Section 45-1-101 .]
             765          (ii) posting a notice on the Utah Public Notice Website described in Section
             766      63F-1-701 .
             767          (b) Each notice under Subsection (1)(a) shall:
             768          (i) set forth the community legislative body's ordinance adopting the project area plan
             769      or a summary of the ordinance; and
             770          (ii) include a statement that the project area plan is available for general public
             771      inspection and the hours for inspection.
             772          (2) The project area plan shall become effective on the date of:
             773          (a) if notice was published under Subsection (1)(a), publication of the notice; or
             774          (b) if notice was posted under Subsection (1)(a), posting of the notice.
             775          (3) (a) For a period of 30 days after the effective date of the project area plan under
             776      Subsection (2), any person in interest may contest the project area plan or the procedure used
             777      to adopt the project area plan if the plan or procedure fails to comply with applicable statutory
             778      requirements.
             779          (b) After the 30-day period under Subsection (3)(a) expires, no person may contest the
             780      project area plan or procedure used to adopt the project area plan for any cause.
             781          (4) Upon adoption of the project area plan by the community's legislative body, the
             782      agency may carry out the project area plan.
             783          (5) Each agency shall make the adopted project area plan available to the general
             784      public at its offices during normal business hours.
             785          Section 13. Section 17C-2-110 is amended to read:


             786           17C-2-110. Amending an urban renewal project area plan.
             787          (1) An adopted urban renewal project area plan may be amended as provided in this
             788      section.
             789          (2) If an agency proposes to amend an adopted urban renewal project area plan to
             790      enlarge the project area:
             791          (a) subject to Subsection (2)(e), the requirements under this part that apply to adopting
             792      a project area plan apply equally to the proposed amendment as if it were a proposed project
             793      area plan;
             794          (b) for a pre-July 1, 1993 project area plan, the base year taxable value for the new
             795      area added to the project area shall be determined under Subsection 17C-1-102 (6)(a)(i) using
             796      the effective date of the amended project area plan;
             797          (c) for a post-June 30, 1993 project area plan:
             798          (i) the base year taxable value for the new area added to the project area shall be
             799      determined under Subsection 17C-1-102 (6)(a)(ii) using the date of the taxing entity
             800      committee's consent referred to in Subsection (2)(c)(ii); and
             801          (ii) the agency shall obtain the consent of the taxing entity committee before the
             802      agency may collect tax increment from the area added to the project area by the amendment;
             803          (d) the agency shall make a finding regarding the existence of blight in the area
             804      proposed to be added to the project area by following the procedure set forth in Subsections
             805      17C-2-102 (1)(a)(i) and (ii); and
             806          (e) the agency need not make a finding regarding the existence of blight in the project
             807      area as described in the original project area plan, if the agency made a finding of the
             808      existence of blight regarding that project area in connection with adoption of the original
             809      project area plan.
             810          (3) If a proposed amendment does not propose to enlarge an urban renewal project
             811      area, an agency board may adopt a resolution approving an amendment to an adopted project
             812      area plan after:
             813          (a) the agency gives notice, as provided in Section 17C-2-502 , of the proposed


             814      amendment and of the public hearing required by Subsection (3)(b);
             815          (b) the agency board holds a public hearing on the proposed amendment that meets the
             816      requirements of a plan hearing;
             817          (c) the agency obtains the taxing entity committee's consent to the amendment, if the
             818      amendment proposes:
             819          (i) to enlarge the area within the project area from which tax increment is collected;
             820          (ii) to permit the agency to receive a greater percentage of tax increment or to receive
             821      tax increment for a longer period of time, or both, than allowed under the adopted project area
             822      plan; or
             823          (iii) for an amendment to a project area plan that was adopted before April 1, 1983, to
             824      expand the area from which tax increment is collected to exceed 100 acres of private property;
             825      and
             826          (d) the agency obtains the consent of the legislative body or governing board of each
             827      taxing entity affected, if the amendment proposes to permit the agency to receive, from less
             828      than all taxing entities, a greater percentage of tax increment or to receive tax increment for a
             829      longer period of time, or both, than allowed under the adopted project area plan.
             830          (4) (a) An adopted urban renewal project area plan may be amended without
             831      complying with the notice and public hearing requirements of Subsections (2)(a) and (3)(a)
             832      and (b) and without obtaining taxing entity committee approval under Subsection (3)(c) if the
             833      amendment:
             834          (i) makes a minor adjustment in the legal description of a project area boundary
             835      requested by a county assessor or county auditor to avoid inconsistent property boundary lines;
             836      or
             837          (ii) subject to Subsection (4)(b), removes a parcel of real property from a project area
             838      because the agency determines that:
             839          (A) the parcel is no longer blighted; or
             840          (B) inclusion of the parcel is no longer necessary or desirable to the project area.
             841          (b) An amendment removing a parcel of real property from a project area under


             842      Subsection (4)(a)(ii) may not be made without the consent of the record property owner of the
             843      parcel being removed.
             844          (5) (a) An amendment approved by board resolution under this section may not take
             845      effect until adopted by ordinance of the legislative body of the community in which the project
             846      area that is the subject of the project area plan being amended is located.
             847          (b) Upon a community legislative body passing an ordinance adopting an amendment
             848      to a project area plan, the agency whose project area plan was amended shall comply with the
             849      requirements of [Section] Sections 17C-2-108 and 17C-2-109 to the same extent as if the
             850      amendment were a project area plan.
             851          Section 14. Section 17C-2-201 is amended to read:
             852           17C-2-201. Project area budget -- Requirements for adopting -- Contesting the
             853      budget or procedure -- Time limit.
             854          (1) (a) If an agency anticipates funding all or a portion of a post-June 30, 1993 urban
             855      renewal project area plan with tax increment, the agency shall, subject to Section 17C-2-202 ,
             856      adopt a project area budget as provided in this part.
             857          (b) An urban renewal project area budget adopted on or after March 30, 2009 shall
             858      specify:
             859          (i) the number of tax years for which the agency will be allowed to receive tax
             860      increment from the project area; and
             861          (ii) the percentage of tax increment or maximum cumulative dollar amount of tax
             862      increment the agency is entitled to receive from the project area under the project area budget.
             863          (2) To adopt an urban renewal project area budget, the agency shall:
             864          (a) prepare a draft of a project area budget;
             865          (b) make a copy of the draft project area budget available to the public at the agency's
             866      offices during normal business hours;
             867          (c) provide notice of the budget hearing as required by Part 5, Urban Renewal Notice
             868      Requirements;
             869          (d) hold a public hearing on the draft project area budget and, at that public hearing,


             870      allow public comment on:
             871          (i) the draft project area budget; and
             872          (ii) whether the draft project area budget should be revised, adopted, or rejected;
             873          (e) (i) if required under Subsection 17C-2-204 (1), obtain the approval of the taxing
             874      entity committee on the draft project area budget or a revised version of the draft project area
             875      budget; or
             876          (ii) if applicable, comply with the requirements of Subsection 17C-2-204 (2); [and]
             877          (f) if approval of the taxing entity committee is required under Subsection (2)(e)(i),
             878      obtain a written certification, signed by an attorney licensed to practice law in this state,
             879      stating that the taxing entity committee followed the appropriate procedures to approve the
             880      project area budget; and
             881          [(f)] (g) after the budget hearing, hold a board meeting in the same meeting as the
             882      public hearing or in a subsequent meeting to:
             883          (i) consider comments made and information presented at the public hearing relating
             884      to the draft project area budget; and
             885          (ii) adopt by resolution the draft project area budget, with any revisions, as the project
             886      area budget.
             887          (3) (a) For a period of 30 days after the agency's adoption of the project area budget
             888      under Subsection (2)[(f)](g), any person in interest may contest the project area budget or the
             889      procedure used to adopt the project area budget if the budget or procedure fails to comply with
             890      applicable statutory requirements.
             891          (b) After the 30-day period under Subsection (3)(a) expires, [no] a person, for any
             892      cause, may not contest:
             893          (i) the project area budget or procedure used [to] by either the taxing entity committee
             894      or the agency to approve and adopt the project area budget [for any cause.];
             895          (ii) a payment to the agency under the project area budget; or
             896          (iii) the agency's use of tax increment under the project area budget.
             897          Section 15. Section 17C-2-206 is amended to read:


             898           17C-2-206. Amending an urban renewal project area budget.
             899          (1) An agency may by resolution amend an urban renewal project area budget as
             900      provided in this section.
             901          (2) To amend an adopted urban renewal project area budget, the agency shall:
             902          (a) advertise and hold one public hearing on the proposed amendment as provided in
             903      Subsection (3);
             904          (b) obtain the approval of the taxing entity committee if the agency was required under
             905      Section 17C-2-204 to obtain the consent of the taxing entity committee for the project area
             906      budget as originally adopted; [and]
             907          (c) if approval of the taxing entity committee is required under Subsection (2)(b),
             908      obtain a written certification, signed by an attorney licensed to practice law in this state,
             909      stating that the taxing entity committee followed the appropriate procedures to approve the
             910      project area budget; and
             911          [(c)] (d) adopt a resolution amending the project area budget.
             912          (3) The public hearing required under Subsection (2)(a) shall be conducted according
             913      to the procedures and requirements of Subsections 17C-2-201 (2)(c) and (d), except that if the
             914      amended project area budget proposes that the agency be paid a greater proportion of tax
             915      increment from a project area than was to be paid under the previous project area budget, the
             916      notice shall state the percentage paid under the previous project area budget and the
             917      percentage proposed under the amended project area budget.
             918          (4) If a proposed amendment is not adopted, the agency shall continue to operate
             919      under the previously adopted project area budget without the proposed amendment.
             920          (5) (a) A person may contest the agency's adoption of a budget amendment within 30
             921      days after the day on which the agency adopts the amendment.
             922          (b) A person who fails to contest a budget amendment under Subsection (5)(a):
             923          (i) forfeits any claim against an agency's adoption of the amendment; and
             924          (ii) may not contest:
             925          (A) a payment to the agency under the budget amendment; or


             926          (B) an agency's use of a tax increment under the budget amendment.
             927          Section 16. Section 17C-2-502 is amended to read:
             928           17C-2-502. Requirements for notice provided by agency.
             929          (1) The notice required by Section 17C-2-501 shall be given by:
             930          (a) (i) publishing one notice, excluding the map referred to in Subsection (3)(b), in a
             931      newspaper of general circulation within the county in which the project area or proposed
             932      project area is located, at least 14 days before the hearing; [or]
             933          (ii) if there is no newspaper of general circulation, posting notice at least 14 days
             934      before the day of the hearing in at least three conspicuous places within the county in which
             935      the project area or proposed project area is located; [and] or
             936          (iii) posting notice, excluding the map described in Subsection (3)(b), at least 14 days
             937      before the day on which the hearing is held on:
             938          (A) the Utah Public Notice Website described in Section 63F-1-701 ; and
             939          (B) the public website of a community located within the boundaries of the project
             940      area; and
             941          (b) at least 30 days before the hearing:
             942          (i) mailing notice to each record owner of property located within the project area or
             943      proposed project area; and
             944          (ii) mailing notice to:
             945          (A) the State Tax Commission;
             946          (B) the assessor and auditor of the county in which the project area or proposed
             947      project area is located; and
             948          (C) (I) each member of the taxing entity committee; or
             949          (II) if a taxing entity committee has not yet been formed, the State Board of Education
             950      and the legislative body or governing board of each taxing entity.
             951          (2) The mailing of the notice to record property owners required under Subsection
             952      (1)(b)(i) shall be conclusively considered to have been properly completed if:
             953          (a) the agency mails the notice to the property owners as shown in the records,


             954      including an electronic database, of the county recorder's office and at the addresses shown in
             955      those records; and
             956          (b) the county recorder's office records used by the agency in identifying owners to
             957      whom the notice is mailed and their addresses were obtained or accessed from the county
             958      recorder's office no earlier than 30 days before the mailing.
             959          (3) The agency shall include in each notice required under Section 17C-2-501 :
             960          (a) (i) a specific description of the boundaries of the project area or proposed project
             961      area; or
             962          (ii) (A) a mailing address or telephone number where a person may request that a copy
             963      of the description be sent at no cost to the person by mail or facsimile transmission; and
             964          (B) if the agency has an Internet website, an Internet address where a person may gain
             965      access to an electronic, printable copy of the description;
             966          (b) a map of the boundaries of the project area or proposed project area;
             967          (c) an explanation of the purpose of the hearing; and
             968          (d) a statement of the date, time, and location of the hearing.
             969          (4) The agency shall include in each notice under Subsection (1)(b)(ii):
             970          (a) a statement that property tax revenues resulting from an increase in valuation of
             971      property within the project area or proposed project area will be paid to the agency for urban
             972      renewal purposes rather than to the taxing entity to which the tax revenues would otherwise
             973      have been paid if:
             974          (i) [a majority of] the taxing entity committee consents to the project area budget; and
             975          (ii) the project area plan provides for the agency to receive tax increment; and
             976          (b) an invitation to the recipient of the notice to submit to the agency comments
             977      concerning the subject matter of the hearing before the date of the hearing.
             978          (5) An agency may include in a notice under Subsection (1) any other information the
             979      agency considers necessary or advisable, including the public purpose served by the project
             980      and any future tax benefits expected to result from the project.
             981          Section 17. Section 17C-3-107 is amended to read:


             982           17C-3-107. Notice of economic development project area plan adoption --
             983      Effective date of plan -- Contesting the formation of the plan.
             984          (1) (a) Upon the community legislative body's adoption of an economic development
             985      project area plan, or an amendment to the project area plan under Section 17C-3-109 , the
             986      legislative body shall provide notice as provided in Subsection (1)(b) by:
             987          (i) (A) publishing or causing to be published a notice:
             988          (I) in a newspaper of general circulation within the agency's boundaries; or
             989          (II) if there is no newspaper of general circulation within the agency's boundaries,
             990      causing a notice to be posted in at least three public places within the agency's boundaries; and
             991          [(B) as required in Section 45-1-101 .]
             992          (B) on the Utah Public Notice Website described in Section 63F-1-701 .
             993          (b) Each notice under Subsection (1)(a) shall:
             994          (i) set forth the community legislative body's ordinance adopting the project area plan
             995      or a summary of the ordinance; and
             996          (ii) include a statement that the project area plan is available for general public
             997      inspection and the hours for inspection.
             998          (2) The project area plan shall become effective on the date of:
             999          (a) if notice was published under Subsection (1)(a), publication of the notice; or
             1000          (b) if notice was posted under Subsection (1)(a), posting of the notice.
             1001          (3) (a) For a period of 30 days after the effective date of the project area plan under
             1002      Subsection (2), any person in interest may contest the project area plan or the procedure used
             1003      to adopt the project area plan if the plan or procedure fails to comply with applicable statutory
             1004      requirements.
             1005          (b) After the 30-day period under Subsection (3)(a) expires, no person may contest the
             1006      project area plan or procedure used to adopt the project area plan for any cause.
             1007          (4) Upon adoption of the economic development project area plan by the community's
             1008      legislative body, the agency may carry out the project area plan.
             1009          (5) Each agency shall make the adopted economic development project area plan


             1010      available to the general public at its offices during normal business hours.
             1011          Section 18. Section 17C-3-109 is amended to read:
             1012           17C-3-109. Amending an economic development project area plan.
             1013          (1) An adopted economic development project area plan may be amended as provided
             1014      in this section.
             1015          (2) If an agency proposes to amend an adopted economic development project area
             1016      plan to enlarge the project area:
             1017          (a) the requirements under this part that apply to adopting a project area plan apply
             1018      equally to the proposed amendment as if it were a proposed project area plan;
             1019          (b) the base year taxable value for the new area added to the project area shall be
             1020      determined under Subsection 17C-1-102 (6)(a)(ii) using the date of the taxing entity
             1021      committee's consent referred to in Subsection (2)(c); and
             1022          (c) the agency shall obtain the consent of the taxing entity committee before the
             1023      agency may collect tax increment from the area added to the project area by the amendment.
             1024          (3) If a proposed amendment does not propose to enlarge an economic development
             1025      project area, an agency board may adopt a resolution approving an amendment to an adopted
             1026      project area plan after:
             1027          (a) the agency gives notice, as provided in Section 17C-3-402 , of the proposed
             1028      amendment and of the public hearing required by Subsection (3)(b);
             1029          (b) the agency board holds a public hearing on the proposed amendment that meets the
             1030      requirements of a plan hearing;
             1031          (c) the agency obtains the taxing entity committee's consent to the amendment, if the
             1032      amendment proposes:
             1033          (i) to enlarge the area within the project area from which tax increment is collected; or
             1034          (ii) to permit the agency to receive a greater percentage of tax increment or to receive
             1035      tax increment for a longer period of time than allowed under the adopted project area plan; and
             1036          (d) the agency obtains the consent of the legislative body or governing board of each
             1037      taxing entity affected, if the amendment proposes to permit the agency to receive, from less


             1038      than all taxing entities, a greater percentage of tax increment or to receive tax increment for a
             1039      longer period of time, or both, than allowed under the adopted project area plan.
             1040          (4) (a) An adopted project area plan may be amended without complying with the
             1041      notice and public hearing requirements of Subsections (2)(a) and (3)(a) and (b) and without
             1042      obtaining taxing entity committee approval under Subsection (3)(c) if the amendment:
             1043          (i) makes a minor adjustment in the legal description of a project area boundary
             1044      requested by a county assessor or county auditor to avoid inconsistent property boundary lines;
             1045      or
             1046          (ii) subject to Subsection (4)(b), removes a parcel of real property from a project area
             1047      because the agency determines that inclusion of the parcel is no longer necessary or desirable
             1048      to the project area.
             1049          (b) An amendment removing a parcel of real property from a project area under
             1050      Subsection (4)(a) may not be made without the consent of the record property owner of the
             1051      parcel being removed.
             1052          (5) (a) An amendment approved by board resolution under this section may not take
             1053      effect until adopted by ordinance of the legislative body of the community in which the project
             1054      area that is the subject of the project area plan being amended is located.
             1055          (b) Upon a community legislative body passing an ordinance adopting an amendment
             1056      to a project area plan, the agency whose project area plan was amended shall comply with the
             1057      requirements of [Section] Sections 17C-3-107 and 17C-3-108 to the same extent as if the
             1058      amendment were a project area plan.
             1059          Section 19. Section 17C-3-201 is amended to read:
             1060           17C-3-201. Economic development project area budget -- Requirements for
             1061      adopting -- Contesting the budget or procedure -- Time limit.
             1062          (1) (a) If an agency anticipates funding all or a portion of a post-June 30, 1993
             1063      economic development project area plan with tax increment, the agency shall, subject to
             1064      Section 17C-3-202 , adopt a project area budget as provided in this part.
             1065          (b) An economic development project area budget adopted on or after March 30, 2009


             1066      shall specify:
             1067          (i) the number of tax years for which the agency will be allowed to receive tax
             1068      increment from the project area; and
             1069          (ii) the percentage of tax increment or maximum cumulative dollar amount of tax
             1070      increment the agency is entitled to receive from the project area under the project area budget.
             1071          (2) To adopt an economic development project area budget, the agency shall:
             1072          (a) prepare a draft of an economic development project area budget;
             1073          (b) make a copy of the draft project area budget available to the public at the agency's
             1074      offices during normal business hours;
             1075          (c) provide notice of the budget hearing as required by Part 4, Economic Development
             1076      Notice Requirements;
             1077          (d) hold a public hearing on the draft project area budget and, at that public hearing,
             1078      allow public comment on:
             1079          (i) the draft project area budget; and
             1080          (ii) whether the draft project area budget should be revised, adopted, or rejected;
             1081          (e) (i) if required under Subsection 17C-3-203 (1), obtain the approval of the taxing
             1082      entity committee on the draft project area budget or a revised version of the draft project area
             1083      budget; or
             1084          (ii) if applicable, comply with the requirements of Subsection 17C-3-203 (2); [and]
             1085          (f) if approval of the taxing entity committee is required under Subsection (2)(e)(i),
             1086      obtain a written certification, signed by an attorney licensed to practice law in this state,
             1087      stating that the taxing entity committee followed the appropriate procedures to approve the
             1088      project area budget; and
             1089          [(f)] (g) after the budget hearing, hold a board meeting in the same meeting as the
             1090      public hearing or in a subsequent meeting to:
             1091          (i) consider comments made and information presented at the public hearing relating
             1092      to the draft project area budget; and
             1093          (ii) adopt by resolution the draft project area budget, with any revisions, as the project


             1094      area budget.
             1095          (3) (a) For a period of 30 days after the agency's adoption of the project area budget
             1096      under Subsection (2)[(f)](g), any person in interest may contest the project area budget or the
             1097      procedure used to adopt the project area budget if the budget or procedure fails to comply with
             1098      applicable statutory requirements.
             1099          (b) After the 30-day period under Subsection (3)(a) expires, [no] a person, for any
             1100      cause, may not contest:
             1101          (i) the project area budget or procedure used [to] by either the taxing entity committee
             1102      or the agency to approve and adopt the project area budget [for any cause.];
             1103          (ii) a payment to the agency under the project area budget; or
             1104          (iii) the agency's use of tax increment under the project area budget.
             1105          Section 20. Section 17C-3-205 is amended to read:
             1106           17C-3-205. Amending an economic development project area budget.
             1107          (1) An agency may by resolution amend an economic development project area budget
             1108      as provided in this section.
             1109          (2) To amend an adopted economic development project area budget, the agency shall:
             1110          (a) advertise and hold one public hearing on the proposed amendment as provided in
             1111      Subsection (3);
             1112          (b) obtain the approval of the taxing entity committee if the agency was required under
             1113      Section 17C-3-203 to obtain the consent of the taxing entity committee for the project area
             1114      budget as originally adopted; [and]
             1115          (c) if approval of the taxing entity committee is required under Subsection (2)(b),
             1116      obtain a written certification, signed by an attorney licensed to practice law in this state,
             1117      stating that the taxing entity committee followed the appropriate procedures to approve the
             1118      project area budget; and
             1119          [(c)] (d) adopt a resolution amending the project area budget.
             1120          (3) The public hearing required under Subsection (2)(a) shall be conducted according
             1121      to the procedures and requirements of Section 17C-3-201 , except that if the amended project


             1122      area budget proposes that the agency be paid a greater proportion of tax increment from a
             1123      project area than was to be paid under the previous project area budget, the notice shall state
             1124      the percentage paid under the previous project area budget and the percentage proposed under
             1125      the amended project area budget.
             1126          (4) If a proposed amendment is not adopted, the agency shall continue to operate
             1127      under the previously adopted economic development project area budget without the proposed
             1128      amendment.
             1129          (5) (a) A person may contest the agency's adoption of a budget amendment within 30
             1130      days after the day on which the agency adopts the amendment.
             1131          (b) A person who fails to contest a budget amendment under Subsection (5)(a):
             1132          (i) forfeits any claim against an agency's adoption of the amendment; and
             1133          (ii) may not contest:
             1134          (A) a payment to the agency under the budget amendment; or
             1135          (B) an agency's use of a tax increment under a budget amendment.
             1136          Section 21. Section 17C-3-402 is amended to read:
             1137           17C-3-402. Requirements for notice provided by agency.
             1138          (1) The notice required by Section 17C-3-401 shall be given by:
             1139          (a) (i) publishing one notice, excluding the map [referred to] described in Subsection
             1140      (3)(b), in a newspaper of general circulation within the county in which the project area or
             1141      proposed project area is located, at least 14 days before the hearing; [or]
             1142          (ii) if there is no newspaper of general circulation, posting notice in at least three
             1143      conspicuous places within the county in which the project area or proposed project area is
             1144      located; [and] or
             1145          (iii) posting notice, excluding the map described in Subsection (3)(b), at least 14 days
             1146      before the day on which the hearing is held on:
             1147          (A) the Utah Public Notice Website described in Section 63F-1-701 ; and
             1148          (B) the public website of a community located within the boundaries of the project
             1149      area; and


             1150          (b) at least 30 days before the hearing, mailing notice to:
             1151          (i) each record owner of property located within the project area or proposed project
             1152      area;
             1153          (ii) the State Tax Commission;
             1154          (iii) the assessor and auditor of the county in which the project area or proposed
             1155      project area is located; and
             1156          (iv) (A) each member of the taxing entity committee; or
             1157          (B) if a taxing entity committee has not yet been formed, the State Board of Education
             1158      and the legislative body or governing board of each taxing entity.
             1159          (2) The mailing of notice to record property owners required under Subsection
             1160      (1)(b)(i) shall be conclusively considered to have been properly completed if:
             1161          (a) the agency mails the notice to the property owners as shown in the records,
             1162      including an electronic database, of the county recorder's office and at the addresses shown in
             1163      those records; and
             1164          (b) the county recorder's office records used by the agency in identifying owners to
             1165      whom the notice is mailed and their addresses were obtained or accessed from the county
             1166      recorder's office no earlier than 30 days before the mailing.
             1167          (3) The agency shall include in each notice required under Section 17C-3-401 :
             1168          (a) (i) a specific description of the boundaries of the economic development project
             1169      area or proposed project area; or
             1170          (ii) (A) a mailing address or telephone number where a person may request that a copy
             1171      of the description be sent at no cost to the person by mail or facsimile transmission; and
             1172          (B) if the agency has an Internet website, an Internet address where a person may gain
             1173      access to an electronic, printable copy of the description;
             1174          (b) a map of the boundaries of the project area or proposed project area;
             1175          (c) an explanation of the purpose of the hearing; and
             1176          (d) a statement of the date, time, and location of the hearing.
             1177          (4) The agency shall include in each notice under Subsections (1)(b)(ii), (iii), and (iv):


             1178          (a) a statement that property tax revenues resulting from an increase in valuation of
             1179      property within the economic development project area or proposed project area will be paid
             1180      to the agency for economic development purposes rather than to the taxing entity to which the
             1181      tax revenues would otherwise have been paid if:
             1182          (i) [a majority of] the taxing entity committee consents to the project area budget; and
             1183          (ii) the project area plan provides for the agency to receive tax increment; and
             1184          (b) an invitation to the recipient of the notice to submit to the agency comments
             1185      concerning the subject matter of the hearing before the date of the hearing.
             1186          (5) An agency may include in a notice under Subsection (1) any other information the
             1187      agency considers necessary or advisable, including the public purpose served by the project
             1188      and any future tax benefits expected to result from the project.
             1189          Section 22. Section 17C-4-201 is amended to read:
             1190           17C-4-201. Consent of a taxing entity or public entity to an agency receiving tax
             1191      increment or sales tax funds for community development project.
             1192          (1) An agency may negotiate with a taxing entity and public entity for the taxing
             1193      entity's or public entity's consent to the agency receiving the entity's or public entity's tax
             1194      increment or sales tax revenues, or both, for the purpose of providing funds to carry out a
             1195      proposed or adopted community development project area plan.
             1196          (2) The consent of a taxing entity or public entity under Subsection (1) may be
             1197      expressed in:
             1198          (a) a resolution adopted by the taxing entity or public entity; or
             1199          (b) an interlocal agreement, under Title 11, Chapter 13, Interlocal Cooperation Act,
             1200      between the taxing entity or public entity and the agency.
             1201          (3) Before an agency may use tax increment or sales tax revenues collected under a
             1202      resolution or interlocal agreement adopted for the purpose of providing funds to carry out a
             1203      proposed or adopted community development project area plan, the agency shall:
             1204          (a) obtain a written certification, signed by an attorney licensed to practice law in this
             1205      state, stating that the agency and the taxing entity have each followed all legal requirements


             1206      relating to the adoption of the resolution or interlocal agreement, respectively; and
             1207          (b) provide a signed copy of the certification described in Subsection (3)(a) to the
             1208      appropriate taxing entity.
             1209          [(3)] (4) A resolution adopted or interlocal agreement entered under Subsection (2) on
             1210      or after March 30, 2009 shall specify:
             1211          (a) if the resolution or interlocal agreement provides for the agency to be paid tax
             1212      increment:
             1213          (i) the method of calculating the amount of the taxing entity's tax increment from the
             1214      project area that will be paid to the agency, including the agreed base year and agreed base
             1215      taxable value;
             1216          (ii) the number of tax years that the agency will be paid the taxing entity's tax
             1217      increment from the project area; and
             1218          (iii) the percentage of the taxing entity's tax increment or maximum cumulative dollar
             1219      amount of the taxing entity's tax increment that the agency will be paid; and
             1220          (b) if the resolution or interlocal agreement provides for the agency to be paid a public
             1221      entity's sales tax revenue:
             1222          (i) the method of calculating the amount of the public entity's sales tax revenue that
             1223      the agency will be paid;
             1224          (ii) the number of tax years that the agency will be paid the sales tax revenue; and
             1225          (iii) the percentage of sales tax revenue or the maximum cumulative dollar amount of
             1226      sales tax revenue that the agency will be paid.
             1227          [(4)] (5) (a) Unless the taxing entity otherwise agrees, an agency may not be paid a
             1228      taxing entity's tax increment:
             1229          (i) that exceeds the percentage or maximum cumulative dollar amount of tax
             1230      increment specified in the resolution or interlocal agreement under Subsection (2); or
             1231          (ii) for more tax years than specified in the resolution or interlocal agreement under
             1232      Subsection (2).
             1233          (b) Unless the public entity otherwise agrees, an agency may not be paid a public


             1234      entity's sales tax revenue:
             1235          (i) that exceeds the percentage or maximum cumulative dollar amount of sales tax
             1236      revenue specified in the resolution or interlocal agreement under Subsection (2); or
             1237          (ii) for more tax years than specified in the resolution or interlocal agreement under
             1238      Subsection (2).
             1239          [(5)] (6) A school district may consent to an agency receiving tax increment from the
             1240      school district's basic levy only to the extent that the school district also consents to the agency
             1241      receiving tax increment from the school district's local levy.
             1242          [(6)] (7) (a) A resolution or interlocal agreement under this section may be amended
             1243      from time to time.
             1244          (b) Each amendment of a resolution or interlocal agreement shall be subject to and
             1245      receive the benefits of the provisions of this part to the same extent as if the amendment were
             1246      an original resolution or interlocal agreement.
             1247          [(7)] (8) A taxing entity's or public entity's consent to an agency receiving funds under
             1248      this section is not subject to the requirements of Section 10-8-2 .
             1249          (9) (a) For purposes of this Subsection (9), "successor taxing entity" means any taxing
             1250      entity that:
             1251          (i) is created after the date of adoption of a resolution or execution of an interlocal
             1252      agreement under this section; and
             1253          (ii) levies a tax on any parcel of property located within the project area that is the
             1254      subject of the resolution or the interlocal agreement described in Subsection (9)(a)(i).
             1255          (b) A resolution or interlocal agreement executed by a taxing entity under this section
             1256      may be enforced by or against any successor taxing entity.
             1257          Section 23. Section 17C-4-202 is amended to read:
             1258           17C-4-202. Resolution or interlocal agreement to provide funds for the
             1259      community development project area plan -- Notice -- Effective date of resolution or
             1260      interlocal agreement -- Time to contest resolution or interlocal agreement -- Availability
             1261      of resolution or interlocal agreement.


             1262          (1) The approval and adoption of each resolution or interlocal agreement under
             1263      Subsection 17C-4-201 (2) shall be in an open and public meeting.
             1264          (2) (a) Upon the adoption of a resolution or interlocal agreement under Section
             1265      17C-4-201 , the agency shall provide notice as provided in Subsection (2)(b) by:
             1266          (i) (A) publishing or causing to be published a notice in a newspaper of general
             1267      circulation within the agency's boundaries; or
             1268          (B) if there is no newspaper of general circulation within the agency's boundaries,
             1269      causing a notice to be posted in at least three public places within the agency's boundaries; and
             1270          (ii) publishing or causing to be published in accordance with Section 45-1-101 .
             1271          (b) Each notice under Subsection (2)(a) shall:
             1272          (i) set forth a summary of the resolution or interlocal agreement; and
             1273          (ii) include a statement that the resolution or interlocal agreement is available for
             1274      general public inspection and the hours of inspection.
             1275          (3) The resolution or interlocal agreement shall become effective on the date of:
             1276          (a) if notice was published under Subsection (2)(a)(i)(A) or (ii), publication of the
             1277      notice; or
             1278          (b) if notice was posted under Subsection (2)(a)(i)(B), posting of the notice.
             1279          (4) (a) For a period of 30 days after the effective date of the resolution or interlocal
             1280      agreement under Subsection (3), any person in interest may contest the resolution or interlocal
             1281      agreement or the procedure used to adopt the resolution or interlocal agreement if the
             1282      resolution or interlocal agreement or procedure fails to comply with applicable statutory
             1283      requirements.
             1284          (b) After the 30-day period under Subsection (4)(a) expires, [no] a person may not, for
             1285      any cause, contest:
             1286          (i) the resolution or interlocal agreement [for any cause.];
             1287          (ii) a payment to the agency under the resolution or interlocal agreement; or
             1288          (iii) the agency's use of tax increment under the resolution or interlocal agreement.
             1289          (5) Each agency that is to receive funds under a resolution or interlocal agreement


             1290      under Section 17C-4-201 and each taxing entity or public entity that approves a resolution or
             1291      enters into an interlocal agreement under Section 17C-4-201 shall make the resolution or
             1292      interlocal agreement, as the case may be, available at its offices to the general public for
             1293      inspection and copying during normal business hours.
             1294          Section 24. Section 17C-4-402 is amended to read:
             1295           17C-4-402. Requirements for notice provided by agency.
             1296          (1) The notice required by Section 17C-4-401 shall be given by:
             1297          (a) (i) publishing one notice, excluding the map referred to in Subsection (2)(b), in a
             1298      newspaper of general circulation within the county in which the project area or proposed
             1299      project area is located, at least 14 days before the hearing; [or]
             1300          (ii) if there is no newspaper of general circulation, posting notice, at least 14 days
             1301      before the hearing, in at least three conspicuous places within the county in which the project
             1302      area or proposed project area is located; [and] or
             1303          (iii) posting notice, excluding the map described in Subsection (3)(b), at least 14 days
             1304      before the day on which the hearing is held on:
             1305          (A) the Utah Public Notice Website described in Section 63F-1-701 ; and
             1306          (B) the public website of a community located within the boundaries of a project area;
             1307      and
             1308          (b) at least 30 days before the hearing, mailing notice to:
             1309          (i) each record owner of property located within the project area or proposed project
             1310      area;
             1311          (ii) the State Tax Commission;
             1312          (iii) the assessor and auditor of the county in which the project area or proposed
             1313      project area is located; and
             1314          (iv) the State Board of Education and the legislative body or governing board of each
             1315      taxing entity.
             1316          (2) The mailing of the notice to record property owners required under Subsection
             1317      (1)(b)(i) shall be conclusively considered to have been properly completed if:


             1318          (a) the agency mails the notice to the property owners as shown in the records,
             1319      including an electronic database, of the county recorder's office and at the addresses shown in
             1320      those records; and
             1321          (b) the county recorder's office records used by the agency in identifying owners to
             1322      whom the notice is mailed and their addresses were obtained or accessed from the county
             1323      recorder's office no earlier than 30 days before the mailing.
             1324          (3) The agency shall include in each notice required under Section 17C-4-401 :
             1325          (a) (i) a specific description of the boundaries of the project area or proposed project
             1326      area; or
             1327          (ii) (A) a mailing address or telephone number where a person may request that a copy
             1328      of the description be sent at no cost to the person by mail or facsimile transmission; and
             1329          (B) if the agency has an Internet website, an Internet address where a person may gain
             1330      access to an electronic, printable copy of the description;
             1331          (b) a map of the boundaries of the project area or proposed project area;
             1332          (c) an explanation of the purpose of the hearing;
             1333          (d) a statement of the date, time, and location of the hearing;
             1334          (e) an invitation to the recipient of the notice to submit to the agency comments
             1335      concerning the subject matter of the hearing before the date of the hearing;
             1336          (f) a statement that any person objecting to the draft project area plan or contesting the
             1337      regularity of any of the proceedings to adopt it may appear before the agency board at the
             1338      hearing to show cause why the draft project area plan should not be adopted; and
             1339          (g) a statement that the proposed project area plan is available for inspection at the
             1340      agency offices.
             1341          (4) An agency may include in a notice under Subsection (1) any other information the
             1342      agency considers necessary or advisable, including the public purpose served by the project
             1343      and any future tax benefits expected to result from the project.
             1344          Section 25. Section 59-2-924.2 is amended to read:
             1345           59-2-924.2. Adjustments to the calculation of a taxing entity's certified tax rate.


             1346          (1) For purposes of this section, "certified tax rate" means a certified tax rate
             1347      calculated in accordance with Section 59-2-924 .
             1348          (2) Beginning January 1, 1997, if a taxing entity receives increased revenues from
             1349      uniform fees on tangible personal property under Section 59-2-404 , 59-2-405 , 59-2-405.1 ,
             1350      59-2-405.2 , or 59-2-405.3 as a result of any county imposing a sales and use tax under
             1351      Chapter 12, Part 11, County Option Sales and Use Tax, the taxing entity shall decrease its
             1352      certified tax rate to offset the increased revenues.
             1353          (3) (a) Beginning July 1, 1997, if a county has imposed a sales and use tax under
             1354      Chapter 12, Part 11, County Option Sales and Use Tax, the county's certified tax rate shall be:
             1355          (i) decreased on a one-time basis by the amount of the estimated sales and use tax
             1356      revenue to be distributed to the county under Subsection 59-12-1102 (3); and
             1357          (ii) increased by the amount necessary to offset the county's reduction in revenue from
             1358      uniform fees on tangible personal property under Section 59-2-404 , 59-2-405 , 59-2-405.1 ,
             1359      59-2-405.2 , or 59-2-405.3 as a result of the decrease in the certified tax rate under Subsection
             1360      (3)(a)(i).
             1361          (b) The commission shall determine estimates of sales and use tax distributions for
             1362      purposes of Subsection (3)(a).
             1363          (4) Beginning January 1, 1998, if a municipality has imposed an additional resort
             1364      communities sales and use tax under Section 59-12-402 , the municipality's certified tax rate
             1365      shall be decreased on a one-time basis by the amount necessary to offset the first 12 months of
             1366      estimated revenue from the additional resort communities sales and use tax imposed under
             1367      Section 59-12-402 .
             1368          (5) (a) This Subsection (5) applies to each county that:
             1369          (i) establishes a countywide special service district under Title 17D, Chapter 1,
             1370      Special Service District Act, to provide jail service, as provided in Subsection 17D-1-201 (10);
             1371      and
             1372          (ii) levies a property tax on behalf of the special service district under Section
             1373      17D-1-105 .


             1374          (b) (i) The certified tax rate of each county to which this Subsection (5) applies shall
             1375      be decreased by the amount necessary to reduce county revenues by the same amount of
             1376      revenues that will be generated by the property tax imposed on behalf of the special service
             1377      district.
             1378          (ii) Each decrease under Subsection (5)(b)(i) shall occur contemporaneously with the
             1379      levy on behalf of the special service district under Section 17D-1-105 .
             1380          (6) (a) As used in this Subsection (6):
             1381          (i) "Annexing county" means a county whose unincorporated area is included within a
             1382      public safety district by annexation.
             1383          (ii) "Annexing municipality" means a municipality whose area is included within a
             1384      public safety district by annexation.
             1385          (iii) "Equalized public safety protection tax rate" means the tax rate that results from:
             1386          (A) calculating, for each participating county and each participating municipality, the
             1387      property tax revenue necessary:
             1388          (I) in the case of a fire district, to cover all of the costs associated with providing fire
             1389      protection, paramedic, and emergency services:
             1390          (Aa) for a participating county, in the unincorporated area of the county; and
             1391          (Bb) for a participating municipality, in the municipality; or
             1392          (II) in the case of a police district, to cover all the costs:
             1393          (Aa) associated with providing law enforcement service:
             1394          (Ii) for a participating county, in the unincorporated area of the county; and
             1395          (IIii) for a participating municipality, in the municipality; and
             1396          (Bb) that the police district board designates as the costs to be funded by a property
             1397      tax; and
             1398          (B) adding all the amounts calculated under Subsection (6)(a)(iii)(A) for all
             1399      participating counties and all participating municipalities and then dividing that sum by the
             1400      aggregate taxable value of the property, as adjusted in accordance with Section 59-2-913 :
             1401          (I) for participating counties, in the unincorporated area of all participating counties;


             1402      and
             1403          (II) for participating municipalities, in all the participating municipalities.
             1404          (iv) "Fire district" means a service area under Title 17B, Chapter 2a, Part 9, Service
             1405      Area Act:
             1406          (A) created to provide fire protection, paramedic, and emergency services; and
             1407          (B) in the creation of which an election was not required under Subsection
             1408      17B-1-214 (3)(c).
             1409          (v) "Participating county" means a county whose unincorporated area is included
             1410      within a public safety district at the time of the creation of the public safety district.
             1411          (vi) "Participating municipality" means a municipality whose area is included within a
             1412      public safety district at the time of the creation of the public safety district.
             1413          (vii) "Police district" means a service area under Title 17B, Chapter 2a, Part 9, Service
             1414      Area Act, within a county of the first class:
             1415          (A) created to provide law enforcement service; and
             1416          (B) in the creation of which an election was not required under Subsection
             1417      17B-1-214 (3)(c).
             1418          (viii) "Public safety district" means a fire district or a police district.
             1419          (ix) "Public safety service" means:
             1420          (A) in the case of a public safety district that is a fire district, fire protection,
             1421      paramedic, and emergency services; and
             1422          (B) in the case of a public safety district that is a police district, law enforcement
             1423      service.
             1424          (b) In the first year following creation of a public safety district, the certified tax rate
             1425      of each participating county and each participating municipality shall be decreased by the
             1426      amount of the equalized public safety tax rate.
             1427          (c) In the first budget year following annexation to a public safety district, the certified
             1428      tax rate of each annexing county and each annexing municipality shall be decreased by an
             1429      amount equal to the amount of revenue budgeted by the annexing county or annexing


             1430      municipality:
             1431          (i) for public safety service; and
             1432          (ii) in:
             1433          (A) for a taxing entity operating under a January 1 through December 31 fiscal year,
             1434      the prior calendar year; or
             1435          (B) for a taxing entity operating under a July 1 through June 30 fiscal year, the prior
             1436      fiscal year.
             1437          (d) Each tax levied under this section by a public safety district shall be considered to
             1438      be levied by:
             1439          (i) each participating county and each annexing county for purposes of the county's
             1440      tax limitation under Section 59-2-908 ; and
             1441          (ii) each participating municipality and each annexing municipality for purposes of
             1442      the municipality's tax limitation under Section 10-5-112 , for a town, or Section 10-6-133 , for a
             1443      city.
             1444          (e) The calculation of a public safety district's certified tax rate for the year of
             1445      annexation shall be adjusted to include an amount of revenue equal to one half of the amount
             1446      of revenue budgeted by the annexing entity for public safety service in the annexing entity's
             1447      prior fiscal year if:
             1448          (i) the public safety district operates on a January 1 through December 31 fiscal year;
             1449          (ii) the public safety district approves an annexation of an entity operating on a July 1
             1450      through June 30 fiscal year; and
             1451          (iii) the annexation described in Subsection (6)(e)(ii) takes effect on July 1.
             1452          (7) For the calendar year beginning on January 1, 2007, the calculation of a taxing
             1453      entity's certified tax rate, calculated in accordance with Section 59-2-924 , shall be adjusted by
             1454      the amount necessary to offset any change in the certified tax rate that may result from
             1455      excluding the following from the certified tax rate under Subsection 59-2-924 (3) enacted by
             1456      the Legislature during the 2007 General Session:
             1457          (a) personal property tax revenue:


             1458          (i) received by a taxing entity;
             1459          (ii) assessed by a county assessor in accordance with Part 3, County Assessment; and
             1460          (iii) for personal property that is semiconductor manufacturing equipment; or
             1461          (b) the taxable value of personal property:
             1462          (i) contained on the tax rolls of a taxing entity;
             1463          (ii) assessed by a county assessor in accordance with Part 3, County Assessment; and
             1464          (iii) that is semiconductor manufacturing equipment.
             1465          (8) (a) The taxable value for the base year under Subsection 17C-1-102 (6) shall be
             1466      reduced for any year to the extent necessary to provide a community development and renewal
             1467      agency established under Title 17C, Limited Purpose Local Government Entities - Community
             1468      Development and Renewal Agencies Act, with approximately the same amount of money the
             1469      agency would have received without a reduction in the county's certified tax rate, calculated in
             1470      accordance with Section 59-2-924 , if:
             1471          (i) in that year there is a decrease in the certified tax rate under Subsection (2) or
             1472      (3)(a);
             1473          (ii) the amount of the decrease is more than 20% of the county's certified tax rate of
             1474      the previous year; and
             1475          (iii) the decrease results in a reduction of the amount to be paid to the agency under
             1476      Section 17C-1-403 or 17C-1-404 .
             1477          (b) The base taxable value under Subsection 17C-1-102 (6) shall be increased in any
             1478      year to the extent necessary to provide a community development and renewal agency with
             1479      approximately the same amount of money as the agency would have received without an
             1480      increase in the certified tax rate that year if:
             1481          (i) in that year the base taxable value under Subsection 17C-1-102 (6) is reduced due
             1482      to a decrease in the certified tax rate under Subsection (2) or (3)(a); and
             1483          (ii) the certified tax rate of a city, school district, local district, or special service
             1484      district increases independent of the adjustment to the taxable value of the base year.
             1485          (c) Notwithstanding a decrease in the certified tax rate under Subsection (2) or (3)(a),


             1486      the amount of money allocated and, when collected, paid each year to a community
             1487      development and renewal agency established under Title 17C, Limited Purpose Local
             1488      Government Entities - Community Development and Renewal Agencies Act, for the payment
             1489      of bonds or other contract indebtedness, but not for administrative costs, may not be less than
             1490      that amount would have been without a decrease in the certified tax rate under Subsection (2)
             1491      or (3)(a).
             1492          Section 26. Section 72-1-208 is amended to read:
             1493           72-1-208. Cooperation with counties, cities, towns, the federal government, and
             1494      all state departments -- Inspection of work done by a public transit district.
             1495          (1) The department shall cooperate with the counties, cities, [and] towns, and
             1496      community development and renewal agencies in the construction, maintenance, and use of
             1497      the highways and in all related matters, and may provide services to the counties, cities, [and]
             1498      towns, and community development and renewal agencies on terms mutually agreed upon.
             1499          (2) The department, with the approval of the governor, shall cooperate with the federal
             1500      government in all federal-aid projects and with all state departments in all matters in
             1501      connection with the use of the highways.
             1502          (3) The department:
             1503          (a) shall inspect all work done by a public transit district under Title 17B, Chapter 2a,
             1504      Part 8, Public Transit District Act, relating to safety appliances and procedures; and
             1505          (b) may make further additions or changes necessary for the purpose of safety to
             1506      employees and the general public.


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