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IMPACT FEE AMENDMENTS

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2011 GENERAL SESSION

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STATE OF UTAH

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Chief Sponsor: Jerry W. Stevenson

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House Sponsor: Brad J. Galvez

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             7      LONG TITLE
             8      General Description:
             9          This bill recodifies the Impact Fees Act.
             10      Highlighted Provisions:
             11          This bill:
             12          .    repeals Title 11, Chapter 36, Impact Fees Act, and replaces it with Title 11, Chapter
             13      36a, Impact Fees Act, including:
             14              .    enacting general provisions;
             15              .    enacting provisions related to an impact fee;
             16              .    enacting provisions regulating the establishment of an impact fee;
             17              .    enacting provisions related to an impact fee enactment;
             18              .    enacting notice provisions;
             19              .    enacting provisions regulating the accounting of and expenditure of an impact
             20      fee; and
             21              .    enacting provisions related to challenging an impact fee; and
             22          .    makes technical and conforming amendments.
             23      Money Appropriated in this Bill:
             24          None
             25      Other Special Clauses:
             26          This bill takes effect on May 11, 2011.
             27      Utah Code Sections Affected:



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     AMENDS:
             29          10-9a-103, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapters 269 and 330
             30          10-9a-305, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapters 203 and 330
             31          10-9a-510, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapter 203
             32          13-43-205, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2006, Chapter 258
             33          13-43-206, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapter 203
             34          17-27a-103, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapters 269 and 330
             35          17-27a-305, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapters 203 and 330
             36          17-27a-509, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapter 203
             37          17B-1-111, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 329
             38          17B-1-118, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapter 203
             39          17B-1-643, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2009, First Special Session, Chapter 5
             40          17B-2a-1004, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 329
             41      ENACTS:
             42          11-36a-101, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             43          11-36a-102, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             44          11-36a-201, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             45          11-36a-202, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             46          11-36a-203, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             47          11-36a-204, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             48          11-36a-205, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             49          11-36a-301, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             50          11-36a-302, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             51          11-36a-303, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             52          11-36a-304, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             53          11-36a-305, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             54          11-36a-306, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             55          11-36a-401, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             56          11-36a-402, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             57          11-36a-403, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             58          11-36a-501, Utah Code Annotated 1953



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         11-36a-502, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             60          11-36a-503, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             61          11-36a-504, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             62          11-36a-601, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             63          11-36a-602, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             64          11-36a-603, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             65          11-36a-701, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             66          11-36a-702, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             67          11-36a-703, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             68          11-36a-704, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             69          11-36a-705, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             70      REPEALS:
             71          11-36-101, as enacted by Laws of Utah 1995, First Special Session, Chapter 11
             72          11-36-102 (Superseded 05/11/11), as last amended by Laws of Utah 2009, Chapters
             73      181, 286, and 323
             74          11-36-102 (Effective 05/11/11), as last amended by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapter 203
             75          11-36-201, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapters 203 and 315
             76          11-36-202, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapter 315
             77          11-36-301, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2009, Chapter 323
             78          11-36-302, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2009, Chapter 181
             79          11-36-303, as enacted by Laws of Utah 1995, First Special Session, Chapter 11
             80          11-36-401, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapter 378
             81          11-36-401.5, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2009, Chapters 181 and 286
             82          11-36-402, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2008, Chapters 3 and 382
             83          11-36-501, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 329
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             85      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             86          Section 1. Section 10-9a-103 is amended to read:
             87           10-9a-103. Definitions.
             88          As used in this chapter:
             89          (1) "Affected entity" means a county, municipality, local district, special service



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     district under Title 17D, Chapter 1, Special Service District Act, school district, interlocal
             91      cooperation entity established under Title 11, Chapter 13, Interlocal Cooperation Act, specified
             92      public utility, a property owner, a property owners association, or the Utah Department of
             93      Transportation, if:
             94          (a) the entity's services or facilities are likely to require expansion or significant
             95      modification because of an intended use of land;
             96          (b) the entity has filed with the municipality a copy of the entity's general or long-range
             97      plan; or
             98          (c) the entity has filed with the municipality a request for notice during the same
             99      calendar year and before the municipality provides notice to an affected entity in compliance
             100      with a requirement imposed under this chapter.
             101          (2) "Appeal authority" means the person, board, commission, agency, or other body
             102      designated by ordinance to decide an appeal of a decision of a land use application or a
             103      variance.
             104          (3) "Billboard" means a freestanding ground sign located on industrial, commercial, or
             105      residential property if the sign is designed or intended to direct attention to a business, product,
             106      or service that is not sold, offered, or existing on the property where the sign is located.
             107          (4) "Charter school" includes:
             108          (a) an operating charter school;
             109          (b) a charter school applicant that has its application approved by a chartering entity in
             110      accordance with Title 53A, Chapter 1a, Part 5, The Utah Charter Schools Act; and
             111          (c) an entity who is working on behalf of a charter school or approved charter applicant
             112      to develop or construct a charter school building.
             113          (5) "Conditional use" means a land use that, because of its unique characteristics or
             114      potential impact on the municipality, surrounding neighbors, or adjacent land uses, may not be
             115      compatible in some areas or may be compatible only if certain conditions are required that
             116      mitigate or eliminate the detrimental impacts.
             117          (6) "Constitutional taking" means a governmental action that results in a taking of
             118      private property so that compensation to the owner of the property is required by the:
             119          (a) Fifth or Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States; or
             120          (b) Utah Constitution Article I, Section 22.



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         (7) "Culinary water authority" means the department, agency, or public entity with
             122      responsibility to review and approve the feasibility of the culinary water system and sources for
             123      the subject property.
             124          (8) "Development activity" means:
             125          (a) any construction or expansion of a building, structure, or use that creates additional
             126      demand and need for public facilities;
             127          (b) any change in use of a building or structure that creates additional demand and need
             128      for public facilities; or
             129          (c) any change in the use of land that creates additional demand and need for public
             130      facilities.
             131          (9) (a) "Disability" means a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one
             132      or more of a person's major life activities, including a person having a record of such an
             133      impairment or being regarded as having such an impairment.
             134          (b) "Disability" does not include current illegal use of, or addiction to, any federally
             135      controlled substance, as defined in Section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act, 21 U.S.C.
             136      802.
             137          (10) "Educational facility":
             138          (a) means:
             139          (i) a school district's building at which pupils assemble to receive instruction in a
             140      program for any combination of grades from preschool through grade 12, including
             141      kindergarten and a program for children with disabilities;
             142          (ii) a structure or facility:
             143          (A) located on the same property as a building described in Subsection (10)(a)(i); and
             144          (B) used in support of the use of that building; and
             145          (iii) a building to provide office and related space to a school district's administrative
             146      personnel; and
             147          (b) does not include land or a structure, including land or a structure for inventory
             148      storage, equipment storage, food processing or preparing, vehicle storage or maintenance, or
             149      similar use that is:
             150          (i) not located on the same property as a building described in Subsection (10)(a)(i);
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         (ii) used in support of the purposes of a building described in Subsection (10)(a)(i).
             153          (11) "Elderly person" means a person who is 60 years old or older, who desires or
             154      needs to live with other elderly persons in a group setting, but who is capable of living
             155      independently.
             156          (12) "Fire authority" means the department, agency, or public entity with responsibility
             157      to review and approve the feasibility of fire protection and suppression services for the subject
             158      property.
             159          (13) "Flood plain" means land that:
             160          (a) is within the 100-year flood plain designated by the Federal Emergency
             161      Management Agency; or
             162          (b) has not been studied or designated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency
             163      but presents a likelihood of experiencing chronic flooding or a catastrophic flood event because
             164      the land has characteristics that are similar to those of a 100-year flood plain designated by the
             165      Federal Emergency Management Agency.
             166          (14) "General plan" means a document that a municipality adopts that sets forth general
             167      guidelines for proposed future development of the land within the municipality.
             168          (15) "Geologic hazard" means:
             169          (a) a surface fault rupture;
             170          (b) shallow groundwater;
             171          (c) liquefaction;
             172          (d) a landslide;
             173          (e) a debris flow;
             174          (f) unstable soil;
             175          (g) a rock fall; or
             176          (h) any other geologic condition that presents a risk:
             177          (i) to life;
             178          (ii) of substantial loss of real property; or
             179          (iii) of substantial damage to real property.
             180          (16) "Hookup fee" means a fee for the installation and inspection of any pipe, line,
             181      meter, or appurtenance that connects to a municipal water, sewer, storm water, power, or other
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         (17) "Identical plans" means building plans submitted to a municipality that are
             184      substantially identical to building plans that were previously submitted to and reviewed and
             185      approved by the municipality and describe a building that is:
             186          (a) located on land zoned the same as the land on which the building described in the
             187      previously approved plans is located; and
             188          (b) subject to the same geological and meteorological conditions and the same law as
             189      the building described in the previously approved plans.
             190          (18) "Impact fee" means a payment of money imposed under Title 11, Chapter [36]
             191      36a, Impact Fees Act.
             192          (19) "Improvement assurance" means a surety bond, letter of credit, cash, or other
             193      security:
             194          (a) to guaranty the proper completion of an improvement;
             195          (b) that is required as a condition precedent to:
             196          (i) recording a subdivision plat; or
             197          (ii) beginning development activity; and
             198          (c) that is offered to a land use authority to induce the land use authority, before actual
             199      construction of required improvements, to:
             200          (i) consent to the recording of a subdivision plat; or
             201          (ii) issue a permit for development activity.
             202          (20) "Improvement assurance warranty" means a promise that the materials and
             203      workmanship of improvements:
             204          (a) comport with standards that the municipality has officially adopted; and
             205          (b) will not fail in any material respect within a warranty period.
             206          (21) "Internal lot restriction" means a platted note, platted demarcation, or platted
             207      designation that:
             208          (a) runs with the land; and
             209          (b) (i) creates a restriction that is enclosed within the perimeter of a lot described on
             210      the plat; or
             211          (ii) designates a development condition that is enclosed within the perimeter of a lot
             212      described on the plat.
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     ordinance.
             215          (23) "Land use authority" means a person, board, commission, agency, or other body
             216      designated by the local legislative body to act upon a land use application.
             217          (24) "Land use ordinance" means a planning, zoning, development, or subdivision
             218      ordinance of the municipality, but does not include the general plan.
             219          (25) "Land use permit" means a permit issued by a land use authority.
             220          (26) "Legislative body" means the municipal council.
             221          (27) "Local district" means an entity under Title 17B, Limited Purpose Local
             222      Government Entities - Local Districts, and any other governmental or quasi-governmental
             223      entity that is not a county, municipality, school district, or the state.
             224          (28) "Lot line adjustment" means the relocation of the property boundary line in a
             225      subdivision between two adjoining lots with the consent of the owners of record.
             226          (29) "Moderate income housing" means housing occupied or reserved for occupancy
             227      by households with a gross household income equal to or less than 80% of the median gross
             228      income for households of the same size in the county in which the city is located.
             229          (30) "Nominal fee" means a fee that reasonably reimburses a municipality only for time
             230      spent and expenses incurred in:
             231          (a) verifying that building plans are identical plans; and
             232          (b) reviewing and approving those minor aspects of identical plans that differ from the
             233      previously reviewed and approved building plans.
             234          (31) "Noncomplying structure" means a structure that:
             235          (a) legally existed before its current land use designation; and
             236          (b) because of one or more subsequent land use ordinance changes, does not conform
             237      to the setback, height restrictions, or other regulations, excluding those regulations, which
             238      govern the use of land.
             239          (32) "Nonconforming use" means a use of land that:
             240          (a) legally existed before its current land use designation;
             241          (b) has been maintained continuously since the time the land use ordinance governing
             242      the land changed; and
             243          (c) because of one or more subsequent land use ordinance changes, does not conform
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         (33) "Official map" means a map drawn by municipal authorities and recorded in a
             246      county recorder's office that:
             247          (a) shows actual and proposed rights-of-way, centerline alignments, and setbacks for
             248      highways and other transportation facilities;
             249          (b) provides a basis for restricting development in designated rights-of-way or between
             250      designated setbacks to allow the government authorities time to purchase or otherwise reserve
             251      the land; and
             252          (c) has been adopted as an element of the municipality's general plan.
             253          (34) "Person" means an individual, corporation, partnership, organization, association,
             254      trust, governmental agency, or any other legal entity.
             255          (35) "Plan for moderate income housing" means a written document adopted by a city
             256      legislative body that includes:
             257          (a) an estimate of the existing supply of moderate income housing located within the
             258      city;
             259          (b) an estimate of the need for moderate income housing in the city for the next five
             260      years as revised biennially;
             261          (c) a survey of total residential land use;
             262          (d) an evaluation of how existing land uses and zones affect opportunities for moderate
             263      income housing; and
             264          (e) a description of the city's program to encourage an adequate supply of moderate
             265      income housing.
             266          (36) "Plat" means a map or other graphical representation of lands being laid out and
             267      prepared in accordance with Section 10-9a-603 , 17-23-17 , or 57-8-13 .
             268          (37) "Potential geologic hazard area" means an area that:
             269          (a) is designated by a Utah Geological Survey map, county geologist map, or other
             270      relevant map or report as needing further study to determine the area's potential for geologic
             271      hazard; or
             272          (b) has not been studied by the Utah Geological Survey or a county geologist but
             273      presents the potential of geologic hazard because the area has characteristics similar to those of
             274      a designated geologic hazard area.
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         (a) the federal government;
             277          (b) the state;
             278          (c) a county, municipality, school district, local district, special service district, or other
             279      political subdivision of the state; or
             280          (d) a charter school.
             281          (39) "Public hearing" means a hearing at which members of the public are provided a
             282      reasonable opportunity to comment on the subject of the hearing.
             283          (40) "Public meeting" means a meeting that is required to be open to the public under
             284      Title 52, Chapter 4, Open and Public Meetings Act.
             285          (41) "Record of survey map" means a map of a survey of land prepared in accordance
             286      with Section 17-23-17 .
             287          (42) "Receiving zone" means an area of a municipality that the municipality's land use
             288      authority designates as an area in which an owner of land may receive transferrable
             289      development rights.
             290          (43) "Residential facility for elderly persons" means a single-family or multiple-family
             291      dwelling unit that meets the requirements of Section 10-9a-516 , but does not include a health
             292      care facility as defined by Section 26-21-2 .
             293          (44) "Residential facility for persons with a disability" means a residence:
             294          (a) in which more than one person with a disability resides; and
             295          (b) (i) is licensed or certified by the Department of Human Services under Title 62A,
             296      Chapter 2, Licensure of Programs and Facilities; or
             297          (ii) is licensed or certified by the Department of Health under Title 26, Chapter 21,
             298      Health Care Facility Licensing and Inspection Act.
             299          (45) "Sanitary sewer authority" means the department, agency, or public entity with
             300      responsibility to review and approve the feasibility of sanitary sewer services or onsite
             301      wastewater systems.
             302          (46) "Sending zone" means an area of a municipality that the municipality's land use
             303      authority designates as an area from which an owner of land may transfer transferrable
             304      development rights to an owner of land in a receiving zone.
             305          (47) "Specified public agency" means:
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         (b) a school district; or
             308          (c) a charter school.
             309          (48) "Specified public utility" means an electrical corporation, gas corporation, or
             310      telephone corporation, as those terms are defined in Section 54-2-1 .
             311          (49) "State" includes any department, division, or agency of the state.
             312          (50) "Street" means a public right-of-way, including a highway, avenue, boulevard,
             313      parkway, road, lane, walk, alley, viaduct, subway, tunnel, bridge, public easement, or other
             314      way.
             315          (51) (a) "Subdivision" means any land that is divided, resubdivided or proposed to be
             316      divided into two or more lots, parcels, sites, units, plots, or other division of land for the
             317      purpose, whether immediate or future, for offer, sale, lease, or development either on the
             318      installment plan or upon any and all other plans, terms, and conditions.
             319          (b) "Subdivision" includes:
             320          (i) the division or development of land whether by deed, metes and bounds description,
             321      devise and testacy, map, plat, or other recorded instrument; and
             322          (ii) except as provided in Subsection (51)(c), divisions of land for residential and
             323      nonresidential uses, including land used or to be used for commercial, agricultural, and
             324      industrial purposes.
             325          (c) "Subdivision" does not include:
             326          (i) a bona fide division or partition of agricultural land for the purpose of joining one of
             327      the resulting separate parcels to a contiguous parcel of unsubdivided agricultural land, if
             328      neither the resulting combined parcel nor the parcel remaining from the division or partition
             329      violates an applicable land use ordinance;
             330          (ii) a recorded agreement between owners of adjoining unsubdivided properties
             331      adjusting their mutual boundary if:
             332          (A) no new lot is created; and
             333          (B) the adjustment does not violate applicable land use ordinances;
             334          (iii) a recorded document, executed by the owner of record:
             335          (A) revising the legal description of more than one contiguous unsubdivided parcel of
             336      property into one legal description encompassing all such parcels of property; or
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     been subdivided, if the joinder does not violate applicable land use ordinances;
             339          (iv) a recorded agreement between owners of adjoining subdivided properties adjusting
             340      their mutual boundary if:
             341          (A) no new dwelling lot or housing unit will result from the adjustment; and
             342          (B) the adjustment will not violate any applicable land use ordinance; or
             343          (v) a bona fide division or partition of land by deed or other instrument where the land
             344      use authority expressly approves in writing the division in anticipation of further land use
             345      approvals on the parcel or parcels.
             346          (d) The joining of a subdivided parcel of property to another parcel of property that has
             347      not been subdivided does not constitute a subdivision under this Subsection (51) as to the
             348      unsubdivided parcel of property or subject the unsubdivided parcel to the municipality's
             349      subdivision ordinance.
             350          (52) "Transferrable development right" means the entitlement to develop land within a
             351      sending zone that would vest according to the municipality's existing land use ordinances on
             352      the date that a completed land use application is filed seeking the approval of development
             353      activity on the land.
             354          (53) "Unincorporated" means the area outside of the incorporated area of a city or
             355      town.
             356          (54) "Water interest" means any right to the beneficial use of water, including:
             357          (a) each of the rights listed in Section 73-1-11 ; and
             358          (b) an ownership interest in the right to the beneficial use of water represented by:
             359          (i) a contract; or
             360          (ii) a share in a water company, as defined in Section 73-3-3.5 .
             361          (55) "Zoning map" means a map, adopted as part of a land use ordinance, that depicts
             362      land use zones, overlays, or districts.
             363          Section 2. Section 10-9a-305 is amended to read:
             364           10-9a-305. Other entities required to conform to municipality's land use
             365      ordinances -- Exceptions -- School districts and charter schools -- Submission of
             366      development plan and schedule.
             367          (1) (a) Each county, municipality, school district, charter school, local district, special
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     ordinance of any municipality when installing, constructing, operating, or otherwise using any
             370      area, land, or building situated within that municipality.
             371          (b) In addition to any other remedies provided by law, when a municipality's land use
             372      ordinance is violated or about to be violated by another political subdivision, that municipality
             373      may institute an injunction, mandamus, abatement, or other appropriate action or proceeding to
             374      prevent, enjoin, abate, or remove the improper installation, improvement, or use.
             375          (2) (a) Notwithstanding Subsection (1), a public transit district under Title 17B,
             376      Chapter 2a, Part 8, Public Transit District Act, is not required to conform to any applicable
             377      land use ordinance of a municipality located within the boundaries of a county of the first class
             378      when constructing a:
             379          (i) rail fixed guideway public transit facility that extends across two or more counties;
             380      or
             381          (ii) structure that serves a rail fixed guideway public transit facility that extends across
             382      two or more counties, including:
             383          (A) platforms;
             384          (B) passenger terminals or stations;
             385          (C) park and ride facilities;
             386          (D) maintenance facilities;
             387          (E) all related utility lines, roadways, and other facilities serving the public transit
             388      facility; or
             389          (F) other auxiliary facilities.
             390          (b) The exemption from municipal land use ordinances under this Subsection (2) does
             391      not extend to any property not necessary for the construction or operation of a rail fixed
             392      guideway public transit facility.
             393          (c) A municipality located within the boundaries of a county of the first class may not,
             394      through an agreement under Title 11, Chapter 13, Interlocal Cooperation Act, require a public
             395      transit district under Title 17B, Chapter 2a, Part 8, Public Transit District Act, to obtain
             396      approval from the municipality prior to constructing a:
             397          (i) rail fixed guideway public transit facility that extends across two or more counties;
             398      or
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     two or more counties, including:
             401          (A) platforms;
             402          (B) passenger terminals or stations;
             403          (C) park and ride facilities;
             404          (D) maintenance facilities;
             405          (E) all related utility lines, roadways, and other facilities serving the public transit
             406      facility; or
             407          (F) other auxiliary facilities.
             408          (3) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (4), a school district or charter school is
             409      subject to a municipality's land use ordinances.
             410          (b) (i) Notwithstanding Subsection (4), a municipality may:
             411          (A) subject a charter school to standards within each zone pertaining to setback, height,
             412      bulk and massing regulations, off-site parking, curb cut, traffic circulation, and construction
             413      staging; and
             414          (B) impose regulations upon the location of a project that are necessary to avoid
             415      unreasonable risks to health or safety, as provided in Subsection (4)(f).
             416          (ii) The standards to which a municipality may subject a charter school under
             417      Subsection (3)(b)(i) shall be objective standards only and may not be subjective.
             418          (iii) Except as provided in Subsection (8)(d), the only basis upon which a municipality
             419      may deny or withhold approval of a charter school's land use application is the charter school's
             420      failure to comply with a standard imposed under Subsection (3)(b)(i).
             421          (iv) Nothing in Subsection (3)(b)(iii) may be construed to relieve a charter school of an
             422      obligation to comply with a requirement of an applicable building or safety code to which it is
             423      otherwise obligated to comply.
             424          (4) A municipality may not:
             425          (a) impose requirements for landscaping, fencing, aesthetic considerations,
             426      construction methods or materials, additional building inspections, municipal building codes,
             427      building use for educational purposes, or the placement or use of temporary classroom facilities
             428      on school property;
             429          (b) except as otherwise provided in this section, require a school district or charter
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     school on a roadway or sidewalk, that is not reasonably necessary for the safety of school
             432      children and not located on or contiguous to school property, unless the roadway or sidewalk is
             433      required to connect an otherwise isolated school site to an existing roadway;
             434          (c) require a district or charter school to pay fees not authorized by this section;
             435          (d) provide for inspection of school construction or assess a fee or other charges for
             436      inspection, unless the school district or charter school is unable to provide for inspection by an
             437      inspector, other than the project architect or contractor, who is qualified under criteria
             438      established by the state superintendent;
             439          (e) require a school district or charter school to pay any impact fee for an improvement
             440      project unless the impact fee is imposed as provided in Title 11, Chapter [36] 36a, Impact Fees
             441      Act;
             442          (f) impose regulations upon the location of an educational facility except as necessary
             443      to avoid unreasonable risks to health or safety; or
             444          (g) for a land use or a structure owned or operated by a school district or charter school
             445      that is not an educational facility but is used in support of providing instruction to pupils,
             446      impose a regulation that:
             447          (i) is not imposed on a similar land use or structure in the zone in which the land use or
             448      structure is approved; or
             449          (ii) uses the tax exempt status of the school district or charter school as criteria for
             450      prohibiting or regulating the land use or location of the structure.
             451          (5) Subject to Section 53A-20-108 , a school district or charter school shall coordinate
             452      the siting of a new school with the municipality in which the school is to be located, to:
             453          (a) avoid or mitigate existing and potential traffic hazards, including consideration of
             454      the impacts between the new school and future highways; and
             455          (b) maximize school, student, and site safety.
             456          (6) Notwithstanding Subsection (4)(d), a municipality may, at its discretion:
             457          (a) provide a walk-through of school construction at no cost and at a time convenient to
             458      the district or charter school; and
             459          (b) provide recommendations based upon the walk-through.
             460          (7) (a) Notwithstanding Subsection (4)(d), a school district or charter school shall use:
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         (ii) (A) for a school district, a school district building inspector from that school
             463      district; or
             464          (B) for a charter school, a school district building inspector from the school district in
             465      which the charter school is located; or
             466          (iii) an independent, certified building inspector who is:
             467          (A) not an employee of the contractor;
             468          (B) approved by:
             469          (I) a municipal building inspector; or
             470          (II) (Aa) for a school district, a school district building inspector from that school
             471      district; or
             472          (Bb) for a charter school, a school district building inspector from the school district in
             473      which the charter school is located; and
             474          (C) licensed to perform the inspection that the inspector is requested to perform.
             475          (b) The approval under Subsection (7)(a)(iii)(B) may not be unreasonably withheld.
             476          (c) If a school district or charter school uses a school district or independent building
             477      inspector under Subsection (7)(a)(ii) or (iii), the school district or charter school shall submit to
             478      the state superintendent of public instruction and municipal building official, on a monthly
             479      basis during construction of the school building, a copy of each inspection certificate regarding
             480      the school building.
             481          (8) (a) A charter school shall be considered a permitted use in all zoning districts
             482      within a municipality.
             483          (b) Each land use application for any approval required for a charter school, including
             484      an application for a building permit, shall be processed on a first priority basis.
             485          (c) Parking requirements for a charter school may not exceed the minimum parking
             486      requirements for schools or other institutional public uses throughout the municipality.
             487          (d) If a municipality has designated zones for a sexually oriented business, or a
             488      business which sells alcohol, a charter school may be prohibited from a location which would
             489      otherwise defeat the purpose for the zone unless the charter school provides a waiver.
             490          (e) (i) A school district or a charter school may seek a certificate authorizing permanent
             491      occupancy of a school building from:
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     53A-20-104 (3), if the school district or charter school used an independent building inspector
             494      for inspection of the school building; or
             495          (B) a municipal official with authority to issue the certificate, if the school district or
             496      charter school used a municipal building inspector for inspection of the school building.
             497          (ii) A school district may issue its own certificate authorizing permanent occupancy of
             498      a school building if it used its own building inspector for inspection of the school building,
             499      subject to the notification requirement of Subsection 53A-20-104 (3)(a)(ii).
             500          (iii) A charter school may seek a certificate authorizing permanent occupancy of a
             501      school building from a school district official with authority to issue the certificate, if the
             502      charter school used a school district building inspector for inspection of the school building.
             503          (iv) A certificate authorizing permanent occupancy issued by the state superintendent
             504      of public instruction under Subsection 53A-20-104 (3) or a school district official with authority
             505      to issue the certificate shall be considered to satisfy any municipal requirement for an
             506      inspection or a certificate of occupancy.
             507          (9) (a) A specified public agency intending to develop its land shall submit to the land
             508      use authority a development plan and schedule:
             509          (i) as early as practicable in the development process, but no later than the
             510      commencement of construction; and
             511          (ii) with sufficient detail to enable the land use authority to assess:
             512          (A) the specified public agency's compliance with applicable land use ordinances;
             513          (B) the demand for public facilities listed in Subsections [ 11-36-102 (14)]
             514      11-36a-102 (15)(a), (b), (c), (d), (e), and (g) caused by the development;
             515          (C) the amount of any applicable fee listed in Subsection 10-9a-510 (5);
             516          (D) any credit against an impact fee; and
             517          (E) the potential for waiving an impact fee.
             518          (b) The land use authority shall respond to a specified public agency's submission
             519      under Subsection (9)(a) with reasonable promptness in order to allow the specified public
             520      agency to consider information the municipality provides under Subsection (9)(a)(ii) in the
             521      process of preparing the budget for the development.
             522          (10) Nothing in this section may be construed to modify or supersede Section
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         Section 3. Section 10-9a-510 is amended to read:
             525           10-9a-510. Limit on fees -- Requirement to itemize fees.
             526          (1) A municipality may not impose or collect a fee for reviewing or approving the
             527      plans for a commercial or residential building that exceeds the lesser of:
             528          (a) the actual cost of performing the plan review; and
             529          (b) 65% of the amount the municipality charges for a building permit fee for that
             530      building.
             531          (2) Subject to Subsection (1), a municipality may impose and collect only a nominal
             532      fee for reviewing and approving identical plans.
             533          (3) A municipality may not impose or collect a hookup fee that exceeds the reasonable
             534      cost of installing and inspecting the pipe, line, meter, and appurtenance to connect to the
             535      municipal water, sewer, storm water, power, or other utility system.
             536          (4) A municipality may not impose or collect:
             537          (a) a land use application fee that exceeds the reasonable cost of processing the
             538      application; or
             539          (b) an inspection or review fee that exceeds the reasonable cost of performing the
             540      inspection or review.
             541          (5) Upon the request of an applicant or an owner of residential property, the
             542      municipality shall itemize each fee that the municipality imposes on the applicant or on the
             543      residential property, respectively, showing the basis of each calculation for each fee imposed.
             544          (6) A municipality may not impose on or collect from a public agency any fee
             545      associated with the public agency's development of its land other than:
             546          (a) subject to Subsection (4), a fee for a development service that the public agency
             547      does not itself provide;
             548          (b) subject to Subsection (3), a hookup fee; and
             549          (c) an impact fee for a public facility listed in Subsection [ 11-36-102 (14)]
             550      11-36a-102(15)(a), (b), (c), (d), (e), or (g), subject to any applicable credit under Subsection
             551      [ 11-36-202 (2)(b)] 11-36a-402 (2).
             552          Section 4. Section 11-36a-101 is enacted to read:
             553     
CHAPTER 36a. IMPACT FEES ACT

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         11-36a-101. Title.
             556          This chapter is known as the "Impact Fees Act."
             557          Section 5. Section 11-36a-102 is enacted to read:
             558          11-36a-102. Definitions.
             559          As used in this chapter:
             560          (1) (a) "Affected entity" means each county, municipality, local district under Title
             561      17B, Limited Purpose Local Government Entities - Local Districts, special service district
             562      under Title 17D, Chapter 1, Special Service District Act, school district, interlocal cooperation
             563      entity established under Chapter 13, Interlocal Cooperation Act, and specified public utility:
             564          (i) whose services or facilities are likely to require expansion or significant
             565      modification because of the facilities proposed in the proposed impact fee facilities plan; or
             566          (ii) that has filed with the local political subdivision or private entity a copy of the
             567      general or long-range plan of the county, municipality, local district, special service district,
             568      school district, interlocal cooperation entity, or specified public utility.
             569          (b) "Affected entity" does not include the local political subdivision or private entity
             570      that is required under Section 11-36a-501 to provide notice.
             571          (2) "Charter school" includes:
             572          (a) an operating charter school;
             573          (b) an applicant for a charter school whose application has been approved by a
             574      chartering entity as provided in Title 53A, Chapter 1a, Part 5, The Utah Charter Schools Act;
             575      and
             576          (c) an entity that is working on behalf of a charter school or approved charter applicant
             577      to develop or construct a charter school building.
             578          (3) "Development activity" means any construction or expansion of a building,
             579      structure, or use, any change in use of a building or structure, or any changes in the use of land
             580      that creates additional demand and need for public facilities.
             581          (4) "Development approval" means:
             582          (a) except as provided in Subsection (4)(b), any written authorization from a local
             583      political subdivision that authorizes the commencement of development activity;
             584          (b) development activity, for a public entity that may develop without written
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         (c) a written authorization from a public water supplier, as defined in Section 73-1-4 ,
             587      or a private water company:
             588          (i) to reserve or provide:
             589          (A) a water right;
             590          (B) a system capacity; or
             591          (C) a distribution facility; or
             592          (ii) to deliver for a development activity:
             593          (A) culinary water; or
             594          (B) irrigation water; or
             595          (d) a written authorization from a sanitary sewer authority, as defined in Section
             596      10-9a-103 :
             597          (i) to reserve or provide:
             598          (A) sewer collection capacity; or
             599          (B) treatment capacity; or
             600          (ii) to provide sewer service for a development activity.
             601          (5) "Enactment" means:
             602          (a) a municipal ordinance, for a municipality;
             603          (b) a county ordinance, for a county; and
             604          (c) a governing board resolution, for a local district, special service district, or private
             605      entity.
             606          (6) "Encumber" means:
             607          (a) a pledge to retire a debt; or
             608          (b) an allocation to a current purchase order or contract.
             609          (7) "Hookup fee" means a fee for the installation and inspection of any pipe, line,
             610      meter, or appurtenance to connect to a gas, water, sewer, storm water, power, or other utility
             611      system of a municipality, county, local district, special service district, or private entity.
             612          (8) (a) "Impact fee" means a payment of money imposed upon new development
             613      activity as a condition of development approval to mitigate the impact of the new development
             614      on public infrastructure.
             615          (b) "Impact fee" does not mean a tax, a special assessment, a building permit fee, a
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         (9) "Impact fee analysis" means the written analysis of each impact fee required by
             618      Section 11-36a-303 .
             619          (10) "Impact fee facilities plan" means the plan required by Section 11-36a-301 .
             620          (11) (a) "Local political subdivision" means a county, a municipality, a local district
             621      under Title 17B, Limited Purpose Local Government Entities - Local Districts, or a special
             622      service district under Title 17D, Chapter 1, Special Service District Act.
             623          (b) "Local political subdivision" does not mean a school district, whose impact fee
             624      activity is governed by Section 53A-20-100.5 .
             625          (12) "Private entity" means an entity with private ownership that provides culinary
             626      water that is required to be used as a condition of development.
             627          (13) (a) "Project improvements" means site improvements and facilities that are:
             628          (i) planned and designed to provide service for development resulting from a
             629      development activity;
             630          (ii) necessary for the use and convenience of the occupants or users of development
             631      resulting from a development activity; and
             632          (iii) not identified or reimbursed as a system improvement.
             633          (b) "Project improvements" does not mean system improvements.
             634          (14) "Proportionate share" means the cost of public facility improvements that are
             635      roughly proportionate and reasonably related to the service demands and needs of any
             636      development activity.
             637          (15) "Public facilities" means only the following impact fee facilities that have a life
             638      expectancy of 10 or more years and are owned or operated by or on behalf of a local political
             639      subdivision or private entity:
             640          (a) water rights and water supply, treatment, and distribution facilities;
             641          (b) wastewater collection and treatment facilities;
             642          (c) storm water, drainage, and flood control facilities;
             643          (d) municipal power facilities;
             644          (e) roadway facilities;
             645          (f) parks, recreation facilities, open space, and trails;
             646          (g) public safety facilities; or
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         (16) (a) "Public safety facility" means:
             649          (i) a building constructed or leased to house police, fire, or other public safety entities;
             650      or
             651          (ii) a fire suppression vehicle costing in excess of $500,000.
             652          (b) "Public safety facility" does not mean a jail, prison, or other place of involuntary
             653      incarceration.
             654          (17) (a) "Roadway facilities" means a street or road that has been designated on an
             655      officially adopted subdivision plat, roadway plan, or general plan of a political subdivision,
             656      together with all necessary appurtenances.
             657          (b) "Roadway facilities" includes associated improvements to a federal or state
             658      roadway only when the associated improvements:
             659          (i) are necessitated by the new development; and
             660          (ii) are not funded by the state or federal government.
             661          (c) "Roadway facilities" does not mean federal or state roadways.
             662          (18) (a) "Service area" means a geographic area designated by a local political
             663      subdivision on the basis of sound planning or engineering principles in which a defined set of
             664      public facilities provides service within the area.
             665          (b) "Service area" may include the entire local political subdivision.
             666          (19) "Specified public agency" means:
             667          (a) the state;
             668          (b) a school district; or
             669          (c) a charter school.
             670          (20) (a) "System improvements" means:
             671          (i) existing public facilities that are:
             672          (A) identified in the impact fee analysis under Section 11-36a-304 ; and
             673          (B) designed to provide services to service areas within the community at large; and
             674          (ii) future public facilities identified in the impact fee analysis under Section
             675      11-36a-304 that are intended to provide services to service areas within the community at large.
             676          (b) "System improvements" does not mean project improvements.
             677          Section 6. Section 11-36a-201 is enacted to read:
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         11-36a-201. Impact fees.
             680          (1) A local political subdivision or private entity shall ensure that any imposed impact
             681      fees comply with the requirements of this chapter.
             682          (2) A local political subdivision and private entity may establish impact fees only for
             683      those public facilities defined in Section 11-36a-102 .
             684          (3) Nothing in this chapter may be construed to repeal or otherwise eliminate an impact
             685      fee in effect on the effective date of this chapter that is pledged as a source of revenues to pay
             686      bonded indebtedness that was incurred before the effective date of this chapter.
             687          Section 7. Section 11-36a-202 is enacted to read:
             688          11-36a-202. Prohibitions on impact fees.
             689          (1) A local political subdivision or private entity may not:
             690          (a) impose an impact fee to:
             691          (i) cure deficiencies in a public facility serving existing development;
             692          (ii) raise the established level of service of a public facility serving existing
             693      development;
             694          (iii) recoup more than the local political subdivision's or private entity's costs actually
             695      incurred for excess capacity in an existing system improvement; or
             696          (iv) include an expense for overhead, unless the expense is calculated pursuant to a
             697      methodology that is consistent with:
             698          (A) generally accepted cost accounting practices; and
             699          (B) the methodological standards set forth by the federal Office of Management and
             700      Budget for federal grant reimbursement;
             701          (b) delay the construction of a school or charter school because of a dispute with the
             702      school or charter school over impact fees; or
             703          (c) impose or charge any other fees as a condition of development approval unless
             704      those fees are a reasonable charge for the service provided.
             705          (2) (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a political subdivision or
             706      private entity may not impose an impact fee:
             707          (i) on residential components of development to pay for a public safety facility that is a
             708      fire suppression vehicle;
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     trail;
             711          (iii) on a school district or charter school unless:
             712          (A) the development resulting from the school district's or charter school's
             713      development activity directly results in a need for additional system improvements for which
             714      the impact fee is imposed; and
             715          (B) the impact fee is calculated to cover only the school district's or charter school's
             716      proportionate share of the cost of those additional system improvements; or
             717          (iv) to the extent that the impact fee includes a component for a law enforcement
             718      facility, on development activity for:
             719          (A) the Utah National Guard;
             720          (B) the Utah Highway Patrol; or
             721          (C) a state institution of higher education that has its own police force.
             722          (b) (i) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a political subdivision or
             723      private entity may not impose an impact fee on development activity that consists of the
             724      construction of a school, whether by a school district or a charter school, if:
             725          (A) the school is intended to replace another school, whether on the same or a different
             726      parcel;
             727          (B) the new school creates no greater demand or need for public facilities than the
             728      school or school facilities, including any portable or modular classrooms that are on the site of
             729      the replaced school at the time that the new school is proposed; and
             730          (C) the new school and the school being replaced are both within the boundary of the
             731      local political subdivision or the jurisdiction of the private entity.
             732          (ii) If the imposition of an impact fee on a new school is not prohibited under
             733      Subsection (2)(b)(i) because the new school creates a greater demand or need for public
             734      facilities than the school being replaced, the impact fee shall be based only on the demand or
             735      need that the new school creates for public facilities that exceeds the demand or need that the
             736      school being replaced creates for those public facilities.
             737          (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a political subdivision or
             738      private entity may impose an impact fee for a road facility on the state only if and to the extent
             739      that:
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         (ii) the portion of the road facility related to an impact fee is not funded by the state or
             742      by the federal government.
             743          (3) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a local political subdivision
             744      may impose and collect impact fees on behalf of a school district if authorized by Section
             745      53A-20-100.5 .
             746          Section 8. Section 11-36a-203 is enacted to read:
             747          11-36a-203. Private entity assessment of impact fees -- Charges for water rights,
             748      physical infrastructure -- Notice -- Audit.
             749          (1) A private entity:
             750          (a) shall comply with the requirements of this chapter before imposing an impact fee;
             751      and
             752          (b) except as otherwise specified in this chapter, is subject to the same requirements of
             753      this chapter as a local political subdivision.
             754          (2) A private entity may only impose a charge for water rights or physical infrastructure
             755      necessary to provide water or sewer facilities by imposing an impact fee.
             756          (3) Where notice and hearing requirements are specified, a private entity shall comply
             757      with the notice and hearing requirements for local districts.
             758          (4) A private entity that assesses an impact fee under this chapter is subject to the audit
             759      requirements of Title 51, Chapter 2a, Accounting Reports from Political Subdivisions,
             760      Interlocal Organizations, and Other Local Entities Act.
             761          Section 9. Section 11-36a-204 is enacted to read:
             762          11-36a-204. Other names for impact fees.
             763          (1) A fee that meets the definition of impact fee under Section 11-36a-102 is an impact
             764      fee subject to this chapter, regardless of what term the local political subdivision or private
             765      entity uses to refer to the fee.
             766          (2) A local political subdivision or private entity may not avoid application of this
             767      chapter to a fee that meets the definition of an impact fee under Section 11-36a-102 by
             768      referring to the fee by another name.
             769          Section 10. Section 11-36a-205 is enacted to read:
             770          11-36a-205. Environmental mitigation impact fees.
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     subdivision may impose and assess an impact fee for environmental mitigation when:
             773          (1) the local political subdivision has formally agreed to fund a Habitat Conservation
             774      Plan to resolve conflicts with the Endangered Species Act of 1973, 16 U.S.C. Sec. 1531, et
             775      seq. or other state or federal environmental law or regulation;
             776          (2) the impact fee bears a reasonable relationship to the environmental mitigation
             777      required by the Habitat Conservation Plan; and
             778          (3) the legislative body of the local political subdivision adopts an ordinance or
             779      resolution:
             780          (a) declaring that an impact fee is required to finance the Habitat Conservation Plan;
             781          (b) establishing periodic sunset dates for the impact fee; and
             782          (c) requiring the legislative body to:
             783          (i) review the impact fee on those sunset dates;
             784          (ii) determine whether or not the impact fee is still required to finance the Habitat
             785      Conservation Plan; and
             786          (iii) affirmatively reauthorize the impact fee if the legislative body finds that the impact
             787      fee must remain in effect.
             788          Section 11. Section 11-36a-301 is enacted to read:
             789     
Part 3. Establishing an Impact Fee

             790          11-36a-301. Impact fee facilities plan.
             791          (1) Before imposing an impact fee, each local political subdivision or private entity
             792      shall, except as provided in Subsection (3), prepare an impact fee facilities plan to determine
             793      the public facilities required to serve development resulting from new development activity.
             794          (2) A municipality or county need not prepare a separate impact fee facilities plan if the
             795      general plan required by Section 10-9a-401 or 17-27a-401 , respectively, contains the elements
             796      required by Section 11-36a-302 .
             797          (3) (a) A local political subdivision with a population, or serving a population, of less
             798      than 5,000 as of the last federal census need not comply with the impact fee facilities plan
             799      requirements of this part, but shall ensure that:
             800          (i) the impact fees that the local political subdivision imposes are based upon a
             801      reasonable plan; and
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         (b) Subsection (3)(a) does not apply to a private entity.
             804          Section 12. Section 11-36a-302 is enacted to read:
             805          11-36a-302. Impact fee facilities plan requirements -- Limitations -- School
             806      district or charter school.
             807          (1) An impact fee facilities plan shall identify:
             808          (a) demands placed upon existing public facilities by new development activity; and
             809          (b) the proposed means by which the local political subdivision will meet those
             810      demands.
             811          (2) In preparing an impact fee facilities plan, each local political subdivision shall
             812      generally consider all revenue sources, including impact fees and anticipated dedication of
             813      system improvements, to finance the impacts on system improvements.
             814          (3) A local political subdivision or private entity may only impose impact fees on
             815      development activities when the local political subdivision's or private entity's plan for
             816      financing system improvements establishes that impact fees are necessary to achieve an
             817      equitable allocation to the costs borne in the past and to be borne in the future, in comparison
             818      to the benefits already received and yet to be received.
             819          (4) (a) Subject to Subsection (4)(c), the impact fee facilities plan shall include a public
             820      facility for which an impact fee may be charged or required for a school district or charter
             821      school if the local political subdivision is aware of the planned location of the school district
             822      facility or charter school:
             823          (i) through the planning process; or
             824          (ii) after receiving a written request from a school district or charter school that the
             825      public facility be included in the impact fee facilities plan.
             826          (b) If necessary, a local political subdivision or private entity shall amend the impact
             827      fee facilities plan to reflect a public facility described in Subsection (4)(a).
             828          (c) (i) In accordance with Subsections 10-9a-305 (4) and 17-27a-305 (4), a local
             829      political subdivision may not require a school district or charter school to participate in the cost
             830      of any roadway or sidewalk.
             831          (ii) Notwithstanding Subsection (4)(c)(i), if a school district or charter school agrees to
             832      build a roadway or sidewalk, the roadway or sidewalk shall be included in the impact fee
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         Section 13. Section 11-36a-303 is enacted to read:
             835          11-36a-303. Impact fee analysis.
             836          (1) Subject to the notice requirements of Section 11-36a-504 , each local political
             837      subdivision or private entity intending to impose an impact fee shall prepare a written analysis
             838      of each impact fee.
             839          (2) Each local political subdivision or private entity that prepares an impact fee
             840      analysis under Subsection (1) shall also prepare a summary of the impact fee analysis designed
             841      to be understood by a lay person.
             842          Section 14. Section 11-36a-304 is enacted to read:
             843          11-36a-304. Impact fee analysis requirements.
             844          (1) An impact fee analysis shall:
             845          (a) identify the anticipated impact on or consumption of any existing capacity of a
             846      public facility by the anticipated development activity;
             847          (b) identify the anticipated impact on system improvements required by the anticipated
             848      development activity to maintain the established level of service for each public facility;
             849          (c) subject to Subsection (2), demonstrate how the anticipated impacts described in
             850      Subsections (1)(a) and (b) are reasonably related to the anticipated development activity;
             851          (d) estimate the proportionate share of:
             852          (i) the costs for existing capacity that will be recouped; and
             853          (ii) the costs of impacts on system improvements that are reasonably related to the new
             854      development activity; and
             855          (e) based on the requirements of this chapter, identify how the impact fee was
             856      calculated.
             857          (2) In analyzing whether or not the proportionate share of the costs of public facilities
             858      are reasonably related to the new development activity, the local political subdivision or private
             859      entity, as the case may be, shall identify, if applicable:
             860          (a) the cost of each existing public facility that has excess capacity to serve the
             861      anticipated development resulting from the new development activity;
             862          (b) the cost of system improvements for each public facility;
             863          (c) other than impact fees, the manner of financing for each public facility, such as user
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         (d) the relative extent to which development activity will contribute to financing the
             866      excess capacity of and system improvements for each existing public facility, by such means as
             867      user charges, special assessments, or payment from the proceeds of general taxes;
             868          (e) the relative extent to which development activity will contribute to the cost of
             869      existing public facilities and system improvements in the future;
             870          (f) the extent to which the development activity is entitled to a credit against impact
             871      fees because the development activity will dedicate system improvements or public facilities
             872      that will offset the demand for system improvements, inside or outside the proposed
             873      development;
             874          (g) extraordinary costs, if any, in servicing the newly developed properties; and
             875          (h) the time-price differential inherent in fair comparisons of amounts paid at different
             876      times.
             877          Section 15. Section 11-36a-305 is enacted to read:
             878          11-36a-305. Calculating impact fees.
             879          (1) In calculating an impact fee, a local political subdivision or private entity may
             880      include:
             881          (a) the construction contract price;
             882          (b) the cost of acquiring land, improvements, materials, and fixtures;
             883          (c) the cost for planning, surveying, and engineering fees for services provided for and
             884      directly related to the construction of the system improvements; and
             885          (d) for a political subdivision, debt service charges, if the political subdivision might
             886      use impact fees as a revenue stream to pay the principal and interest on bonds, notes, or other
             887      obligations issued to finance the costs of the system improvements.
             888          (2) In calculating an impact fee, each local political subdivision or private entity shall
             889      base amounts calculated under Subsection (1) on realistic estimates, and the assumptions
             890      underlying those estimates shall be disclosed in the impact fee analysis.
             891          Section 16. Section 11-36a-306 is enacted to read:
             892          11-36a-306. Certification of impact fee analysis.
             893          (1) An impact fee facilities plan shall include a written certification from the person or
             894      entity that prepares the impact fee facilities plan that states the following:
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     1. includes only the costs of public facilities that are:
             897          a. allowed under the Impact Fees Act; and
             898          b. actually incurred; or
             899          c. projected to be incurred or encumbered within six years after the day on which each
             900      impact fee is paid;
             901      2. does not include:
             902          a. costs of operation and maintenance of public facilities;
             903          b. costs for qualifying public facilities that will raise the level of service for the
             904      facilities, through impact fees, above the level of service that is supported by existing residents;
             905          c. an expense for overhead, unless the expense is calculated pursuant to a methodology
             906      that is consistent with generally accepted cost accounting practices and the methodological
             907      standards set forth by the federal Office of Management and Budget for federal grant
             908      reimbursement; and
             909      3. complies in each and every relevant respect with the Impact Fees Act."
             910          (2) An impact fee analysis shall include a written certification from the person or entity
             911      that prepares the impact fee analysis which states as follows:
             912      "I certify that the attached impact fee analysis:
             913      1. includes only the costs of public facilities that are:
             914          a. allowed under the Impact Fees Act; and
             915          b. actually incurred; or
             916          c. projected to be incurred or encumbered within six years after the day on which each
             917      impact fee is paid;
             918      2. does not include:
             919          a. costs of operation and maintenance of public facilities;
             920          b. costs for qualifying public facilities that will raise the level of service for the
             921      facilities, through impact fees, above the level of service that is supported by existing residents;
             922          c. an expense for overhead, unless the expense is calculated pursuant to a methodology
             923      that is consistent with generally accepted cost accounting practices and the methodological
             924      standards set forth by the federal Office of Management and Budget for federal grant
             925      reimbursement;
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     4. complies in each and every relevant respect with the Impact Fees Act."
             928          Section 17. Section 11-36a-401 is enacted to read:
             929     
Part 4. Enactment of Impact Fees

             930          11-36a-401. Impact fee enactment.
             931          (1) (a) A local political subdivision or private entity wishing to impose impact fees
             932      shall pass an impact fee enactment in accordance with Section 11-36a-402 .
             933          (b) An impact fee imposed by an impact fee enactment may not exceed the highest fee
             934      justified by the impact fee analysis.
             935          (2) An impact fee enactment may not take effect until 90 days after the day on which
             936      the impact fee enactment is approved.
             937          Section 18. Section 11-36a-402 is enacted to read:
             938          11-36a-402. Required provisions of impact fee enactment.
             939          (1) A local political subdivision or private entity shall ensure, in addition to the
             940      requirements described in Subsections (2) and (3), that an impact fee enactment contains:
             941          (a) a provision establishing one or more service areas within which the local political
             942      subdivision or private entity calculates and imposes impact fees for various land use categories;
             943          (b) (i) a schedule of impact fees for each type of development activity that specifies the
             944      amount of the impact fee to be imposed for each type of system improvement; or
             945          (ii) the formula that the local political subdivision or private entity, as the case may be,
             946      will use to calculate each impact fee;
             947          (c) a provision authorizing the local political subdivision or private entity, as the case
             948      may be, to adjust the standard impact fee at the time the fee is charged to:
             949          (i) respond to:
             950          (A) unusual circumstances in specific cases; or
             951          (B) a request for a prompt and individualized impact fee review for the development
             952      activity of the state, a school district, or a charter school and an offset or credit for a public
             953      facility for which an impact fee has been or will be collected; and
             954          (ii) ensure that the impact fees are imposed fairly; and
             955          (d) a provision governing calculation of the amount of the impact fee to be imposed on
             956      a particular development that permits adjustment of the amount of the impact fee based upon
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         (2) A local political subdivision or private entity shall ensure that an impact fee
             959      enactment allows a developer, including a school district or a charter school, to receive a credit
             960      against or proportionate reimbursement of an impact fee if the developer:
             961          (a) dedicates land for a system improvement;
             962          (b) builds and dedicates some or all of a system improvement; or
             963          (c) dedicates a public facility that the local political subdivision or private entity and
             964      the developer agree will reduce the need for a system improvement.
             965          (3) A local political subdivision or private entity shall include a provision in an impact
             966      fee enactment that requires a credit against impact fees for any dedication of land for,
             967      improvement to, or new construction of, any system improvements provided by the developer
             968      if the facilities:
             969          (a) are system improvements; or
             970          (b) (i) are dedicated to the public; and
             971          (ii) offset the need for an identified system improvement.
             972          Section 19. Section 11-36a-403 is enacted to read:
             973          11-36a-403. Other provisions of impact fee enactment.
             974          (1) A local political subdivision or private entity may include a provision in an impact
             975      fee enactment that:
             976          (a) provides an impact fee exemption for:
             977          (i) development activity attributable to:
             978          (A) low income housing;
             979          (B) the state;
             980          (C) subject to Subsection (2), a school district; or
             981          (D) subject to Subsection (2), a charter school; or
             982          (ii) other development activity with a broad public purpose; and
             983          (b) except for an exemption under Section (1)(a)(i)(A), establishes one or more sources
             984      of funds other than impact fees to pay for that development activity.
             985          (2) An impact fee enactment that provides an impact fee exemption for development
             986      activity attributable to a school district or charter school shall allow either a school district or a
             987      charter school to qualify for the exemption on the same basis.
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     exempt from the notice requirements of Section 11-36a-504 .
             990          Section 20. Section 11-36a-501 is enacted to read:
             991     
Part 5. Notice

             992          11-36a-501. Notice of intent to prepare an impact fee facilities plan.
             993          (1) Before preparing or amending an impact fee facilities plan, a local political
             994      subdivision or private entity shall provide written notice of its intent to prepare or amend an
             995      impact fee facilities plan.
             996          (2) A notice required under Subsection (1) shall:
             997          (a) indicate that the local political subdivision or private entity intends to prepare or
             998      amend an impact fee facilities plan;
             999          (b) describe or provide a map of the geographic area where the proposed impact fee
             1000      facilities will be located; and
             1001          (c) subject to Subsection (3), be posted on the Utah Public Notice Website created
             1002      under Section 63F-1-701 .
             1003          (3) For a private entity required to post notice on the Utah Public Notice Website under
             1004      Subsection (2)(c):
             1005          (a) the private entity shall give notice to the general purpose local government in which
             1006      the private entity's private business office is located; and
             1007          (b) the general purpose local government described in Subsection (3)(a) shall post the
             1008      notice on the Utah Public Notice Website.
             1009          Section 21. Section 11-36a-502 is enacted to read:
             1010          11-36a-502. Notice to adopt or amend an impact fee facilities plan.
             1011          (1) If a local political subdivision chooses to prepare an independent impact fee
             1012      facilities plan rather than include an impact fee facilities element in the general plan in
             1013      accordance with Section 11-36a-301 , the local political subdivision shall, before adopting or
             1014      amending the impact fee facilities plan:
             1015          (a) give public notice, in accordance with Subsection (2), of the plan or amendment at
             1016      least 10 days before the day on which the public hearing described in Subsection (1)(d) is
             1017      scheduled;
             1018          (b) make a copy of the plan or amendment, together with a summary designed to be
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         (c) place a copy of the plan or amendment and summary in each public library within
             1021      the local political subdivision; and
             1022          (d) hold a public hearing to hear public comment on the plan or amendment.
             1023          (2) With respect to the public notice required under Subsection (1)(a):
             1024          (a) each municipality shall comply with the notice and hearing requirements of, and,
             1025      except as provided in Subsection 11-36a-701 (3)(b)(ii), receive the protections of Sections
             1026      10-9a-205 and 10-9a-801 and Subsection 10-9a-502 (2);
             1027          (b) each county shall comply with the notice and hearing requirements of, and, except
             1028      as provided in Subsection 11-36a-701 (3)(b)(ii), receive the protections of Sections 17-27a-205
             1029      and 17-27a-801 and Subsection 17-27a-502 (2); and
             1030          (c) each local district, special service district, and private entity shall comply with the
             1031      notice and hearing requirements of, and receive the protections of, Section 17B-1-111 .
             1032          (3) Nothing contained in this section or Section 11-36a-503 may be construed to
             1033      require involvement by a planning commission in the impact fee facilities planning process.
             1034          Section 22. Section 11-36a-503 is enacted to read:
             1035          11-36a-503. Notice of preparation of an impact fee analysis.
             1036          (1) Before preparing or contracting to prepare an impact fee analysis, each local
             1037      political subdivision or, subject to Subsection (2), private entity shall post a public notice on
             1038      the Utah Public Notice Website created under Section 63F-1-701 .
             1039          (2) For a private entity required to post notice on the Utah Public Notice Website under
             1040      Subsection (1):
             1041          (a) the private entity shall give notice to the general purpose local government in which
             1042      the private entity's primary business is located; and
             1043          (b) the general purpose local government described in Subsection (2)(a) shall post the
             1044      notice on the Utah Public Notice Website.
             1045          Section 23. Section 11-36a-504 is enacted to read:
             1046          11-36a-504. Notice of intent to adopt impact fee enactment -- Hearing --
             1047      Protections.
             1048          (1) Before adopting an impact fee enactment:
             1049          (a) a municipality legislative body shall:
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     enactment were a land use ordinance;
             1052          (ii) hold a hearing in accordance with Section 10-9a-502 as if the impact fee enactment
             1053      were a land use ordinance; and
             1054          (iii) except as provided in Subsection 11-36a-701 (3)(b)(ii), receive the protections of
             1055      Section 10-9a-801 as if the impact fee were a land use ordinance;
             1056          (b) a county legislative body shall:
             1057          (i) comply with the notice requirements of Section 17-27a-205 as if the impact fee
             1058      enactment were a land use ordinance;
             1059          (ii) hold a hearing in accordance with Section 17-27a-502 as if the impact fee
             1060      enactment were a land use ordinance; and
             1061          (iii) except as provided in Subsection 11-36a-701 (3)(b)(ii), receive the protections of
             1062      Section 17-27a-801 as if the impact fee were a land use ordinance;
             1063          (c) a local district or special service district shall:
             1064          (i) comply with the notice and hearing requirements of Section 17B-1-111 ; and
             1065          (ii) receive the protections of Section 17B-1-111 ;
             1066          (d) a local political subdivision shall at least 10 days before the day on which a public
             1067      hearing is scheduled in accordance with this section:
             1068          (i) make a copy of the impact fee enactment available to the public; and
             1069          (ii) post notice of the local political subdivision's intent to enact or modify the impact
             1070      fee, specifying the type of impact fee being enacted or modified, on the Utah Public Notice
             1071      Website created under Section 63F-1-701 ; and
             1072          (e) a local political subdivision shall submit a copy of the impact fee analysis and a
             1073      copy of the summary of the impact fee analysis prepared in accordance with Section
             1074      11-36a-303 on its website or to each public library with the local political subdivision.
             1075          (2) Subsection (1)(a) or (b) may not be construed to require involvement by a planning
             1076      commission in the impact fee enactment process.
             1077          Section 24. Section 11-36a-601 is enacted to read:
             1078     
Part 6. Impact Fee Proceeds

             1079          11-36a-601. Accounting of impact fees.
             1080          A local political subdivision that collects an impact fee shall:
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             1083          (2) deposit a receipt for an impact fee in the appropriate ledger account established
             1084      under Subsection (1);
             1085          (3) retain the interest earned on each fund or ledger account in the fund or ledger
             1086      account;
             1087          (4) at the end of each fiscal year, prepare a report on each fund or ledger account
             1088      showing:
             1089          (a) the source and amount of all money collected, earned, and received by the fund or
             1090      ledger account; and
             1091          (b) each expenditure from the fund or ledger account; and
             1092          (5) produce a report that:
             1093          (a) identifies impact fee funds by the year in which they were received, the project
             1094      from which the funds were collected, the impact fee projects for which the funds were
             1095      budgeted, and the projected schedule for expenditure;
             1096          (b) is in a format developed by the state auditor;
             1097          (c) is certified by the local political subdivision's chief financial officer; and
             1098          (d) is transmitted annually to the state auditor.
             1099          Section 25. Section 11-36a-602 is enacted to read:
             1100          11-36a-602. Expenditure of impact fees.
             1101          (1) A local political subdivision may expend impact fees only for a system
             1102      improvement:
             1103          (a) identified in the impact fee facilities plan; and
             1104          (b) for the specific public facility type for which the fee was collected.
             1105          (2) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (2)(b), a local political subdivision shall
             1106      expend or encumber the impact fees for a permissible use within six years of their receipt.
             1107          (b) A local political subdivision may hold the fees for longer than six years if it
             1108      identifies, in writing:
             1109          (i) an extraordinary and compelling reason why the fees should be held longer than six
             1110      years; and
             1111          (ii) an absolute date by which the fees will be expended.
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         11-36a-603. Refunds.
             1114          A local political subdivision shall refund any impact fee paid by a developer, plus
             1115      interest earned, when:
             1116          (1) the developer does not proceed with the development activity and has filed a
             1117      written request for a refund;
             1118          (2) the fee has not been spent or encumbered; and
             1119          (3) no impact has resulted.
             1120          Section 27. Section 11-36a-701 is enacted to read:
             1121     
Part 7. Challenges

             1122          11-36a-701. Impact fee challenge.
             1123          (1) A person or an entity residing in or owning property within a service area, or an
             1124      organization, association, or a corporation representing the interests of persons or entities
             1125      owning property within a service area, has standing to file a declaratory judgment action
             1126      challenging the validity of an impact fee.
             1127          (2) (a) A person or an entity required to pay an impact fee who believes the impact fee
             1128      does not meet the requirements of law may file a written request for information with the local
             1129      political subdivision who established the impact fee.
             1130          (b) Within two weeks after the receipt of the request for information under Subsection
             1131      (2)(a), the local political subdivision shall provide the person or entity with the impact fee
             1132      analysis, the impact fee facilities plan, and any other relevant information relating to the impact
             1133      fee.
             1134          (3) (a) Subject to the time limitations described in Section S. [ 17 ] 11 .S -36a-702 and
             1134a      procedures
             1135      set forth in Section 11-36a-703 , a person or an entity that has paid an impact fee that was
             1136      imposed by a local political subdivision may challenge:
             1137          (i) if the impact fee enactment was adopted on or after July 1, 2000:
             1138          (A) subject to Subsection (3)(b)(i) and except as provided in Subsection (3)(b)(ii),
             1139      whether the local political subdivision complied with the notice requirements of this chapter
             1140      with respect to the imposition of the impact fee; and
             1141          (B) whether the local political subdivision complied with other procedural
             1142      requirements of this chapter for imposing the impact fee; and
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         (b) (i) The sole remedy for a challenge under Subsection (3)(a)(i)(A) is the equitable
             1145      remedy of requiring the local political subdivision to correct the defective notice and repeat the
             1146      process.
             1147          (ii) The protections given to a municipality under Section 10-9a-801 and to a county
             1148      under Section 17-27a-801 do not apply in a challenge under Subsection (3)(a)(i)(A).
             1149          (c) The sole remedy for a challenge under Subsection (3)(a)(ii) is a refund of the
             1150      difference between what the person or entity paid as an impact fee and the amount the impact
             1151      fee should have been if it had been correctly calculated.
             1152          (4) (a) Subject to Subsection (4)(d), if an impact fee that is the subject of an advisory
             1153      opinion under Section 13-43-205 is listed as a cause of action in litigation, and that cause of
             1154      action is litigated on the same facts and circumstances and is resolved consistent with the
             1155      advisory opinion:
             1156          (i) the substantially prevailing party on that cause of action:
             1157          (A) may collect reasonable attorney fees and court costs pertaining to the development
             1158      of that cause of action from the date of the delivery of the advisory opinion to the date of the
             1159      court's resolution; and
             1160          (B) shall be refunded an impact fee held to be in violation of this chapter, based on the
             1161      difference between the impact fee paid and what the impact fee should have been if the
             1162      government entity had correctly calculated the impact fee; and
             1163          (ii) in accordance with Section 13-43-206 , a government entity shall refund an impact
             1164      fee held to be in violation of this chapter to the person who was in record title of the property
             1165      on the day on which the impact fee for the property was paid if:
             1166          (A) the impact fee was paid on or after the day on which the advisory opinion on the
             1167      impact fee was issued but before the day on which the final court ruling on the impact fee is
             1168      issued; and
             1169          (B) the person described in Subsection (3)(a)(ii) requests the impact fee refund from
             1170      the government entity within 30 days after the day on which the court issued the final ruling on
             1171      the impact fee.
             1172          (b) A government entity subject to Subsection (3)(a)(ii) shall refund the impact fee
             1173      based on the difference between the impact fee paid and what the impact fee should have been
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         (c) Subsection (4) may not be construed to create a new cause of action under land use
             1176      law.
             1177          (d) Subsection (3)(a) does not apply unless the resolution described in Subsection
             1178      (3)(a) is final.
             1179          Section 28. Section 11-36a-702 is enacted to read:
             1180          11-36a-702. Time limitations.
             1181          (1) A person or an entity that initiates a challenge under Subsection 11-36a-701 (3)(a)
             1182      may not initiate that challenge unless it is initiated within:
             1183          (a) for a challenge under Subsection 11-36a-701 (3)(a)(i)(A), 30 days after the day on
             1184      which the person or entity pays the impact fee;
             1185          (b) for a challenge under Subsection 11-36a-701 (3)(a)(i)(B), 180 days after the day on
             1186      which the person or entity pays the impact fee; or
             1187          (c) for a challenge under Subsection 11-36a-701 (3)(a)(ii), one year after the day on
             1188      which the person or entity pays the impact fee.
             1189          (2) The deadline to file an action in district court is tolled from the date that a challenge
             1190      is filed using an administrative appeals procedure described in Section 11-36a-703 until 30
             1191      days after the day on which a final decision is rendered in the administrative appeals procedure.
             1192          Section 29. Section 11-36a-703 is enacted to read:
             1193          11-36a-703. Procedures for challenging an impact fee.
             1194          (1) (a) A local political subdivision may establish, by ordinance or resolution, an
             1195      administrative appeals procedure to consider and decide a challenge to an impact fee.
             1196          (b) If the local political subdivision establishes an administrative appeals procedure,
             1197      the local political subdivision shall ensure that the procedure includes a requirement that the
             1198      local political subdivision make its decision no later than 30 days after the day on which the
             1199      challenge to the impact fee is filed.
             1200          (2) A challenge under Subsection 11-36a-701 (3)(a) is initiated by filing:
             1201          (a) if the local political subdivision has established an administrative appeals procedure
             1202      under Subsection (1), the necessary document, under the administrative appeals procedure, for
             1203      initiating the administrative appeal;
             1204          (b) a request for arbitration as provided in Subsection 11-36a-705 ; or
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         (3) The sole remedy for a successful challenge under Subsection 11-36a-701 (1), which
             1207      determines that an impact fee process was invalid, or an impact fee is in excess of the fee
             1208      allowed under this act, is a declaration that, until the local political subdivision or private entity
             1209      enacts a new impact fee study, from the date of the decision forward, the entity may charge an
             1210      impact fee only as the court has determined would have been appropriate if it had been
             1211      properly enacted.
             1212          (4) Subsections (2), (3), 11-36a-701 (3), and 11-36a-702 (1) may not be construed as
             1213      requiring a person or an entity to exhaust administrative remedies with the local political
             1214      subdivision before filing an action in district court under Subsections (2), (3), 11-36a-701 (3)
             1215      and 11-36a-702 (1).
             1216          (5) The judge may award reasonable attorney fees and costs to the prevailing party in
             1217      an action brought under this section.
             1218          (6) This chapter may not be construed as restricting or limiting any rights to challenge
             1219      impact fees that were paid before the effective date of this chapter.
             1220          Section 30. Section 11-36a-704 is enacted to read:
             1221          11-36a-704. Mediation.
             1222          (1) In addition to the methods of challenging an impact fee under Section 11-36a-701 ,
             1223      a specified public agency may require a local political subdivision or private entity to
             1224      participate in mediation of any applicable impact fee.
             1225          (2) To require mediation, the specified public agency shall submit a written request for
             1226      mediation to the local political subdivision or private entity.
             1227          (3) The specified public agency may submit a request for mediation under this section
             1228      at any time, but no later than 30 days after the day on which an impact fee is paid.
             1229          (4) Upon the submission of a request for mediation under this section, the local
             1230      political subdivision or private entity shall:
             1231          (a) cooperate with the specified public agency to select a mediator; and
             1232          (b) participate in the mediation process.
             1233          Section 31. Section 11-36a-705 is enacted to read:
             1234          11-36a-705. Arbitration.
             1235          (1) A person or entity intending to challenge an impact fee under Section 11-36a-703
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     limitation described in Section 11-36a-702 for the applicable type of challenge.
             1238          (2) If a person or an entity files a written request for arbitration under Subsection (1),
             1239      an arbitrator or arbitration panel shall be selected as follows:
             1240          (a) the local political subdivision and the person or entity filing the request may agree
             1241      on a single arbitrator within 10 days after the day on which the request for arbitration is filed;
             1242      or
             1243          (b) if a single arbitrator is not agreed to in accordance with Subsection (2)(a), an
             1244      arbitration panel shall be created with the following members:
             1245          (i) each party shall select an arbitrator within 20 days after the date the request is filed;
             1246      and
             1247          (ii) the arbitrators selected under Subsection (2)(b)(i) shall select a third arbitrator.
             1248          (3) The arbitration panel shall hold a hearing on the challenge no later than 30 days
             1249      after the day on which:
             1250          (a) the single arbitrator is agreed on under Subsection (2)(a); or
             1251          (b) the two arbitrators are selected under Subsection (2)(b)(i).
             1252          (4) The arbitrator or arbitration panel shall issue a decision in writing no later than 10
             1253      days after the day on which the hearing described in Subsection (3) is completed.
             1254          (5) Except as provided in this section, each arbitration shall be governed by Title 78B,
             1255      Chapter 11, Utah Uniform Arbitration Act.
             1256          (6) The parties may agree to:
             1257          (a) binding arbitration;
             1258          (b) formal, nonbinding arbitration; or
             1259          (c) informal, nonbinding arbitration.
             1260          (7) If the parties agree in writing to binding arbitration:
             1261          (a) the arbitration shall be binding;
             1262          (b) the decision of the arbitration panel shall be final;
             1263          (c) neither party may appeal the decision of the arbitration panel; and
             1264          (d) notwithstanding Subsection (10), the person or entity challenging the impact fee
             1265      may not also challenge the impact fee under Subsection 11-36a-701 (1) or Subsection
             1266      11-36a-703 (2)(a) or (2)(c).
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     nonbinding arbitration, the arbitration shall be governed by the provisions of Title 63G,
             1269      Chapter 4, Administrative Procedures Act.
             1270          (b) For purposes of applying Title 63G, Chapter 4, Administrative Procedures Act, to a
             1271      formal, nonbinding arbitration under this section, notwithstanding Section 63G-4-502 ,
             1272      "agency" means a local political subdivision.
             1273          (9) (a) An appeal from a decision in an informal, nonbinding arbitration may be filed
             1274      with the district court in which the local political subdivision is located.
             1275          (b) An appeal under Subsection (9)(a) shall be filed within 30 days after the day on
             1276      which the arbitration panel issues a decision under Subsection (4).
             1277          (c) The district court shall consider de novo each appeal filed under this Subsection (9).
             1278          (d) Notwithstanding Subsection (10), a person or entity that files an appeal under this
             1279      Subsection (9) may not also challenge the impact fee under Subsection 11-36a-701 (1) or
             1280      Subsection 11-36a-703 (2)(a) or (2)(c).
             1281          (10) (a) Except as provided in Subsections (7)(d) and (9)(d), this section may not be
             1282      construed to prohibit a person or entity from challenging an impact fee as provided in
             1283      Subsection 11-36a-701 (1) or Subsection 11-36a-703 (2)(a) or (2)(c).
             1284          (b) The filing of a written request for arbitration within the required time in accordance
             1285      with Subsection (1) tolls all time limitations under Section 11-36a-702 until the day on which
             1286      the arbitration panel issues a decision.
             1287          (11) The person or entity filing a request for arbitration and the local political
             1288      subdivision shall equally share all costs of an arbitration proceeding under this section.
             1289          Section 32. Section 13-43-205 is amended to read:
             1290           13-43-205. Advisory opinion.
             1291          At any time before a final decision on a land use application by a local appeal authority
             1292      under Section 10-9a-708 or 17-27a-708 , a local government or a potentially aggrieved person
             1293      may, in accordance with Section 13-43-206 , request a written advisory opinion from a neutral
             1294      third party to determine compliance with:
             1295          (1) Sections 10-9a-507 through 10-9a-511 ;
             1296          (2) Sections 17-27a-506 through 17-27a-510 ; and
             1297          (3) Title 11, Chapter [36] 36a, Impact Fees Act.
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          13-43-206. Advisory opinion -- Process.
             1300          (1) A request for an advisory opinion under Section 13-43-205 shall be:
             1301          (a) filed with the Office of the Property Rights Ombudsman; and
             1302          (b) accompanied by a filing fee of $150.
             1303          (2) The Office of the Property Rights Ombudsman may establish policies providing for
             1304      partial fee waivers for a person who is financially unable to pay the entire fee.
             1305          (3) A person requesting an advisory opinion need not exhaust administrative remedies,
             1306      including remedies described under Section 10-9a-801 or 17-27a-801 , before requesting an
             1307      advisory opinion.
             1308          (4) The Office of the Property Rights Ombudsman shall:
             1309          (a) deliver notice of the request to opposing parties indicated in the request;
             1310          (b) inquire of all parties if there are other necessary parties to the dispute; and
             1311          (c) deliver notice to all necessary parties.
             1312          (5) If a governmental entity is an opposing party, the Office of the Property Rights
             1313      Ombudsman shall deliver the request in the manner provided for in Section 63G-7-401 .
             1314          (6) (a) The Office of the Property Rights Ombudsman shall promptly determine if the
             1315      parties can agree to a neutral third party to issue an advisory opinion.
             1316          (b) If no agreement can be reached within four business days after notice is delivered
             1317      pursuant to Subsections (4) and (5), the Office of the Property Rights Ombudsman shall
             1318      appoint a neutral third party to issue an advisory opinion.
             1319          (7) All parties that are the subject of the request for advisory opinion shall:
             1320          (a) share equally in the cost of the advisory opinion; and
             1321          (b) provide financial assurance for payment that the neutral third party requires.
             1322          (8) The neutral third party shall comply with the provisions of Section 78B-11-109 ,
             1323      and shall promptly:
             1324          (a) seek a response from all necessary parties to the issues raised in the request for
             1325      advisory opinion;
             1326          (b) investigate and consider all responses; and
             1327          (c) issue a written advisory opinion within 15 business days after the appointment of
             1328      the neutral third party under Subsection (6)(b), unless:
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         (ii) the neutral third party determines that the matter is complex and requires additional
             1331      time to render an opinion, which may not exceed 30 calendar days.
             1332          (9) An advisory opinion shall include a statement of the facts and law supporting the
             1333      opinion's conclusions.
             1334          (10) (a) Copies of any advisory opinion issued by the Office of the Property Rights
             1335      Ombudsman shall be delivered as soon as practicable to all necessary parties.
             1336          (b) A copy of the advisory opinion shall be delivered to the government entity in the
             1337      manner provided for in Section 63G-7-401 .
             1338          (11) An advisory opinion issued by the Office of the Property Rights Ombudsman is
             1339      not binding on any party to, nor admissible as evidence in, a dispute involving land use law
             1340      except as provided in Subsection (12).
             1341          (12) (a) Subject to Subsection (12)(d), if the same issue that is the subject of an
             1342      advisory opinion is listed as a cause of action in litigation, and that cause of action is litigated
             1343      on the same facts and circumstances and is resolved consistent with the advisory opinion:
             1344          (i) the substantially prevailing party on that cause of action:
             1345          (A) may collect reasonable attorney fees and court costs pertaining to the development
             1346      of that cause of action from the date of the delivery of the advisory opinion to the date of the
             1347      court's resolution; and
             1348          (B) shall be refunded an impact fee held to be in violation of Title 11, Chapter [36]
             1349      36a, Impact Fees Act, based on the difference between the impact fee paid and what the impact
             1350      fee should have been if the government entity had correctly calculated the impact fee; and
             1351          (ii) in accordance with Subsection (12)(b), a government entity shall refund an impact
             1352      fee held to be in violation of Title 11, Chapter [36] 36a, Impact Fees Act, to the person who
             1353      was in record title of the property on the day on which the impact fee for the property was paid
             1354      if:
             1355          (A) the impact fee was paid on or after the day on which the advisory opinion on the
             1356      impact fee was issued but before the day on which the final court ruling on the impact fee is
             1357      issued; and
             1358          (B) the person described in Subsection (12)(a)(ii) requests the impact fee refund from
             1359      the government entity within 30 days after the day on which the court issued the final ruling on
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         (b) A government entity subject to Subsection (12)(a)(ii) shall refund the impact fee
             1362      based on the difference between the impact fee paid and what the impact fee should have been
             1363      if the government entity had correctly calculated the impact fee.
             1364          (c) Nothing in this Subsection (12) is intended to create any new cause of action under
             1365      land use law.
             1366          (d) Subsection (12)(a) does not apply unless the resolution described in Subsection
             1367      (12)(a) is final.
             1368          (13) Unless filed by the local government, a request for an advisory opinion under
             1369      Section 13-43-205 does not stay the progress of a land use application, or the effect of a land
             1370      use decision.
             1371          Section 34. Section 17-27a-103 is amended to read:
             1372           17-27a-103. Definitions.
             1373          As used in this chapter:
             1374          (1) "Affected entity" means a county, municipality, local district, special service
             1375      district under Title 17D, Chapter 1, Special Service District Act, school district, interlocal
             1376      cooperation entity established under Title 11, Chapter 13, Interlocal Cooperation Act, specified
             1377      property owner, property owners association, public utility, or the Utah Department of
             1378      Transportation, if:
             1379          (a) the entity's services or facilities are likely to require expansion or significant
             1380      modification because of an intended use of land;
             1381          (b) the entity has filed with the county a copy of the entity's general or long-range plan;
             1382      or
             1383          (c) the entity has filed with the county a request for notice during the same calendar
             1384      year and before the county provides notice to an affected entity in compliance with a
             1385      requirement imposed under this chapter.
             1386          (2) "Appeal authority" means the person, board, commission, agency, or other body
             1387      designated by ordinance to decide an appeal of a decision of a land use application or a
             1388      variance.
             1389          (3) "Billboard" means a freestanding ground sign located on industrial, commercial, or
             1390      residential property if the sign is designed or intended to direct attention to a business, product,
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         (4) "Charter school" includes:
             1393          (a) an operating charter school;
             1394          (b) a charter school applicant that has its application approved by a chartering entity in
             1395      accordance with Title 53A, Chapter 1a, Part 5, The Utah Charter Schools Act; and
             1396          (c) an entity who is working on behalf of a charter school or approved charter applicant
             1397      to develop or construct a charter school building.
             1398          (5) "Chief executive officer" means the person or body that exercises the executive
             1399      powers of the county.
             1400          (6) "Conditional use" means a land use that, because of its unique characteristics or
             1401      potential impact on the county, surrounding neighbors, or adjacent land uses, may not be
             1402      compatible in some areas or may be compatible only if certain conditions are required that
             1403      mitigate or eliminate the detrimental impacts.
             1404          (7) "Constitutional taking" means a governmental action that results in a taking of
             1405      private property so that compensation to the owner of the property is required by the:
             1406          (a) Fifth or Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States; or
             1407          (b) Utah Constitution Article I, Section 22.
             1408          (8) "Culinary water authority" means the department, agency, or public entity with
             1409      responsibility to review and approve the feasibility of the culinary water system and sources for
             1410      the subject property.
             1411          (9) "Development activity" means:
             1412          (a) any construction or expansion of a building, structure, or use that creates additional
             1413      demand and need for public facilities;
             1414          (b) any change in use of a building or structure that creates additional demand and need
             1415      for public facilities; or
             1416          (c) any change in the use of land that creates additional demand and need for public
             1417      facilities.
             1418          (10) (a) "Disability" means a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits
             1419      one or more of a person's major life activities, including a person having a record of such an
             1420      impairment or being regarded as having such an impairment.
             1421          (b) "Disability" does not include current illegal use of, or addiction to, any federally
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             1424          (11) "Educational facility":
             1425          (a) means:
             1426          (i) a school district's building at which pupils assemble to receive instruction in a
             1427      program for any combination of grades from preschool through grade 12, including
             1428      kindergarten and a program for children with disabilities;
             1429          (ii) a structure or facility:
             1430          (A) located on the same property as a building described in Subsection (11)(a)(i); and
             1431          (B) used in support of the use of that building; and
             1432          (iii) a building to provide office and related space to a school district's administrative
             1433      personnel; and
             1434          (b) does not include land or a structure, including land or a structure for inventory
             1435      storage, equipment storage, food processing or preparing, vehicle storage or maintenance, or
             1436      similar use that is:
             1437          (i) not located on the same property as a building described in Subsection (11)(a)(i);
             1438      and
             1439          (ii) used in support of the purposes of a building described in Subsection (11)(a)(i).
             1440          (12) "Elderly person" means a person who is 60 years old or older, who desires or
             1441      needs to live with other elderly persons in a group setting, but who is capable of living
             1442      independently.
             1443          (13) "Fire authority" means the department, agency, or public entity with responsibility
             1444      to review and approve the feasibility of fire protection and suppression services for the subject
             1445      property.
             1446          (14) "Flood plain" means land that:
             1447          (a) is within the 100-year flood plain designated by the Federal Emergency
             1448      Management Agency; or
             1449          (b) has not been studied or designated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency
             1450      but presents a likelihood of experiencing chronic flooding or a catastrophic flood event because
             1451      the land has characteristics that are similar to those of a 100-year flood plain designated by the
             1452      Federal Emergency Management Agency.
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         (16) "General plan" means a document that a county adopts that sets forth general
             1455      guidelines for proposed future development of the unincorporated land within the county.
             1456          (17) "Geologic hazard" means:
             1457          (a) a surface fault rupture;
             1458          (b) shallow groundwater;
             1459          (c) liquefaction;
             1460          (d) a landslide;
             1461          (e) a debris flow;
             1462          (f) unstable soil;
             1463          (g) a rock fall; or
             1464          (h) any other geologic condition that presents a risk:
             1465          (i) to life;
             1466          (ii) of substantial loss of real property; or
             1467          (iii) of substantial damage to real property.
             1468          (18) "Internal lot restriction" means a platted note, platted demarcation, or platted
             1469      designation that:
             1470          (a) runs with the land; and
             1471          (b) (i) creates a restriction that is enclosed within the perimeter of a lot described on
             1472      the plat; or
             1473          (ii) designates a development condition that is enclosed within the perimeter of a lot
             1474      described on the plat.
             1475          (19) "Hookup fee" means a fee for the installation and inspection of any pipe, line,
             1476      meter, or appurtenance to connect to a county water, sewer, storm water, power, or other utility
             1477      system.
             1478          (20) "Identical plans" means building plans submitted to a county that are substantially
             1479      identical building plans that were previously submitted to and reviewed and approved by the
             1480      county and describe a building that is:
             1481          (a) located on land zoned the same as the land on which the building described in the
             1482      previously approved plans is located; and
             1483          (b) subject to the same geological and meteorological conditions and the same law as
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         (21) "Impact fee" means a payment of money imposed under Title 11, Chapter [36]
             1486      36a, Impact Fees Act.
             1487          (22) "Improvement assurance" means a surety bond, letter of credit, cash, or other
             1488      security:
             1489          (a) to guaranty the proper completion of an improvement;
             1490          (b) that is required as a condition precedent to:
             1491          (i) recording a subdivision plat; or
             1492          (ii) beginning development activity; and
             1493          (c) that is offered to a land use authority to induce the land use authority, before actual
             1494      construction of required improvements, to:
             1495          (i) consent to the recording of a subdivision plat; or
             1496          (ii) issue a permit for development activity.
             1497          (23) "Improvement assurance warranty" means a promise that the materials and
             1498      workmanship of improvements:
             1499          (a) comport with standards that the county has officially adopted; and
             1500          (b) will not fail in any material respect within a warranty period.
             1501          (24) "Interstate pipeline company" means a person or entity engaged in natural gas
             1502      transportation subject to the jurisdiction of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission under
             1503      the Natural Gas Act, 15 U.S.C. Sec. 717 et seq.
             1504          (25) "Intrastate pipeline company" means a person or entity engaged in natural gas
             1505      transportation that is not subject to the jurisdiction of the Federal Energy Regulatory
             1506      Commission under the Natural Gas Act, 15 U.S.C. Sec. 717 et seq.
             1507          (26) "Land use application" means an application required by a county's land use
             1508      ordinance.
             1509          (27) "Land use authority" means a person, board, commission, agency, or other body
             1510      designated by the local legislative body to act upon a land use application.
             1511          (28) "Land use ordinance" means a planning, zoning, development, or subdivision
             1512      ordinance of the county, but does not include the general plan.
             1513          (29) "Land use permit" means a permit issued by a land use authority.
             1514          (30) "Legislative body" means the county legislative body, or for a county that has
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         (31) "Local district" means any entity under Title 17B, Limited Purpose Local
             1517      Government Entities - Local Districts, and any other governmental or quasi-governmental
             1518      entity that is not a county, municipality, school district, or the state.
             1519          (32) "Lot line adjustment" means the relocation of the property boundary line in a
             1520      subdivision between two adjoining lots with the consent of the owners of record.
             1521          (33) "Moderate income housing" means housing occupied or reserved for occupancy
             1522      by households with a gross household income equal to or less than 80% of the median gross
             1523      income for households of the same size in the county in which the housing is located.
             1524          (34) "Nominal fee" means a fee that reasonably reimburses a county only for time spent
             1525      and expenses incurred in:
             1526          (a) verifying that building plans are identical plans; and
             1527          (b) reviewing and approving those minor aspects of identical plans that differ from the
             1528      previously reviewed and approved building plans.
             1529          (35) "Noncomplying structure" means a structure that:
             1530          (a) legally existed before its current land use designation; and
             1531          (b) because of one or more subsequent land use ordinance changes, does not conform
             1532      to the setback, height restrictions, or other regulations, excluding those regulations that govern
             1533      the use of land.
             1534          (36) "Nonconforming use" means a use of land that:
             1535          (a) legally existed before its current land use designation;
             1536          (b) has been maintained continuously since the time the land use ordinance regulation
             1537      governing the land changed; and
             1538          (c) because of one or more subsequent land use ordinance changes, does not conform
             1539      to the regulations that now govern the use of the land.
             1540          (37) "Official map" means a map drawn by county authorities and recorded in the
             1541      county recorder's office that:
             1542          (a) shows actual and proposed rights-of-way, centerline alignments, and setbacks for
             1543      highways and other transportation facilities;
             1544          (b) provides a basis for restricting development in designated rights-of-way or between
             1545      designated setbacks to allow the government authorities time to purchase or otherwise reserve
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             1548          (38) "Person" means an individual, corporation, partnership, organization, association,
             1549      trust, governmental agency, or any other legal entity.
             1550          (39) "Plan for moderate income housing" means a written document adopted by a
             1551      county legislative body that includes:
             1552          (a) an estimate of the existing supply of moderate income housing located within the
             1553      county;
             1554          (b) an estimate of the need for moderate income housing in the county for the next five
             1555      years as revised biennially;
             1556          (c) a survey of total residential land use;
             1557          (d) an evaluation of how existing land uses and zones affect opportunities for moderate
             1558      income housing; and
             1559          (e) a description of the county's program to encourage an adequate supply of moderate
             1560      income housing.
             1561          (40) "Plat" means a map or other graphical representation of lands being laid out and
             1562      prepared in accordance with Section 17-27a-603 , 17-23-17 , or 57-8-13 .
             1563          (41) "Potential geologic hazard area" means an area that:
             1564          (a) is designated by a Utah Geological Survey map, county geologist map, or other
             1565      relevant map or report as needing further study to determine the area's potential for geologic
             1566      hazard; or
             1567          (b) has not been studied by the Utah Geological Survey or a county geologist but
             1568      presents the potential of geologic hazard because the area has characteristics similar to those of
             1569      a designated geologic hazard area.
             1570          (42) "Public agency" means:
             1571          (a) the federal government;
             1572          (b) the state;
             1573          (c) a county, municipality, school district, local district, special service district, or other
             1574      political subdivision of the state; or
             1575          (d) a charter school.
             1576          (43) "Public hearing" means a hearing at which members of the public are provided a
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         (44) "Public meeting" means a meeting that is required to be open to the public under
             1579      Title 52, Chapter 4, Open and Public Meetings Act.
             1580          (45) "Receiving zone" means an unincorporated area of a county that the county's land
             1581      use authority designates as an area in which an owner of land may receive transferrable
             1582      development rights.
             1583          (46) "Record of survey map" means a map of a survey of land prepared in accordance
             1584      with Section 17-23-17 .
             1585          (47) "Residential facility for elderly persons" means a single-family or multiple-family
             1586      dwelling unit that meets the requirements of Section 17-27a-515 , but does not include a health
             1587      care facility as defined by Section 26-21-2 .
             1588          (48) "Residential facility for persons with a disability" means a residence:
             1589          (a) in which more than one person with a disability resides; and
             1590          (b) (i) is licensed or certified by the Department of Human Services under Title 62A,
             1591      Chapter 2, Licensure of Programs and Facilities; or
             1592          (ii) is licensed or certified by the Department of Health under Title 26, Chapter 21,
             1593      Health Care Facility Licensing and Inspection Act.
             1594          (49) "Sanitary sewer authority" means the department, agency, or public entity with
             1595      responsibility to review and approve the feasibility of sanitary sewer services or onsite
             1596      wastewater systems.
             1597          (50) "Sending zone" means an unincorporated area of a county that the county's land
             1598      use authority designates as an area from which an owner of land may transfer transferrable
             1599      development rights to an owner of land in a receiving zone.
             1600          (51) "Specified public agency" means:
             1601          (a) the state;
             1602          (b) a school district; or
             1603          (c) a charter school.
             1604          (52) "Specified public utility" means an electrical corporation, gas corporation, or
             1605      telephone corporation, as those terms are defined in Section 54-2-1 .
             1606          (53) "State" includes any department, division, or agency of the state.
             1607          (54) "Street" means a public right-of-way, including a highway, avenue, boulevard,
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     way.
             1610          (55) (a) "Subdivision" means any land that is divided, resubdivided or proposed to be
             1611      divided into two or more lots, parcels, sites, units, plots, or other division of land for the
             1612      purpose, whether immediate or future, for offer, sale, lease, or development either on the
             1613      installment plan or upon any and all other plans, terms, and conditions.
             1614          (b) "Subdivision" includes:
             1615          (i) the division or development of land whether by deed, metes and bounds description,
             1616      devise and testacy, map, plat, or other recorded instrument; and
             1617          (ii) except as provided in Subsection (55)(c), divisions of land for residential and
             1618      nonresidential uses, including land used or to be used for commercial, agricultural, and
             1619      industrial purposes.
             1620          (c) "Subdivision" does not include:
             1621          (i) a bona fide division or partition of agricultural land for agricultural purposes;
             1622          (ii) a recorded agreement between owners of adjoining properties adjusting their
             1623      mutual boundary if:
             1624          (A) no new lot is created; and
             1625          (B) the adjustment does not violate applicable land use ordinances;
             1626          (iii) a recorded document, executed by the owner of record:
             1627          (A) revising the legal description of more than one contiguous unsubdivided parcel of
             1628      property into one legal description encompassing all such parcels of property; or
             1629          (B) joining a subdivided parcel of property to another parcel of property that has not
             1630      been subdivided, if the joinder does not violate applicable land use ordinances;
             1631          (iv) a bona fide division or partition of land in a county other than a first class county
             1632      for the purpose of siting, on one or more of the resulting separate parcels:
             1633          (A) an electrical transmission line or a substation;
             1634          (B) a natural gas pipeline or a regulation station; or
             1635          (C) an unmanned telecommunications, microwave, fiber optic, electrical, or other
             1636      utility service regeneration, transformation, retransmission, or amplification facility;
             1637          (v) a recorded agreement between owners of adjoining subdivided properties adjusting
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             1641          (vi) a bona fide division or partition of land by deed or other instrument where the land
             1642      use authority expressly approves in writing the division in anticipation of further land use
             1643      approvals on the parcel or parcels.
             1644          (d) The joining of a subdivided parcel of property to another parcel of property that has
             1645      not been subdivided does not constitute a subdivision under this Subsection (55) as to the
             1646      unsubdivided parcel of property or subject the unsubdivided parcel to the county's subdivision
             1647      ordinance.
             1648          (56) "Township" means a contiguous, geographically defined portion of the
             1649      unincorporated area of a county, established under this part or reconstituted or reinstated under
             1650      Section 17-27a-306 , with planning and zoning functions as exercised through the township
             1651      planning commission, as provided in this chapter, but with no legal or political identity
             1652      separate from the county and no taxing authority, except that "township" means a former
             1653      township under Laws of Utah 1996, Chapter 308, where the context so indicates.
             1654          (57) "Transferrable development right" means the entitlement to develop land within a
             1655      sending zone that would vest according to the county's existing land use ordinances on the date
             1656      that a completed land use application is filed seeking the approval of development activity on
             1657      the land.
             1658          (58) "Unincorporated" means the area outside of the incorporated area of a
             1659      municipality.
             1660          (59) "Water interest" means any right to the beneficial use of water, including:
             1661          (a) each of the rights listed in Section 73-1-11 ; and
             1662          (b) an ownership interest in the right to the beneficial use of water represented by:
             1663          (i) a contract; or
             1664          (ii) a share in a water company, as defined in Section 73-3-3.5 .
             1665          (60) "Zoning map" means a map, adopted as part of a land use ordinance, that depicts
             1666      land use zones, overlays, or districts.
             1667          Section 35. Section 17-27a-305 is amended to read:
             1668           17-27a-305. Other entities required to conform to county's land use ordinances --
             1669      Exceptions -- School districts and charter schools -- Submission of development plan and
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         (1) (a) Each county, municipality, school district, charter school, local district, special
             1672      service district, and political subdivision of the state shall conform to any applicable land use
             1673      ordinance of any county when installing, constructing, operating, or otherwise using any area,
             1674      land, or building situated within the unincorporated portion of the county.
             1675          (b) In addition to any other remedies provided by law, when a county's land use
             1676      ordinance is violated or about to be violated by another political subdivision, that county may
             1677      institute an injunction, mandamus, abatement, or other appropriate action or proceeding to
             1678      prevent, enjoin, abate, or remove the improper installation, improvement, or use.
             1679          (2) (a) Notwithstanding Subsection (1), a public transit district under Title 17B,
             1680      Chapter 2a, Part 8, Public Transit District Act, is not required to conform to any applicable
             1681      land use ordinance of a county of the first class when constructing a:
             1682          (i) rail fixed guideway public transit facility that extends across two or more counties;
             1683      or
             1684          (ii) structure that serves a rail fixed guideway public transit facility that extends across
             1685      two or more counties, including:
             1686          (A) platforms;
             1687          (B) passenger terminals or stations;
             1688          (C) park and ride facilities;
             1689          (D) maintenance facilities;
             1690          (E) all related utility lines, roadways, and other facilities serving the public transit
             1691      facility; or
             1692          (F) other auxiliary facilities.
             1693          (b) The exemption from county land use ordinances under this Subsection (2) does not
             1694      extend to any property not necessary for the construction or operation of a rail fixed guideway
             1695      public transit facility.
             1696          (c) A county of the first class may not, through an agreement under Title 11, Chapter
             1697      13, Interlocal Cooperation Act, require a public transit district under Title 17B, Chapter 2a,
             1698      Part 8, Public Transit District Act, to obtain approval from the county prior to constructing a:
             1699          (i) rail fixed guideway public transit facility that extends across two or more counties;
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     two or more counties, including:
             1703          (A) platforms;
             1704          (B) passenger terminals or stations;
             1705          (C) park and ride facilities;
             1706          (D) maintenance facilities;
             1707          (E) all related utility lines, roadways, and other facilities serving the public transit
             1708      facility; or
             1709          (F) other auxiliary facilities.
             1710          (3) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (4), a school district or charter school is
             1711      subject to a county's land use ordinances.
             1712          (b) (i) Notwithstanding Subsection (4), a county may:
             1713          (A) subject a charter school to standards within each zone pertaining to setback, height,
             1714      bulk and massing regulations, off-site parking, curb cut, traffic circulation, and construction
             1715      staging; and
             1716          (B) impose regulations upon the location of a project that are necessary to avoid
             1717      unreasonable risks to health or safety, as provided in Subsection (4)(f).
             1718          (ii) The standards to which a county may subject a charter school under Subsection
             1719      (3)(b)(i) shall be objective standards only and may not be subjective.
             1720          (iii) Except as provided in Subsection (8)(d), the only basis upon which a county may
             1721      deny or withhold approval of a charter school's land use application is the charter school's
             1722      failure to comply with a standard imposed under Subsection (3)(b)(i).
             1723          (iv) Nothing in Subsection (3)(b)(iii) may be construed to relieve a charter school of an
             1724      obligation to comply with a requirement of an applicable building or safety code to which it is
             1725      otherwise obligated to comply.
             1726          (4) A county may not:
             1727          (a) impose requirements for landscaping, fencing, aesthetic considerations,
             1728      construction methods or materials, additional building inspections, county building codes,
             1729      building use for educational purposes, or the placement or use of temporary classroom facilities
             1730      on school property;
             1731          (b) except as otherwise provided in this section, require a school district or charter
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     school on a roadway or sidewalk, that is not reasonably necessary for the safety of school
             1734      children and not located on or contiguous to school property, unless the roadway or sidewalk is
             1735      required to connect an otherwise isolated school site to an existing roadway;
             1736          (c) require a district or charter school to pay fees not authorized by this section;
             1737          (d) provide for inspection of school construction or assess a fee or other charges for
             1738      inspection, unless the school district or charter school is unable to provide for inspection by an
             1739      inspector, other than the project architect or contractor, who is qualified under criteria
             1740      established by the state superintendent;
             1741          (e) require a school district or charter school to pay any impact fee for an improvement
             1742      project unless the impact fee is imposed as provided in Title 11, Chapter [36] 36a, Impact Fees
             1743      Act;
             1744          (f) impose regulations upon the location of an educational facility except as necessary
             1745      to avoid unreasonable risks to health or safety; or
             1746          (g) for a land use or a structure owned or operated by a school district or charter school
             1747      that is not an educational facility but is used in support of providing instruction to pupils,
             1748      impose a regulation that:
             1749          (i) is not imposed on a similar land use or structure in the zone in which the land use or
             1750      structure is approved; or
             1751          (ii) uses the tax exempt status of the school district or charter school as criteria for
             1752      prohibiting or regulating the land use or location of the structure.
             1753          (5) Subject to Section 53A-20-108 , a school district or charter school shall coordinate
             1754      the siting of a new school with the county in which the school is to be located, to:
             1755          (a) avoid or mitigate existing and potential traffic hazards, including consideration of
             1756      the impacts between the new school and future highways; and
             1757          (b) maximize school, student, and site safety.
             1758          (6) Notwithstanding Subsection (4)(d), a county may, at its discretion:
             1759          (a) provide a walk-through of school construction at no cost and at a time convenient to
             1760      the district or charter school; and
             1761          (b) provide recommendations based upon the walk-through.
             1762          (7) (a) Notwithstanding Subsection (4)(d), a school district or charter school shall use:
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         (ii) (A) for a school district, a school district building inspector from that school
             1765      district; or
             1766          (B) for a charter school, a school district building inspector from the school district in
             1767      which the charter school is located; or
             1768          (iii) an independent, certified building inspector who is:
             1769          (A) not an employee of the contractor;
             1770          (B) approved by:
             1771          (I) a county building inspector; or
             1772          (II) (Aa) for a school district, a school district building inspector from that school
             1773      district; or
             1774          (Bb) for a charter school, a school district building inspector from the school district in
             1775      which the charter school is located; and
             1776          (C) licensed to perform the inspection that the inspector is requested to perform.
             1777          (b) The approval under Subsection (7)(a)(iii)(B) may not be unreasonably withheld.
             1778          (c) If a school district or charter school uses a school district or independent building
             1779      inspector under Subsection (7)(a)(ii) or (iii), the school district or charter school shall submit to
             1780      the state superintendent of public instruction and county building official, on a monthly basis
             1781      during construction of the school building, a copy of each inspection certificate regarding the
             1782      school building.
             1783          (8) (a) A charter school shall be considered a permitted use in all zoning districts
             1784      within a county.
             1785          (b) Each land use application for any approval required for a charter school, including
             1786      an application for a building permit, shall be processed on a first priority basis.
             1787          (c) Parking requirements for a charter school may not exceed the minimum parking
             1788      requirements for schools or other institutional public uses throughout the county.
             1789          (d) If a county has designated zones for a sexually oriented business, or a business
             1790      which sells alcohol, a charter school may be prohibited from a location which would otherwise
             1791      defeat the purpose for the zone unless the charter school provides a waiver.
             1792          (e) (i) A school district or a charter school may seek a certificate authorizing permanent
             1793      occupancy of a school building from:
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     53A-20-104 (3), if the school district or charter school used an independent building inspector
             1796      for inspection of the school building; or
             1797          (B) a county official with authority to issue the certificate, if the school district or
             1798      charter school used a county building inspector for inspection of the school building.
             1799          (ii) A school district may issue its own certificate authorizing permanent occupancy of
             1800      a school building if it used its own building inspector for inspection of the school building,
             1801      subject to the notification requirement of Subsection 53A-20-104 (3)(a)(ii).
             1802          (iii) A charter school may seek a certificate authorizing permanent occupancy of a
             1803      school building from a school district official with authority to issue the certificate, if the
             1804      charter school used a school district building inspector for inspection of the school building.
             1805          (iv) A certificate authorizing permanent occupancy issued by the state superintendent
             1806      of public instruction under Subsection 53A-20-104 (3) or a school district official with authority
             1807      to issue the certificate shall be considered to satisfy any county requirement for an inspection or
             1808      a certificate of occupancy.
             1809          (9) (a) A specified public agency intending to develop its land shall submit to the land
             1810      use authority a development plan and schedule:
             1811          (i) as early as practicable in the development process, but no later than the
             1812      commencement of construction; and
             1813          (ii) with sufficient detail to enable the land use authority to assess:
             1814          (A) the specified public agency's compliance with applicable land use ordinances;
             1815          (B) the demand for public facilities listed in Subsections [ 11-36-102 (14)]
             1816      11-36a-102 (15)(a), (b), (c), (d), (e), and (g) caused by the development;
             1817          (C) the amount of any applicable fee listed in Subsection 17-27a-509 (5);
             1818          (D) any credit against an impact fee; and
             1819          (E) the potential for waiving an impact fee.
             1820          (b) The land use authority shall respond to a specified public agency's submission
             1821      under Subsection (9)(a) with reasonable promptness in order to allow the specified public
             1822      agency to consider information the municipality provides under Subsection (9)(a)(ii) in the
             1823      process of preparing the budget for the development.
             1824          (10) Nothing in this section may be construed to modify or supersede Section
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         Section 36. Section 17-27a-509 is amended to read:
             1827           17-27a-509. Limit on fees -- Requirement to itemize fees.
             1828          (1) A county may not impose or collect a fee for reviewing or approving the plans for a
             1829      commercial or residential building that exceeds the lesser of:
             1830          (a) the actual cost of performing the plan review; and
             1831          (b) 65% of the amount the county charges for a building permit fee for that building.
             1832          (2) Subject to Subsection (1), a county may impose and collect only a nominal fee for
             1833      reviewing and approving identical plans.
             1834          (3) A county may not impose or collect a hookup fee that exceeds the reasonable cost
             1835      of installing and inspecting the pipe, line, meter, or appurtenance to connect to the county
             1836      water, sewer, storm water, power, or other utility system.
             1837          (4) A county may not impose or collect:
             1838          (a) a land use application fee that exceeds the reasonable cost of processing the
             1839      application; or
             1840          (b) an inspection or review fee that exceeds the reasonable cost of performing the
             1841      inspection or review.
             1842          (5) Upon the request of an applicant or an owner of residential property, the county
             1843      shall itemize each fee that the county imposes on the applicant or on the residential property,
             1844      respectively, showing the basis of each calculation for each fee imposed.
             1845          (6) A county may not impose on or collect from a public agency any fee associated
             1846      with the public agency's development of its land other than:
             1847          (a) subject to Subsection (4), a fee for a development service that the public agency
             1848      does not itself provide;
             1849          (b) subject to Subsection (3), a hookup fee; and
             1850          (c) an impact fee for a public facility listed in Subsection [ 11-36-102 (14)]
             1851      11-36a-102 (15)(a), (b), (c), (d), (e), or (g), subject to any applicable credit under Subsection
             1852      [ 11-36-202 (2)(b)] 11-36a-402 (2).
             1853          Section 37. Section 17B-1-111 is amended to read:
             1854           17B-1-111. Impact fee resolution -- Notice and hearing requirements.
             1855          (1) (a) If a local district wishes to impose impact fees, the board of trustees of the local
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         (i) prepare a proposed impact fee resolution that meets the requirements of Title 11,
             1858      Chapter [36] 36a, Impact Fees Act;
             1859          (ii) make a copy of the impact fee resolution available to the public at least 14 days
             1860      before the date of the public hearing and hold a public hearing on the proposed impact fee
             1861      resolution; and
             1862          (iii) provide reasonable notice of the public hearing at least 14 days before the date of
             1863      the hearing.
             1864          (b) After the public hearing, the board of trustees may:
             1865          (i) adopt the impact fee resolution as proposed;
             1866          (ii) amend the impact fee resolution and adopt or reject it as amended; or
             1867          (iii) reject the resolution.
             1868          (2) A local district meets the requirements of reasonable notice required by this section
             1869      if it:
             1870          (a) posts notice of the hearing or meeting in at least three public places within the
             1871      jurisdiction and publishes notice of the hearing or meeting in a newspaper of general
             1872      circulation in the jurisdiction, if one is available; or
             1873          (b) gives actual notice of the hearing or meeting.
             1874          (3) The local district's board of trustees may enact a resolution establishing stricter
             1875      notice requirements than those required by this section.
             1876          (4) (a) Proof that one of the two forms of notice required by this section was given is
             1877      prima facie evidence that notice was properly given.
             1878          (b) If notice given under authority of this section is not challenged within 30 days from
             1879      the date of the meeting for which the notice was given, the notice is considered adequate and
             1880      proper.
             1881          Section 38. Section 17B-1-118 is amended to read:
             1882           17B-1-118. Local district hookup fee -- Preliminary design or site plan from a
             1883      specified public agency.
             1884          (1) As used in this section:
             1885          (a) "Hookup fee" means a fee for the installation and inspection of any pipe, line,
             1886      meter, or appurtenance to connect to a local district water, sewer, storm water, power, or other
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         (b) "Impact fee" has the same meaning as defined in Section [ 11-36-102 ] 11-36a-102 .
             1889          (c) "Specified public agency" means:
             1890          (i) the state;
             1891          (ii) a school district; or
             1892          (iii) a charter school.
             1893          (d) "State" includes any department, division, or agency of the state.
             1894          (2) A local district may not impose or collect a hookup fee that exceeds the reasonable
             1895      cost of installing and inspecting the pipe, line, meter, or appurtenance to connect to the local
             1896      district water, sewer, storm water, power, or other utility system.
             1897          (3) (a) A specified public agency intending to develop its land shall submit a
             1898      development plan and schedule to each local district from which the specified public agency
             1899      anticipates the development will receive service:
             1900          (i) as early as practicable in the development process, but no later than the
             1901      commencement of construction; and
             1902          (ii) with sufficient detail to enable the local district to assess:
             1903          (A) the demand for public facilities listed in Subsections [ 11-36-102 (14)]
             1904      11-36a-102 (15)(a), (b), (c), (d), (e), and (g) caused by the development;
             1905          (B) the amount of any hookup fees, or impact fees or substantive equivalent;
             1906          (C) any credit against an impact fee; and
             1907          (D) the potential for waiving an impact fee.
             1908          (b) The local district shall respond to a specified public agency's submission under
             1909      Subsection (3)(a) with reasonable promptness in order to allow the specified public agency to
             1910      consider information the local district provides under Subsection (3)(a)(ii) in the process of
             1911      preparing the budget for the development.
             1912          (4) Upon a specified public agency's submission of a development plan and schedule as
             1913      required in Subsection (3) that complies with the requirements of that subsection, the specified
             1914      public agency vests in the local district's hookup fees and impact fees in effect on the date of
             1915      submission.
             1916          Section 39. Section 17B-1-643 is amended to read:
             1917           17B-1-643. Imposing or increasing a fee for service provided by local district.
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     by a local district, each local district board of trustees shall first hold a public hearing at which
             1920      any interested person may speak for or against the proposal to impose a fee or to increase an
             1921      existing fee.
             1922          (b) Each public hearing under Subsection (1)(a) shall be held in the evening beginning
             1923      no earlier than 6 p.m.
             1924          (c) A public hearing required under this Subsection (1) may be combined with a public
             1925      hearing on a tentative budget required under Section 17B-1-610 .
             1926          (d) Except to the extent that this section imposes more stringent notice requirements,
             1927      the local district board shall comply with Title 52, Chapter 4, Open and Public Meetings Act,
             1928      in holding the public hearing under Subsection (1)(a).
             1929          (2) (a) Each local district board shall give notice of a hearing under Subsection (1) as
             1930      provided in Subsection (2)(b)(i) or (ii).
             1931          (b) (i) (A) The notice required under Subsection (2)(a) shall be published:
             1932          (I) in a newspaper or combination of newspapers of general circulation in the local
             1933      district, if there is a newspaper or combination of newspapers of general circulation in the local
             1934      district; or
             1935          (II) if there is no newspaper or combination of newspapers of general circulation in the
             1936      local district, the local district board shall post at least one notice per 1,000 population within
             1937      the local district, at places within the local district that are most likely to provide actual notice
             1938      to residents within the local district.
             1939          (B) The notice described in Subsection (2)(b)(i)(A)(I):
             1940          (I) shall be no less than 1/4 page in size and the type used shall be no smaller than 18
             1941      point, and surrounded by a 1/4-inch border;
             1942          (II) may not be placed in that portion of the newspaper where legal notices and
             1943      classified advertisements appear;
             1944          (III) whenever possible, shall appear in a newspaper that is published at least one day
             1945      per week;
             1946          (IV) shall be in a newspaper or combination of newspapers of general interest and
             1947      readership in the local district, and not of limited subject matter; and
             1948          (V) shall be run once each week for the two weeks preceding the hearing.
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     board intends to impose or increase a fee for a service provided by the local district and will
             1951      hold a public hearing on a certain day, time, and place fixed in the notice, which shall be not
             1952      less than seven days after the day the first notice is published, for the purpose of hearing
             1953      comments regarding the proposed imposition or increase of a fee and to explain the reasons for
             1954      the proposed imposition or increase.
             1955          (c) (i) In lieu of providing notice under Subsection (2)(b), the local district board of
             1956      trustees may give the notice required under Subsection (2)(a) by mailing the notice to those
             1957      within the district who:
             1958          (A) will be charged the fee for a district service, if the fee is being imposed for the first
             1959      time; or
             1960          (B) are being charged a fee, if the fee is proposed to be increased.
             1961          (ii) Each notice under Subsection (2)(c)(i) shall comply with Subsection (2)(b)(ii).
             1962          (iii) A notice under Subsection (2)(c)(i) may accompany a district bill for an existing
             1963      fee.
             1964          (d) If the hearing required under this section is combined with the public hearing
             1965      required under Section 17B-1-610 , the notice requirement under this Subsection (2) is satisfied
             1966      if a notice that meets the requirements of Subsection (2)(b)(ii) is combined with the notice
             1967      required under Section 17B-1-609 .
             1968          (e) Proof that notice was given as provided in Subsection (2)(b) or (c) is prima facie
             1969      evidence that notice was properly given.
             1970          (f) If no challenge is made to the notice given of a hearing required by Subsection (1)
             1971      within 30 days after the date of the hearing, the notice is considered adequate and proper.
             1972          (3) After holding a public hearing under Subsection (1), a local district board may:
             1973          (a) impose the new fee or increase the existing fee as proposed;
             1974          (b) adjust the amount of the proposed new fee or the increase of the existing fee and
             1975      then impose the new fee or increase the existing fee as adjusted; or
             1976          (c) decline to impose the new fee or increase the existing fee.
             1977          (4) This section applies to each new fee imposed and each increase of an existing fee
             1978      that occurs on or after July 1, 1998.
             1979          (5) (a) This section does not apply to an impact fee.
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             1982          Section 40. Section 17B-2a-1004 is amended to read:
             1983           17B-2a-1004. Additional water conservancy district powers -- Limitations on
             1984      water conservancy districts.
             1985          (1) In addition to the powers conferred on a water conservancy district under Section
             1986      17B-1-103 , a water conservancy district may:
             1987          (a) issue bonds as provided in and subject to Chapter 1, Part 11, Local District Bonds,
             1988      to carry out the purposes of the district;
             1989          (b) acquire or lease any real or personal property or acquire any interest in real or
             1990      personal property, as provided in Subsections 17B-1-103 (2)(a) and (b), whether inside or
             1991      outside the district;
             1992          (c) acquire or construct works, facilities, or improvements, as provided in Subsection
             1993      17B-1-103 (2)(d), whether inside or outside the district;
             1994          (d) acquire water, works, water rights, and sources of water necessary or convenient to
             1995      the full exercise of the district's powers, whether the water, works, water rights, or sources of
             1996      water are inside or outside the district, and encumber, sell, lease, transfer an interest in, or
             1997      dispose of water, works, water rights, and sources of water;
             1998          (e) fix rates and terms for the sale, lease, or other disposal of water;
             1999          (f) acquire rights to the use of water from works constructed or operated by the district
             2000      or constructed or operated pursuant to a contract to which the district is a party, and sell rights
             2001      to the use of water from those works;
             2002          (g) levy assessments against lands within the district to which water is allotted on the
             2003      basis of:
             2004          (i) a uniform district-wide value per acre foot of irrigation water; or
             2005          (ii) a uniform unit-wide value per acre foot of irrigation water, if the board divides the
             2006      district into units and fixes a different value per acre foot of water in the respective units;
             2007          (h) fix rates for the sale, lease, or other disposal of water, other than irrigation water, at
             2008      rates that are equitable, though not necessarily equal or uniform, for like classes of service;
             2009          (i) adopt and modify plans and specifications for the works for which the district was
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         (k) appropriate and otherwise acquire water and water rights inside or outside the state;
             2013          (l) develop, store, treat, and transport water;
             2014          (m) acquire stock in canal companies, water companies, and water users associations;
             2015          (n) acquire, construct, operate, or maintain works for the irrigation of land;
             2016          (o) subject to Subsection (2), sell water and water services to individual customers and
             2017      charge sufficient rates for the water and water services supplied;
             2018          (p) own property for district purposes within the boundaries of a municipality; and
             2019          (q) coordinate water resource planning among public entities.
             2020          (2) (a) A water conservancy district and another political subdivision of the state may
             2021      contract with each other, and a water conservancy district may contract with one or more public
             2022      entities and private persons, for:
             2023          (i) the joint operation or use of works owned by any party to the contract; or
             2024          (ii) the sale, purchase, lease, exchange, or loan of water, water rights, works, or related
             2025      services.
             2026          (b) An agreement under Subsection (2)(a) may provide for the joint use of works
             2027      owned by one of the contracting parties if the agreement provides for reasonable compensation.
             2028          (c) A statutory requirement that a district supply water to its own residents on a priority
             2029      basis does not apply to a contract under Subsection (2)(a).
             2030          (d) An agreement under Subsection (2)(a) may include terms that the parties determine,
             2031      including:
             2032          (i) a term of years specified by the contract;
             2033          (ii) a requirement that the purchasing party make specified payments, without regard to
             2034      actual taking or use;
             2035          (iii) a requirement that the purchasing party pay user charges, charges for the
             2036      availability of water or water facilities, or other charges for capital costs, debt service,
             2037      operating and maintenance costs, and the maintenance of reasonable reserves, whether or not
             2038      the related water, water rights, or facilities are acquired, completed, operable, or operating, and
             2039      notwithstanding the suspension, interruption, interference, reduction, or curtailment of water or
             2040      services for any reason;
             2041          (iv) provisions for one or more parties to acquire an undivided ownership interest in, or
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         (A) the methods for financing the costs of acquisition, construction, and operation of
             2044      the joint facilities;
             2045          (B) the method for allocating the costs of acquisition, construction, and operation of
             2046      the facilities among the parties consistent with their respective interests in or rights to the
             2047      facilities;
             2048          (C) a management committee comprised of representatives of the parties, which may
             2049      be responsible for the acquisition, construction, and operation of the facilities as the parties
             2050      determine; and
             2051          (D) the remedies upon a default by any party in the performance of its obligations
             2052      under the contract, which may include a provision obligating or enabling the other parties to
             2053      succeed to all or a portion of the ownership interest or contractual rights and obligations of the
             2054      defaulting party; and
             2055          (v) provisions that a purchasing party make payments from:
             2056          (A) general or other funds of the purchasing party;
             2057          (B) the proceeds of assessments levied under this part;
             2058          (C) the proceeds of impact fees imposed by any party under Title 11, Chapter [36] 36a,
             2059      Impact Fees Act;
             2060          (D) revenues from the operation of the water system of a party receiving water or
             2061      services under the contract;
             2062          (E) proceeds of any revenue-sharing arrangement between the parties, including
             2063      amounts payable as a percentage of revenues or net revenues of the water system of a party
             2064      receiving water or services under the contract; and
             2065          (F) any combination of the sources of payment listed in Subsections (2)(d)(v)(A)
             2066      through (E).
             2067          (3) (a) A water conservancy district may enter into a contract with another state or a
             2068      political subdivision of another state for the joint construction, operation, or ownership of a
             2069      water facility.
             2070          (b) Water from any source in the state may be appropriated and used for beneficial
             2071      purposes within another state only as provided in Title 73, Chapter 3a, Water Exports.
             2072          (4) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (4)(b), a water conservancy district may not
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     consent of the municipality.
             2075          (b) Subsection (4)(a) does not apply if:
             2076          (i) the property of a customer to whom a water conservancy district sells water was, at
             2077      the time the district began selling water to the customer, within an unincorporated area of a
             2078      county; and
             2079          (ii) after the district begins selling water to the customer, the property becomes part of
             2080      a municipality through municipal incorporation or annexation.
             2081          (5) A water conservancy district may not carry or transport water in transmountain
             2082      diversion if title to the water was acquired by a municipality by eminent domain.
             2083          (6) A water conservancy district may not be required to obtain a franchise for the
             2084      acquisition, ownership, operation, or maintenance of property.
             2085          (7) A water conservancy district may not acquire by eminent domain title to or
             2086      beneficial use of vested water rights for transmountain diversion.
             2087          Section 41. Repealer.
             2088          This bill repeals:
             2089          Section 11-36-101, Title.
             2090          Section 11-36-102 (Superseded 05/11/11), Definitions.
             2091          Section 11-36-102 (Effective 05/11/11), Definitions.
             2092          Section 11-36-201, Impact fees -- Analysis -- Capital facilities plan -- Notice of plan
             2093      -- Summary -- Exemptions.
             2094          Section 11-36-202, Impact fees -- Enactment -- Required and allowed provisions --
             2095      Limitations -- Effective date.
             2096          Section 11-36-301, Impact fees -- Accounting -- Report.
             2097          Section 11-36-302, Impact fees -- Expenditure.
             2098          Section 11-36-303, Refunds.
             2099          Section 11-36-401, Impact fees -- Challenges -- Appeals.
             2100          Section 11-36-401.5, Mediation.
             2101          Section 11-36-402, Challenging an impact fee by arbitration -- Procedure --
             2102      Appeal -- Costs.
             2103          Section 11-36-501, Private entity assessment of impact fees -- Notice and hearing --
             2104      Audit.



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         Section 42. Effective date.
             2106          This bill takes effect on May 11, 2011.





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