Representative Edward H. Redd proposes the following substitute bill:


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REPEAL OF METHAMPHETAMINE HOUSING

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RECONSTRUCTION AND REHABILITATION ACCOUNT

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2015 GENERAL SESSION

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STATE OF UTAH

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Chief Sponsor: Edward H. Redd

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Senate Sponsor: Karen Mayne

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8     LONG TITLE
9     General Description:
10          This bill repeals the Methamphetamine Housing Reconstruction and Rehabilitation
11     Account Act.
12     Highlighted Provisions:
13          This bill:
14          ▸     repeals the Methamphetamine Housing Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Account
15     Act and related provisions; and
16          ▸     provides that funds remaining in the Methamphetamine Housing Reconstruction
17     and Rehabilitation Account on June 30, 2015, shall be deposited into the Olene
18     Walker Housing Loan Fund.
19     Money Appropriated in this Bill:
20          None
21     Other Special Clauses:
22          None
23     Utah Code Sections Affected:
24     AMENDS:
25          35A-8-1103, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 2012, Chapter 212

26     ENACTS:
27          63I-2-235, Utah Code Annotated 1953
28     REPEALS:
29          59-10-1314, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2012, Chapter 212
30     

31     Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
32          Section 1. Section 35A-8-1103 is amended to read:
33          35A-8-1103. Methamphetamine Housing Reconstruction and Rehabilitation
34     Account -- Creation -- Interest -- Use of contributions and interest.
35          (1) There is created within the General Fund a restricted account known as the
36     Methamphetamine Housing Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Account.
37          (2) The account shall be funded by:
38          (a) contributions deposited into the account in accordance with Section 59-10-1314;
39     and
40          (b) interest described in Subsection (3).
41          (3) (a) The account shall earn interest.
42          (b) Interest earned on the account shall be deposited into the account.
43          (4) (a) [The] Except as provided in Subsection (7), the division shall distribute
44     contributions and interest deposited into the account to one or more qualified housing
45     organizations.
46          (b) (i) Subject to Subsection (4)(b)(ii), a qualified housing organization that receives a
47     distribution from the division in accordance with Subsection (4)(a) shall expend the
48     distribution to:
49          (A) reconstruct or rehabilitate one or more residences that are:
50          (I) sold to low-income persons selected by the qualified housing organization in
51     accordance with any rules the division makes as authorized by this section; and
52          (II) financed with loans that are not subject to interest as determined by the qualified
53     housing organization in accordance with any rules the division makes as authorized by this
54     section; or
55          (B) purchase property upon which a residence described in Subsection (4)(b)(i)(A) is
56     reconstructed or rehabilitated.

57          (ii) A qualified housing organization may not expend a distribution the qualified
58     housing organization receives in accordance with this Subsection (4) for any administrative
59     cost relating to an expenditure authorized by Subsection (4)(b)(i).
60          (5) (a) In accordance with any rules the division makes as authorized under Subsection
61     (6)(c), a qualified housing organization may apply to the division to receive a distribution
62     under Subsection (4).
63          (b) A qualified housing organization may apply to the division to receive a distribution
64     under Subsection (4) by filing an application with the division:
65          (i) on or before November 1; and
66          (ii) on a form provided by the division.
67          (c) The application:
68          (i) shall include information required by the division establishing that the qualified
69     housing organization owns each residence with respect to which the qualified housing
70     organization plans to expend a distribution under Subsection (4);
71          (ii) shall include information required by the division establishing the qualified housing
72     organization's plan to expend the distribution for a purpose described in Subsection (4)(b)(i);
73          (iii) shall include information required by the division establishing that the qualified
74     housing organization's plan to expend the distribution meets conditions established in
75     accordance with Title 19, Chapter 6, Part 9, Illegal Drug Operations Site Reporting and
76     Decontamination Act, for a local health department to remove the residence from the local
77     health department's decontamination list; and
78          (iv) may include other information the division requires by rule.
79          (d) The division shall determine on or before the November 30 immediately following
80     the November 1 described in Subsection (5)(b)(i) whether a qualified housing organization's
81     application to the division meets the requirements of Subsection (5)(c).
82          (e) (i) The division shall distribute money credited to the account to each qualified
83     housing organization that meets the requirements of Subsection (5)(c) as determined by the
84     division:
85          (A) on or before the December 31 immediately following the November 1 described in
86     Subsection (5)(b)(i); and
87          (B) in accordance with this Subsection (5)(e).

88          (ii) The division shall determine:
89          (A) the population of the county in which a qualified housing organization that meets
90     the requirements of Subsection (5)(c) is headquartered; and
91          (B) the total population of all of the counties in which the qualified housing
92     organizations that meet the requirements of Subsection (5)(c) are headquartered.
93          (iii) Except as provided in Subsection (5)(e)(iv), the division shall determine a
94     qualified housing organization's distribution by making the following calculation:
95          (A) calculating a percentage determined by dividing the population of the county in
96     which the qualified housing organization that meets the requirements of Subsection (5)(c) is
97     headquartered by the population calculated under Subsection (5)(e)(ii)(B); and
98          (B) multiplying the percentage determined under Subsection (5)(e)(iii)(A) by the
99     account balance.
100          (iv) If two or more qualified housing organizations that meet the requirements of
101     Subsection (5)(c) as determined by the division are headquartered within one county, the
102     division shall determine each qualified housing organization's distribution by:
103          (A) making the calculation required by Subsection (5)(e)(iii); and
104          (B) dividing the amount calculated under Subsection (5)(e)(iii) by the number of
105     qualified housing organizations that meet the requirements of Subsection (5)(c) as determined
106     by the division that are headquartered within the county.
107          (6) In accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, the
108     division may make rules:
109          (a) to define what constitutes:
110          (i) a low-income person;
111          (ii) a loan that is not subject to interest; and
112          (iii) an apartment or other rental unit;
113          (b) for determining the circumstances under which real property is appurtenant to a
114     residence;
115          (c) prescribing information a qualified housing organization is required to include with
116     an application under Subsection (5);
117          (d) for purposes of Subsection (5)(e), for determining the population of a county; and
118          (e) for determining the county in which a qualified housing organization is

119     headquartered.
120          (7) Any contributions and interest remaining in the Methamphetamine Housing
121     Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Account on June 30, 2015, shall be deposited into the Olene
122     Walker Housing Loan Fund created in Section 35A-8-502 and may be used for any of the
123     purposes described in Section 35A-8-505.
124          Section 2. Section 63I-2-235 is enacted to read:
125          63I-2-235. Repeal dates -- Title 35A.
126          Title 35A, Chapter 8, Part 11, Methamphetamine Housing Reconstruction and
127     Rehabilitation Account Act, is repealed July 1, 2015.
128          Section 3. Repealer.
129          This bill repeals:
130          Section 59-10-1314, Contribution to Methamphetamine Housing Reconstruction
131     and Rehabilitation Account.