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SCHOOL DISTRICTS - TRANSPORTATION POLICIES

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2015 GENERAL SESSION

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STATE OF UTAH

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Chief Sponsor: J. Stuart Adams

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House Sponsor: Steve Eliason

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7     LONG TITLE
8     General Description:
9          This bill enacts provisions related to school districts that coordinate public education
10     transportation services under Title 11, Chapter 13, Interlocal Cooperation Act.
11     Highlighted Provisions:
12          This bill:
13          ▸     enacts provisions related to school districts that coordinate public education
14     transportation services under Title 11, Chapter 13, Interlocal Cooperation Act.
15     Money Appropriated in this Bill:
16          None
17     Other Special Clauses:
18          This bill provides a coordination clause.
19     Utah Code Sections Affected:
20     ENACTS:
21          53A-3-432, Utah Code Annotated 1953
22     Utah Code Sections Affected by Coordination Clause:
23          53A-3-432, Utah Code Annotated 1953
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25     Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
26          Section 1. Section 53A-3-432 is enacted to read:
27          53A-3-432. Interlocal agreement for public education transportation services.
28          (1) In accordance with Title 11, Chapter 13, Interlocal Cooperation Act, at least two
29     school districts may, for the purpose of coordinating public education transportation services:

30          (a) create an interlocal entity as defined in Section 11-13-103 if the school districts
31     establish an interlocal entity governing body as described in Subsection (2); or
32          (b) enter into a joint or cooperative undertaking as described in Section 11-13-207 if
33     the school districts establish a joint board as described in Subsection (2).
34          (2) A governing body described in Subsection (1)(a) or a joint board described in
35     Subsection (1)(b) shall consist of:
36          (a) at least one elected member of a local school board from each school district that
37     creates the interlocal entity or enters into the joint or cooperative undertaking; and
38          (b) only elected members of the local school boards of the school districts that create
39     the interlocal entity or enter into the joint or cooperative undertaking.
40          Section 2. Coordinating S.B. 240 with H.B. 251 -- Technical amendment.
41          If this S.B. 240 and H.B. 251, Amendments to the Interlocal Act, both pass and become
42     law, it is the intent of the Legislature that the Office of Legislative Research and General
43     Counsel, in preparing the Utah Code database for publication, change the terminology in
44     Subsections 53A-3-432(1)(a) and (2) from "governing body" to "governing board".