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7 LONG TITLE
8 General Description:
9 This bill amends provisions related to a special service district.
10 Highlighted Provisions:
11 This bill:
12 ▸ amends provisions related to the creation of a special service district administrative
13 control board;
14 ▸ amends provisions governing the annexation of an area into or addition of a service
15 provided by a special service district; and
16 ▸ makes technical and conforming amendments.
17 Money Appropriated in this Bill:
18 None
19 Other Special Clauses:
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21 Utah Code Sections Affected:
22 AMENDS:
23 17D-1-301, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2009, Chapter 356
24 17D-1-401, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2009, Chapter 92
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26 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
27 Section 1. Section 17D-1-301 is amended to read:
28 17D-1-301. Governance of a special service district -- Authority to create and
29 delegate authority to an administrative control board -- Limitations on authority to
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31 (1) Each special service district shall be governed by the legislative body of the county
32 or municipality that creates the special service district, subject to any delegation under this
33 section of a right, power, or authority to an administrative control board.
34 (2) At the time a special service district is created or at any time thereafter, the
35 legislative body of a county or municipality that creates a special service district may, by
36 resolution or ordinance:
37 (a) create an administrative control board for the special service district; [
38 (b) subject to Subsection (3), delegate to the administrative control board the exercise
39 of any right, power, or authority that the legislative body possesses with respect to the
40 governance of the special service district[
41 (c) specify the members of the initial administrative control board by name or other
42 designation that clearly identifies each member of the initial administrative control board.
43 (3) A county or municipal legislative body may not delegate to an administrative
44 control board of a special service district the power to:
45 (a) annex an area to an existing special service district or add a service within the area
46 of an existing special service district under Part 4, Annexing a New Area and Adding a New
47 Service;
48 (b) designate, under Section 17D-1-107, the classes of special service district contracts
49 that are subject to Title 11, Chapter 39, Building Improvements and Public Works Projects;
50 (c) levy a tax on the taxable property within the special service district;
51 (d) issue special service district bonds payable from taxes;
52 (e) call or hold an election for the authorization of a property tax or the issuance of
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54 (f) levy an assessment;
55 (g) issue interim warrants or bonds payable from an assessment; or
56 (h) appoint a board of equalization under Section 11-42-403.
57 (4) (a) A county or municipal legislative body that has delegated a right, power, or
58 authority under this section to an administrative control board may at any time modify, limit, or
59 revoke any right, power, or authority delegated to the administrative control board.
60 (b) A modification, limitation, or revocation under Subsection (4)(a) does not affect the
61 validity of an action taken by an administrative control board before the modification,
62 limitation, or revocation.
63 Section 2. Section 17D-1-401 is amended to read:
64 17D-1-401. Annexing an area or adding a service to an existing special service
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66 (1) Except as provided in Subsections (3) and (4), a county or municipal legislative
67 body acting as the governing body of the special service district may, as provided in this part:
68 (a) annex an area to an existing special service district to provide to that area a service
69 that the special service district is authorized to provide;
70 (b) add a service under Section 17D-1-201 within the area of an existing special service
71 district that the special service district is not already authorized to provide; or
72 (c) both annex an area under Subsection (1)(a) and add a service under Subsection
73 (1)(b).
74 (2) Except for Section 17D-1-209, the provisions of Part 2, Creating a Special Service
75 District, apply to and govern the process of annexing an area to an existing special service
76 district or adding a service that the special service district is not already authorized to provide,
77 to the same extent as if the annexation or addition were the creation of a special service district.
78 (3) A county or municipal legislative body may not:
79 (a) annex an area to an existing special service district if a local district provides to that
80 area the same service that the special service district is proposed to provide to the area, unless
81 the local district consents to the annexation; or
82 (b) add a service within the area of an existing special service district if a local district
83 provides to that area the same service that is proposed to be added, unless the local district
84 consents to the addition.
85 (4) A county or municipal legislative body may not annex an area to an existing special
86 service district or add a service within the area of an existing special service district if the
87 creation of a special service district including that area or providing that service would not be
88 allowed under Part 2, Creating a Special Service District.
89 (5) A county or municipal legislative body may not annex an area to an existing special
90 service district or add a service within the area of an existing special service district if the area
91 is located within a project area described in a project area plan adopted by the military
92 installation development authority under Title 63H, Chapter 1, Military Installation
93 Development Authority Act, unless the county or municipal legislative body has first obtained
94 the authority's approval.