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7 LONG TITLE
8 General Description:
9 This bill makes amendments regarding the sale or lease of land, water rights, or water
10 shares associated with the Utah State Developmental Center.
11 Highlighted Provisions:
12 This bill:
13 ▸ creates a special revenue fund, subject to appropriation for the money received from
14 the sale or lease of land, water rights, or water shares associated with the
15 developmental center;
16 ▸ repeals the expendable special revenue fund for developmental center land; and
17 ▸ establishes terms and management procedures for the newly created special revenue
18 fund.
19 Money Appropriated in this Bill:
20 None
21 Other Special Clauses:
22 None
23 Special Voting Requirements:
24 As required by Section 62A-5-206.6, amendments to Section 62A-5-206.6 must pass by
25 the affirmative vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house of the
26 Legislature.
27 Utah Code Sections Affected:
28 AMENDS:
29 51-7-2, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2017, Chapters 343 and 363
30 62A-5-101, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2017, Chapter 43
31 62A-5-206.6, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2016, Chapter 300
32 63A-5-215, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2016, Chapter 298
33 ENACTS:
34 62A-5-206.7, Utah Code Annotated 1953
35 62A-5-206.8, Utah Code Annotated 1953
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37 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
38 Section 1. Section 51-7-2 is amended to read:
39 51-7-2. Exemptions from chapter.
40 The following funds are exempt from this chapter:
41 (1) funds invested in accordance with the participating employees' designation or
42 direction pursuant to a public employees' deferred compensation plan established and operated
43 in compliance with Section 457 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended;
44 (2) funds of the Utah State Retirement Board;
45 (3) funds of the Utah Housing Corporation;
46 (4) endowment funds of higher education institutions;
47 (5) permanent and other land grant trust funds established pursuant to the Utah
48 Enabling Act and the Utah Constitution;
49 (6) the State Post-Retirement Benefits Trust Fund;
50 (7) the funds of the Utah Educational Savings Plan;
51 (8) funds of the permanent state trust fund created by and operated under Utah
52 Constitution, Article XXII, Section 4;
53 (9) the funds in the Navajo Trust Fund; [
54 (10) the funds in the Radioactive Waste Perpetual Care and Maintenance Account[
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56 (11) the Utah State Developmental Center Long-Term Sustainability Fund, created in
57 Section 62A-5-206.7.
58 Section 2. Section 62A-5-101 is amended to read:
59 62A-5-101. Definitions.
60 As used in this chapter:
61 (1) "Approved provider" means a person approved by the division to provide
62 home-based services.
63 (2) "Board" means the Utah State Developmental Center Board created under Section
64 62A-5-202.5.
65 (3) (a) "Brain injury" means an acquired injury to the brain that is neurological in
66 nature, including a cerebral vascular accident.
67 (b) "Brain injury" does not include a deteriorating disease.
68 (4) "Designated intellectual disability professional" means:
69 (a) a psychologist licensed under Title 58, Chapter 61, Psychologist Licensing Act,
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71 (i) (A) has at least one year of specialized training in working with persons with an
72 intellectual disability; or
73 (B) has at least one year of clinical experience with persons with an intellectual
74 disability; and
75 (ii) is designated by the division as specially qualified, by training and experience, in
76 the treatment of an intellectual disability; or
77 (b) a clinical social worker, certified social worker, marriage and family therapist, or
78 professional counselor, licensed under Title 58, Chapter 60, Mental Health Professional
79 Practice Act, who:
80 (i) has at least two years of clinical experience with persons with an intellectual
81 disability; and
82 (ii) is designated by the division as specially qualified, by training and experience, in
83 the treatment of an intellectual disability.
84 (5) "Deteriorating disease" includes:
85 (a) multiple sclerosis;
86 (b) muscular dystrophy;
87 (c) Huntington's chorea;
88 (d) Alzheimer's disease;
89 (e) ataxia; or
90 (f) cancer.
91 (6) "Developmental center" means the Utah State Developmental Center, established in
92 accordance with Part 2, Utah State Developmental Center.
93 (7) "Director" means the director of the Division of Services for People with
94 Disabilities.
95 (8) "Direct service worker" means a person who provides services to a person with a
96 disability:
97 (a) when the services are rendered in:
98 (i) the physical presence of the person with a disability; or
99 (ii) a location where the person rendering the services has access to the physical
100 presence of the person with a disability; and
101 (b) (i) under a contract with the division;
102 (ii) under a grant agreement with the division; or
103 (iii) as an employee of the division.
104 (9) (a) "Disability" means a severe, chronic disability that:
105 (i) is attributable to:
106 (A) an intellectual disability;
107 (B) a condition that qualifies a person as a person with a related condition, as defined
108 in 42 C.F.R. 435.1009;
109 (C) a physical disability; or
110 (D) a brain injury;
111 (ii) is likely to continue indefinitely;
112 (iii) (A) for a condition described in Subsection (9)(a)(i)(A), (B), or (C), results in a
113 substantial functional limitation in three or more of the following areas of major life activity:
114 (I) self-care;
115 (II) receptive and expressive language;
116 (III) learning;
117 (IV) mobility;
118 (V) self-direction;
119 (VI) capacity for independent living; or
120 (VII) economic self-sufficiency; or
121 (B) for a condition described in Subsection (9)(a)(i)(D), results in a substantial
122 limitation in three or more of the following areas:
123 (I) memory or cognition;
124 (II) activities of daily life;
125 (III) judgment and self-protection;
126 (IV) control of emotions;
127 (V) communication;
128 (VI) physical health; or
129 (VII) employment; and
130 (iv) requires a combination or sequence of special interdisciplinary or generic care,
131 treatment, or other services that:
132 (A) may continue throughout life; and
133 (B) must be individually planned and coordinated.
134 (b) "Disability" does not include a condition due solely to:
135 (i) mental illness;
136 (ii) personality disorder;
137 (iii) deafness or being hard of hearing;
138 (iv) visual impairment;
139 (v) learning disability;
140 (vi) behavior disorder;
141 (vii) substance abuse; or
142 (viii) the aging process.
143 (10) "Division" means the Division of Services for People with Disabilities.
144 (11) "Eligible to receive division services" or "eligibility" means qualification, based
145 on criteria established by the division in accordance with Subsection 62A-5-102(4), to receive
146 services that are administered by the division.
147 (12) "Endorsed program" means a facility or program that:
148 (a) is operated:
149 (i) by the division; or
150 (ii) under contract with the division; or
151 (b) provides services to a person committed to the division under Part 3, Admission to
152 an Intermediate Care Facility for People with an Intellectual Disability.
153 (13) "Licensed physician" means:
154 (a) an individual licensed to practice medicine under:
155 (i) Title 58, Chapter 67, Utah Medical Practice Act; or
156 (ii) Title 58, Chapter 68, Utah Osteopathic Medical Practice Act; or
157 (b) a medical officer of the United States Government while in this state in the
158 performance of official duties.
159 (14) "Physical disability" means a medically determinable physical impairment that has
160 resulted in the functional loss of two or more of a person's limbs.
161 (15) "Public funds" means state or federal funds that are disbursed by the division.
162 (16) "Resident" means an individual under observation, care, or treatment in an
163 intermediate care facility for people with an intellectual disability.
164 (17) "Sustainability fund" means the Utah State Developmental Center Long-Term
165 Sustainability Fund created in Section 62A-5-206.7.
166 Section 3. Section 62A-5-206.6 is amended to read:
167 62A-5-206.6. Utah State Developmental Center land and water rights.
168 (1) As used in this section, "long-term lease" means:
169 (a) a lease with a term of five years or more; or
170 (b) a lease with a term of less than five years that may be unilaterally renewed by the
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206 developmental center shall be conducted as provided in this Subsection [
207 (b) The board shall:
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209 rights, or water shares associated with the developmental center;
210 (ii) secure the approval of the Legislature before offering the real property [
211 rights, or water shares for sale, long-term lease, or other disposition; and
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213 direct the Division of Facilities Construction and Management to convey, lease, or dispose of
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215 according to the board's determination.
216 Section 4. Section 62A-5-206.7 is enacted to read:
217 62A-5-206.7. Utah State Developmental Center Long-Term Sustainability Fund.
218 (1) There is created a special revenue fund entitled the "Utah State Developmental
219 Center Long-Term Sustainability Fund."
220 (2) The sustainability fund consists of:
221 (a) revenue generated from the lease, except any lease existing on May 1, 1995, of land
222 associated with the Utah State Developmental Center;
223 (b) all proceeds from the sale or other disposition of real property, water rights, or
224 water shares associated with the Utah State Developmental Center; and
225 (c) all existing money in the Utah State Developmental Center Land Fund, created in
226 Section 62A-5-206.6.
227 (3) The state treasurer shall invest sustainability fund money by following the
228 procedures and requirements in Section 62A-5-206.8.
229 (4) (a) The board shall ensure that money or revenue deposited into the sustainability
230 fund is irrevocable and is expended only as provided in Subsection (5).
231 (b) The Legislature may not amend the purposes in Subsection (5) for which money or
232 revenue in the fund may be expended or committed to be expended, except by the affirmative
233 vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house.
234 (5) (a) Money may be expended from the sustainability fund to:
235 (i) fulfill the functions of the Utah State Developmental Center described in Sections
236 62A-5-201 and 62A-5-203; and
237 (ii) assist the division in the division's administration of services and supports
238 described in Sections 62A-5-102 and 62A-5-103.
239 (b) Money from the sustainability fund may not be expended:
240 (i) for a purpose other than the purposes described in Subsection (5)(a); or
241 (ii) to reduce the amount of money that the Legislature appropriates from the General
242 Fund for the purposes described in Subsection (5)(a).
243 (6) Money may be expended from the sustainability fund only under the following
244 conditions:
245 (a) if the balance of the sustainability fund is at least $5,000,000 at the end of the fiscal
246 year, the board may expend the earnings generated by the sustainability fund during the fiscal
247 year for a purpose described in Subsection (5)(a);
248 (b) if the balance of the sustainability fund is at least $50,000,000 at the end of the
249 fiscal year, the Legislature may appropriate to the division up to 5% of the balance of the
250 sustainability fund for a purpose described in Subsection (5)(a); and
251 (c) the board or the division may not expend any money from the sustainability fund,
252 except as provided in Subsection (6)(a), without legislative appropriation.
253 (7) The sustainability fund is revocable only by the affirmative vote of two-thirds of all
254 the members elected to each house of the Legislature.
255 Section 5. Section 62A-5-206.8 is enacted to read:
256 62A-5-206.8. Management of the Utah State Developmental Center Sustainability
257 Fund.
258 (1) The state treasurer shall invest the assets of the sustainability fund with the primary
259 goal of providing for the stability, income, and growth of the principal.
260 (2) Nothing in this section requires a specific outcome in investing.
261 (3) The state treasurer may deduct any administrative costs incurred in managing
262 sustainability fund assets from earnings before depositing earnings into the sustainability fund.
263 (4) (a) The state treasurer may employ professional asset managers to assist in the
264 investment of assets of the sustainability fund.
265 (b) The state treasurer may only provide compensation to asset managers from earnings
266 generated by the sustainability fund's investments.
267 (5) The state treasurer shall invest and manage the sustainability fund assets as a
268 prudent investor would under Section 67-19d-302.
269 Section 6. Section 63A-5-215 is amended to read:
270 63A-5-215. Disposition of proceeds received by division from sale of property.
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272 division from the sale or other disposition of property shall be paid into the state treasury and
273 becomes a part of the funds provided by law for carrying out the building program of the state,
274 and are appropriated for that purpose.
275 (2) The proceeds from sales of property belonging to or used by a particular state
276 agency shall, to the extent practicable, be expended for the construction of buildings or in the
277 performance of other work for the benefit of that agency.