This document includes Senate 3rd Reading Floor Amendments incorporated into the bill on Wed, Mar 13, 2019 at 6:29 PM by lpoole.
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7 LONG TITLE
8 General Description:
9 This bill requires the Department of Transportation to implement a program to provide
10 safe routes to school.
11 Highlighted Provisions:
12 This bill:
13 ▸ requires the Department of Transportation to establish a program to promote safe
14 routes for walking and bicycling to schools;
15 ▸ allows the department to use available funds as prioritized by the Transportation
16 Commission;
17 ▸ allows the Department of Transportation to give priority to routes in areas of low
18 income schools; and
19 ▸ grants rulemaking authority to the Department of Transportation to implement the
20 program.
21 Money Appropriated in this Bill:
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23 ▸ to the Department of Transportation - Construction - Safe Routes to School
24 Program, as an on-going appropriation:
25 • from the General Fund, On-going, $500,000.
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26 Other Special Clauses:
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28 Utah Code Sections Affected:
29 ENACTS:
30 72-8-109, Utah Code Annotated 1953
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32 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
33 Section 1. Section 72-8-109 is enacted to read:
34 72-8-109. Safe Routes to School Program.
35 (1) As part of providing for the safety of the state transportation system, the department
36 shall establish a program that promotes walking and bicycling to school through infrastructure
37 improvements and noninfrastructure efforts such as safety awareness education.
38 (2) In addition to any federal funds made available to the department for the program,
39 the department may fund the program from money made available to the department by the
40 Legislature and as prioritized by the commission.
41 (3) The department, in consultation with the State Board of Education, may give
42 priority consideration to a project located in an area of a school that receives funding under the
43 Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, Title I, 20 U.S.C. Sec. 6301, et seq.
44 (4) In accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, the
45 department may make rules to implement this section.
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47 The following sums of money are appropriated for the fiscal year beginning July 1,
48 2019, and ending June 30, 2020. These are additions to amounts previously appropriated for
49 fiscal year 2020. Under the terms and conditions of Title 63J, Chapter 1, Budgetary Procedures
50 Act, the Legislature appropriates the following sums of money from the funds or accounts
51 indicated for the use and support of the government of the state of Utah.
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53 To Department of Transportation - Construction
54 From General Fund, On-going
$500,000
55 Schedule of Programs:
56 Safe Routes to School Program $500,000
57 The Legislature intends that:
58 (1) Under Utah Code Section 63J-1-603, appropriations under this section not lapse at☆
59 ☆the close of fiscal year 2020; and
60 (2) the use of any nonlapsing funds is limited to the Safe Routes to School Program.