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8 General Description:
9 This bill requires a municipality and a special service district to conduct a feasibility
10 study in certain circumstances.
11 Highlighted Provisions:
12 This bill:
13 ▸ requires a municipality and a special service district to conduct a feasibility study
14 every ten years if the special service district's service area is contained within the
15 municipality's boundaries.
16 Money Appropriated in this Bill:
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18 Other Special Clauses:
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20 Utah Code Sections Affected:
21 ENACTS:
22 17D-1-605, Utah Code Annotated 1953
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24 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
25 Section 1. Section 17D-1-605 is enacted to read:
26 17D-1-605. Feasibility study for a special service district.
27 (1) If the service area of a special service district is contained within the boundaries of
28 a municipality, the special service district and the municipality shall conduct a feasibility study
29 to determine if the municipality can provide the services that the special service district offers
30 at a lower cost than the special service district.
31 (2) The feasibility study shall consider:
32 (a) the municipality's capacity to provide services at a level and quality that fairly and
33 reasonably approximates the level and quality of services being provided by the special service
34 district at the time of the feasibility study;
35 (b) the municipality's capacity to increase services to align with projected growth in the
36 municipality;
37 (c) the costs of transferring the provision of services from the special service district to
38 the municipality; and
39 (d) the costs for the municipality to provide the service compared to the costs of the
40 special service district to provide the service.
41 (3) A special service district and a municipality required to conduct a feasibility study
42 as described in Subsections (1) and (2) shall hire a feasibility consultant to conduct an initial
43 feasibility study no later than January 1, 2023, and a feasibility study every ten years after
44 January 1, 2023.
45 (4) The legislative body of the municipality and, if the municipality has created an
46 administrative control board pursuant to Section 17D-1-301, the administrative control board
47 of the special service district shall:
48 (a) select a feasibility consultant;
49 (b) share the cost of the feasibility study; and
50 (c) require the feasibility consultant to present the findings of the feasibility study in a
51 public meeting of the municipality's legislative body and a public meeting of the special service
52 district's administrative control board.