Title 7, Title 7

(1) The governing body shall give notice of the passage of its resolution of intention to create the district. (2) The notice must be published as provided in 7-1-2121. A copy of the notice must be mailed to every person, firm, or corporation or the agent of the person, firm, or …

(1) At any time within 30 days after the date of the first publication of the passage of the resolution of intention, any owner of property liable to be assessed for the system may make written protest against the proposed system. (2) The protest must be in writing and be deliver…

If protests against the proposed system are received from the owners of 50% or more of the area in the proposed district, further proceedings may not be taken by the governing body.

(1) At the next regular meeting of the governing body after the expiration of the time within which protest may be made, the governing body shall hear and pass upon all protests, and its decision is final and conclusive. (2) In determining whether or not sufficient protests have …

(1) Before ordering any of the proposed improvements, the governing body shall pass a resolution creating the district in accordance with the resolution of intention introduced and passed by the governing body. (2) The governing body has jurisdiction to order improvements immedia…

(1) The members of the governing body are ex officio commissioners of the district formed under the provisions of this part and have jurisdiction over the system within the district. The governing body is responsible for the proper functioning and maintenance of the system. (2) T…

(1) The governing body may by resolution make changes in the boundaries of a district as they consider reasonable and proper but may not delete any portion of the proposed area if the deletion will create an island of included or excluded lands. (2) The governing body may not del…

The records of the district pertaining to the collection of the operation and maintenance tax levied and the records of the district pertaining to expenditures for construction of the system must be kept and maintained in the office of the treasurer of the local government where …

To defray the cost of installing and maintaining the system under the provisions of this part, the governing body shall adopt the following method of assessment: (1) The governing body shall assess the entire cost of the improvements against the entire district. (2) Each lot or p…

Whenever any lot, piece, or parcel of land belonging to the United States fronts upon the proposed work or improvement or is to be included within the district, the governing body shall in the resolution of intention declare that the lots, pieces, or parcels of land must be omitt…

Nothing in 7-13-3013 permits the assessment of the cost of the system against the lands remaining in the district after a boundary change at a higher rate per square foot than the rate per square foot that would have been assessed if the entire cost of the improvements as estimat…

(1) To defray the cost of making improvements in the district, the governing body shall by resolution levy and assess a tax upon all property in the district created for the purpose of the system by using as a basis for the assessment the method provided for by this part. (2) The…

(1) A notice, signed by the local government clerk and stating that the resolution levying a special assessment to defray the cost of making the improvements is on file in the office of the clerk and is subject to inspection, must be published as provided in 7-1-2121. (2) The not…

The payment of the assessment to defray the cost of constructing any improvements in the district may be spread over a term of not more than 20 years, with payment to be made in equal installments.

(1) The time for the hearing on protest must be not less than 5 days after the final publication of the notice required by 7-13-126. (2) At the time fixed for the hearing, the governing body shall meet and hear all objections and for that purpose may adjourn from day to day. The …

A special assessment made and levied to defray the cost and expenses of the work for the system, together with any percentages imposed for delinquency and for cost of collection, is a lien upon the property upon which the assessment is made and levied, from and after the date of …

(1) The governing body may by ordinance or resolution establish just and equitable rates, charges, and rentals for the services and benefits directly or indirectly afforded by a system operated by, controlled by, and under the jurisdiction of a district formed under this part. (2…

The governing body may, subject to the provisions of Title 69, chapter 7, by resolution and after public hearing: (1) establish the rates, charges, and rentals in amounts sufficient in each year to provide income and revenue adequate for the payment of the reasonable expense of o…

(1) Not less than 30 days prior to the date of making the levy for operation and maintenance of the system, the governing body shall hold a public hearing on the resolution. (2) Notice clearly setting forth the subject matter of the hearing must be given by the governing body by …

(1) Not less than 30 days prior to the date of the public hearing on the resolution, the governing body shall prepare and file in the office of the clerk of the local government in which the district is located and in the office of the governing body a complete, detailed budget f…

The governing body may apply for and receive from the federal government, on behalf of the district, any money that may be appropriated by congress for aiding in local public works projects. The governing body may borrow from the federal government any funds available for assisti…

Notwithstanding any other section of this part or a limitation imposed in this part, when the governing body has applied for funds pursuant to 7-13-3031, the governing body may adopt a system of charges and rates to require that each recipient of services pays its proportionate s…

The governing body may, in order to secure prompt payment of any district bonds issued in payment of the cost of improvements for the district and the interest on the bonds as it becomes due, create, establish, and maintain by resolution a fund, to be designated as the "reserve f…

(1) For the purpose of providing money for the reserve fund, the governing body may in its discretion, from time to time, transfer to the reserve fund from the operation and maintenance fund of the district an amount as may be considered necessary or as may be agreed upon with th…

The amount or amounts transferred under 7-13-3035 must be considered as loans from the operation and maintenance fund to the reserve fund.

(1) Whenever a loan is made to the bond fund from the reserve fund, the reserve fund has a lien for the amount of the loan on: (a) the land within the district that is delinquent in the payment of its assessments; (b) unpaid assessments and installments of assessments on the dist…

Nothing in 7-13-3034 through 7-13-3039 permits the repayment of a loan to the reserve fund at any time unless all interest accrued on the bonds has been fully paid and all principal agreed to be paid in accordance with the redemption schedule as may be provided in the resolution …

(1) In connection with the issuance of district bonds, the governing body may undertake and agree: (a) to issue orders annually authorizing loans or advances from the reserve fund to the fund maintained for the payment of the bonds in amounts sufficient to make good any deficienc…

(1) If a franchise has been granted to or a contract made with any person or corporation and the person or corporation has established or maintained a system of water supply or has valuable water rights or a supply of water desired by the district for supplying the district with …

The provisions of 7-12-2101, 7-12-2107, 7-12-2115 through 7-12-2120, 7-12-2131 through 7-12-2140, 7-12-2153, 7-12-2154, 7-12-2161 through 7-12-2165, 7-12-2166(2), 7-12-2168(2), 7-12-2169, and 7-12-2171 through 7-12-2174 pertaining to rural improvement districts apply to this part…

(1) The city or town council has power to permit the use of the streets and alleys, other property, rights-of-way, utility corridors, or easements of the city or town for the purpose of laying down gas, water, and other mains and broadband infrastructure, but excavations may not …

(1) The city or town council has power to contract an indebtedness of a city or town upon the credit thereof by borrowing money or issuing bonds for the construction, purchase, or development of an adequate supply of natural gas and to construct or purchase a system of gaslines f…

The total amount of indebtedness authorized to be contracted in any form, including the then-existing indebtedness, may not at any time exceed 0.92% of the total assessed value of taxable property, determined as provided in 15-8-111, within the city or town, as ascertained by the…

The council of any incorporated city or town shall have power by ordinance to provide for and regulate the inspection and the measurement of gas, light, and electric or other power sold within its limits or brought into or carried through any such city or town.

The city or town council has power to regulate the construction, use, and repair of vaults, cisterns, hydrants, pumps, sewers, and gutters.

The city or town council has power to regulate or suppress the erection of poles and the stringing of wires, rods, or cables in the streets or alleys or within the limits of any city or town.

A municipality, as of January 1, 1979, that receives garbage and solid waste disposal services from a private motor carrier authorized by the public service commission to provide that service may not, by ordinance or otherwise, elect to provide exclusive garbage and solid waste s…

(1) The governing body of a municipality operating a solid waste management system pursuant to 75-10-112 may charge its solid waste customers for services rendered either by rates, rentals, and charges or by levy pursuant to 75-10-112. The governing body may fix, establish, and a…

A sewer system may be established in a city or town, which system may be divided into public, district, and private sewers.

Public sewers may be established and constructed along the principal course of drainage at such times, to such an extent, of such dimensions and materials, and under such regulations as may be prescribed by the council. There may be constructed such branches and extensions of sew…

(1) To defray the cost of such public sewers, the city or town council may appropriate moneys therefor from the general or sewer fund or by availing itself of money derived from a bond issue authorized by the constitution and laws of the state. (2) It is further provided that whe…

(1) Upon being petitioned by 5% of the registered electors who are residents of the city or town, the city or town council shall conduct an election in accordance with Title 13, chapter 1, part 5, on the question of whether or not the city or town council may establish and collec…

(1) The total revenue to be collected from all of the above sources in a given year shall be provided for by the council in such a manner as to provide funds for the payment of all bond issues and interest thereon, as well as for all necessary expenses of the operation, maintenan…

Said rentals shall be collected or taxed against the property in like manner as water rentals are collected and taxed or by such procedure as may be prescribed by the city or town council.

(1) The funds received from the collection of sewer rentals shall be kept as a separate and distinct fund by the city treasurer, subject only to disbursement by order of the council. (2) This fund shall be used for: (a) the payment of the cost of management, maintenance, operatio…

Any city or town may: (1) establish, build, construct, reconstruct, or extend: (a) a storm or sanitary sewerage system; (b) a plant or plants for treatment or disposal of sewage from the city or town; (c) a water supply or distribution system; or (d) any combination of systems; a…