17E-7-401. Wildland urban interface evaluation and fees.
(1) As used in this section: "County officer" means the same as that term is defined in Section. 17-66-101 "High risk wildland urban interface property" means the same as that term is defined in Section. 65A-8-401 "Wildland urban interface" means the same as that term is defined in Section. 65A-1-1 "Wildland urban interface coordinator" means the same as that term is defined in Section. 65A-8-401
(2) If evaluation of high risk wildland urban interface property is assigned to a county under Section: 65A-8-402 the county shall enter into a cooperative agreement with the Division of Forestry, Fire, and State Lands, in accordance with Subsection, which agreement shall address compliance with this Subsectionfor evaluation and classification of high risk wildland urban interface property; and 65A-8-203(2)(a) (2) a county officer shall require that a wildland urban interface coordinator representing the county annually evaluate high risk wildland urban interface property within the county in accordance with Section. 65A-8-402
(3) Beginning January 1, 2027, a county officer shall: annually assess a fee: against the property owner of high risk wildland urban interface property within the incorporated and unincorporated portions of the county; and in the amount set by the Division of Forestry, Fire, and State Lands under Section; and 65A-8-402 after retaining a portion of the fee under Subsection, transmit the fee assessed under Subsectionto the Division of Forestry, Fire, and State Lands for deposit into the Utah Wildfire Fund created in Section; and (3)(b)(ii) (3)(a) 65A-8-217 retain that portion of the fee assessed under Subsectionnecessary to pay costs incurred by the county in implementing this section, which the county may include in the county's annual accounting of wildfire prevention, preparedness, mitigation actions, and associated costs for purposes of Subsection. (3)(a) 65A-8-203(4)(c)
(4) A county may hold a political subdivision lien on high risk wildland urban interface property for a fee that is past due by following the procedures in Sectionsand, as if the county is a special district. 17B-1-902 17B-1-902.1