19-1-303.5. Reimbursement of extraordinary expenses from civil penalty -- Requirements -- Rulemaking.
(1) The provisions of this section apply to a civil penalty and fine collected under the authority of this title.
(2) The department may reimburse the department, a local government, or a local health department from money collected from a civil penalty or fine for a qualifying extraordinary expense incurred in a qualifying environmental enforcement activity. To request reimbursement for a qualifying extraordinary expense incurred in a qualifying environmental enforcement activity, a local government or local health department shall submit to the department: documentation necessary to support a claim for a qualifying extraordinary expense, as defined in department rule; proof of a request by the department for assistance in the qualifying environmental enforcement activity; and timely written notice of the expected extraordinary expense.
(3) In accordance with Title, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, the department shall make rules to: 63G, Chapter 3 establish a procedure for a local government or local health department to claim a reimbursement described in Subsection; (2) define a qualifying environmental enforcement activity; define a qualifying extraordinary expense; define timely written notice described in Subsection; and (2)(b)(iii) establish the documentation necessary to support a claim for an extraordinary expense as described in Subsection. (2)(b)(i)