Title 17B, Limited Purpose Local Government Entities - Special Districts

17B-2a-305. Fire protection districts board of trustees -- Board of a countywide district -- Validation of previous boards. (1) Except as provided in Subsection (2), the board of trustees of a fire protection district may be appointed or elected, as provided in the documents esta…

17B-2a-306. Offices of a fire protection district board of trustees and principal place of business. Each office of a fire protection district board of trustees and each principal place of business of a fire protection district shall be within: (1) the district; or (2) the county…

17B-2a-401. Title. This part is known as the "Improvement District Act."

17B-2a-402. Provisions applicable to improvement districts. (1) Each improvement district is governed by and has the powers stated in: (a) this part; and (b) Chapter 1, Provisions Applicable to All Special Districts. (2) This part applies only to improvement districts. (3) An imp…

17B-2a-403. Additional improvement district powers. (1) In addition to the powers conferred on an improvement district under Section 17B-1-103, an improvement district may: (a) acquire through construction, purchase, gift, or condemnation, or any combination of these methods, and…

17B-2a-404. Improvement district board of trustees. (1) As used in this section: (a) "County district" means an improvement district that does not include within its boundaries any territory of a municipality. (b) "County member" means a member of a board of trustees of a county …

17B-2a-405. Board of trustees of certain sewer improvement districts. (1) As used in this section: (a) "Jurisdictional boundaries" means: (i) for a qualified county, the boundaries that include: (A) the area of the unincorporated part of the county that is included within a sewer…

17B-2a-406. Improvement districts providing electric service -- Public Service Commission jurisdiction -- Exceptions. (1) As used in this section: (a) "Commission" means the Public Service Commission of Utah established in Section 54-1-1. (b) "Electric corporation" has the same m…

17B-2a-407. Nonfunctioning improvement district -- Replacing board of trustees. (1) As used in this section: (a) "Applicable certificate" means the same as that term is defined in Subsection 67-1a-6.5(1)(a). (b)(i) "Non-functioning improvement district" means an improvement distr…

17B-2a-501. Title. This part is known as the "Irrigation District Act."

17B-2a-502. Provisions applicable to irrigation districts. (1) Each irrigation district is governed by and has the powers stated in: (a) this part; and (b) Chapter 1, Provisions Applicable to All Special Districts. (2) This part applies only to irrigation districts. (3) An irriga…

17B-2a-503. Additional irrigation district powers -- No authority to levy property tax. (1) In addition to the powers conferred on an irrigation district under Section 17B-1-103, an irrigation district may: (a) issue bonds as provided in and subject to Chapter 1, Part 11, Special…

17B-2a-504. Irrigation district board of trustees -- Bond for board of trustees members and district if the district is appointed as fiscal or other agent for the United States. (1)(a) One board of trustees member shall be elected from each division established as provided in Sec…

17B-2a-505. Divisions. (1) The board of trustees of each irrigation district shall divide the district into divisions, each as nearly equal in size to the others as practicable. (2) The number of divisions shall be equal to the number of board of trustees members. (3) At least 30…

17B-2a-506. Different use charges for different units -- Use charges based on the size of the land served -- Use charge may not be based on property value. (1) An irrigation district may: (a) divide the district into units and apply different use charges to the different units; a…

17B-2a-507. Right-of-way over state land. Each irrigation district has a right-of-way on land that is or becomes the property of the state to locate, construct, and maintain district works.

17B-2a-508. Inclusion of state land in an irrigation district. (1) State land that is not under a contract of sale may be included in an irrigation district upon petition by the state entity responsible for the administration of the land. (2) State land included in an irrigation …

17B-2a-509. State engineer not prohibited from increasing water allotment. Nothing in this part may be construed to prohibit the state engineer, upon petition by an irrigation district board of trustees, from increasing the maximum allotment of water for one or more tracts of lan…

17B-2a-510. Rules for the distribution and use of water. (1) Each irrigation district board of trustees shall establish equitable rules for the distribution and use of water among the owners of land in the district. (2) The board of trustees of an irrigation district that establi…

17B-2a-511. Distribution of water under a contract with the United States. If an irrigation district acquires the right to use water under a contract with the United States, the district shall distribute and apportion water according to the contract and federal law, rules, and re…

17B-2a-512. Removal of land from the assessor's roll. (1) An irrigation district may direct a county treasurer to remove parcels of land from the district's billing if: (a) the land is publicly dedicated to a street, highway, or road; or (b) the use of the land has so permanently…

17B-2a-513. Temporary application of water to land. (1) Upon the written application of the owner of land that has no water allotment or an insufficient water allotment, an irrigation district board of trustees may temporarily permit water to be applied to the land and charge the…

17B-2a-514. Assignment of the right to water. With the consent of the irrigation district board of trustees, a landowner in the district may assign the right to some or all of the water apportioned to the landowner's land for any one year to another bona fide landowner in the dis…

17B-2a-515. Distribution of water when supply is inadequate. If an irrigation district's water supply is not sufficient to supply all the needs within the district, the board of trustees may distribute water as the board considers best for all concerned, subject to distribution a…

17B-2a-516. Diversions of water subject to eminent domain law. Nothing in this part may be construed to authorize any person to divert the water of a river, creek, stream, canal, or reservoir to the detriment of anyone having a prior right to the water, unless compensation is pre…

17B-2a-601. Title. This part is known as the "Metropolitan Water District Act."

17B-2a-602. Provisions applicable to metropolitan water districts. (1) Each metropolitan water district is governed by and has the powers stated in: (a) this part; and (b) Chapter 1, Provisions Applicable to All Special Districts. (2) This part applies only to metropolitan water …

17B-2a-603. Additional metropolitan water district powers. In addition to the powers conferred on a metropolitan water district under Section 17B-1-103, a metropolitan water district may: (1) acquire or lease any real or personal property or acquire any interest in real or person…

17B-2a-604. Metropolitan water district board of trustees. (1) Members of the board of trustees of a metropolitan water district shall be: (a) elected in accordance with: (i) the petition or resolution that initiated the process of creating the metropolitan water district; and (i…

17B-2a-605. Preferential rights of cities. (1) Each city whose area is within a metropolitan water district and that provides water on a retail level within the district has a preferential right to purchase from the district a portion of the water served by the district. (2) Exce…

17B-2a-606. Rates, charges, and assessments. (1)(a) The board of trustees may fix the rates, charges, and assessments, from time to time, at which the district: (i) sells water; or (ii) charges for the treatment or transportation of water or for the dedication of water supplies o…

17B-2a-607. Contracts with other corporations. (1) A metropolitan water district may: (a) contract with one or more corporations, public or private, for the purpose of: (i) financing acquisitions, constructions, or operations of the district; or (ii) carrying out any of the distr…

17B-2a-608. Limit on property tax authority -- Exceptions. (1) As used in this section, "elected official" means a metropolitan water district board of trustee member who is elected to the board of trustees by metropolitan water district voters at an election held for that purpos…

17B-2a-701. Title. This part is known as the "Mosquito Abatement District Act."

17B-2a-702. Provisions applicable to mosquito abatement districts. (1) Each mosquito abatement district is governed by and has the powers stated in: (a) this part; and (b) Chapter 1, Provisions Applicable to All Special Districts. (2) This part applies only to mosquito abatement …

17B-2a-703. Additional mosquito abatement district powers. In addition to the powers conferred on a mosquito abatement district under Section 17B-1-103, a mosquito abatement district may: (1) take all necessary and proper steps for the extermination of mosquitos, flies, crickets,…

17B-2a-704. Mosquito abatement district board of trustees. (1)(a) Notwithstanding Subsection 17B-1-302(8): (i) the board of trustees of a mosquito abatement district consists of no less than five members appointed in accordance with this section; and (ii) subject to Subsection (1…

17B-2a-705. Taxation -- Additional levy -- Election -- Notice. (1) If a mosquito abatement district board of trustees determines that the funds required during the next ensuing fiscal year will exceed the maximum amount that the district is authorized to levy under Subsection 17B…

17B-2a-706. Definitions -- Notice of intent to commence ultra-low volume treatment -- Exceptions. (1) As used in this section: (a) "Rural real property" means the same as that term is defined in Section 17B-2a-1107. (b) "Social media platform" means a form of electronic communica…

17B-2a-801. Title. This part is known as the "Public Transit District Act."

17B-2a-802. Definitions. As used in this part: (1) "Affordable housing" means housing occupied or reserved for occupancy by households that meet certain gross household income requirements based on the area median income for households of the same size. (a) "Affordable housing" m…

17B-2a-803. Provisions applicable to public transit districts. (1)(a) Each public transit district is governed by and has the powers stated in: (i) this part; and (ii) except as provided in Subsection (1)(b), Chapter 1, Provisions Applicable to All Special Districts. (b)(i) Excep…

17B-2a-804. Additional public transit district powers. (1) In addition to the powers conferred on a public transit district under Section 17B-1-103, a public transit district may: (a) provide a public transit system for the transportation of passengers and their incidental baggag…

17B-2a-805. Limitations on authority of a public transit district. (1) A public transit district may not exercise control over a transit facility or public transit service or system owned or operated inside or outside the district by a governmental entity unless, upon mutually ag…

17B-2a-806. Authority of the state or an agency of the state with respect to a public transit district -- Counties and municipalities authorized to provide funds to public transit district -- Equitable allocation of resources within the public transit district. (1) The state or a…

17B-2a-807. Small public transit district board of trustees -- Appointment -- Apportionment -- Qualifications -- Quorum -- Compensation -- Terms. (1)(a) For a small public transit district, the board of trustees shall consist of members appointed by the legislative bodies of each…