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

17B-2a-1005. Water conservancy district board of trustees -- Selection of members -- Number -- Qualifications -- Terms -- Vacancies -- Crime insurance -- Authority. (1) Members of the board of trustees for a water conservancy district shall be: (a) elected in accordance with: (i)…

17B-2a-1006. Limits on water conservancy district property tax levy -- Additional levy. (1) Except as provided in Subsection (2), and subject to Subsection (3) and Section 17B-2a-1009, the property tax levy of a water conservancy district for all purposes may not exceed: (a) .000…

17B-2a-1007. Contract assessments -- Notice. (1) As used in this section: (a) "Assessed land" means: (i) for a contract assessment under a water contract with a private water user, the land owned by the private water user that receives the beneficial use of water under the water …

17B-2a-1008. Subdistricts to become water conservancy districts. Each water conservancy subdistrict, created and operating under the law in effect before April 30, 2007 and existing on April 30, 2007, shall, on that date, become a water conservancy district.

17B-2a-1009. Limit on property tax authority -- Exceptions. (1) As used in this section: (a) "Appointed board of trustees" means a board of trustees of a water conservancy district that includes a member who is appointed to the board of trustees in accordance with this part. (b) …

17B-2a-1010. Capital asset assessment, maintenance, and replacement policy. (1) As used in this section: (a) "Capital asset" means one of the following that is: (i) a significant investment or an essential component necessary to provide a service, including: (A) a facility; (B) i…

17B-2a-102. Provisions applicable to cemetery maintenance districts. (1) Each cemetery maintenance 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 cemetery mainte…

17B-2a-103. Limits on the creation of a cemetery maintenance district. A cemetery maintenance district may not be created in a city of the first or second class.

17B-2a-104. Cemetery maintenance district bonding authority. A cemetery maintenance district may issue bonds as provided in and subject to Chapter 1, Part 11, Special District Bonds, to carry out the purposes of the district.

17B-2a-105. Additional duties of a cemetery maintenance district board of trustees. In addition to the powers and duties of a board of trustees under Chapter 1, Part 3, Board of Trustees, each cemetery maintenance district board of trustees shall beautify, improve, and maintain e…

17B-2a-106. Appointment of board of trustees members -- Vacancies. (1) If the area of a cemetery maintenance district is included entirely within the boundaries of a single municipality, each member of its board of trustees shall be appointed and each vacancy on the board of trus…

17B-2a-107. Property within a cemetery maintenance district to be proportionately benefitted and equally assessed. Each parcel of property within a cemetery maintenance district shall be: (1) benefitted by the creation of the district and by improvements made by the district, rat…

17B-2a-1101. Title. This part is known as the "Municipal Services District Act."

17B-2a-1102. Definitions. As used in this part, "municipal services" means one or more of the services identified in Section 17-63-101, 17-78-501, or 17B-1-202.

17B-2a-1103. Limited to counties of the first class -- Provisions applicable to municipal services districts. (1)(a) Except as provided in Subsection (1)(b) and Section 17B-2a-1110, a municipal services district may be created only in unincorporated areas in a county of the first…

17B-2a-1104. Additional municipal services district powers. (1) In addition to the powers conferred on a municipal services district under Section 17B-1-103, a municipal services district may: (a) notwithstanding Subsection 17B-1-202(3), provide no more than six municipal service…

17B-2a-1105. Creation of municipal services district. (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the process to create a municipal services district is initiated by a resolution proposing the creation of the municipal services district, adopted by the legislative body of the…

17B-2a-1106. Municipal services district board of trustees -- Governance. (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law regarding the membership of a special district board of trustees, the initial board of trustees of a municipal services district shall consist of the county le…

17B-2a-1107. Exclusion of rural real property. (1) As used in this section, "rural real property" means an area: (a) zoned primarily for manufacturing, commercial, or agricultural purposes; and (b) that does not include residential units with a density greater than one unit per a…

17B-2a-1108. Municipality required to remit local option sales and use tax. (1)(a) A municipality located in whole or in part within a municipal services district shall remit to the municipal services district: (i) an amount equal to the amount the municipality receives under Tit…

17B-2a-1109. Counties and municipalities authorized to provide funds to a municipal services district. (1) A county or, subject to Section 17B-2a-1108, a municipality involved in the establishment or operation of a municipal services district may fund the operation and maintenanc…

17B-2a-1110. Withdrawal from a municipal services district upon incorporation -- Feasibility study required for city or town withdrawal -- Public hearing -- Notice -- Revenues transferred to municipal services district. (1)(a) A municipality may withdraw from a municipal services…

17B-2a-1111. Withdrawal of a municipality that changes form of government. If a municipality after the 180-day period described in Subsection 17B-1-502(3)(a)(iii)(A) changes form of government in accordance with Title 10, Chapter 3b, Part 6, Changing to Another Form of Municipal …

17B-2a-1112. Audit. The board of trustees shall provide a copy of an accounting report, as defined in Section 51-2a-102, to each political subdivision that is provided municipal services by the municipal services district that is filed with the state auditor on behalf of the muni…

17B-2a-1401. Definitions. (1) "Board" means the board of trustees of the Utah Energy Infrastructure Service District. (2) "Commission" means the State Finance Review Commission created in Section 63C-25-201. (3) "Council" means the Utah Energy Council created under Section 79-6-1…

17B-2a-1402. Applicability and conflict. (1) The district is governed by and has the powers stated in: (a) this part; and (b) Chapter 1, Provisions Applicable to All Special Districts, except as otherwise provided in this part. (2) This part applies only to the district. (3) The …

17B-2a-1403. Creation and status. (1) The council may create the Utah Energy Infrastructure Service District by adopting a resolution that: (a) declares the council's intent to create the district; (b) describes the service area, including the geographic boundaries of the area wi…

17B-2a-1404. Board of trustees. (1) Notwithstanding Chapter 1, Part 3, Board of Trustees, the board of trustees of the district consists of the members of the council appointed under Section 79-6-1102. (2)(a) A person serves as a member of the board by virtue of that person's app…

17B-2a-1405. Single service area authorized. (1) The district's service area consists of: (a) the service area established under Section 17B-2a-1403; and (b) a retired project entity asset area. (2) The district may own and operate energy infrastructure facilities only within a d…

17B-2a-1406. Powers of the district. (1) Notwithstanding Subsection 17B-1-103(4) and Section 17B-1-202, and in addition to the powers conferred on a special district under Section 17B-1-103, the district may: (a) acquire by purchase, construction, gift, or any combination of thes…

17B-2a-1407. Revenue bonds -- Commission review and approval. (1) The district may issue revenue bonds to finance the acquisition, construction, improvement, or equipping of energy infrastructure facilities within a designated service area. (2)(a) Revenue bonds issued under this …

17B-2a-1408. Energy Infrastructure Enterprise Fund. (1) In addition to the requirements of Chapter 1, Part 6, Fiscal Procedures for Special Districts, the board shall establish and maintain an enterprise fund known as the Energy Infrastructure Enterprise Fund. (2) The following s…

17B-2a-1409. Operating contracts. (1) The district may enter into operating contracts with operators for the management, operation, and maintenance of district-owned energy infrastructure facilities within the service area described in Section 17B-2a-1405. (2) An operating contra…

17B-2a-1410. Property taxes and privilege tax. (1) All property and assets of the district are exempt from taxation as provided in Section 17B-1-116. (2) An operator using district-owned facilities is subject to the privilege tax imposed under Title 59, Chapter 4, Privilege Tax. …

17B-2a-1411. Dissolution. (1) The board may adopt a dissolution resolution if: (a) the district has ceased operations in the service area; and (b) the district has no outstanding debt or other obligations. (2) The Legislature may dissolve the district by joint resolution. (3) Upo…

17B-2a-201. Title. This part is known as the "Drainage District Act."

17B-2a-202. Definitions. As used in this part: (1) "Ditch" includes a drain or natural or constructed watercourse, whether open, covered, or tiled, and whether inside or outside the drainage district. (2) "Drainage" includes the reclamation, protection, or betterment of land by l…

17B-2a-203. Provisions applicable to drainage districts. (1) Each drainage 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 drainage districts. (3) A drainage dist…

17B-2a-204. Prohibition against creating a drainage district. No new drainage district may be created.

17B-2a-205. Additional drainage district powers. In addition to the powers conferred on a drainage district under Section 17B-1-103, a drainage district may: (1) enter upon land for the purpose of examining the land or making a survey; (2) locate a necessary drainage canal with a…

17B-2a-206. Drainage district board of trustees. (1) Subject to Subsection (2), each member of the board of trustees of a drainage district shall be appointed by the legislative body of the county in which the district is located. (2) If a drainage district is located in more tha…

17B-2a-207. Public highways, roads, or streets or railroad rights-of-way benefitted by district works. If a drainage district board of trustees determines that a public highway, road, street, or railroad right-of-way is or will be benefitted by district drainage canals or other w…

17B-2a-208. Bridge or culvert across a public highway, road, or street, or a railroad right-of-way -- Notice to railway authority -- Option of railway authority to construct bridge or culvert. (1)(a) A drainage district may construct each necessary bridge and culvert across or un…

17B-2a-209. State land treated the same as private land -- Consent needed to affect school and institutional trust land -- Owner of state land has same rights as owner of private land. (1) Subject to Subsection (2), a drainage district may treat state land the same as private lan…

17B-2a-210. District required to minimize damage when entering on land -- Penalty for preventing or prohibiting a district from entering on land. (1) When entering upon land for the purpose of constructing, maintaining, or repairing works, a drainage district may not do more dama…

17B-2a-211. Penalty for wrongfully damaging a district work. (1) A person who wrongfully and purposely fills, cuts, injures, destroys, or impairs the usefulness of a drain, ditch, or other work of a drainage district is guilty of a class C misdemeanor. (2) Each person who neglige…