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

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…

17B-2a-301. Title. This part is known as the "Fire Protection District Act."

17B-2a-302. Prohibition against creating new fire protection districts. No new fire protection district may be created.

17B-2a-303. Provisions applicable to fire protection districts. (1) Each fire protection 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 fire protection districts…

17B-2a-304. Additional fire protection district power. In addition to the powers conferred on a fire protection district under Section 17B-1-103, a fire protection district may issue bonds as provided in and subject to Chapter 1, Part 11, Special District Bonds, to carry out the …

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…