Title 63H, Independent State Entities

63H-7a-202. Powers and duties of the Utah Communications Authority. (1) The authority has the power to: (a) sue and be sued in the authority's own name; (b) have an official seal and power to alter that seal at will; (c) make and execute contracts and all other instruments necess…

63H-7a-203. Board established -- Terms -- Vacancies. (1) There is created the Utah Communications Authority Board. (2) The board shall consist of nine voting board members and two nonvoting board members as follows: (a) as voting members: (i) three individuals appointed by the go…

63H-7a-204. Utah Communications Authority Board powers and duties. The board shall: (1) manage the affairs and business of the authority consistent with this chapter; (2) adopt bylaws; (3) appoint an executive director to administer the authority; (4) receive and act upon reports…

63H-7a-205. Executive director -- Appointment -- Powers and duties. The executive director shall: (1)(a) serve at the pleasure of the board; and (b) act as the executive officer of the authority; (2) administer the duties, programs, and functions assigned to the authority; (3) re…

63H-7a-206. Required annual reporting and strategic plan. (1) The authority shall create, maintain, and review a statewide, comprehensive multiyear strategic plan, in consultation with state and local stakeholders, the PSAP advisory committee, and the public safety advisory commi…

63H-7a-207. Public safety advisory committee. (1) There is established the public safety advisory committee composed of 15 members as described in Subsections (2) and (3). (2) The board shall appoint members to the public safety advisory committee as follows: (a) one representati…

63H-7a-208. PSAP advisory committee. (1) There is established a PSAP advisory committee composed of nine members appointed by the board as follows: (a) one representative from a PSAP managed by a city; (b) one representative from a PSAP managed by a county; (c) one representative…

63H-7a-301. 911 Division. (1) There is created within the authority the 911 Division. (2) The 911 Division has the duties and powers described in this chapter.

63H-7a-302. 911 Division duties and powers. (1) The 911 Division shall: (a) in conjunction with the PSAP advisory committee, develop and report to the director minimum standards and best practices: (i) for public safety answering points in the state, including minimum technical, …

63H-7a-304. Unified Statewide 911 Emergency Service Account -- Creation -- Administration -- Permitted uses. (1) There is created a restricted account within the General Fund known as the "Unified Statewide 911 Emergency Service Account," consisting of: (a) proceeds from the fee …

63H-7a-401. Radio Network Division. There is created within the authority the Radio Network Division.

63H-7a-402. Radio Network Division duties. (1) The Radio Network Division shall: (a) provide and maintain the public safety communications network for all political subdivisions in the state within the authority network, including the existing VHF and 700 and 800 MHz networks, in…

63H-7a-403. Utah Statewide Radio System Restricted Account -- Creation -- Administration. (1) There is created a restricted account within the General Fund known as the "Utah Statewide Radio System Restricted Account," consisting of: (a) money appropriated or otherwise made avail…

63H-7a-404. Radio Network Division responsibility to administer public safety communications network. (1) The Radio Network Division shall administer the development, installation, implementation, and maintenance of the public safety communications network for the authority, for …

63H-7a-501. Interoperability Division. (1) There is created within the authority the Interoperability Division, which is responsible for the duties of the authority as specified in this chapter. (2) The executive director shall appoint a statewide interoperability coordinator wit…

63H-7a-502. Interoperability Division duties. (1) The Interoperability Division shall: (a) review and make recommendations to the executive director, for approval by the board, regarding: (i) statewide interoperability coordination and FirstNet standards; (ii) technical, administ…

63H-7a-503. Statewide interoperability coordinator. The statewide interoperability coordinator shall: (1) promote wireless technology information and interoperability among local, state, federal, and other agencies; (2) provide a mechanism for coordinating and resolving wireless …

63H-7a-601. Administrative Services Division -- Creation -- Legal services. (1) There is created within the authority the Administrative Services Division. (2) The Administrative Services Division shall provide financial and human resources assistance to the authority under the d…

63H-7a-602. Duties -- Administrative Services Division -- Accounting for authority disbursements. The Administrative Services Division is responsible for the care, custody, safekeeping, collection, and accounting for disbursements made by the authority under: (1) Section 63H-7a-3…

63H-7a-603. Financial officer -- Duties. (1) The executive director shall appoint a financial officer for the Administrative Services Division with the approval of the board. (2) The financial officer shall be responsible for accounting for the authority, including: (a) safekeepi…

63H-7a-701. Investment of authority funds. (1) The state treasurer shall invest all money held on deposit by or on behalf of the authority. (2) The board may provide advice to the state treasurer concerning investment of the money of the authority.

63H-7a-801. Property and funds of the authority declared public property -- Exemption from taxes. (1) The property and funds of the authority are declared to be public property used for essential public and governmental purposes. (2) The property and the authority are exempt from…

63H-7a-802. Term of the authority -- Dissolution. (1) The authority may be dissolved by an act of the Legislature. (2) Title to all assets of the authority upon its dissolution shall revert to the state for services provided by the public safety communications network. (3) The bo…

63H-7a-804. Audit by state auditor -- Reimbursement for costs. (1) The state auditor shall at least once in each year audit the books and accounts of the authority or shall contract with an independent certified public accountant for this audit. (2) The audit described in Subsect…

63H-8-101. Title. This chapter is known as the "Utah Housing Corporation Act."

63H-8-102. Policy -- Finding and declaration. (1) The Legislature declares that the policy of the state is to assure the health, safety, and welfare of its citizens, that an adequate supply of decent, safe, and sanitary housing is essential to the well-being of the citizens of th…

63H-8-103. Definitions. As used in this chapter: (1) "Bonds," "notes," and "other obligations" mean bonds, notes, debentures, interim certificates, or other evidences of financial indebtedness of the corporation authorized to be issued under the provisions of this chapter. (2) "C…

63H-8-201. Creation -- Trustees -- Terms -- Vacancies -- Chair -- Powers -- Quorum -- Per diem and expenses -- Annual conflict of interest disclosure statement -- Penalties. (1)(a) There is created an independent body politic and corporate, constituting a public corporation, know…

63H-8-202. Corporation as continuation of agency. The corporation is a continuation of the Utah Housing Finance Agency and shall: (1) possess all rights, title, privileges, powers, immunities, property, and claims of the former Utah Housing Finance Agency; and (2) fulfill and per…

63H-8-203. President and chief executive officer -- Secretary-treasurer -- Powers and duties -- Power to employ experts -- Power to employ independent legal counsel. (1)(a)(i) The trustees shall appoint a president who is the chief executive officer of the corporation. (ii) The p…

63H-8-204. Relation to certain acts. (1) The corporation is exempt from: (a) Title 51, Chapter 5, Funds Consolidation Act; (b) Title 51, Chapter 7, State Money Management Act; (c) Title 63A, Utah Government Operations Code; (d) Title 63G, Chapter 6a, Utah Procurement Code; (e) Ti…

63H-8-205. Disclosure of interest. (1) A trustee, officer, or employee of the corporation who has, will have, or later acquires an interest, direct or indirect, in a transaction with the corporation shall immediately disclose the nature and extent of that interest in writing to t…

63H-8-206. Officer or employee -- No forfeiture of office or employment. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, no officer or employee of this state forfeits a state office or state employment by accepting an appointment or by serving as a trustee of the corporation.

63H-8-301. Corporation -- Powers. The corporation has and may exercise all powers necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of this chapter, including: (1) to have perpetual succession as a body politic and corporate, constituting a public corporation, and to adopt, amen…

63H-8-302. Corporation -- Additional powers. (1) To accomplish the declared purposes of this chapter, the corporation has the following powers: (a) to purchase mortgage loans originated by mortgage lenders or local public bodies made for the purpose of financing the construction,…

63H-8-303. Power to issue mortgage credit certificates -- Impact of federal legislation on tax exempt status of corporation bonds. (1) In order to accomplish the purposes of this chapter the corporation may issue mortgage credit certificates under 26 U.S.C. Sec. 25, as amended, a…

63H-8-304. Power to borrow money and make loans -- Issuance of notes and bonds -- Mortgage backed securities. (1) The corporation has the power to borrow money and to issue its notes, bonds, and other obligations in principal amounts as the corporation determines is necessary to …

63H-8-401. Corporation money -- Depositing and paying out -- Power to contract with holders of notes and bonds -- Money held in trust. (1)(a) All money of the corporation, except as otherwise authorized or provided in this chapter, shall be deposited as soon as practicable in a s…

63H-8-402. State pledge to holders of notes or bonds. (1) The state pledges and agrees with the holders of notes or bonds issued under this chapter that the state will not limit or alter the rights hereby vested in the corporation to fulfill the terms of agreements made with the …

63H-8-403. Notes, bonds, other obligations -- Not a debt liability -- Expenses payable from funds provided -- Corporation without authority to incur liability on behalf of state -- Relationship to Governmental Immunity Act of Utah. (1)(a)(i) Notes, bonds, and other obligations is…

63H-8-404. Corporation property, notes, and bonds -- Tax exemption except corporate franchise tax. (1) Property acquired or held by the corporation under this chapter is declared to be public property used for essential public and governmental purposes. (2) The property, its inco…

63H-8-405. Corporation notes, bonds, obligations -- Legal investments. (1) The notes, bonds, and other obligations issued under the authority of this chapter are securities in which all public officers and public bodies of the state and its political subdivisions, all banks, bank…

63H-8-406. Annual report to governor and Legislature -- Contents -- Audits. (1)(a) The corporation shall, following the close of each fiscal year, submit, by October 1, an annual written report of its activities for the preceding year to the governor and the Retirement and Indepe…

63H-8-407. Act not restriction on powers of corporation -- Construed as alternative -- Bonds, notes, obligations issued need not comply with other laws. (1)(a) This chapter and its contents are not a restriction or limitation upon other powers that the corporation has under other…

63H-8-408. Allocation to corporation of mortgage bonds qualified under Internal Revenue Code. (1) The entire amount of qualified mortgage bonds allowable to Utah under 26 U.S.C. Sec. 143, and the regulations issued under the code, is allocated to the Utah Housing Corporation whic…

63H-8-409. Allocation of qualified mortgage bonds to counties, cities, and towns. (1)(a) The corporation may allocate all or part of the amount to one or more counties, cities, and towns within the state or to any authority or agency of any entity that is authorized to issue qual…