Utah Code 26A-1-117. Funding of departments — Tax levies
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(1) Counties involved in the establishment and operation of local health departments shall fund the local health departments with appropriations from the General Fund, from the levy of a tax, or in part by an appropriation and in part by a levy under Section 17-53-221.
Terms Used In Utah Code 26A-1-117
- Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
- Department: means the Department of Health and Human Services created in Section
26B-1-201 . See Utah Code 26A-1-102 - Local health department: means :(6)(a) a single county local health department;(6)(b) a multicounty local health department;(6)(c) a united local health department; or(6)(d) a multicounty united local health department. See Utah Code 26A-1-102
- Property: includes both real and personal property. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
(2) A local health department may be funded as provided by law from:(2)(a) local, state, and federal funds within local levy ceilings;(2)(b) a separate ceiling exempt tax under Section 59-2-911, which may not exceed .0004 per dollar of taxable value of taxable property; or(2)(c) in part by each.(3) Local funds from either tax source shall be appropriated by the local governing authorities of the counties participating in the local health department.