(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.

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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.