Utah Code 17C-1-409. Allowable uses of agency funds
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Terms Used In Utah Code 17C-1-409
- Agency funds: means money that an agency collects or receives for agency operations, implementing a project area plan or an implementation plan as defined in Section
17C-1-1001 , or other agency purposes, including:(5)(a) project area funds;(5)(b) income, proceeds, revenue, or property derived from or held in connection with the agency's undertaking and implementation of project area development or agency-wide project development as defined in Section17C-1-1001 ;(5)(c) a contribution, loan, grant, or other financial assistance from any public or private source;(5)(d) project area incremental revenue as defined in Section17C-1-1001 ; or(5)(e) property tax revenue as defined in Section17C-1-1001 . See Utah Code 17C-1-102- Board: means the governing body of an agency, as described in Section
17C-1-203 . See Utah Code 17C-1-102- Community: means a county or municipality. See Utah Code 17C-1-102
- Community legislative body: means the legislative body of the community that created the agency. See Utah Code 17C-1-102
- Community reinvestment project area plan: means a project area plan adopted under Chapter 5, Part 1, Community Reinvestment Project Area Plan. See Utah Code 17C-1-102
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Economic development project area plan: means a project area plan adopted under Chapter 3, Part 1, Economic Development Project Area Plan. See Utah Code 17C-1-102
- Inactive industrial site: includes a perimeter of up to 1,500 feet around the land described in Subsection (31)(a). See Utah Code 17C-1-102
- Land: includes :
(18)(a) land;(18)(b) a tenement;(18)(c) a hereditament;(18)(d) a water right;(18)(e) a possessory right; and(18)(f) a claim. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5- Local government building: means a building owned and operated by a community for the primary purpose of providing one or more primary community functions, including:
(35)(a)(i) a fire station;(35)(a)(ii) a police station;(35)(a)(iii) a city hall; or(35)(a)(iv) a court or other judicial building. See Utah Code 17C-1-102- Participant: means one or more persons that enter into a participation agreement with an agency. See Utah Code 17C-1-102
- Participation agreement: means a written agreement between a person and an agency under Subsection
17C-1-202(5) . See Utah Code 17C-1-102- Project area: means the geographic area described in a project area plan within which the project area development described in the project area plan takes place or is proposed to take place. See Utah Code 17C-1-102
- Project area funds: means tax increment or sales and use tax revenue that an agency receives under a project area budget adopted by a taxing entity committee or an interlocal agreement. See Utah Code 17C-1-102
- Project area plan: means an urban renewal project area plan, an economic development project area plan, a community development project area plan, or a community reinvestment project area plan that, after the project area plan's effective date, guides and controls the project area development. See Utah Code 17C-1-102
- Property tax: includes a privilege tax imposed under Title 59, Chapter 4, Privilege Tax. See Utah Code 17C-1-102
- Public entity: means :
(53)(a) the United States, including an agency of the United States;(53)(b) the state, including any of the state's departments or agencies; or(53)(c) a political subdivision of the state, including a county, municipality, school district, special district, special service district, community reinvestment agency, or interlocal cooperation entity. See Utah Code 17C-1-102- Publicly owned infrastructure and improvements: means water, sewer, storm drainage, electrical, natural gas, telecommunication, or other similar systems and lines, streets, roads, curb, gutter, sidewalk, walkways, parking facilities, public transportation facilities, or other facilities, infrastructure, and improvements benefitting the public and to be publicly owned or publicly maintained or operated. See Utah Code 17C-1-102
- Road: includes :
(33)(a) a public bridge;(33)(b) a county way;(33)(c) a county road;(33)(d) a common road; and(33)(e) a state road. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5- Sales and use tax revenue: means revenue that is:
(56)(a) generated from a tax imposed under Title 59, Chapter 12, Sales and Use Tax Act; and(56)(b) distributed to a taxing entity in accordance with Sections59-12-204 and59-12-205 . See Utah Code 17C-1-102- Tax increment: means the difference between:
(61)(a)(i) the amount of property tax revenue generated each tax year by a taxing entity from the area within a project area designated in the project area plan as the area from which tax increment is to be collected, using the current assessed value of the property and each taxing entity's current certified tax rate as defined in Section59-2-924 ; and(61)(a)(ii) the amount of property tax revenue that would be generated from that same area using the base taxable value of the property and each taxing entity's current certified tax rate as defined in Section59-2-924 . See Utah Code 17C-1-102- Taxing entity: means a public entity that:
(62)(a) levies a tax on property located within a project area; or(62)(b) imposes a sales and use tax under Title 59, Chapter 12, Sales and Use Tax Act. See Utah Code 17C-1-102- Taxing entity committee: means a committee representing the interests of taxing entities, created in accordance with Section
17C-1-402 . See Utah Code 17C-1-102- Urban renewal project area plan: means a project area plan adopted under Chapter 2, Part 1, Urban Renewal Project Area Plan. See Utah Code 17C-1-102
(1)(a) An agency may use agency funds:(1)(a)(i) for any purpose authorized under this title;(1)(a)(ii) for administrative, overhead, legal, or other operating expenses of the agency, including consultant fees and expenses under Subsection 17C-2-102(1)(b)(ii)(B) or funding for a business resource center;(1)(a)(iii) subject to Section 11-41-103, to pay for, including financing or refinancing, all or part of:(1)(a)(iii)(A) project area development in a project area, including environmental remediation activities occurring before or after adoption of the project area plan;(1)(a)(iii)(B) housing-related expenditures, projects, or programs as described in Section 17C-1-411 or 17C-1-412;(1)(a)(iii)(C) an incentive or other consideration paid to a participant under a participation agreement;(1)(a)(iii)(D) subject to Subsections (1)(c) and (4), the value of the land for and the cost of the installation and construction of any publicly owned building, facility, structure, landscaping, or other improvement within the project area from which the project area funds are collected; or(1)(a)(iii)(E) the cost of the installation of publicly owned infrastructure and improvements outside the project area from which the project area funds are collected if the board and the community legislative body determine by resolution that the publicly owned infrastructure and improvements benefit the project area;(1)(a)(iv) in an urban renewal project area that includes some or all of an inactive industrial site and subject to Subsection (1)(e), to reimburse the Department of Transportation created under Section 72-1-201, or a public transit district created under Title 17B, Chapter 2a, Part 8, Public Transit District Act, for the cost of:(1)(a)(iv)(A) construction of a public road, bridge, or overpass;(1)(a)(iv)(B) relocation of a railroad track within the urban renewal project area; or(1)(a)(iv)(C) relocation of a railroad facility within the urban renewal project area;(1)(a)(v) subject to Subsection (5), to transfer funds to a community that created the agency; or(1)(a)(vi) subject to Subsection (1)(f), for agency-wide project development under Part 10, Agency Taxing Authority.(1)(b) The determination of the board and the community legislative body under Subsection (1)(a)(iii)(E) regarding benefit to the project area shall be final and conclusive.(1)(c) An agency may not use project area funds received from a taxing entity for the purposes stated in Subsection (1)(a)(iii)(D) under an urban renewal project area plan, an economic development project area plan, or a community reinvestment project area plan without the community legislative body’s consent.(1)(d)(1)(d)(i) Subject to Subsection (1)(d)(ii), an agency may loan project area funds from a project area fund to another project area fund if:(1)(d)(i)(A) the board approves; and(1)(d)(i)(B) the community legislative body approves.(1)(d)(ii) An agency may not loan project area funds under Subsection (1)(d)(i) unless the projections for agency funds are sufficient to repay the loan amount.(1)(d)(iii) A loan described in Subsection (1)(d) is not subject to Title 10, Chapter 5, Uniform Fiscal Procedures Act for Utah Towns, Title 10, Chapter 6, Uniform Fiscal Procedures Act for Utah Cities, Title 17, Chapter 36, Uniform Fiscal Procedures Act for Counties, or Title 17B, Chapter 1, Part 6, Fiscal Procedures for Special Districts.(1)(e) Before an agency may pay any tax increment or sales tax revenue under Subsection (1)(a)(iv), the agency shall enter into an interlocal agreement defining the terms of the reimbursement with:(1)(e)(i) the Department of Transportation; or(1)(e)(ii) a public transit district.(1)(f) Before an agency may use project area funds for agency-wide project development, as defined in Section 17C-1-1001, the agency shall obtain the consent of the taxing entity committee or each taxing entity party to an interlocal agreement with the agency.(2)(2)(a) Sales and use tax revenue that an agency receives from a taxing entity is not subject to the prohibition or limitations of Title 11, Chapter 41, Prohibition on Retail Facility Incentive Payments Act.(3)(3)(a) An agency may contract with the community that created the agency or another public entity to use agency funds to reimburse the cost of items authorized by this title to be paid by the agency that are paid by the community or other public entity.(3)(b) If land is acquired or the cost of an improvement is paid by another public entity and the land or improvement is leased to the community, an agency may contract with and make reimbursement from agency funds to the community.(4) Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, an agency may not use project area funds, project area incremental revenue as defined in Section 17C-1-1001, or property tax revenue as defined in Section 17C-1-1001, to construct a local government building unless the taxing entity committee or each taxing entity party to an interlocal agreement with the agency consents.(5) For the purpose of offsetting the community’s annual local contribution to the Homeless Shelter Cities Mitigation Restricted Account, the total amount an agency transfers in a calendar year to a community under Subsections (1)(a)(v), 17C-1-411(1)(d), and 17C-1-412(1)(a)(x) may not exceed the community’s annual local contribution as defined in Subsection 59-12-205(4). - Board: means the governing body of an agency, as described in Section