Utah Code 63A-1-114. Rate committee — Membership — Duties
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Terms Used In Utah Code 63A-1-114
- Agency: means a board, commission, institution, department, division, officer, council, office, committee, bureau, or other administrative unit of the state, including the agency head, agency employees, or other persons acting on behalf of or under the authority of the agency head, the Legislature, the courts, or the governor, but does not mean a political subdivision of the state, or any administrative unit of a political subdivision of the state. See Utah Code 63A-1-103
- Department: means the Department of Government Operations. See Utah Code 63A-1-103
- 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
(1)(a) There is created a rate committee consisting of the executive directors, commissioners, or superintendents of seven state agencies, which may include the State Board of Education, that use services and pay rates to one of the department internal service funds, or their designee, that the governor appoints for a two-year term.
(1)(b) The department may not have a representative on the rate committee.
(1)(c)
(1)(c)(i) The committee shall elect a chair from the committee’s members.
(1)(c)(ii) Members of the committee who are state government employees and who do not receive salary, per diem, or expenses from their agency for their service on the committee shall receive no compensation, benefits, per diem, or expenses for the members’ service on the committee.
(1)(d) The department shall provide staff services to the committee.
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(2)(a) A division described in Section 63A-1-109 that manages an internal service fund shall submit to the committee a proposed rate schedule for services rendered by the division to an executive branch entity or an entity that subscribes to services rendered by the division.
(2)(b) The committee shall:
(2)(b)(i) conduct meetings in accordance with Title 52, Chapter 4, Open and Public Meetings Act;
(2)(b)(ii) meet at least once each calendar year to:
(2)(b)(ii)(A) discuss the service performance of each internal service fund;
(2)(b)(ii)(B) review the proposed rate schedules;
(2)(b)(ii)(C) at the rate committee’s discretion, approve, increase, or decrease the rate schedules described in Subsection (2)(b)(ii)(B); and
(2)(b)(ii)(D) discuss any prior or potential adjustments to the service level received by state agencies that pay rates to an internal service fund;
(2)(b)(iii) recommend a proposed rate schedule for each internal service fund to:
(2)(b)(iii)(A) the Governor’s Office of Planning and Budget; and
(2)(b)(iii)(B) each legislative appropriations subcommittee that, in accordance with Section 63J-1-410, approves the internal service fund agency’s rates and budget; and
(2)(b)(iv) review and approve, increase, or decrease an interim rate when an internal service fund agency begins a new service or introduces a new product between annual general sessions of the Legislature.
(2)(c) The committee may in accordance with Subsection 63J-1-410(4), decrease a rate that has been approved by the Legislature.