Utah Code 63J-7-203. Legislative review and approval of certain grant requests
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Terms Used In Utah Code 63J-7-203
- Agency: includes executive branch entities and judicial branch entities. See Utah Code 63J-7-101
- 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
- Equal: means , with respect to biological sex, of the same value. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
- Grant: includes :(1)(b)(ii)(A) a reauthorization of an existing grant; and(1)(b)(ii)(B) a donation, regardless of whether it is subject to a formal grant agreement. See Utah Code 63J-7-101
- Grant summary: means a document detailing:
(1)(e)(i) the amount of money that is being requested or is available to be received by the agency from a grant;(1)(e)(ii) the duration of the grant and provisions for its reauthorization or extension, if any;(1)(e)(iii) the name of the grantor;(1)(e)(iv) the purpose of the grant, including, in detail, any programs, resources, and positions required to be funded by the grant;(1)(e)(v) any requirements that the agency must meet as a condition to receive or participate in the grant; and(1)(e)(vi) the amount of state money, if any, that will be required in order to obtain the grant. See Utah Code 63J-7-101- Grantor: The person who establishes a trust and places property into it.
- Grantor: means the individual, group of individuals, foundation, corporation, or public or private organization making the grant. See Utah Code 63J-7-101
- New state money: means money, whether specifically appropriated by the Legislature or not, that the grantor requires Utah to expend as a condition for receiving the grant. See Utah Code 63J-7-101
- State: means the state of Utah and all of its agencies, and any administrative subunits of those agencies. See Utah Code 63J-7-101
(1)(a) “High impact grant” means a grant that will or could:(1)(a)(i) result in the state receiving total payments of $1,000,000 or more per year from the grantor;(1)(a)(ii) require the state to add 11 or more permanent full-time employees, 11 or more permanent part-time employees, or combination of permanent full-time employees and permanent part-time employees equal to 11 or more in order to receive the grant; or(1)(a)(iii) require the state to expend more than $1,000,000 of new state money in a fiscal year in order to receive or administer the grant.(1)(b) “Medium impact grant” means a grant that will or could:(1)(b)(i) result in the state receiving total payments of more than $50,000 but less than $1,000,000 per year from the grantor;(1)(b)(ii) require the state to add more than zero but less than 11 permanent full-time employees, more than zero but less than 11 permanent part-time employees, or a combination of permanent full-time employees and permanent part-time employees equal to more than zero but less than 11 in order to receive or administer the grant; or(1)(b)(iii) require the state to expend $1 to $1,000,000 of new state money in a fiscal year in order to receive or administer the grant.(2)(2)(a) Before obligating the state to accept or receive a medium impact grant, and, where possible, before formally submitting a request for a medium impact grant to the grantor, an agency shall:(2)(a)(i) submit the grant summary to the governor or the Judicial Council, as appropriate, for approval or rejection; and(2)(a)(ii) if the governor or Judicial Council approves the grant, submit the grant summary to the Legislative Executive Appropriations Committee for its review and recommendations.(2)(b) The Legislative Executive Appropriations Committee shall review the grant summary and may:(2)(b)(i) recommend that the agency accept the grant;(2)(b)(ii) recommend that the agency not accept the grant; or(2)(b)(iii) recommend to the governor that the governor call a special session of the Legislature to review and approve or reject the acceptance of the grant.(3)(3)(a) Before obligating the state to accept or receive a high impact grant, and, where possible, before formally submitting a request for a high impact grant to the grantor, an agency shall:(3)(a)(i) submit the grant summary to the governor or Judicial Council, as appropriate, for approval or rejection; and(3)(a)(ii) if the governor or Judicial Council approves the grant, submit the grant summary to the Legislature for its approval or rejection in an annual general session or a special session.(3)(b)(3)(b)(i) If the Legislature approves the grant, the agency may accept the grant.(3)(b)(ii) If the Legislature fails to approve the grant, the agency may not accept the grant.(3)(c) If an agency fails to obtain the Legislature’s approval under this Subsection(3) :(3)(c)(i) the governor or Judicial Council, as appropriate, may require the agency to return the grant;(3)(c)(ii) the Legislature may direct the agency to return the grant to the grantor; or(3)(c)(iii) the Legislature may reduce the agency’s appropriation in an amount less than, equal to, or greater than the amount of the grant received by the agency. - Grant summary: means a document detailing: