Utah Code 72-3-207. State Park Access Highways Improvement Program — Distribution — Rulemaking
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(1) There is created the State Park Access Highways Improvement Program within the department.
Terms Used In Utah Code 72-3-207
- Commission: means the Transportation Commission created under Section 72-1-301. See Utah Code 72-1-102
- Department: means the Department of Transportation created in Section 72-1-201. See Utah Code 72-1-102
- Highway: means any public road, street, alley, lane, court, place, viaduct, tunnel, culvert, bridge, or structure laid out or erected for public use, or dedicated or abandoned to the public, or made public in an action for the partition of real property, including the entire area within the right-of-way. See Utah Code 72-1-102
- 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
- state park access highways: means the highways specified under this part. See Utah Code 72-3-201
(2) The program shall be funded from the following revenue sources:
(2)(a) any voluntary contributions received for improvements to state park access highways; and
(2)(b) appropriations made to the program by the Legislature.
(3) The department may use the program money as matching grants to a county or municipality for the improvement of class B or class C roads specified as state park access highways under this part subject to:
(3)(a) money available in the program;
(3)(b) prioritization of the program money by the commission;
(3)(c) a county or municipality providing at least 50% of the cost of each improvement project in matching funds; and
(3)(d) rules made under Subsection (4) .
(4) The department shall make rules in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act , necessary to administer the program and to establish the procedures for a county or municipality to apply for a grant of program money.
(5) The department shall commit funds for state park access highway projects for the amount of funding currently programmed in a funded year in the 2007 Statewide Transportation Improvement Program.