Utah · statute · Utah Code tit. 17B · 310 active provisions
As used in this title: (1) "Appointing authority" means the person or body authorized to make an appointment to the board of trustees. (2) "Basic special district": (a) means a special district that is not a specialized special district; and (b) includes an entity that was, under the law in effect before April 30, 2007…
(1) A special district: (a) is: (i) a body corporate and politic with perpetual succession; (ii) a quasi-municipal corporation; (iii) a political subdivision of the state; and (iv) separate and distinct from and independent of any other political subdivision of the state; and (b) may sue and be sued. (2) A special dist…
(1) For purposes of this title: (a) the owner of real property shall be: (i) except as provided in Subsection (1)(a)(ii), the fee title owner according to the records of the county recorder on the date of the filing of the request or petition; or (ii) for a proposed annexation under Part 4, Annexation, the lessee of mi…
(1) For purposes of this title, an owner of a groundwater right, is on the date of the filing of a groundwater right owner petition or groundwater right owner request, the owner according to: (a) a deed recorded with the county recorder in accordance with Section 73-1-10; or (b) a water right of record filed in the sta…
(1) (a) The name of each special district created on or after May 1, 2000, shall comply with Section 17-60-103. (b) The board of each special district affected by Section 17-60-103 shall ensure that after January 1, 2005, the special district name complies with the requirements of Section 17-60-103. (2) The name of a s…
(1) As used in this section: (a) (i) "Affected entity" means each county, municipality, special district under this title, special service district, school district, interlocal cooperation entity established under Title 11, Chapter 13, Interlocal Cooperation Act, and specified public utility: (A) whose services or faci…
If a special district records a lien upon real property or a groundwater right for an unpaid assessment by the owner and the owner then pays the assessment in full, including, subject to Section 17B-1-902.1, any interest and administrative costs, the special district recording the lien shall record the release of the l…
(1) As used in this section, "design professional services" means the same as that term is defined in Section 63G-6a-103. (2) The procurement of design professional services is governed by Title 63G, Chapter 6a, Part 15, Design Professional Services.
Each special district shall comply with Title 52, Chapter 3, Prohibiting Employment of Relatives.
(1) (a) If a special district wishes to impose impact fees, the board of trustees of the special district shall: (i) prepare a proposed impact fee resolution that meets the requirements of Title 11, Chapter 36a, Impact Fees Act; (ii) make a copy of the impact fee resolution available to the public at least 10 days befo…
(1) Each special district with an annual operating budget of $50,000 or more shall obtain liability insurance as considered appropriate by the special district board. (2) Each special district with an annual operating budget of less than $50,000 is not required to obtain liability insurance, but liability insurance is…
Unless otherwise specifically provided by statute, property taxes levied by a special district shall constitute a lien on the property on a parity with and collectible at the same time and in the same manner as general county taxes that are a lien on the property.
(1) Each special district created before April 30, 2007 under the law in effect at the time of the creation is declared to be validly and legally constituted. (2) An entity created and operating under the law in effect before April 30, 2007 as a special district but not as a cemetery maintenance district, drainage dist…
All property and assets of a special district are exempt from taxation and exempt from execution.
A court's invalidation of any provision of this title may not be considered to affect the validity of any other provision of this title.
(1) As used in this section: (a) "Hookup fee" means a fee for the installation and inspection of any pipe, line, meter, or appurtenance to connect to a special district water, sewer, storm water, power, or other utility system. (b) "Impact fee" has the same meaning as defined in Section 11-36a-102. (c) "Specified publi…
(1) (a) If a land use authority consults with or allows a special district to participate in any way in a land use authority's land use development review or approval process, the special district shall comply with Title 10, Chapter 20, Municipal Land Use, Development, and Management Act, or Title 17, Chapter 79, Count…
(1) A special district may impose an exaction on a service received by an applicant, including, subject to Subsection (2), an exaction for a water interest if: (a) the special district establishes that a legitimate special district interest makes the exaction essential; and (b) the exaction is roughly proportionate, bo…
(1) A special district may not impose or collect: (a) an application fee that exceeds the reasonable cost of processing the application; or (b) an inspection or review fee that exceeds the reasonable cost of performing an inspection or review. (2) (a) Upon request by a service applicant who is charged a fee or an owner…
As used in this part: (1) "Applicable area" means: (a) for a county, the unincorporated area of the county that is included within the proposed special district; or (b) for a municipality, the area of the municipality that is included within the proposed special district. (2) "Governing body" means: (a) for a county or…
(1) (a) A special district may be created as provided in this part to provide within its boundaries service consisting of: (i) the operation of an airport; (ii) the operation of a cemetery; (iii) fire protection, paramedic, and emergency services, including consolidated 911 and emergency dispatch services; (iv) garbage…
(1) The process to create a special district may be initiated by: (a) unless the proposed special district is a special district to acquire or assess a groundwater right under Section 17B-1-202, and subject to Section 17B-1-204, a petition signed by the owners of private real property that: (i) is located within the pr…
(1) Except for a petition for the creation of an infrastructure financing district, a petition may not be filed until after: (a) a request has been filed with: (i) the clerk of each county in whose unincorporated area any part of the proposed special district is located; and (ii) the clerk or recorder of each municipal…
(1) Each petition and request shall: (a) indicate the typed or printed name and current residence address of each property owner, groundwater right owner, or registered voter signing the petition; (b) (i) if it is a property owner request or petition, indicate the address of the property as to which the owner is signin…
(1) Within 30 days after the filing of a request, the clerk of each county and the clerk or recorder of each municipality with which a request was filed shall: (a) with the assistance of other county or municipal officers from whom the clerk or recorder requests assistance, determine, for the clerk or recorder's respec…