Definitions

As used in this part: (1) "Board" means the Outdoor Recreation Mitigation Board created in Section 79-9-104. (2) "Division" means the Division of Outdoor Recreation created in Section 79-7-201. (3) "Eligible county" means a county: (a) of the third, fourth, fifth, or sixth class, as classified under Section 17-60-104; (b) that imposes the maximum allowable rate of a county transient room tax; and (c) that generated less than $10,000,000 in revenue from the imposition of a transient room tax in the previous calendar year. (4) "Grant" means an outdoor recreation mitigation grant issued by the division to an eligible county as described in Section 79-9-201. (5) "Grantee" means an eligible county that receives an outdoor recreation mitigation grant from the division. (6) (a) "Visitor-related emergency costs" means the documented expenditures of an eligible county in conducting search and rescue efforts or providing emergency medical services in direct relation to an individual who is in the eligible county for the purpose of outdoor recreation, tourism, or a convention. (b) "Visitor-related emergency costs" may include road repair and upgrade costs, as described in Subsection 17-78-702(2)(d), so long as the eligible county applying for a grant presents sufficient evidence to suggest that the condition of roads in the eligible county has a direct impact on search and rescue efforts or providing emergency medical services in relation to an individual who is in the eligible county for the purpose of outdoor recreation, tourism, or a convention. (7) "Visitor-related safety costs" means a mitigation cost described in Subsection 17-78-702(2)(d) that is not a visitor-related emergency cost, so long as the eligible county applying for a grant presents sufficient evidence to suggest that: (a) the eligible county's current solid waste disposal operations are overwhelmed by outdoor recreation, tourism, or conventions in the eligible county, resulting in unsanitary or unsafe conditions in the eligible county; (b) law enforcement activities within the eligible county are strained as a direct result of outdoor recreation, tourism, or conventions in the eligible county, resulting in unsafe conditions for recreators, visitors, tourists, county residents, and members of law enforcement within the eligible county; or (c) road repair and upgrade costs, if the current condition of roads in the eligible county are overwhelmed by outdoor recreation, tourism, or conventions in the eligible county, resulting in unsafe conditions in the eligible county.