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S.B. 142 Enrolled

                 

CREATION OF LOCAL DISTRICTS AND SPECIAL DISTRICTS

                 
2000 GENERAL SESSION

                 
STATE OF UTAH

                 
Sponsor: R. Mont Evans

                  AN ACT RELATING TO LOCAL DISTRICTS AND SPECIAL DISTRICTS; EXTENDING
                  THE DATE BEFORE WHICH A LOCAL DISTRICT MAY NOT BE CREATED; CLARIFYING
                  THE EFFECT OF THAT PROHIBITION ON THE CREATION OF SPECIFIED SPECIAL
                  DISTRICTS; ESTABLISHING A CONCLUSIVE PRESUMPTION FOR CERTAIN SPECIAL
                  DISTRICTS; REPEALING OBSOLETE LANGUAGE; AND MAKING TECHNICAL
                  CHANGES.
                  This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
                  AMENDS:
                      17A-2-101, as enacted by Chapter 368, Laws of Utah 1998
                      17B-2-217, as last amended by Chapter 13, Laws of Utah 1999
                  ENACTS:
                      17A-2-103, Utah Code Annotated 1953
                  Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
                      Section 1. Section 17A-2-101 is amended to read:
                       17A-2-101. Creation procedures for certain independent special districts.
                      (1) (a) Beginning [the effective date of this section] March 23, 1998, the creation of a
                  special district under Part 2, Cemetery Maintenance Districts, Part 3, County Improvement Districts
                  for Water, Sewerage, Flood Control, Electric and Gas, Part 4, County Service Area Act, Part 7,
                  Irrigation Districts, Part 8, Metropolitan Water District Act, Part 9, Mosquito Abatement Districts,
                  and Part 10, Utah Public Transit District Act, shall[, except as provided under Subsection (2)(a),]
                  be governed by Title 17B, Chapter 2, Part 2, Creation of Local Districts, [except Section
                  17B-2-217 ,] in the same manner as if a local district under Title 17B, Chapter 2, Local Districts,
                  were proposed to be created.
                      (b) Beginning September 15, 1998, the creation of a special district under Part 14, Water
                  Conservancy Districts, shall[, except as provided under Subsection (2)(b),] be governed by Title

                  17B, Chapter 2, Part 2, Creation of Local Districts, [except Section 17B-2-217 ,] in the same manner
                  as if a local district under Title 17B, Chapter 2, Local Districts, were proposed to be created.
                      [(2) (a) Proceedings for the creation of one of the types of independent special districts listed
                  in Subsection (1)(a) that were initiated before and are pending on the effective date of this section:]
                      [(i) are not governed by the provisions of Title 17B, Chapter 2, Part 2, Creation of Local
                  Districts, notwithstanding Subsection (1)(a); and]
                      [(ii) may continue to completion under the statutes in effect immediately before the effective
                  date of this section, despite the repeal on the effective date of this section of statutory provisions
                  governing the creation process for that type of independent special district.]
                      [(b) Proceedings for the creation of a water conservancy district under Part 14, Water
                  Conservancy Districts, that were initiated before and are pending on September 15, 1998:]
                      [(i) are not governed by the provisions of Title 17B, Chapter 2, Part 2, Creation of Local
                  Districts, notwithstanding Subsection (1); and]
                      [(ii) may continue to completion under the provisions of Part 14, Water Conservancy
                  Districts, in effect immediately before September 15, 1998.]
                      (2) Subsection 17B-2-217 (1) does not prohibit the creation of one of the types of
                  independent special districts listed in Subsection (1) under the creation provisions of Title 17B,
                  Chapter 2, Part 2, Creation of Local Districts.
                      (3) The provisions of Title 17B, Chapter 2, Part 2, Creation of Local Districts, do not apply
                  to an independent special district under this chapter created before [the effective date of this section]
                  March 23, 1998.
                      (4) (a) For each type of independent special district listed in Subsection (1), the provisions
                  of the part under this chapter that applies to that district govern with respect to the appointment or
                  election of the governing body of that type of independent special district after its creation under Title
                  17B, Chapter 2, Part 2, Creation of Local Districts.
                      (b) If application of the provisions of Title 17B, Chapter 2, Part 2, Creation of Local
                  Districts, results in the creation of an independent special district before the governing body of that
                  district, under the applicable provisions of this chapter, takes office, the responsible body, as defined

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                  in Subsection 17B-2-201 (1)(l), shall be the governing body of the district until the governing body
                  takes office under the applicable provisions of this chapter.
                      (5) Notwithstanding Section 17B-2-202 , an independent special district listed in Subsection
                  (1) may be created to provide only the services that are authorized under the part of this chapter
                  applicable to that type of district.
                      Section 2. Section 17A-2-103 is enacted to read:
                      17A-2-103. Conclusive presumption regarding creation and existence.
                      Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an independent special district under this chapter
                  created on or after May 4, 1999 shall be conclusively presumed to have been lawfully created and
                  existing if:
                      (1) for two years following the district's creation:
                      (a) the district has:
                      (i) levied and collected a tax; or
                      (ii) collected a fee, charge, assessment, or tax increment for a commodity, service, facility,
                  or improvement provided by the district; and
                      (b) no challenge has been filed in court to the existence or creation of the district; and
                      (2) the district has complied with Subsections 17A-1-102 (1) and 17A-1-504 (1).
                      Section 3. Section 17B-2-217 is amended to read:
                       17B-2-217. Limitation on initiating process to create local district.
                      (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this part [and except as provided in Section
                  17A-2-101 ], the process to create a local district under this part may not be initiated before [May 2,
                  2000] June 1, 2001.
                      (2) Subsection (1) does not prohibit the creation of one of the types of independent special
                  districts listed in Subsection 17A-2-101 (1) under the provisions of this part.

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