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S.B. 142

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CREATION OF LOCAL DISTRICTS

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2000 GENERAL SESSION

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STATE OF UTAH

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Sponsor: R. Mont Evans

             5      AN ACT RELATING TO LOCAL DISTRICTS AND SPECIAL DISTRICTS; EXTENDING THE
             6      DATE BEFORE WHICH A LOCAL DISTRICT MAY NOT BE CREATED; CLARIFYING THE
             7      EFFECT OF THAT PROHIBITION ON THE CREATION OF SPECIFIED SPECIAL
             8      DISTRICTS; REPEALING OBSOLETE LANGUAGE; AND MAKING TECHNICAL
             9      CHANGES.
             10      This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
             11      AMENDS:
             12          17A-2-101, as enacted by Chapter 368, Laws of Utah 1998
             13          17B-2-217, as last amended by Chapter 13, Laws of Utah 1999
             14      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             15          Section 1. Section 17A-2-101 is amended to read:
             16           17A-2-101. Creation procedures for certain independent special districts.
             17          (1) (a) Beginning [the effective date of this section] March 23, 1998, the creation of a
             18      special district under Part 2, Cemetery Maintenance Districts, Part 3, County Improvement
             19      Districts for Water, Sewerage, Flood Control, Electric and Gas, Part 4, County Service Area Act,
             20      Part 7, Irrigation Districts, Part 8, Metropolitan Water District Act, Part 9, Mosquito Abatement
             21      Districts, and Part 10, Utah Public Transit District Act, shall[, except as provided under Subsection
             22      (2)(a),] be governed by Title 17B, Chapter 2, Part 2, Creation of Local Districts, [except Section
             23      17B-2-217 ,] in the same manner as if a local district under Title 17B, Chapter 2, Local Districts,
             24      were proposed to be created.
             25          (b) Beginning September 15, 1998, the creation of a special district under Part 14, Water
             26      Conservancy Districts, shall[, except as provided under Subsection (2)(b),] be governed by Title
             27      17B, Chapter 2, Part 2, Creation of Local Districts, [except Section 17B-2-217 ,] in the same

             28      manner as if a local district under Title 17B, Chapter 2, Local Districts, were proposed to be
             29      created.
             30          [(2) (a) Proceedings for the creation of one of the types of independent special districts
             31      listed in Subsection (1)(a) that were initiated before and are pending on the effective date of this
             32      section:]
             33          [(i) are not governed by the provisions of Title 17B, Chapter 2, Part 2, Creation of Local
             34      Districts, notwithstanding Subsection (1)(a); and]
             35          [(ii) may continue to completion under the statutes in effect immediately before the
             36      effective date of this section, despite the repeal on the effective date of this section of statutory
             37      provisions governing the creation process for that type of independent special district.]
             38          [(b) Proceedings for the creation of a water conservancy district under Part 14, Water
             39      Conservancy Districts, that were initiated before and are pending on September 15, 1998:]
             40          [(i) are not governed by the provisions of Title 17B, Chapter 2, Part 2, Creation of Local
             41      Districts, notwithstanding Subsection (1); and]
             42          [(ii) may continue to completion under the provisions of Part 14, Water Conservancy
             43      Districts, in effect immediately before September 15, 1998.]
             44          (2) Subsection 17B-2-217 (1) does not prohibit the creation of one of the types of
             45      independent special districts listed in Subsection (1) under the creation provisions of Title 17B,
             46      Chapter 2, Part 2, Creation of Local Districts.
             47          (3) The provisions of Title 17B, Chapter 2, Part 2, Creation of Local Districts, do not apply
             48      to an independent special district under this chapter created before [the effective date of this
             49      section] March 23, 1998.
             50          (4) (a) For each type of independent special district listed in Subsection (1), the provisions
             51      of the part under this chapter that applies to that district govern with respect to the appointment
             52      or election of the governing body of that type of independent special district after its creation under
             53      Title 17B, Chapter 2, Part 2, Creation of Local Districts.
             54          (b) If application of the provisions of Title 17B, Chapter 2, Part 2, Creation of Local
             55      Districts, results in the creation of an independent special district before the governing body of that
             56      district, under the applicable provisions of this chapter, takes office, the responsible body, as
             57      defined in Subsection 17B-2-201 (1)(l), shall be the governing body of the district until the
             58      governing body takes office under the applicable provisions of this chapter.

             59          (5) Notwithstanding Section 17B-2-202 , an independent special district listed in
             60      Subsection (1) may be created to provide only the services that are authorized under the part of this
             61      chapter applicable to that type of district.
             62          Section 2. Section 17B-2-217 is amended to read:
             63           17B-2-217. Limitation on initiating process to create local district.
             64          (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this part [and except as provided in Section
             65      17A-2-101 ], the process to create a local district under this part may not be initiated before [May
             66      2, 2000] June 1, 2001.
             67          (2) Subsection (1) does not prohibit the creation of one of the types of independent special
             68      districts listed in Subsection 17A-2-101 (1) under the provisions of this part.




Legislative Review Note
    as of 1-24-00 7:24 AM

A limited legal review of this legislation raises no obvious constitutional or statutory concerns.

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